Perfect start to the weekend

Cool night, so cold I put on socks, red wine for two, some snacks in my messy cosy home #perfect 

Hello, weekend 

Morning sightings

After yesterday's surprise sighting of the independent little boy, I peeked into the room today and was expectant of what I'd see (sorry for the bad pic)

Boy rolling on his sister's bed

Talking

I was careful not to make noise so they knew I was there, and it pleased me to see them being with each other and not shouting at each other.

Later on, over breakfast, I asked them what they were talking about. The conversation went like this:

Me: What did J ask you just now, cheche?
K: I forgot.
J: I remember! I ask you about the tennis!
K: Oh yah.

So, 'tennis' is this toy that the boy has been eyeing. He asked me to buy it for him yesterday, but I told him I needed to consider and I laid down some terms.

1. He needs to find out how much it is 
2. He needs to be responsible and keep the toy properly ("but Mommy what if don't have the plastic?")
3. He needs to share this toy with his sister 

Let's see if he is responsible and aware of these set of instructions I gave to him. 

Baby no more

Every morning, when I awake, and if the kids are successfully in their own rooms still (sometimes, one or both of them creep into our rooms some time in the still of the night. But that's a separate story altogether) I always peep in to take a look at them when I wake up. 

Most days, they are asleep and so angelic-looking that it always makes me smile and say a 'thank you' for the lovely life I have. This morning, I peeked in and this was what I saw:

Dressing himself

This little man was quietly doing his own thing, changing out of his pyjamas and trying to pull his shirt on. I ran off to grab the phone to snap this pic, and it really made me smile; not just my mouth but my whole heart was smiling. No fuss, no cries, just him silently changing as it is something he wants to do - my not-so-little-still-little Mr Independent. 

It's not as if I did not know he was growing each day, not as if I had not already been lamenting at how quickly the kids grow; but this is just a poignant and sweet sight to witness and document as it is one of those awwww moments of my little man.

Noddty

Noddty

So, not new news that J can be quite a rascal. But to see this note, so innocently, probably angrily placed on the table for us to see - is highly amusing, touching and amazing all-in-one.

The girl has also been into writing lately, which to me, is a great sign of her confidence - or at least desire - to want to write which is something close to my heart (along with reading) so I'm very proud of her. I do hope her interest in reading and writing is sustained for the rest of her life… but I digress.

Oh, little K, you are so cute and adorable beyond words. It's so lovely to see their strong personalities emerging even more each day. 

#lovenotes

Hello June holidays: super duper busy weekend

So we kicked off our first weekend of the June holidays filled with activities. 

On Friday evening, we headed out for a tapau-dinner to visit a girlfriend. I had a chill time, and the kids did too just running about the home, watching youtube videos and running about touching this-and-thats.

Pina Colada gurl

Saturday morning, I clocked my morning run; then kick-started the day with breakfast with the kids early; followed by time at the mall running about for two hours. 

My coffee boy

In that time, I accomplished 3 birthday gifts - very productive. We then headed for play at a friend's baby's party where the kids spent 3 fun hours jumping up and down on the jumping castle + devouring popcorn #funtimes

After 3 hours...

K.O.

Sleeping angels

Not wanting to wake them up, I just rested in the car, tick-tocking away

We finished the evening with dinner at Mom's and went to the airport past 10pm to fetch the husband who came home after a week of being away. Yay!

Sunday was wet - but I fit in some exercise, then headed out for lunch at Spruce.

Happy birthday to C!

After lunch, we spent the afternoon buying beef, and eating durians! Followed by dinner at the MIL's and it felt like such a long time since I vegetated at home.

Ah boy with his new toy truck

Ah girl with her jigsaw (blocked)

We spent the weekend evenings watching the SEA games that's going on now; and the kids had a fun time - as us - cheering team Singapore. Inspired by the exercise..

Doing sit-ups HAHA.

After the kids went to bed, the husband and I stayed up a bit more to watch TV together and to also catch up and I was so happy to cuddle him - it's always nice to have him home. 

And that, wrapped up our busy-bee weekend. I've got the next weekend all planned too - hooray!

A home of innocence and love

K has come out of her room at least 4 times in the past hour. At 1030pm, it was already past her bedtime. But since it's now school holidays, I tried not to let that rattle me. After all, she could sleep in tomorrow. 

Plus, it's only the first week of holidays - I cannot be fighting her every step this early in the game. 

During the "Mommy, I'm so thirsty I want to share your cup of water" occasion, she had me slightly nerved but I kept my cool, and continued with my book. 

One time, she came out and said to me, "Mommy, I just wanted to tell you I'm sleeping below (as opposed to the top layer of the bed), so you know where I am when you come inside to kiss me."

This statement, expressed so factually by K, made me happy. It shows that she believed that I kissed her always and even if she did not know when deep in slumber, she believes that I do so. To have this kind of trust, love and expectation pleases me. 

My child, to be able to give you a safe and loving home is important to me and to have you so innocent and full of love, makes me delighted. 

Thank you for trusting me, thank you for showing me how true love works (both ways), and thank you for being part of this home and shaping it into exactly the way it's meant to be. 

Sunday: Gingerbread Man, Museum, date-night

A fruitful day again! #HOORAYLONGWEEKEND

The day started with our usual kids-out-with-grandparents, during which I had an excellent time all by myself. I did the marketing, I cut my nails (don't judge. This is something important when you don't have time to do it properly), I spring-cleaned a drawer… then got changed and went over to my Mom's to meet the kids and family. Lunch was a very enjoyable bowl of delicious, noodle soup filled to the brim with goodness. After lunch, we headed for our show, The Gingerbread Man.

Honestly, it was not great. The last show we did (Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!) was so super awesome; this paled in comparison. 

Anyhow, we made full use of the afternoon out and after the show, we headed to 8Q. So we did go not too long ago, but it was still entertaining and fun for the kids.

UV-fascination

With my big baby

Swingin' fun

A d then we bumped into some friends

We took the bus to MIL's for dinner, then post-that, the husband and I sneaked out for some couple-time. We ran an errand, then headed to have a drink (I had Bailey's ice-cream it was so good!) and then because it was a non-working day the next day, we headed for supper! At midnight, we headed to get a box of nasi lemak and hokkien mee to share. It was so sinful, so good and so worth it. We ate that while finishing off a movie we started the night before. By the time we hit the sack, it was 2am.

Truly, it's not very often that I stay up this late and indulge in supper but it felt so great to be able to have the husband all to myself with his full attention. It felt so good and was totally worth it!

What a nice Sunday… with the next day off from work too! Whee!