Beginning of the Festive Season

Everytime during the Chinese New Year, everyone gets together for a time to catch up. It's especially important for families. We see long lost cousins, aunts and uncles. It extends to friends/colleagues too. We make it a point to catch up and enjoy the good food. So over the weekend, we had a get-together with some friends.

Singapore Airshow 2010

I missed it because I had to work. But Bryan had a lot of fun. He was telling me about the show that he saw with the planes doing stunts. He sounded so excited. Now he wants to be a pilot.

February

I think I'm doing pretty ok with my resolutions for the year.

I'm trying to spend more quality time with the kids instead of just watching tv with them all the time. And it's been paying off.

Bryan's been very good. He's listened to me more. I've also tried not to yell at him or get too frustrated with him all the time. Instead, I've been explaining more. Like why he should sleep early, and why he should eat his veggies. It does take more effort on my part to make explainations simple. But Bryan's been behaving much better. And I haven't had to threaten spanking at all. Patience is definately a virtue when it comes to kids but it pays off too.

Gabriel's still quite a gentle baby. Although he does have his tantrums now and then. He's learning the word NO. I've noticed he's a bit more sensitive. Raising my voice or giving him a light smack makes him very upset. And he'll want hugs and cuddles after. So I have to be a bit more careful with Gabriel. Being firm is ok. But not too angry or fierce.

Being a Mommy is not easy. And no 2 children are the same. But it's a fabulous feeling when the child loves you right back. My heart warms and bubbles over.

Milestones

Both my boys are growing up so fast. Bryan's quite excited that it's a brand new year. And he's a 'big boy' in kindergarten. He has started taking the school bus home and he enjoys it. He sits with his classmate in the bus so it's not too scary for him. He's also decided that he will stop wearing diapers at night. I try not to give him too much to drink at night and make him go before he sleeps. But so far so good. He's managed to stay dry. Very proud of him. He also seems to be making some sort of progress with chinese. He seems a bit more confident with words but we still have a lot of work to do.

Meanwhile, Gabriel's good on his feet. He's running around and chasing the dog. He hasn't really spoken much. But he's generally pretty quiet. Except for the funny whining sounds he makes. Sometimes though, he will suddenly say 'dog' or 'car' or 'ta-da' or 'na-na' (calling nai-nai). But no one seems to be able to make him repeat it. He will say 'mum-mum' when he really likes what he's eating. He can scribble on paper and place shapes into the right places. I'm wondering if he's ready for playgroup yet though. Maybe in a few more months?

January Scraps

The past two weeks, I've been mainly busy with a mini album about Bryan's school concert at the end of last year. I'm very proud of my boy performing at the concert. He looked like he enjoyed himself with his friends. I used up a lot of Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend papers and some from October Afternoon Report Card. The chipboard book is from Maya Road in the shape of a T-shirt.

This was taken in November last year. I used October Afternoon Weathervane papers, die-cuts, stickers and journalling cards. I absolutely adore this collection. It's so home-y.

Busyness

It's been a busy few weeks. Bryan's started kindergarten and taking the school bus. He's such a big boy now. But starting school = catching bugs from friends. And he was sick last week with a sore throat and fever. Gabriel meanwhile, is still nursing a cough.

Meanwhile, I'm still feeling fat from the Christmas/New Year food. I've only managed to go on the stationary bike once. Starting an exercise routine is not easy. There's always excuses... Too tired, the Australian Open is on, need to sync iPhone, etc.

Not a good sign for the year?

Weekly Scrapz

It's been a while since I've managed to scrap. I've been very tired after the long Christmas/New Year break. But I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. This layout is long overdue. It uses Bella Blvd papers, American Craft stickers, Prima felt, Hamblys transparency/rubon stitches, Jenni Bowlin diecut circles.


I finally broke out Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg papers. I love the woodgrain patterned papers. Everything here is from the collection. Except the alphabet stickers from Pink Paislee.