Her treasure box-her private drawer

She put everything her fav stuff in there..once I asked her, make sure there is no food there..cos I won't be checking! heh.

N I also just realised why the pretty hair clips have gone missing from tv console drawer..its also in here.

Jared do not have this habit of keeping stuff..only $/AP he earned in his own drawer.

The Haze

With surgeon mask from office...its becoming so bad last Fri (21-Jun)..that even office is distributing the surgery mask when we go home..
Daddy also got more from his office.



Kids nagged so much for the Monster Uni movie..even willing to treat me since I'm complaining how exp the movie tics for 4 of us..$47+ on weekend rate!..Finally, I got the HSBC movie card, and paid only $30 for it...Jared even said ok to let go prata breakfast for the movie..Indeed it was quite fun to watch.

Kaylen all dress up for the movie outing..equipped with her mask.

Its really nice, having most enrichment(skating, swimming) being cancelled off due to haze..But also got so boring not able to do anything outdoor

Fighting

Caught the fighting with pretending super power

Vainpot

My little gal is as vain as me.. While I'm bz trying out clothes & boots for the long awaited hk trip.. She also got bz with the boots. All items were borrowed fr ah Yi heh

Behind us was jared pooing while doing his abacus sums on the luggage bag with mum coaching him..Thats how excited the kids and me were for the trip!!!

Xmas Day Morning

It has been a while we last went to East coast..Since now Kaylen is big enough, we rented a bike for her at $3 only..

All the pics taken with the new camera.

Nothing better than having companion along the way...

Over expose..

After that we drive to the food center for lunch..this is the cendol..I like the bokeh..hehe..

Expo sales

We went to expo for the megatex ( camera) and crocs sale. Didn't manage to get the camera, but got 4 pair of crocs at $100, each of us got a pair. And kids got matching pair. Theirs were. $20 each.

Jared is always making funny faces for pics..while Kaylen copied what he did

Fullerton, and Marina tour

The original plan was to drop Jared and mum & relative off at Fullerton then we walked to Marina Sands..but after that only realised its so far away, impossible to walk there with my heels!!

So we just tour around the area, and have a good breakkie at Thai Express at Esplanade..




Xmas tree at Fullerton Hotel



Fullerton hotel



A tourist who helped to take the pic

After our break, sky turned dark suddenly..and almost raining..

Finally we were all drenched, but Kaylen was wonderful...she was laughing along with us..."all wet"..If jared, he would be asking for change clothes immediately.

Comfort food at the usual prata place

Jared dipping papadom with sugar from putu mayam or cheese masala from my tosai..while Kaylen only eat papadom & putu mayam only. She will behave well and eat a lot of putu mayam with the help of the uncle with beard..Once she is not eating, we will say uncle coming uncle coming..then she will fast fast eat..hehe

A friend drop by

A friend came visiting, this little gal's name is qian yu. Stayed on the 6th floor. Her mum bought the hair band for Kaylen，And they send over. So mum ask the gal to stay a while.

She's Apr08 bb while Kaylen is Sept08 bb. Half a head taller, and 1.3kg heavier..so obvious hor..


Very interesting expression from Jared, he obviously do not like an extra person In the house.

Question he asked:
Where's her mummy?
Why she come to our house?
Will her mummy bring her home?

He is worried that he would hv another sister. So bad that he can't practises the violin heh

Soup

Drinking fish ball soup, using spoon too slow, so she chose to drink this way

Painting the wall behind tv..we are probaly last family in sg still using the huge crt tv..*faint*.

Our wall was torn..since the day our wedding..that was like 6 yr ago..and we could tolerate the big torn till today…I nag nag at daddy non stop..and finally we got our engine started to re-paint the wall..But color not so suitable..*faint*

Work in progress..messy house..left kids at Whampoa on deepavali day

The finish work..

The cosy corner..but the fragile items(precious moment, and our wedding favour) has since moved to on top of tv cos Kaylen can't stop moving them around

Colour look brownish yellow here, much nicer in pic..but in actual case slightly more yellow..so not tat nice..

The painting and cleaning up probaly take less than 2hr..unexpectedly fast..very tempted to pain whole living room..but on 2nd thought better not...

Our weekends

Back to adding a baking session in our weekends..Jared all along has been enjoying baking very much…but after the baking session for father’s day…our fridge spoilt..and then we did not hv a free fridge till daddy’s home..After that we were bz with Kaylen’s birthday and outing during the grands were here..

So this weekend we finally did the raisin scone..

To my surprise I did not have enough flour..so had to anyhow agar ratio for all the ingredients..so turn out the scone wasn’t as huat…yet taste fantastic..hehe.

But Jared preferred to make cookies instead.





Jared doing the sifting of flour and mixing all by himself...I only helped to measure and mix the butter crumb.

The end result..a bit flatten..

Hehe..this is my fav activity every weekend..DIY face mask..for a truly relaxing half hour session...

The super mum

Me of cos!

4 more days to ending single parenthood...YEH

Amazing things I have done:
1) Brought Jared & Kaylen to do new passport and change pics
Of cos my dad was the chauffer and mum was with me..and I gotten daddy to prepare all the documentation ready before he left..
Then again, its definitely still very stressful to be at Msian embassy.
And during collection, Jared was tired, he almost made me carry him all the way from bus stop to embassy

2) Bring kids to doctor when they sick
When Jared had that stomach flu, he vomitted 3x at night, and 2x in the morning...I had to carry him all the way to Sunplaza to see doctor, and carry him back..and mop the floor, change bedsheet, so so many times..But I'm smart, i brought back the blanket for mum to wash..hehe..

3) Jared's main teacher
I'm in charge of teaching him writing, violin, reading, jumbo book ...
I'm just so proud how much he has improved in violin, reading as compared to before daddy left

4) Bring Jared to dentist
Yes, he has finally step into dentist clinic again...and he is now a brave boy that everyone is proud of!

5) Bring both to Genting
Trip With parents, taipo, my sis & hb and sis mil..
I would bring Jared to outdoor theme park from 9.30am to 2pm, and continue to bring Kaylen from 4pm-6pm..and 9pm bring Jared again till 11pm...
I didnt get ticket for Kaylen, and I couldnt cope bringing both together, so I had to take turn to bring them around..and they were amazing, extraordinary behaved and listen to instructions. only when got too tired, need to be carried.

After daddy got back, first thing I'm gonna unload is VIOLIN...and catch up more time with Kaylen..also face mask..heh..

Our Weekend

This wk I had them both back with me again at Sembawang..after dim sum lunch at Hong xin, my dad sent us back.

It was much easier compared to the last time..cos Kaylen is more outgoing yearn to go out more often..

after we got back, I brought them for grocery shopping...how? first, ensure that Jared wasn't tired or sleepy...so that he won't asked me to carry him home mid way..
Then bring along the shopping basket..so that Jared got something to do all the time and not kacau Kaylen.

and since Kaylen don't mind sitting inside, Jared pushed her all the way to NTUC. and invited lots of stares along the way..hehe.

When we come home, I got Jared to push the groceries while I carry Kaylen...They did made some noise..like Kaylen wanted to buy tic tac, Jared dun allow..she will cry so loud..
But overall was ok too.

I didn't force them to take nap..so it was not bad at all..some mess during dinner...and finally Kaylen fall asleep at 10pm..Jared slightly after that cos he was playing game with daddy on skype...

Dinner for them is always sumptous..

1) Steam codfish
2) Double boil chicken with kei ci & fishball(added purely cos they like it)
3) Stir fry capcicum

Lunch the next day is the same fish and chicken, capcicum but rice changed to black noodles. Also got back potato chips for them which they enjoyed most.. Capcicum they refused to eat, so its eaten by me.

Some nice pics taken at home on Sun noon..I love Jared's smiles and we had hard time getting Kaylen to smile till koko had to pull her cheek..hehe

and see how fat Jared got recently..18kg..I think.

Taken by Jared for me

Mum came to pick us up..we took the train to J8, Bishan for dinner at Yoshinaya..not bad..the food suited Jared..he loves fried ebi...

Kaylen wore the dress given by June..the dress look so big, but she can wear it so fast.

Dinner at Melben..

This gal is amazing..We had dinner late as Melben Seafood restaurant is forever bz & crowded..Dinner came at almost 7.45pm..

Before this she just quietly whispered she's hungry to the yi zhang, and they got a cake for her..
Then when dinner came, she would eat from her own bowl by herself quietly only to complained if some food are hot..

As for the koko, faint...He did not take nap (actually both did not take nap, but Kaylen just hv better stamina)...and finally fall asleep in car..and when he woke up again at restaurant he was throwing tantrums refused to eat by himself, use hand to point..if you didnt see his hand..he will be throwing more tanthrums..

Alone with both kids..record >24hr..& Bad luck counting!

I hardly have to take care of both alone, most time I had daddy with me..the longest before this was 8hr..when he were call back to office.

For the pass few wks I had been bringing Jared alone back to Sembawang after his violin lesson..It was such a breeze taking care of him, and we get to do quite a bit of messy stuff like cookie baking, muffin baking etc..But I did felt guilty towards Kaylen, cos weekday I'm already so bz with guarding Jared's daily works...then weekend I still don't have time for her..So this week, I decided to bring both home..

Which turned out to be big mistake..hehe.

She didn't cry when we bid goodbye to Waipo..though previously she kept saying she pa4 pa4 to go back sembawang..then when we got on the train, I tried to put both sit on 1 seat..then Jared had to bounced his butt and bounce Kaylen off the seat..and she cried!! hehe..So the lady beside Jared, decided to let me & kaylen take her seat instead..So we finally managed to get to Sembawang, and we went to NTUC for some shopping..they were alrite occasionally running around, but was manageable.

But I got greedy when shopping, bought quite a bit of stuff..and by that time Kaylen was tired, and she demanded to be carry...it was such a struggle to get home...

The next thing happened when we got home, was our fridge is spoilt!!!!.. I wanted to clear the stuff in fridge, but she was crying for my attention..Finally managed to settle her with baby einstein..

Then it was me, bz trying to see what should I do with the yogurt, fish, chicken and fruits that need fridge storage..Should we just go back to Whampoa? or tompang the stuff at JJ's house...
I decided to let both kids finish the yogurt..and think again..Heng we had a small fridge from buying furniture last time..so I opened it up for the 1st time after 8 yrs??? OMG..and thankfully its working, so I didnt have the finish 2 piece of fish in 1 day...hehe..

Managed to prepare 3 course dinner for both, double boil kampong chic soup, fry french beans, and steam fish..Of cos dinner was messy event..Kaylen spilled some rice on the floor..while I had to remain cool..Luckily they were very cooperative when my mop come out..both will clean up their toys..

and I always had a mop w pail ready to settle any unwanted mess immediately..hehe

Then at night, when trying to put them to sleep around 9pm..Jared complain kaylen very noisy..luckily jared slept very early ..then Kaylen cried a bit as she was too tired..finally also knock off at 10am..

Then it was time for me to catch up w daddy..and still manage to watch part of movie i downloaded.

Thought my bad luck would go away with the end of the day..arrgggh...Jared had to pee on my bed at 2am plus...Last wk he had stomach flu and he whack 3x on my bed, and i just changed the bedsheet..this wk had to change again!

The next day, Jared woke up very early..and he spilled his milk on floor...and i flared up...making him eat by the dining table..

When Kaylen woke up, her diaper leaked..cos too full..made her take breakfast w underwear...hehe..something very interesting, when i took out that underwear, she said.bu4 shi4 mei4mei4 de lah...shi4 koko de lah (doesnt belonged to her, its jareds)..

After that I still managed bring them down for a walk and collect mails...

when back, i prepared lunch..Lunch was chicken soup again!..roast potato fries, and steam fish..
They love the roasted potato fries...add some oil, salt+potato slices and convect at 230C.

Jared asked to watch our wedding CD..kaylen love it so much...she watch non stop from 1pm to 4pm...in between I wanted to make both take their noon nap..Kaylen was crying for watch wedding CD..jared complained she too noisy...then I was so angry with both..hehe..

Finally still let kaylen continue to watch as that quietened her down..
And at 4pm+ kaylen&jared pooed..and at this time i already gave up the idea of making them sleep..so I bath them and changed them for going out clothes..

They played hard after bath, running around the house...till my parents reached at 5pm+ to pick us for dinner..

And I was down with backache...hah..

I thk it will take more courage next round to bring both back on my own..haiz...