Learning from Grandma

Grandma brought a pomelo to our place, and taught Ai Ai to touch, smell, peel and eat it.
Ai Ai likes it :)

Ai Ai's Prayer

Dear Dod, pea help Eba tay...

She meant:
Dear God, please help Eva stay...

This was what she prayed for when I asked her to say her goodnight prayer herself tonight.
Eva is her little Korean friend who is about 5 months her junior.
Eva and her parents stay next door to us, and the 2 tods have played a few times together.
Recently Eva's door has always been closed, and even their shoe rack could no longer be seen at the doorway.
We thought they had moved due to some tenancy agreement problems and I said a little prayer a few days ago hoping that they would stay longer.
Only after dropping a little note at their door did we find out from Eva's daddy that they haven't moved, but that Eva and her mommy have gone back to Korea for a month.
Whew! :)

Our new designated cameraman :)

We spent the morning at Grandma's place. Roy's brother, Ian, took some really great pictures.

Junk food for lunch?

Mum had a medical appointment today so I watched Ai Ai by myself.

After close to 2 weeks of drowsiness due to medication from my itching hives, she seemed really happy and secure that Grandma wasn't here and that I am looking after her all by myself again.

She didn't even bug me to bring her downstairs for a walk, but was just happy rolling in bed with me, fetching me books to read to her.

Finally I had to drag ourselves downstairs for some fresh air and sun.

I then decided to give her a little treat of her favourite hash browns instead of the usual boring porridge.

To make this junk food lunch a little healthier, I made a spinach omelette for her.

She really enjoyed the lunch, finishing the whole omelette and 1.5 hash browns, washing it down with some soy milk.

Good thing Grandma, being more Westernised, didn't think this lunch as being junk :)

Getting my Act together

I've finally gotten my act together and will start updating my blog... so you'll probably see lots of backdated entries :)

Beginning of 2009 hasn't been so good to me so far.
I've been falling ill quite often... flu and migraine over Xmas '08, the New Year and then again during Chinese New Year.
Living in our apartment was practically like living in Siberia during Singapore's "winter" season.
It's so cold that I had to wear slippers around the flat, and the sounds of the winds is just like the waves by the seaside.
Is this global warming or simply me aging?

And now I am stricken with a bout of horrid hives (Chinese call it "feng mo") and taking Polaramine (antihistamine) which makes me drowsy almost all the time.
Thanks so much to Mum for staying with us during these few weeks to help out with Sophie!

Anyway, we've decided to get a helper so that I can spend more quality time with Soph.
Our Indonesian helper should be here in April as we'll need to get lots of paperwork done.
In the meantime, I really should start picking up some Bahasa Indonesia.

Ai Ai's 2nd Birthday

We had a simple birthday party for Ai Ai at our home, cos I wasn't feeling too well and simply had no energy to organize a big do.
Her actual birthday on the 8th falls on the eve of yuan xiao jie, and my mum and Amy would not be able to make it, so we decided to celebrate on the 7th.

Here's everyone tucking into the yummy food from Guan Hoe Soon.

I love this shot... thanks to Ian!

Reminds of of those mommies pinning veils for their daughters on their wedding day.

Ai Ai dancing in her tutu.


Grandpa with Ai Ai.

Ai Ai chose her birthday cake... she wanted Harold!

A very generous Ai Ai allowing Chung Chung to blow the candles.

Picking on the chocolate chips and cream!

Little Aurick developing his balance.

My Little Artist

Here's my little artist at work again.
R loves her work so much that he pastes them all over the walls in the apartment!