It's been one whole week. We've had the lovely long Easter weekend where the girls saw Alex for a whole consecutive 4 days. They loved it and could not believe it when on the 3rd day, daddy was still around to be with them.
We did some pretty mild stuff. The best one was the wedding we went to but more so, we hung around at home, watch tv, did lots of gardening, went to the parks, ate fish and chips and slept in. We switched off our alarms for 4 days and did not come to our senses till 7am. How heavenly is that??
The girls were busy still. We had friends over, we visited friends, went to play areas, did loads of stuff on the dining table, ate lots of chocolate (easter eggs) and Letitia did a stint of "research stuff" for the uni. All in the name of science, she spent 3 hours watching tv, colouring in, doing puzzles, playing with games like indoor golf, bouncing balls, throwing different types of things around a room, climbing stairs, did housecleaning with brushes and brooms, demonstrated her grooming skills, received a new toothbrush and a comb, played PS2 and ran on a threadmill. These are just the stuff I remember but her 3 hours was jampacked with activities to measure her activeness, her O2 and CO2 levels to drawup plans for kids to prevent obesity in children under 5 yo. She had heaps of fun. She was exhausted and she even went swimming an hour later.
Mathena has had soo much fun having her Letitia at home again. They play very well together and though still fight for the same things, they love each other to bits and will search each other out when they wake. She's now learning to do big children writing on workbooks. She's glueing almost everything she gets her hands on and she's enjoying the "nip-nips" with her scissors. This 2.5yo has lost a lot of her sweet innocence as she's in a hurry to be 5yo!! She now declares that she is "Mathena Zoe CHAN Ying-Chi" with an aussie accent!
Loving the holidays! Loving my babies!
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Sunday, April 16, 2006
From Ms Willey to Mrs Wynn!
Our best congratulations and prayers to Ms Willey(Mrs Wynn!) who had a romantic and butterfly-themed wedding on Saturday 15th April. The kindy kids all loved seeing her and our little L was in tears during the ceremony.
We noticed that she was really quiet (very rare) the entire time as she sat and absorbed the vows. When it was time to clapped and celebrate, she was in tears. When asked later at home, we found that she is in fact worried that Ms Willey will not "be the same" and that she will forget to call her Mrs Wynn. We gathered that she was insecure as to this "change" and what will happen to the lovely, sweet and warm teacher. I bet that Letitia will be crying at every wedding...
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Take a photo of ME, mommy!
How I pose so nicely with my "Wiggles"!
These are some doodling on the DoodlePro!
The best ever dustless writing pad invented for
kids with itchy pens/pencils.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Last Week of Term-1
Okay! There's cause for celebration. This week is a short one. We have only to survive 4 more days of school and then, it's the Easter break! Yippee! I am sorry but I am actually happy to bits as I get to have ALL my girls at home with me and NOT drive around like a chauffeur.
We've had a HUGE week with Letitia's nose doing a mysterious daily bleeding. Little bleeding was fine as we get it once a month when the air is dry but when it happens 6 times in 4 days and it's the gushing-out-kind, we justified a trip to see Dr Jover (our family doctor). Mathena also had a bought of fever over 2 days and we too thought we'd check it out. After 1hr in the waiting room with millions of "when is it our turn?", Dr Jover prescripted some nasal ointment to help Letitia's scar in her nose heal. Mathena was found to be fighting a virus that has attacked her poor tonsils again. The Dr showed me a enflamed red throat in Mathena....I am getting the impression that the "virus" love attacking that part of her. So, no fish and chips, no KFC and no chippies for a while!
We have been thinking and considering moving to a home closer to Letitia's school. There's many plans on the stove for our family and cutting back on the commute is one of them. Alex's work still takes him 1hr 45mins on the train and he's on the lookout for something closer. If we move, it'll be out in the renting arena as we cannot really "buy" just yet. Food for thought.
So this week, we'll be visiting rental properties to see if it's worthwhile moving! Will keep posted!
We've had a HUGE week with Letitia's nose doing a mysterious daily bleeding. Little bleeding was fine as we get it once a month when the air is dry but when it happens 6 times in 4 days and it's the gushing-out-kind, we justified a trip to see Dr Jover (our family doctor). Mathena also had a bought of fever over 2 days and we too thought we'd check it out. After 1hr in the waiting room with millions of "when is it our turn?", Dr Jover prescripted some nasal ointment to help Letitia's scar in her nose heal. Mathena was found to be fighting a virus that has attacked her poor tonsils again. The Dr showed me a enflamed red throat in Mathena....I am getting the impression that the "virus" love attacking that part of her. So, no fish and chips, no KFC and no chippies for a while!
We have been thinking and considering moving to a home closer to Letitia's school. There's many plans on the stove for our family and cutting back on the commute is one of them. Alex's work still takes him 1hr 45mins on the train and he's on the lookout for something closer. If we move, it'll be out in the renting arena as we cannot really "buy" just yet. Food for thought.
So this week, we'll be visiting rental properties to see if it's worthwhile moving! Will keep posted!
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Mr Commuter Daddy Husband
Yes, this one is about Alex.
We've been getting loads of enquiry about how he's doing with all the train travelling. Most of the stuff I blog about is off the kids and not much of him.
Alex is doing well. He's up at 5.30 each morning Mon-fri. He tries hard to NOT wake me (but fails miserably) and gets his own breakfast. Long gone are the days where he wakes up to nice, yummy and hot breakfast (like the kids do). He's resorted to whatever's the quickest.
Mathena will wake up each morning (without fail) asking, "where's daddy?" I'll have to answer, "daddy's gone to work!". Alex's day is very long. He tries to get to work before 8am and then leaves work by 4.30pm so that he can get home by 6.30pm. He's free to do lots fo reading and listening while on the commute. He's also free to do some yoga during lunch.
Due to the long hours, Alex has neglected his garden quite a bit. The bonzais are all on 'survival" mode and the garden patch has started a life of it's own. Our chillies are harvesting and we are stocking them up in the freezer for when the CHUAs arrive. We now have up to 3 types of "hot" in the chilli family. So, our cuisine can be controlled according to heat level...instead of 'firey hot" each time.
The girls only have less than 2 hours on the weekdays with Alex. When he's eating dinner, they come and go to get his attention. Then we all pack up to get ready for bed. He's main job now is to put them to bed and read with them...as this is about the only time they have.
The weekend is catch up time. Letitia now plays an hour of basketball on Saturdays (when it's on) and all three of them have a bit fo fun together. Letitia goes through "rookie training" while Mathena just bounces the ball with her daddy. I get a bit of time out. The rest of the day, it's "daddy this, daddy that, daddy did you know?"
This is not the best situation we like. Alex misses the girls and vice versa. We are doing the best we can in all our decisions. Life goes on, God still takes good care of us all, life goes on!
We've been getting loads of enquiry about how he's doing with all the train travelling. Most of the stuff I blog about is off the kids and not much of him.
Alex is doing well. He's up at 5.30 each morning Mon-fri. He tries hard to NOT wake me (but fails miserably) and gets his own breakfast. Long gone are the days where he wakes up to nice, yummy and hot breakfast (like the kids do). He's resorted to whatever's the quickest.
Mathena will wake up each morning (without fail) asking, "where's daddy?" I'll have to answer, "daddy's gone to work!". Alex's day is very long. He tries to get to work before 8am and then leaves work by 4.30pm so that he can get home by 6.30pm. He's free to do lots fo reading and listening while on the commute. He's also free to do some yoga during lunch.
Due to the long hours, Alex has neglected his garden quite a bit. The bonzais are all on 'survival" mode and the garden patch has started a life of it's own. Our chillies are harvesting and we are stocking them up in the freezer for when the CHUAs arrive. We now have up to 3 types of "hot" in the chilli family. So, our cuisine can be controlled according to heat level...instead of 'firey hot" each time.
The girls only have less than 2 hours on the weekdays with Alex. When he's eating dinner, they come and go to get his attention. Then we all pack up to get ready for bed. He's main job now is to put them to bed and read with them...as this is about the only time they have.
The weekend is catch up time. Letitia now plays an hour of basketball on Saturdays (when it's on) and all three of them have a bit fo fun together. Letitia goes through "rookie training" while Mathena just bounces the ball with her daddy. I get a bit of time out. The rest of the day, it's "daddy this, daddy that, daddy did you know?"
This is not the best situation we like. Alex misses the girls and vice versa. We are doing the best we can in all our decisions. Life goes on, God still takes good care of us all, life goes on!
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