Breastfeeding Milk Journal

it's 25 days now and I'm pumping out around 80-90ml of milk. 

Boy. oh. Boy..

I'm becoming a milk bar!

DIY Hot Air Balloon

For those mummies out there who are planning on a Hot Air Balloon theme party for their little boys, here's a tutorial on how to make your own Hot Air Balloon.

THINGS YOU WILL NEED

Paper lanterns

Baker's twine

IKEA duktig tea cup set

glue

scissor

scotch tape

Above:  Dying process of my paper lanterns from Daiso. You can skip this step if you do not need a blue or coloured paper lantern. Or if you managed to find off the rack coloured paper lanterns. As my party theme is green and blue, I bought a bottle of food dye from NTUC and spray it onto my paper lanterns. I did a good spray and dry for 3 times before the colour finally sets in properly. This took me about 2 hours on a good sunny afternoon.

actually it's pretty simple. spray. let it out to dry. check again and spray. dry. spray. dry. And you will have your coloured lanterns in no time at all. They dry pretty quick as the paper are quite thin.

 here's the things that you will need.

step 1: You will need to measure the length of the paper lantern from top to bottom and right down to the tea cup and back up all the way to the top of the paper lantern. Once you get that length, cut the baker's twine. You will need 2 pieces of this thread for 1 paper lantern.

Step 2: tie the baker's twine from the top of the paper lantern to the bottom. I used a satay stick to poke a hole and thread through my bakers' twine at the bottom.

Step 3: I double side taped my cup to the saucer and scotch taped my thread to the underside of the saucer.

 finished product - cup & saucer with thread underneath held by a scotch tape.

And to continue a similar theme, i used back the same coloured paper which i used for my party bags and cupcake topper to make a bunting and tied it from one hot air balloon to another.

James - 24 days old

James - wearing all Jules' hand me downs.

Confinement Food Journey - Wo Tie 窝铁

haha!
i think i will not stop bragging about my auntie! She's really amazing!!!

We were out with Jules to do some NTUC shopping for the baby shower and went we returned home, auntie was in the midst of making dumplings for us to eat as snacks. And she has already put the baby to sleep. AND there was already a plate of dumplings all pan fried for us to eat...she actually making the 2nd batch now as I grab my camera to take pictures of her.

Left: the mini doughs which she is going to knead them into the dumpling skins.
Right: the dumpling filling which she has marinated

Left: second batch of dumplings waiting to be pan fried.
Right: Auntie kneading the dumpling skin

looks good yah!

and it tastes terrific-ly good. awesome.

Jules - At the Dining Table

my dear Jules - today he turns 22 months old.
very much a toddler.
very noisy
very playful
very loving

and very very cute!

James - 20 days old

i'm taking the opportunity to take more photos while i can. Because when James is awake, most probably I will be breastfeeding him. So i can only take photos while he is zzz away.

Auntie says he is bigger than Jules.
I'm not sure.
they look the same to me!

and i try not to neglect Jules too since half the time I'm always carrying James. So here's a quick photo of Jules in his usual smile - closed eyes and pursed lips.

Confinement Food Journey

 Today's soup is Lotus root soup!

Facts of the day:
The property of Lotus Root will change as it is being cooked. The longer the roots are cooked, the darker (redder) the soup becomes. Lotus root has many benefits like strengthening the bodies, dispelling heat and enhancing the appetite.

I definitely need some soup to dispel the heat from singapore's dry spell!

Above: Dinner-time! 

See the big bowl of pig trotter vinegar minus the trotter? It's all for me to down it! 

OMG.

Will i turn black from drinking so much black vinegar??? My auntie says that drinking vinegar is good....erm. I ask her what good does it make. She says it drives wind away. 

no wonder i have been farting so much.

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poot. <3