Kristen learns to talk

Kristen's word-log at 22 months

early June 2012: "no more chips papa" (one of her earliest sentences)

mid June 2012: "close door now! One two three four five......"(she's learning to count from because I count to get the older ones to do there chores)

29 June 2012: "Mummy look! ant climbing bunny's ear!" (there really was an ant on Bunbun's ear)

05 July 2012: Kristen tells everyone "Tammy gave me this" (her new kitty cat)

05 July 2012:  "Mama, wat you doing in the toilet??" (this is the shocker! I wasn't expecting so many words so soon!)

twinker tweenker leetle tar

Its already March ?!! And this is my second post for the year! Just a few notes before the moment passes.

Kristen (18 Months), is starting to speak in couplets.
Pack....Diaper
Bag....Heavy
Pat....Bed
Drin(k)....Tater (Water)

And sings "twinker tweenker leetle tar, howI wunder hmmm hmm hmm".

The third child does get the fewest posts, but really she such a good humored, funny little cheeky one and a half year old. 

Bible reading Ellie

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. 

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

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.

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!

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.