Studio Pics

December has been a fairly busy month. There is my brother's wedding, the Christmas gatherings with friends and relatives and a short trip to Genting, lots of shopping after the Christmas as the sales are just too irresistable. Done a photoshoot too at the studio. My conclusion is that both of my boys are not too keen on being photographed. Not a very pleasant experience for me as had a hard time trying to coax them to stand/sit where they should be in order to have good pics. Does not help that the photographer is not a very patient person, I guess she has been very lucky so far until she met my not so co-operative kids. I think we probably just couldn't click with her. Good thing that we still managed to get some nice pics. Ask Jay at the end of the session why he is not enjoying and his reply "I want to take myself". I know what he meant, he wants to take photographs of others but does not like to be photographed.

Visit to the zoo

I was so shocked to hear the news of the man being killed by the white tigers. We were at the zoo just last month and I was blown away by them. They were beautiful. I refused to watch the video of the man being killed by the white tigers.

Jay loves to go to the zoo, so much so it takes me just 2 times to tell him the spelling of the word 'zoo' and he remembers it even today. This is the first word he can spell other than his name. Jonas does not look too excited though and look sleepy because it is his naptime. We must try to go in the morning the next time. I am still considering if I should sign up for Friends of the Zoo with the unlimited visits.

Jay's Birthmark

I was talking to a colleague this afternoon whose son had recently undergone some heart surgery. Apparently it is considered small case as surgery only lasted 4hrs whereas she had seen babies there as young as only 1 month old going through surgeries that lasted more than 10hrs. Doesn't it make us feel blessed that our children are at least born healthy.

It reminds me that Jay is also not born perfect too and had given me quite a scare back then. Looking back now, it really wasn't a big deal. He has a red birthmark on the right side of his head. It started really small in the beginning, but it grows bigger and bigger everyday. The bigger it is, the more worried I am although my gynae and the PD said that it will go away by the time he reaches 5-7 years old. It is called a 'strawberry hemangioma'. These birthmarks happen when many new blood vessels grow in a specific area on the skin. But being a first time mother and a perfectionist according to horoscope, I really freaked out and observed the birthmark everyday. We did not shaved his head as partly we were worried of hurting that little thing there and partly to use his available hair to try cover up. When we go out, he will aways be wearing a cap.

True enough, the birthmark started shrinking when he reached 2 years old. Since then, I have stopped the observation altogether and have even almost forgotten about it until today. I must remember to take a pic tomorrow morning as a remembrance. I believe it is still there, but is really small and colour has also faded to very light pink.

Jon

We have been bring Jon home more and more frequently. We used to only bring him home on Friday evenings and pack him back to my mum's place on Monday morning. Recently, the frequency is 2 weekdays as well as the usual Friday. We sense that he already knows he does not come home everyday and we feel bad, real bad especially when we only go home with Jay and not him . The bye byes exchanged when he is behind the gates, he doesn't wave and doesn't smile. When he is outside and my mum behind the gates, haha....he smiles so lovingly and waves non-stop to my mum. This sets me thinking that it is probably time to put Jon in the childcare soon. He is afterall more than 18 months old. But I have another problem, what is my mum going to do ?? And can I handle both of them alone when K can be home very late sometimes....

Jon's speech development is definitely faster than Jay. He can say quite a lot of words now, but Jay is considered slow so may not be a good comparison. Jon is more expressive too whereas Jay is more reserved. That is also the reason why I am not in a hurry to put Jon in CC. I remembered I was quite worried about Jay when he was younger. Thought he may be autistic. I suppose he is just shy. Jon doesn't seem to like books, but Jay loves books. I think I am going to have a bigger problem with Jon when he goes to school next time.

Zouk

I feel so tired and drained today. Have not been working since last Friday. Had the Suppliers' Day at one of the customers last Friday at the Merchant Court. Good food all day but 1 full day is way too much. Endless presentations, which I feel serve not much purpose for the suppliers.

Last 3 days, again more presentations but is internal. This is the forth time that Asia Sales Meeting is being held in SG. Can you believe it ! Even the Japanese and Taiwanese are getting sick of SG by now. All agree that we are going to fight to avoid SG the next time. The only good thing that comes out of it, good food again. I must say I am surprised at the standards of the Royal Plaza Hotel at Scotts. I thought only Oriental and some of those higher end 5 star hotels serve good buffet. I must say Royal Plaza is equally good, if not better. I must have gained at least 3kg over the last few days.

Zouk, we brought some of our Taiwanese & Chinese colleagues there last night. Wow !! I feel so old. It was ladies night and I am glad they did not stop me from going in. Have heard about the saga at St James about barring gals who looks too old.... Well, music is good and is actually kind of fun. I suppose it is the company that matters and the bunch of them were really sporting and humorous. Our avaerage age got to be at least 40 years old, Haha.... The last time I went to Zouk, I think I was only 18 with my Secondary school classmates. Way way too long....

My Birthday Present

Food Tasting at Tung Luk

Some of the pics taken at the food tasting 2 weekends ago. The food is absolutely yummy, just hope it is just as good on the actual day of my brother's wedding.

How to conquer a Tau Sa Bao

Jay's Hooked to the PC

At the age of 3 yrs and 2 months old, Jay is officially hooked to the PC. He is now into the Jump Start educational software and Thomas & Friends website. I do not understand how he could catch it so fast. All it takes is just half an hour for him to get used to moving the mouse and clicking and only a couple of minutes to explain the rules of the games/activities. The more difficult ones, he gets frustrated easily. He is quite impatient, need to find out how to train him to be more patient.

Jay With the Camera

Dinner at a Korean Restaurant at T2.


Taken from our living room.

Jay been practising with our camera lately and here are some of the shots taken by him. Hubby is not too happy though as he is worried that he will drop the camera and think I spoil him too much by always letting him have his way.

Trip to Lim Chu Kang Farms

These were some of the pics taken last weekend at the Fish Farm & Goat Farm at Lim Chu Kang.

Jay's Masterpiece

I didn't realise that Jay is beginning to be able to write. Before this, I only knew he can draw lines and circles...hmm...the credit got to go to his childcare. A few things he had written were "E", "H" , "A", "J", "2"....and he could draw a face with eyes complete with nose and a mouth.

At the eXplorerkid

We were at the eXplorerkid at Downtown East one of the weekends. The boys enjoyed themselves thoroughly. I am not surprised that Jonas is very game for all the challenges even though he is clearly underaged.

Girls don't have p****

Was travelling in my car yesterday evening after pickin Jay up from school. He was flipping through the pages of the storybook I got free that came with purchaing some diapers. He stopped at one of the pages that had the picture of Aladdin and the princess. "Mummy, this is a boy and this is the girl". "Yes, the boy is Aladdin and the girl is the princess", I answered. "Mummy, girls don't have peni*". That statement stunned me....**&&@@ Still not very sure how I should handle that kind of situation.

Jon is the cheeky and mischievious one. He simply must disturb 'gor gor' and loves to get on top of him. And luckily, 'gor gor' doesn't mind at all. In fact, I must say I am really proud of Jay as I can see that he really loves Jon and gives in to him most of the time. So far, he has never pushed or hit him no matter how angry and mad he is when Jon snatched his things. He will however cry and shout at Jon and say 'naughty Jonas, u go to the office'...... Think the teachers must have said something about being naughty and need to go to the principal's office before , must check with them....

Rainbow

We were on the way to Jay's childcare this morning when he suddenly blurted out "Rainbow, Mummy". "Hmmm....." , me engrossed in thoughts on something else while driving. "Rainbow", he said again. This time, I try to entertain him by looking up in the sky. "No, I don't see it".
"There, inside the house..." he said pointing to the sky. He actually meant behind the house as we drove past a block of flats , and then I finally see it. True enough, there is a beautiful rainbow. His first sight of a real rainbow and maybe only my 3rd or 4th as I hardly look up the sky. Rainbow always seem so magical to me and especially so this time to be able to share the excitement with Jay.

Baby

Jay's form teacher is heavily pregnant and is due in 2 months time. I thought this is a good chance to educate Jay that this big tummy thing is called a pregnancy. During one of his showers couple weeks ago, I said "Jay, Ms Lena has a big tummy now because she is pregnant. That means she has got a baby inside her tummy". "Mummy, Ms Lena cannot reach her toes, but I can...haha....". I am pleased. That shows the form teacher had already explained to them about her pregnancy. Yesterday, Jay and I were watching his favourite cartoon show "Pocoyo" and it was really funny that we broke out laughing and Jay's hand accidentally touched my slightly padded hehe.... breast. "Mummy, there is a baby inside" and turn his head to watch the cartoon again. I am like "huh" !!

Bloody Nail Cutting Session

I have never let my hubby cut the 2 children's nails no matter how busy I am and how long their nails are. Pictures show how his feet look like after every of his own nail cutting session. Only 1 word to describe "BLOODY". Can you see the little flesh besides the toes on the first pic.

Helper-Less

Finally sent my helper back to the agent. She had been of very good help to me and my mum for the past 1 year plus. She had helped take care of Jonas very well too. Just so difficult to understand how things turn up this way. She boarded the plane last Thu back to Indo and I can only wish her the best.

Jon shows no sign of missing her at all. Maybe he is too young. Maybe he is at the age whereby he is more interested in his surroundings to pay much attention that his 'jie jie' is no longer around. Explain to Jay on the day I sent her back that morning "I am bringing jie jie home. You stay here with Po Po , ok". When we went home at night, I have a shock when Jay asked "Where is jie jie". It only striked me then that "home" to a 3 year old can only mean our home. I explained to him in detail this time. Think he understand. Jay had never been closed to jie jie and in fact, always says he doesn't like her so I am really surprised that he even ask about her.

Should I get a replacement? Maybe/maybe not. I will see if I am able to manage without extra help. Shall see....

Some recent pics of Jay and Jon

How Jonas has grown. He is now 16 months old.

Jayden posing in front of the camera

My Brother's ROM