This blog has the intention of documenting Hendrik’s milestones as he grows up. Since he is still very young to blog, I will be making most of the entries in this blog highlighting Hendrik’s moments during his tender years. It is hoped that in the near future, he will be able to see how far he has achieved and that he would be glad to know what a pleasant boy he is and how much he is loved by his proud parents, especially his mom. -- Feona
This
is a long overdue post as our visit to the Art Garden 2012 at the Singapore Art
Museum (SAM) was held 2 months ago. It was Hendrik’s 2nd time to
visit the interactive art display for children which was in its third year
running in Singapore. The last time we visited, which was last year, Hendrik was amazed with the displays and had a
lot of fun. This year, some of the artworks which were shown last year were
also found this year and a bit more. The photos show some of the additional
works which were included in this year’s contemporary art exhibition for
children at SAM @ 8Q.
~ Mommy helping Hendrik create patterns and designs using objects such as clothes pegs, keys, etc. ~
~ Hendrik loves to stamp! ~
~ Hendrik coloring his tree ~
~ Instead of pasting up his own tree on the wall, he opted to pose for the camera instead ~
~ Video of Hendrik, Mommy, Daddy and other participants dancing to the music selection in the "Let's Dance" installation ~
(we are at the bottom of the screen =) )
~ Screen capture photos from the big screen of "Let's Dance" ~
~ What better way to culminate our museum visit than to savor Hendrik's favorite moist chocolate cake! Yum! Yum! ~
We started celebrating Hendrik’s 3rd birthday on Friday, 17 June 2011 - 4 days away from his actual birth date of 20 June. I took leave from work that Friday with the intention of bringing Hendrik to see Bob the Builder show at Millennia Walk. I learned about this show when I was flipping the local newspaper a few weeks ago. When I saw the ad on the paper I thought that it was just perfect for my boy who is a fan of Bob the Builder, which also happens to be the theme of his 3rd birthday party! We brought his yellow construction hard hat (which Joseph and I bought on Tuesday, 14 June, along with the rest of the construction deco to be used during his party) to the show at Millennia Walk; and he surely stood out because he was the only one with the yellow hat among the kids who also turned up for the show. He had a good time watching Bob, Wendy and Spud. He danced to the tune of Bob the Builder songs and also posed for snaps with replicas of Roley and Muck that were displayed at the event hall.
18 June – Hendrik’s 3rd birthday party: this was a busy as well as fun and memorable day for us since this is the party date. We had a lot of things to do from cleaning the house (especially the living room and dining area), decorating the walls and ceilings with Bob the Builder posters and construction deco items, blowing the balloons, getting the cake and preparing the food (although we catered some foods for the party as Joseph cannot handle to cook for 20+ confirmed guests). All of us at home, including our housemates were busy in helping us prepare for the party.
happy birthday Hendrik!
Bob the Builder cake & cupcakes (thanks to Tita Gracey...)
the birthday boy
Tita Dey + housemates
food + guests
w/ Tito Mark & Tita Leahn
blowing of candles
cupcake topper from Hendrik
w/ the kids
happy family =)
19 June: we went to Church for our regular Sunday service. Since this was also Father’s day, Hendrik went to the pulpit during Sacrament meeting together with the rest of the Primary kids and sang 2 Father’s Day songs. After church our ward prepared some food to celebrate Father’s Day and it was during this time that YW girls (Gail, Marissa, Marie and Jesmine) serenaded Hendrik with a birthday song.
Sunday night, our friends Ann and Michel came over and had dinner with us. They also gave Hendrik a keyboard which Ann is no longer using. At first, Hendrik dare not touch the keyboard, but when I brought it to the bedroom and started playing with it, he started to warm up and after a few minutes his fingers were already on the keyboard with head swinging to the notes and tunes! =)
20 June – Hendrik’s actual birth date: This was a special day for us so Joseph and I took leave from work to be with the birthday boy… =) Since we had the party on 18 June, I planned to spend his actual birth date by going to the Singapore Arts Museum (SAM) where they have an interactive art display for children. The “Art Garden”, as they call it, runs from 03 June to 30 August only. But before we headed to SAM, we let Hendrik opened his birthday gifts first. He was so thrilled when I helped him open the presents one by one and you can see the joy and excitement on his face!
