My footballer!

My Man had his first soccer class today and it went super-duper well! Never imagined that he'd have no problems contacting the ball, aiming at and scoring goals (no goalie of course) and dribbling and stealing balls as well! Man, I'm sooo proud of my l'l footballer - he's sure got football in his blood.
Oh look - yet another excitedly snapped (hence, blur) picture of my l'l footballer at work....he's not even 3 years old my darlin'.....and already singing in the rain.....life is good. Am happy again.

Ever felt the wind like a child would?

Sweet things

Oh yeah. Now I remember. She's THE real romeo, my Princess. That's victim number 1, Ryan McClung [Jaffar's offspring]. She's down with some bad cough so she's been rather grouchy. Otherwise, she still reserves those disarming smiles for me and walks her walk just that way to make me cheer wildly. 4 more teeth are emerging. She's been putting them all to practical use too - nipping her brother's nose when she's losing some snatching battle. My sweet-pea.

The real-life Skywalkers. My Man and his 5 year-old mate, Isaac. This evening, he stretched his arm to its fullest length and insisted I smell his Mcnugget ["Smell this mommy. Smell it!"]....puzzled, I took a quick whiff then asked why? His reply, "Mmmm....smells good? I liiike the smell. I love nuggets.....yum yum mmmmm...." Such precious moments will forever lock themselves in my head... no matter how alzhimed I get!

My Princess' new hat, courtesy of Auntie Deborah [Isaac's mom]. Sassy combo, 'ey? [just practicing my Canadian twang la]

For the gwandparents. They miss you so and love you so. Me too. Ya, mommy, I hear their little hearts....I'll remember that always.

She walks!

My charmer walks! Today, she walked! She walked 3 times in whooping total towards me - she walked! It's been 16 days after her 1st birthday and she walks! Yoo-hooo!!!!! I'm super ecstatic.

We spent today at Science World. My Man got scientific peering through the microscope at teeny bugs and tarantulas (not one bit teeny if you ask me!) and my Belle did her scribbles her way (into the mouth then onto the paper - voila water-colour!)

And yes. Yet another forlorn picture of them for gwandma and gwandpa. My Man stated matter of factly today whilst looking out at the patio, "Nope. No gwandpa out there...."

Autumn's real pretty

"When will gwandpa and gwandma come again?" asked the kids pensively...we miss you loads.....

Autumn's real pretty here, gwandma, gwandpa.....won't you come see for yourselves?

See how beautiful? All reds and yellows....all the warm hues of Fall right at our doorstep......

One piece of good news is that Princess will now cheerfully take to the bottle of formula without ANY coaxing! This is today's gleeful look at being offered the bottle :) Life is fair! My mammaries may finally get the rest they need!

Today wasn't too bad

I look at pictures like these and I miss them all over again - double intensity! We took a stroll to the library today and no matter how creative I tried to be, every step along the way en route there and back reminded me of my parents......even the autumn leaves fluttering about reminded me of my mommy saying to Gareth,, "One day the leaves will fall when Autumn comes...they'll turn orange and red....."

Tonight they fell asleep at about 8pm. I'm praying hard they won't wake at midnite and play till 4am like my Man did last night. It was a nightmare. Jet-lag's a beast. Tonight's good-nite prayer turned out terribly wrong when my Man mumbled, "...Father in Heaven, Holy be your cry, ....Kingdom cry, will be there.....Amen." Plenty missing in between and the rest didn't sound too prayful either, oh dear. Thought he was tired but he burst out laughing all too soon. My cheeky Prince.

And I must tell ya that my Princess found her very own prince charming in JonJon (Jonathan, son of Wendy Anne-Yeo and Uncle Guan) whilst back in Singapore. My Princess is a real persistent babe. See what I mean? She calls him "Barbey!" [translated "You sexy!", I mean "baby"].

Holiday's over...or is it :)

We are back in Vancouver! It has been 1.5 days since we touched down and I believe I have called my parents almost 6 times. That's an astounding once every 6 hours? Believe it.

Four things I loathe, in no particular order:-

1. folding laundered clothes

2. ironing laundered clothes (horrors!)

3. unpacking after a holiday (dreadful)

4. missing my parents (painful)

Fei-Hong and his sis though.....

are adjusting A-OK and frolicking in the buff as is usual when the minder's a hassled single-handed mom juggling meals, laundry and trying to keep the peace between 2 ultra-busy kids in the house. I guess all that matters is that they're contented - clothed or otherwise :) I'll deal with missing my parents in my spare time. Yup. Time to call them yet again :)

My prince

"Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I eat up the world..."

My precious poet. A true gem.

Balek Singapore!

Family day at the Sentosa Underwater World! Yet unrivalled one of the best days of our lives. The husband and the kids have never been happier than fish spotting back home. Home is indeed THE food and shopping paradise.

My Man's and my Belle's combined birthday party at Auntie Becky's. Lotsa friends and yumilicious food and fun. It was wonderful just spending time with relatives and close friends again.

Happy chilling out with dear old pals...

My Man even met his almost twin (born a day apart apparently!), Nicole, at his own pre-birthday party! Altogether a fruitful holiday home!