at the end of the rainbow: candy making

Summer hols started alittle later this year. as mines about to start nesa left 2 weeks from her one month long hols. but we had a pretty busy June. She definitely learnt alot of things through this June hols. When i woke up on thursday morning, i was pretty hungry for a nice breakfast. i wanted porridge... from crystal jade and i called aunt to tell her i wanted to bring nesa along. as this was unplanned she didnt expect me but she got ready pretty quickly and was so ready to go out with me.

walked to crystal j but it opens at 10? we walked around wanting to wait for it to open but my patience ran out. so we walked and decided to settle for coffeebean breakfast. had this before elsewhere but dun think i wana eat at hub anymore cos the breakfast turned very cold very fast... regrets but we had to waste the food. nesa is better than me in a way... she eats her leafy salad. i jus eat the cranberries and almond flakes.

still hungry, i decided that since it was oredi 10, without any plans for the day, i brought her to bj8. once there we walked around to check what to eat and when i saw ding tai fong, asked her and she got excited. as it opens at 11 we walked around in the supermarket the only place opened... then we walked into shops that are opened and when it hit 11am we were sitting in the restuarant. HUNGrY! she ate equal amount of food as me! we shared the porkchop fried rice almost equally tot she would only be able to have 2 dumplings she insisted we have 3 each! think when one is happy and esp when u like the food and company, she can really eat! went to bookshop got her a word puzzle book and i got one for myself too, got a storybook for her and 2 cooking mag for myself. head to mum's place. cos sis needed help with photography places. after which suppposed to fetch us home but i suggested to follow her to her florist. the florist home is so nicely decorated! he's very good with his flowers. i look forward to see his work! head back to my place nesa and i watched enchanted, didnt complete it with gx cos he couldnt take the singing! nesa was amazing she reminded me that we haven eaten the cheesecake we bot! she knows her stuff! tot she would go for choc or strawberry but she chose classic lemon.

Friday : Aunt say she was excited. I know she is excited cos she morning call to wake me up and then she would check on me several times when i was gog over! aunt told me she actually sat up in her dreams and calling out my name... jiejie... i think one child suffers loneliness and she is a bubbly child so she likes companion. i was pretty touched but was afraid she fear me too cos i always "lecture" her. when i got her, she was really ready to go, i deduce she is happy with me. asked her but she dun remember and she said she like gog out with me thus mayb too excited cos many times when she knows she's gog out with me she gets up in the middle of the night thinking its time to go!

suppose to go our with ann on her actual bdae but we decided to spread things out we postpone it to friday. but ann decided not to join us. alittle disappointed but didnt want to spoil nesa's mood. we planned to go to a baking store to check out the things they sell. nesa is thrilled but told her we have to change our plans... she kept asking me why... wanted to wait for ann but cos she looked alittle disappointed, last minute we got out at newton. she ask how come? kids have many many questions but answering them i guess makes them excited. she was over the moon when she knows the trip is on.

our buy from the shop. not a very big shop but they have many little treasures here! nesa had tried cupcakes with me before. she ask alot of questions of cos! whats this for whats that??? i was attracted to the candy making stuff... knowing that its gog be sweet but i wanted something out of this trip. so i chose candy making, of cos the little gal was happy. we discuss what colours to buy, the moulds to get and bought a recipe book and once i finished speed reading what to do, we got started. cos i didnt read everything... we didnt know what happen when only yellow was the smoothest but the rest a little sticky... she kept asking so i read again... this candy melts cannot be over heated... i learnt something new! never tot in double boiling, can over heat.

didnt buy the piping bag so we used brushes to draw in the faces which wasnt easy. but i told her that for 1st try without attending class we learnt quite abit. i hope she picks up more learning skills! cos i am still learning! told her that she is luckier than me! she learnt her 1st candy making at 8 while i have hands on only at 31! saturday, she went present hunting with me. didnt know what to buy for housewarming so i decided to get for the kids. brought nesa and aunt to big o for lunch. then to borders where aunt bought her some books. that was our last outing for june. i bought nesa scapebook materials for her bdae and decided to do up some pictures to help her build her writing skills. also it pretty summarised the june hols we had. except that i didnt take the cruise and didnt take the "little rubber boat" to kusu cos we were at underwater world with the 3 youngest members. she went kl with her mum and aunt o's family. she's a lucky gal. i grew up lucky too.cos her mum used to bring us out during holidays every dec!