Older will serve the younger

How true of that statement...and she loves doing it! Hopefully this extra pair of hands will come in handy when we are out..

Finger Painting..

It's really tough being a SAHM, thinking of activities to keep the little one occupied especially after his nap. Now that he takes only 1 nap a day, there's so much free time that Mommy doesn't really know what to do. Today we tried some finger painting. See his artwork...

Catepillar update 3 - Time to go..

It's Sunday morning and Keziah got up and went downstairs on her own while Daddy and Mommy were still in bed. When Mommy got down, she exclaimed "Catepillar has become a butterfly". Mommy was still in a dazed - Butterfly? Oh, the little one in cocoon has broke through and stood half emerging with shrivered wings.


It took awhile for its wings to dry out but we noticed that there were blood stains from the butterfly. Wonder what that is.


By late afternoon, its wings are fully formed and ready to go. Here's our little girl who proudly released it. Well, it's Daddy that released it as she didn't dare to hold the butterfly. Several times later in the evening, she still asked, "Butterfly will come back? I want the butterfly to come back.". Dearie, sorry, the butterfly has to go out to hunt for food and find its friends. We will have to watch the other catepillar till its ready to go like this one.



Some bubble fun after the release of the butterfly. Abel got the hang of bursting the bubbles!

Out to Jacob Ballas again..

It's been awhile we haven't been there. Time for the kids to have some fun playing around the garden. This time round, Abel was more aware and certainly enjoyed himself with all that he saw and of course, the sand and water play. He was simply observing what other little kids were doing and tried to follow along after a little while. Then he realised it was fun! Finally he got himself all wet. Our cautious little one..

Catepillar update 2

Just today, we realised the other catepillar had shed its skin! THe little on in the cocoon was still as quite though now the cocoon was really quite nicely patterned like tiger stripes.

MOther's Day pressies...

Oh yes, not to forget the little sweeties Keziah first made with remembrance of what Mother's Day truely is...

From Sunday School...

From School...

Catepillar Update

Mommy was just changing the sheet and adding a new leave for Keziah's pet and guess what she saw, one of them was hanging almost vertical. Mommy thought it was dying. A moment later, all the hair dropped of and an apparent cocoon was starting to form. It's going into pupa stage. It's faster than what we thought. Keziah will be very excited when she sees this later tonight.

Bubble time

The all time favourite...bubble time for the kids..

Abel was totally amazed and definitely into trying to blow his own bubbles..

Stacking buckets

Abel's getting really good at this. Though he still doesn't know how to distinguish sizes, he could stack them well if you put them in order for him.

MOther's Day

We had a simple dinner at The Vines Restaurant just across the road with Nei Nei and Ta Ta as part of celebration of Mother's Day. Keziah really ate her fill and Mommy really wondered if the spagetti was that good that she finished every bit of it.


Surprisingly, the food was rather yummy and a huge portion.


Sadly, Daddy didn't plan anything really of a surprise for Mommy. It would have been the lovely if Daddy could just get made things a little special. Guess we all had been rather tired.

Animal resort and Pets

Ir'a Vesak Day and there's no music lesson. It's a good time to go on our little pet farm visit which we wanted to do some time back. So we ventured to Animal resort @ Jalan Kayu to have a look at what they have. Not a large number of animals but a good chance for the kids to feed the animals.


Cheryl and Keziah's feeding the rabbits and geese...


Since the Lians wanted to get a "pet" for Cheryl, we tagged along as well to the Butterfly Lodge @ Oh's Farm in Yishun. What a coincidence that we met mommy's ex-colleague from TJC whom we found father-in-law owned the farm. It was really great pleasure to meet up and a great generousity on his part to give us a running commentary on the butterflies, their growth and development and their habits. It was so much knowledge that made a great difference to our trip.



While Keziah and Cheryl were trying to get their hands on the camera to get some arty shots, little Abel was happily roaming around.


More than that, we even caught the butterfly laying eggs. Interestingly, the butterflies lay eggs on the underside of the leaves.


Then it's time for getting the "pets" - the catepillars! Unlike what we think catepillars are like, all green, different species looked just different and in fact, quite pretty and hairy. The catepillar survivor kit came complete with instructions to tend and care for the little thing and their food, the leaves for 6 days before they pupate.



Keziah's would be Tawny Coster:

Muffin time again...

This time round we had the Lians to join us in muffin making. It's just to let the kids be little cooks, stirring, mixing, scooping...

Shu Shu's birthday

We are at a party at McDonald's! It's none other than our Shu Shu's birthday...Let's relive some beautiful childhood fun!

The birthday boy...

The kids going wild...

Abel's 5th and 6th teeth

Abel's now has 6 teeth at 15.5 mths. His 5th and 6th teeth sprouted only in the last 1 month or so. Mommy hasn't been tracking to date but the rate seems rather slow. Maybe that's the reason why he still doesn't like to eat fruits like apple where he really needs to bite in.

New shoes for Keziah

Keziah's feet been growing really fast these days. So we decided to get her a new pair since it's on offer. Somehow it's too big though it's just the next size. Will be awhile before she puts them on.

Abel's new car!

Thanks Shu Shu for my new car....heehee...I'm sure enjoying it a great deal!

Birthday @ MyGym

This is the first time we ever went to an event birthday party! It was a pleasant invite from Keziah's classmate, Maya, to join her at MyGym for birthday celebration.

Even Abel was happily running all about, getting his hands on the rides, trying to do what the older kids did by getting onto activity stations on his own.

The kids had great fun tumbling around. There were trainers to conduct a little gym course for the kids, getting parents involved in the activities as well.



The jumping, running and hopping really used up all their energies that Keziah and Abel had no problem getting to bed.

The BIG Wheel adventure

We were given these tickets a year back and finally after extending the expiry date once, we were on the BIG WHEEL - the Singapore Flyer. It was rather breathtaking upthere and we hardly felt much movement throughout the flight. We even caught the sunset. The kids had great fun running around the capsule, even little Abel was so exhilaterated with the sight.






Hmm..even so, would you pay to be the Friends of the Singapore Flyer like that of the zoo? Guess not for us! Once a lifetime experience...Probably once more when the IR is up..

Muffin making...

Our muffin making morning! Right after breakfast, we started to get our little hands dirty, making muffin using a premix which we had bought some time back but had no chance to use it. Keziah is always happy to be doing some of this baking though it can get rather messy with her insisting on doing everything on her own. She even cracked the egg, or should I say crushed the egg. Guess the outcome was pretty decent nonetheless. Oops, we forgot to take a picture of the final product.

Yes, Mommy did it! No pay...

This sounds ridiculous at this time of the year where everywhere is in recession and everyone is trying hard to keep their job. Mommy has officially gone on no pay leave! Well, it's going to be a challenge with just one income. Then again, what is time lost with the kids, to have to come home from work all frustrated and tired and venting on them. This is drastic. Could have considered part time but what is done is done. Hopefully with this, Mommy could spend more time with the kids and also get sorted out with moving to our new place. Guess with everything, there is a time of need to recollect thoughts and see what is the direction in life. Guess God had also intervened somehow for such quick approval from Mommy's boss for this leave which took her by surprise though with much gladness.

Sometimes when you get so caught up with moving along with the world, getting work done and back home to get the kids ready for bed, life is no more than a routine with little space for self and others. Worse when you want to do it all well and realising that you can't afterall multitask and expect that. Something has to go somehow.

Now it's getting connected back again and regain the joy of Christian living, the joy of having the little ones, the joy of simplicity...