Thoughts on a thunderstorm dawn

It seems like one of the worst thunderstorms we are having ever! Lots of flashing lightning too!
I used to love rainy nights/predawn coz it meant a nice cool sleep in... But with kids, it's quite the opposite, esp if yours are terrified of thunder!
Rainy or thundery early morning are spent dragging yourself out of bed when u hear the little yelp/whine that follows after the booming thunder dies down.
I call it Answering the call of parenting! Hurhur!
Ok, now thank God the storm has died down! Time to catch few winks before those imps wake up!!

The bigger bean is 4

How time flies!:) our bigger bean is 4 now! Look at him... He's grown so much and so fast. Somedays I still miss him when he was a tiny little thing back then. I wish the days would move by slower so this cute phase would last longer... But... Alas.. Time waits for no man/mummy!

We hope you enjoyed your day at the Night Safari little man!:) happy birthday and mummy, daddy, ah ma and meimei love you!:) *muacks*

The day the little girl decided she needed sharper fingers

Yesterday was a nightmare! Just like all curious little kids, this little girl decided to stuff her finger into the new pencil sharpener while mummy was busy.
The horror when Sammy asked me to look at meimei's "dirty fingers". She was thumbing something while holding onto the pencil sharpener, looking puzzled. On closer inspection, oh horrors of all horrors!!! It's blood!
My eyes almost popped out if their sockets!
Now strangely, the little girl didn't cry at all. Not even a whimper. She was puzzled by mummy's panic stricken face more than anything. I held onto the bleeding finger and wrapped it with tissue and she let me, without her usual struggle.
Each time I took a peep, more blood oozed out!! Arghh! Panic and more panic. What should I do!? Should I rush down to the clinic? Thanks goodness grandma was around to help keep me calm.
A quick google and I learned I'd need to wrap the cut and apply pressure for 10-15 minutes without peeping. 10 minutes went by while I prayed and prayed for the bleeding to stop... And suddenly my little girl who was silent all the while suddenly slumped against my shoulder!
Another panic! Why on earth is she falling asleep now?! Or has she fainted in pain?!?? I called out to her but nope, no response. More prayers said and I carried her off to run her finger under the tap. Thankfully this woke her up and she started playing with the water. (Weird one this girl is!)
The bleeding was still slowly oozing out so another 10minutes was spent applying pressure. Grandma prayed some more n finally it stopped... Much to the relief of everyone. I put on a band aid over the cut that went through her nail n cuticle (OUCH!!) n prayed it'll be ok.
What a bad fright we all had! I was close to tears but this little heroine didn't shed a tear throughout! Not sure if its me who's a chicken or to say that's she's too brave!
Sigh!! It's tough being a mom somedays! :/

New parenting math formulae

Ah.. the nightmare of having two kids having a nightmare in the same night!
Kid one nightmare + kid two nightmare = panda mummy!
Here's a new math equation for you.
So, here's panda mummy after only having about 2 hours of sleep all night. Lets hope I don't turn into tiger mummy halfway through the day!

The sleepless queen

When the queen of the house decides she doesn't want to sleep, nobody gets any sleep. Especially the mummy minion.
Her crying escalates as fast as a Ferrari engine (and as loud as one too) at full throttle.

On nights like this, I really ask myself why do we have kids for??
Sigh!! I wish there was some baby boot camp where I could pack her off to... For a week, a month or maybe even a year!
But I'd bet they send her back after half a day!
Oh SOS!:(

Temporary Single parenthood

Ok, so another week of living like a single parent! The other half is neck high with work so its just me manning the forts! (Thank goodness for mummy!!) Geez, it's really challenging sometimes... Esp when I can't drive!
I've been walking up n down amk ave 10 sometimes 2-3 times a day! Sigh, so near and yet so far! It's times like this that annoy me most! Have a car but can't put it to use!! Bleah!!!
On the brighter side, well, at least I get some exercise :S

Thoughts before bed

Every night before going to bed, I thank God for the two little angels he's given us. Even though sometimes during the day they behaved far from being angels!
But at night when I see them fast asleep in their beds, all is forgotten once again :)