Some days you just find some ways to entertain yourself. Tonight, you took out the Jenga blocks and designed these:
Today's lunch is also similar to what we'd have in Ipoh: Mee Suah soup complete with fried egg. But this time we had the fried tee kuih (which we'd usually have for breakfast).
Managed to buy some cute Ang Pow this year.
This morning, everyone including Ko-ko woke up earlier. He was reminded many times to make sure he was up before 8.30 and Ah Ma even told him no ang pow if he's not down early.
We initially planned to have the pictures taken from my phone as it would be easier to copy/upload/send them. But in the end we brought in daddy's super camera and it was a good thing too as we discovered that the pictures could be transferred to my phone via bluetooth.
We also wanted to take pictures at the front of our house, but could not put the camera for a nice shot. So ended up taking the pictures inside.. with the air-cond turned on. It was a lucky thing we decided to have the "Fook" put up where is was.
Here are some of the pictures we took: This little girl sure likes to pose!
Here are some of the goofy pictures we took before finding a perfect spot to have our family photos taken:
This year, it is a first for all of us. To have celebrate Chinese New Year in Penang. And at such a small scale.. just the 6 (or 7 including Kakak) instead of the usal large Ban clan of a minimum 20 of us.
Ah Ma cooked the favourite dishes we would usually have if we were to be back in Ipoh. So today, the reunion dinner would be popiah. Here is my assistant helping to cut up the leeks (and you complained bitterly later about your hands smelling of the leeks!)
It is still MCO so we could not go over to BM to celebrate Grampy's birthday with him. So I arranged to have some food and also a cake to be delivered. Ee-ee and Teo-teo also joined in the celebration. For the cake cutting and singing session, we also joined in via WhatsApp video to sing the birthday song.
Daddy and I had gone out to buy lunch and when we got back, we opened the door to a teary little girl. You told me that you missed me and that no one was around other than Ko-ko (who as usual was hiding in his room). Got a bit of scolding for being so dramatic.
In the afternoon, we were lazing in bed when I told daddy that you had dozed off. He thought that it was strange that you needed a nap. And true enough, when I touched you, you felt warm. Oh dear! You woke up when I tried to check your temperature with the thermometer.
The moment we said that you had the fever, you panicked. I guess it's true that you have a fear of contracting the Covid as you immediately said "But I didn't go out". We had to tell you that it could be the hot weather that caused you to have fever.
Needed a bit of persuasion before you'd take the fever medication (thankfully I have spares in the cabinet!!) and then put the fever patch on you. You temperature was slow to go down, but it finally did.
You seemed perfectly fine other than feeling warm to the touch. Thank goodness!
You have been attending online lessons since MCO started. When most of your friends went back to the studio later on, we continued to have you attend online lessons seeing that it was still an available option. There was only once when you went in as the teacher wanted to see you face to face to evaluate whether you are coping with learning online. The following week we thought to let you go back, but was turned away due to "higher" temperature. Daddy and I then decided to just continue with the online lessons as we did not want to rush back every time we go in to the studio and get turned away.
When you started lessons, you were doing it in your room. But then later on you had character shoes (with heels) and that would scratch the wooden floor in the room, so the venue changed to the living room. The space here was bigger too.
Most days we'd go out to run errands or just leave you alone while we stay in our room. Today we decided to enjoy the aircon in the living room and also listen/watch you have your lessons.
Managed to sneak a photograph of you:
We were having a discussion this morning about the calendars and how the Chinese Lunar calendar is not the same as the Gregorian calendar. I also explained to you that once every 4 years would be a leap year when February has 29 days. Then I jokingly asked "Imagine you are born on 29th Feb? You would only get to celebrate your birthday once every 4 years!". You looked at me wide-eyed and our conversation continued:
Evelyn: Oh no, luckily you told me about this.
Mummy: Why?
Evelyn: I was planning to have my kid's birthday on 29th February.
Mummy: What? You have this planned?
Evelyn: Yes. So now it's better for me to pick another date.
Mummy: (Thinks to myself: Oh my...). So how many kids do you want to have?
Evelyn: Twins.
Mummy: Why do you want twins?
Evelyn: If I have only 1 child, she (yes, "she" as you have mentioned many times that you want a daughter) would be bored.
Mummy: Well, even with twins it doesn't mean they want to play together all the time....
Evelyn: *Keeping silent.. probably digesting.. either what I said or your breakfast *grin*
Goodness, the funny things that go through your mind.. My dear, you have many, many more years before you will have your child(ren).
Before the extension of the MCO came into effect, we decided to allow the both of you to go cycling. We worried that with the "tightening of SOP" you may not even be allowed to go cycling.
So today, you got to go cycling and Ko-ko was very kind to agree to accompany you, meaning you could cycle everywhere and faster than if we were to follow you by foot.
Lost track of how many rounds you both went and also went uphill on Jalan 15. When you finally tired out, Ko-ko rode off to other parts of the housing area for a while before he came back.
So thankful to have Ko-ko who was willing to ride slowly and accompany you.
