Kaden goes swimming! (10th Jan 2010)

Finally after a longlong time, we brought Kaden to swim...on Trenyce's swimming lesson day. He loves playing water with his father. Diving into the pool several times like he's a professional when he's just an amateur when it comes to swimming. He barely knows how to float....keke

Am glad that he has fun and enjoyed his swimming playtime with his daddy. Great activity for bonding!





Mood: Exciting Milestone:23 months old

Trenyce's new beginning 2010

Its been a long time since I penned anything in my blog. 心有余而力不足. There are so many things I wanted to note it down.....well, where shall I start now?

Many things have happened since the begining of Year 2010. Maybe I shall start from Trenyce since she's the eldest hehe.

First week of school was a fresh beginning for Trenyce with many new things in line for her.

Firstly, we withdrew Trenyce from TMCK and enrolled her into Kinderland @YCK. Im glad she likes the school 没妄费我们的一番心血 (meaning wasted our effort). She loves the variety in terms of learning opportunities in the school cos they have music class once a week, computer lessons twice a week and lastly, exercise/physical lessons twice a week. These syllabus are not available in TMCK, you need to pay extra as after school curriculum. Hubby was worried in the beginning that she couldnt get used to the new environment and will have 'rejections' to attending the new school. Trenyce commented boring in her first week of school as the teachers have not followed the real timetable in order to give time to the children to build up relationship i.e getting to know each other etc. Luckily all's well after the first week when the teachers resumed lessons according to the timetable.



Secondly, her long awaited art class at NAFA has finally commenced lessons. She waited till her neck as long as the giraffe hehe...oh well, she simply loves drawing and sketching. Give her a piece of paper and pencil and she can sit down quietly at one corner 'self-entertained'.

Thirdly, we finally found her a swimming coach through one of her classmates' mother. The swimming lessons were conducted at Sengkang Swimming Pool, which was something similar to the old 'Big Splash'...very nice swimming pool. Kaden and hubby also joined in the fun and went swimming every week with 姐姐, but at a different pool so as not to disrupt her lessons. 姐姐 is easily distracted by her surroundings like if she sees us around, she will wave her hand at us rather than concentrating at her lesson etc. 值得安慰的是她终于学会浮在水上 (finally floating on water) after 5lessons. Compared to the first day where she sat besides the pool and cried and now she can finally float and submerged her head into the water, even the coach has no confidence that she could overcome the fear.... It was a GREAT achievement for my dearie! Trenyce, mommy just want to tell you "We are very proud of you!" We lok forward to the day you can swim on your own...hopefully the day will come soon! :)

Trenyce 1st swimming lesson @Sengkang Swimming Complex (nice date to start new lesson - 10012010) Mood: Learning Milestone: 5 years old

Happy 7mo Kayleen!

My 7mo sitting proudly at the baby chair for the 1st time!

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 7 months old

Kaitong 舅舅's Birthday (01 Jan 2010)

We had an advanced birthdae celebration for my brother on 1st Jan 2010 since everyone is around. This year, we had Kaden joined in the fun blowing candles. As usual, we had to light up the candles more than once to please the kids haha...

Testing Testing 123.....Our 1st Family Trip to Pulai Springs Resort

Finally, hubby persuaded me to bring the whole wong gang to have a short getaway at JB Pulai Springs Resort.

The catch: less than an hour car ride from Spore, including going thru the checkpoints.

In fact, its only about 15-20mins drive from JB checkpoint to the resort. We spent most of the time 'jamming' at the JB causeway link. It would have been a calm and peaceful trip if not becos of the cranky boy. He made hell lots of noise in the car and even attempted to bite Ester when his crankiness got over him. It was only when we reached PS then he cooled down. He just hated being tied in the car seat! haha...oh well...

Anyway, the kids enjoyed the 2-bedroom suite especially Kaden. he had fun pressing the TV remote control and climbing up & down the sofa at the hall. Trenyce enjoyed her 'bedroom' for the 2 nights. It was a single bed. I bet she looked forward to have a nice cosy room as such. Well, little girl bear a while longer...daddy and mummy are working on it. Overall, it was a nice break but not so for mummy if you know what I meant. The kids have fun at the swimming pool and playing in the suite. Little Kayleen doesnt have much to do over there, just going kaikai everyday and I suppose thats enough to entertain her for the time being whereas Hubby enjoyed the food at the resort and I think even Ester slept better too.

However, I dont suppose we will visit the place any sooner. Afterall, JP is famous as a golf resort so if you dont play golf over there, its quite a waste! Hence besides a nice golf course, nice food and nice swimming pool, there is literally nothing else to do over there...just idling around loh.

It was, however, a good trial....bringing the whole gang out of town. Hmm...travelling is surely not on our agenda any sooner. haha... Mood: Tiring

Happy 6mo Kayleen!

My 6mo smiling sweetly at the camera!

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 6 months old

Juggling BF

Time flies. Kayleen is going to be 6months soon which means I have bf her for a good 6months! Wow! Didnt imagine myself to breeze thru it. Honestly, bf is very tiring. Very deprived of sleep. Like right now, Im waiting to pump before I sleep. I feel guilty whenever I missed my 'pumping' time cos that means I will have less bm for Kayleen. For example, I shld have 30ml for every hr..if Im pumping at 5hrs interval, I should have 150ml but sometimes I get so busy, I get to pump like 2 or 3 hrs after my usual schedule, I probably will end up with 30-50ml bm lesser.


Therefore, travelling is a headache for me cos I usually want to hurry home to express the bm. Even our recent trip to Labis (Malaysia), we skipped the idea of going to Malacca bcos I was worried that it will affect my bm expressing schedule. We havent tried going anywhere beyond our house except inlaws' place yet so I really duno how to handle expressing bm if we go KL? The thought of bringing all the pumping barang and the washing, sterilising etc at a foreign place is enought to turn me off...

Hmmm.... so when will I be going for my holiday again?

Miss Kayleen (18-19th Oct 2009)

Kayleen wearing dress!

This is also a dress, just that its a little short for her hehe...
Mood: Melancholy Milestone: 4 months old

My three musketeers (2nd-3rd Oct 2009)

Without mommy in this pic, it looks like Trenyce is taking care of her 2 siblings by herself heh.... Hubby said Im a 'stepmother' and Trenyce is cinderalla....haha

Imagine if all sleeping together on the same bed...

Kayleen & her siblings (24 Sep 2009)

This was the first time Kaden took a pic with Kayleen. We dont usually let them take together cos worried that Kaden may accidentally 'injured' the sister. But anyhow, nothing happens. This is a good start and trust that many more will come hehe!

Many said both of them look alike. Do they?

My three musketeers - Their first pic together =)

Mood: Relaxed

Happy 5mo Kayleen!

My 5mo and her two baby teeth sprouting already....

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 5 months old