Vtech- My Laptop (Pink)

My princess has received this gift from my hubby's friend from Hong Kong at the age of 2. Although she was able to read many words and even answer the questions from this laptop at that time, she doesn't like/appreciate this gift at all.

This cute laptop was kept in the store for about a year and finally I took out last night to test the water. We are delighted that our princess is now ready for it. She enjoyed playing the quizzes and finished many questions from the provided workbook by pressing the keyboard and controlling the mouse.

Seems like we really have to follow the given instructions on the box which stated it's for kids age 3 and above.  Hahaha! 

Some detail of this laptop:
Brand: VTECH
• 30 engaging activities covering English, math, games and music
• 8-directional cursor mouse detaches and changes sides to suit right and left-handed users
• A silly monkey character leads game play as helper and friend
• 3-6 years

Private 1 to 1 Clay Art Lesson

After our KL trip, my princess has been reminding me about the Sesame Street clay art project we plan to do at home. 

Finally I have kept my promise and had a wonderful private clay art lesson with her. 

Before this afternoon lesson with her, I have tried doing clay Elmo and Cookie Monster alone in the morning when she was in her school. Well, it was my first Resin Clay art in my life so I have to make sure I can do it well before I teach my princess.  Very responsible and professional teacher huh?! Lol.

Actually it is quite easy. For Elmo, we need clay as follow:
-red for his round/oval face
-orange for the oval nose
- white for the eyes
- black for the eye pupils and big semi-circle shaped mouth. 

As for Cookie Monster, we need:
- blue for his round/ oval face
- white for the eyes
- black for the eye pupils and big semi-circle shaped mouth.

For the furry look, we can either poke many holes or use scissors to cut. These projects are suitable for beginners. Well, practice make perfect. ^^

Upper one are my 2nd attempt, the lower one are my first masterpieces.

Clay Art Project at Publika

My younger sister and I decided to let my princess to try 1 session of clay art at Publika, near Mount Kiara, KL during our trip in May 2013. 

We are allowed to choose any art work from their samples and do the project at their shop for about 2 hours. The 1 time project (RM75) includes teaching and art materials.  

My princess chose a cute ladybug as her first clay art lesson in her life. We are all excited about it.

Basically the teacher guided my princess to mix color, roll the clay into round shape and stick at places where the teacher has placed some glue. Throughout the lesson, my princess just listened attentively and followed instructions without any complaints.  Her motor skills are not perfect yet but I can see she was trying her best to do the art. I feel very proud of her! *sob

Due to limited time constraints, we left the place once her project was completed.  (About an hour) After the session, I did buy more clay art materials back as I plan to let my princess to have more chances in playing this fun art. 

I can't wait to teach her to do her favorite characters at home. Her Sesame Street friends are Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar etc. I believe I have to learn to be a patient and creative mother who can teach my princess in many things in a fun way. It is never easy to be a full time mother.  Since I can't change my 'job' at the moment, I better embrace it with all my enthusiastic and love, enjoy every moment and cherish every single day. 

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and me! ^^

Happy Teacher's Day

My princess' s school requested all students to handmade Teacher's Day card this year. So I have bought some fingers art tool and other art materials to make this happen. 

This is our first experience in doing a card together.  We had spent about 1.5 hours to complete it as I allowed my princess to do most of the work by herself.  

As a perfectionist in art work, I have learn to control myself for not interfering too much on my 3-year-old girl's creativity. I just taught her how to do, asked her what does she wants or preferred and let her try by herself.  

Her long concentration span did impress me.

I hope her teacher will like her first DIY card in her life.  Happy Teacher's Day!

Surprised in Meritz Hotel, Miri

Yesterday (17th Jan) was my birthday and my hubby gave me a surprised lunch at M Signature restaurant, Meritz Hotel.

This is our first time trying the food there.  Before that we had already being 'warned' by many friends who had been there. All of them have bad comments, such as lousy food and expensive prices.

Well, there are not many choices of fine dining restaurants in Miri so we decided to give it a try. The meals turned up to be wonderful! (I believe they have changed their chef and improved after getting too many complaints? !)

I ordered surf and turf (beef steak + cod fish with mashed potatoes and green salad) whereas my hubby who is a vegetarian had a special set meal prepared by the chef off the menu - gnocchi and fresh salad.

Surf & Turf

Gnocchi

The beef steak taste nice and tender with the mushroom sauce. The cod fish is fresh and scrumptious too. My hubby loves his gnocchi pasta. It's quite rich with the sauce which I believe is the mixture of butter and milk. (Good for him as he needs to gain some weight.) ^^

The captain and the waitresses are very friendly and helpful. They are polite and always give us warm and sweet smile. I was given a glass of fresh orange juice by the captain too. Haha! It was my Big Day. Lol.

When I was finishing my main course, out of a sudden I heard there were some people singing birthday song from far. And the sound was coming towards me. To my surprised, it was my hubby's arrangement with the staff.  My cheek felt like burning when the staff left. 

The cheesecake looks yummy but I was too full to try it.

For the whole lunch session, we were the only customers there. I bet they are still having trouble gaining back some confidence from customers though they had improved?! I am sure they deserve a second chance if you had bad experience there before when they just opened for business. ^^

Sitting at the revolving seats was a bit dizzy for me at the beginning when I was reading the menu. It was a bit jerky at certain places too. I have to admit that the revolving thing is not as good as the one in KL. The captain told us that it's due to the wheels of the motor but it can't be fixed. Hmmm...

Well, I had a great meal and experience there. If you haven't tried, give yourself and this new fine dining place a chance!

p/s: I had brought my dad to visit the restaurant again when he visited us in Miri. We were the only customers during lunch hour and the food turned out to be lousy. I was quite disappointed. Maybe we have to make a reservation before going so that the 'real chef' can be there when we arrive. Lol.