Brunch at Macs

Well, I decided that since its the June hols and Jedi is home, to give the two kiddies a treat. This was also a first time for me as I have never brought them out on my own before so I was a little apprehensive at first! Got the two of them ready, packed their water bottles, some biscuits for Krisa (so she would stay put in her stroller) and off we went!
Jedi was as good as gold and I was really pleasantly surprised at how mature he has become. We went grocery shopping (only 2 items: some spices and his Pocky snack reward for good behaviour.) He was super happy when we reached Macs and even offered to wait for me at the table while I went to order....but less than 2 sec later...he cried! think he realised Mei Mei went so he should go too!
To sum it up, I was proud of myself for taking 'the leap of faith' to bring them for a short outing. Should have done it long ago but being the procrastinator that I am I just didn't muster my guts to. Also, Krisa was relatively good too as she was contented with her hashbrown and Jedi was in bliss with his hotcakes with butter and maple syrup! For me, it was a great time with the two little ones. Wasn't as terrifying or traumatic or stressful as I thought it might be. A first and hopefully many more to come. Only drawback was that my breakfast was their leftovers....

Spiderman Zoo Tales

Had an enjoyable time with the kiddies and family at the zoo with our church. Been some time since we had time to bring them out and enjoy nature. Jedi and Krisa enjoyed themselves getting a suntan in the sweltering heat! It was nice to see the kids thrilled to see the animals up close and not just in their picture books especially for Krisa. We brought Jedi when he was her age but we don't think he remembered much at that time.
One of the highlights for the kiddies was the magic show and the face / body painting that they had. Jedi asked for a Spiderman tatoo much to our surprise! He as never seen the show or cartoon before! The most hilarious thing was that the could actually do the Spidy pose too!

Grandma's Day Celebration

Celebrated Mother's Day with my grandma and my mum's side of the family last Sunday. I also met up with my family's first helper Debbie who looked after me when I was 6 years old. She came back to Singapore to work again for my grandma aftter 17 years!!!!! Always wonderful to see my grandma as she has been a such a prayful and loving grandma to me. She's 78 already and she will still take a cab to my place to bring cod fish and salmon for the kiddies despite my insistence to pick it up from her place. Love you Ah-ma and Jedi and Krisa says, "Happy Mother's Day Ah Zhor!"

thanks Ah Kim and Ah Koo for blessing us with the dinner too! Mel and Caleb you guys rock! thanks for giving them smoky memories with the dry ice!!!!

Our Little Smiley

Krisa loves to smile! She keeps smiling and smiling and we think she is practising to get it right. Here are her more recent attempts...Keep smiling sweetie...

Jelly, Marshmallows and Ice-Cream Galore

We had a feast with Dan's family at Vienna Restaurant at United Square where they had a huge spread of food buffet-style. Well, let's just say it was probably the BEST day of Jedi's life! We hardly give him sweets and snacks so we let him pig out and just look at his TUMMY!!!!!!!!! He ate like 6 small plates of jelly, ice-cream with their cones, some chocolate cake and some marshmallows! Think he ate enough to last a year!!

Thank You For Being My Kids' Mummy

To My Beloved Wife Evangeline and the Mummy to Jedi & Krisa,Thank you for taking care of our kids, and being there for them -

- rain or shine,

- in annoying crying or infectious laughters,

- at times of snatching or sharing,

- loving or the times when you need to love them,

- in good or seemingly bad times,

- through packing toys or ransacking rubbish,

- in good health and drippy noses

- through neat arrangements of cars and masak masak and table, floor and clothes littered with all kinds of food bits

- through "I love you Mummy" and "I don't want Mummy" s

YOU ARE THE BEST MUMMY TO THEM!Their smiles show it all!

With the help from his playschool teacher (Ms. Pandian from Grace House), Jedi made this Mother's Day Gift for Mummy.

While Daddy was Away...

Dan has to travel sometimes for his work and this year was no exception. However, as Jedi is now older, he has begun to understand the emotion of missing someone. On the third night Dan was away, I heard some sniffing sounds from his room and went inside to see Jedi sobbing softly. When I asked him what was the matter he said tearfully, "I want Daddy!". After some reassurance, he went back to sleep. This happened again for the next night and gradually he began to understand that Daddy was away but will be coming back soon.
He would often doodle on his doodle board and on the day Daddy was about to come home, he drew this and said it was Daddy wearing a shirt.

The kids especially Jedi were very happy to hear that Daddy was coming home and were in a very good mood smiling and posing for the camera.

So to welcome Daddy home, I learnt to cook some bittergourd chicken from my MIL and made it a few days later. Can't put the recipe here as it is her secret recipe. Turned out good for hubby so thats good enough for me. Still need to fine tune it a little. All in all, I'm glad my dear is home. Been a tough week without him. Welcome home dear.