This is my life and these are my stories

It' becoming a weekly thing.

2012-02-07T00:32:00.004+08:00

It seems like being at East Coast Park, over the weekend for cycling session, will slower becoming our family weekly affair (or at least during those weekend which Joe isn't working).

It's a low cost, family bonding activity plus it's also a form of excerising. And the girlies love to take a break at the ski360, seeing how they ski on the water, doing some side tricks around the corner after getting boosted into the air, using the pull of a cable system that goes continously around the lagoon, and it's becoming our break point too.

I have been creating on the other hand after the kids are in their deep sleep. Here's sharing a sneak of a mini album which I am creating for a dear friend of mine.

Just 1 more weekday to the weekend

2012-02-02T23:59:00.001+08:00

A early Valentine's Day gift from Hubby.

Type out meaningful words for a mini project.

Someone scored full marks for her first chinese spelling test.

Bringing back some old memories in my kitchen.

Doddle a little something while waiting.

It's the start of a brand new week

2012-01-30T11:50:00.004+08:00

With both girlies in school, I took out my toys to play. And got remind how important it is, to have some time for myself alone, doing what I found pleasure in, having some tiny bit of peace and enjoy the sunlight.

No nagging.

No playing judge to any fights.

No cries and whines.

Just the sun.

Just me.

Just the music from my macbook.

Just peace.

Happy Monday, my friends :)

Live. Love. Laugh.

2012-01-29T22:10:00.003+08:00

Levion had her first today.

She have been asking for a roller skate since last year, and today, instead of our usual cycling outing, we decided to let her try out the skate while putting kerris at the indoor playhouse.

Levion didn't know what coming after she put her feets into the skate, I bet she must be thinking that it's going to be easy peasy, just stand up and she is able to skate like a pro. Life isn't always what you plan, so the moment she stood up, she know she is in big trouble.

She wasn't confidence, she wasn't sure of her next step. She was so worry that she will fall. She kept whining. She kept giving up.

But I am glad that she preserve on, she took those brave little steps, she had a fall and she stood up, and try again.

30mins isn't long. 30mins isn't short.

She tried her best for that good 30mins.

Will she want to do it again next week?

We shall see, but I am glad she make those brave steps.

Good Job done, Missy L. Mummy is proud of you.

xoxo

It's finally back !

2012-01-28T11:13:00.002+08:00

Do you still remember Moments Recorded ??

Do you miss having monthly challenge that will help you to create and challenge yourself with all the T&Cs needed for all the different challenges?

Do you miss seeing others' scrappers creations? Everyone creations are all so different and special despite every one doing the same challenge.

Do you miss the warm and lovely bond that was build up just because of our common interest and love in scrapbooking?

If your answer/s to the above have a "YES"

You will be so so happy that MOMEMTS RECORDED is FINALLY BACK !

It have been a great 2 years since we posted our last challenge before taking a long break. It have been a great break. And now, I am so ready to bring it back and get it running in full force with lots of exciting challenges every month.

Our first challenge is already up on the FaceBook page, and is hosted by me. Do drop by to take a look and start creating :)

Here are some sneakies on what I have done for this month's challenge - Love - Theme -

Remember to drop by Moments Recorded FB Page

Challenge yourself or simply check out the wonderful creations over the page.

Hope to hear from you soon.

xoxo

What do you do when you have just a couple of hours?

2012-01-26T22:12:00.004+08:00

Meet a good friend for cup of coffee and gossip about anything and everything.
Bump into other nice friend while shopping for stuffs. [ I love how my little hobby bring nice people into my life ]
Chilling and play catching up on random topics.
Take photos and be silly.

Sit down and create when everyone else in the family are in their deep sleep.
Enjoy the quietness in the night with no other noise other then the music from my macbook.

Able to create and complete my first ATCs swap, pack them up and they are so ready to go...

S.O.S Flea

2012-01-11T21:38:00.002+08:00

This is our first time taking part in a Flea Event, and we are so excited and looking forward to meet each and everyone of you. And also, this is for a good deed :)

Why is this event a good deed?

... to make this event even more special, S.O.S project (Save Old School) is mainly organised to increase more public awareness of this movement. Basically, URA might not be renewing Old School and tearing it down for Condo development. Old School is appealing to the relevant govt agency about it and to the public as well.

Join us and do a good deed together.

Whether Old School built some memories for you before or not, spread the word before yet another bit of our heritage is chipped away.

- www.forfleasake.com

To make this even more special, Old School actually used to be my dad's old primary school ! I remember he used to drive me up the hill and show me the staircase every time we happen to pass by the area, and tell me a little stories about him during his young time. So, it's definitely a double special meaning for me to be part of this event.

S.O.S Flea

Old School @ Mt. Sophia – 11B Mount Sophia – Hall, 228466

14 January, 2pm to 8pm

DIRECTION

Nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut MRT (NEL line / Circle line)

Mark your calender, come down and join us on the 14th Jan.

We have gotten ready lots of handmade goodies awaiting for you.

Hope to see you on Sat :)

xoxo

Getting Prepared.

2012-01-04T22:38:00.000+08:00

This week is so filled with excitements, surprises and fun.

Firstly, I had a wonderful surprise from Levion, followed by having fun as a family together with the kids' godfather at East Coast Park.

The kids have their school orientation on Tues and Wed but I only went for the one on Tues since the content of the orientation on both days are the same, it also means the kids have one more extra day at home to relax and have some more fun before the school mode kick start.

There are some changes that both myself and Joseph have taken note of about Levion. It seems that she have taken a step up in term of
maturity and understanding.

She is beginning to be able to really help out and look after her little sister more willingly and on her own account, instead of us having to be constantly reminding her. For example, I used to need to remind her to clean up after playing and helping Kerris to do her share of
cleaning up and she used to vent anger and show frustration and mumble about why she have to do her sister's share and it's not fair etc. But recently, she have been more willing to do it without me reminding her at times and even tell me that it's ok that Kerris is playing and making a mess, cause she will clean up the mess later when Kerris is done playing.

Moments like this make me feel that everything I do is so worth it, it really melts my heart.

Missy Kerris on the other hand is beginning to really test all waters. She will act cute or act blur when it comes to cleaning up.

There was once she was given 2 times naughty corner straight for not wanting to clean up the mess she made.

She is still the happy little baby who love to laugh and be around with the big sister. And boy, this little girl have been missing her afternoon naps during this holiday when big sister is around.

She just want to play and be around her big sister. Doing the same thing, watching the same cartoon, want what Levion wants, take what Levion takes. It's fun seeing how both of them can get into each other neck's sometimes, and I would be staying at a corner peeking instead of stepping forward and be a peacemaker.

This little missy will be heading to school for the first time with her big sister tomorrow, taking the school bus. I am not too sure how is she going to cope with everything that's coming her way but I just hope and pray that it's going to be ok and smooth for her just like when she was promoted to tots class at GUG where she have to attend the class alone without me sitting in with her. Although attending class alone (at GUG) isn't like a new thing for her since she have been doing so for the past 3 months, but the only difference which I felt was there, I have been sitting in class with her for a 3 terms before she was promoted and she have already been familiar with the teachers and environment.

Although she have been to TPYM Kindergarten for some many times with me to pick Levion from school or on special occasions and events but I sure it's a different feeling and environment for her little soul and heart when it comes to attending class and such.

I can only cross my fingers and pray.
Bless her little heart.

Come hold my hands, little sister. I will take care of you. ~ Levion, 03.01.2012

Warmest Greeting on this Raining Day

2011-12-24T15:27:00.002+08:00

HO HO HO

Myself, together with my family

would like to wish

everyone who pop by this blog

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

HO HO HO

May everyone be blessed with great health,

tons of blessing,

lots of wisdom,

and recieve many many presents !

HO HO HO

xoxo

DorcasYHJ & Family

Making Baby Step

2011-12-20T10:00:00.003+08:00

I know my last post was like 3 weeks ago, and December is already coming to an end. I was kinda tied up with the kids and some new plans that have been taking place in life recently.

In just a few more days, Christmas will be here and very soon, we will be celebrating New Year and our Chinese New Year. But, however, there is something that's worth a tiny celebration (in my life) too.

There is this ~~little~~ tiny secret which I have been holding onto for awhile now, and only a handful of close friends knew about my decision and plan... No No No. I am not with baby #3. It's a step which I have put off too long to take, and I finally plucked my courage, pinched myself in the face and took the first step.

Finally, everything is coming to a smooth stage and I am ready to share this little secret with everyone here on the cyber world.

As most of you know, I have had Cherish All Memories for quite a few years now, everything have been so far so good with no major plans or movements in the recent years. with things beening on the right track (Thank God).

But here I am, breaking the smooth route from the recent years, and place my baby steps into the real world to face more challenges.

The secret which I am going reveal on this cold, raining night is ... ... ... ... ... ...

Cherish All Memories will be selling ready-made products over @ Hako, Vivo City, #02-119, our space is located near the cashier :)

Their opening hours :

Sun - Thur: 11am to 9pm
Fri & Sat: 11am to 10pm
Eve of Public Holiday: 11pm to 10pm
Tel: 62767626

Ready for some sneakies ??

Altered Photo Frame

*I had so much fun dressing up these frames*

Each of these altered frame comes with a printed quote that can be easily replaced to your favourite photo with the love ones.

No repeat will be made to make each photo frame specially exclusive just for you.

Great as a gift, or as a part of the decoration at home or dress up the space in the office.

*Due to space constrain, only 2 altered frames will be available for sale over at our space @ Hako. For more available choices, do drop by our facebook or for updates. TQ :)

Hand Stitched Journal Book

Each of these journal book is hand stitched with love. There are so many ways to use these journals, and I will be sharing how I used mine in the next post.

There are 2 choices of handstitched journal books available :

(there are no price difference between the both)

1) Kraft Pages

Containing 50 pages of blank kraft papers (5 set of 10 pages) excluding front & back (hard cover).

2) White Pages

Containg 50 pages of blank white papers (5 set of 10 pages) and 10 pages of double sided pattern papers excluding front & back (hard cover).

We are still in the midst of creating and storming up more ideas and items. So, do make sure to check out the blog or facebook for any updates.

Our products are all hand-made with lots of love and every items are exclusive and one of a kind.

xoxo

Dorcas YHJ

T.G.I.F - Holiday Day 5

2011-11-25T22:55:00.001+08:00

There was something that the girlies were looking forward to, the moment they open their eyes this morning.

They knew what is was yesterday after their play time at SingKids but they are only allow to open this morning.

This is what happen to most hours of today after breakfast...

@ 11:00am
after breakfast and bath

They were playing with the play doh ice cream maker till lunch time. They had to clean up the mess and toys before cleaning themselves for lunch. And they wanted to get the box again straight after lunch but I have other plan for them during the evening so I decided to make them have their nap. Levion didn't manage to take her nap as she wasn't able to do so (what she claim) while Kerris took hers.

But when I let both of them out from their bedroom ....

@ 3:30pm

They are back to the play doh. And it went on till 6pm when their dad is back from home and until it was time for them to get ready to head out for dinner.

Guess it was a correct choice that we got this ice cream play doh from toy r us yesterday while waiting for them to finish their play time.

Headed down to Bishan via bus and mrt, it's a rare experience for the kids to take the mrt train service out (cause I hate taking train especially with kids. Long story), after dinner was a little walk around the shopping mall, a trip to the NTUC and a trip to icing room to use up the last voucher which expires today. Levion can't do the cake with us at the icing room just because she didn't take her afternoon nap (my rule was no nap - no play related involvement). So Kerris got to (finally) do the cake with me (without big sister commanding and making noise each time she tries to do it).

A pretty laid back T.G.I.F :)It's weekend, and I totally have no plans for them after the sat class at GUG and after Levion's sun morning ballet class. =x

Holiday Day 4

2011-11-24T23:45:00.004+08:00

The initial plan was to bring the girlies out to catch either "Happy Feet 2" or "Puss In Boots". But Kerris decided to have a little "merlion" performance in the morning and she was so restless that we actually decided to cancel all plans and just stay home, but this little girl keep urging us to go out.

She manage to finish up we bowl of lunch and everything seems to be alright for her, so we proceed with the plan. Little did we expect that she did it again in the car. There goes her lunch. So, movie date was cancelled. We drove around town area for a little car ride fun beside ending up at Vivo City.

The kids knew what's plan for them and Levion couldn't stop repeating herself whether or not are we going there (SingKids). But mummy here have other plan in mind. I sat them down at Starbucks which is just directly opposite SingKids and made them sit down and have some drinks with us. The rule is behaving themselves and not moving around. If either one breaks it, both are not going to play.

Levion was trying hard to be miss helpful while Kerris decide that glueing herself to the chair will be a better choice. Kids finished up the drinks before we do, Kerris had her fruits melody while Levion had banana. Kerris seems fine with no trace of a re-performance (we were worried that she is going to do it again) and assure us that she is ok to play.

So, girls just wanna have fun ! They got themselves 2 hours free play time :)

Kerris decided that she had enough play after an hour so we brought her around while waiting for Levion.

I got myself a very happy but sweaty girl after the 2 hour play time.

And hubby ends this trip with waffles ice creams at Gelare :) It's def not a shitty day.

xoxo

Holiday Day 3

2011-11-23T13:37:00.003+08:00

Do you know you can eat while you are creating ?

My 2 girlies have always love crafting time. And they sure love the idea that they can eat while they are creating, and best, eat what they are using to create.

For day 3 of the year end holiday, I have decided to try out the DIY puffy paints which I have pinned down months ago over at Pinterest.

It's super easy and everything can be found at home.

A : Preparing the paint

All you need will be just :

- plain flour
- salt
- water

- food colorings or natural colorings using fruits juices

- empty squeeze bottles
(you can get them from Daiso where I got mine or you could recycle empty bottle and drill/punch a hole at the bottle cap)

- empty bowl
- whisk

My Steps :

Using equal amount of flour, salt and water. I used a cup each :)

Placing the dry ingredients in the bowl, I used my fingers to mix them together and making sure there are no hard particles. Slowly add in the water and using the whisk to mix the ingredients together.

Depending on personal preference, you may adjust the amount of water for the paint. I prefer mine to be like a dough effect so a cup of water to a cup of each dry ingredients are alright for me.

Once the mixtures are well mixed together, you can add in the colorings. The more drops of coloring, the more vibrant the color will be. You can also mix different colors together to create the colors you want. Take this chance to teach the kids about colors mixing too.

Using a funnel (or without) pour the mixture into the empty bottle. And it's all ready to start puffing :)

It's no fun playing with puff paints alone, so I decided to take out some of my baking goodies (since the flour and salt are in the same drawer) and making use of my muffins tray, I lined them up and pour a small amount of those goodies in each cup.

In the tray cups are :
Bow pastas, thousands and hundreds, sugared pearls, desiccated coconut mixed with colored shimmer powder (from a local baking shop), almond crunch sprinkles, jumbo confetti sprinkles

The kids have fun creating and squeezing those puffy paints (with texture because of the salt) and decorating the paper with the baking goodies and at time same time popping the goodies into the mouth without worrying that the paints are on their fingers.

Disclaimer :

Everything used for today craft are edible and no kid will be poison by the end of it ( lol ).

It's holiday now ! Day 1

2011-11-21T23:33:00.004+08:00

Today is officially the first Monday of the year end holiday for Missy L.

Brought the girlies to school to order their books, got Kerris' her per nursery uniforms (she is going to start school together with Levion when school re-open on the 5th Jan. Taking the school bus together with her big sister), arrange and confirm their school bus slots with the bus uncle.

Headed over to central to get some stuffs from the supermarket, took lunch at MacDonald, headed back home and did something which have hardly happen in months time. All 3 of us took afternoon nap together !!! I mean rainy weather + air con + hiding ourselves under the blanket = hard to resist not to take a nap.

A well needed nap for everyone, energy were recharged, everyone were feeling refresh and great. Both were playing teacher and student while I was preparing dinner.

Decided to push back bedtime tonight since they both have a long nap in the noon. I managed to drew some animals in midst of dinner preparation, as a little bonding session before bedtime.

So, after dinner, everyone chip in to help spring clean the kids' room, took turn to take a bath and everyone got ready for some animals coloring session.

18.11.2011

2011-11-18T22:29:00.003+08:00

Happy Birthday to you, Mr Joe Lim !

Thank you for your love & patience for the past 6 years.

xoxo

Any Ideas ?

2011-11-09T20:19:00.002+08:00

What do you do with your kids (if you have any) after dinner and before bedtime??

For my family, dinner normally start about 6:15-6:30pm unless we eat out etc, kids' bedtime is about 9pm. So, we have a good 3 hours in between.

Kids will get to catch up on cartoons and TV shows, playing games on the iPad/iPhone, playing with their kitchen set or even pretend play.

Art & Crafts sessions will happen once in a while. Levion catching up on some homework while Kerris fool around with her dad outside.

So, today is one of the day, we switch off the TV, put aside our phones, sit around the table and play with .... Pyssla or Hemma beads which we brought from Ikea.

Colorful beads never fail to capture the kids' attention.

What do you and your family do during those free hours before bedtime ?

Today is a public holiday :)

2011-11-07T20:14:00.000+08:00

Decided to bring the kids out instead of staying at home and getting bored. Met up with Alfred for lunch since he is free too, arranged for a playdate with Eliz so both girlies can play with Kenise.

Lunched at Earle Swensen, Vivo City. And seriously, service is not what I expected but again, most of their outlets have a below average service. Food wise were what I have been expecting. So I guess the food did kinda make up for the poor service.

I personally love love love their Mango Shrimp. It seems to have a pinch of Thai chili sauce to the sweet mango. It's more of appetizer dish so the portion is rather small. But it's just so good to resist.

We headed over to SingKids for the kids to start their play while the adults hang out at the Starbucks just opposite. The girls have so much fun during their 2 hours play at SingKids despite there were quite a crowd since it's public holiday. I even signed up for the membership, valid for 6 months and it's shareable !

For Public Rate :

Off peak - 2 hours, $18 per kid *Peak - 1 hour, $18 per kid

For Member Rate : ($140, $14x10 sessions)

Off peak - unlimited hours, $14 per kid *Peak - 2 hours, $14 per kid

*peak : Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holiday, PSLE Marking Days, School Holidays

So I guess, being a member will be more worth it especially when it's shareable, and the kids have so much fun playing in there.

How did you spent your public holiday?

Are you ready for Christmas ?

2011-11-06T19:14:00.000+08:00

I am so ready for Christmas. Took out the decorations and starting placing them all over the house. Made alittle change to the wreath which I kept from last year, and it will be up on the front door soon.

The crafting deparment have been brewing some fun xmas cards, playing with cotton wool ball. Creating cute little stuffing socking.

Head over to C.A.M's blog to know more :: LINK HERE ::

Do you also know that our FB Page is doing a little give away when we hit 50 "Likes"

A lucky person will be winning a "25Day Dec Daily" mini album created me.

All you need to do is

1) head over to our FB page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cherish-All-Memories/293992453963480

2) click on "Like"

3) click on "Share" to spread the words

And you are all ready for winning the mini album. Good Luck peeps :)

xoxo

Month of Love & Blessing

2011-10-18T15:35:00.003+08:00

Smurf-ri-fic pre Children Day P.A.R.T.Y - Part 1

2011-09-29T23:18:00.000+08:00

How are you smurf-ing today?

Hope you have been having a smurf-ri-fic day so far.

We had a smurf-ing day. Levion skipped school, and we all went for a movie date !

And I am very sure, you are able to guess what show we watched and no present for the correct guess. LOL..

The kids had fun watching the show and they enjoyed it very much and were well behave in the cinema despite it's only their second time to one. It was surely a smurfy movie, that even as, as adults enjoyed watching it. Afterwhich, we brought them for lunch over at *scape for Sakae Sushi, even brought the kids one of the froggies gift set.

We decide to walk over to takashimaya for some shopping, and by chance, found these few walls that are beautifully painted and designed, and they make sure great background for photos taking, too bad, I didn't bring out my DSLR, so my iphone shall do the job. And I like how the photos turn out to be. Maybe the next time, I shall remember to bring my dusty DSLR out for some proper photo taking moments with the girlies instead of keep relying on my iphone.

xoxo

Up and About

2011-09-29T00:30:00.000+08:00

As the day went by, Kerris was getting better and better, by the evening time, she is back on her bouncing feet and at her usual hyper mode. And is all ready to have fun for the rest of the day with her big sister. They even do a happy dance while listening to kids songs via youtube on the ipad. It's really a warm feeling to see both sisters not fighting with each other, and enjoying themselves being silly.

Anyway, I was in need of some items for dinner, so I took both of them out for a quick supermarketing, while we were walking out toward the bus stop, we decided to slow down our walk, and look around at our surrounding.

Do silly smiles on our faces.

Be with the greens and breathe in the fresh air.

Slow our pace down to teach each other a new knowledge, a new way to play with a little toy.

Slowing down so we can plant more smiles on our faces.

xoxo

It's mid week !

2011-09-28T14:37:00.000+08:00

How have your weekday been so far?

I think mine start off pretty good, beside the usual house chores that need to be done, the girlies are pretty at peace with one another so there aren't much wars going on. And finally, we got to have a proper night sleep on Mon and Tues nights, but last night was a different story again, Levion woke up almost every other hour and only soundly slept near 2am.

Little girl aka my lunch buddy, woke up this morning feeling under the weather. She was laying around on the floor, refusing almost everything and anything. She seems to be getting better now, hopefully later after her afternoon nap, she will be totally fine, and tomorrow, we could be out and about to have fun to have a early Children's Day Celebration :) no solid plans in mind yet, but we will for sure get some stuffs plan and confirm tonight.

On the work front, I have fulfilling orders for mini booklets/albums mainly for little kids birthday. It's a way for me to destress myself and keep my mind off some negative thoughts and things that have been running thur my mind more often then they should be.

I am beginning to love creating these mini albums, adding little details to complete the look.

xoxo

the last weekend of September

2011-09-25T15:55:00.007+08:00

What have you been doing these last weekend of September and the previous one?

Hope they have been great :)

My past 2 weekends was without my kids, like most of my any other Saturday, as both girlies got to spend their day over at my parents' place after their class and not forgetting after their lunch with me.

Lucky for me, despite Joe having his reservist these past 15 days, his Saturdays during the last 2 weekends were an OFF day !! So, we got to hang out together, drive the car around to catch up on some shopping. From H&M, to the WhatFlea! at *Scape, to our usual place like Daiso over at Plaza Singapura, we even made a trip to bugis village to do some street shopping under the warm, hot Singapore weather, when the last time we actually visit this place was like months and months ago.

And the short trip to the flea market across from H&M, which was my second time stepping into this building after it first opened (my first trip was alittle disappointing, but second time was so so much better but I was hoping there will be more choices for kids cause babies and taller kids choices are so much better then the kiddos in between, it's kinda miserable and their stocks for some designs and sizes were like so limited) was so scary for me, I mean there are so so many owl related accessories, and me so likey. I almost want to get everything but I totally got to restrict myself to just get a few (seriously just a few) items, and quickly head out from there and move on to the next location.

Shopping at Bugis Village once in a while could be fun too, and if you really hunt around in that area, you might just walk off with a bags(ssss) filled with stuffs at reasonable price and pretty good quality too. I found myself and Joe walking out of the street with a couple of bag stuffed into a big plastic bag in just an hour last weekend, it feel like we are shopping oversea.

Before I totally forget, today I finally got the chance to lay my hands on this pink box. I have been seeing people carrying this pink box around over at United Square, every weekend when I am there for the girlies' classes, and I walked into the shop and they sell nothing but just capcakes, and althought there aren't much lot of choices but they have my favourite Red Velvet cupcakes :)

Brought a box of 4, 2 of which are the Red Velvet, while each girlies gets a chance to choose their own flavour, Levion got the Rainbow Vanilla which is still in the fridge now, most likely its her breakfast later, while Kerris got herself the Chocolate, which is already in her tummy the moment we got home.

I can't really decide if I would be re-visiting them more often, but they for sure taste preettty good.

Must try : Red Velvet

Rating : 7 / 10

Price : SGD $ 20 for a box of 4

SGD $ 33 for a box of 6

(they do sell single)

xoxo

4 hours sleep from last night till now.

2011-09-22T20:40:00.002+08:00

Joe wasn't home last night due to his reservist, I didn't inform the girlies especially Levion earlier that their daddy wouldn't be home as I know it will cause some mental and physical issues, but they do know that daddy is in the army and he have lot of things that require him to complete first before he could come home.

kids were good during bedtime, not much fussing after their bedtime stories, and kerris was the first to fall asleep (as usual), while Levion fall asleep later, after some chatting and questioning. It's very funny how her nighty questions are always the same but in a different form.

Q1 : Mummy, can I come to your room and sleep later when I wake up and when it's not in the morning yet ?

Q2 : What time will Mr Sun come out ? 2am? 3am? 6am?

Q3 : Mummy, or I come in to your room and sleep when daddy goes army / work (for ususal days ) ? If I come in to your room and daddy is still sleeping, I will go back to my room again to sleep somemore.

[ it's because, the other day when her dad was back for the night from his reservist, she came in like 2am, slept on my bed and chase her dad to sleep on the sofa ]

She can go on and on and on, if I let her. But seriously, this girl really need to learn to sleep thurout the whole night instead of keep thinking when she can come in to my room to sleep. Hopefully, this is just a phrase.

Anyway, last night was bad.

Just when I was about to settle down and call for the night and was about to really doze off into deep sleep in la la land, Kerris came over to my room and start being whiny, comfort her and she fall alsleep, and not long later, she woke up crying and nothing could calm her down except for letting her cry-it-all-out, I guess, all the crying drain her energy out, she fall asleep in her favourite position - on my arm. And just when I thought I could catch some sleep, Levion was shouting for me from her room "MUMMMMMYYYY, WHERE ARE YOU", so I have to call her over to my room since I cant move with Kerris sleeping on my arm. She came over and sleep with us. And great, she can't sleep, and was starting to play with my hand. After some stern warning from me, she fall asleep, and guess what, kerris wake up again. Both girls are seriously on a tag-time match the whole lot of the night and was near 6am that both finally doze off.

And don't think everything is on the right track, both girls are up and about at near 8am !!!! I so so so refusing to get myself out from my bed at that time. Both girls self-entertain with my iphone, the tv in my room, both of them got out and did drawing while I catch up on my sleep till 9am.

I can only say that these couple of weeks, I can see a tiny difference in Levion, she is beginning to mature in her own little way. She can tell me to take nap with Kerris, while she look after the house and do her homework. She can even tell Kerris to play with her and take care of her little sister when i am still sleeping in the morning. No shouting, no screaming, no fights, behaving like a big sister, she give in, she teaches her little sister.

While little sister on the other hand, seems to be starting her terrible-twos. It's nothing big or horrible. But you are able to sense that she is trying to test every limits and boundaries. She now have her own little reward chart like Levion, and even had her tries on the naughty corner.

Her teacher from GUG called me the other day, to inform me that she felt that kerris is ready to be promote to the independance class starting from next term onward, but I am having some withdrawals. A part of me am glad that she is up for the next level, while a part of me is still unwilling to part with her and still have to be with her for her lesson, every Saturaday. I guess it's just a matter of time that I have to let go, especially when she is going to be starting daily classes together with Levion, taking the school bus to school next year.

What can I say?

Kids are growing up.

September Already?

2011-09-20T18:50:00.004+08:00

Antiseptic solution have been a good friend of mine recently and it will continue to be one until the burnt on my leg recover. And I cant wait to it to faster dry up and recover. Everytime I see it when I am doing the dressing, it's just depressing to look at it for long.

The kids got a shock the next morning when they saw the marks on my leg, but i guess they are getting used to it now. They even attempt to help me with the dressing and touch the wound.

The other day, before I hurt my leg. The girlies and myself actually set some time aside to do some baking.

Both girlies got a chance to stir and mix the batter. Levion had the butter one while Kerris had the lemon one. I even separate them into small bowls to let the girlies learn about mixing colourings into the batter to change the colours. Put them all together, we end up with having colourful lemon butter muffins :)

Everytime we bake, the kids are just as excited as ever. They just cant wait to lay their hands on anything and everything and even the batter itself. Maybe the next time I bake, I will just let Levion pour in the eggs and milk in herself.