It's not easy taking photos of kids..

Digital cameras must be THE greatest invention for parents of young kids (well, maybe a close 2nd after disposable diapers..). We tend to snap at least 2 shots of every pose because the chances of someone moving/looking away/grimacing is quite high. Matty's a lot better now that he's learned to stay still and smile (well, what he thinks is a smile anyway). Timmy's a lot more challenging though. Here are a couple of shots of him, just to illustrate my point...


No, mummy, my face and hands are moving!


That's a little better, now it's just my hands..


Yeah, that's the way to do it, mummy. Well done!


Of course there's always the option of taking photos with the flash, since that has a faster shutter speed and hence less "movement". The problem with that though is the face tends to be overexposed, and the kids have this "deer caught in the headlights" kind of look...


What's that blinding bright light??!

Heehee, but you do occasionally get some rather interesting pictures to keep for posterity..

My feet.

What are you looking at huh?

Babies are so amazingly flexible. Right after I snapped this shot, he proceeded to stuff both his feet into his mouth and chew them happily for a while. In fact, he likes his feet so much that often when sitting up, he'll bend all the way over to put them into his mouth (he then looks like he's just fallen asleep while sitting up and toppled over!)

I guess it goes to show that all kids are different. Matty never had this foot fascination, though he was just as flexible. He just preferred chewing on his books and toys...

Apologies for my tardiness..

The cousins at the zoo


Matty making his moves,


..and Timmy doing his chewing on anything trick.

Yes, we've been back for a couple of weeks already but I've just been too lazy to do a post. Well, here it is. I've put up some photos of our time back in Singapore. We had a really good time back home. It still felt a bit hectic and rushed, despite our intentions not to pack too many things in. I guess when you're somewhere for just a few weeks, you tend to try and do (and eat) everything you can!!

The boys definitely enjoyed it too (the company, the food, the varied activities), and I think for Matty especially, it's made him more keen to go back for good next year. I'm sure he'll miss his school and friends in London, but there'll be lots of that back home too...