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We spent the last few days of 2017 in LV. It was our first road trip since we got to LA. We held back road trips for a while as Charlotte does not do well in cars. She is still not the best but I think she's getting better. Mummy was all prepared for our virgin road trip. I brought along an old school potty in the car which proved to be very very useful. *pat on my back* The trip there was supposed to be about a 4 hours drive. So we did a stop over in between at barstow outlet to do a bit of shopping. I was also totally prepared for the stop over. I brought fried rice and sandwich for our lunch! Charlotte was pleased with her lunch. She gave me a LIKE! hah Basically, Charlotte spent most of her time either eating or sleeping in the car. She was surprisingly good on the journey there. We even encountered a jam. Thus it took us a longer time to get to LV. But Charlotte still managed to arrive in style :) On the second day, we drove up to Grand Canyon. It was a day tour. The...

Happy New Year! First came Christmas, then New Year Day just flew passed. I also finally passed my driving test here in LA. I never thought I could pass as Der was always saying how lousy I was. But I managed to! Well at least I am legal to drive now. So when the time comes, I could if I needed to. Christmas was spent with a group of Singaporeans. It felt good to know other fellow Singaporeans in a foreign country. Feels like I am back in Singapore again when I am surrounded by people who speak in the same accent as me.  Unlike Moscow, the Singaporean community here is not as closely knitted. There are just too many Singaporeans here and the place is too big. We all do not live very close by. Hopefully friendships will blossom and I will make new Singaporean friends like the friends I made in Moscow. New Year eve was not a very exciting day. We spent the last 3 days of 2017 in Las Vegas (it'll be a separate entry) and when we got back, the kiddo fell sick followed by the ...

Charlotte finally made it to Disneyland. After all the procrastinating, we finally bought an annual pass and brought Charlotte there. Even though she has no clue what Disneyland was all about, she was all pumped up and excited that she was able to wear her Snow White costume. Instead of going there early in the morning, we went in the afternoon, after brunch. The timing couldn't have been better. Charlotte had something to eat and took a nap while we drove there. Saved my ears from her screaming that she is not feeling well. She still does that quite a bit whenever she needs to get into her car seat. Charlotte's first ride in Disneyland. Dumbo the flying elephant. Surprisingly, she was quite good when it came to queuing for rides. Even though we went on a weekday, the queue for the rides were at least 30mins. But she seemed to understand that we need to queue if we want to get on any rides. She didn't really fussed while queuing. But my arms were aching the next day fro...

I find it almost impossible to teach my own kid. Whenever I try, it never turns out well. Here I am sitting in front of my laptop typing away my grouses while my kid sits facing the balcony, staring into space. Reason being.. she refused to do things when it comes to using her brains and it get me all agitated and worked up. We were happily playing with a new set of playdoh that we got yesterday when I decided to move on to teach or rather go through some numbers with her. Then and there, she decided that she doesn't want to play anymore. She can already easily count 1-10 and sometimes even 11-20 with some help. However she can be very lazy. For instance today. She said she doesn't even know the no. 1. This got me really worked up. How can she not know the no. 1?? She just refused to tell me the no. no matter what I do. So I have decided to ignore her and just do my own stuff. It has been almost an hour and being the stubborn girl, she just sat and faced the balcony, still ...

I lost my phone and wallet. It was entirely my fault. I had no idea what got into me. I just left my entire bag in the toilet. How can someone forget such a big item? my entire bag! I always thought I am quite careful when it comes to my valuables but I guess I am not at all. I didn't even realized that I was not carrying my bag until derrick asked if I had my phone with me. It was only about 5 mins. Derrick ran back to the toilet and managed to find my bag. My phone and purse was gone though. I always had the fear of leaving my bag behind in a changing room. But never have I ever imagined that I would leave it in a toilet! I think the chances of getting back my belongings would be higher if I  had left it in the changing room as the the salesperson will probably be checking it before she lets the next person in. In any case, I do not want to experience that. That being said, what's gone is gone. Derrick had tried his best to get it back. We went to the security, requested ...

We finally got around visiting the Noah's Ark Exhibition at Skirball Museum. It is definitely a place worth visiting. I wasn't sure at first as it only opens at 12noon on weekdays which is the time Charlotte is about to take her nap. However, it all worked out well in the end. We went for the 2.30pm slot, right after her nap. In the morning, we brought her to a different sort of indoor playground. A place called A Magic Forest. It was our first time there. Almost everything was made of wood. Not a single toy was battery operated. I know wooden toys are more of an educational toys and are said to be better. But in my case, it was not possible to just have these toys at home. So i guess it was a good experience for Charlotte. For once, she can simply use her imagination and be free to do whatever she wants with wooden blocks and just plain simple toys without any other attention grabbing toys that plays music with a push of a button. Planting veggies A chicken coop C...

I was pretty excited about visiting a pumpkin patch especially after seeing all the media influencers on instagram bringing their kids to one. So over the weekend, we visited our first pumpkin patch at Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch. I chose somewhere that was nearest to our place as Charlotte still does not do well in cars. We had no idea what to expect but I got Charlotte all excited when I told her that she will get to go on a pony ride and get her face painted. Upon arriving, I already liked what I see! Pumpkins everywhere! How cool was that? Oh and I get to pick any pumpkin that was lying around :) I just got very pumped up at the idea. It might be something families in LA see every year but this was my first time.  Charlotte too loved the idea of hay everywhere! We also managed to get ourselves a wagon to transport the kiddo around. Actually, it wasn't easy pulling it around. Face painting was first on our list. Even though there was a queue, Charlotte waited pa...