Guess who ?

Purple - Jeff
Red - Murray (Kieran's favourite)
Yellow - Sam
Blue - Anthony

Wiggly Party 1

Today, Kieran celebrated his 3rd birthday (way in advance) at The Wiggles Play Centre. We would like to thank all our friends for braving the rain, the chilling weather and the long drive to make this party a very special & memorable one for Kieran.

I will upload the party photos once daddy transfer the photos fr his camera.

These are some photos taken from my camera - at home unwrapping the presents !




Kieran's favourites:

1. Wiggles microphone

2. Wiggles backpack (fr daddy & mummy)

3. Talking robot

4. 60pcs wiggles puzzle (completed by Kieran)

And these are my favourites:

1. Thomas & friends swim wear

2. Toys R us gift card

3. 3D Noah's Ark story book

Yeah, I am a very boring & practical mummy!! Ha ha.

Last Gymbaroo lesson

The kids attended their last Gymbaroo lesson with the theme - Helicopter. They enjoyed all the 9 lessons; the teachers were great and the different themes provided many opportunities for learning.

After class, I brought the kids Yum Cha. Kieran loves char siew pau & soya bean curd.. Kayla loves their fried dumplings, sticky rice & fried noodles. Mummy me will eat whatever they cant finish !!

Later, we met up with a Singaporean friend & her daughter. We took the kids to the soft play area and we watched them from a bench with the other moms. About 20mins into play, I heard a thud & immediately I had a bad feeling it was from Kieran. I saw him covering his mouth with his hands and 2 secs later, blood was oozing out from his lower lip ! Quickly carried him out & frantically looking for tissues. Fortunately, a waitress from the opposite cafe saw what happened and brought me some ices & paper napkins to stop the bleeding.

I learnt from another mom that Kieran was trying to walk up a slide, then slipped and fell on his face.


Red pouty lip.

Photos update

Kayla at 50mths:


Kieran at 35mths:

"Please dont laugh at my cutie curls"

Dust Storm

Early this morning, I woke up to a red/orange glow outside my bedroom window. When I looked carefully I saw this:


My neighbour's car was covered by thick layers of orange dust! For a moment, I felt like I was in Tom Cruise's War of the Worlds movie - our blue planet invaded by some visitors from Mars !

Then to my horror:


My balcony !! Layers of orange dust too !

Mr Brown

Kayla bears a striking resemblance to daddy & she gets very upset with me when I say (jokingly) she is "as pretty as daddy".

Yesterday she said to me, " I dont look like daddy. He has BROWN skin but I dont ! "

Mummy: Tanned you mean ?

Ha! Ha !

Lets get wiggly

We want to make Kieran's 3rd birthday (in Oct.) special because the past 2 birthdays were simple family affairs, no big exciting parties.

Since my son is a BIG fan of The Wiggles, we will hold a birthday party for him at The Wiggly Play Centre ! Today, we went down to check out the place & made some enquiries. We chose "Captain Feathersword's room" as the party room for him to celebrate with his little friends.


(Click to enlarge photo)

Jiejie was very distracted:

Been a year

No updates because my kids were unwell for the whole week - cold & cough, very common during winter. I think their systems have sort of gotten used to it so they hardly rely on medications now which is a good thing ! Anyway, they are well & active.

Been exactly 1 year since we moved to Sydney ! It wasnt easy for me - sold our home, our car & leaving my family but looking back now, I'm glad I gave Richard my 100% support to take up the job here. Hes definately happier; so are the kids.

I'm thankful to God for all the opportunities. I've learnt to be more patient, loving & understanding towards my kids & husband.

To my family & friends overseas - thank you for your prayers & support too =)

Enjoying every moment in class

Today was their 5th Gymbaroo lesson & the theme was Boat. Previous weeks were car, plane, train & bus and they learn directionality such as up & down, sideways, forwards & backwards etc.

After class, we had sushi - their all time favourite food - for lunch.

and not forgetting their favourite apple/strawberry juice.

Birthday cake

Instead of buying a birthday cake for daddy, kids & I decided to bake one. They stood on stools at the kitchen counter, following my instructions.


Sift the flour; beat the butter & caster sugar; beat in the eggs; pour in the evaporated milk & vanilla extract.. then fold in the flour.

Mission completed !!

Happy Birthday daddy !

This is my first attempt at baking & I never thought I could come up with something presentable.. & EDIBLE. The kids have inspired me, their excitment & laughter makes me want to do it again. AND I've learnt to look beyond the mess & embrace the opportunity to teach my kids invaluable skills.

Thank you Janet for the recipe & Elsie for the tips/advices !!