Happy Birthday, Ah Ma

Today is Ah Ma's birthday. For brunch we had a Western breakfast of eggs, sausages, English muffin and bacon which was cooked by daddy.

For dinner, Ah Ma ordered delivery from Starview. She said that she wanted to have Chinese food for her birthday. 

Our dinner selection

Of course no birthday is complete without a cake. Here is the birthday girl with her cake:

Birthday girl with Ah Kong

With grandkids

With Ah Kong and daddy

And of course, my two kids made her handmade/hand drawn card for this special occassion:

Rainy Car Wash

Daddy made a mistake to suggest that you helped him wash the car. When he changed his mind, it was too late and you were making a big fuss that you wanted to wash the car. 

So in a race against time (before the rain came) you all helped him was the car. Ko-ko was forced drafted to help out as well.

I was relaxing in the room when I heard the strong wind blowing. So I went down to help (and take photos) to speed things up.

Playing with water

As it started to rain, daddy drove the car under the porch so that you could all dry the car up.

And to finish up this watery task, you both had a quick run in the rain before heading up to shower.

Playing in the rain

Welcome, Emily Starr

There was a Big Bad Wolf sale during the end of last year and I bought this "Make Your Unicorn" and today we finally found the time to sit down and make it.. or rather mummy made most of it.. 

Most of the sewing was done by me. But of course, you helped me in the jobs needing small hands such as threading the needle, turning inside out the parts (tail, horn) and of course, stuffing the unicorn. 

Turning the horn inside out

Mei-mei took a picture of me sewing

Unstuffed Unicorn

Filling her up

And finally it was all ready.

Introducing the latest addition to Evelyn's collection... Emily Starr the Unicorn:

Happy Birthday, Sammi

Sammi the fish was missing for a while. Kakak buried her under the mattress when she changed the bedsheets in your room. Daddy and I searched high and low and finally found her under the bed. Poor thing.

Last night we realised that it was her birthday (as written on the label). But it was too late, and so we agreed to make the birthday cake the next day. 

Here is her "mummy" making the cake in a mug:

Ta-da.. candle on her cake:

 

Exam Week

With the MCO 2.0, the school decided to proceed with having online exams for the primary school children. As for the secondary school children, Ko-ko initially had to cram for his exams which unexpectedly was planned to be brought forward by a week, but the school still could not make it before MCO came into effect.

The school provided briefing to the children as we as parents on what would be needed for the online exams. On top of that they had 2 trial runs to see what issues may arise during the real exam day. As much as the school tried to iron out as many issues, on the exam days itself there was quite a bit of panic. One main issue was the usage of the answer sheet. The instructions were not consistent where some teachers insisted on the usage while the parents were told that either the answer sheet or question paper would be accepted. Nevertheless, the teachers involved have tried really hard to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible. To me, the online exams were a cause of headache but the teachers have been amazing in trying to make the best of something new.

All ready for the exam

"Group photo" on the last exam day

This Covid has led to many new things and changes in our lives. I really hope that all goes well soon and we can get back to as normal as possible a lifestyle soon.

6 Years Apart

This picture of you all ready for school (one week into attending school in Rajawali) at the age just over 2 years old popped up in my Facebook history:

And this week, this year you are now just a little over 8 years old and in Year 3, all geared up to take your first ever online exam:

Oh how our little thing has grown so much.. 

Dr. Mummy, Toy Rescue

It is quite often that you would bring me a toy and ask me to fix. There are times when I'd procrastinate, but this poor doggy's ear fell off when you jumped on it. So... Doctor Mummy to the rescue

"New Year Dog" with the sewing equipment and fallen ear

"New Year Dog" is all fixed

Then on Saturday, you showed me your Elsa with her super tangled-afro looking hair. So I soaked her hair in clothes softener, and later dried it up, but it didn't seem to work very well. 

Just hangin' out

On Sunday, we tried another time with hair conditioner (after looking for ways to detangle hair on Pinterest). This time it seemed to be less tangled, but her hair still looks like a lion's mane!

Evelyn even remarked that she must be alive and secretly tangles up her hair when we're not looking. It gets tangled shortly after it has been combed out!

Yay! Now Everyone Can Ride!

 Haha... yes! Although I am the last to achieve it, I am finally able to ride the bicycle.. yeah, yeah at the old age of 42. But.. better late than never *big grin*

And of course, the little girl was like a boss to me, telling me how to cycle and what to do and what not to do. We had tried a few times in the car porch and today, daddy decided we'd try out in the field after we'd gone for a walk/cycle around the housing area.

So first, I tried peddling using Evelyn's little bike and it worked. Daddy asked if I'd like to try cycling on Ko-ko's bike. I was hesitant as it was very high, I had to tiptoe when the bicycle was stationary. But in the end gave in and yay! I made it. I can cycle. 

Mei-mei and I had a very good teacher.