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Kids New Bed

30 Jun 2007 by

I brought Justin to get a new mattress, bedding and cabinet yesterday. I told him that mummy and daddy would like to have the bed back, so he will be sleeping with mei mei on the floor, on their new bed. I can just use the old mattress, but I would like them to feel the excitement of transition to a new sleeping location, so I decided to get them a queen size mattress instead. These were what Justin had in mind when we were at the furniture shop, a pink one for Isabelle and a green one for him. But too bad, our room is too small for the set, so they will have to wait until we have our house first, and of course, when they are ready to sleep in separate rooms.

 

Mommy, buy this!

 

I got them a 6ft cabinet for their books and toys as the old boxes and rack can’t fit all their stuffs anymore. I told the kids it’s their responsibility to keep the rack as tidy as possible, and it’s not mommy or kakak’s duty to keep the stuffs at their place. If they mess it up and refuse to clean up, the toys will ended up in the garbage truck! And I meant it!

 

Justin’s happy with the arrangement and the kids table is placed nearby.

 

As for the bedding, we went to Eastern Decorator to get it. I wanted to get Elmo, but i couldn’t find it there. So, I may order one online when I have the time to. Justin wanted the bedding to be purple, so I let him choose the design. He got this purple bedding with Mickey and Minnie. When I put it up, both of them were very excited about it!

 

Justin busy posing, jumping, while Isabelle busy with her stuffs.

 

It is King Koil spring mattress, so Justin likes jumping on it. As for Isabelle, as long as mommy is there to nurse her to sleep, she has no problem going to sleep anywhere.

So, what happened last night? I went to bed late, about 3am. Then Isabelle wanted to nurse, but after nursing, she refused to sleep back. She was tossing around on the bed before she got on to my side. Then, Justin woke up looking for mei mei. I put her back beside him and put both of them to sleep. It’s 4am then. Before I could see chao gong, Isabelle wanted nen nen again. It was about 6am and she slept with me until Justin got up looking for mei mei again. So, he joined us on the bed too.

Needless to say, I didn’t sleep much last night. I will see how things go tonight. It’s 2.22am now, and everything seems to be fine.

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Stop Asking Me to Get Credit Cards

29 Jun 2007 by

Do you feel annoyed by those sales people who bug you to get the credit cards from them at shopping malls? I try my best to avoid them if possible because some of them can be really aggressive and keep pushing me to get their cards. Maybe my face shows “I’m a shopping freak”, so I looked like an easy target. LOL!

But I don’t need anymore credit cards as out of 4 that I have, I only use one of them the most. I want to collect as much points as possible from one card, and see if I can redeem anything special. But if you have bad credit, it’s harder to get a credit card, except Bad Credit Credit Cards. The interest rate maybe higher, but it’s better than not having a card, right?

Credit card can be really useful sometimes, but just don’t over use it. Everyone knows how painful it is if you have lots of credit card debts.

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Train Set

29 Jun 2007 by

I can’t remember how many train sets we got for the kids, maybe it has been more than 10 already. Hubby likes buying train set for them, even if I asked him to get other toys instead.

Since Justin loves this Thomas train books a lot, we got him the train set. Isabelle is very excited with the set too, and they like seeing the engines changing parts. However, there are a few small black beads that come with the set, so if you get this set, you better keep them away. I threw them away already so that Isabelle won’t be swallowing them. I just can’t trust her with the beads.

My mum said we really pok ket, always buy toys for the kids now. Actually, every parent also like this wan, if we can get the things for the kids and make them happy, for sure we will do it. However, we can’t spoil them too. I have seen some rich spoiled brats in the club and I keep reminding myself I can’t let my kids ended up like that. Those kids are really into branded stuffs and lansi with their handphones, daddy’s cars, stupid English slang. and etc.

One of the rich brats even ended up in court case because he raped his young cousin. See also I wanna puke! Ok lah, better don’t rant so much about other people’s kids. I just have the right to take care of my own kids, as long as they are doing fine, not getting into any trouble or drug rehabilitation when they grow up, there isn’t much I can ask for already.

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Ya, I Want a House

29 Jun 2007 by

The kids are officially off my bed as from tonight. They are accepting their new bed very well, and Justin chose the bedding. He wanted it to be purple, so I obliged. Isabelle didn’t have any problem falling asleep just now because I nursed her to sleep. So far so good, and I hope that they will be like this too from now onwards.

When I was shopping for the mattress just now, I came across lots of furnitures that I like. I can imagine how excited I will be shopping for my new house next time. Getting the furnitures, decorating the house, shopping for electrical appliances and a fridge from KitchenAid Refrigerators, and lots of nice curtains! If money is not a concern, I would like to have all the best I can afford for my house, or maybe just ask an interior designer to get things done for me huh?

Ok, it’s time to go to bed and dream about this. :P

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To Be Fair

29 Jun 2007 by

I realized that no one gives Isabelle any jewellery for her 1st birthday. When Justin was one year old, my mum and granny gave him some gold pendant and necklace. But no one does the same for Isabelle, maybe she is number 2?

I am thinking if I should get her something. It would be fair for her to have some jewellery too, even if she is still too young to put them on. I am browsing around and found one nice one from reeds jewelers. Maybe I should go find something like this for her.

 

Just kesian her that koh koh has it but she doesn’t. I’m just trying to be fair.

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Kids Fight

28 Jun 2007 by

It was just a normal afternoon. The kids woke up, went upstairs to kacau me from blogging. I played with them, read to them, and all of us were having fun.

Justin showing off his tunnel

 

Isabelle reading her magazine

Suddenly, when I turned myself to face the PC and MSN with Samm, I heard Justin screaming that Isabelle broke down his tunnel. Before I could say anything, he grabbed her arm and gave her a bite. Damn! Needless to say, my girl burst in tears and I had to comfort her with nursing while scolding Justin and said I would take photo as evident to show hubby later. He got scared and quickly apologized to Isabelle.

See how bad the bite is? She still has the mark by now…

 Koh koh bit me…

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Stick to Ipoh

28 Jun 2007 by

I’m glad that we have decided to settle down in Ipoh. I had registered Justin into a new kindergarten next year, so there is no plan of moving back to Penang, or following hubby to anywhere he will be.

If we are moving back, I just can’t imagine the number of things I need to pack! The furnitures can stay, but our stuffs are quite a lot. If we are moving by car, I think we will waste a lot of money on the petrol and toll on the number of trips we need. So, the best solution will be getting the help of International Movers which have a reputation of owning a lot of moving companies which are licensed and insured too.

But for the time being, we won’t be needing one. If not, I will have a lot of headache on packing up the stuffs.

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Addiction Treatment

28 Jun 2007 by

Every parent hopes for the best for their children. I would certainly hope that my two kids will turn out to be fine and happy in their lives too. But at the same time, I’m also worrying if they will be badly influenced by drugs or alcohol.

Even if there is Addiction Treatment which is effective in help the addicts, but no parent wishes to have their kids going though this. However, if your kids are addicted, please get them the help they need. You can find out more from Sunset Malibu which offers an extensive variety of treatment programs and resources to assist our clients in finding the best treatment options for their specific needs.

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Boh Kiasi

26 Jun 2007 by

I’m out of ideas how to train Isabelle to sit nicely when we are eating out. She likes to climb out from the high chair, standing on it, and does some dance moves as if she is trying to show us she can stand very firmly on the chair. Just look at the shots I took…

Getting out from the high chair, even if she’s buckled up!

 

 

 

Fighting back at daddy who asked her to sit down….

 

 

 

Almost fell off, but daddy already stand by for her….

 

 

 

Nah, this is what I called challenging parenting skill. With 2 kids with different personalities, we are having double standard in bringing them up. :P

There is only one way that she will sit down nicely for 10 minutes, which is to let her eat by herself and mess up the place. We do this most of the time, once the food is served, we let her feed herself, no matter how dirty she will be. Not to mention, the waitress will shake her head thinking about the mess that she is going to clean up later!

What to do, you tell me?

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Bad Influence

26 Jun 2007 by

One of my greatest fear of being a mother will be the time when my kids have reach their teens. I was quite rebellious last time, and I gave my parents a lot of headache. :P

But I was not those trouble maker type because I was very kiasi, and I won’t do anything that screwed up my studies or my activities at school. On top of that, I was lucky that I don’t have friends who were bad influenced to me, and I didn’t get myself into a lot of trouble.

However, I knew some kids from other school who are involving in stuffs like drugs, drinking, casual sex, and etc. I only got to know them when I was working part time as a promoter after my SPM. Those girls were really messed up. They were only in their teens, but they have been clubbing, taking pills and drinking for years. Frankly, I have no idea why their parents just chose to ignore them.

If only they had been sent to Drug Rehabiliation, I believe they still have a chance to changing themselves into a better person. Too bad, they were still the way they were when I left for uni. I really hope that they are doing fine now.

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