I love to shop but before you go, "But you haven't been to town in ages... ", perhaps I can clarify: I shop online. :) and love every bit of it.

Not a fan of crowds and crowded places and dislike that I have to jostle with people in the sardine-packed MRT trains, I will always prefer to do my shopping over the Internet. This Christmas, nothing beats shopping here.

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Aunt Jules gave Precious this wonderful gift. She became a miner for the evening as she sawed and chiseled the precious gems out.
 

In the end, all 10 gems were uncovered. C was extremely pleased and she went around showing them to us.

Aunt Ven and Aunt Xin brought the children out after their holiday class was over and C was extremely happy that she could spend time with her friends. :)

The trio enjoying lunch!

C had wanted to go to Aunt Ven's place for a swim with her friends but I was beat after a day's work but I made it up to her. 

I asked if she wanted to make her own plush doll.

She picked a bunny and then got started. The bunny was first stuffed with filling.

There after, C gave it a good "wash". She brushed the bunny carefully to made sure that all her body was covered.

Then it was time to dress the bunny.

There were so many costumes to choose from and after several change of clothes, C picked the one which was most colourful. She loves colours!

And a bunny was born. C named her Natasha. 

Aunt Justina who was with us indulged C and got Natasha another set of costumes: Princess Aurora's gown, like the one that C bought from our trip to Disneyland in Hong Kong, and a passport.

"Thank you, Aunt Justina!" :)

Some days back, Aunt Di gave C her Christmas present because they would not be around on the actual day and immediately, they sat down to work on the craft.

It was a sushi-making set and C was thrilled! Even Asher could not resist having a go at it. The end product did resemble sushi, much to our delight. :)

Another set of craft that C received. She needed help doing this as she commented that she didn't have "steady hands".

It as a departure of our annual Christmas celebrations. Usually, we would be at Aunt June's or Uncle Joe's place for Christmas but because they, together with Grand Mummy, Aunt Di and family and Jules have gone off to celebrate Christmas in Malaysia, we went for a party at Aunt Venika's.

What a spread!

Mummies!

Kids and the Daddies!

JJ got to blow the candle out as the other children were too busy playing.

Gift exchange! :) Lovely smiles and definitely a relaxed evening well spent. :)

These were taken when we went shopping.

Daddy handed me a tiny coupon this morning and said, "Big Mac is on the house!" So when I related to C the news, she was grinning and immediately commented that we would be having lunch at MacDonald's.

Yeah, there is no place like MacD's to cheer up any kid.

C enjoying her meal. We had to share the Big Mac because there was no way any of us could finish it on our own.

Our Precious, painstakingly picking out their lettuce.

 

Then of course, no trip to MacD is complete without sundae.

 

Our Spark posing with the Nutcracker and the Ballerina. :)

Instead of the usual feasting, this Christmas was kind of different. :)

We spent the eve at Uncle Vincent's as he had invited carolers to his home to kickstart the Christmas spirits.

It was indeed beautiful and lovely to hear the familiar Christmas carols and to partake in this joyous event.

C with Zinnia and Yeva. Lovely picture I must say. :)

Daddy Dearest with his Precious and Little Darling, Yeva!

A mouth-fill of fishball!

C with her gifts just before bedtime. Thank you for your very-thoughtful presents.

On Christmas itself, we went over to Grand Mummy's. Aunt Juliana had gotten C a Barbie doll house and Daddy bought C her own Mickey Mouse Club House mega blocks. Look, the adults were busy assembling the toys for Precious. I was sure the adults had a lot of fun doing this.

And with the weather so fine, we decided to go to ECP for bicycle ride. Absolutely beautiful!

We were all dressed in red for the festive mood!

A lovely video to share with all!

I brought C to Sakae Sushi as she wanted udon for lunch last week and it was a great experience. Today, she requested for udon again and specifically told me she wanted sushi like the last time.

So after completing our shopping , yes, shopping for Christmas is done! We headed for lunch.

Posing with Santa!

C remembered what she had the last time and was eyeing the conveyor belt for the food she had. Then she prompted removed the plate and put in on the table. She saw where I had taken the chopsticks from previously and this time, she behaved like she had been to Sakae umpteen times and knew what to take.

Cheryl enjoyed the sushi a lot! And she wanted to take even more before I stopped her because I was afraid she would not be able to finish her noodles after. She was enjoying her food and then asked, "Mummy why is my noodles taking so long?" Oh, then I told her, I hadn't ordered it. Hee...

Her mini tempura udon set came and she tucked into it immediately.