Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Home v. Hometown

Recently an old friend of mine who resides in the US posted on facebook: “Counting down on the days to go home, yay!”.

Home to her, just like me is Penang. I’m not sure if it only applies to Penangite, where home to us will always be that little island…

My sisters-in-law who have migrated to Australia and US don’t not say that they are coming “home” when they are in Singapore.  I also hardly hear my friends from KL or HK say that they are going '”home” when they return to their hometowns…

This is still a topic that daddy M and I are not on the same page yet…

The quick dial in my phone still lists Home as my parents’ number. 

One day, I’ll switch.  But I’m not sure when…

So, today we are going home! For a wedding and an extended long weekend.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Dating game

The first daughter-daddy date. And off they went to the zoo on a Friday morning, enjoying the nature and animals without the tourists!  We hope this dating game (one-on-one date with mommy/ daddy) can continue in the many more years to come, even until she finds her own date :)

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sleep training continues - Night 4

I was so exhausted last night that I didn't hear S waking up! According to M, she woke up, but no major crying.

Daddy: "Sophie sit down and sleep."
Sophie: "Sit down."
Daddy: "Sophie sleep.."
Sophie: "...Sit down."
Daddy: "Sleep ."
Sophie: "...Sit down" (dozing off)

Within 5 minutes, she lied down and sleep...

Praise Jesus!

Yay! 2 more stickers were added!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Whose bed is it anyway?

These days, uniterrupted sleep is like striking lottery for daddy M and I. S has been waking up in the wee hours reqeusting to be moved to our bed. And that's it! There goes our sleep with her karate moves in between us. As our dark-eye circles deepened, we decided to 're-train' her to sleep through out the night (like she used to do).

Night 1: She was up around 2am. Cried for 10 minutes. Mommy gave in and carried her over to our bed.

Night 2: As above. Daddy gave in.

Night 3 (last night): She was up again in the wee hours. Both mommy and daddy decided to ignore her and she cried louder. So we comforted her from a distance. Actually it was more like daddy who did the comforting while mommy covered her ears with pillow praying to Jesus for help... The drama lasted for about 40 minutes. This morning, she was rewarded with two Sesame Street stickers for not getting out of the cot!

We are determined to continue with the 'battle'...

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Break-free

Two days after my previous post, God gave me one of the biggest revelations of my life – I need to give up my control freak personality to really experience His grace. 8393343-happy-little-girl-running-at-ocean-beach-at-scenic-sunset

For years, I have prided myself as a person who likes to be in control and control the things I want.  While I know that God is the overall in-charge of my life, I still strived to be the ‘controller’ which often created a lot of self-induced stress.  This revelation somewhat set me free, feeling like a child running on the beach, chasing after waves!

Having realised that I should stop labelling myself as a control freak is one thing, getting down to letting go and let God is yet another journey that I am excited to embark! A journey to fully KNOW Jesus as the supplier of grace in my life and walk in that realm that I always see unmerited favour.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

I’m not a cool mom yet…

I caved. I went to the school on her 2nd day, ignoring the strict principal’s advise of having the same parent to accompany the child (for consistency sake). The school is strict with no trial lesson allowed and our pre-registration recce to the school was done mostly outside class.  So the control-freak me just had to KNOW and SEE how the class is run,despite having seen some video clips by daddy M from 1st day.

I’m glad that I went because the unsettledness that had bugged me for the past 36 hours finally broke free.  I liked what I saw. The teachers were enthusiastic, the children were happy, the activities were fun. More importantly, S made herself at  home! I walked out at the end of day with peace of mind.

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xoxo,

A cool mom in the making

Monday, October 3, 2011

Ready for school

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After much thought and ‘search’ we have decided to send S to Shaws, and she starts TOMORROW! She’ll begin with three times a week with three-hour session in the afternoon.


Yes, we are still having Elmo craze! I thought of standardising the snack box with an Elmo design but something tells me “it’s too much!” and may appear uncool (wink).


I didn’t have the opportunity to go to nursery or kindergarten. Neither did I walk into Primary 1 class with fancy stationery/bag/accessories. Maybe the lack of it made me excited and feel privileged to be able to do it for my daughter.


Is mommy going to accompany S on her first day in school?


NO! Because she turns into a sticky koala when mommy is around! So daddy gets to bring her and stay with her for the first week!!


Have fun!



xoxo,


Jealous mommy

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Berry nice

If there's anything to remember from my 3D2N trip to London/Frankfurt would be this bowl of fresh berries-granola-yogurt-milk breakfast! Don't you just love the colours? I am a berry fan, especially when I was pregnant with S or when I feel rich and need some natural anti-oxidants. But this was my time experiencing FRESH and SWEET res, blue and blackberries! The ones that are sold in Singapore are hardly ever sweet, not to mention expensive!




The grass (berries) are definitely greener (sweeter) on the other side!