The Little Car Wash

Daddy planned to have you guys help wash his car but every time it rained in the evening. At long last it looked relatively summy last week so you guys quickly changed to your bathers and got ready for your little car wash.

Here are the 2 car wash attendants:

First task: wet the car

Then, wash the car with soapy sponge:

Doing quite a good job:

It started to drizzle as we finished washing the car. So daddy drove the car under the porch and we continued to dry up the car.

After that, we had steamboat for dinner.

Anna and Elsa

You still not over Frozen. And now with your hair longer, I even managed to get the single braid like Elsa:

This was my first attempt.  It was better yesterday. 

Today, you decided to be Anna with the 2 braids:

On Top of Spaghetti

.. was a song Mei-mei kept singing. So we decided to have Spaghetti and Meatballs ala Buppa Di Beppo while Ah Kong and Ah Ma were in Singapore.
I'd say daddy cooked an amazing meal.

Missing Daddy...

.... a bit anyway. So since daddy wasn't around (he went out with his friends for a guys weekend ) you both twisted my arm and insisted that you wanted ice-cream despite having a heavy lunch.

Happy Birthday, Minnie

We have one extra birthday to celebrate this month: Minnie's birthday.
Daddy wanted to buy Uncle Tetsu's cheesecake on the way home from Paragon yesterday. When you heard the word cake,  you insisted that it was Minnie's birthday and she wanted an Elsa cake. But in the end you settled on the cheesecake... Any cake is better than none.  Here you are singing the birthday song and also helping her blow off the candle.

What to do?

So tickled by this. You both wanted to watch daddy try out the golf club but couldn't decide whether to hold hands or to cover your ears!!

Diaper Free

Another good thing abput school was Miss Beh also helped to potty train you. As you were not fully trained when we went to US, I still put you on diapers mainly as we had to travel in the car for long stretches and you were still jet lagged.
But when we got back I totally kept you away from all diapers in the day and even during afternoon nap times. You are really cheeky where it is sometimes impossible to get you to wee wee and then you'd suddenly have to go immediately.
Till now you have been quite good except for yesterday when you did not give me sufficient notice and peed before I could help pull down your pants.
Still,  keep up the good work. We're proud of you.
You're now left with the nights which we'll wait and see for the right time.

Hari Sukan Negara

You had a replacement school day on Saturday as the school took an extra day off during Hari Raya. I think all schools took the day off. But as usual instead of studying you all had some activity planned and this year,  most schools had Hari Sukan Negara I guess part of the government's event. Session for all year started at 7.30 and ended at 12.20.
After the matathon you were given bread and then went to the hall for a student singing competition. You later complained that it was boring. But to me, I'd think that was better than having to study.
A tiring day for us all as I also had to wake up early to get your breakfast ready although lucky thing daddy had a golf game too so he dropped you instead of Ah Ma having to wake up and drop you.

New Favourite

Your latest craze going to school is to put on a grad band. Initially you'd ask to have your hair tied. Then tied to the back and now to put on a head band. I wonder what next.

Kitty is Watching You

Ko-ko put Kitty at my closer "watching" you do a poo... haha... to keep you company.

Play Doh Time

I don't like to let you play with play doh as it leaves little bits of colors on the floor after play. Usually when we play downstairs, I'd put out a big piece of mahjong paper to reduce the mess.
This time you both found a box which was a party pack from Sean's birthday.  So we played in the room over a cardboard:

Then I went downstairs, leavimg you both to play alone for a while. Later on, I discovered this photo:

Mummy, Can You Take a Picture of Me?

Turned around to see this smiley face with pretty eyes:

Evelyn's 3rd Birthday Party

The theme this year is obviously your current favourite, Hello Kitty.As usual, I had prepared the things for the party in advance. Here are the small gift for our guests:

A not too nice looking Hello Kitty lantern (it looked nicer on Pinterest):

On the day of the party, you were all dressed up in a Hello Kitty blouse which I'd bought in US and a pink frilly skirt. Audrey even came dressed for the theme,

This year, we ordered the food. The week before, we tried out the food in Naughty Nuri's which serves Balinese food. It was yummy so we ordered the food for the party right after we ate.

 Had to decorate the food a little with the Hello Kitty theme:

 Since we were not busy with food preparation, we also had some time for games. It was called "Pin The Ribbon on the Kitty". Before the game began, we had a group picture of the cousins:

Everyone had to draw their own ribbon for Kitty. Then while the younger children were not blind folded, the elder ones were blind folded and spun before they had a go at the ribbon:

As the next night was Mid-Autumn Festival, the kids (Ee-ee included) had some fun carrying their lanterns and running around. Then it was time to cool down and for the birthday cake. Yup.. a Hello Kitty shaped cake:

And of course, time for more pictures:

With the cousins

With Ah Kong and Ah Ma

 Us with Ah Kong and Ah Ma

Soon it was time for everyone to go home. We only opened the presents the next day. Daddy was off for his golf game and you both could not wait for him to come home, so you both posed for some pictures before ripping up the wrappers:

 See? Told you that it was "both" of you. Ko-ko was equally as excited and had a share in tearing up the wrapping papers.

Happy 3rd Birthday Princess

What hapened to our little baby who had to be carried everywhere ... had little hair... started off with only breast milk and then moi-moi... rarely smile... slept very often.
Slowly and surely you've grown into a pretty,  cheerful,  chicken rice loving and very talkative little precious ray of sunshine. Oh how you've  grown. I hear daddy telling you very often "Don't grow up so fast". Our last baby is now 3 years old... oh how time flies.

Happy birthday to our precious Evelyn.

A Visit to Kek Lok Si

Nat Kor-kor and Uncle Ollie came over for the final 2 nights of their holidays and on Saturday, we headed to Kek Lok Si which they tried to go to on the first weekend they arrived but cancelled due to the rain.

We fistt had yummy lunch of Char Kuey Tiau and roti canai then we sropped the two of them at the bottom of the hill while we headed to the carpark halfway up.

After parking rhe cars, we went to the first stop: tortoise feeding at the Liberation Pond.

It was really hot an Chek Kong was tired. So while he and daddy went back to get the car and drive up the hill, we wandered around and saw this place where you can pick wishes, write your name on the ribbon and hang them on the sticks. Here is Uncle Ollie giving you a boost to put on the higher sticks.

Martin also got a boost:

Next was Nat Kor-kor'sturn. Uncle Ollie had to give it 3 tries before she was successful:

Then we went to wait for the cable car which would bring us up to where daddy and Chek Kong were waiting. There, you kids had something else to do: fred the fishes:

Here's one last picture of you before we headed into daddy's cool car and home.

It's been so long since we've been to Kek Lok Si  (2009), and this has been a wonderful trip despite the heat.

What A Great Artwork

You came back from school and proudly told us that you had a crafting session using clay in school and your artwork was one of the 3 selected by your form teacher to be exhibited . Later that night you told me that you even made the pattern on the  turtle's back using the satay stick you were provided.
Today you showed us your artwork and boy were we impressed. We're really proud of what you created. Keep up the great work darling.

That's The End, Folks

I have been meaning to post about it. But never had the time to sit down and put it in words. It didn't seem so long ago when you were born and placed in my arms for our first cuddle. And soon after we had our very many cuddle sessions as I continued to breastfeed you. When asked, I'd say I had to be fair and at least feed you for 2 years... as long as I had breastfed Ko-ko. 

In the end, I'm glad to say that I did it! Yup, we fed for 2 years and 7 months, just 4 months longer than I had fed Ko-ko and I'm proud to say I've been quite fair to feed both of you for almost the same duration.

On the day that I posted that you had went to sleep without asking for milk was the last time you had your milk from me. Daddy had been suggesting that I cut down or try to wean before we went for our US holiday. While I was rather reluctant to stop, we slowly cut down to one final feeding before you went to sleep. It didn't seem like a very difficult weaning process. I guess you were ready for it. 

Nowadays, you will still sometimes laugh when you see me and pretend to ask for nen-nen or sometimes tell me "Mummy go pump pump milk for me".

Well my darling, it has been a wonderful journey. But I'm glad we still have our cuddle sessions at night as you chat with me before you go to sleep. 

Singing in the Dark

Some little girl decided to have a concert in the middle of the night singing:
I love you in the morning
And in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
And underneath the moon

Then silence....I guess you went back to sleep.  Or more likely you never woke up.

My Hands So Small

.. that's what you told me when I forced you to clean up the mess you made in my room. You took out everything inside the box and refused to keep them back after playing with them.
I had to threaten and scold before you finally started to keep despite repeated begging for me to help you and tears then side tracked to play with the toys and then continue keeping.
Took you a few minutes to make the mess but forever to clear up!!!
Too lucky to have Kakak clear up after tou all the time. Last night, you left a mess and poor Ko-ko slipped on the paper you left out on the floor.

Little Girl, Big Words

You seem to pick up more new words lately especially since we got back from US:

Isn't nitnit.... isn't it
Oppose... supposed
Stead... instead
Nemermind... never mind
Orn.... or

Can't image our little girl.. picking up new things so quickly. We also noticed that you have very sharp little ears!! So we need to be very careful with what we say in front of you. 

And that you are also very cheeky. We have told you that you are not allowed to use the word "stupid"

Evelyn: This is so stupid

Mummy: Hey!! You're not supposed to use this word
Evelyn: Why?

Mummy Because it is rude.

Evelyn: *whispers* stupid

Mummy: What did you say?

Evelyn: I said "stop it"

*Pengsan!!*

New Necklace

Can you spot something new? Yes... you are right. It's a new necklace mummy bought for me.
I'm a good girl and I don't wear it to school or to sleep as mummy has told me not to. But I don't understand why she wears her own necklace all the time to work and to sleep....