Nothing like family ties!

Dan and I decided to visit my parents in Dec as I was kinda missing my mother's company as she had been in Sing for a month. I thought it would be a good time to visit my Dad too who unfortunately couldn't come back to Sing for the hols as he had to run the pie shop in Perth. Dan was off-peak at work, my aunt was also having her school hols and the kids were in good health too. So we made an impromptu decision to buy the pkane tix and fly down to visit my folks. We were planning to go for 2 weeks but I had a report that I needed to give to my client. Grrrrrrrrr....deadlines!!

For cost-savings we chose the wee hour morning flight. Jedi was a great traveller and slept all the way to Perth for the 5 1/2 hour flight. Krisa was the model passenger according to fellow passengers and flight attendants....but for the wrong reason for me!! She was an energizer bunny....alert, chatting happily, smiling to sleepy passengers and torturing me!!!!!!!!! coz i soooooooo wanted my sleep!!! Which explains ehy she was completely knocked out in the grocery cart at Coles. A fellow shopper asked my aunt in concern if Krisa was alright as before she slept she was lying really still and expressionless!! think her battery was really flat!

We spent out days just catching up with my folks. Those days my mum didn't need to work, she kindly cooked for us breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have sooooooo missed my mummy's cooking. Had a real treat of her fried rice, roast beef, roast chicken, roast lamb, fried beehoon and vege soups!! Nothng like mum's cooking that comforts the soul! Thanks mummy for cooking for us!!! The highlight was the sashimi my dad bought back from a market near thier place. Its so fresh you can just eat it after you buy it fromt he fish monger. Its the BEST sashimi I have ever ever eaten! Smooth, buttery and melting in the mouth....with wasabi and soys sauce adding the extra ooooph!!!

The kids had a great time too! They had all the nonsense and junk their hearts desired. Gummy sweets, cookies, nbacho chips, ice-cream! No wonder Jedi said he didn't want to leave for Singapore at the end of our trip!! My parent's house was a paradise of all the stuff we didn't usually let them indulge in back home! hahahaha!

We had a real treat of pies at my parent's pie shop and these were the times we also could chat and catch up with my dad other than when he came home in the evenings. We loved the pies so much we ordered 3 boxes home! Still indugling in them till now! Also had the fish and chips at Fremantle at Cicerello's. Think the standard dropped....tastes very noraml compared to when we first tried it during our honeymoon...

Well, thanks Papa and Mummy for having us, playing with the kids, feeding our tummies with all the great food and most of all for your love to us. Strangely for me it felt as if I was visiting home although I don't even live in Perth. But often I feel as if I'm the one who migrated as my folks and my bro are in Perth.Guess its family ties that bind. But I am thankful to also be so blessed with my hubby and wonderful kids back in Sing. Hee two homes in two countries?

Hope to see you all soon! Love you very much!

Chicken Pox Blues!

Talk about wrong timing!

Jedi was supposed to be the page boy and Krisa the flower girl for my cuz wedding on sat 15th November. All went well during the rehearsals until Thurs when Jedi woke up with a sore eye. I thought nothing of it and just gave him some eye ointment. Then when he came back froms chool he started gettinglittle red spots on his back. Brought him to a doc and was suspected to be chicken pox esp if more broke out the next day. True enough by Fri more came out. Dan and I still thought we could let Jedi just do his stint for my cuz wedding as where was the couple gonna find a page boy the day before the wedding?? So discussed with my cuz and the plan was to let him walk then fly home!

But.....around midnight on Fri all the little spots began opening into the blisters and the one near his eye burst!!! *OUCH*!! So we had to call SOS to my cuz and tell him Jedi really couldn't go as all his guests would probably run away upon seeing his spotty face. Felt so so bad! But God is good! The couple managed to find a friend whose three sons had just finished being page boys for a wedding the weekend before so they had three page boys to choose from! Praise the Lord!

To cut the long story short, Krisa was a great sport and let the new 'kor kor' pull her in the wagon down the isle. But poor Jedi had to be confined at home and dan kindly looked after him so Krisa and I could still attend the wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and more on that later..

The moral of the story is: Chicken pox vaccines don't always work!!!! BUT the Lord always provides in times of need!

Me and My Fav Bro!

Krisa loves to literally 'disturb' and tease Jedi. He finds her a real laugh at times but also a real agitation too! Now that they are getting older...its nice to see them having fun together and enjoying some bro-sis moments.

Remedy for Kiddie Poop-that-Never-Ends

Whew! Had a tough week battling a bout of tummy flu that Krisa was down with. Wanted to bring her to a doc but by the time I realised she needed to go, it was a little too late as I needed to pick Jedi up from school real soon! So checked the net and really thank the Lord as found an "online remedy" ! Just to share as found it really helpful:

1 satchet of SMECTA (divided into 2 or 3 doses) + 1 satched of Lacteol Forte.

Both of these can be bought off the shelf at the pharmacy. It really worked and she was fine in a few days. Saved a trip to the PD too.

Think I have changed soiled diapers almost 15 times a day during that week! Not to mention washing a soiled butt! EEEEEEEK!! The bains of motherhood!

But at least my sweetie is ok now. :)

Jedi and the Green Bean

This is the result of some green bean seeds that Jedi threw into an empty pot of soil. The green beans were from school and he came back with one green bean seedling. We just left the beans there and Jedi would faithfully water them after his school when he came home. Guess his love for his little plant paid off! Its has grown really well and has begun budding green bean pods too!

The funniest thing was that he kept telling me "Daddy put SALIVA in my plant!". And when his Daddy protested his innocence, Jedi was insistent and said "Yes you did Daddy! It was black in colour!" That left us really perplexed! What kind saliva is black and why would Dan spit inside??? Then we realized he was trying to pronouce the word "FERTILIZER" !

Now I have a new veggie to try and cook!

Driving in my cart with my sis!

Look what I bought from IKEA! Jedi and Krisa having a whale of a time in the shopping cart. That was good coz Dan and I could shop in peace. Krisa especially looks in seventh heaven!

Jedi accepted Christ today!

Today Jedi recieved Christ!

We decided to let him try Sunday PreSchool again as I had been having a hard time convincing him to stay alone a couple of months back and in the end always had to stay with him trhoughout together with Krisa. Was tough as I couldn't attend service while Dan was teaching Sunday School for the older kids. So Sundays were kind of stressful for me as had to handle the two of them in the church cry room alone.

Today we decided to just try again and we brought him up and I told him firmly that he was a big boy now and that he has to go to Sunday School on his own. I told him that we would pick him up when it ended. I gave him a kiss and said bye. But being the wory wart that I am, I took a peek at him after I left to see him happily settling down and most importantly not crying!

Hooray! I finally could attend service in peace and just handle Krisa and not both of them at one go!

He had a great time as he came out beaming with a chocolate biscuit in his hand and some art and craft. Food is always the way to a man's heart even from a young age?

The best part was when we were told by the Preschool teacher that Jedi had come forward on his own when they asked who would like to recieve Christ. She said she was pleasantly surprised as this was his first time and he had been brave to just step forward.

Dan and I were saying that even though he may be too young to really understand the whole concept, one is never too young to accept the Lord into his heart. A childlike faith is after all what the Lord really wants. Simple and trusting. On our part we have to continue to nurutre this little faith in our daily interactions with him and even by our examples.

Lord bless this little heart. :)