(2007/11) November MTBs

Nov1mum, your cake is nice!! Hope mine will turn out fine as well. Due to the # of guest (all my hubby's fault, he invited the whole world), i "upside" my cake so now it cost a little more too.

k@ye, i was thinking of ordering 100 pax and order canapes as well so shd be enough i hope.

sharon, i already applied leave on 7 Nov so looking forward to the trial.

Grace, wa Clubmed sounds nice leh...still waiting for ash's 1st trip.

any mummies bought stuff fr babycentre before? They dun ship via BDL issit cos the rejected my order. Same for Bath & Body Works. Dunno what happened.
 


grace:ya ya me also lookign at bintan hhehehehheh,hv to pay for bb or just 2 adults rate?

sharron:if 9:30am i'm oki ,i'll catch a flt back straight after the session cos i hv a flt in the night la.can hubby go join in too? or just one parent?
 
Kitty, I jus wen to blow up my ballons last sat it cost $1.10 for those latex ballons and $1.50 for foil balloons. They do provide the string. But its best to blow on the day of the event if not the balloons dont last till next day.

Jus celebrated her lunar bd wif family and it was really fun.

PG cakes.
As for those getting PG mine turn out ok and was exactly what I wanted and on time. In fact the person we liase wif was rather professional & responded very fast. So dun worry. Will share the pics wif u gals later..
 
Weishy, me not on leave now... Start of today is my peak liao... Gotta work OT sobs sobs... U going back to HK on this weekend rite?

Langlao, that time i also got ordered 3 plates of extra sushi for Claire's party! Hmm, that time i got BDL concierge to order babycenter items leh...

Gillian, dun heart pain lah... I also sometimes quite cuckoo... Forget to bring Claire's handkerchief at times, Claire's smelly is her handkerchief!

Grace, enjoy ur hols!
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Poochi, upload pix!!!
 
Poochi: Thanks for the reassurance regarding PG cakes. I know there's been quite a few bad experiences but that was the only 2 tier cake I could get within my budget. Share your pictures soon ok? Ethan's birthday is this Sunday and I'm in the final stages of preparation! So exciting!!!

Holidays: So envious of all the mummies who have managed a getaway of sorts. Poochi, saw your nice photos of your holiday in Perth! Looks like Hazel really liked the farmstay. =)Grace, enjoy your stay at Club Med...share pictures ok? Was considering Club Med for awhile, then decided to go to Banyan Tree in the end in July. Just came back from a weekend stay at Conrad Hotel. Guess that will be our little getaway for now. haha.
 
k@ye, BDL concierge has to pay UD$10 admin fee so not worth leh. Ash's smell is also her handkerchief! She can use up to 5 of them in a day esp at the infat care. Sometimes, she just throw it out of the stroller and some got lost that way. last weekend just stock up more else every 2-3 days have to wash her clothes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRAVIS!!!
 
michviv, jus make sure if u have any figurines to pass to them to wrap it up and include the pic/design of the cake. I had a winnie the pooh theme whats urs?

Holidays- michviv thanks and yes she liked it. u also brought ethan to phuket rt?
dreamer - yes u must its so fun & the drive is easy! Tink wen they're 2 and above they'll appreciate even more.
 
Langlao, wow... Now has to pay BDL concierge admin fee liao... Another roundabout way is if u got HSBC credit card hor, u changed the billing address to the BDL one and u try whether it works or not. But remember to state to get online bills from HSBC hor....
 
cindy:happy birthday to ur prince
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K@ye:ya la......going back on 7th should be

cactusnah:may i know if they hv bigger bottle for the helium?wanna fill up 300 balloons le hehehhehheheh :crazy mama.u not joing us on 7th ar?
 
so relieved tat Jovan's party is over. finally can go to sleep in peace w/o keep thinking whether i forgot to do anything =P Jovan enjoyed the party so much, he refused to nap. He was happily playing with the balloons before the aunties/uncles started carrying him ard. he was passed ard like a baton. sometimes i dun even know where my son is. hahaha. he also kept pointing at his cake & cupcakes. he also clapped his hands after the birthday song was sang. it's like he's thanking everyone
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i learnt a few things, share here so tat mummies who r holding ur babies' party can consider.
1. kids love balloons - i hand-pumped a few balloons & threw them on the dance floor. the party bags, coloring stuff & kids dvd were all ignored. kids kept themselves (extremely!) happy with the balloons.
2. adults like finger food - some of them like to munch on finger food even after they had their fill. i had a box of "honey bee" choco (to go with my pooh theme) meant for kids, it was mostly taken by the adults.
3. experience with party supplies shops - i went to the party supplies shop at the 3 locations (Tekka Mall, Bugis & Henderson Rd) Tekka Mall is biggest & stuff r slightly cheaper, but they charge $5 to pump a 18" foil balloon! rental for a small helium tank is $75. the 3 shops at bugis only charge $1.50 to pump a 18" foil balloon & rental for tanks is $50. if u wan to get foil balloons only (and u are living ard redhill area), can go to party shop at Henderson Rd. i'm not sure how much they charge for pumping & tank coz the only sales girl there is blur (it was her first day at work). it's a extremely small place, v limited party stuff but they have more foil balloons. the party stuff at the 3 shops at bugis are slightly more ex (compared to Tekka Mall), but the quality is better. e.g. u can find $1 pre-packed party bags at Tekka mall while the cheapest at bugis is $1.20 but the quality is defintely better. u can find more themed party stuff at bugis too. for Jovan's next birthday party, i would definitely choose to go to the shops at Bugis.
4. foil balloons - if u wan to keep ur foil balloons, stick them at places where adults cant reach them. all 4 balloons were snatched by the adults (not kids, they use the kids as excuse only). managed to "beg" only 1 foil balloon back. went to "beg" another adult for my fav 18" foil balloon but he refused to give it back to me! so poor birthday boy had only 1 foil balloon after the party ended.
 
langlao,
wow! u have SO many guests?! i was already v bewildered with my 90+ guests & i totally had no time to go toilet or drink water or eat the BD cake/cupcake!
Jovan also sleeps v little at the center. sometimes only 1hr+ in total. the teachers try to let him nap 3x since he always sleep so little each time. i think could be noise (other babies playing/crying) tat woke them up or they dun feel as safe/secured as when they r at home.

Gillian,
your biscuits looks good! u can consider baking it for xmas too!

Nov1mom,
i like ur cake! yah the bb in the cake is SO CUTE!

S@L,
u saw my cake at Pink's house?
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it's my first time eating fondant cake so i dun quite like the outer layer but the choco butter cream filling is yummy! i havent taken the cupcakes. Pink assured me the (7"+10") cake was enuff for 75 adults 20 kids but it weighed at most 2kg & it was v small! i was so stressed at the cake-cutting. luckily the resturant waitress was experienced & she helped me to cut the cake. i still have some left-over cakes & cupcakes. think i wun be ordering from her for Jovan's next birthday party. it's not b/c the cake is not yummy but b/c she lives too far away. my HB kept complaining (but he din mind driving all the way to KL with his frenz. MEN!)

Sharron,
i tried putting Nestle rice cereal into Jovan's milk but they dun dissolve well. sometimes it gets stuck at the nipple & Jo gets angry when he cant suck out his milk. gave up after a few tries.

grace,
i am planning for a short getaway. will consider bintan club med too
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRAVIS!
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Nov1mum: The birthday cake looks very nice. Looks alittle like ai mummy style.
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Is it nice?

pig07: Is Jaime taking the no5 position?

Jaime: I got my confinment lady from the forum. She was saying that her mum and 3 other friends run some confinment service. And these CLs are from Batam. I spoken to the one i booked, she seems easy going enough, willing to cook for family members and etc with no extra charge. And she charges $1.8K. Not sure do u like the no?

Gillian: don't be upset. understand yr feeling. If bolster dropped, u can take a wet wipe to wipe or take out the cover.
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Hope yr hubby will be back soon.

s@l: can u send me a link to yr website for the clips so that I can take a look to see I can get anything.
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Sharon: I use healthy times for the cereal. But not I dun add cereal to the night feed. But I will check if my bb easily finished e.g. 7 scoopes of milk, then I will increase it to 8 scoopes. Now I give my bb 8 scoppes of milk with 240 ml of water. He will drink it at 9.30p.m and sleep around 10 plus and last till about 6.30p.m in the morning. Of course sometimes he will wake to look for pacifer and go back to sleep.

Cindy: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRAVIS!

Anyway I will be also having a girl as well.
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mummies, anyone know where to get the ribbons for the ballons? I went everywhere e.g. Bugis area, Raffles place and etc, I can't find the right width for the ribbons. Some too thick and some dun sell? Any mummies know?

Catherine: alamak... adults want the foil ballons har? hee..hee... maybe they know it's more expensive.
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Think I better tie Isaac's foil balloon round his wrist so that no one can snatch it from him. ;)
 
Catherine, nope i saw the cake at the other baking thread. saw Jovan's name and Pooh's theme so assumed it should be ur cake. its a relieve to know that the cake taste ok. i also ordered a small cake from Pink, but will be making my own cupcakes and jellies. so hopefully its enough to go around.

Rachel, here goes: http://mischaslilsecrets.blogspot.com
 
catherine:tks for all the party infos......now that most venues are fully booked....i also dunno how
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...... anyladies know od any venues which is still opened????
 
Rachel,u mean curling ribbons to tie the balloons? i bought mine from SKP they sell in a pack of assorted colours.

Catherine ya hor abt the balloons. i was thinking how to bring bk home aft the party. cos the lady will deliver the inflated ones to my party, but i forgotten abt bringing them bk. maybe will give some away. and keep some bigger ones for myself...have to tie and leave a note there saying :'pls do not remove the balloons"...whahahhaa
 
Rachel C,
ur idea of tying the balloon round Isaac waist made me LOLx. actually the foil balloons are so cheap from the sprees. just tat i was v upset tat i got the balloons especially for Jovan for his BD but the adults can take away w/o even asking. tat same person (who refused to return tat foil balloon) also took away 1 cupcake for his son (excuse!) even before we finished photo-taking! so pissed! wat kind of value is he trying to instil in his 2-yr-old son? tat person was my HB's fen. i nagged at my HB for some time yday nite.

S@L,
i saw the photos of Jovan's cake at the baking thread. yah! now i have some photos of his cake & cupcakes
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wow. tat lady will deliver to ur party venue. so good! if u really wan to keep, u can de-flate them & bring home. the party shop pumped my balloons in such a way tat i can still reuse them.
 
Langlao, the BDL shipping charges from US BDL to SG will be charged to citibank credit card. If u buy the item online yourself, u can use any credit card.

Weishy, ur parents pl as Hayley's party venue?
 
S@L,
oh...i also dunno how to deflat. nvr tried yet. my one & only foil balloon is still untouched. wan to let Jovan play with it untill no gas =P
 
Xmas cum Nov Babies Birthday Bash

Date: 29th Nov 08 / 14th Dec 08
Venue: Kaye's pl at Redhill (opp Redhill MRT stn)
Time: TBC

1. Cactus (29th Nov)
2. Weishy (29th Nov)
3. Kaye (okie with both)
4. poochi(oike with both)
5. kitty (ok w both; if 29Nov, will be after 2pm)
6. ueno ( ok with both)
7. langlao (okie wif both)
8. plumsource (14th Dec, cos still on vacation on 29th nov)
9. Gillian (ok with both)
10. Sharron (ok with both)
11. Catherine (ok with both)
 
s@l, thanks for the link, I will check it out later.
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Ya, to tie the balloons. Where is SKP? Do you think I can have the full address?

Catherine: Where boy or girl, I will close shop for no2. 2 enough lah... no energy.
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esp now, nanny fractured her toe, I can't carry heavy stuffs, so can't look after my boy. My maid is new and hubby has to take leave to take care of him. So kind of stress. Wish April comes quickly so that I can do more. So now have to take things at my stride.
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Cat, more parents har, kind of KS lah.. make sure their kids get everything and don't lose out.
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Sigh...

For me, I ordered the helium tank so that will blow up more normal balloons for the kids to bring home. Even if they want more than 1 also fine for us lah...I also brought party stuffs that make lots of noise, chocolates and sweets for the kids.
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Will join u mummies after CNY, if there is a gathering.
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Catherine ah, b4 hand i already told my hubby abt the balloons distribution. Told him that all the balloons are to be distributed out to the kids only after cake cutting session and LEAVE ONE foil balloon for Claire.....

Agree with Rachel on some parents being KS and afraid to lose out....My elder SIL is like that also... Me already very worried that next time Claire will be influenced by her cousins....
 
grace,
enjoy your club med hols & also keep me posted of the $$$ ya!
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poochi,
i was at IMM on sat and i think i know which shop you went liao - the florist also told me the price but i find the latex pricing quite ex hor. thanks for the tips! will probably get the foil balloon inflated 1 day before the celebration!

yes, pls post pics once you have time! cant wait to see hazel's cutie pie smile!
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cindy,
happy birthday to travis! how time flies hor....
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weishy
so very paiseh i completely forgotten abt the pick up on sat till ur dad called up! my mind's somewhere else bah... anyway, have re-arranged for collection tonite. feel so paiseh to your dad too; he has to make time to wait for hb for collection.
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hope he's ok...

re: bday celebration prep
i m almost done with the purchase/party supplies and catering/cake. guess now is to FIND time to start packing up the party packs and do a final headcount. just hope the food is enough to go around.

ecreative catering
anyone used them before? can comment on the serving portion? i ordered just nice for the number of adults and halve the kids (2kids = 1 adult, excl those 3y/o n below). hopefully the food wun run out before the cake cutting; else sure pai seh BIG TIME!! :D

langlao3
saw A blog on the mygym... that place looks more spacious and A seemed to thoroughly enjoyed herself ya! i probably need to take her before end of this month, else really no time!

catherine,
well done to yourself for organizing the party! m sure Jovan is thanking you too when he clapped his hands!
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yeah, i agree wif u on the quality of the items at tekka mall as my colig help to get some supplies for me and i saw them this mrng; was a little disappointed with the party hats patterns, etc. but true lah, the price is cheap lor.
 
hi catherine,

thanks for sharing..
while u r doing your prep for jovan's party, did u happen to see any mickey mouse figurines??
i'm trying to get but cannot find
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also the foil balloons, where did u get them from??
r they very expensive?
how did u get them inflated??

thanks!
 
Ueno, just wanna check with u... The Maclaren Stroller u got for Leroy is which model? Thanks!

ZZZ, the foil balloons are from the spree i organised for the Nov Mummies... Hehehe!
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Rachel ah, u can check out Cold Storage too.. They also got sell the curling ribbons.. But more expensive than those i got from Bugis shops....
 
Happy Birthday to Travis! =)

Cindy: Not sure if you saw my earlier post. Congrats on your girl!!! Now you can have fun planning out her wardrobe and buying cute girlie stuff.

Poochi: Haha... I also chose a Winnie the Pooh Theme cos Ethan recognizes the characters from his story books. =P How did your cake turn out? Can post a picture?

Catherine: Congrats on surviving Jovan's 1st birthday and having fun in the process. We can all become professional party planners once November is over. =)
 
weishy,
i attended a party last sun at Grace kids Great World. It seems like they have alot of rooms available. Maybe u can try there.
 
zzz,
when are u holding Aaron's birthday party? where?

the MM figurine is meant as a cake deco? i din see any MM cake deco kit at the shops. try looking at these websites, se if u can find wat u want?
http://search.ebay.com.sg/_W0QQsassZourpartyshop
http://www.acepartysupplies.com/
http://kidspartyworld.com/pages/kids-PartySupplies.html

foil balloons can get from www.bargainballoons.com yah i got mine from the spree organised by k@ye. 18" foil balloon is USD0.56, abt SGD1+ (after adding shipping charges). can go bugis shop to pump helium $1.50, including ribbon. for normal 12" latex balloons, if u dun need alot of them, my advise is to get from local party supplies shops. $1 for a 12" latex balloon (including ribbon & helium) OR get a packet of balloons, hand-pump & balloon sticks.
 
kittybride,
never tot of tat when Jovan was clapping his hands. thanks so much! u warmed my heart...

michviv,
thanks. it was stressful but fun at the same time. when our babies grow older, it'll be even more satisfying to see them "understanding" & enjoying the party. i hope i can do it again when Jovan is older. i think the next few years' party will be only mini ones celebrated with his frenz at the childcare center. i'm already thinking of ideas of how to celebrate! hahaha
 
Birthdays

Hi Mummies,

seems like there are many details to take into consideration. Really not easy. From ballons to food to guests to cake.. its really lots of preparation work.

Kiros will be holding his next Saturday. Hope all turn out well too. After hearing catherine's story on the balloon thingy, i have decided to get more balloons..
 
michviv, cake turn out nice. My girl was so happy & excited wen we were blowing & cutting the cake. She wanted to grab the cake! ha ha
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Ok will post the pics by tonite.
 
zzz: Sorry missed yr post. My trip was good, nice weather and scenary. And nope, i din bring E along. We called home everyday, and E was looking for his daddy for the first few days. Kept twisting his hand and ask my MIL "Dar di dar di". My HB felt so sad and guilty when he heard that. But glad E was well taken care of by my MIL.How did Aaron react when he saw u aft yr trip?

Weishy: They shld have larger tank, i din ask coz i only needed the smallest. Guess 40+ shld be just nice for me. U wanna blow 300+ ballons? U sure? Wah!!! Nope, i wont be joining for the event this Fri, just got bk from my 2 weeks leave, so not too nice to go on leave again:). But count me in if u have any dinner/kopi session during weekday evening. For weekends, will need to get busy with E's party prep.
 
haiya k@ye, missed the sprees
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catherine,
i trying to do a mickey mouse theme party leh..
but i tink small scale 1 lah, until now still at ground zero, very blur and panick, dunno wat to do oso..haiz...
mickey mouse theme oso difficult to find leh, i very surprised..
then hubby oso not onz, like everything want easy easy...haiz..
 
michviv:: sorry missed your earlier post. THANK YOU!!

thank u rachel, kittybride and all who remembered travis's bday.
 
K@ye:aiya cannot la my parents place's cant accomodate so many le.....wished i could though
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cactusnah:hehehhe sure can la kopi but..without hayley and ur boi le.....


BUt LAdies~~~~confirmed HAYLEY"S party will be at GLOBETROTTERS over at UNITED SQUARE

Time:11~2pm

CAKE CUTTING SESSION:1pm

So mommies/daddies and babies ~all are welcome!!!!!!
 


Ladies~~~tks for being such a sport
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see u guys there loooooo~~~~~

All are welcome
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1)sharron
2)ueno
3)poissons
4)grace
5)langlao
6)michviv
7)S@L (will bring gift-i dun care )
8) Kaye
 
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