F1 Fever!!

Did you caught the fever too??

It's the 3rd year in a row we caught the bug! And guess what?? Am half deaf today!! Hahahaha..

Year 1, we purchased the throat cutting F1 tix for the race day, brought Sam and Nick to catch the race (and Nick, then 3yo, can still remember!!!)

Year 2, we were given 2 GrandStand tix, so hubby and me went to watched the race!

Year 3 (i.e. this year), we were invited to a private suite were there was air-con, TV screen and cocktails provided!! Darn nice! :)

Till i load and sort out the pix.. :P

Poor Nick.. : ..(

He's got itchy hand.. 

He went to touch the iron..

He got burnt at his palm..

He cried buckets.. 

Yet, he went to school without the maid or teacher informing us. 

He kept quiet and hide his hand when we got home at 8ish..

The maid finally opened her mouth and spoke up on the accident at 8.30pm and we rushed him to the doctor.. 

It was a huge open wound that needs cleaning up and hopefully prevent an infection since it's been left unattended for almost 12 hours!

Then, the doctor informed us that there is something weird about the wound.. It had some whitish thing around and in the wound. And much questioning, Nick told us he had PUT GLUE on the palm, attempting to stick his skin back!  *ARGH* How naive can a 5yo kid be.. I am guessing it must be darn painful!..

After doctor clean up the wound, he also wrapped a thick bandage on his palm and instruct us to keep the bandage dry and go back daily for the next 2 weeks to clean and dress the wound.. 

And the damage, S$160 (for the 1st visit only!!)... *ARGH*

 * Update : Visit 2 for cleaning up costed $45.. 

** Nick, am counting so that i can claim this back from you when you grow up!.. *evil grin*

Shrink Art With Grand-Auntie Jeanne

Grand-Auntie texted me a day before we went to her home "I teaching the kids to do shrink art, so bring your colour pencils." That sms left me puzzled, so i replied with " What is shrink art?" and the reply came back as "I will BAKE THE PAPER after they colour loh."

I didn't thought much about it since i assumed she was pulling my legs, nevertheless, i brought the colour pencils to her home.. 

The first pix shows the size of the shrink art paper against the hand phone holder. Then the next few pictures shows the piece of paper shrinking and curling up and with a frying ladle, we smack the piece of paper flat! When flatten, it's like a hard plastic and u can hang a key ring and make it into a key chain.  Cool right?

Grace with her shrink art end product! :)

Thank you Grand-Auntie Jeanne for having us at your home!! :)

Kite Flying @ Marina Barrage

By chance, we saw some pretty lights flying in the sky.. We stopped by to check only to realize that those were KITES!

So, the very next day, we decided to knock off at 4pm, just to bring the monkies to the Marina Barrage to fly kites. Since it was a weekday, we did not expect the place to be so CROWDED!!!

Look at the number of people on a weekday.. Don't they need to go school or work?? 

See the amount of kites in the sky? 

Nick's kite.. Up, up and into the sky.. 

We had a great time later that day playing with sparklers, bubbles and led lights!!

We sure will be back for more fun soon!!

Grace and Her Tutu..

Finally.. My notti princess is willing to put on the tutu, but only for a mere 5 mins..

Never Mind, that 5 mins is enough to send me flying over the moon!!!

Am Still Procastinating..

I've got plenty of photos still sitting in the memory cards of the cameras..

Hubby had proposed to get new memory cards instead of waiting for me to load them into my macbook..

Am just too lazy to even turn that macbook on.. So am resorting to surf the internet via my ipad..

Argh.. What is wrong with me??

Am Not So Looking Forward..

You know what..

I am think am getting a little sick of traveling.. Haha..

Bimbo huh?

One minute am saying i need a holiday, am looking forward to holidays. Now am saying this.. Haiz..

Don't get me wrong.. I still love to travel, but the thoughts of leaving Nick and Grace to be taken care of by the helper makes me worry!.. Not that she ill-treats them, but, even as parents, we sometimes need a break from our own children, what more we are talking about a helper?

Kuala Lumpur this Friday, Bangkok 2 weekends later, Korea end of October..

Next, coming up, Taiwan with the entire platoon..! I think worse.. I will be dead beat after the trip..

Hmm..

The Hand-Made Tutu

Who ever says all princesses likes tutu?? Tsk tsk..

Mine, for sure, is one who hates it.. Who cares even if mummy made a trip down to spotlight and buy the stuffs then, stay up till 5am just to complete it.. *sob sob*

See her look when i forced her to put it on??

Article for Married Couples...

A friend who's marriage broke down shared this..

A very true and good article to serve as a wake up call for us to remove all distractions that do not belong to our lives.

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DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, 'How do I know if I married the right person?' I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, 'It depends. Is that your husband?' In all seriousness, she answered 'How do you know?'

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer. EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse / partner . You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies (unconventional behavior/habit) .. Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called 'falling' in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, 'I was swept off my feet.' Think about the imagery of that __expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU. Falling in love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience. But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria (excitement) of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship.

Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts. The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, 'Did I marry the right person?' And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it. I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON;

IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

Children Learn What They Live

Here's a poem i read since i was very young, but didn't truly understood it till i took care of my own kids!..

Something we should always stop and reflect while we handle our little ones..

If a child lives with criticism,

he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,

he learns to fight.

If a child lives with fear,

he learns to be apprehensive.

If a child lives with pity,

he learns to feel sorry for himself.

If a child lives with ridicule,

he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with jealousy,

he learns what envy is.

If a child lives with shame,

he learns to feel guilty.

BUT

If a child lives with encouragement,

he learns to be confident.

If a child lives with tolerance,

he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with praise,

he learns to be appreciative.

If a child lives with acceptance,

he learns to love.

If a child lives with approval,

he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with recognition,

he learns that it is good to have a goal.

If a child lives with sharing,

he learns about generosity.

If a child lives with honesty and fairness,

he learns what truth and justice are.

If a child lives with security,

he learns to have faith in himself and in those about him.

If a child lives with friendliness,

he learns that the world is a nice place in which to live.

If you live with serenity,

your child will live with peace of mind.

With what is your child living?

by Dorothy Law Nolte

Busy Lazy Busy!!

It's been a busy, busy and lazy month!

Oh!! It's such a ME month! And LAZY is my middle name! hahaha..

Been clearing leave for almost half the month, somehow, out of the house every other day, trying to maximize the precious few days leave i have with the kids..

Gone for a couple of movies, caught a couple of skits with the monkies, made a few impromptu holiday trips with my family, caught up with old friends, etc!!

So much pictures to upload and both my camera memory cards are FULL! Yet, i am still procastinating on doing it.. Haha..

OK, soon soon i will do that.. Hope i will do that this weekend otherwise i seriously have to consider buying memory cards for the next trip .. Till then..

Shopping, Shopping and Shopping

Been superly-duperly busy lately.. With what leh?

Online shopping loh!!!

Infact, gone so nuts over it until i think i need to chop off my fingers and cut away my cards!

Just over the weekend while we were away in Hua Hin, i spent slightly over 1k USD on online shopping! 2 Kate Spade bags, 1 wallet, 1 coach, 7 pcs of Ralph Lauren and some Pumpkin Patch for Grace!

Darn!

Now am patiently waiting for the loots to arrive *excited* and not too looking forward to the credit card bill *shake head*..