Lets play

Kayla: " Catch up with me, Kieran!"

Peanut ball ?

Kayla calls this a peanut ball. Do you know why?

1st dump..

Milestone:... into the toilet bowl!

Kayla is not 100% toilet trained; she wears diaper to sleep & sometimes when we go out. So she would poopoo in her diaper. She refused to poo into the toilet bowl until today!

Hot hot steamboat!

Met my good friends, Deborah & Sherlin, for dinner at Chong Qing hotpot @ Suntec.



We had half ma la & half chicken broth. The ma la soup was so LA it killed our taste buds instantly!!

There are 3 ways to "protect" our palates from the challenging spicy broth:


to eat with their 1) special dipping sauce..


2) very sweet desserts.. and
3) to drink eight treasures tea ( forgot to take picture).


Deborah, Sherlin & mummy me.

Major changes

As some of you already know, we will be relocating to Sydney in Sept (exact date to be confirmed). My job is to look for movers, get quotes, nag at daddy to pack & throw away his truckload of junks and to entertain housing agents (testing market first). Daddy's job? Sell his car & supervise me!

Thanks to our family & friends for their advise & contacts (agents, movers..). How come no one offer to help me to pack??

Quiet Sunday

Wanted to have our lunch at the airport but since daddy had to run some errands in the east, we settled for Coffeeclub at Siglap.


Managed to get ONE nice shot of Kieran.. and then..


Kieran: "Ok.. put me down"


"Stop asking me to pose! ROAR!"

Happy 3rd Birthday Kayla

Haircut day

It was another "feel like getting a haircut" day. Like housework (except ironing!), going to a hair salon has therapeutic effects! Ha! ha!

Kayla & Kieran followed too!

Another special gift

"Thank you Aunty Jerlene.. Now I can help you with your online business!"

Kayla's special gift

"Aunty Chingkywinky, thank you!! How do you know I've always wanted a bicycle? Mummy said you wanted to buy a pink one... did she "brainwash" you to get a unisex colour so that didi can ride in it too??"

Pool day!

Popo & I brought the kids to Keppel Club for a dip. Aunty Jerlene & little Jenelle joined us too! It was a beautiful sunny day!


Love the rash top and board shorts I ordered from US. They are so comfortable! There is a ongoing bulk purchase, if any mummies are keen :)


Jenelle in a sunsuit. Very comfortable too!


Here I come!!


Playing with a water gun.




Popo took this really tiny photo of us.. from hundred metres away! She was afraid of the sun!!

Sharing?

Kayla: I prefer Yakult so you can have some of my Vitagen.

Favourite past time

Unlike his impatient sister, Kieran loves to play with blocks since he was about 17 mths old. Usually when he sees me whipping out my handphone, he will run away. Today I managed to video him in action but he was very distracted by the TV.

My Special Day

Postdated: 21st Jul. Monday

Rained the whole day but my day was not gloomy at all!


Another yr more femaine! Well, Kayla doesnt seem to agree! (haha!!)


My kids.. my best present.

Pak tor with daddy. We had our dinner at....


German bier & pub restaurant.


a birthday card every yr without fail. I have 8 cards now.


a very contented me :)


Nice food but not for the starving and big-eater.

Spirit filled surmon

I dont wish to make this into a boring religious post but todays surmon open up my heart & I want to read over and over again to remind myself to love the sinner, hate the sin.

Priest said, "Someone asked me if God is so powerful, why didnt he wipe out the bad people so that the good can live in harmony? He could if he wanted but he if did, we will never learn to forgive, and he wont be called a merciful God.

We are not in the position to judge or condemn our neighbours. Your friends or your family members have committed a crime; betrayed you or stolen from you, ...hate the sin not the sinner. God always give us a chance to repent and so we should also forgive & help others to repent. Its difficult.. pray and (jokingly) I always tell people it takes 20 yrs of prayers to change someone. Why 20 yrs? Long enough to make God so tired of listening to the same thing that he finally give in. (At this point, I thought to myself I must wait till I am 50 yrs old to see my man changed his bad habits!! Ha ha) .......... "

Peace.

Parkway Parade

Its the time of the week, Sunday lunch with yeye!! We had our lunch at Ichiban Jap. restaurant & brought the kids for some kiddy rides.


"Want to see my lunch?? "


YUMMY!! Includes a lollipop, crackers & milo!

"Oh no, traffic police is behind me !!!"

TP: "license please?!"

Yeye bought a birthday gift for Kayla and its a art & craft starter kit which includes some crayons, markers and scissor. Muscle boy Kieran broke some crayons before she laid her hands on them!! Sigh..

Cannot resist this strawberry 2 piece set from Mothercare! Will go very well with the strawberry clip :p

Mummy's favourite food

Kids, this is my all time favourite food- TOM YAM rice noodle seafood soup!! Drooling as I am writing this..

Our Son

With Kieran, I am always on my toes and we are constantly reminded not to take things for granted. Alot of things I din expect to happen, happened to him.. such as ezcema, cradle cap, cow's milk/tomato allergy, ability to escape from his playpen & the moment he could stand on his own, he ran on tip toes!

Last night, he had nosebleed. Popo & I panicked!!! This afternoon, I brought him to Dr. Ong and he said one of the small veins in his nose lining burst and usually caused by scratching, picking or blowing it too hard. It is common with kids. So mummies, you know now.

Big hole in my pocket

At TMC today:

1. Kayla- chickenpox jab

2. Kieran- chickenpox AND pneumococal jabs

3. Mummy me- gynae checkup

Pocket burnt: $378 + 216 !!!!!!

Both of them didnt make a sound when the jabs were given. Dr Ong was impressed.. esp. with Kieran (1 on each thigh)!

Little fingers at work

My 2 rascals like to watch "Art time" on playhouse disney channel. Origami is their favourite part of the show.


fold..fold..fold...


"Not done yet"

Temporary "childcare centre"

Aunty Jerlene is busy this week so popo's house becomes a childcare centre for little Jenelle...

Handling 3 kids of such close age gap is so challenging (36mths, 21mths and 17mths -Jenelle), even with 2 maids around!! Its simply impossible to get the 3 of them to pose for a picture. I was lucky to get Jenelle & Kieran to sit still for 30secs.

Kieran's good friend

Lil' Jenelle decided to visit her "babyhood" friend, Kieran! Enjoying her yummy porridge, prepared by Kieran's popo!


"You are just like my mummy, loves to take pics!"

Usual place, usual gathering

Daddy & I wanted to stay home to do some spring cleaning but the kids were really bored, so we brought them to their usual favourite place! On our way to the airport, Eleanor called... "meeting" at Carls Jr Big splash at 7.20pm.

Since it was still early, we went ahead with our plan first (Kayla would be so disppointed if we didnt!).


"Yo! Call me Ms Richard"


FOOD!!


Looking for food!


C-h-e-e-s-e


Mr & Ms Richards


He aint heavy; hes my lao pa..

Accident prone

My clumsy boy tripped over a toy and cut his face (a very small cut near his lower lip). He is VERY active and too fast for us. Popo always say xiao zi (means small boy- nickname given by popo) gives her heart attack. Lucky mummy me has a strong heart!

duh.......... My little chipmunk