Vlogging with the Limmies!

Apart from updating our blog in words, we will try to work on producing more videos of our little adventures along the way. Here is a video playlist of our videos. Do let us know if you would like what you see, and we will do our best to make our content better! Please do subscribe, like and follow our videos and let us know what activities can we bring our little Bub to have some fun over the weekends! 🙂

Return of the AquaBub

As the Bub was sick last week, we were unable to bring him to his weekly swim lessons. However, it is clear that he really missed splashing around in the pool as he woke up super-duper early on Saturday morning, reminding us that it is time for us to bring him to the pool once more.

With the early wake-up call from the Bub, we were able to have an early breakfast at the nearby hawker centre. The food was really good and the Bub managed to gobble down an absurd mixture of bread, porgy, and my vegetarian noodles to fuel him up for his pending exertions.

Munchy Much! I am a glutton!

Mmmmmm!!! My breakfast is yummy!

By the time we were done with breakfast, we realised that we still had about 45 mins before his lesson starts. So we swiftly got changed and headed straight for the pool and started mucking around and test out the new arm floats that we got for the Bub from Toy”r”us for only $9.99! You can check out the link to the product here. Let us know if you would like us to do a product review of this float and perhaps I can do a short and quick review of it in the near future!

Lightning McQueen Arm Floats!

We quickly realised that the Bub is very comfortable with floating around in his new arm floats and he was able to keep his body upright with ease. So I allowed him to paddle around the shallow pool to build his confidence with his new swim gear. I wanted him to build the courage to jump straight into the pool but he was too careful and cautious to do so. Instead, he focused on swimming around aimlessly like a cute little duckling in the water.

He enthusiastically went for his swim lessons and his instructor said that the Bub is progressing well and is exceeding his expectations so far. I’m pleased that the instructor is reassuring me with the progress of my child and it is great to see the Bub having a great time during the class.

The instructor watching the Bub closely as he swims towards the marker

The Bub swimming confidently without the swimming board in the deep pool!

After his classes ended, we stayed around and continued playing in the water for another 45 mins before Mama Lim expressed her extreme hunger and we had to wash up and head for lunch before Mama Lim fainted by the poolside.

We love swimming! A splish splashing good time is the best fun of al!

By the time we were done with lunch, we were all throroughly exhausted, but not as badly worn out as the Bub as he passed out on the way home while we were still in the taxi. 😛

We hope you had as much fun reading what we did the other day and we hope that you’ll come back for more!

Bub the Drama King

I’ve probably mentioned to my close friends and family members that I think that Bub is definitely going to win a Golden Horse or Oscars when he grows up. I guess I only have myself to blame for passing on my drama papa genes to him. This little fella is so overly dramatic that he over exaggerates every little thing.

I bet everyone remembers the antics of Neymar at the recently concluded World Cup?

Neymar doing em Neymar things~

Yeap. This Neymar. Lol~

Well, the Bub is at this level of acting right now.

As he was not feeling well over the weekend, we brought him to the doctors to get some medication for his upset tummy. By the time we got home, he was feeling a little doozy but we wanted to get him to finish his medication before we tucked him in for his afternoon nap.

But he was totally upset that he had to finish his medication and he started to throw a hissy fit. I causally tapped him at the back of his head to ease him into the kitchen so that Mama Lim could get him to eat his meds but the Bub reacted in the most Neymar way ever!

Firstly, he staggered a few steps before choosing a nice spot to land on the kitchen floor. *There is NO such spot*

Like a true artist that knows his craft, he landed his body softly on the floor, and carefully tapped his head onto the ground to create the *THUD* sound for a more realistic effect.

Then the tears started to flow freely.

Rolling on the ground and throwing a hissy fit in style

Rage face as the Bub attempted to kick me.

He realises that his attempt to win over sympathy is futile but carries on with his act nevertheless.

Within minutes, we managed to get him to calm down but we all know that it was just another dramatic act from him. When he calmed down, he continued his argument and told me that he had tears so it’s not acting. I told him it was just fake tears as this is not the first time that he did something like that.

I also reminded him we knew that he was tired but we just wanted him to take his medication so that he could quickly recover from his tummyache. Thankfully we managed to get him to understand our side of the story and hugged it out to make peace.

From what I understand from his teachers in school, the Bub is very well behaved in school so he might just be trying his luck on us to push our limits with him. Gotta teach this little fella that we are the boss and he’s not gonna trick us into giving him what he wants all the time.

As parents, there are times that we want to give in to his needs and wants, but we have to be rational when assessing and dealing with every situation in a consistent manner so he clearly knows the line between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.

Hopefully he will also learn from his experiences and understand that the rules that we set are for his good and we can have less of these dramatic displays from him in the future. 😡

Everything is expensive! Time to save money on utilities! T_T

Yesterday, I came across this article that opened my eyes and left my jaws gaping. All this while, I thought that my utility bill was always on the high side, but after reading the article, it dawned upon me that my bill was actually quite average!

I reckon some conditioning and change of habits, I would be able to reduce the utility bill by another 20-30%. My ultimate goal is to not use the air conditioning as often as a standing fan would be able to do a similarly good job.

Alternatively, I could toggle the different modes of the air conditioning settings so that I would be able to maximise the efficiency of the air conditioning unit.

There are many useful tips in the article so do yourself a favour and take a look at the article and find out how much savings you can save for you and your family! 🙂

Return of the Aqua Bub!

With each passing week, Bub seems to be loving his swimming lessons more and more. This week, he bravely persisted with his swimming lessons in spite of the passing showers that threatened to put a premature stop to the fun.

He learnt put his head beneath the water surface and he was even brave enough to not hold the side railings when he was at the deep pool. These are little baby steps that will allow him build his water confidence and hopefully help him become a strong swimmer in the future.

But as of now, we do now want to put any pressure on him and our main emphasis is basically for him to have as much fun as he can.

After the lessons have ended, the Bub insisted on playing in the shallow pool and he clearly did not want our time at the swimming pool to end. I took the opportunity to go through some of the lessons that he learnt from his instructor and also introduce him to some of the silly games that I used to play at the pool when I was a child.

We had a splashing good time while Mama Lim watched us from the sidelines. Perhaps we’ll get Mama Lim to join us in the pool next time!