Somewhere over the rainbow…

Bruise

Coincidentally, both Isabelle and Justin have bruises on the same spot of their foreheads. Isabelle got it by banging a toy on herself, while Justin hit the wall when running and turning at the same time.

Normally, if my kids got bruises, I’ll use a cooler pad as cold compression first, and then only apply Zambud on Justin. But I don’t use any oilment for Isabelle as she’s still too young for any.

My mom said I’m careless in taking care of them as I let them “explore” freely, without warning them that they’ll fall down, hit against something, or help them to climb up the chair and etc. Most of the time, I’ll tell Justin the consequences if he’s jumping on the sofa or bed that he might fall down and hurt himself, but I still let him jump by watching him from the side. If he falls and cries, then I’ll check him out and comfort him.

My friends also disagree on the way I let my kids have their ways. They said I’d be sorry if it’s a serious injury, then have to go to the doctor, and burn a hole in my wallet. But I think that by stopping them from trying out their curiousity will only make them more curious about it and may do it behind my back. At least after trying it out for a while, Justin got bored and experiencing with something new.

My mum said she’s very protective over me and my brother. Both of us hardly got hurt when we’re little, but she has lost counts of how many times Justin has fallen down! Luckily, none of it is serious. But he really understands better at how to take good care of himself when he’s playing now. Yesterday, I even overheard him saying “Mei mei, no go (under) chair, you fall down (should be get hurt)” and when Isabelle’s trying to touch the socket, he said “Mei mei, no play, pain pain”.

He knows what’s dangerous and should not be treated as toys. Of coz, I’ll grab him away if he’s in a dangerous situation like walking near the drain. Which mommies won’t be “sam thong” seeing their kids getting hurt?

Is She Talking?

Everyone knows that Isabelle is very attached to me. It’s not easy to leave her at home when I’m getting ready to work. She’ll be crying and stretching her arms out for me, asking me to carry her.

I don’t know if I hear this correctly or not. These days, she tends to cry “Ma….emmm…ma….ma….” when she wants me to carry her. Even my maid also thinks that she’s calling “mama”!

If it’s not her babbling mama dada, but she actually knows what “mama” means, that means she’s talking!!! And she’s only 7 months! Is that possible?

Justin also talks at a very young age. Maybe it’s like brother like sister huh?

Wedding Dinner

Hubby and I left the kids at home and went for a wedding dinner at a chinese restaurant. Why we went without the kids? Well, if you have attended any chinese wedding dinner, you’ll know why.

1. The dinner is always late. If it’s stated there 7.30pm, the earliest the dinner will start is at 8pm. Once, at a dinner in KL, it started after 9pm!!! And I almost die of hunger!

2. If the seats are not arranged, you’ll end up eating at the same table with 9 other strangers! So, have to go early to book the tables.

3. Where are the baby high chairs???

4. I prefer to have quiet dinner where I can sosialise with my friends at the same table, without having to raise my voice when I talk. But the hosts prefers to have karaoke or singers and dancers.

5. Please let me find a table further away from the speakers!

6. Why can’t they serve the food faster huh? Have to wait so long from one dish to the next one…

7. Yammm…..Seng! Yammm……Seng! Yammmm………Yammmm……Yammm…….Seng!!! And some ah pek are beginning to get drunk.

8. The bride and groom have to toast from one table to the other. So, if there’re 100 tables, be prepare to get some “heng tai” to drink for you!

9. It’s 10pm already, when is the last dish / dessert is gonna be served???

10. If my kids are coming along, I don’t even know what they’re serving after the 6th dish!

Bubbles!

One of Justin’s favourite songs from Barney is this:

Flying and floating around in the air,

Bubbles, bubbles, double-bubbly bubbles,

I like the part when it pops in the air!

It didn’t rain for the past few evenings, and since I’m out of idea what to do with the kids (any new suggestions?) during our evening routine, we played bubbles! Justin loves it, and Isabelle likes to watch the bubbles pop when they hit the ground or the roof.

Justin: See how I blow? I’m very good at it now! (Created dialogue)

Isabelle: I’m practising with my saliva … (Created dialogue too)

Online Shopping

By the way, since most men are always clueless on what to get for women on special occasions, this site offers nice beauty and spa toiletries too. Unless they have very sensitive skin, most women like to receive gifts like these to indulge themselves at the comfort of their own bathrooms.

If still clueless on what to give, fresh flowers are always a good choice. Of coz, some wives will tell their husbands not to give flowers as they think it’s a waste of money, but deep down inside their hearts, they’ll still be thrilled and excited to receive a fresh bouquet of flowers. I’ve just received one bouquet 3 days ago, and the excitement I felt was just the same as the last bouquet years ago!

Cookies are wonderful gifts too. I like the way they specially wrapped the cookie bouquet, especially this one with snowflakes design! It’s too good to resist!

They provide gift baskets for babies too. Check out this basket, isn’t it cute?

Happy Anniversary

Isabelle: 7 months old

Height: 66 cm

This photo was taken with my phone, so it’s rather blur.

9. She still yet to crawl on fours, but only moves backwards with her tummy on the ground. Sometimes she struggles hard to lift up her buttock, but will cry after she gets tired.

10. Like her koh koh, she kicks off the blanket and doesn’t want to wear her Jodie Jonas too. If I put socks on for her, she’ll pull it off. Luckily, she’s only down with flu once as the air-con is on thru out the night.

11. She’s quick at grabbing things within her reach. Once, when we’re eating out, she grabbed hubby’s hot soup with her hand, and some of her fingers were in the hot soup! I thought she’s going to let go because it’s hot, but she was holding the bowl really tight and I had to pull her fingers off. She didn’t cry at all, really “nao” (cow!).

Happy Birthday to Me

I like November as there’re 2 major celebrations in my life.

It’s my Birthday today. But we don’t have any special plan. Hubby’s coming back from KL to have dinner with us, and I’m yet to make up my mind where to dine.

I’ve got my birthday present from hubby 2 weeks ago. It’s a new handphone, Nokia 5300! He said it’s the gift of the month already. So kiam sap!

But still, thank you dear…

Fun Time

To make up with the time we didn’t spend with Justin, hubby brought him along to the golf range at Safira. It’s Justin’s first time at golf range, and he’s curious about everything.

After that, he helped kakak to water the plants. He pretended that it’s raining and he’s running around the water hose to get himself wet. It’s good to see him having fun in the garden today.

Reunion!!!

Even if hubby needs to work on every Saturday, he suggested that he’d skip work and we could go to Penang early Saturday morning. A few hours earlier did make some difference to us as we missed Justin really much. So, he arranged the transporter to pick up his goods at 5am, and finished work an hour later. He seemed very tired when we’re departing, but still the will of rushing back was very strong for us.

When we reached my mum’s place, Justin was screaming in excitement at the gate. Guess who he’s missing the most? ISABELLE!!! He kept hugging and kissing her and calling mei mei mei mei…until Isabelle was rather annoyed and whined.

It’s so good to see him after a week! He’s certainly gained some weight as his face got rounded, and the tummy had also gone bigger. Needless to say, he’s been feeding well and snacking a lot too.

During the weekend, Justin had been very “teh” and cried a lot. My mum said he didn’t act like this when we’re not around. I think he missed us a lot, and now he had a chance to get all the attention he wanted from us. He even threw a tantrum when he woke up from his nap and I wasn’t at his side. Maybe he’s afraid that I’d leave him there by himself again. He didn’t want my parents to get near him and only clinged hard to me, and cried as loud as possible. Gee, he must be feeling very insecure.

To make up with the time I didn’t spend with him, we went to eat his favourite food, pizza and Japanese food. He also insisted that Isabelle had to come along, whom my mother preferred to watch her for us at home. He wanted Isabelle to be with him all the time. But when it comes to playing with toys, he was relunctant to share sometimes. Sigh!

Anyway, my mum had successfully weaned him off his thumb sucking habit. We’re so proud of him being about to quit in a week. So, I bought him an Elmo book as a present, and he loves it. Yikes, I’m really not good at choosing presents, and bought books most of the time.