Migration

My hasty decision to start a public blog after being driven to privatizing my first-borned-blog has contributed to some 'cracks' in (what I tend to believe) my trying-to-be-perfectionist self.

I normally do some research before getting into gear about a task/project, but it wasn't so for this, I just wanted a buzzy name, and hence, it has backfired (to some extent).

Not a big deal to me, but I can sense frustrations when I casually mentioned that my blog is at "buzz hyphen about hyphen baby dot blogspot dot com" and most people will get directed to another blog when they tried to search for my blog.

After a few encounters, I have decided to do an inter-migration of blogs.

Do click on my profile as it will bring you to my new blog.
To date, there are no similar named blogs so I really do hope that this will not cause further frustrations to new acquaintances which I hope to meet along my blogging path.

So, here's a toast to Bringing Up Miss K.

Cheers!

~ Caught in the act ~

Easter Baking Fun

I hope everyone had a great Easter 2011!

Miss K had her first baking 'experiment' today. As I was clearing my food cabinet 2 days ago, I discovered an unopened tin of Nestum (amongst other things which I had no idea existed in that cupboard!), I had no idea what to do with it, so I decided to make some Nestum cookie.
Well, off I went to google for a nestum cookie recipe, dig for my blender and baking stuff which I have not touched since I last made Miss K's first birthday cupcakes, and excitedly told the hubby and the little one about it.

We had a great time in the kitchen, a little messy, but it was fun. I think the little one enjoyed it too!

The cookies were not as crispy as I thought it would be, but the little one loved it!

Our first project in the kitchen....I hope there will be many more to come.

Flying with Emirates

I have to say Emirates has very good service on board and also throughout check-in and transit. At least, the quality of their service on board the economy cabin which we were in was much much better than Singapore Airlines or Lufthansa (the only 2 airlines which I have flown long distance with a infant/toddler in tow).

My only grouse was, although the little one is below 2 years old and therefore do not need to purchase her own seat, she was too heavy for the bassinet which had a max weight of 11kgs!
We were very fortunate to have empty seats on our SIN-DBX and DBX-JFK route, so Miss K had a seat all to herself. That allowed her to sleep pretty well on both legs of the flight.
On our way back, we had a full flight for both legs, so, we had a really horrible time trying to make ourselves and our little one who has to  (and sleep) on our lap comfortable throughout the whole duration of the flight.

Dubai airport is neat. They have these free Maclaren stroller for toddlers 3 years and below. You will see it at soon as you walk from the aerobridge into the terminal. Very convenient for transit passengers like us.

They also have a transit lounge were passengers on transit (at least in Terminal 1) can sit and have some food and drinks (free of charge) and surf the net (free of charge too). One just has to show their boarding pass.

The range of toys and enterntainment materials for children on board the flight were also more varied. They had bagpacks, colouring and activity booklets, colouring pencils and these hand puppets:

Our collection of the little Emirate "friends".
We were hoping for a cow to complete the collection!

The air stewardess were also going around taking polaroid photos of the kids on board. We had one made into a little booklet (which I have no clue where it is right now, the hubs might have lost it!) and this one which was made into a photoframe.

All in all, very good service with a smile, two thumbs up for Emirates. My airline of choice for now.

My Todd and I in Manhattan

Although Manhattan is not the most child friendly place on earth, Miss K and I managed to fit in some sightseeing, some fun activities and of course not forgetting the many food stops for quesadillas and pizzas along the way.

Central Park was our No.1 spot. We love the lush environment, the cherry blossoms in full bloom, the different breed of doggies taking their walk in the park and of course the ducks and squirrels who made the park their home.

Cherry Blossoms in full bloom.

I stumbled upon this nice park for toddlers at West 68th Street. There are actually many nice playgrounds at Central Park. Should we visit NYC again, we'll definitely explore the other playgrounds at Central Park.

A little too much fun!

A visit to New York will not be complete without visiting the Statue of Liberty. A cheap (free of charge) and less crowded way to see the statue of liberty is by taking the Staten Island Ferry. We had a nice cinnamon pretzel and coffee while waiting for the ferry. Ferry departs every 30 minutes to the hour. It was a nice ferry ride to and back from Staten Island. Miss K was free to walk around the half empty ferry, went out to the deck to look at the low flying seagulls and admired the view within.
It was lovely.

Miss K's first ferry ride :)

A visit to Brooklyn Bridge was totally unplanned. However, I was glad I got lost while taking the subway, hence ended up at the oldest suspension bridge in USA. It was a really HOT day in Manhattan the day we visited the bridge, too hot to walk the length of the longest suspension bridge in the world!
It was also on the bridge when we saw two NYPD helicopter flying really low, circling around while patroling the city. Yes, the heli kept the little one occupied throughout the 30 minutes walk along the bridge.

A very hot day, little one in a bad mood.

On the day we got lost and ended up at Brooklyn bridge, we got lost again on our way back and ended up at Wall Street where the NYSE is located. A place with high security, not interesting for the little one, however, this picture is just for keepsake.



I'm quite glad to say that this trip is actually not ALL about shopping, really!

Lubber

Miss K picked this bright Phua-Chu-Kang-boots look-a-like bag when we were shopping at Century 21 in Manhattan.
I haven't seen this in Singapore but its a Lubber Bag.


Its pretty cool as it has the same concept as the Crocs shoes, you can add "Lubbs" to personalise the bottom holes, change the straps to funky looking ones and it has a shoe-like bottom.
How cool is that!
I got myself a red one :)