Good Practice - Using chopstick to eat Mee Hoon

Today My Mother in law cooked Mee Hoon and Porridge for our dinner.

All this while, When I let Elise tried Mee hoon, her first reaction is throw out and reject it completely. However this time round, I would like to try it again and see what her respond towards Mee Hoon.  Deep in my heart, I know there is Porridge to back up if this time round she reject it again.

Without much expectation, I simply used chopstick to feed her mee hoon. That's much more easy and convenience for me.

First feed, she taste it and eat it. Great!She did not reject!

While I prepared for second feed, she suddenly grabbed away my chopstick and want to eat by herself.I was shocked by her fast action!!

However, Since she would like to try new utensil -chopstick, why not? Indeed, It was a new exploration and experience to her.

So I did not grabbed back the chopstick. Instead I tried to give her a helping hand by holding a bowl near her. 

Wow, she can hold both chopstick together and she started digging the noodle.

Surprisingly every dug, she managed get herself the mee hoon.

Elise first time using chopstick to eat Mee Hoon.

Believed she catch some of the tactic of using chopstick through her curiosity and long time observation.Well done baby!!

Your little milestone give mummy a big surprise!! ^_^

Science Center Singapore

After Breakfast at McDonald, we proceed to Science Center Singapore.

First we visited The Sound Exhibition.

Elise is not dare to play the Eco Tube for the Eco is loud. But I personally quite attracted by it . Actually What you saw in the picture is front view. Actually its like very long and big and heavy horn made by metal if you see from side view. 

After explored to few sound instruments and some science on how to make sound, we proceed to Eco Garden.

Too bad, is a rainy day, we can't go to the tree house and water ark. We have to stay at indoor. So we will reserve these two for next visit :)

In the Eco garden, there had one set up one booth for kid drawing.

So we encouraged Elise to join and coloring with other kids.

Refer to the Top Left picture, you see one little girl wearing pink color shirt. Her named is Dorothy. Standing behind her is her mummy named Dee. They are our friend that so coincident they plan to bring their daughter to science center same day as us.


Great that we have more friends around and make this visitation more interactive and fun.

Top Left : Entrance of Eco garden.
Top right photo: are you manage see one people face in the mirror?
Middle photo : show the egg take how long to hatch.
Bottom photo : Two mouse hide inside the hole and one of the mice walk out from hole
that attracted kids (Elise, Dorothy) and my hubby  :)

Top & Left photo:  Such a beautiful and colorful Marine fish
Right & bottom left photo : Eel (look like snake)
Bottom Right : Coral

Though you may thought science center might not suitable for children...But to my own opinion, I found it was a great exposure to children and adult. Is a great learning place for them/us to see and learn and hear what, where, why, how, when of thing surround us. We have a great time interactive with Elise through playing, telling, teaching,talking on 'what we see', 'why we do what we do'... help her see thing on cause and effect. Hope this will lay down a foundation on Elise. Learning should be every place, every time. It all lay on your heart and attitude. :) Agree? !! 

Elise enjoy McDonald's Hotcakes

We have our breakfast at McDonald before proceed to Science center.

To my surprise, Elise enjoy the McDonald's hotcakes so much. May it be plain or dipped with marble syrup. She almost finished one piece of hotcake. 

( I can't decline that day the hotcakes is super fresh and when it dipped with marble syrup,it make the Hotcake perfect:) )

After finished her hotcake, she used stirrer to dig the marble syrup and put into her mouth and taste it -non-stop :P


When I saw her way of eating, Again I can't help but keep candid-shot on her pose of eating.

Baby, I am glad to see you using utensil like fork and stirrer (even finger) to pick hotcakes
Mummy also very glad that you like hotcakes. This time round you finish the food without much playing.

You have grown up a lot :)