Frog Leg Porridge

Breakfast @ Chinatown Hawker Centre
We went over to Chinatown Hawker Centre for breakfast this morning – it was the first time we ate at a place without any highchair. Daddy felt that I should be able to remain seated on the stool without much problem (which I passed with flying colours… =P). Mommy also managed to find a chair with backing (at least they didn’t need to worry about me falling down backwards from the stool). I had muffin (packed from downstairs) and Mommy’s fish ball noodle.

Yummy muffin and fish ball noodle

While I was halfway through my breakfast, Daddy went off for a while to buy fresh frog from the wet market below (Mommy would be preparing frog leg porridge for me today… sounded gross). Chinatown wet market is one of the best places to get fresh frog and it can’t be fresher – the frogs are slaughtered and sold on the spot (think Daddy will spare us the details how it is done).

Frog Leg Porridge
After getting the frog home, Mommy didn’t dare to process it. In the end, Daddy had to do it. The legs were added into the porridge while the rest of the frog was used to brew soup base for the porridge. The soup base had a fishy smell and NaiNai suggested adding a slice of ginger to it. The end result was much better as it smelled a lot nicer than before.

The porridge tasted very “sweet” (by Daddy and Mommy’s standard). However, I had only 1 mouthful and didn’t want any more (wasted Mommy’s effort). They weren’t very sure whether I didn’t like the taste of the frog or ginger and I guess them will attempted again.

In the end, I had a bit of cereal as lunch.

Playtime With NaiNai
While Mommy was taking her afternoon nap, I was fussing for her attention. Daddy wanted to let Mommy had a good rest and provided me from going to Mommy. I wasn’t happy of coz and started my usual crying and screaming. Daddy decided to carry out his “cry-out” treatment but NaiNai couldn’t stand it and interfered.

She took me out to the void deck @ Level 3. Daddy thought that it was a wonderful idea for NaiNai to spend some time alone with me (I thought he was just being lazy). We spent around 30 minutes there – playing with the slides, watching birds and running around. It must be a very tiring 30 minutes for NaiNai… hehe.

Dining Out with GuGu
We dined out with GuGu in the evening. We went to this coffeeshop style restaurant @ East Coast Road. It was that restaurant that we wanted to visit for past two occasions but was called off due to unforeseen events. We finally fulfilled our wish today.

Having my dinner with Aidan

My main course was fish slice bee hoon and stirred fried hor fun, with some white rice and mixed veggie. The bee hoon was very nice and I finished a VERY BIG portion (plus I was very hungry as I didn’t have much lunch) =P. I did self-feeding most of the time - only needed Mommy to “chop” the bee hoon to smaller pieces. Daddy commented that I am copying Sharon Aw – coz I bring my own bowl and spoon whenever I dine out.

We went back home to play for a short while after calling it a night. When leaving Aidan wanted Daddy to go home with him… =P.

Playing with Aidan on in the room

Climbing Up Stairs Unassisted
I demonstrated to Daddy and Mommy that I can actually climb up the stairs without assistance from them. Previously, I would use my left hand to hold on to the railing and “borrow” strength from Daddy’s hand with my right hand. Now, I will hold onto the railing with both hands and pulled myself up step by step. Occasionally, I will be a bit too ambition and attempted to overcome two steps with alternating steps – I still don’t have the strength to do that yet but I will succeed soon… =).