Happy Birthday to me!

Happy Birthday to YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU....

Happy Birthday to YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU....

Happy Birthday dear SARAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.....

Happy Birthday to YOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU....

HIP HIP HOORAAAAAAAY!!

HIP HIP HOORAAAAAAAY!!

HIP HIP HOORAAAAAAAY!!

(copied with permission from S Boswell!)

Thanks Simone, Nic, Jacq, KS & many more who thought of me...from far away....!

Letitia's NEW Look!

Don't worry, Mathena's wearing fake ones as she's insisting that she needs glasses too!

I remembered feeling left out too when my brother had regular NEW glasses! I deliberately scrunched my eyes (cross eyed them, blurred them etc) to eventually wreck them enough so I can't see! Little did I know that it was mostly hereditary!

So with that in my mind, I opted buying a $6 fun pair (with flip out sunnies) so she does not have funny ideas (and save her eyes a little longer)

Majorly, the reading and eye resting routine in this household has to be reassessed and have more 'care'!

Days Come & Days Go!

How time flies when one is having FUN!

After a long anticipation, lots of whisperings and plenty of preparation, Mother's day finally dawned today. My good husband woke and literally jumped out of bed on the first call of his alarm. I was suppose to stay in bed...

Later, as I stepped out of the bathroom, Mathena came bearing gifts into our bedroom, cheery faced and butter-mouthed with good husband holding a plate of omelette following behind. My breakfast! A lovely thought but I was soon told it was to be shared with the whole family AND we had to rush for our weekly 8am church service.

At church, all moms were thanked and praised etc. I was touch in another level within my heart as I trully felt I could do better. Not so much the things, timings and running arounds but importantly the praying for my girls. Lord! Help me build a life of prayer to bring these two precious ones to your arms. I truly believe that ALL things come and are predestined by GOD, my kids life included!

We came home after a bit of running around at the shops (Letitia had to pick up her FIRST pair of Myopic spectacles!) I was feeling kinda down with the fact that my beauty-queen of a daughter will have to live the rest of her life with the annoyance and inconvenience of prescription glasses!!

I wasn't cooking tonight and we ended up at our favourite Japanese Ramen family restaurant (Ajisen Ramen) and had a nice ending to the day. My sweet muffins went to bed and even remembered to wish DADDY (??), 'Happy Mother's day'!!

The best part the evening was when we finished dinner, Letitia asked when Father's day will be and when will it be daddy's turn. Our little 3 yo quickly followed without a blink by asking, "WHEN is CHILDREN'S day?!?!?"

Happy Mother's day to all the moms (my mom in UK), grandmoms, mom-to-bes, moms-in-heart, moms-in-spirit and mom-like women. GOD Bless you in ALL your roles to love the ones around you!

Excuse me while I return to cleaning, cooking, teaching, mothering and life as per usual.

2 Down, 18 more to go!

We have a cause to celebrate! Letitia lost her first tooth (front bottom left) at the Doctors surgery on Tuesday the 8th. The incident was well anticipated and we were relieved yet happy. Letitia could not wait to tell Mathena that "You turn will come when you eventually grow up and loose your teeth!"

After tooth No 1 dropped!

Now Number 2 (front bottom right) came loose and was dangling over dinner last night. Letitia wept a bit with excitement and a bit of anxiety as daddy had to assist gently to pop it.

Be off with tooth no 2

We do not do the tooth fairy thing, I just told her that she'll get a coin when each tooth falls and we'll pop it into a money box. And when we are all finished with 20 of them, she can go visit a shop to buy something that we will keep for ages to remember her baby teeth and her childhood by. Her two little kennels are sealed in a clear packing tape, labeled and tagged for easy recognition (and doesn't get lost) in a nice jewelry box.

It's shaky, MOM!

"Mom, is coming it out yet? Will it drop out just before your Mother's day?"

Nature has a very cruel way of reminding us that our babies grow up,... too quickly. Right on breakfast of Letitia's 6th Birthday (2nd of March). She complained that her front bottom teeth hurts. It was hurting for a few weeks and there were signs of movement. My first reaction was, 'You must be imagining things! It cannot be THAT soon!' You see, Letitia has always been the baby in amongst her friends in Australia. While she was attending PREP and Kindy, all her 'big' kid friends were popping out teeth like popcorns and were promptly rewarded with cash. Then, when we moved to Singapore, our new and close little friends were loosing teeth too! So it feels like ages for her to finally get to this stage and START to grow up.

Now, upon daily inspection and observation, she actually have two GROWN UP teeth rearing behind the baby ones on her bottom front teeth. They are crystal white and looking really keen to come out. The issue is, the little fellas (except for one) is still firmly sitting on it's 6 year spot and see no sense in budging. There is however ONE shaky tooth, wobbling gently to the tune of "I like to move it, move it!"

I am in denial. I hate to see my firstborn grow up. I have shared my heart a few times too many and so Letitia goes around telling people that "my mommy is unhappy that I am loosing teeth as it means I am no longer her baby...rararah!" I think it's cruel to replace ANY part of my girls with a GROWN UP piece. They have the next 30 years to grow up. The baby teeth are well and healthy. Why waste them?

All my mommy friends out there, does this pang ever go away??