February 9, 2010
8:47:18am: Ummm, love my my morning cereals
8:50:58am: More please, mummy…
8: 51:08am: Oh I know that familiar feeling, don’t talk to me now…
8: 52: 00am: Then the face turns red…
8: 52:28am: Ahhhh, much better! Now let’s keep eating!
Hee hee hee, gross out yet? If you are a mother, you will know what I am talking about here! Capturing the whole poop business on camera! Hahahaha!
February 8, 2010
Last week was back to school week for JD! After 6 weeks of summer school holidays, he was eagerly waiting to start Year One, and ready to see his school friends again. Since he is starting Year 1, school uniform is a compulsory, complete with school hat, school bag, take home bag for his everyday’s homework, and not to forget $80 worth of stationery in which every single pencils, crayons, files and etc had to be labelled! As I sat in the lounge room one night, labelling each pencil while watching the Australian Open Tennis, I also did it with lots of love, because I know how important this year is going to be for him! My first child is starting Year 1 and so exciting for him. He had a spiky new haircut which he requested for!
(Head to toes all new: New haircut, new uniform, new schoolbag, new socks, new shoes…)
There he was gleefully, excitedly, happily looking forward to day one!
(I think he looks really smart in his new haircut and unform. He is holding his homework bag in his hands, and everyday he brings back a reading book, and homework to complete at home).
He was excited but a bit nervous with the whole classroom setup. It is different to the last two years, but he coped well. He has his own desk, tray, and different lessons lining up each day including maths, social science, physical education, French. He has homework everyday including reading and revision of his daily school work.
(JD got himself organised on his first day, and sat down quietly at his desk waiting for the siren)
On his first day, he gave me a very tight hug when the siren went. I always felt moved and grateful by every major milestone in my children’s life. I held him tightly before whispering into his ear how proud I am of him. My very special boy!
(His school bag looks big, but in there is his lunch box, water bottle, school hat and some school work)
Our afternoon time after school seem to pass so quickly now, with me having to revise his homework, getting the kids ready for bath, dinner and before I know, it’s 7.30pm and a quick story before sending them off to bed! I must say the homework bit hasn’t been too hard as we have been consistently doing extra work at home over the school holidays and so he is now used to sitting down to do his maths, language and diary everyday! It also helps that JD is a fairly sensible boy whom understand about putting in his best effort.
Today is Monday. Is his news day in school where he gets to share a piece of news with 22 other of his classmates. He is to stand in front of his class and present his news. He is so excited about it and has brought along with him a Lego construction he built at home and present to his class about it. What tickled me was seeing him seeing in his room, carefully, conscientiously building his Lego since end of last week, and preparing what he is going to say today. Sometimes he reminded me a bit of myself. Always wanting to be prepared, hee!
(Not only was JD excited, his sister Chloe and Miss Lara were all excited for him!)
I know my dad, aka JD’s wonderful waigong always have a special love for this child. I know deep down in waigong’s hear he wonders if JD would have enough to eat during his whole 6 hours in school. This is just a sample of his lunch box last week which he gets a banana, crackers, a ham n cheese bread for his morning tea, then his lunch is Japanese onigiri rice with seaweed seasoning, boiled carrots and broccoli! He also has a very special Transformers water bottle which his dad bought directly from the US just so that JD could keep his water chilled during the hot summer days here!
(JD’s lunch box which keeps him going for the day, I also leave him notes in his lunch box).
February 4, 2010
This was JD’s version of Rockman! It was actually the Lego Miners series but he swapped and changed and added in few other bits and pieces.
And Lara enjoys hanging around her brother. She smiles everytime he plays with her, and she is very happy to be with him. She was once again admiring her brother’s construction and I love the look on her face. Says it all.
(Heehee, a side joke, looks like Miss Lara’s baby fat has given her a bit of cleavage, LOL)
February 3, 2010
It was close to 3pm in the afternoon. As usual, I packed the 2 girls into the car, and we were on our way to pick up JD from school.
Chloe as usual, is NEVER quiet in the car. She either has to sing all the way from school and back, or she will chat non-stop. It is great when I am in a good mood, but on a day when I am tired, I really just want her to shut up (seriously!).
So today as we drove, I heard this from the back of car.
Chloe: “Hello, hello, who is this?”
No reply.
Chloe “Oh my name is Chloe from the banana land!”
What the…
I couldn’t look back as I was driving.
But as I stopped, I saw this! She is just so crazy!
She also tried to pull the same trick on her lil sister, but I don’t think Miss Lara was that impressed at all!
(Jie, you are nuts! But check out the rolls on my leg, hee!)
February 1, 2010
Life is terribly busy with 3 kids! It is constantly go!
Today JD is back in school, first day of Year One! He was excited, albeit a little bit nervous. I was well prepared and organised, but feels a bit teary again seeing my first born stepping up to another new school year!
The house seems a bit quieter today, and guess who rules the house today? Chloe? Lara?
Just 3 years ago it was like this!
Fast forward 3 years later, hahaha!
(Lara’s thought “So what are you going to do now, jie jie?)
(Results were Chloe – 0, Lara -1. Revenge she claimed, heehee!)
January 22, 2010
I love a quick, simple, home cooked meal. And I love it even more if I can spend minimal time on preparation.
One of my all time favourites is the roast lamb cutlets with rosemary. It only takes me 15mins to prepare the roast and the side dish, when my kids were having their naps and my son was quietly building his Lego next to me. And I still have plenty of time left to catch up on all other chores and enjoy a cup of tea before the kids are awake!
With this dish, all you need are:
To make the roast potato wedges, sliced up the potatoes into wedges. Then drizzle some olive oil, and mix it well with some sea sat and black pepper. The way to make a nice crispy potato wedges is by rubbing some flour onto the potato wedges before putting into the oven. Bake for 35-40 mins at around 200deg c heat.
I simply love oven meals as the preparation is minimal and it saves me lots of time!
Enjoy! And have a lovely weekend!
January 20, 2010
When we were kids, we used to like grabbing my dad’s nose! I have no idea why so, but it probably was annoying for my dad as has a really sensitive nose.
Now that I have 3 kids of my own, everytime they meet my dad, aka the children’s waigong, they will automatically go for his nose, heeheehee. But the difference is, it is not us the kids this time, but the grandkids!
And like all grandparents, the experience is different.
And Waigong is always happy to sit and play with her…
My dad loves dogs, and this is his handsome looking dog, Dyno and whom was a really smart dog to know that Lara is a baby and he is not to jump or bark loudly when Lara is next to him.
And this is one of my favourite photos of Lara and her Waigong. Somehow everytime I look at this photo, I see a lot of resemblance between Lara and Waigong!
January 19, 2010
My boy loves his Lego with a passion. He plays with them everyday, sitting in a corner, rummaging through his big Lego box, searching for parts….and he always come up with some great and complex models.
One of my great love, is sitting at my desk in the mid afternoon, when the 2 younger kids are sleeping, and I hear the sound of Lego bricks clicking together in the background, my son quietly singing to himself, and finding pleasure in something he really love.
Sometimes he will gather bits and pieces of Lego bricks, and sit down at the kitchen table, building and chatting to me at the same time while I prepare the dinner. These are special time for me.
There have been so many great models he has built and I am so going to take pictures and record it down here.
(JD’s words: This is me posing with my Jungle Cut Driller that I built. It can cut down trees but impossible to cut down the giant stone monster.)
January 18, 2010
My baby is now 7 months old. She is now happily commando crawl around the house, from the living room into the kitchen, out the kitchen into the study, then into her little play corner where she can happily entertain herself by pressing all the buttons on her toys, and mesmerised by the different musics, noises, lights all happening at the same time!
(Picture taken on 2nd January 2010. Talk to the sock!)
Ah, she is just so lovable!
(Picture taken on 29th December 2009 at my parents place in Batu Pahat. That was her makeshift highchair, good and practical!)
She also got onto her first flight when she was 6 months old, visiting her grandparents and all her aunts back home. She was the champion traveller that slept for most of the flight journey, happily sharing my inflight food, and sharing a wonderful time together. The time alone with her was exceptionally special, and that trip will always be a wonderful memory for me.
(Picture taken on 2nd January 2010 at Singapore Changi Airport before we flew back to Perth. It was close to 1am in the morning and Lara was getting sleepy)
She spent some marvellous time with her waigong, waipo in Batu Pahat, Malaysia.
(Picture taken on 3oth December 2009. Lara with her waigong and waipo)
She also went to Malacca, to visit her grandaunt. She took to her grandaunt really well, and showed her ease by resting her head on my aunt’s shoulder as we entered the house. That was a wonderful moment.
(Picture taken on 29th December 2009. Lara with her er yi-po)
And lots of happy and crazy time with her Aunty Wendy.
Her Aunty Pam whom she was very comfortable rolling about on the bed with.
Her San Yi whom she took a few days to check out, hee.
Not forgetting, a very comfortable stay at her Xiao Yi’s house in Singapore. A lovely quiet estate, and so lovely that we wake up to the sound of some neighbour’s playing piano in the morning.
Now, with all the crawling she is doing, her food intake is also on the up! She is into pasta, couscous, mixed it with chunky vegies such as potatoes, pumpkin, peas, carrots! She has also started on bite size pieces of chicken! And not forgetting her apples, pears and bananas! She can also hold onto her own piece of water cracker, and happy to sit on her highchair happily munching away! She is also into rice, and she likes her food chunky!
(Picture taken on 7th Janu 2010. Oh food glorious food. I HEART them).
Happy 7 months old little one, keep growing and we love you so dearly! Thank you for being a special part of my life in the last 7 months!
(Piture taken on 10th January 2009. We took the kids out to the city. Lara was so captivated by the crowds, lights in the departmental store that she refused to nap for that whole afternoon. By the time we took a photo, she was looking a tad tired).
And of your daddy’s, big brother JD and big sister Chloe.
(Hey sis, what are you pretending to be?)
