Monday, July 7, 2008
Just You & Me!
Once she is up, I won't have the luxury to continue with what I am doing. Took her for a bath, gave her her milk, find some time to eat my MacDonald breakfast (ordered by XP hee), wash her clothes and then after that wash my clothes! Thereafter, had to hang them up to dry. Oh my, I am like a typical housewife leh! Doing nothing but chores today! After getting all the work done, I went out with her to the post office to have some items sent out. Luckily we were back early cos shortly after, it was raining cats and dogs! What a sudden downpour!
Had to quickly keep the laundry and Little Arielle was all ready to help. She carried the dry clothings and placed them on the bed. Not bad, still a little clever to place it on the bed instead of onto the floor (hmm, I din teach her where to put hee). After which, she was tired cos it was already 12.40pm. Had her placed in the yao lan and she was in her dreamlands in less than 5 minutes! Hmm, it goes to show how tired she was!
XP suddenly came back home. Thought that he took half day leave to keep us company but well, it not. He only said over the phone that he is coming back to drop something off. Hmm, was thinking what is so important that he needs to come back specially during lunch to drop off. Moreover, it was raining so heavily leh!
Hahaha, when he reached home, he was half drenched! Realised that he took the public transport and did not have a brolly with him! Went to peep at that "important" item of his and realised that he has brought home the laptop meant for me!!! So exciting leh! I din expect it to be so early cos he mentioned that the store would only have stock from 21 Jul onwards, which is another 2-3 weeks later! Hee, so glad that he was back hahaha! Anyway, will wait for him to help with the installation of all the necessary program before I start using it!
Hee, okie, enough of my excitement! Back to Little Arielle. Heard her voice at about 2.30pm and immediately went over to carry her up. Brought her back to my room and placed her on my bed. Was surprised that she actually fell asleep leh! As she was sleeping very close to the edge and I din wanna wake her up, I placed a mattress next to her so that in case she fall, she would land on the mattress. Haha, this is the first time I am using my brains and it works man cos she really flipped and fell off the bed but was okie cos she landed on the mattress. Hengz ah! Else she would kena bumps and bruises again! So while she sleeps, I continue with my blog until I myself was a little tired and went to sleep for a while. Had wanted to bring her out for shopping but I guessed with the rain and the tired me, I just dun feel like going out lor! Wanted to sleep and Little Arielle woke up instead. Win liaoz lor. So in the end, I did not really sleep at all. She went out and played with her grandparents and I continue to blog while waiting for XP to come home from work....
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Another Lazy Sunday....
*Opps, sticking out my tongue* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2008
*Mouth full of durian!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2008
*Oh oh, I dirtied my shirt! Gonna get it from mummy!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2008
*Sparkling eyes!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2008
*Huh, only got 10 pieces of durian after spending $27!!* - Uploaded on 19 Jul 2008
Red Eye Again?
I did not give her the eyedrops yesterday as she had actually recovered since Friday. Hmm, din noe what happened that caused it to recur again.
Was glad that we still went to the doctor on Friday even though she was already okie. At least, we managed to get the eyedrops else I would be blaming myself for not bringing her!!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
My Happy Family
Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com
Little Arielle is exactly 21 months today! Cannot believe that she's gonna turn 2 years old in 3 months' time!! Time really flies and how I wish it could stop for me to savour the sweet memories and beautiful moments!!
The above shows our happy family with XP's favourite sports - golf, Mummy's fat fat figure (hoping to slim down) and cute cute Little Arielle! Hoping to have family member number 4 soon....
The Deadline
Hmm, when can she do without her tu-tu??
Home Alone....
He has been thoughtful to want to spend the weekend with the family. As such, he would usually schedule his game during weekday. But he had to go this time round as his brother gotta withdraw from the game at the eleventh hour due to some urgent matters and as such, he was asked to go so that the fees paid will not be wasted.
Even though so, he would ensure that my breakfast and lunch is taken care of. I only remembered him telling me that he has bought chwee kuen, ji cheong fun, bread and tau huay for me. Those were said while I was still half asleep cos it was 6am+.
When I woke up later and went to take a peek at the food items. Wow, it's really as per what he said. Hmm, he must have got up real early to get my food ready as it was still a little bit warm when I ate it!
So sweet of him hee! At least it wont make me feel so frustrated being at home alone with the little rascal! Little rascal has been well-behaved so far. Happily watching her Barney and Mickey Mouse cartoon. Hope that she remains this way until her daddy comes home!
Looking forward to him coming back in the afternoon!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Hi, Dr Ho....
I was kind of hesistating whether to bring Little Arielle to the doctor as she was already fine looking today. Her eyes wasn't red eversince yesterday and I din really see her rubbing it. But since, she kept saying that she wants to see doctor and mama was telling me that her right eye was a bit red today, I thought I shouldn't take the risk and just bring her to check to have a peace of mind.
She was very excited and was happily walking around with her squeaky sandals outside the clinic. Her shoes were so noisy that everyone's attention was on her. By seeing that there is a queue, you would know that it's Dr Ho on duty tonight! Luckily we were early so we din really have to wait long.
Dr Ho thought that she got sore eyes due to infection from other family members but no one in the family had sore eyes recently. So she done a thorough check and mentioned that she has a bit of runny nose and the sore eyes might be caused by it.
She prescribed some eye drops and medication for Little Arielle and luckily the damage is only $48. Not bad lah, $48 for a peace of mind, it's worth the money lor!
After the visit, we had dinner and went back home. I guessed she must have been tired after the playing and walking while we were at the clinic so she fell asleep at about 10pm!
Hee hee, hengz ah, that's how I manage to do my blogging now....
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Getting Closer....
Sleeping alone hee!!
Little Arielle has been sleeping between us for quite some time. Well, can't exactly remember since when, but definitely more than 10 months liaoz! Squeezing 3 person on a queen-sized bed is a torture cos basically we can't really move much as we are afraid of hurting her. Well, instead of us hurting her, it's the other way round lor. Sometimes, she would kick me hard either on my back or my stomach!!!
We have been trying for the longest time to actually get her to sleep on her own mattress but everytime, she would cry so bitterly until we got no choice but to let her sleep with us. Either that or we are too tired to wait for her to fall asleep (to shift her down to her own mattress). Therefore, sleeping on her own only materialised during weekends cos we sleep late and thus, we can carry her down when she falls asleep.
But, from this week onwards, Little Arielle has been very naughty! She din wanna sleep early until XP was quite annoyed and din allow her to sleep with us. Instead, he would accompany her on her mattress until she falls asleep. As such, it is pretty successful for the past few days whereby she will sleep on her mattress. Of course, daily she would wake up at different timings, go to XP's side, pat on his shoulders to get him to carry her up to our bed. XP will do so cos he din wan her to kick up a fuss in the middle of the night.
Right now, she is sleeping on her own mattress again and hopefully, she will get used to this new arrangement....
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Hong Sim Again?
Although we scared her by putting her outside (dark place), she only cries for a while and when she was brought into the room, she would lie on the mattress for a few minutes. Then quietly, she would start to stand up and walk around the room again!
Despite putting her outside for a few times, she still repeats what she did! In the end, off the tv after my program has ended and lights off then she is willing to sleep!
Win liaoz lor! Does it mean, no tv program for me??
Wrong Way of Educating a Kid
I witnessed her "beating" and was telling mama that she should tell Little Arielle the reason why she was being smacked on the palm. This is the correct way of teaching a child. Other than being punished for the wrong things that they have done, they need to know where they have gone wrong.
So mama started to tell me that she was teaching Little Arielle the right way of holding the toy. But she is not answering to my question!!! Arggh.....was wondering if I had phrased my question wrongly until she couldn't understand or she simply couldn't get it! So the other family members were all around cos we were actually having dinner at that time! So I went around asking each of them to ensure that my question was asked in the correct manner. So basically, everyone understood where I was coming from, all except mama!! So, bo pian, I told Daddy to explain to her cos probably husband and wife would have the same wavelength!
And, I supposed she kind of know what I meant, I really hope she really understands! She still couldn't explain why she smacked Little Arielle cos Little Arielle did not hit mama on purpose! Was telling Daddy that I must have been beaten up for nothing when I was young!
Poor Little Arielle and ME!!!
Status of Red Eye!
Anyway, XP said that if she is not well after tomorrow, we will bring her to the doc in the evening!
Hopefully things get better....
Monday, June 30, 2008
Slept Alone!
She would climb up and down and kept disturbing her daddy so much so that he got so irritated, grabbed her up, opened the door and placed her outside. But of course, before he could close the door, the teary gal quickly ran in. XP told her that she would sleep on her own mattress if she is going to behave in this way again.
Tried to do some reading with her and hoping that she would sleep asap. Well, it din work. Off the lights for a while but she is still fidgeting here and there!
Finally, my tv program has ended and I off the lights. She was still moving around, tossing to and fro. Worst thing is, she kept kicking me! Now my turn to get irritated and I grabbed her and placed her on her own mattress! Told her that if she is not gonna sleep, I gonna open the door and she would be kept in the dark!
She was scared and din dare to move. I went back to sleep and I din hear her coming to me which she would usually do so cos she din like to sleep alone on her mattress.
In the end, I fell asleep! Visited the toilet at about 5am+ and I saw her asleep on her own mattress. Hee hee shall try it again tomorrow night and hopefully she can sleep on her own!
Red Eye Gal
Thought that it might be due to insufficient sleep and would monitor her situation and hoping that it will recover after a night's sleep....
Sunday, June 29, 2008
An Accident Night!
She became pretty cranky after the "kiap". Insisted to have the biscuits that we bought for her today but I refused as it was already late. Placed it on the cupboard next to the bed. Din know that she would stand on the bed and stretched out her hands to reach for the biscuits. In the end, she went over the bed and fell on her fours!
I saw her from a distance that she is gonna fall but was too late to stop her. Was fortunate that she did not suffer any major injuries but only some bruises under her right armpit. Kept on examining her to ensure that there are no hidden injuries. Luckily, only that bruise under her armpit.
Of course she cried and we managed to calm her down after a while. Next, she started to walk around the room and dun noe how it happened but I just knew that I accidentally knocked into her and luckily this time round, I was fast enough to grab onto her so as to prevent another accident from happening!
Aiyo, so much shock from her this evening leh!!!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
PlayGround @ Big Splash!
The next exciting program that they have would be Movie by the Beach featuring Ratatouille that is gonna start at 7pm. Wow, how romantic to watch by the beach leh but XP was not in favour. So he suggested to walk around elsewhere and to come back here at about 8.15pm for the highlights of the evening ~ Fireworks Display!
We went to NTUC at Marine Parade to use up my NTUC linkpoints as it will expire on 30 Jun. So before I forget, we might start to redeem it! Hmm, din know Little Arielle can also get toys from NTUC leh! Look at her 战利品:
*A Barney Educational Drawing Board (Travel Pack) and a box of Minnie Mouse Strawberry Biscuits!* - Uploaded on 28 Jun 2008
Din know it was already 8.15pm when we left Marine Parade NTUC. Got XP to quickly drive back to the PlayGround as we din wanna miss the fireworks. Wow, the queue to get into East Coast was very long! So much so that driving on the expressway seems to be a better option. We decided to go in via Fort Road! The queue is still long but at least it's still moving. We parked at the same place and quickly ran to the PlayGround. Luckily, the movie has yet to end. So we decided to watch the movie and thereafter enjoy the fireworks.
Since Little Arielle din like to sit on XP's shoulders, I brought her to the grass patch and I sat down, with her sitting on my lap. Hmm, was happy that she managed to stay still for the rest of the movie which could have been easily half an hour. An idea strike me ~ to bring her to the movies in the real cinema! Hmm, shall we try??
After the movie, we were asked to go back to the PlayGround and we were wondering where the fireworks would be presented as the place is full of tentages! Before we know it, the pomp pomp sound came by....Enjoy....
The fireworks was short but enjoyable! What a good way to end the night....
Friday, June 27, 2008
Fun @ Ikea Tampines
So here we are, dining at their famous Ikea restaurant! We ordered poached salmon (my favourite) and their all time favourites ~ Ikea Chicken Wings! Yummy yum yum! It has been a long time since we ate at Ikea eversince we are not staying in Punggol. What a great time to relive the moments....
After the sumptuous meal, we went round the store with Little Arielle. She was enjoying herself, running here and there and was very curious with all the things that she sees.
Enjoy her fun-time in Ikea....