Motherhood Exhibition 2011

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Details: Motherhood Exhibition 2011
Where: Singapore Expo Hall 6B
Date: 2 - 5 June, 11am to 9pm

For those not in Singapore, this might bring a smile to your face, spotted at the expo was Matthew's picture. Duncan wanted me to ask the organisers if we could take the picture home after they were done with it... I think he was serious about it too. Not sure what I'd do with a 6ft version of the cover...

Spotted at the Motherhood Exhibition 2011 was Matthew's magazine cover:

23 Months ... almost 2 years old.

May' 11 issue of Motherhood Magazine.

Matthew has just been gorgeous these few weeks which have just flown by. As most of you may already know, his magazine cover is out on the newsstands at the moment and it's a little strange seeing his little face at the gas station, at 7Eleven, at the grocery stores and at the book shops. He is another little look at his cover...

We had a busy Easter break, Good Friday was spent picnicking and playing at Pasir Ris Park where there is a huge children's play area. It's a great place for children (& adults) of all ages. We were exhausted by the time we got home. The rest of the long weekend was spent hanging out with our with our good friends either at brunch or eating a lovely claypot crab.

Good Friday@ Pasir Ris Park

Alyssa, Abigail & Matthew

The following weekend was another long weekend because of Labour Day and we kicked off the holiday with play date with Matthew's good friends, Abigail & Alyssa. Matthew has been friends with them since the first week we arrived in Singapore and we catch up whenever our schedules allow. It's wonderful for us Mums to see them play together and compare all the little changes we've seen in our children over the past year.

In preparation for his 2nd birthday at the end of the month we also been on a toy shopping spree. We bought him some new toys as is customary when little boys have birthdays. The big present he's received us is a scooter. He's still getting used to scooting around the apartment and is quite tentative on it. But he likes yelling out 'SCOOTA!' We've also bought him new Buzz Lightyear toys, a whole lot of new bunch of books and additions to his Thomas the Tank Engine train set.

In readiness for the inevitable transition to a 'big boy bed' we've also got a new bed on order and it should be arriving early in June.

Mother's card from Matthew

Matthew's Nanna and Pop also arrived on Wednesday this week and they've been busy getting re-acquainted. We are all off to Phuket for an 8 day holiday shortly. I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures to post after the trip.

As it's Mother's day tomorrow, Matthew made me a lovely Mother's day card. There's a picture of Matthew in the middle holding a sign which says 'I love you Mommy'. He also bought be a beautiful pair of pearl earrings care of Duncan which I love.

Into the 22nd Month...

little General is just that much closer to two. Lately his obsession seems to be Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story movies. He simply adores him and as such we've had to endure countless hours of watching Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 over and over again. His sudden obsession started about 2 weeks ago, prior to this TV watching was an absolute minimum. He's had his Buzz Lightyear and Woody dolls since Christmas so I really have no clue as to how this fascination with Buzz started.

'NO'
is his answer to everything. It's driving us nuts.

Bintan 25 to 28th March
...was great. It's the most relaxing holiday we've had in ages. Matthew had a great old time playing by the beach or swimming in the pool any chance he got. All that playing meant 3-4 hours of napping every afternoon too which was wonderful for Duncan and I to kick back and relax and do absolutely nothing for a change.

First (professional) Haircut 29th March
I got a call from Matthew modeling agency on Tuesday to ask whether he'd be available today for a photo shoot, to which I'd said yes. So I quick trip to the hairdressers was in order. I wasnt going to chance giving him on of my 'Mummy Specials' and botch the job right before a shoot. Matthew didn't budge or whinge during his haircut but you can tell by the pictures that he wasn't too happy. Here are some before and after shots.

Before/During

After.

The Photo Shoot 31 Mar
went real well. Our day started at 930am on location on the Singapore East Coast Park. First up was make up and styling. Matthew refused to have his eyelashes curled and the stylist only managed to put some gel in his hair.  There were a few 'Nos' thrown about :( The biggest 'Diva' moment was when we all had to wait till Matthew finished his raisins before we could start shooting. The second biggest 'Diva' moment of the morning was when the stylists assistant had to fawn over Matthew with more raisins and gummy bears.

Matthew was paired with a Brazillian model as his faux Mum for the cover of Motherhood Magazine. His faux mum, Nadia was really lovely and great interacting with Matthew, so I think we got some really great pictures and the editors have a few choices to select from for the cover. The assignment was for 4.5 hours but Matthew managed to get his shots over with in less than 2. His agent was super impressed at how quickly Matthew completed his assignment. I'm glad it was over with quickly as jumping out of bushes to elicit a smile and a giggle out of Matthew on cue is tough work. Magazine is out May 2011. Will keep y'all posted.

Poh Poh and Goong Goong
are here. Thank goodness.

Matthew's Model Card

Matthew's current model card (wearing the orange polo) taken in Nov 2010, compared with the one taken in July 2010.  Doesn't he look cute!!!