Ellie is reading the NIV Bible. We gave her a bible for christmas. She wanted a "princess" bible, the one that her cousin Erika has. The princess bible is a regular bible with a pink shiny cover and a diamante clasp, and with absolutely tiny print, something I couldn't read it without hurting my eyes. There are so many bibles for children with a 6 or 7 font size! So I got her the Young Woman of Faith Bible. She's now at Genesis 9, underlining the words she doesn't yet understand. I'm pretty amazed she's gotten so far-she's five going on six.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Staycations and Vacations. 2011
I'm post dating this. My list of staycations & vacations for the year 2011. We actually did get out A LOT this year.
- January-Photography conference at Kuala Lumpur, Gardens Residences
- June-Church Family Camp at Kuala Lumpur
- School holiday Vacation at the Movenpick hotel Sentosa
- August- My Birthday Treat at the Ritz Carlton
- September- Grandpa gives us a free stay at Fraser Suites. We pretend to be expats in out own country in a out of town serviced apartment
- Alpha Weekend at Nanyang Executive Centre
- October- K &; M's Wedding at Bali. Ellie, Cait and Kristen are the flower girls.
- December- Family holiday at the Marriott Phuket
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Case notes
Kristen at 15 Months.
79cm tall. 9.5kg.
My blog is beginning to read like a doctors case notes. Just the facts. Nothing more. My mind seems watered down to that. Surviving on 5 hours of sleep each night. On average. On bad nights it is five hours of broken sleep. Kristen isn't letting us sleep through the night yet. I blaming those 4 molars brusting through those baby gums. She makes up for the bad nights by being absolutely funny and charming in the day- which is why I manage to get by- and don't actually look the zombie I feel I am. And yes it is God's grace. To remain calm and collected with the 3 girls whizzing by, talking non stop, occasionally attacking each other (Kristen, a-ha! is a fighter too!) chasing each other round the house, asking me all sorts of questions as I am trying to reverse park at 1 km/h. (Of course I end up scraping the side of the car ever so slightly.)
At the end of the day, I am just too pooped to even think of writing about the 101 exciting things that happen each day. Which is why the log is just, a log, ....case notes.
79cm tall. 9.5kg.
My blog is beginning to read like a doctors case notes. Just the facts. Nothing more. My mind seems watered down to that. Surviving on 5 hours of sleep each night. On average. On bad nights it is five hours of broken sleep. Kristen isn't letting us sleep through the night yet. I blaming those 4 molars brusting through those baby gums. She makes up for the bad nights by being absolutely funny and charming in the day- which is why I manage to get by- and don't actually look the zombie I feel I am. And yes it is God's grace. To remain calm and collected with the 3 girls whizzing by, talking non stop, occasionally attacking each other (Kristen, a-ha! is a fighter too!) chasing each other round the house, asking me all sorts of questions as I am trying to reverse park at 1 km/h. (Of course I end up scraping the side of the car ever so slightly.)
At the end of the day, I am just too pooped to even think of writing about the 101 exciting things that happen each day. Which is why the log is just, a log, ....case notes.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Kristen at fourteen and a half months
Poor Kristen gets so little blogtime.
Kristen's words to date: There!, Jie Jie, Mama, Papa, Mmm (Milk), Up!, Bear, Buh (Bunny), Sh Shh (shoes), Ha-wa (Hello), Ba Bai (Bye bye)
And her molars are coming through already!
Kristen's words to date: There!, Jie Jie, Mama, Papa, Mmm (Milk), Up!, Bear, Buh (Bunny), Sh Shh (shoes), Ha-wa (Hello), Ba Bai (Bye bye)
And her molars are coming through already!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The girls are growing up so fast!
Kristen is turning one tomorrow. She is walking almost 6 steps all on her own, unaided, has 6 teeth and is putting together all sorts of sounds. Papa, ba (her favourite stinky smelly bunny), bare (bag). She shakes her head no, loves pasta and has decided she doesn't like pasta anymore. She still smells like a baby except at the end of the day.
Ellie has lost her first tooth, with another one already shaky and has two permanent teeth peeking out of the gums.
And Caitlin is just Caitlin. As funny as ever saying all sorts of things that amuse us.
Ellie has lost her first tooth, with another one already shaky and has two permanent teeth peeking out of the gums.
And Caitlin is just Caitlin. As funny as ever saying all sorts of things that amuse us.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
A (very) short break
With three under-sixes, its a lot more tiring going on holiday than just staying in. A break is never a real break. The change of environment helps and the girls LOVE hotels. But at the end of it we (the adults) feel more tired than before we left. Tiredness aside, it is always nice to get away, even if it is just a half and hour drive away to rediscover parts of our tiny island. Sentosa, for all its tourist tackiness, can be enjoyable. I like exploring new cities or enjoying good weather with a mountain as a backdrop or some mongolian plain but I think those sort of holidays will have to be on hold for now. So we made last minute holiday plans for Sentosa at the newly, and half-opened Movenpick Heritage Hotel. For just one night.
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| Kristen enjoying with room. |
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| Buffet Breakfasts are the best. The girls love the choice of food. There is always something to eat. KM takes this as a chance to introduce the contraband BACON!! to Caitlin. Love the decor. |
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| 10 Month old Kristen gets to pick at the food too. |
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| Peas in a pod. |
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| A tired momma |
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| Picking shells on the beach |
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| Monkeying around |
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| Lunch at Palio. Just across our hotel. Great pizza. Ellie and Caitlin chomp up almost half a Margherita. |
Monday, June 20, 2011
Teething problems
Kristen's fussiness must be related to all those huge teeth coming out. Five teeth out now and more counting. The latest was the upper left tooth.
She's all over the place, which makes doing anything with the older girls really difficult. Put her in her fenced play area and it's only a matter of minutes before she is clamoring to get out. Let her out and it is another matter of minutes before she is in the kitchen or under the table or munching Ellie and caitlin's drawings. she's putting everything in her mouth. Yes this is a critical developmental phase but the parenting books don't tell how tiring it is trying to push every dangerous object out of the way or yelling at the older girls to pick up there tiny toys. At the end of the day I'm totally pooped.
She's all over the place, which makes doing anything with the older girls really difficult. Put her in her fenced play area and it's only a matter of minutes before she is clamoring to get out. Let her out and it is another matter of minutes before she is in the kitchen or under the table or munching Ellie and caitlin's drawings. she's putting everything in her mouth. Yes this is a critical developmental phase but the parenting books don't tell how tiring it is trying to push every dangerous object out of the way or yelling at the older girls to pick up there tiny toys. At the end of the day I'm totally pooped.
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