Gathering Again!!!

Gatherings with friends are very important..
Especially when all of us have children now..
Letting the children play on their own while we can gather and eat gives us time to catch up and share parenting tips. ^^
I was busy preparing the claypot rice early in the morning.
Up next, some finger food for the children:
And as usual, we did potluck, ie, each of us cook something and bring the food for sharing... ^^

Thai Seafood & Mushroom Salad

My Claypot rice

Homemade Mushroom Soup

Herbal Chicken

Not forgetting a speical candy bar buffet with vanilla ice cream that I had preapred for the children:
Up next, we had prepared a mini surprise for our dear friend, Alicia. It was her birthday in the coming week.
She was really surprised... Her reply was 'Whose birthday is it???'... lolx...
See, Lucas was all ready to help himself to the cake...
Oh ya, one of my close friend has a pair of twins.. check them out:
They are one minute apart and guess who is kor kor and who is the di di...
The one on the left is the kor kor and the one on the right is di di...
And of cos the one who enjoyed himself the most is Lucas...
We need more time to catch up so that the children can play together more often..
Friends - we need them to be there at all times...

Crocs Loot

Auntie Sim Hoon informed me that there is a Crocs fair over the weekend...
Immediately, I started cracking my brain on how to go and grab new shoes for Daddy Sky..
Daddy Sky's last pair was purchased at the Crocs fair 2 years back...
The prints had started to come off and it had been constatnly on my mind to get him a replacement pair...
After making the arrangements for the part time maid, I rushed to expo...
I was shocked to see quite a lot of people in the hall..
I just walked round the hall and quickly grabbed a few pairs...
Check out my loot.. ^^
2 pairs for Daddy Sky, 1 pair for Grandma, 1 pair for Lucas and oops, 3 pairs for me...
Fav pair of the loot... ^^

Mess mess & more mess

No amount of words can explain my exasperation when I see the mess in more house...
Check out Lucas and his trains n tracks occupying part of the living room which means cleaning is a challenge over here...
The coffee table that holds my seashells once upon a time has now been occupied by Luxas' toys and writing materials...
Half of my study has also been invaded by more and more of his toys... =.='''
Somehow this is part and parcel of parenting.. mess becomes part of my house... And the amazing thing is I HAVE to live with it... =.='''

Lewis at 6th months...

What can Bb Lewis do at 6th month?

He can:

1. Flip onto his tummy
2. Flip back onto his back
   
3. Flip n flip until he gets near his target - can be his hanky or toy
4. Flash his megawatt smile
5. Demand to be carried
6. Cry to be fed
7. Feed to sleep
   

He is so adorable... (paiseh ah, this is the kind of love-hate relationship a mommy has with her kiddos)




He can be so fascinated by just a fork... ^^

First Dental Trip

Mommy Me sourced around looking for a dentist to bring Lucas to..
I was getting concerned if his teeth were in good shape and if it was a full set...
Since I could not determine if everything was in order, so it is still better for a professional to tell us...

We were bringing Lewis for his jab on the same day so Mommy Me scouted around for a PD dentist at Paragon so that we do not have to run all over shuttering them around...

Check out this brave fellow:
He breezed through the entire check and was super comfortable with Dr Christopher Quek from :)works...

Verdict: Teeth in good condition and full set of baby teeth intact... Next check 6 months later.. again will coincide with Lewis' jab... ^^

Lucas is lost!!!

Mommy Me and Lucas went to Vivo after his Shichida class...
Wanting to get some stuff from PageOne...
Mommy Me was looking at some stickers and Lucas started to run...
Of cos, Mommy Me gave chase.. N he slipped behind a man and viola, he disappeared right before my eyes...
I totally freaked out and ran out of the shop using the best of my eye power to see if I could track him down... No sign!!!
I was about to call Daddy Sky when I spotted Lucas in PageOne looking at bookmarks....

I stormed towards him and asked:

Mommy Me: Why did you run away??
Lucas: No, mommy... I did not run.. I am looking at these... (pointing at the bookmarks) look, these are animals... (started to name them....)
Mommy Me: (fume or appease??)

After that, he stood close by and requested me to bring him to Pet Station to see pets...
Sensing I am angry, he behaved himself for the rest of the shopping trip... =.='''
I bought Manuka honey for myself cos of my cough... And he kept asking me for it cos in his own words, I am coughing too...

Bb Lewis is sick...

Bb Lewis did not want to go to bed in the wee hours of the morning for a few nights.. Mommy Me and Daddy Sky had been so tired from taking turns to watch him..

Little did it occur to us that for a baby who had been pretty easy at nights and took a sudden change in his sleeping patterns was actually sick... =.='''

Realli blur parents and we brought him to see Dr Koh last evening...
True enough, he was having a flu n cough... Put him through the suction process and of cos, he tore the clinic down...

And Mommy Me was feeling so guilty for not being able to detect this earlier... argh.. feel like kicking myself...

Being a Mommy

There is this funny dilemma in being a mommy..

There are times where the kids will simply drive you up the wall... Especially when I am faced with the mess created by Lucas and his toys and the huge pile of laundry created by Lewis. Worse when there are sleepless nights and all Lewis wants is to chit-chat with me... and when Lucas pukes all over the mattresses...

All I can do is to stare helplessly at the mess and pray that I can keep the house as neat as possible using the least efforts..

These days whenever I am on maternity leave (leftovers from the 4 months), my days begin with ferrying Lewis to Ah Gong n Ah Ma's house, followed by breakfast with Lucas before sending him to the childcare centre.

Once I hit home, the cleaning begins by first packing the rooms and the toys... At the same time, the washer will be humming its little song... Then it is to sweep the floor and this is almost a must every other day given the post-natal hair fall I have... And I super hate this cos there are forever strands of hair on the floor and I gets edgy at the sight of hairs on the floor... =.='''
Then it will be time to send Lewis to his play-gym which I never have time to do so on weekends unlike Lucas' time..

After play gym, I will pop by Daddy's workplace to have lunch with him and that will be 2.30 pm liao... After lunch, I have probably less than 2 hours of me time including time required to shower and check the laundry...

Before I know it, I am out of the house to fetch Lucas from the centre and he will usually insist on following me home which I have to drag him over to Ah Gong n Ah Ma house.. =.='''

Then I will hit home again to pack the bags for the next day and again, it will be time to fetch the boys once Daddy Sky reaches home after work... (Not forgetting the time needed in between to pump milk...)

Some days I really wish that I have 48 hours a day to do all the above and more time for myself.. Haha but I guess it will be a while before things can be more manageable and I am definitely looking forward to that...

Ok, those are the complaints & whining... There is always this tinge of happiness looking at my boys.. When they watch television programs together:
Chit-chat with Lucas who forever has interesting thoughts for me... Looking at Lewis who forever flashes his mega-watt smiles...
Someone told me - it must be in blood of Singaporeans to complain n whine.. and whenever people ask ' how are you?', it is a competition of who is worse off...

And I can't help but agree whole-heartedly that it is the case... Haha.. cos more than half of this post is complains n whinings...

But I am glad that after speaking to this someone, I am making a mental note to tell people how much I am enjoying motherhood with the challenges aside... ^^

And all I hope is for my boys to enjoy their childhoods and for me to spend as much time as possible enjoying being their mommy... v(^.^)

Ah Ma's Birthday

Shortly after Lucas' birthday, it is Ah Ma's birthday... And of cos, as with us, we have mutiple celebrations..

First, we had breakfast at Hong Xin on Sunday morning.. On the actual day, Ah gong bought ah Ma a cake...
See who is caught in the act, pinching off the cake...
He is realli fast to swipe off the cream... ^^
Still can pose for us...
Happy Birthday, Ah Ma...

Somehow, it realli feels different when Lucas can sing the birthday song to Ah Ma... Some tinge of touching feeling... ^^

Enjoying Gymboree

Bb Lewis is enjoying more and more of his classes at Gymboree.

Check out his latest photos... Sitting in the big float and training his back to sit.. Of course, he was slumbering in it.. hahahaha... And still stick out his tongue...
See how his eyes move when looking at the bubbles...


Oh my, this is such a cute sight... ^^

Another Present

Lucas is such a lucky boy as in there are nice aunties who will remember his birthday...
See, another prezzie from Auntie Cynthia and of cos, adding to his collection of toys...
This is an interesting toy as Harold the helicopter will fly... ^^

We are going to zoo zoo

Mommy Me cracked my brain on where to bring Lucas for his birthday...So happen I stumbled upon the Deal.com deal of discounted zoo discounts.. I made up my mind to bring him to the zoo!!!

To the zoo, we go for his birthday.. it was a rainy day... But Lucas was well protected in his stroller with his rain shield while Mommy Me and Daddy Sky sort of walked a bit in the rain with a small umbrella...
In fact, we could sense the joy in Lucas cos he loves to go to the zoo... But first, we needed breakfast... Actually, Mommy's plan was to reach the zoo at 8.30 am so that we can have the buffet breakfast at the Ah Meng's restaurant and watch the orang utans..

But these days, plans are one thing.. Reality is another.. Somehow, the timing din realli match n we reached the zoo around 10 am and the orang utans were about to return to their spot in the zoo...

Oh well, we had ala carte food at the Ah Meng cafe instead and the birthday boy wanted to eat hotdog bun... =.='''
After breakfast, we started to stroll slowly around the zoo... watching the orang utans...
Watching the giant turtles... And oh my, these turtles are HUGE!!!
See the comparison:
This turtle stood there letting us take the fotos and when we were done, it suddenly moved and I was amazed at how it moved cos it was realli tough to move with such a heavy shell!!!

Next we made our way to Kidzworld for the animal show... After the show, the stars were there for the audience to pet and of course, Lucas was both apprehensive and excited... =.=''
Next up, it was the feeding time for the goats... I must say this is a realli good gimmick cos u pay $2 for each bucket of fresh veg feeds and the zoo keeper just looks on n collect monies while the visitors to the zoo do the work... ^^
I must say, these goats are realli rough...The bigger ones will knock the smaller ones out of the way so that they will get to eat more than the smaller goats.. Of cos, we went into this chase of looking out only to feed the smaller goats...ha...

After the kidsworld, we decided to make our way to see the giraffe as per Lucas' request.. But first, say hi to the Ah Meng's statue.
We traced our path by smelling.. eeks, the smell of the zebras realli will make me puke...
Before we see the giraffes, Daddy Sky was very excited asking me to go over to see the cheetahs...
We were only one glass door apart.. That's how near we were.. No wonder Daddy Sky was excited.. He said this is the first time he was so up close with the animal as they will usually roam the grass patches further away... That's what he meant..
Finally see the giraffes:
Next, Lucas' request was to see the elephants.. Thanks, son, they are at 2 separate corners of the zoo... =.='''
Took a few shots:
Before we decided to call it a day, Lucas said he wanted to see the manatee one more time... ok, sure, birthday boy... After seeing the manatee, he wanted to pose for photos on the seals statues.
Oh ya, how can we miss the special white tigers... Ta-da
Tired day but as usual, worth it when my son is happy... ^^