Justin and Isabelle have always been close to each other. They play, eat, sleep, fight, and do almost everything together. But I notice that they are much closer these days especially after going to school. When they are back from school, they will start playing with each other until we go home. They will do some pretend play and even talk to each other about things we don’t understand. I thought that they will attach to us after school, but it seems like we can still work undisturbed when they are around!

Mmm…It’s a great decision sending them to school huh? LOL!

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I think Isabelle is really a good girl. She stopped crying this morning when we left her at school. She did make some excuses like following me to work instead of going to school, but once her teacher carry her from me, she gave me a smile and kiss me goodbye. On the other hand, Justin pretended to cry, but when he knew that mei mei didn’t cry, he bid us goodbye happily too.

Good hoh? They seem to be doing well only in 3 days. Hopefully they will start to enjoy school.

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We have been talking to our children about going to Thai school for some time. At first, Justin was reluctant to go to school. I can imagine his fear of going to a new school where the children can’t speak English (most of them can’t) and the teachers are speaking alien to him. That’s how I felt when I went to a Chinese kindergarten at the age of 6 too. I couldn’t speak Chinese at all! But it’s going to be more stressful for them as they are much more younger. Isabelle is clueless about the whole thing and furthermore, she has never been to school.

We got the kids ready early this morning. Justin was very cooperative and he knew that he had to arrive early at school. On the other hand, I had to coax Isabelle into putting on her uniform.

Apa pasal woh, have to wear like this, why can’t I wear my Hello Kitty dress?

I have to eat fast fast, I’m gonna be late for school liao…

I must admit that both of them look cute in their uniform.

In order to make them feel better about taking the nap at school, I let them bring along a toy of their choice. Isabelle brought her baby doll and Justin chose his rocket. Both of them were still happy about going to school…

Still very playful…

But when we reached the school, Isabelle started crying. The teacher carried her over from us, and Justin began to cry too. It was chaotic, but hubby and I had to leave the school area as I know that they will stop crying after awhile. It’s not my first time bringing Justin to school, and even if it’s Isabelle’s first day at school, I know how she will react if I’m still around.

We went back to school at 11.30pm to check out the kids, secretly of course. Isabelle was asleep. The teacher said she cried once in a while, but she ate 2 bowls of fried rice and finished her milk. She fell asleep very fast, maybe she’s too exhausted of crying.

Justin stopped crying after we left. He was doing well and I saw a little girl talking to him when he’s lying down on the napping mat. That boy was playing with his rocket and not going to sleep! LOL! The office staff told us that he came out from his classroom and walked over to Isabelle’s classroom to check on her. He kept asking “how’s mei mei?” and the teacher brought him to see Isabelle. Like a big koh koh, he’s still taking care of Isabelle even if they are at school. Somewhere somehow, I was really touched by his gesture. He really takes care of Isabelle and I’m very proud of him.

They will only finish school after 4.20pm. So, let’s see how they do later in the afternoon. Papa and mama will go peeping on them secretly again.

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Isabelle has grown up so much for the past few months. Besides looking more like me, she acts like me too. LOL! Of course, we are not totally the same, but I can see how she’s acting like me sometimes.

Firstly, she’s very vain. She likes to apply lotion on her legs and hands when I’m putting my cream on at night. Luckily, she does not go for my expensive creams, if not I think I will scream. LOL!

Then, she likes to wear dresses now, especially those knit dresses I made for her. We will normally put on the knit wears together like “moi lui cheong”. It’s just fun dressing up like mother and daughter as long as they are not some renaissance costumes.

 
The multicolor knit dress fits her well.

There was a time when she refuses to tie her hair, but now she loves it. However, I try not to do this too often as she doesn’t have a lot of hair. It’s really sam thong seeing her hair being pulled off by the hair bands…

Cute or not?

Nonetheless, both of us have different smiles. She still loves to close her eyes and flash her signature smile, but I prefer not to do so because I’m afraid of getting more fine lines around my eyes!

Can just see my teeth but not my eyes

BTW, I stopped updating about her monthly milestone after her second birthday. But I will still be writing about my kids here, it’s their blog mah….

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Isabelle is more attached to me, and Justin is more like a daddy’s boy. That’s why I like to bring her along for shopping or my regular hair treatment. She won’t fuss that much as comparing to Justin, and she will also cooperate to get her fringe trimmed. All I need to do is prepare some snacks for her and tell her that she will look pretty later. You can’t tell her that she will look cute as she doesn’t like it. She prefers “pretty” over “cute”. LOL!

Sit by herself.

Very still…and she won’t move.

Some extra service of tying her hair.

Her new look.

But I think the fringe is a bit too short, and she looks so boyish now. When she was climbing up and down with Justin on the home gyms equipments just now, I thought I have 2 boys playing together. LOL! She’s so active and influenced a lot by her brother. However, hubby thinks that she’s cute in shorter fringe. But of course, we told her that she looks pretty, not cute.

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My kids are feeling better this morning. Last night, Isabelle had a high temperature again but I was too tired to get back and check on her. Hubby found out about it and he woke me up. I was shocked to see how hot her little hands were wrapping on my arm, but I didn’t feel anything in my sleep. I must be really exhausted staying up for 3 nights already…

We sponged her and fed her paracetamol. Her temperature dropped to about 37.5 deg an hour later, and we went back to sleep. Justin is recovering well this time and he didn’t have high fever for the past 12 hours. Maybe the visit to the phytobiophysic practitioner yesterday helped a lot. This morning, he woke up feeling well and he wanted to do his homework.

Doing one of his 6 books of homework. O.o

However, he still doesn’t feel like eating. He doesn’t have appetite for anything at all.

He wants to look good in this photo.

Isabelle woke up late this morning. Her temperature stabilizes now and she eats well today.

Flashing her smile at the camera

But still, she has loose stool and keeps telling me “tummy pain pain”. Other than that, she’s alright now.

She looks blur for 3 days already…

If they are still not doing well, we will bring them to see their paediatrician tomorrow. He always gives us some spare medicine since he knows that our kids travel a lot and we might need them at emergency. I’m out of med now, so it’s time to pay him another visit. Let’s see how well the kids are doing tonight first. Fever always strikes my kids during the night, so if they still have it tonight, we need to bring them to the doctor.

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I’m sick. Down with flu again, but this time, I am taking my pills. I don’t want to have an ear infection again!

However, I love how I spent today. I know hubby is pretty busy at his office, so I told myself not to rest until the kids are sleeping. They need me now since we didn’t spend time for 2 weeks.

When Justin’s away at school, I spent the morning with Isabelle. She played with her cousins first, and then she came to me. Like last night, she was keen to play with her toys.

Feeding her baby and horses. She said they were hungry.

When Justin’s back from school, we spent the whole afternoon together. He did his Pooh Bear thumbtack art for a while when Isabelle’s napping. Of course, when both of them were sleeping, I had some time for blogging!

The evening was the best. My kids played outside even if it’s really sunny at 5.30pm but they were eager to go out.

 
It’s play time.

It’s nice to be home!

And I found something great today! Isabelle can pedal already!!! Yippie!!! However, my excitement ended in less than 5 minutes because she was tired of cycling on the tricycle and she wanted to be carried by me.

Isabelle can cycle liao!

I’ve been carrying her since yesterday. I know that she still needs more time to get adjusted with mommy is back and not going away soon. She’s sleeping on my tummy again, just to feel safe and closer to me.

As for Justin, his exam starts on Friday. I don’t know if he knows what’s going on, but I didn’t revise with him today. I thought of letting him have fun and maybe we will just revise tomorrow if his teacher returns the books. If not, mmm…., I will just play some games with him as revision then.

I don’t know what is exam la, I just want to jump over this drain over and over again now…

I’m not expecting him to score with flying colors. As long as he is happy about his “homework” (I told him teacher will give him homework at school just to see if he knows how to do), it’s good enough.

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We can only see our kids via MSN these days, and they are doing fine at my mum’s place. Justin will always be chatty with us and he will tell us about things they do at home.

The chatterbox

On the other hand, Isabelle still doesn’t do well with the webcam and she tends to cry when she sees us. I think she misses us a lot and still too young to handle this type of separation.

Isabelle clinging to popo because she felt like crying

We have bought most of the stuffs for the house, but it’s not complete yet. I still have some items to get but we are taking things slowly now after shopping from 9am to 5pm yesterday! Both hubby and I were totally exhausted, we really knocked out once we saw the bed. LOL!

I hardly log on the internet for the past week but once my internet line is fixed tomorrow, I might be online more as usual. Actually, I am hoping to chat more with my kids. We miss them so much.

Anyway, we have another baby here to keep us busy if we are KPC to carry out our parenting duties.

Chubby and cute leh?

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 All these photos about my kids were taken before we flew to Bangkok.
Isabelle eats a lot. Most people will be amazed at seeing her eating by herself when we are eating out and she is less picky about food. On the other hand, Justin is not too adventurous about trying new food. Last weekend, we brought the kids for dim sum at Kao Lee and Justin tried the egg custard for the first time.

 He refused to try it at first, but after seeing how Isabelle walloping hers, he gave it a try…

Of course, he likes it! The custard is sweet, most kids will love it huh?

 He finished the whole custard and we were so happy to see him accepting another new food. As for Isabelle, she stopped eating after a while…

Why? She was watching the Discovery Channel about whales. That’s why la, with TV around, how can my kids concentrate on their food?

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My kids are used to seeing me holding a camera and taking their photos as much as I can. But sometimes, they will protest and refuse to be shot.

Isabelle will only turn to her back and won’t let me snap her face. She seldom does this though.

No camera, mommy…

If she refuses to take a photo, she might do some silly facial expressions like this…

You can’t snap me smiling

See? So cheeky huh? She’s a playful little girl mah…

But Justin might tell me firmly that he doesn’t want to be snapped. If I still bring out the camera, he will protest by pretending to shoot it down.

Luckily, it’s just a water gun and I won’t get hurt. LOL! If not, hubby will have to pay for rhinoplasty San Diego if I lost my nose.

Shoot shoot mommy…

But the other day, I managed to snap a photo of him showing that he’s totally annoyed.

What la, still snapping?

See? He looked so angry huh? LOL! But I don’t care, I like snapping photos of their different expressions. But of course, I can’t do this all the time, have to take care of their feelings now. Kids are not like babies loh, they know how to express themselves better now.

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