And so a year passes by in a blink of an eye

Hello 2013.... We look forward to a better year for us all!

Samuel is 3!:)

Our little boy is finally 3!
Although naughty at times he can be the sweetest little fellow.
He had been asking for a Dibo birthday cake for a long time but nearing the day he changed his mind to Angry birds instead, much to the annoyance of mummy!:<
So ok, angry birds it is for the party at school then! And Dibo for the party with his other lil friends! Yay! Everyone is happy!:)
But oh dear! The birthday boy is still very shy and melted at both celebrations! Hehhee!! Samuel! Next year don't be like that ok!!

Bad decisions and gut feelings...

When you make a decision, you bare the consequences. But what if a decision you made turned bad and someone else had to bare the brunt of it? And what if that someone was your little precious?
Ok, so Saturday evening we decided to get out of the house for some fresh air. Daddy D decided on cycling at ECP n little boy was delighted as he's been asking to go for some time.
Before we became a family of 4, we'd usually get the tandem bike n have Sammy in the front. Now that we're 4 we had to hv another plan.
We had tried having baby in the front and toddler in the back once but there were complaints from the back after a while. Baby at the back only produced loud wails... Geez!
So this time daddy d suggested maybe mummy m should clear the rust on her biking skills and we'd each take one kid, on separate bikes.
Hmm, ok... I think I could try cycling again... But please God, dun let me fall! Please please please!! So off I went, practicing n wobbling very clumsily around.
Sammy was thrilled to see mummy on a bicycle and kept wanting to ride with me. But u had to get the hang of it first. Geez how come it was just so hard that I was starting to get annoyed with myself for wobbling so much!
But I sort of got the hang of it after sometime, much to the delight of daddy d who was watching with 2 lil monsters from the side.(he'd given up trying to cycle w 2 kids.
To cut the long story short, daddy d suggested i take Sammy for a ride on the other bike we had rented with the child seat behind. Ok, this was a bad idea... My gut feeling told me it was... But I didn't want to disappoint the happy boy and said ok. Who was i kidding... I strapped Sammy in at the back n got on and wobbled away, with a cheering passenger at the back."
I'm going down a slight slope n a kid got in our path. I tried my best to avoid him but lost my balance instead.
Oh the horror and time moved in slow motion as the bike came crashing down. In my mind I prayed Samuel would be fine!
I didn't feel the sting on my knees. I just needed to know he's ok! Nothing broken please please please! I got up n saw him on the safety seat! Thank God for that! Of coz he wailed. A cut on his lower lip and a bruised arm. I'd be mad at myself if it was anything worse! Sigh! What was I thinking!
Luckily he was fine...
Next time I'm listening to my gut feeling! :( no more stunts and rash decisions anymore!

Day out with the babies OMO

Brought the kids out today on my own... No daddy and no grandma. It was an impromptu decision and I felt worried the moment daddy left us at bishan. With a toddler in the stroller and a baby in the sling, I almost considered heading back home again.
But I had promised a trip to the park so I had to keep it so we headed out to the botanic gardens!
It wasn't as bad as I expected. Sharlene fell asleep and I watched Samuel feed the fishes by the pond. It was quite nice actually :) but rather tiring.
Maybe one day we'll visit the gardens again :) when mummy has recuperated from today.

Getting bigger day by day

We lowered sharlene's cot recently as she now tries to pull to stand and we were worried she'd fall out of her bed. I have woken a few mornings to see her little head peeping over the railings while she sat up on her own, waiting to be carried out of her cot.
Seeing daddy D adjust the cot made me feel like it wasn't too long ago that we had just set it up. Sigh! Our little girl is growing up really fast!

Being a mummy pt1

Things are rather diff now that I'm a mummy... Hehehe! I had to draw this. Maybe I'll start a mummy series of cartoons... If I have the time!:S

We're at 7!

The little girl has reached 7 months!:) look at her! She can now sit up on her own... She's crawling but stuck in reverse gear for now.
Sammy seems to be taking to her much better, especially when he's in a good mood. Some mornings everyone lazes together on the bed and that's quite fun!:)
Hmm, Thinking back, kids really grow up so fast!

I'm growing up!

Look! I'm slowly learning to sit up on my own now mummy! Soon I'll start crawling and you'll have a hard time keeping up with me! Hehehe! :p~

Love, your little drooler

Mothers day

Happy mothers day to me!
Hehe...
Last week we had a yummy buffet lunch at Carlton hotel's Mosiac lounge to celebrate the occasion.


A lovely picture with my two cute babies!:)



Daddy D made a card for me as the little people are too little to make one on their own now.



Actually the little sonny did make me something at school... Hehe but the muffin wasn't really edible! But it was still sweet of him:)...

Hehe, Now to plan for father's day!

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Mother's day

Samuel made me a mother's day muffin :) but unfortunately it could not be eaten coz it was rock hard :p hehehe.... Still it was the thought that count!:)
Being a mom to a toddler n a baby really is though! Endless tears n tantrums but luckily also lots of chuckles and laughs to balance it out. :)

Super mom

Somedays I feel like a SuperMom! Hehehe... Especially when I sit down at the end of the day and go through my mental 'things I have done today' list!
Today was one of those productive days!:)
Here's my list:
-got Samuel out of bed and ready for school.
-packed my online orders.
-got Samuel out of the house and in time for school.(this is a daily challenge!! Urgh!)
-made sharlene take her afternoon nap.(this one is another challenge!)
-cooked lunch... Invented new recipe, yum!!
-put sharlene back to her nap when she got up.
-baked a cake!(happy call cake!)
-brought sharlene out to fetch Sammy back from school(this one I needed extra help... Mummy to the rescue!)
-made Sammy's bento dinner!:)

Phew! What a day!:)

I can flip!!:)

My first proper slip n mummy witnessed the whole thing! I feel like a big girl now... Hehe even though mummy says I still hv lots of milestones to go.:)

Four's a family

Here's a nice family shot!:)
Its rather hard to take one of these lately coz both mama m's n daddy d's hands are full when we are out..


So it's good going out with friends coz they can help u to snap nice pics, like this one , which we took at the airport when we brought samuel there to see the planes.. :)
Boy was this little boy thrilled :)

Tiring days

Somedays bringing up 2 kids can really be draining. The days and hours just fly by in a wink and all those little boxes that you had on your 'things to do today' list are all still unchecked and staring at your blank looking tired face. In fact, come to think if it, you have a heap of such lists.

Throw in a wailing baby and toddler and that can really get to you especially if you'd only had 3 hours of sleep the night before.

Now that you're a mom, you know how tough it is being one. Its a thankless job with no off days and worse thing is no one really understands what you're going through.It's like going into battle and you're on your own.
I'm just so tired today. Sigh :(