Our second trip to IKEA

IKEA is having their annual clearance sales now from 3^rd to 26^th July. So we decided to go IKEA to check out any good deals for us and also to get more idea on furnishings as we want to renovate our flat a few months down the road.

We were supposed to be there yesterday due to Yvette didn’t rest well in the afternoon, so the plan was post phoned till today.

Anyway, this was her second trip. She was there last December on Christmas Day with my SIL’s family. Time flies. Looking back at those pictures taken in last December; Yvette was really a small baby. Now she is a big baby to me.  

Yvette @ 7 mths old

Yvette @ 13 mths old

Since Yvette doesn’t like to be on the stroller, we decided to take a bus there. We bumped into our neigbours who were also going to IKEA, such a coincidence!

We had our dinner at the IKEA food court. I miss the chicken wing. Hubby ordered 6 of them and we managed to gobble down them and including our main course. Haha… we didn’t have lunch today. After dinner, we let Yvette have some fun time at the mini playground somewhere in the middle of the food court.

Yvette having fun

Yvette was well behaved. She didn’t really want to be on the ground. I didn’t try to put her on the push trolley; I shall do it next time. To be honest, it’s really tiring to keep carrying her around.

While moving ourselves with ease in IKEA, I saw someone familiar. Ops! Although it is kind of couldn’t believe who I saw, I still went up to say hi.

I tapped her hand, and said, Hi Nic. I waved to her son, Hi Will!

She had gotten a shock! Her hubby too! She looked puzzled and wondered who I was. She had totally no idea how I know her name, and her son’s name.

Nic: Who are you? (In very gentle tone)

SF: I am Shirley, sunflower, your blog reader!

Her lick unlocked into a smile!

Nic: Wow!

SF: Small world. I saw your hubby and confirmed it must be you. (Her hubby got a fierce look to me.)

Nic: We are fated to meet!

We exchanged word.

I was very surprise too. I never expect to bump into Nic. Anyway I got to know her blog, Especially for Will, several months ago thru papers. She asked to take a picture of me but I told her since I never put my picture on the blog and requested her not to post my picture. Then she asked: Will that be ok to post Yvette’s picture up there?

Yes please. I replied.

I didn’t manage to take a picture of Will as he was shaking his head at that moment. Anyway, let me wait for Nic to post the picture on the blog and I can steal the picture from her thru there. (Here is her entry  on our “fate”)

Nic, it’s really nice to meet you in family!

Nic, Will (her son, he is sooo passionate) & Yvette

Our Library Trip (5)

It’s a habit now. We are all set to the library every Saturday late morning.

I always read that information on the notices board the moment I stepped into the library to find out what is the latest event going on. This week they are promoting:

1. Support Mental Wellness
2. Yellow Ribbon campaign
3. Borrow 4 items for a chance to win NDP review tickets

Current Events

And with effective July 09, basic members (like us) can borrow up to 6 items, with up to2 audio-visual items. (The 6 items can be all books.) You may wish to find out more here.

Change in Loan Quota

There are two productions that will be held in the HQ of NLB somewhere in Sept, Oct & Nov respectively.

Production 1: Little Green Frog (1-20 Sept 09)

Production 2: Duck and Dive, The Ugly Duckling & The Frog Prince (29^th Oct to 21^st Nov 09)

You may wish to find out more here.

As printed on the brochure, Little Green Frog is a delightful, funny and touching adaptation of a Korean Folk Tale back by popular demand! However, this production is recommended only for those children over 3 years of age. Although they won’t ban children and babes below the age of three but they reserve the right to remove any child that is making excessive noise, or is crying during the performance.

And sooo

This is not meant for Yvette.

Adoi…. Today Yvette is naughty girl!

She kept pushing the books right into the shelves and I have to push them out. We repeated this “exercise” many times. And sometimes she was so excited; she couldn’t contain her excitement and started to scream. Aiyo. We quickly took hold of any books that it deemed fit for Yvette and left the library. -.-!

Books we borrowed for Yvette

Book for myself

She explained I can only use one loan receipt for one activity not for multi-activities. Hmmm in my heart I was thinking; “but but but you all have been allowing me to do so for 3 weeks, why change now?”

Anyway I left without further question.