Christmas is here again!

Yipee! My favourite time of the year is here again! It's the season for indulgent gorging and excessive spending. Just perfect for someone who suddenly finds herself swarmed with so much work! Way too much! AND yes, I'm talking about MYSELF.

So amidst this dampener, I yearn for that joy that Christmas brings... and on Jill's non-stop insistence that the X'mas tree must be put up NOW because the shopping centres and her school have put up the X'mas deco, it went up last weekend. This is alot earlier than we usually put it up. For DW, 1st week of Dec is just nice. But just to avoid further nagging from his precious princess, he decided to give in and he got himself a little lady elf as an assistant this year. NOT ME.

Her theme: she wants streamers in red & gold, little X'mas balls in red, gold & ?? blue ?? They don't go, but what the heck, as long as she's happy.. This is the kind of innocence that make little children the envy of adults.

And there was also this little boy who had a field time trying to rip the little deco hanging on the trees and trying to eat them. This boy gets his hands on anything & everything. And eats anything & everything he gets his hands on. So if you do notice, my tree is a little bare this year because he wrecked a good number of deco. BUT totally NOT blaming him! It's a perfect excuse to restock on new items. Just gotta find the time to do so..

(pardon the bad photos It's tough trying to take photo of a toddler who just cannot stop moving!)

Now you see it in his hands... (notice the lost puppy look he's giving me, the "I'm so not planning to do anything evil" look)

Now you see it in his mouth...

Happy 1st year Jenson Boy

By DW

My dearest Jenson

A year has now passed since you arrived, it has gone past so quickly and it is a joy to see you so happy and cheerful, crawling all over the whole apartment, or just zipping around your walker like a bumper car.

Your mum and I are learning more about you and are sure you are also eager to start learning more about everything around you. We eagerly await you taking your first steps and speak your first words, it has been a wonderful first year and we look forward to many more firsts with you.

I look forward to you growing up, together with your jie jie as one big happy family. Both of you must learn to take care of one another and cherish each other as siblings, you will have the happy times, and of course the times where you will have your arguments, but always remember that as siblings you have to also learn to be there for one another.

Just like your sister, you are our gift from God, and remember that Jesus will be there for you, just like your mum and I will always be there for you, to protect you from harm and give the best that we can.

Love Daddy

Making Mooncakes

Yesterday was Jill's lunar birthday, 1st day of the chinese 8th month.. I suppose that means she's 5 in lunar years? Yikes, that sounds a little too grown up for my liking!

Anyhow, it was apt that Parkway kids' club of which she's a member, held a " Making Mooncakes" session on that day itself! So we had an hour of fun squishing & rolling the dough! With gloves of course!

short moment of peace

This is when we know we, as parents, can slack abit more.. when we can leave our kids to drink their milk on their own and we 2 can watch a little more tv, in peace.

Our kids have grown :)

she's 4!

It's amazing! My baby girl is 4!

This year she requested for horse riding on her birthday, so off we went to Pasir Ris to let her have a little thrill. Simple & doesn't cost much but yet the sheer joy on her face made it priceless...

1st email fr Jill

Her 1st email to me, typed it herself using my mum's email account..

It means so much to me! :)

My Duplo Baby Boy

Jenson's coming to 11 months and I've been sending out the invites to his birthday party for the past week. We'll be having the usual 1st year party for relatives and really close friends.. And many people's reactions were, wah! didi's going to be 1? So fast! Yeah, I'm with them on that one. TIME SURE FLEW BY ALOT FASTER FOR NO.2!

Just 3 days short of 11 months, this boy can now crawl as fast as lightning.. he knows what milk is.. if he's on the floor and he hears us say "it's milk time", he will immediately crawl over to the little table where his milk feeds are. He knows where the aircons are, the fan and the clock. He understands simple instructions like clap your hands, twinkle twinkle little stars and the song ABC - Z. He is still at the cruising stage, has been for the longest time, and we really wonder when he's going to start walking on his own. He can take about 5 steps on his own now but I guess that doesn't really count, as more often than not, he still prefers to just lunge forward haphazardly.

We are still getting used to his little antics. He pulls stunts that we have never experienced with Jill. He crawls up on you when you carry him, he flips and scampers away when he's being changed or diaper is being changed. If he doesn't want to sleep, he wouldn't just lie there quietly to enjoy your patting. Instead he will yell his lungs out and he will crawl all over his cot just so you can't pin him down. I take that as a good sign, that he has excellent motor skills.

He's extremely adorable and I'm grateful to God for His gift to us.