Another 4-eyed

As expected and unavoidable, we finally managed to get Jay to wear glasses!

This time he was more ready than early this year. After trying almost all the frames in the outlet, he finally chosen his own frame and in 30 minutes time, he was ready to wear it.

The sis told him he looks like a young professor. Lol.

Kids this week

Jan and Jay were back from their holiday and once again, it is a busy and noisy at home

Play time with their pretty cousin

Been a while since we catch a movie as a family but on Friday we watched "Star Wars" and fortunately this round Jamie was well-behaved and watched the entire movie

Never bored with modelling for my camera

Jamie enjoyed his hair cut

Schools are going to open soon, so shopping for schools

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Time to enjoy

School holiday is officially started! It is time for the kids to relax, forget schools and enjoy themselves doing things they love.

My 2 kids were treated by their grandparents today to shopping malls hopping. They hopped to 5 malls in a day!

Christmas decor has up and it feels like Christmas everywhere.

And for being good kids, they got new watches each.

Friday night fun

When the daddy is not in, the kids go out to play!! @_@

Gong gong (grandpa) brought the kids for a little play time last night. Of course the kids could not resist and let go.

The next round they come here would be when Big J goes travelling. Lol.

Keep it alive

I know, I have been absent from this blog for quite sometimes. So I thought of jotting something down here to keep it alive.

Lately this week, we have a very serious haze and schools were ordered to close for 4 days. So I were basically stuck with my 3 active kids for most of the days. Thank goodness I am a SAHM so it was not much a hassle unlike most working moms who had to take emergency leaves or brought their kids to work.

We mostly stayed indoor. The kids know how to entertain themselves. My girl's year end exam is postponed by 1 week but took some times to revise at home.

Looking at the kids, I am blessed to have them. They grow healthily and well, lovable and fun to be with. They can be a nuisance and handful sometime but it is a blessing for me. I could not have ask more.

Jay is going to graduate from kindergarden soon and next year he is joining his sister in primary school. It is Jamie's turn to go to kindergarden next year. A great milestone for both boys. I am anxious for both of them!!

As for Jan, she has gone through quite a lot this year. She learns swimming and arts class in addition to her piano class. Next year she would be sitting for her piano grade 2 exam. 

She may be only 9 years old (and counting) but I feel she has that teenager attitude and style in her. Oh dear, she is no longer a young toddler but growing to be a strong-willed and smart young girl that every mummies want to be friend with. I bet she would be my best friend when she enters her teen.

Ok. That is some updates from me. Till the next post, which I am not sure when, happy blogging!!

Lighted up the lanterns

It is Mid-Autumn festival today so it is a tradition to bring the kids to play lanterns on this night.

It was 1st time for Jamie so it was quite a handful to look after him and same time made sure the lanterns are not burnt. Surprisingly none was burnt.

And we lighted up our very 1st family sky lantern to the sky this night. 

Just wish the sky would be clearer and the moon was visible but alas. The haze covered up the moon so it was quite blur in the sky.

That's it!! Kids were having some fun walking around holding the lanterns and seeing the sky lantern flew up. No school for them tomorrow so no one would be sleeping early tonight. *wink wink*

Back to the pool

Jan is back to swimming lesson after more than a 6-months absence. However I did not enrol her back to her old swimming class as I found a better alternative. Just right in my neighbourhood.

Now she could learn in our clubhouse swimming pool every Saturday evening. Very convenient although it is more expensive than the previous class.

She could float now so her new coach is taking her in. Jay still not master the floating so he could not join.

How exciting is Jan to learn swimming again.

The youngest is 2 years old

Look how my youngest has grown up! 

The little boss in the house, he has grown up to be one feisty and smart boy.

He enjoys noodle, fries and fruits. Now he still drink 180 ml milk plus a spoonful of cereal. 

Jamie always full of surprises and tantrums. Not a day we grow tired of him. He loves to disturb his siblings and follow what they do and say. He is a good impersonator and parrot! 

His famous words now are "What is this?" Very babbling boy. Not only a chatterbox, but his shriek could be annoying sometimes.

He can feed himself quite well. Most of the times, he would not want me to feed him; he wants to do himself. And he is never fond to strangers. Although he received lots of compliments, he hardly warm up easily to strangers. He never takes food or stuff from those unknown to him. Smart boy!

Lately he has been very bad boy. Maybe the "Terrible 2" kicked in faster than we expected. He loves to watch tv and at night, he must have the tv on till he dozes off. One night we disallowed him to watch as he tends to lie down and watch instead of sitting. So he threw a very terrible tantrum and drama. He cried for more than an hour. He does not listen to reason.

What ever it is, we think it is time to train and teach him well. He can be naughty and stubborn as he is the youngest. Whatever he wants, he gets it. So, wish me luck in that. Sure not going to be a smooth journey I reckon.

Not much of a celebration this year unlike last year where we celebrated by having Japanese buffet.

But we got a small cake for him. He got to blow the candles and cut the cake!! He did get a bit cranky at 1st because he thought he did not get to eat the cake. Lol. But happy ending in the end with digging into his cake.

A big Happy Birthday to Jamie!! We love you.

He is 6!

My oh my! My 2nd child is turning 6 today. And soon he will be going through few important milestones as a young child.

In few months time, he will be entering Primary One. And soon one and few baby teeth will drop and new one grow. 

He is more independent coming this year. He takes his own bath, brush his teeth and arrange his clothing. Sometimes if he is in good mood, he will make his bed.

He is a playful, curious and smart boy. He can be stubborn and disobedient some day but once in blue moon, he loves to cuddle and smitten with you. Like asking for attention when he feels like no one paying attention to him. Maybe being a 2nd child, he tends to be more sensitive and want to be feel wanted and loved by us. 

He loves to disturb his sister and most of the times, they argue but they get along the next minute. Jay is closer to Jan than Jamie but we know that Jay loves Jamie too. The little one tends to follow what Jay does and have.

Jay is a simple boy who loves to play, express himself and enjoy simple things. He loves to eat noodles and drink chrysanthemum tea. He loves to play with water and did not mind to get dirty and rough.

Wish Jay a Happy 6th Birrthday. Mummy, daddy, jie jie and di di love you always.

He got it

While Jan had her own share of wearing best student vest few times few years ago, Jay came home with his vest today! His first time being voted. See how happy was he!! And he looked smart in that vest too. *wink*

Well done, boy! You are good boy and does mummy and daddy proud.

Co-sleep with us

It has been more than a month since Jay moved back to our room and sleep with us. Since the last semester holidays, he sleeps with us and does not want to move back to his own room!

Thought I finally managed to get him sleep on his own but look like after that holiday, he reluctant to go back to his room. Giving me so many excuses not to move back.

So I guess he will stay with us for some period of time. Maybe when Jamie is 3, we will get him and Jay to sleep together in their own room. 

My almost 2-years old and his words

My youngest is turning 2 in 2 months time. He is at the precious and adorable age where everything he does and words he says are cute. A real chatterbox; he is very chatty and bubbly at all times.

He likes attention and always want to be the "boss" around his older siblings. He can be nuisance and protective of his stuff but most of the times, the older siblings will let him win.

His current favourite words are "okay" and "please".  He starts to talk in 3 words such as "I want eat" and "Look at stay". 

He loves fruits especially dragon fruits, grapes and bananas. When he wants fruits, he will say "cut please" as he wants me to cut for him.

Jamie also loves airplane. He will spot any planes in the sky every time we are out.

Now he would want to the 1st at the door when we go out or come home. No jump queue please! Lol.

Evening in the pool

It was brutally warm lately and what is better than to beat the heat with a dip in the pool. The kids were happy to play in the water and it sure stirred up their appetite after the aqua exercise. *wink*

The kids' cousin also joined in the fun so it was very rowdy affair in the pool when the kids get together. But all for the name of fun.

And Jamie also have good time in his rubber ring.

After the fun, we treated the kids to Happy Meal in McD's and everyone finished up their burgers effortlessly. *wink*

Our Sunday

This was what our Sunday morning look like.

Cheerful smiles

Happy to go shopping

Get ready lunch

Hope you have a great Sunday.

Musical fingers

Jay follows his sister to piano class starting this week. We hope that this will encourage him to develop his musical skill.

Well, he seldom show his interest in music. He seldom sing or dance or hum but we thought to let him try out in piano class. 

After his 1st class, he was very excited and kept practising on the piano at home. 

Well, let's hope his enthusiasm will continue. 

Colour the pine cones

Collected few pine cones in Borneo Highlands

The kids wanted to colour the cones so I allowed them to use water colour for this purpose

The end products

As bathroom decor