(31 Mar 09) - Ashley had just discovered swimming goggles and she was wearing them the whole afternoon (indoors).

As I mentioned in my previous post, the lil missy has been hijacking my iphone. She’d make me do a search for some craft projects and she’d navigate her way through youtube! She has been very fond of using the scissors lately to cut anything and everything. I used to have bits and pieces of paper on the floor of my study room at the end of each working day thanks to the Lil Missy. Before that, she used to hijack my cutter, flat nose plier and round nose pliers to make her own jewelry. And then when I started making polymer clay charms (which later on got burnt!), I used a knife to create some texture on some of the clay charms and she too wanted a knife of her own! Thankfully she settled for a letter opener (under supervision of course…) I’m hoping she doesn’t get any bright ideas to request for things like a screw driver or  box cutter and whatnot to aid her in her craft projects!

Our house is a modest-sized house but one step into the house and you’d think that you’ve stepped into playland! There are toys in just about every corner of the house! and no matter how Tini tries to hide some of them in the storeroom, the kids will somehow find them and play with them and the whole house would look as though it was smack in the middle of the path of a tornado! We’ve had to store some of the old toys into moving boxes, sealed them and kept it way beyond the kids’ reach so that they can focus on their newer toys. I reckon those old toys will be long forgotten and I may just be able to donate it others who need them. So..how much is too much toys? It’s too much when your house is peppered with toys! e.g. on the couch, under the couch, under the cabinet, behind the couch, on the dining table, in the bathroom, in the bed room…yeap! That sounds like my house!

9 May 2009 - The Lil Taukeh checking out some DVD at a DVD shop.

On another note, although how irrelevant this picture is to this post –> I stumbled across this picture of Aidan and can’t help to notice how he looks so much like a Lil Taukeh!

(Credits here.)

A couple of weekends ago (20 June 09), my sister and I decided to bring the kids to Aquaria. It was Aidan’s first time and Ashley’s 2nd time. The last time she went to Aquaria was when she was 2 months old.

The minute they stepped foot into Aquaria, they were awed! If you notice, Aidan has one of those fever patch thingy on his forehead and before you pass judgements on me for dragging my son out although he has fever (I did judge other parents too! *smacks hand*  :P), Aidan’s fever developed during the car ride to KLCC and we only noticed it when we carried him out of the car! So i rushed to the pharmacy to buy the fever patches and got my sis to bring along some fever meds. At that moment,  I then realised that I may have been too hasty on passing judgements onto people!

Anyway…back to Aquaria and the kids. When we were there, Ashley asked me :

Mommy : Mommy? Is this were you and daddy go for diving?

*smile*

At Aquaria, you’d be able to see more underwater creatures than you can spot in a single dive! But if you’re a scuba diver, you know that this doesn’t count ya? The thrill of spotting manta rays or a sharks or baracuddas or hammerheads and what not underwater while diving way surpasses the thrill of spotting them at Aquaria!

I so love the way the mantas move - they are ever so graceful!

Although Aidan was not well, he thoroughly enjoyed being at Aquaria. Thankfully, we brought Tini along because he was way ahead of us! While Tini was busy chasing accompanying Aidan around Aquaria, I managed to spend more time with Ashley to explain to her what she saw.

Next stop - Petrosains!

Tini’s birthday was on the 1st July. We bought her a cake and sang to her the ‘Happy Birthday’ song, the kids blew the candle and we had a merry time enjoying the cake after dinner at home.

Aidan was more interested in the cherries on top of the cake and Ashley wanted to be the one who cut the cake!

Tini is a blessing to us after our not so rosy experience with Maria. She is level-headed, understands what it is like to be a mother of 2 kids, she does all the housework e.g. vacuum and mop the floor, do the laundry, wash and scrub the Danze faucets in our bathroom,  iron, cook so that we get to spend more quality time with the kids. It’s a tough life for her, being away from her own family to work in a foreign country and to care for other kids other than her own but what to do? C’est la vie! I’m just hoping that she’d want to renew her contract after her 2-year stint here cause now, I can’t live without a maid!

Before you ooohhh and ahhhh…..or slurp (in case you mistook it for edible art), these are the polymer clay charms which I attempted to make yesterday. However, 5 mins into my oven toaster, smoke came out of my oven toaster and my beautiful polymer clay charms came out of the overn toaster brown! Annnyway, I did enjoy making them though (before they all got burnt!)

On another note…this is what the lil missy is up to when I’m in conference calls all day!

(Pic taken on 29 June 09) - The lil missy will be watching a how-to craft video on youtube from my phone and trying to follow the steps. God only knows how many pieces of paper, clay and beads she has used whilst she is on a crafty mission.

(Pic taken on 26 June 09) - And when she is tired…she’d take a nap next to her Lil Baby Kyan.

20 June 09 - Say CHEEEEESE!

Whenever the kids steps out of the house and onto the garage, they get all excited cause then they can play with Sydney and muck around. On our way out of our house last weekend, Ashley decided to plonk herself on the floor and pose for the camera as though she was part of our outdoor furniture. Upon seeing his sister posing on the floor, Aidan placed his stuffed toy on the floor too!

20 June 09 - Wondering why his cheh-cheh is lying on the floor!

6 June 2009 - Showing off her Barbie pencil case.

Lately I have been locking horns with this little missy. She seems to be on a rebel phase. My discipline technique of counting 1 to 3 and the naughty corner has fallen on deaf ears and is no longer effective! Negotiating with her and reasoning with her do not always work. When I tell her to do something or don’t do something, she’d do the opposite! When i repeatedly tell her the consequences of not doing or doing something, she’d deliberately disobey me. I mean…what is happening with kids these days eh? Too smart for their own good? I’ve complained to some people and they say that it is a good thing that the kids have their own mind etc but hey….it’s tiring…I have run out of ideas and I am emotionally tired too being a parent. My sis passed me a book to read (Honey, I Wrecked the Kids by Alyson Schafer). She shares about Democratic Parenting and to forgo domination and submission, punishment and rewards and all the other trappings required to raise  obedient children. I’ve only started this book so let’s see how it goes….*sigh* *fingers crossed*

One of the things which Aidan enjoy is to take a shower. When it’s shower time, he’d quickly take his clothes off and jump into the shower with some of his toys. I let him take his time in the shower because he absolutely adores the water falling down onto his face! I got to get some bathroom safety products too now that he is tall enough to open the bathroom door.

10 May 2009 - Peace!!!!

Ashley turned 4 last week but we didn’t have a big celebration because we celebrated both Aidan and her birthday in May. So on her birthday itself, Ashley kept asking, ” Mommy? How come the party has not started yet?”

However to avoid dissapointment, we brought her to see the birds exhibition which was held at Ikano , organized by the KL Bird park. It was nothing fancy but it was good enough to make her happy so if daughter is happy, everyone is happy

2 June 09 - Ashley with Grandpa (while grandma was busy shopping!)

Now that she is 4 - I think it’s finally time for me to stop her monthly development posts  *phew*

14 May 2009 - Aidan having fun at the playground….he looks like a real cheeky boy in this photo..

17 May 2009 - Gooooood Morning kiddos!

Ashley’s on school holiday for the next 2 weeks and the house has been pretty much filled with more live because my parents are in town as well, staying with us. However, the kiddos are down with a slight fever, and a bad cough and sore throat and both are on medication. Ashley has no qualms in eating her medication but it is the totally opposite for Aidan! He does not listen to reason (cause he is probably too young to comprehend) and we have to use the syringe and squirt it into his mouth while he struggles and screams and cries.  *sigh* 

The first night was not an easy night for both Aidan and I because he kept waking up and cry and looked for me to sooth him. I didn’t have much sleep during the first night and thank God no acne decided to appear on my face otherwise I’d have to check out what is the best acne treatment that is available.

Having my parents here is a real bonus for us cause my mom will work her magic in the kitchen and my dad keeps the kids company. Both hubs and I have sore throats now……and we reckon we caught the bug from the kids! Hopefully it won’t develop to anything serious because having the whole family sick at one go is no-joke!