Day 4 (Raining)

Heh...today we had a photo shoot appointment in the afternoon...again..yes but mummy meant for Melody to take the shoot mah..herez a sample of one...

Then we went to Pasir Ris Park cos Tiffany said she wanted to build a sand castle wor...but when we reach the beach she refused to come down and walk herself and kept complaining that sand got to her feet! So there goes our beach plan..We ended up at Ikea where she enjoyed quite a bit haha

Day 3 (Sunny)

Morning rush...

After Tiffany's class, 4 friends ran hand in hand again to the playground (auto) as it occurred for the past few days! Mummy enjoyed the sight of the children enjoying their self so much, enjoyed listening to their innocent talks, hearing their laughter, especially my darling girl's. The children just ran round and round and slided and slided..monkey barred with help and laugh and screamed so loud till our maid said she can hear their laughter at home erh on the 14th floor..

Had wanted to bring the girls to Compass Point for a walk but...the afternoon was so sunny that our legs (or rather mummy's legs heehee) were so lethargic...that we turned on the air con and napped through the afternoon...so xin fu... heehee

Mummy had a bowling competition at CSC and had to leave home by 5.45pm. We all managed to get the girls dressed and ready to leave in 30mins...tat was an achievement in itself keke...Btw, 3 cheers to mummy who managed to hit 136 points on 3rd game after 2 years of non-practise =)

mummy's at home - Itz baking time!

Day 2 (Cloudy)

The self promise of a fulfuling and enriching week began...had wanted to bring the girls for a swim at the new Sengkang pool but the weather's not too good and seemed too cool le...anyway the usual ritual went on for the day, managed to get the 2 angels to nap at 3pm..and nap it was, Tiffany napped till almost 7pm despite her refusal to nap.. haha...As she woke up late, dinner for them started late and ended late at almost 9pm. So the promise of baking started at 10pm, when daddy came back (at ard 1045pm), we were still at it, putting on the finishing touches to the last tray of cookies... =) well..the cookies turned out nice and crispy this time round...

decorating cookies with rainbow rice

tah tah itz freshly baked from the oven =)

i dont want i dont want

when melody refused to do something she sure knows how to shake her head and throw tantrums....keke

mummy's at home

Day 1 (drizzling all day long)

nai nai had gone for a holiday trip to Genting and mummy had taken leave to look after the 2 terrors erh ok angels. Being a temp SAHM, I would try to make my girls' days as fulfilling and enriching as possible...heehee..

Morning was a mad rush as usual, as it was a Monday morning, we had a long day on Sunday..so the girls woke up around 10am. Then the mad rush to make sure Tiffany get some breakfast and her bottle of milk before changing to her uniform and to school at 1045am.

After sending Tiffany to her playgroup, time for Melody's bath time and bonding segment...she finished her milk and managed to doze off... *phew* peace time for me...

By 1230pm, terror came home... watched TV while eating their lunch and the 2 girls dunno why became so super active for the rest of the afternoon.... so decided to bring all to AMK Hub for grocery shopping and then to po po's house for dinner..yeah! yeah is meant for me cos tat meant i had another pair of carrying hands :D ...mei mei loves me to carry her so she would find every opportunity to make me carry her (maid is just an alternative heehee) so when we reach po po's house, she would willingly let po po carry her for long time unless she wants to sleep then she would fuss.

Here we were at AMK Hub, jie jie was riding and mei mei also want! So end up sharing the ride...

Many expressions

喜


怒


哀

乐

Fever...measles..

Little Melody finally recovered from week's long bout of illness. Melody started with flu and then fever on last thursday. Tot medicine from the last doctor's visit would help, but it only helped to lower and when medication worn off, fever set in again...Fever hit 38.8degrees on Friday night and we went to see doctor early on Sat morning (PD nt in town so had to visit a GP). Her milk and food intake had drop drastically since. But thankfully, the fever got under control and went away after 2 doses of prescribed medicine....however, to mummy's horror, red dots appeared all over body on Sunday! So Melody went back to the GP to let him have a look (mummy tot she was having rashes again!), doctor said it is 'fake' german measles, which is a common occurance especially when fever came down.....haha mummy was not too convinced and called PD's nurse who confirmed the diagnosis. *phew* Illness recovered, but 瘦了一大圈.....

Melody is 9-months old

mei mei has 2 lower and 2 upper teeth..she knows how to clap her hands to the tune of 'if u r happy and u know it, clap ur hands..clap clap...', she knows hw to shake her head...she learning hw to wave bye bye and do a flying kiss... =)

celebrated gong gong's birthday...

Today was gong gong's birthday..we bought a fruitty cake for gong gong and tiffany sang him a lovely birthday song and even helped gong gong to cut cake! Hey..where is mei mei ah?

Clap clap clap

Melody knows how to clap her hands! So sweet =)

Melody is 8-months old

Pat a Cookie with Tiffany

Yesterday, Tiffany and mummy did baking together again. That was the second attempt to bake cookies together. On Tiffany's request to bake cookies, we went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients, as I was selecting the ingredients, probably due to lazy mode, I replaced all the ingredients and chose Betty Croker's pre-mixed walnut and chocolate chip pack, heehee and i just need butter and eggs to complete the shopping ta ta! Hmm..so as soon as we got home, Tiffany eagerly helped with mixing the butter, egg and the flour. I helped her to mix evenly and then she helped to scoop the mixture on the baking trays, and voila! our cookies were done. There were 2 batches, the first batch timed according to recipe and still came out a bit soft but still edible =) The second batch which i forgot to turn on the timer, was baked slightly longer and nearly chao ta (so i thought). But the second batch turned out nice and crispy haha more cookie-like. Even Tiffany prefers the 'black' to the 'white' cookies. =) But I wondered why the cookies spread out sooo big that the cookies were a bit flat and not so round le...

Batch 1 - the not-so-crispy white cookies

Batch 2 - the yummy black cookies

Melody and Tiffany's visit to doctor

Melody went for her checkup and jab (7 months week 4). Slightly overdue cos her doctor was not in singapore for 3 weeks in sep. So we went and as usual she cried superloud and very cham but only for a while. Hmm don ask me what jab cos i din ask the doctor/nurse, since this was their regular PD, I would go when the nurse informed when i should go haha.

Vital Statistics

Height - 68cm

HC - 43.5cm

Weight - 7.1Kgs

(doctor's comment - on the small side, 25% percentile)

While Melody was having her jab, mummy heard Tiffany screaming in the background 'daddy. i dont want to go into the room, i dont want i dont want, I dont like'. Tiffany's turn....

Dr Woon: Just 1 jab and u dont have to come back

Tiffany cried and screamed: I dont want, i want to go home now!

Dr Woon: Just 1

Tiffany cried and screamed: AHHHHHHHH I dont want!

Dr Woon: Alright its done, U dont have to come back till 5.5 yo

Dr Woon commented and wrote in the record card...small sized but very good command of speech!

Angels vv Terrors

Was always wondering would the 2 girls fight when they grow up... ...we all agreed that they definitely would since they could 'fight' over everything and anything from toys to mummy's bao bao even at this stage! Cant imagine how i would cope when the angels turned terrors in the years to come. *cross fingers*

Most Huggable Baby

Mummy submitted Melody's photo out of fun and she got featured in Sep issue of Singapore Motherhood magazine and won herself $50 worth of Huggies diapers! =) Can you find her in the midst of other equally adorable babies? But of cos Melody was the most adorable one of all, with her sunshine megawatt smiles!

Melody Melody

Melody was able to shift from a sleeping position to sitting position at 7 weeks 2.5 weeks. =)

Mummy's thought - Sad to see Gina leave

Just when Mummy sent our maid Gina to the door, with Tiffany and daddy sending her to the airport, and when they left, mummy felt erm..lost...It felt like losing someone dear. My heart felt very heavy and tears nearly shed. The house seemed to be 'different' with her cupboard emptied and without the usual presence of her doing cleaning and washing. No matter how much mummy kept complaining that maid did not do this did not do that, it seemed that she already become an automatic member of this household already. It has been 3 years since she has been us, she has taken good care of the house and Tiffany especially, watching her grew from a baby to a now 3 years old tyrant. Now that she has gone, mummy actually felt huh really sad to see her go when for the past few weeks, i cant wait for her to leave cos i believed that if she really wanted to go then i would be more than happy to have a change of maid...what an irony.

Just prayed that the new maid would be able to meet my expectations and do as well as Gina has been doing or even better *cross fingers* and most importantly, the new maid must be able to get along and tolerate the children. Hope that all our eight characters dont clash. Am wondering at this moment whether did my darling girl cried when she see our maid crossing the departure gate... ...

Half day at Zoo

Melody can crawl very well

Just a few days ago when I posted that Melody's crawling was not very steady, over the weekend, she has mastered the skill and is very apt at her crawling already! =)

Melody is teething and crawling at 7-months old

Today, had a pleasant surprise when i let Melody suck my knuckles! I felt something sharp and i touched her gum again with my finger and voila, Melody is teething! That explains why she dont drink much these few days, I thought she also starts her puasa lei. haha. So she has started her teething process =) hmm, can feel only but cant realli see yet so no photo to document the first teeth yet.

But, why was it that I can only feel her teeth cutting through when she already started to puasa since she was 5-months old? *perplexed*

She is a 7-months old baby today.

Caught Melody doing this action last sunday. Then tried and tested that she was able to crawl to her toy! But her crawl was not very steady yet as it was still like crawl crawl then bong on the bed type =)