Haircut Expeditions!

I had a shock of my life! Found this in my wastepaper basket and even more on my floor in my bedroom!

Krisalyn inspired by my trimming of their fringes took matters into her own hands much to my horror and chargin! The fringes that I took so long to carefully groom to make sure that it was not too short or too long (according to my standards) was all chopped! She had taken a pair of hair scissors on my dressing table and happily snipped away!

Bottom line: Mummy's fault for not keeping my scissors properly

Thansgiving: the hair cutting was only limited to the hair and nobody was blinded or injured!

Now praying really hard their hair will grow back in time for Lunar New Year.

Very TOOT ah !

Bonding with Earings

Krisalyn has been asking to get her ears pierced for a very long time. Her best friend recently got hers pierced too and it insprired her even more. I was really hesitant as she has not been a good sleeper since young as she would wake up at times to pee and results in broken sleep for me. So we decided to resort to a bit of bribery.

Since she she is turning 4 in Jan, Dan and I felt it was high time she is off her night diaper. She has been toilet trained in the day since she was 2 but we never took off her night diaper as I was preggie with Keziah and didn't want the hassle of having to change bedsheets in the wee hours together with a young baby to nurse at the same time. We recently experimented with star charts to get her to keep her dipaer dry as there were times it was totally dry for several days straight. But then it would be wet again.

This time, we decided to go cold turkey. So we explained to her that her diaper is going to be off at night and if she could stay dry for 2 days in a row at least, she would get her ears pierced as a Christmas present. Worked like a charm! I think vanity has its perks and a will all on its own!

So we went down to the shop recommended by my friend. But I was shocked by the price as all along I had the naive idea that it would be really cheap! All went well, numbing spray was sprayed, ear marked in place and *snap*! BUT............................. THE LADY PUT THE WRONG EARING IN!!!!!! as in she put in the most expensive one! I felt so traumatised and wondered if she was trying to get us to pay more!She apologized profusely and said that she would have to take it out again and reinsert with the correct one!GRRRRRRRR! Thankfully Krisalyn didn't flinch or cry despite the blooper! Again Vanity gives the strenghth to withstand pain! hahaha!

Well, her vanity inspired mine too and I decided to get my ears pierced too!An early Christmas present from Dan :) Now you know where my girl gets her vain genes from! But the best present to me is that she is fully toilet-trained and she is sleeping so much better and hardly wakes up in the middle of the night.Guess it must be quite uncomfy to have a hot diaper to sleep.!... o.O

Different Faces in the Morning

My kids have different faces and moods in the morning. All from the same set of parents but all with their own characters and quirks.

Jedidiah and Krisalyn were having their usual morning milk. Keziah decided to join in and plopped herself in bewteen her two older siblings and copied them by taking her little water bottle and also drinking from it. Hmmmm...maybe I should cut the bottle soon?

Anyways check out the faces on each of them!
#1(Jedi): happy and wide-eyed
#2 (Krisa): grouchy and a little tearful
#3 (Keziah): cheeky

Love these three monkeys of mine!

Jedi's Lego Creations!

Jedidiah has been into Lego recently and was thrilled when Dan brought back a whole bucket of tiny Lego pieces for him to play. It's a great toy for me too as it keeps him occupied for a long time and Krisalyn will play with her own girly things so less squablling among these two. Here are some of his own creations that he came up with all by himself! Well done Jedi! :)

My only worry is that the little pieces will find their way into Keziah's mouth! So have to be extra careful and extra vigilant!

A battleship

A firenegine with firehose and rungs

a walking robot and its charging station

Happy Birthday Daddy Dear!

It was Dan's birthday on the 24th of November so the night before I cooked some homecooked food which was a simple meal of Assam Fish, Beef soup and steamed rice. A nice pre-birthday meal after the kids went to bed. Just the two of us. :)



On the day itself we all enjoyed a dark chocolate cake from Royals! Simply one of the yummiest cakes we have eaten and honestly beats places like Polar and Bengawan Solo. Dan made little party packs for the two older kids and they made some homemade cards for him filled with love and their little creativity. Had a lovely Dim Sum lunch and topped it off with ice-cream before heading home.




Happy Birthday to our dearest Daddy and my dearest hubby! You are much loved and appreciated for all your love and giving to the family!

We love you!

Candles and Wedding Bells!

Had a wonderful celebration with the five of us for my birthday which is also my wedding anniversary Our 7th this year and time really flies from just the 2 of us to the 5 of us.Though I miss the couple times we used to have, I must say the kiddies have brought us much joy these years.

To sum up the day we all enjoyed a lovely dark choc cake bought by Dan and the surprise flowers too!

Then we had pizza as a family and as they were promoting thier customer service, we had a complimentary family picture taken for us. Little Keziah as usual can't sit still in her high chair when she is outside, so here she is in the corner of the pic. Can you spot her little face? :)

Had a little surprise from hubby too which is super useful for me so I can do my work more efficiently! Thanks dear!

Family are the ties that bind..... :)

End-Of-Year Concert 2010

The yearly end of the year concert was held last Saturday on 13th November at the church hall. All of us trooped down early in the morning as we had to reach there by 8.30am. This was Krisalyn's first-time performing this year since she first started Nursery 1 at the beginning of the year.

Krisalyn's class was the opening act and was an Indian dance choreographed by her dear teacher Ms. Grace. Was a lovely surprise as the costumes were just sooooooo nice and the girls all looked adorable with bangles and sparkly Punjabi suits. We were really proud of her for doing her best and wigggling away to the music.




Jedi's item was a Korean children's peace and he did a great job dancing to the music although he is the kind who dosen't really like to perform in front of a whole crowd of people. So we were really proud of him too!




Our littlest one had fun too dancing to the concert music! But had to keep her mouth stuffed with biscuits and snacks to keep her occupied too. At least this year she was better able to enjoy the concert compared to last year when she was still immobile in her stroller. Better for us too as she could occupy herself walking around and enjoy the lights and songs.




Was a fun day which we topped off with lunch with our friends at IKEA. Well-deserved treat for the little ones! But I feel my kiddies are suddenly growing up too fast!