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.
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.
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.
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.
Introducing the latest addition to Evelyn's collection... Emily Starr the Unicorn:
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.
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.
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:
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
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.
It's 10a.m. and you are out with daddy cycling. Ko-ko who promised you that he'd take you at 9.00 a.m. is still sleeping in bed. He apparently changed his statement to "he will bring you on the weekend". We'll see how it goes on the weekend.
Ko-ko had plans to meet up with his friends in Straits Quay today. As it was so far and it was to finish at 6.30, daddy decided that we'd all go out and have dinner out tonight.
After dropping him off then picking up my contact lenses, we headed to Chapel Street Café to a little tea-time/dessert. For Mei-mei, it has been a long time since you last left the house (other than going to school). While Ko-ko would occasionally follow us out even for a car ride, Mei-mei did not want to go out much.
So today we decided to while some time away in the less crowded café and you were treated to ice-cream while daddy and I had a drink each and a shared a "biscuit". Then we headed to Gurney Paragon for grocery shopping and then another round in Cold Storage before heading to pick up Ko-ko.
Dinner was at The Barn for another round of Tomapork and ribs. As we were leaving, daddy remembered that we needed to get Mei-mei sandals and slippers. So we headed back up to buy her slippers (could not find nice sandals).
On our way down, Mei-mei asked to have a picture taken with the Christmas decorations.
*Daddy realized that this is the first time you got to see Christmas decorations other than what we have at home
It was a fun day out.
I'm glad you both got to get out of the house abit.
While we were shopping for presents, daddy and I spotted this and we bought it to play at home. So after our Christmas eve party, we were still not sleepy so the 4 of us had a good time fishing before bedtime.
Mei-mei said that her wish for this Christmas was to have family celebrating it with us. She told her teacher that during Chapel.
Tonight, her wish comes true. We have Chek Kong, Chim Poh and Kor Poh with us to celebrate. For this year's celebration, we opted to have take-away for all the food: Beef Wellington Au Jus from Rasa Sayang Hotel, Roast Duck from G Hotel and steaks and pork Tomahawk from The Barn. Luckily the places were along the way.
We left the house with instructions to Ko-ko to heat up the oven and place the potatoes and pumpkin to cook (he did a good job).
Daddy and I headed off to the Rasa Sayang which was our first stop. We had to wait a while as we had arrived a little earlier than the pickup time. Then we headed to G Hotel/Gurney Plaza. Daddy waited for the duck while I headed to The Barn to pick up our order. And off we headed home. We arrived before 6p.m. and our roasted veggies are all ready.
