Tuesday, September 27, 2011
It's the time of the apple again!
It was the Äpplemarknaden in the town of Kivik over the last weekend. Again.
It's actually amazing how year passes after year. This was my 3rd apple festival already! The first was even before I was preggie, the second was last year when Angel was a 10-month old infant who had to be pushed around in a stroller, now this time she is a 22-month old toddler who loves to run about. That mean she could finally pick her own apples too!
Angel just got her haircut. By me. Notice how our hair look similar? Jw keeps saying we look like ah tuk. Nerdy. Fine, next time you cut for her, okie dear? =)
She definitely had more fun this year. Like how she drank near 4 cups of apple juice samples, tasted a apple hamburger even touched the apple portrait made out of 35,000 apples.
One of the highlights was still the apple picking session, where this time she could run about the orchard and choose for herself the apples she liked to pick. Well, she usually chose the lousy ones.
The weather was also great on that Sunday afternoon, a bright warm sun against clear blue skies. This might jolly well be our last apple festival, so I really cherished every bit of it. Oh, we also bought 6 cartons of 3-litre apple juice and 2 x 2kg of fresh apples, plus we picked another 1kg. Guess what fruit comes after lunch and dinner for the next two weeks?
~Summer~ 7:19 AM
Sunday, September 18, 2011
So I've finally started working on ideas for Angel's 2nd birthday party. Yay yay. It's the time of the year again!
I've decided to theme it a Disney party since she visited Disneyland this year and fell in love with it. (Which kid won't?) I think it will be fun to have lots of Disney pictures and decorations to celebrate this joyous occasion with her.
So, till more updates!
By the way, if you are wondering why I did not post more updates of my summer road trip or why I had been lagging in my posting recently, that's because I am working on a BIG project. Yup. In addition to Angel's party.
The news is: My blog is moving! Yeah. I think this blog is in a need of a makeover after being in use for so long. So, I'm currently working on my new blog which will definitely be more exciting, organized and I promise I will keep it updated! =) It will also incorporate some of my passions in life, like art & craft, video making and chinese writing.
So, if you are a supporter of my blog, do stay tuned and I'll announce the new website as soon as I get it published and running! Wish me luck for the party and for my blog! =)
~Summer~ 6:06 PM
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Outdoor shoots are always fun to us. We'd like to think of ourselves as a rather sporty family (though I can't remember when was the last time I picked up the racket).
So, our outdoor theme was S-O-C-C-E-R!!
I think Angel looked really cute in the Liverpool jersey outfit though. And yeah, she loved to kick some balls. =) The photo shoot went really well and we had lots of fun coming up with fun poses in the big green field. =) Hooray to a successful second family photo shoot!
~Summer~ 10:09 PM
The second theme of our photoshoot was a love storyboard where we summarized our love journey in 8 pictures. I thought this theme was really fresh, unique and the props (thanks fangting for doing them!) made it all look very cute and sweet.
So, here goes my 8-year love story.
We had many fun and wacky behind the scene pictures too. The nice thing about this theme is that you can get to be as creative and give as many face expressions or cute actions as you want! =)
~Summer~ 9:38 PM
The B&W series (with banana, bread and book)
So, here are the final selection of our family photo shoot. First up is the B&W series. I've never really done a B&W series before especially at such a close up, but it worked pretty well and I was glad that Angel had so many good shots too!
She's a funny baby who insisted on having props like banana, bread, book and ball. Tell me bout it, they all start with 'B'. But well, anything to make her smile for the camera, we will do it. =)
We also had some nice couple shots, just jw and me. I think we did pretty well with the poses, especially jw who seems to have a flair for it. Hehe. Made me feel like I was back to my graduation photo shoot or wedding photo shoot all over again.
I specially loved this pic. Made me feel like a supermama. Hehe. Supermama to the rescue of trapped papa! His expression scored 100% here too. Hee.
Much thanks for fangting for the makeup and hairdo, as well as to shuhong and glenn for being our photographers. Also grateful to my dear for participating 100% in it and that we had so much fun out of it as usual. Lastly, to my baby, you are definitely the best model out there! Thanks for all your smiles and just being the lovely you!
~Summer~ 9:17 PM
I'm quite a fan of the Top Chef show hosted by Padma which is currently showing on TV3 in Sweden.
Today I was thrilled to hear that this season's finale will be held in SINGAPORE!!!
Oh yeah, these US chefs are going to battle it out in the familiar setting of kopitiams, hawker centres and chinatown. I bet it will bring back a sense of nostalgia.
Can't wait to see it tmr. For those interested, it will be aired at 7:00pm on TV3.
~Summer~ 5:28 AM