Shaky Teeth and the Tooth Fairy

Jedi dropped his FIRST tooth on the 11th of January! I forgot that teeth drop at his age so I was actually a bit worried when he first told me that his teeth were hurting and shaky!

Anyways I followed my mom's tradition of being the mysterious Tooth fairy where she would hide little presents under my pillow each time a tooth fell off. A heartwarming feeling and brings back such nice memories. Got him a little book and one for Krisalyn too. (have to be fair). :)

Our boy is growing up! Time is moving so fast!

Baked Mozarella Bolognese Macoroni with Minced Beef

Ingredients:

- 3/4 packet of elbow macoroni pasta

- sliced shitake/ button mushrooms

- minced beef

- 1 white onion (sliced)

- mozarella cheese

- Leggo's Bolognese Sauce

Method:

1. marinate minced beef with a little salt, a dash of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of corn flour, a tsp of sugar for at leat 30 min

2. stir fry sliced onions with minced beef and sliced mushrooms till 3/4 cooked

3. pour in Leggo's Bolognese Sauce and bring to a boil

4. boil macoroni in olive oil and a little salt for abt 15 min. drain and place in a casserole dish

5. pour sauce with cooked ingredients on top

6. sprinkle mozarealla cheese generously

7. bake for abt 30 min.

YumS!

Princess Krisalyn Turns 4!

Krisalyn turned 4 on 7th January! Had a small celebration for her this year instead of the yearly parties for our kids as we were so busy moving house in December.

Dan couldn't take leave on a weekday this year so I went down to her Kindy to celebrate for her and her friends. Jedidiah came from his class to join in the mini celebration with her classmates and little Keziah came to celebrate for her big sister too. This year she was really happy to celebrate with her friends as I think she better understood the concept of a birthday celebration. So she was all smiles for the camera this year!

Had a second celebration with Dan at night and we went for pizza and ice-cream!

Happy Birthday Princess! Praying you will continue to grow in faith and walk in the ways of the Lord all the days of your life. Depsite the times that you have your little tantrums and drive mummy nutty when you wake at night, we love you very much and always will. :)

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