Every day is Happy Birthday

Now the kids can sing Happy Birthday, make a wish, blow the candles and enjoy yummy strawberry cake EVERYDAY !

New camera

"Upgraded" my camera recently. Hope I can capture sharper & beautiful photos of my family :)

The bigger the better

After much grumbling from the 2 grannies about our miserably small fridge, we bought a new one to kickstart the New Year ! I can buy, cook and keep alot more food now. So much better since its so inconvenient to do my marketing all the time.



Oh, our own alfresco dining. The kids love to people watch & daddy is spending more time outdoor than indoor now !

Earrings & cake

The 1st time Kayla pierced her ears was 8 months ago but due to mild infection, we had to remove her earrings. Last Thursday, she asked for her ears to be pierced again so we went to the pharmacy to enquire. She was calm but I was scared - cannot imagine having both ears pierced at the same time !!!


Hmmm.. I wonder where she inherited the vainity from ?

Random pic:


A birthday cake-on-the-head !

Crazy week

I wonder where my inspiration for blogging has gone to ...

Anyway, last wednesday was St. Ambrose kindergarten open classrooms. I left Kieran with his jiujiu & brought Kayla to her future school.

I felt really weird because we were the only asian visitors ! When I was checking out the kindy classrooms, I spotted another asian girl & her mother across the room & it felt as though we've known each other for 500 years !!! Felt so relieved. Ha ha!

Kayla & I like the school & hopefully she gets accepted.

Ok, what has Kieran been up to? He has been going thru potty training for the last 2 days and it was a complete failure. Every time I bring him to the toilet, he would say, "done" after 5 secs and struggled to get out. Every hour was agonizing for him, for me.

Today I went for mani & pedicure. Very satisfied !!

Blissful

I am enjoying every moment with my parents.

I have been catching up with my beauty sleep (wahahaha!); went for mani/pedi; watched movie and shop till I couldnt walk anymore (shopping therapy!!). Yesterday we went to Macquarie shopping centre and bought some winter clothings for the kids and for myself.

Some random photos:


Beanie for the winter- handmade by my friend in Sg!


Our dining area.


Fat fat baby Kayla.


Kieran the ang moh kia.


Gong2 ai xin char kway teow. YUM !

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1) Lately, I dont have the energy to do anything; my head and back hurts ! Maybe my body is telling me to rest more !

2) The kids love pizzas, real or fake.




So last night, I made BBQ sauce chicken pizzas. Unfortunately, the crust din taste fantastic so the kids ate all the toppings and gave mummy the crusts !

Waiting to go into the oven.

3) Kieran saw jiejie's watch and demanded one too.



101 Dalmatians

Awesome !!!

Uncle lee's neighbour actually bother to decorate the house into this !!!!!! Passer-bys will stop to admire his (hard) works!!

Daytime


Nighttime



The intruders !! Ha ha!

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At least once a week, Uncle Lee will cook dinner for his family and we will be invited to taste the yummiest home-cooked meal!! He makes the best chicken rice, kway chap and curry!!! Slurp!


Kieran relaxing on a beach chair & watching cartoon at Uncle Lee's place.

There is a WIDE selection of diary products in the supermarkets like fresh milk, yoghurt and cheese. I bought this cheese sticks with strawberries & yoghurt for Kieran as he doesnt like plain cheese (Kayla loves plain cheese!!).


Both of them love this HotDog van! One drive and the other sell hotdogs!! Ha ha!

Chatswood

Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore and it is NS's major commercial and retail districts. This is the 3rd "wood" area we went to. There's Burwood & Eastwood ! More asians in Eastwood.



Got another pair of BabyLegs. Cannot live without it now!! Past few days, the weather was so cold! Anyone keen, let me know. Its at AUD16/pair.



We have tried a few Jap. restaurant here & Sushi-ya is the yummiest!! Garlic butter clams (on the right) is my favourite! The creamy roll sushi (front) was so good !!

Restless

I miss my kids.

Past few days & today, I was busy shopping for our home & waiting for deliveries. Very tiring & unsettling. We cant move in yet because our beds havent arrived and there is no TV & internet! We're extremely grateful to Uncle lee, Ki-ren & Sylvia for their help & concern. They have been very patient esp. with mummy me who is always asking funny questions!!


From the courtyard, daddy took a photo of the sunset. It made me miss home.


Sylvia's 21st birthday on the 11th Sept. Got for her a big champagne glass with the no. 21 on it.

Busy bee mummy me!

I will have less time to blog from now till 5th Sept. I hope I am able to do so daily when I am in Sydney. Just booked 6 air tickets; daddy & I had a tough time confirming the dates with SIA because all of us are leaving & returning at a different time!!

Next Monday, movers will be here so this weekend another round of major spring cleaning & sorting out our items into 2 piles: "Collin's movers" & "DHL (urgent items)". Faint!!

Random pics of Kieran:


Watching 3 ants go by...


Cannot wait to eat his dinner!!

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Kayla is back to school.. I've kept her away for almost 1 week after a case of HFMD. The school has stepped up on hygiene & cleaniness.

Post updates (6/8/08): Another case of HFMD.. decided not to let Kayla attend school for the time being.

Aunty Jerlene made some mini cupcakes. Mummy me & Kieran enjoying our high tea:



Online shopping continues... bought this sweatshirt from a recent bulk purchase for $12 only. Very motivating! Everything is possible!!