CNY 2017

So, this is the first year that Dinos celebrate Chinese New Year though they are born before last CNY but were too young then to celebrate and I was still in confinement then.

At Yeye's house during CNY Eve

Happily playing while we prepare for dinner

I brought their CNY clothes last year when we went Taipei in May and luckily it still fits. On top of it, my boss, Dinos' both side uncles and my mum's friend also brought them outfits. So we have more than enough to parade them. Haha Who says having boys are boring? Not when the mum loves playing dress up!

Day 1 outfit

We still need to cook porridge for them this year be it during reunion or 1st day of CNY but I reckon they would be able to join us for our food on the next CNY:).

Baby wearing Small Dino as he got sleepy

Nap wise, they are able to sleep on me when I baby wear them which makes house visiting easier. Only thing is, my mil needs to help out with the other one since Mr Love is driving. Luckily the Dinos are taken care by her and they have no problem letting her carry while I carried 1 sleeping.

Big Dino Solo

Small Dino Solo

Failed Welfie 1

Failed welfie 2

Playing with their cousins

Or rather Small Dino bullying his cousins

Papa with Big Dino

Us in our 1st day CNY clothes

My parents in law have a habit of taking family photo every year during 1st day of CNY and we missed it last year due to my confinement. Am very happy to see the family growing with 2 additional Dinos this year.

The Lees 2017

With Mr Love's cousin's wife and youngest daughter

Day 2 was spent going to Grandma house and also out for our annual buffet. I didn't want to stop the yearly event and thought the Dinos are big enough to last us through the buffet since they can eat some adult food now.

But the preparation was quite intense. Haha

I woke up early to prepare our "field pack" and also steam some buns to bring along in case they want to eat something along the day.

Preparation to go out for CNY Day 2

The Dinos and their Papa slept in late today cause all had a long day yesterday. This gives me enough time to prepare the things I needed.

Big Dino 2nd day solo shot

2 cheeky boys

The Ah Beng Small Dino

Selfie while waiting for Papa



With Big Dino

With grandparents at Grandma's house

This year, we had our buffet at Parkroyal @ Kitchener Road and I had to say it's a disappointment.

Out of the 3 Parkroyal hotels, this is the only 1 we had not patronised before and therefore decided to try.

Our seats

Fruits corner

We took a 6pax table for us with the Dinos seated between us at each side.

Drinks corner

Sad to say, the selection of food here isn't fantastic and leans more to Indian cuisine which my parents do not really fancy. Also the speed of food top up is non existence.

Since there are quite a handful of elderly Chinese here, the Chinese selection of food finishes quite fast given the limited amount.

Food Selection


But they did not top up the food during my 1and half hour stay there despite me keep going round to check if I can still get some more food for my mummy who is busy looking after Small Dino.

In the end gotta make do with what's left there and my mummy did not have much to eat though it is a buffet lunch.

The Dinos got cranky towards end of the lunch and we had to baby wear them to let them sleep on us. Since Mr Love needs to drive, my mummy and I each wear one. Am lucky I got both grandmothers to help out on each day.

We then made our way to the temple to pay respect to my grandparents. It had always been a ritual for us since I got married. The Dinos were again tired out when we reached home at 5pm.

Took a early dinner and went to bed.

2 K.O Dinos

We were pretty much left on our own on Day 3 and I did not bother to make plans since next day is a working day.

But since we got nothing better do, decided to dress them up again and went out to Jurong Point for some window shopping.

Small Dino wanna eat the oranges

We did nothing much except wanna let them wear new clothes and parade. The parents did even bother dressing themselves up.

Give me!

The good thing about going out is, it tires them out and they took a really long nice nap after the trip to mall. Haha

Happy with their trades

Then the last celebration is on 9th day where the Tan's take our reunion dinner together. Since I'm married out and my elder brother usually goes back Malaysia for reunion dinner with my aunties, we have to have a late reunion dinner every year.

Dress the Dinos up in the Polo tees that grandma's friend brought for them and they look so grown up.

We tried to take some photos as tasked by grandma to show her friend but the Dinos refused to cooperate with us.

End up gotta bribed them with their favourite puff and they will sit straight as long as they are eating. When they finished eating, the magic runs out and they will slide down or not stay still for photos. 

Magic runs out

 I lost count of how many puffs we fed to get the photos but Papa commented that they are like those coined car we see outside. Once the credit runs out, they would stop or required more credits to make them work again.

Eating the puffs

A more decent one among the lot

The Dinos were cooperating enough to let us finish dinner though we need fed them on and off. But they were cranky during waiting time for a table. Guess they take after their grandpa for being impatient. Grandpa was cranky throughout the wait too.

The Tan's 2017

This concludes our CNY celebrations this year and hopefully they will get to enjoy the food next year and be able to appreciate CNY more too:)