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Why mouth is placed under the eyes?

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photo taken 2 yrs ago in Vietnam

Few weeks ago, while we were standing outside a restaurant deciding what to eat, this conversation took place:

Faythe: Mommy, how come the mouth is under the eyes and it’s not elsewhere?
Mommy: *geez, what a question*. Well, God created the mouth under the eyes so that when you try to scoop the food into your mouth, you can do it correctly. See, like this. (did some action to show her my cock eyes while pretending to scoop food into my mouth). If God put your mouth at the back of the head, then you can’t feed yourself properly right :P .
Faythe: *giggles*..oh I know, then you can ask your fren to feed you. She sit behind you, then she can help to feed you.
Mommy: Yeah, then you all can sit in circles, and feed each other right :P
Faythe: hahaha yes..it’ll be fun
Mommy: Yeap. And I think that’s a good idea. Then you won’t have to see what is being fed to you and just chew and swallow it. Instead of now, you will look at the food and complain it’s vegetables, bla bla bla..
Faythe: Kept quiet..(kena backfire LOL)

Sometimes, I really wonder what is going on in their mind. I don’t recall I was like this when I was at her age.

Origami Conversation

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Faythe loves to make origami by referring to the origami book we’ve bought for them. And there’s this particular origami that makes puppet animal (just the animal face) that she has remembered the steps and do not need to refer to the book anymore. She’s been folding many of these to give to her friend, and while she was at it, this was Faythe & Vyktore’s conversation:

Faythe: Mommy, I’m going to make 2 more origami puppet for my friends.
Mommy: OK (while I was folding clothes)
Vyktore: I also want jie jie
Faythe: OK..what animal you want? Cat dog or panda?
Vyktore: I don’t want, I want dinosaur
Faythe: But this one cannot make dinosaur. I can only make cat dog or panda.
Mommy: Maybe rabbit?
Vyktore: I don’t want…I want dinosaur (sounded impatient)
Faythe: That might be difficult
Mommy: Hmm maybe pig
Faythe: Ah..can also. Vyktore you want pig?
Vyktore: No!! I want dinosaur. I want carnivore animal ONLY. I want T-Rex
Faythe: Cat is also carnivore you know. Cat eat fish

I couldn’t help but burst into laughter when Faythe answered him back so quickly and she was quick enough to turn the situation back. She really tickled me with her wittiness. Yes, cat eats fish, I totally forgot about that.

Vyktore got upset and stood up from the dining table and wanted to catch Faythe because he refuse to accept that cat is a carnivore.

Her Suggestion

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Recently I started going to gym as I’ve put on some weight over the cold winter and I could feel my pants as if it’s gonna burst any sooner O.o.

The good thing about here is whenever I go to gym, I can bring both my kids along and let them play at the playground in the Clubhouse, which is just next to the gym. Hence I don’t need to leave them at home alone (No No) or hire a caretaker to take care of them for that short 30mins workout. And they love to go there anyway. It’s a place where they might bump into their schoolmate.

While taking the escalator to the gym, this was our conversation and suggestion from Faythe:

Mommy: We need to go gym more often, you see I’m fat already. *Pointing my finger to the spare tyre*
Faythe: It’s OK Mommy. If you wanna be thin, just follow what I do. Eat what I eat. Don’t eat what I don’t eat. Then you will be thin like me.

If I do as she says, I think I’ll be constipated and dried up in no time OR I’ll be double of my size cause her diet mainly consist of pasta/spaghetti with cheese (fatttening), pizzas (oo, also fattening), less fruits & veg (that’s where the constipation comes) and all the chocolates that she can ever eat (sure deadmeat if I indulge in this).

Seems like I don’t have much choice but to go gym more often. Lets hope I can shed off those extra kgs easily.

Day 8: Bloggers Farewell

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Whoa, just 9 more days to go….

I’ve packed 3 farewell, 1 dinner & 1 party in just 1 weekend. Keng chau!! Obviously I didn’t realise that on Saturday, it was also the Bersih 2.0 day. So some bloggers were worried and asked if we are still going ahead with the farewell. Seriously, I have no more slots available LOL. So we still gotta march on with our farewells.

The bloggers that I know some lives nearby, but some lives at the other side of the town. And to have all of them together is not easy task. Especially some have to rely on drivers to fetch them, obviously the driver will not be keen to drive all the way to our side of the town just to watch us yak till cow comes home while they sit there and stare at the kids LOL.

So when I thought of bloggers gathering, it’ll be good to have it at 2 separate places so that they can choose which one to attend to.

Damansara/Bangsar Gang – Morning Session

Supposingly there were more people coming, but in the end only 6 families. It was a very cloudy morning. Best time for picnic :) . We met in TTDI Park, Peggy & Mei Leng came first. Then us. Then Dinah with Aidan (and his bike). Finally, Patrick & his 3 boys and Rachel & Philip came pretty late.

Kids enjoyed themselves building sandcastle and getting wet. We just sat there relax, chit chat a bit. Didn’t take any photos lah *doink*.

We left the place about 11am, went home to clean up the kids. Then head for 2nd farewell.

Kajang/Cheras Gang – Afternoon Session

Before I left PJ, I made a few calls to check the situation over at the other side. Because we are meeting in Crittersland, Serdang, I foresee that I’ll pass by some roadblocks along the way, and was trying to figure out the best route to escape.

Packed McD to eat in the car (I don’t wanna die of hunger stuck in the roadblock). Packed my phone charger as well, in case emergency, I don’t wanna run on low batt. And off we go.

In fact the traffic was pretty smooth except for the stretch at Bukit Jalil that took me 30mins to get out of there no thanks to roadblock.

This side of the town gathering was huge turn out. There were 9-10 families (can’t recall). Kids had a great time playing in Crittersland while Mommies can sit and chit chat outside.

It was also my first time meeting Chooi Peng, Anggie & Michelle Sau. Funny, we bloggers, talk on MSN, read each other’s blog, but only meet after so many years. And for farewell pulak LOL.

We finally left at 430pm since Mr. Hon & me has to attend a dinner with some friends.

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To all my blogger friends,

No doubt that we are no longer active in blogging (some of us, not all), we will always keep in touch with each other via other methods. I feel so happy that I have another group of friends who shares alot of common things. Sometimes, when you have friends that are not married, it’s hard to relate to them your issues because they have not encounter it. But with bloggers, it’s a different story, cause our kids are mostly same age, so we basically have the same set of issues like maid, kids homework, and so on. And we learn from each other, for the benefit of our kids.

Each and everyone of you have a special relationship with me. Be it we just knew each other, or we’ve known each other for a long time. I thank you for being part of my life for the pass 7 years of blogging, and may there be many more gatherings to come in the future.

See you ladies around, be it the next time I come back or in Hong Kong. Will give you ladies my contact there :) .

Note: Photo to be uploaded later.

Easter Egg-stra Activity

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All the colourful eggs. Sue & Jenny did a great job collecting empty eggshells

Every year when it comes to Easter, I’d drool over those lovely looking Easter Eggs and wonder if my kids would ever have a chance to have such fun activity.

So one day over MSN, I was telling Sue, hey wanna do Easter Egg Hunt this year? And we instantly got into work LOL. We emailed a few Mommies living nearby, confirmed their participation and everything just started to kick in.

Yummy food. (L-R): Fried Beehoon, Marsh mellow covered with chocolate, quail eggs & sausages on satay stick, mash potato, curry chicken, sinfully delicious BBQ pork

Paik Ling was kind enough to let us invade her home sweet home with 12 kids and at least 5 parents. We were at her place as early as 11am. Started off with lunch, all those yummy food that we brought over to her place. After lunch, we started the kids with egg painting.

Vyktore enjoying himself painting the egg blue

Each of them had at least 4 empty eggshells to paint. I bet the kids enjoyed themselves painting & decorating their eggs once it dried off. We brought along some art & craft materials for the kids to use to decorate the eggs. Dinah even brought some of her old nail polish and it was a hit among Agnes’ kids.

Ice cream santa

After the egg painting, all the kids & adults were given ice cream treat by Paik Ling. We all rested and yak for a while before Jenny & myself went to hide the eggs.

It was getting dark, so we had to hurry and make sure the eggs don’t get wet.

The hunt was so quick, I barely have a chance to snap any photos LOL. Lesson learnt, must hide the eggs better next round. Within 1 minute the hunt was over hahaha…

Then it started to pour like crazy!!

Winners of egghunt goes to the Chan brothers

Sue prepared some prizes for the winners and some stickers as consolation prize.

It was great fun and I certainly don’t mind organizing another session like this next year. But we definitely need to improve our hiding skills!!

Some painted eggs

Faythe with her blue egg

Vyktore specifically want me to buy these pair of goggle eye for his egg

Faythe & her crepe paper eggs

A bunch of hungry egg hunters

Their collection of eggs

Toothless Faythe

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* backdated post,3 Apr.

Her 1st toothless photo

About 1.5 months ago, Faythe’s lower incisor started shaking. When we went to the dentist, she asked Faythe to shake it harder so that it becomes looser and comes off easily. But knowing this girl, she just use her tongue to push it lightly. Obviously that’s not gonna make the tooth loose at anytime.

So I told her, every night we will do the tooth-shaking-procedure. I’ll count till 50/100 while loosening her tooth haha..and I tried to shake it harder so that it gets looser and looser.

One night she came and said

Faythe: Mommy, I think it’s ready to come out, why not we tie a string to it then you tie the string to the door and close the door.
Mommy: O.o. Whoa..where did you learn that from?
Faythe: Sponge bob LOL
Mommy: You sure? OK lets try

And so we did, but obviously it didn’t work la. As I slam the door, she follow the thread and run to the door as well *smack forehead*

So next night, I told her

Mommy: It’s OK. Tonight I think it’s gonna come out. Lets try to tie it again and I pull it hard. OK?
Faythe: Hmm…ok *she sounded a bit worried*

So I tied her tooth with a black string. On the count of 1,2,3……..whoops….it’s out!!

That was quick.

There were a lil bit of blood, but she was alright. I let her bite on some cotton to stop the bleeding as I didn’t have gauze at home.

She was very happy that the tooth finally came out. Why? Not because tooth fairy gonna come. But because she can put her tooth into the toothbook that I bought for her months ago.

I told her to keep the toothbook under her pillow before she sleeps. Next morning I sepit RM2 into her toothbook.

She knew it was me and she probe if I left the RM2 there, but I just pretended I didn’t know.

That’s another milestone for my girl. Time really flies, when she first had her tooth, she was only 5 months old. Now she looses it at the age of 6 years 2 months 28 days. And I even spot the permanent tooth sprouting out already.

Fridays are reserved for…

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MOVIE NIGHT.

I make it a point that since every other night on weekdays & Sunday, they gotta be on the bed by 9 and sleep by 10, Friday & Saturdays are usually more relax when it comes to bedtime. Usually on Saturday, my brother (who comes over the weekend most of the time) will watch Nat Geo or Football, so we make Friday a special night.

look at the pile of popcorn!! RM4, tai tou lan!!

We have movie night. It can either be at home OR the theatre. So they always ask me, is tomorrow Friday? If I say yes, they’ll ask what movie we gonna watch for movie night.

I also make it a point to make them feel like cinema when we have movie night at home, by:

  • Making popcorn (microwave popcorns are so easy, just 5 mins and you are done. I get my supply from Jaya Grocer, cost me RM12/box of 3 packets. Each time I make 1 packet)
  • Off all the lights while watching movie
  • Prepare some light drinks like Orange Juice or Icy Cold Water
  • And obviously, sitting still on the sofa like they are sitting in the cinema LOL

And what movies have we been watching so far at home? Well, I managed to buy some old movies that are suitable for kids (or maybe not :P ) and some DVD that they have yet to watch:

  • Gremlins Part I – Oh they love this!!
  • Jurassic Park – Part 1,2,3 (Vyktore’s favourite)
  • Barbie and some don’t know what – FYI, Vyktore watch till fell asleep LOL
  • Aliens in the attic – not scary and quite hilarious

and a whole long list I can’t remember.

I enjoy movie night alot, because it’s fuss free and no mess as well, very easy for me to prepare (basically pemalas Mommy la). And kids love the idea of having popcorn at home. Sometimes we do add in some chips as well apart from popcorn. Yes I’m a junkie!! And sometimes we just do with drinks, no food.

Do you have such special night arrangement with your kids?

We gonna watch Rio tonight with Sue and her kids :) . Yeah, she too has movie nights with her kids kekeke…

Rush Hour

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Working on Level 9

I came to know this game, Rush Hour, about 3 years ago when I was in Melbourne. Our friend had this game for his child.

I always love challenging puzzle games like these for myself and the kids as it works their brain and let them think. Learning thru play is always more fun.

So last year while I was shopping I saw this game, I instantly bought it.

Obviously I tried to test if my kids are ready for some puzzle fun.It comes with 40 levels: 10 beginners, 10 intermediate, 10 advanced, 10 experts.

So I thought them about the rules and what we are supposed to do.

Vyktore was more than interested to arrange all the cars within the playing grid. To me that’s not easy as well, because you need to arrange them in certain way so that all the cars can fit nicely in the playing grid. So I just let him do with it and practice his basic puzzle arrangement.

But Faythe got really engrossed, hence I let her try the beginners level to see if she can solve it.

Look at how serious she is

Surprisingly, she managed to solve all beginners level, all by herself, and intermediate level, she managed to solve with some hints I give her on and off.

She’s definitely a puzzle solver!! I also downloaded this game on the spare iphone for them to play, but they still prefer the real Rush Hour. I guess the touch and feel makes it more interesting than just poking at the screen :) .

And here’s Vyktore’s masterpiece

Pushing her limits

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Photo taken 4th Jul 2010

I just read Dinah’s blog about how Ashley was trying to push the limits yesterday and here I am, writing a post of the same topic of what happened just an hour ago.

Today was a long day, I only manage to get off from work at 8pm after rushing some last minute work for my demanding boss. So by the time I went to MIL’s house to fetch them (they have swimming today, so MIL fetch them from school and send them for swimming), it was already pass 8pm.

Then I went to eat something and in the car I said, “I think I’m gonna order soup for dinner”.

All of a sudden, Faythe just blurted out,“NO Way I’m gonna drink that soup”

I was shocked that she was so rude, when I weren’t even asking her to drink as MIL told me she had 3 bowls of soup with rice at her place for dinner.

So I snap at her and told her, “Faythe, that is very rude of you to say such a thing. And I didn’t even say you have to drink it. It was meant for me”.

She kept quiet.

And throughout the dinner, she kept complaining about how unhappy she is with the sunday school, and how much she misses her old sunday school, she’s so bored, she can’t do this, can’t do that, yada, yada, yada non stop.

You see, I recently switch church to the one my brother is going and she doesn’t like the Sunday School there. So she’s trying her luck every other day/week to tell me how bad it is and so forth to convince me to go back to the previous church.

After a long day at work, I seriously have no patience to listen to more sunday school stories. In the end I told her, “Faythe, it’s very simple. I choose the church we go to, and you just have to follow. Please stop complaining as that’s not gonna make me change my mind”.

She still yada about her Sunday School and pulled her long face.

And I told her, “I change the church because of certain reason. And I do it for a valid reason, and I hope you understand that. If I could arrange to go back to the previous church I would, but we just have to deal with the time arrangement, which the previous church can’t provide, so we gotta move on”.

She had her long face even longer by then.

When we got home, I quickly shower and told them to get ready for bedtime story. It was already 10pm.

Before I went downstairs to put the laundry into the washing machine, I specifically said:

“Kids, please get ready for bedtime story. Faythe, please keep your paper dolls and when I come up I don’t want to see them lining up and you are still playing them OK”.

At that time, Vyktore followed me downstairs and helped me to bring the laundry basket up after I empty it, while I run some final errands and off the lights.

When I went upstairs, guess what….

She did keep her paper dolls, but she put it on the bathroom scales instead of in her room!!

And she pretended that she kept it, until I hinted, “Is that place for putting toys?”

She shook her head.

“Then, why is it there? Do you want me to put them into the dustbin?”

“NO”

“OK, then you better go keep it where you supposed to keep”.

She quickly took the stuff and put in her room.

Now the next thing that cheesed me off was she was holding this old scarf of mine and swinging it around. And swung it on Vyktore.

I told her to put it back, for 3 times she refuse to listen.

She was still holding on it and swinging it.

I gave her my last straw…

“Faythe, tonight there’s no bedtime story for you. Enough OK. I asked you to keep your toys, after 2 reminders then you only do it. Now I ask you to keep the scarf, I have to repeat 3 times, and yet you are still holding it. Why are you still holding it? Are you listening or not?”

I was quite upset already at that time. Not only because she’s not paying attention to what I say, but also she’s paying attention on things that she’s not supposed to. If you ask her what’s on TV, she can tell you what program appears after what. Amazing right!! But when I ask her what did you learn in school, the answer is NADA..the same thing. What thing? Err……can’t answer. I gave her a pep talk when we got home earlier because of her memorising all the TV program timing instead of remembering about her school stuff.

I ignored her and began bedtime story with Vyktore.

Her tears started rolling and she kept saying, “Mommy, I want bedtime story”

I still ignored her and continue reading story book for Vyktore.

She pleaded, I think at least for 4-5 times that she wants bedtime story, with me continue to ignore her.

Yes I’m mean when I really want to punish them, if not they will take things for granted. But the soft spot is still there.

After finish storybook with Vyktore, I got ready to sleep and we got into this conversation:

Mommy: Faythe, do you know what mistake you do just now?
Faythe: Yes
Mommy: What?
Faythe: Never keep my toys properly
Mommy: And?
Faythe: Never…never…
Mommy: Never listen. Never listen to what I say!!
Faythe: Nodded. Yes Never listen *can see her tears rolling*
Mommy: Next time, when I tell you someting, you better listen and then go do it. Don’t make me repeat and repeat so many times. I give you the chance, and yet you never appreciate the chance given, that’s why I want to punish you tonight and no bedtime story for you so that you know I mean it. When I say it, I will do it. Don’t think that I’m playing with you. You also Vyktore, better listen.
Vyktore: Must put back the toys at the correct place!! *he’s very pandai to repeat my words!!*
Mommy: Yes!! And why must keep the toys?
Faythe: Cause we got no more kakak…
Mommy: Yes!! And who is the kakak now?
Faythe: Mommy, Vyktore and Me
Mommy: Yes, so please don’t mess the house, if not you will have to help me to clean it

In the end, I gave in to her and she had her bedtime story. But I told her this is the last time.

“Moving forward, if you don’t listen, then there won’t be bedtime story. And if you suddenly say pang sai or poo poo whenever you talk, I will minus the star. And I will do it!!”

And they both nodded.

I always make it a point to make them understand why I gotta punish them so that they know what they’ve done wrong. If not it will defeat the purpose. Now that they are bigger, reasoning and more explanation works better than waving the rotan and beating the door.

Not easy to be a mom huh…

Of Arguments & Love

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Just 18 months old apart from each other, means they are very close at all times, especially when it comes to play time.

Faythe the elder one will be the director usually. She will tell him what to do whenever it comes to role playing. She will plot the whole scene!!

Vyktore will oblige and follow. Sometimes in between, I will hear him throwing in some of his own opinions.

And naturally there’ll be complains and small arguments along the play.

So every other day, I will have hear this from Faythe:

  • Mommy, ah boy hit me on my head
  • Mommy, ah boy poke my eyes
  • Mommy, Ah boy don’t want to follow what I tell him
  • Mommy, ah boy keep on do the things wrongly

Then Vyktore goes:

  • Mommy, jie jie took my car (she wants him to play with her, so she went to hide his car O.o)
  • Mommy, jie jie hit my head
  • Mommy, I want be shark, I don’t want to be fish (or something along the line that he doesn’t want to be the character appointed to him)

Me, being the mediator and don’t wanna side anyone, sometimes I just tell them to sort it out.

My rule of thumb is if you wanna play rough with your siblings, then don’t come complain to me you got beaten.

Usually I will tell them it’s accident, hug each other say sorry. After that they start play again O.o. Amazing, how fast they can cool off LOL.

But if both goes too over the board, they gotta stand at naughty corner until I say they can move.

At times they will love each other. For instance:

  • Each time I give Vyktore vitamins, he will take one for Faythe too
  • If one goes out with one of us, and the other stay back, the one that goes out will remember to get something for the one that stayed behind
  • When Vyktore is bullied in the school, Faythe stands up for him, “Don’t say my brother is a cry baby. He’s not a baby OK”
  • When Faythe decides to stay at MIL house, Vyktore goes, “Jie Jie you cannot stay, you come back OK” (He misses her when she’s not around)
  • First thing when they wake up, apart from looking for me, they will wake the other one up to play

I’m glad that they are closely knitted although at times they fight.