Flowers from Afar....

Thanks dear for the lovely flowers! :) Nice to feel loved even though you are away this week. Love you!

Little Artist at Work!

Amongst the three, Krisalyn loves art and craft the most and is always ransacking my recyled bin for paper and cutting or pasting stuff. The mess drives me nuts at times and I have to remind myself not to let my cleanliness streak stifle her creativity. She's into painting recently.

 And today she was very proud of herself for completing this sand art with mummy's help! Well done Krisa! :)

Cute Little Footstools or Chairs!

 

 Found these cute little footstools or chairs at a neighbourhood mall. They are inflatable and come with the covers you see. Can withstand up to 120kg!!! Love them!

Simple Family Dinners

What our family has for dinner on a weekday...

 

Keziah's Big Move!

I am a self-confessed worry wart. I worry about things that haven't happened yet and think the worst outcome possible. Almost always, things turn out fine.

This was the same with my anxiety about moving Keziah over to room in with her siblings to free up one of the rooms as a guest room when my folks come back sometime next year. I was worried she wouldn't sleep and that she would kick a fuss and worse disrupt the precious routine that I had trained her on since she was a baby which was sleeping early at 7.30pm.

The day came and Dan moved her cot over to Jedi and Krisalyn's room. She was grinning from ear to ear and chortling" I'm a big girl! I'm a big girl! Horray!" much to our amusement. And then she did the  unthinkable!
 

I have been trying for the longest time to wean her off her smelly pacifier which is all yucky from all the abuse from her salivary mouth. I tried cutting the teat but she still suckled on it! I gave up and just gave her a new one. All cajoling and warnings that she would look like a toothy monster wer futile against her iron will! So we were really surprised when she marched on her own to the dustbin and declared that since she is a BIG girl now, that she no longer needed her pacifier! And plonk it went to the bin. Just like that. She marched back into the room and we lifted her into her cot and she went to settle herself to sleep.

 

The nervous mother which is me, waited anxiouly outside her door and I even told Dan to just give her back her pacifier so that she could sleep but he asked me to just give it a go. And to my pleasant surprise, she really went to sleep without her pacifier and together with her siblings. She added another sweet extra for me and told me she no longer needed diapers at night. Super happy! The last step of potty training was completed. And my two biggest concerns about the pacifier and diaper were gone with the move so it was such a great great feeling! A huge load of my mind!

 

The only thing is that its now noiser in the mornings on weekends as they are all playing and squabbling earlier since now all three are together! But I realise something about my youngest, she has a will of steel! She will only do things when she herself is convinced and not because we tell her to! Need much wisdom as we parent her and I'm already worrying what her teenage years will be like!

Thank you Lord for answering our prayers about this transition and thanks Dear for staying by me and encouraging me through this. All things are possible in His name! 

Jedi's Journal Writings

Some of Jedi's journal writings this year and a well done term 3! Good job Jedi! We are very proud of you! :)

Angry Bird Specs!

Jedi had a recent health check in school last week and he came back with a referral letter to see the optometrist at Health Promotion Board. The appointment was all the way in mid October! So I really thank God that I managed to get a slot for him just this Monday on the 27th. Was perfect timing as Dan needed to leave for a business trip on Tuesday and my sis-in-law also kindly gave me a lift all the way down on her way to work. (Thanks Lynda!)

After a detailed checkup, Jedi came out and the optometrist said that he had slight astigmatism and his degrees were about 100 on each side! Guess its the genes as both me and Dan need glasses. Also, his school teacher placed him right at the back of the class and he has been struggling to see the whiteboard despite failed attempts at asking the teacher to change his seating due to his height. (which I never knew he was considered tall as I was always the shortest and had the 'privillege' of sitting right in front!)

Jedi was a little upset at first and really seemed to be dreading wearing the glassess. We went to a few shops and he didn't seem to really find a pair that he liked or suited him.Either too big or too small or way too nerdy!

Then......we chanced upon a shop that had ANGRY BIRD glassess! And Jedi being a fan of these silly birds was so excited when he saw them! He chose a bright yellow framed one at first and I told him that it would look really strange wearing them to school! So he finally settled for a blue one....

Although he only needs to wear it in school, he insists on wearing it doing his homework and almost all the time. Now its the opposite problem of having him wear it too often! But I'm glad its a happy problem as it would be harder if it was the other way round and he wouldn't want to wear them in school when he needed them most!

Here he is, really happy with his glasses!

But I really hope his degree won't go up so fast. But at the amount of homework he's having from school I wouldn't be surprised!