WB2's Girlfriend

Well, for those of you who reads this blog, you will realize that WB2 is still of a very tender age. And he has a girlfriend already?!?!

It all happened last night. QB was talking to WB1 on about her colleague’s children’s marriage (Read: In Singapore, the median age for marrying is well above 20. You can find more details and statistics here - http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/more-getting-divorced-fewer-getting-married-in-singapore-7912746.  So yes, we are actually talking about the real adults and not those wannabes.). As the story goes, QB was lamenting that after the Little Beez grow up, they too will find their own little version of QBs and leave the hive. Despite that, she wanted to engage in self-denial, that it is not going to happen. At least not so soon. To proof herself right, she turned to WB2 and asked:

“Eh WB2, do you have a girlfriend?”

“Yes”

“!!!! How many?!”

“One”

QB heaved a small sigh of relief but is not about to let matters rest. She continued to pursue:

“Who is it? Is it from your school? Your class? Who???”

WB2 then looked at QB and said shyly… “You…”

Awww…….. How touching. The two then proceed to engage in a loving embrace.

But dear readers, do not forget that while this is going on, somewhere in the background, there’s WB3. QB too remembered his presence and turned around to ask him:

“Yo! WB3. What about you. Do you have any girlfriend? How many girlfriends do you have?”

“One!”

“What! You have one girlfriend too?”

“Two!”

“What! Now becomes two?”

“Three!”

“!!! Three girlfriends?!”

“Four!”

“What?!”

“Five!”

“Ok WB3. You’d better stop counting now and start to tell me who they are!” At this, QB grabbed him at his girth and attempted to find some truth from him. But WB3 would hear none of it and he quickly wriggled away to continue his endeavors. And QB never did get to find out who those 5 were, or if she’s even part of it.  But at least she's consoled by the thought that she's the one and only for WB2. At least for now. 

Century Square Closing Down Sale

Century Square (at Tampines) is having their closing down sale. Well, the building is not exactly closing down, but they shops are going to be closed by this month end (or so I heard) and the entire building will be under-going renovation. 

When the Beez family went over there last weekend, some shops were already closed. I presume they have already managed to clear all their stock. But most of other remaining ones are slashing their prices. It's probably a good reason for sale. The biggest catch for the Beez was from Kiddy Palace (yes, toys were on sale too!) and from Value Dollar Shop. (Prices have been marked down even further. So it's more like Very Value Dollar Shop now!). You’ll know which shops are the ones with the REAL discount by looking at where the crowd gathers.

We thought we’ll have dinner at the food court but it was too crowded for us to find a seat. But of course, this is probably more because it was dinner time rather than food stalls also having slashed prices (Though the QB did toy with the idea of whether places like the food court or even the Supermarket at the Basement will ride with the wave and also start to hand out generous discounts. But of course, this will only happen in her wildest dreams.) So the Beez had to settle for nearby fast food. It’s certainly a treat for the two Little Beez. Fast Food (Read: Anything that comes in the fast food chain’s packing, ranging from French Fries to Rice. Pun unintended.) totally sits well with the Little Beez. It goes through big wide open mouths with no questions asked and get swallowed (dead or alive) at lightning speed. This certainly falls into QB’s plan as she is too tired after a long week to fight with 2 food-protesting Little Beez. And after the 2 Little Beez are nicely filled, they are ready to conclude the day and be sent home to be tucked into bed (the Bee Hive of course). J

Happy Birthday WB2!

It’s WB2’s birthday. Since he has started going to childcare, we thought we will do a birthday celebration at school for him too, which is what most, if not all his classmates do. For gifts, we have prepared cartoon hand held balloons. The Beez Family spent quite some time the night before inflating them. And boy did they fill the car booth: 

Balloon filled car booth

As per schedule, we arrived right after WB2’s nap time. WB2 does not like to be disturbed in his sleep. Much less to be woken up! So, we arrived to meet a grouchy birthday Bee, with a “DO NOT DISTURB” sign written all over his face. So ok. we’ll leave him alone while we prepare the set up.

 Meanwhile, WB3 is having none of the issues that WB2 has. In fact, as the saying goes, he’s as busy as the bee! It’s the first time he has been inside of a school and he has always dreamed of being a big Bee going to school. And now that he has finally his foot inside, he is wasting no time at all exploring. And there he goes:

Cha cha cha~~ Toys, here I come!

Paper plates (for the birthday cake) were given out and the 2 Little Beez got a wear a Birthday Crown. WB2 was getting accustomed but still unhappy while WB3 was feeling purposeful.

Crowned with the birthday band and armed with the empty paper plate, WB3 does not waste time hanging around but continues his exploration.

After the cake cutting, it’s time to distribute the gifts. In addition to the balloon, we have also prepared small pencil case for each student. While WB2 was occupied with the distribution, WB3 steals one away and runs off triumphally.

There he is, walking away with his steal!

WB3 putting on his teaching cap and playing teacher.

WB3, somehow managed to get his hand on BOTH the pencil case AND the balloon, pointing to familiar numbers that he knows

QB's Kitchen - Baked Pasta

Decided to do baked pasta to entice the little bees.

 

Recipe for creamy baked pasta as follows

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 tablespoon plain flour

150g mixed vegetables

250g pasta

300g milk

1 tin of tuna (can be substituted with diced chicken and sausage)

300g cheese

 

Method:

1. Cook the pasta in boiling water.
2. Once pasta is cooked, drained it. Add olive oil to it and mix.
3. Cook the mixed vegetables, tuna (or chicken and sausage) together with the milk and plain flour. Add half the cheese to the mixture. This is the sauce for the pasta.
4. Lay the pasta in the baking dish. Pour the sauce over it. Then top it with the remaining of the cheese.
5. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Bake the pasta in for 15min or until the top is golden brown.  

 

Have tired both the tuna and chicken version. Guess WB2 is more of a meat eater as he prefers the latter. Here’s some photos of the product:

Cooked Pasta

Pasta Sauce in the making

Sprinkle the top with cheese

Bake in the oven

Tada! Finished product. Kept in the steamer to keep warm

WB3 the Karung Guni Man

In case some of you is unfamiliar with this term, let me just do a very brief introduction. A “Karung Guni Man”, very loosely translated into good old English, is the Rubbish Collector.

Yes. WB3 is a self-declared “Karung Guni Man”. Under the pretext of being a helpful boy, he collect whatever rubbish we have to throw them into the bin. And seconds later, we will find him rampaging through the bin. On good days he’ll leave it at that. Otherwise, on his more “hardworking” days, he’ll literally overturn the bin, hunting for some treasure known only to himself. Totally beats the rest of us what he is doing. He’ll finger through every little piece of the discarded, as if trying to weight the value of each tissue or scrap paper. If he finally concludes its worthlessness, he’ll fling away. And if it’s a treasure, he’ll take it and hold it triumphally around the house. Here’s snapshots of him caught in the act: 

Like an old man, he sometimes needs some support when walking to his target, the bin. No joke. It has probably been a long day for him hunting for rubbish. The hours that he has spent filing around the house. And finally! He spots the bin! The place where rubbish is collected.

His hand reaches for it.

His hand reaches deeper and deeper in…

The hand-consuming bin engulfs his whole limp.

Finally his tired legs give way. The dead weight of his bum pulls him to the floor and the contents of the “treasure chest” lays all bare in front of him, at his mercy.

Seriously. Little Boys these days. Or perhaps it’s a sign of how desperate the family is, that we need to plough through the bins to see what we can savage. A sign which only he reads while the rest of us are oblivious to. 

Happening this weekend!

Weekend is round the corner and the beez family are busy planning their weekend. There’s just seem to be so many activities going on, especially now that it’s the beginning of the Sept school holidays. Here’s some of the happenings we’re looking at:

1. Kids world Fair 2016
   
   This is happening over the weekend at Suntec City. Follow this link to register for a FREE goodie bag:
   http://www.kidsworld.com.sg/fair-overview
   Also available for registration are:

• Various FREE trial classes
• Meet and Greet sessions
• Promotions for other enrichment classes.

        2.  Also more events happening at City Square Mall:

This is will be a fun event for the kids. Especially for WB2, who enjoys live shows. Here's the schedule: