Shopping

We meet up with Godma after lunch @ Paragon to shop for L's white dress today.... Godma has 'missing' for such a long time and LZ missed her.. They have been asking where is godpa & godma... They will not get to see godpa till next week when he is back from Australia and he has been away for more than a month! Godma, on the other hand has been back for 2 week or so... She has been lazy to go out and busy with her Warcraft! Godma, they miss you so don't hibernate at home!

LZ were well behaved during the shopping and there were times when Z said he was tired and wanted me to carry him so I said "Tired? Then we will go home ok?" . He replied immediately with his eyes wide opened "Now I'm not tired!".. Hahaha.... Z loves shopping just us! Or was it because of the company? :) Besides looking at clothes, we also went looking at toys so LZ will not be bored...

We had our dinner at Swensen and both were 'fighting' to sit with godma :) I have been talking to godma while waiting for dinner to be served and LZ were playing their gameboy. Then L said "mommy, can you stop talking to godma?" Babies, I missed her too you know... After dinner, daddy picked us up and we sent godma back home. LZ fell asleep on the way home :) It was a great evening for all of us :) and I still can't find the white dress...

Why Ask?

Last week I asked L

Me : Sweetie, do you want to keep your fringe long or shall we cut it?

L : I like to go to the salon(smile)! So I want to cut it...

Me : But mommy thought of keeping your fringe as long as your hair... So we can tie everything up.

L : Then why you ask me? You asked me and you don't want me to cut it (smile)! (putting her hand on her forehead)

Me : Sorry... I just ask for fun! Hahaha....

Naughty me right? I asked her but don't give her a choice!

M&M's Chocolate Cookie

I bought 1 packets of the M&M's yesterday and Z asked if we can make cookies today. Without thinking, I said OK.... Since morning, LZ has been asking when we are going to bake and so we started baking in the afternoon...

Recipe from M&M's

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar *I used slightly less*
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 3/4 cup M&M
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Methods:

- preheat oven to 180C/350F
- lightly grease cookie sheet
- cream butter & sugars till light and fluffy
- combine flour, cocoa powder, salt & baking soda, mix well
- Add it to cream mixture
- Stir in M&M and nuts
- place abt tbs each onto tray, then bake in oven for 12-14mins for chewy cookies or 14-16mins for crispy cookies
- cool 1 min on tray then cool on wire rack

We tried both the chewy and crispy ones and we find that the chewy ones taste better.

We started munching on it as soon as it was out of the oven! If you have time, do try it out with your kids :) Not only my LZ love it, my friend's kids (I gave some to them) love it too!

What's your EQ?

Your EQ is 133

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

LZdaddy and me have the same score!

Weekends

Saturday

We meet up with Boon's family at Raffles City for shopping. As I have mentioned in the previous post, L wants to get a white dress coz she needs it for her graduation concert this month. Not only it has to be white, it has to be a short sleeve dress that is below the knee. She has a few white dresses but all of it are sleeveless :( I can't find it at the mall near my house and I remembered there is a pushcart at Raffles City that sells white dresses but disappointed that they don't have any...

Does anyone knows where to get it? I would appreciate if you can help :)

After shopping, we went to one of the restaurant at the basement for dinner. They served very good roast duck but the place was very small.. I can't recall what was the restaurant name... Anyway, I walked pass the donuts shop was shocked to see the queue!

Sunday
LZ stayed longer than usual in the church today (and for the next few Sundays) as they will be performing on the 23rd September. I think my kids are busier than me! They are also preparing for their school concert too... Z is the youngest to be performing and he looks so cute on stage trying to follow/remember the signs (they will be performing songs with sign language) :) L looks like she enjoys it too! Just hope that they will not have stage fright on that day!
LZdaddy mentioned that Oasis will be closing down soon (correct me if I'm wrong).... So we decided to go there for the Teochew porridge. Lucky we were there at 6pm and there was ample parking lots and we got a table with good view. What a pity that they decided to tear down this place. I remembered my dad used to bring us here quite often when we were very young...