My gal is as vain as me. She loves handbags, shoes, putting on lotions and dresses nicely with her sense of fashion. I won’t agree with her taste in clothes some times, but I do like her opinion in matching up on her own. As long as it’s not too “outstanding” I will just let her be.

These days, she stopped talking to me about piercing her ears. I guess she knows it’s painful, and she is too scared to try. However she likes wearing rings now, but for her little fingers, it’s hard to get any rings for her! I would try to buy gold since the gem maker can custom the size of the ring, but I feel that she’s too young for one. Who knows la, these days, the economy is so bad, later got robbed wearing gold then how? So, forget about gold ring. Let’s look for something cheap for her, if possible!

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It’s indeed a bit of everything in this post. I don’t have much time to blog here, except when there is p*id r*view. Once in awhile, I still get some blogging work, so that’s the thing that keeps some of my blogs alive. As for the rest, I will slowly kill them off.

Back to the school matters…

Justin is doing well, but he’s very playful. Oh well, he is an active boy, and I do have my headache moments with him. But the teachers said he’s always finished his work first then only he starts to play. As long as he doesn’t drag the other boys along, he’s still manageable.

As for Isabelle, she’s adapting well in her class. She’s way passed the “My friend will hit me if I go to school” phrase, and the teachers are making sure that she sits by them. As for the “bully”, she hurts a few other kids too. Frankly, I don’t think I will talk to the mother, as long as my gal is ok. I heard from the teachers that other parents are complaining as well because their kids were being bitten, poked with pencil, hit, and etc by the same girl. But I will leave it to the teachers. It’s best not to interfere with other people’s kid. Bear in mind that some rich Thai kid can be very spoiled, but it’s not my kid, so I can’t do much about it.

I can only educate my kids to be more careful, and I told Isabelle to SHOUT OUT LOUD if she gets hit. It’s best to get some ATTENTION and help instead of being quiet.

Homework wise, the kids are quire independent. I would normally just check their homework, tell them what to do, and they will do on their own while I prepare the dinner

Justin is good at guiding meimei with her Thai writing, so at least they can do some before hubby comes back at night. If hubby’s away for days, I will tell the teacher to coach them with their homework before they come home from school.

As for hubby and I, we are still very busy at work. Luckily, our kids are getting older, so they can do most things by themselves. Hubby even asked me to let them go play with their friends on their own if I’m too busy and rushing for dinner. That’s the thing I’m learning of letting go, but kind of worried. So, I shall prepare one dish dinner some times, thank god for all the recipe blogs on the internet!!! Things can be done pretty fast if I plan the meals ahead.

On the other hand, Justin has started piano lesson and he likes it. So far, he will practice with the keyboard by himself, and we don’t have plan to get him a piano yet. It’s a big investment, but that can be delayed. This house is too small to fit in any piano, so better just forget it first.

Isabelle loves her ballet too, but she’s so playful some times. She does all sort of funny acts when the teacher is not looking. Nonetheless, kiddie ballet class should be fun and not too tedious. I will help her with the exercise when she’s older. Gosh, I can’t split my legs anymore!!!! Sipeh old and stiff now.

Besides that, she asked if she can learn drawing. I still can’t find time to slip in this class for her, unless she wants to sacrifice her one and only rest day on Saturdays. I let the kids rot in front of the TV on Saturdays, if they are not tagging along with me to the office. That’s the only rest day they have, so if Isabelle is going for art, then she won’t have any rest day anymore. That’s why I am a bit reluctant. I’ll wait until she’s older and see if she’s still serious about this. No point going for too many classes and lose the fun of just being a kid. I mean, an ordinary carefree kid.

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Isabelle’s nose is getting more sensitive, and she wakes up complaining about nose block some times. There was a night when she complained that she could not breathe, so she slept in separate room with daddy by using a fan instead of the air-conditioning. Me, on the hand, can’t live without air-conditioning, so I slept with Justin in my room.

Since then, she prefers to sleep with the fan. She even talks about moving back to her room and just use the fan instead of the air-con. But we haven’t make this changes yet as hubby was away last week on a business trip, and both kids tugged in with me again.

I don’t mind getting a new Sleep number bed if the kids agree on sleeping separately, but I know that hubby is suffering from separation anxiety. Yeap, not me, it’s HIM!

Maybe we should really do this soon, considering that Isabelle had already initiated it. But we have to talk to Justin into moving back to the kids room as well. Then, we have to settle the fan vs air-con issue. LOL! Justin will properly Select Comfort bed and cool room because he sweats in his sleep. So, it’s a tough compromise between the kids, unless they can sleep on their own in 2 separate rooms! That will be a major milestone, which I doubt will come any sooner.

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Some part of my garden, especially the spots surrounding the house is sinking. So our neighbor is hired to fill in the gap with soil and patch the surrounding walls with concrete and tiles to avoid it from getting worse. Thus, the garden looks like a mess now, and there goes the green grass and some plants too.

Isabelle is very unhappy about it. She said she doesn’t like to stay in a “dirty” house. The soil and dirt have obviously bothered her a lot, she asked daddy to buy her a new house. LOL! She said she wanted pink bedroom furniture, a nice garden for her pet dog and rabbit (which of course might not come true soon) and all the nice dining room furniture like those we saw in show houses. Just like her mother, she likes to visit show houses! LOL!

Like usual, hubby ignored her request on the bedroom furniture. Hubby said she will have to sleep on her own, if she wants a new pink room.

Our little princess thought about it for a while and came to this decision, “Ok la, I will stay in this dirty house.” LOL!

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It’s the first day at the new school for the new school year.

We woke the kids up at 6.30am but only Justin managed to get up. I must say that he’s a very good boy, when he’s not driving me nuts with his stubbornness some times. He went downstairs for breakfast and TV!!!

Previously, TV was not allowed on school day, and the kids only watched TV on Friday night until Sunday afternoon. But this time, hubby let them watch TV. When I asked about this change of plan, he said, “So, you think you can handle them without TV?” Wah seh, like he’s putting the blame on me for letting our kids watch TV! But I do agree that the TV is the only babysitter I have, so I really NEED it.

Isabelle only woke up at 7am, and she was so blur with the new routine. LOL! Thank god she didn’t throw her usual morning tantrum, and the kids still managed to leave home before 8am. The school is only a stone throw away, so they shouldn’t be late, even if it starts earlier than the old school. Hubby dropped the kids at school first to settle some payment, and I dropped by shortly after. I thought the kids might be feeling awkward with the new friends and teachers, but what to you know, they were so surprised to see me and even asked me what am I doing there?

Ok la…they don’t need mommy to be there anymore, I might as well leave and go to work….Gee…that kind of feeling was like slowly letting go of the kites…reluctantly, but so proud of my kids at the same time.

School ends at 2.30pm this week, thus I left work during lunch hour to do some grocery and pick them up. When I was there, I saw Justin playing with the other kids, and he’s always good at making friends. His Filipino teacher told me that he’s good at phonic (only the first sound, I think), and doing his work well.

As for Isabelle, I saw her munching on the snack and a big plate of guava, which was meant to be shared among some kids. No one was eating but only my gal. Everyone was preparing to go home. She even told me to wait for her to FINISH the guava. O.o That’s how much she loves fruits!

Other than that, I have just found out that the school serves fresh milk twice per day, so I may not need to pack UHT milk for the kids anymore. But then, I will still pack some for them this week, just in case Isabelle is picky with the taste of fresh milk.

Oh ya, I thought I’ve done all my back to school shopping, but who knows, I haven’t bought them toothbrushes, mugs and toothpastes! Isabelle needs a new swimsuit too, I can’t just let her wear bikinis at swimming class. After this week, hubby will pay for intensive English program, which is carried out after school. That should give me another hour at work and school ends at 3.30pm. I think I will skip the homework coaching session first, if not, it will drag for another hour and it’s too tiring for the kids.

Back to school means p*kkai to parents.

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The kids read Peter and Jane books almost everyday. Actually, only Justin can read and he’s doing 4a now, while we read 1a and 1b to Isabelle who can only recognize some words. In one of these books, there is a part where Peter and Jane bought a rabbit, and the kids love that part so much.

Isabelle asked us to get her a bunny as her birthday gift. Thus, I brought them to a pet shop to check out the price and getting a bunny is not costly at all. However, hubby is totally against it as he’s concerned with who is going to take care of the rabbit when we are away, or not around during the day. So, after 2 or 3 trips to the same pet shop, we are still putting a halt on getting her a bunny.

In the end, she just got another Barbie and a Barbie’s bed and bathroom set for her birthday. So she asked me, “when am I getting a rabbit?” I told her on her next birthday, we will talk about this again.

Since that conversation, our little girl EATS better. She said, “I want to grow up (to be) 5 years old and buy (a) rabbit.” Having this “vision” settled her fussing eating issue at the moment. She’s lost some chubbiness during her food strike phrase, probably even faster than me losing weight with the best weight loss products. She doesn’t eat as much as before, but it’s progressing.

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Just a simple post…

Happy Birthday Isabelle!

And thanks for all your wishes at FB.

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