Angry

Tonight, Daddy was playing an underwater puzzle game with Nadine, and watching 'The Noose' at the same time. Of course he couldn't concentrate fully on the game. At 1 point, Nadine kept repeating "Daddy play this one", but couldn't get Daddy's attention. Then she said, "I am angry with you!" That finally got Daddy's attention!

Taipei

Daddy, Mummy and Nadine brought Po-Po to Yi-Ma, who lives in Taipei. Plan was to have a last little holiday for the family of 3 before Di-Di comes in end-July.

Taipei had one of driest season in recent history. But during the 5 days that we were there, it rained non-stop! And the sun only resurfaced as we left for the airport! As a result, we hardly did any sight-seeing, aside from going to the Palace Museum and the Astronomical Museum. Didn't manage to go to any mountains nor fisherman's wharf, etc. And we therefore did not take many photos too. Didn't even take any proper photos with Yi-Ma, Yi-Zhan and Jie Jie Joelle!

But, what we did a lot was EAT! Restaurants in Taipei are much cheaper than those in Singapore. And the quality of food and service are way way above Singapore. Yumzzzz......

The only family photo during this trip

Outside Palace Museum

A super yummy shabu shabu meal that cost less than S$200 for 6 of us (excluding Nadine)

28 months

Weight: 13 kg

Height: 88 cm

Nadine is now tall enough to reach the door knob. So whenever she wakes up in the morning, or from her naps, she'll open the door and come out of her room herself, instead of knocking on the door to get people to open the door for her.

Now, besides imitating the actions of the characters she watches on her dvds, she also imitates the poses of the characters she reads in her books. Daddy and Mummy decided that since she's such a drama queen, she should go to drama classes when she's older.

There are days when Nadine can be such a cooperative angel, but there are also days that she totally exasperates Daddy and Mummy with her stubbornness and naughtiness. Makes Mummy wonder if she's going through a "terrible 2" stage, or perhaps feeling insecure about having a sibling soon. To punish her, or to give her extra tender loving care to make her feel more secure? So hard to try and strike a balance.

Stickers

Like most kids, Nadine loves stickers. And she loves pasting them all over - on the walls, on furniture, on people's clothes and faces, and on herself.

Universal Studios Singapore

Family outing at USS.

Nadine loved the Far Far Away castle, Shrek 4-D show and Shrek shop. But Shrek was nowhere to be seen. Only Puss. And by the time we met Woody Woodpecker, Nadine was half asleep.

USS really isn't very fun for a toddler. Nadine couldn't go on most of the rides. We queued for the dragon ride, but Nadine chickened out last minute. The 1 and only ride we took was the merry-go-round, totally non-happening. And Daddy kept looking longingly at the Battlestar Galactica ride, and consoled himself by saying, "it's so low". Yeah yeah ....

Conclusion - Nadine's too young for theme parks. What's worse, she's been super-sticky to Mummy. Kept wanting Mummy to carry her. So it was really tiring for Mummy. Maybe we should just stick to playgrounds, swimming pool and shopping centres, where she'll willingly run around and not demand to be carried.