Switch Up - New Creation

Last weekend, I had some leftovers from making the guo tie... Initially, I wanted to transform them into wu xiang but since Bb Lewis was not well, I did a simpler switch up with some prompting from Daddy Sky...

Using the leftover potato wrap from yesterday's dinner, it became a Jian Bing..
Viola...
Our simple dinner of guo tie, jian bing and stir fried aparagus with XO sauce... ^^p/s: Nothing too fanciful cos BB Lewis was running a fever.. This fever is realli scary, drove his temperature highest to 40 degrees.. Constantly monitoring him with Daddy Sky.. Praying hard he can get well soon...

After Shichida Class

Since Bb Lewis was 'grounded' and Lucas did well for his poem recitation today, we had Mcdonald after class...

The happy boi...
Mommy Me taught him to eat french fries my way, ie, dip them in a ice cream sundae.. chomp chomp chomp.. ^^

HCP - - Meatballs in Cream Sauce

As usual, cooking on weekends is what I absolutely adore...

Bb Lewis was running a fever since yesterday, therefore, he did not attend his Shichida class today.. Mommy Me was at home waiting for the PT cleaner to finish cleaning the house while the boys are at their grandparents' place.

Mommy Me decided to cook the dinner in advance and keep the food in the Thermo Pot so that I do not have to multi task later when the boys are home..

Luckily I planned something simple this weekend.. Meatballs in cream sauce to go with potato wraps and butter rolls.. ^^

Ingredient

• About 15 - 20 meatballs (I use those from Ikea)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 pieces of bacon, roughly chopped
• 200ml chicken stock
• 250gm potatoes, cut into chunks
• 100gm cream cheese
• 100gm sweetcorn kernels
• 1 green pepper
• 1 shallot, quatered
  
• 2 small carrots, cut into smaller chunks
• Mixed herbs
• Garlic powder
• Dried Parsley
  
• salt & pepper
  

Method

1. Heat butter in pan and brown the meatballs. Remove and set aside. Using the same pan, toss in bacon and shallots. Fry till crispy.
2. Add the potatoes and 100ml of stock, cover and cook for 10mins.
3. Add the carrots and cook for another 5 mins.
4. Add the corn, green pepper, the remaining 100ml of stock.
5. Let it simmer for 5 mins before adding the cream cheese.
   
6. Add the mixed herbs, dried parsley, garlic powder, salt & pepper.
7. Turn off the fire after 5 mins.
8. Serve hot with pasta or bread rolls.. ^^
   

Danish versus Spanish

Check out this conversation Lucas had with us:

Lucas:Daddy, i dunno Danish.
Daddy Sky:Oh..okay...
Lucas:But i know spanish, Daddy.uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
Mommy: What else do you know?
Lucas:一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 我会华语。

10 Years

Time realli flies...
I cannot believe it that Daddy Sky and I have been married for 10 years..
That's 1 decade!!!
Of course, night celebrations are out at the moment and so we had a simple lunch @ MBS - db Bistro Moderne...
Another restaruant by a celebrity chef. lolx.. just last month when I asked Daddy Sky guess where I am bringing him today.. Without much hesitation, he guessed this place... =.='''
Some days I wonder if this is the result of spending 10 years together, he can read me like a book...

We enjoyed our lunch very much at the restaurant and service was good.. ^^
The lunch cost me $165.. but it was a real great experience..

p/s: In case you are wondering why I paid for the lunch... ;p Cos Daddy Sky got me a real expensive gift... lolx... but it wont be posted here...

Anyway, he remembered to get me flowers... ^^
Daddy Sky,

Thank you for your love, trust, support & tolerance... Today marks the day where we have spent 10 years of our lives together and let's look forward to many more years ahead as I continue to annoy you for the rest of our lives.. ;p

Bb Lewis is 10 months old!!!

Today marks the day that Bb Lewis turns 10 months!!! Woots... time realli flies...
I can still remember the day he arrived so suddenly and in a blink of my eye, he is now nearing his first birthday... ^^
We brought him out this morning to have breakfast and thereafter did some grocery shopping at Great World City...
He is such a cheerful boi...
Time to start planning his FIRST birthday celebration... cracking my brain... ;(

Guo Tie

Mommy Me loves to cook... lolx...
Frankly I dunno who haven figured this out by now...
My new experiment over this weekend was to make guo tie...
Was inspired to make these due to a couple of posts I saw in the Happy Call group...

Check out my 20 guo tie...
Recipe is adapted from here:
http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com/2012/02/pot-stickers.html

Basically, I added black fungus since I could not find water chestnuts.. And adjusted the seasonings too... And I found this particular type of skin to make shanghai dumplings without the alkaline taste from Giant...

Results were cool...
I love this... Left half of the marinaded minced meat.. Shall add some twist to it and check out my next creation... ^^

Latest Craze

Well, not me... It's Lucas and Daddy Sky...

Lucas is into his latest craze known as Dinosaurs... He reads up and examines all of them...
Plus, his grandparents bought the toys for him... And of course, all of them went into this craze together with the sketches and whatnots...

Daddy Sky added to his craze by buying this book for him.. Mind you, he did not just buy one.. He bought TWO... One more is kept to be given to him at appropriate times... =.='''

Even Lewis is fascinated by this.. Today in Shichida's class, there was an activity involving a small dinosaur.. He was so excited...

p/s: I realised I have been poisoned too.. Cos I was telling Lewis the different small dinosaurs that the teacher was handing out to the class to play... =.=''''

Messy Hair

As Lucas was running fever for the past week, we could not bring him to get his haircut as planned earlier...

He finally got his haircut this week... Of course, the waiting time was as usual terrible but he was happy waiting cos he could have some cake in the meantime... =.='''
Bb Lewis up next for the haircut.. hopefully, this time round, he will cope better... ^^

V' Day 2012

It gets increasingly difficult for Daddy Sky and Mommy Me to spend the evening or night out.

Firstly, we dun think it is right to get the grandparents to do OT... Secondly, the bois dun realli fancy staying overnight outside home without the both of us.. Lastly, we just can't bear the idea..

Ha... So even for V'day, we decided to celebrate it by having lunch... ^^

Daddy Sky has been complaing that he had not tried the dim sum at Royal China while Mommy Me had raved about the food a couple of times.. ok, I made a reservation to bring Daddy there... ^^
We had 4 kinds of dim sum...
Just a simple quick lunch and some quiet time for both of us was good enough..

Of course, most importantly, Daddy Sky 'ok' the food... ^^

Oops, I did it again

I have a fetish for home organisation ideas... lolx...
When I spotted these boxes, I knew I had to get them..
On the pretext that it would make it easier for the boys to get their toys, I went ahead and bought 2 boxes...
Of course, when the boxes arrived, I obtained further approval from Daddy Sky to get more... ^^
And ta-da, I organised the play room... The boxes and the toy rack on one side of the room and the play yard with the book shelf on the other...
Actually, the boxes were still not enuff.. Cos they have too many toys!!!!
Never mind, it will make do for the time being until I spot new toys (I mean new toys for me, not them!!! ^^)

Fever - Pls go away

Lucas' fever came back again on Sunday early morning... We had earlier planned to go to the temple to pray but he was having a fever at 39!!!

So Mommy Me stayed at home with him while Daddy Sky brought Bb Lewis to the temple instead... He was fine the whole day with the fever hovering between 37.5 - 38... By evening time, it had stabilized...

Mommy Me monitored him till 3 am and he was not running a fever.. So I tot I could have a good rest finally.. FAT HOPE!!!

He woke up with a fever (AGAIN!!!) in the morning... To Dr Koh's clinic we went.... Packed sia the clinic... We had to wait a little while as he needed to do a flu test... While waiting for the test results, he was busy playing... =.='''
Did he look sick to you???!!!
Frankly, other than the fever, he was absolutely active!!!

Again, viral fever.. Started him on his antibiotics.. Hopefully, the fever can go away!!!

On a hot day like this

On a hot day like this, I want to soak in a bath tub with cool water too!!!

This weather is so unbearable.. Sigh, some days heavy rain and some days so hot.. No wonder people keep falling sick..

On a side note, Lewis is so happy to be soaking around in his bath water.. In fact, he will 'crawl' around his little bath tub... ^^ He will be 10 months next Sunday.. How time flies...

Concept of Needy Children

Mommy Me has been educating to Lucas on the concept of needy children... Basically, trying to make him understand that there are people who need help and there is always no need to have everything.. Giving and sharing will make one happier...

But check out the following conversation Mommy Me had with Lucas:

Mommy Me: I will go cook your lunch now. After your lunch, promise you will go take a nap. Else how??
Lucas: I dunno...
Mommy Me: Else I will give Flynn to needy children cos you dunno how to follow instructions.
Lucas: Oh, sure... Give Flynn to me la... (=.=''')
Since when he started classifying himself as a needy child???!!! =.='''

Time to do more education.... v(^.^)

Sick... sick... sick...

I lost count when and where it started... All I know was Lucas fell in school on Wednesday and the next thing, he started running a fever at 39.2 degrees... Mommy Me was so worried that I rushed him to the PD...

After all the examinations, PD declared that it was likely a viral fever... huh, from where??
Bb Lewis was having a mild flu just the week before... unless the virus had stayed in our house so long before it took effect on Lucas???No choice, ah gong n ah ma sure cannot cope with 2 bois for 2 days straight.. Mommy Me had to take leave for Thursday last minute and stayed at home with Lucas...

On Friday morning, Lucas was still having a slight fever... Mommy Me told him I need to go back to work as I had quite a number of meetings...See what he said to me... =.='''

Mommy Me: I need to go back to work today because I have meetings with Uncle Boss.
Lucas: It's ok, mommy... (for one moment, I thought he was so sweet to allow me to go back to work.) Tell Uncle Boss I am sick and you stay at home with me... (HUH!!!)
Mommy Me: Sorry, dear.. I really need to be back in office today.
Lucas: I am sick. I cannot go school.. I need to stay at home. You stay at home with me...

Faint... After a couple of minutes of exchange, he was finally willing to let me go to work...

Near noon time and of course, after meeting, I gave a call home and to my horror, Bb Lewis started running a fever.... =.='''
As with all working mothers' dilemma, I can't leave office as I had a couple more meetings in the afternoon.. Was keeping my fingers crossed the whole day..

When I reached my parents' place in the evening, Lucas started throwing tantrums.. Just because I did not stay at home with him... Sigh... More explanations to do...

But at least, both of them were not running fever... However, still need to monitor them closely.. Flu and cough still lingering around... Time to bring the Raycop out!!!

Gathering again for CNY 2012

Mommy Me has this group of JC friends that we will gather at least 2-3 times per year.

Potluck is usually our way to share the food.. Like what Mommy Me's gerfren's hubby shared, only at our gathering, he can eat chinese food.. LOLx... Cos Mommy Me's gerfren is pretty angmoh n so are her other friends..

Check out what we had:

Forgot to take photos of the asparagus with XO sauce and the fried nian gao by my one of my fren's wife.. yummy.

Mommy Me made this...Braised Lion Head (狮子头)Here is the recipe for sharing:

Ingredients

Minced Pork – 500 grams
Water chestnuts – 6 pieces (can replace using shallots if water chestnuts is not available)
Long white cabbage – 500 grams
Cooking Oil – Half Cup
Cornflour mixture (mix 1 tablespoon of cornflour with some water)

Set A
Egg – 1
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Sugar – 1.5 teaspoon
Soy sauce – 3 tablespoon
Cornflour – 2 tablespoon

Set B
Water – 1 cup
Oyster sauce – 3 tablespoon
Soy sauce – 2 tablespoon

Prep and Cooking Instructions

Mixed the minced pork, chopped water chestnuts with Set A.
Mould them into meatballs the size of your fist.
Set aside in the fridge so that it will be easier to handle later.

In the meantime, boil about 3 cups of water in HappyCall Pan.
Blanch the long water cabbage (slice into 10 cm each)
Remove and line them in a claypot.

In HappyCall Pan, add cooking oil.
Heat it for 2 minutes.
Place the lion head into the pan and pan fried it for 3 minutes on each side with the pan closed.

Remove and place them on top of the cabbage.
Mix set B in a bowl and pour into the claypot.

Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
Thicken with the cornflour mixture and serve hot with rice. ^^

Woots.. I am so looking forward to the next gathering... ^^

Indulgence of Good Food

Lucas is spoilt... lolx.. He loves to eat typical Teochew porridge with fresh fish cooked in salted vegs.

We have this stall at Hong Lim that we always visit for morning breakfast. He will hive off half a bowl of porridge from Mommy Me and of cos choose his fish to be cooked. Some days he will ask for duck meat or squid to go with his fish..

This stall sometimes offers fresh crayfish n flower crab.. On this morning, they actually have lobster!!!! Of cos, Lucas asked for one... ^^
Super fresh and sweet... It is different from those you have during buffets. Ooh. I love my lobster cooked this manner.. $25 for one but the taste is heavenly. No extra sauce to cover its natural taste...

p/s: Lucas is learning to take photos using my phone.. Check out this shot he took... ^^