November Dash!

I really do not know why but this month seems to be loaded with "stuff" to do and places to go. I have an inkling that it has all to do with the silly season and nothing to do with my lack of organisation skills.

With Mathena in tow, we travel here there, for dance practice, for extra swimming classes, to buy this (for dancing), to buy that (for someone's birthday) and there's so many decisions to make along the way. Life is a HUGE blurr at the moment.

On Sunday, we took time just to "hang out". We did this in celebration of Alex's birthday and took time from the normal routine to just be a family. I had arranged for a friend who's Alex's ex colleague to help us capture these rare moments on film. Thank you Darren
(Darren's Many Skills) for your excellent photography and also thanks to you, Megan for sharing your precious weekend/& husband with us. We enjoyed the time with your sweet precious girls and we all had a blast, enjoy the fresh air, played and laughed a lot.

Such moments take a lot of effort. We had to turn down and "not show up" to a few normal events but it was all worth the while. There'll be pics on the above entries.

I saw Letitia enjoying the world around her as a 4.5 yo. She seemed relaxed and carefree. She soaked up all the wind, sun and pollen. She minded only the flies buzzing around her. This is my No 1 who now knows to keep one eye on her little sister, who also knows how to do fancy tricks while "selling fish and chips" on the kid's playground and who knows that, when we are at the beach, we are suppose to get wet (we DID NOT hence we had "dramas"). How Letitia shone in beauty and innocence. Every bit of her lovely and sweet. I thank GOD for her.

While juggling Mathena and running after her to stop her from crashing into things and climbing of risky places.... I saw my baby, growing up before my eyes. I was sure it was only yesterday that I had her in a bouncer, being rocked to sleep (to extend her sleep cycle). I remember her giggles when we played with her tummy times. I even remember how she kept wanting to take off on her wobbly legs but couldn't. I still see vividly in my mind her scrambling upwards on our stairs while my heart stopped ticking in anxiety. Mathena now tells us what she wants and not want. She now tells us off with a "mack-mack, naughty". She will tell us "wee-wee toilet" in her loudest voice to set us scrambling to the nearest toilet. She will insist to use the soap, "fing-fing" her hands in the sink, and wipe her hands as the "washing hand"process. She now asks for "teee-vee" with the cutest look and battered eyelids (while slightly tilting her head!). God Bless this package of life, energy and loveliness.

My deep thoughts.... how I miss those.