Kelyn yee-yee's 21st Birthday celebration

Over the weekend, we celebrated their Kelyn yee-yee's 21st Birthday at Chervon. The theme for the day is yellow. We are the only whole family that turn up for the event all in yellow. Ernest, Nathan and me wore spongebob tee that we got for Nicole's 2nd birthday celebrate. Nathan is actually wearing Nicole's tee. Both girls have outgrown their tees and I have to find ways to get the tees for them.

The pictures are from Michelle - Thank U Michelle yee-yee

Cheese with teeth

Nicole and her pose

Who is the monster that snatch his Oreo

Oh this is so sweet, only if Nathan do not give us his fierce look

His yee-yee disturbing him

Oh I love his eyes

Lay Lay

His cheeky look, you won't know what he is up to

Oohh!

Awe

Thanks Michelle for the photos!

Teething

Up till now, Nathan only has his 2 central lower incisors which only appears when he is about 6 months old.
He has been drooling quite a bit for sometime now. I will say he drools much much more than the girls. But there is still no sign of his front teeth. Lately he is down with fever and it is suppose to relate to his teething. Hopefully his pearlies will appear soon.

Picnic at Marine Barrage

Over the weekend, we were at the Marine Barrage to have a picnic as well as fly kites. Natalie has been asking us to bring her to fly her kites ever since we got her kites. Most of the yee-yees and uncle were there.

I brought bread and snack, Kim Fong and Kenneth brought plenty of drinks and egg tarts, Kelyn made fried rice. Michelle is the best, she brought a whole chicken and taco wrap there. The girls are so happy that they want to go back again soon.

It rained early in the morning and we almost call off the event. Phew, the rain reduced to a drizzle and hence we decided to proceed. While we were there, it drizzled just when we started flying our kites and I have a hard time retrieving Nicole's kite and Daddy came to my rescue, and stood in the rain to do it for me. His face is almost as black as the sky when he came back drenched. After that the sun came out, it became extremely hot that many of us suffered sun burnt. Both Natalie and Nicole both have rosy cheek which looks so adorable.

Nathan stayed at home with Li Hong for he has just recovered from 2 bouts of flu. I will love to bring him along on our next trip.

All photos are from Kelyn's facebook

The 3 little ones

Natalie loves Nathan to bits. She do not allow us to scold or even raise our voice at Nathan. She always come to his rescue. She is more than happy to jump around just to make her little brother smile. She even allow him to pull her hair. She shower him with kisses just before he goes to bed. It goes to show our little girl has grown up.

Nicole on the other hand, doesn't like Nathan to bother her. She will scream when Nathan pulls her hair or come close to her. She has a different way of showing her affection for him. She will dance for him to make him laugh.

Nathan loves both his sisters. He will crawl to his sisters to join in whatever they are doing. He also takes the role of a terrorist, snatching whatever the sisters are playing, biting his sisters art work.

Hi-5

Interestingly, when I commented that I am getting fat and Natalie asked me if I am having another baby. And I asked her if she wants another baby brother and sister. She told me: we need another baby boy and baby girl. So in total there will be 3 girls and 2 boys, just like Hi-5. I have no idea where she get the concept of wanting so many siblings. But I am sure she is one good Big sister that take good care of her siblings.

Nicole. The beautiful one.

While we fuss over the needs of the little one, worry over the growing concerns of the elder one, somehow someone gets to be far away from the limelight.

Then again she survives by creating a world of her own, playing with herself, letting her imaginative world fill the voids of Daddy and Mummy at times. Well she has her auntie but then I always make sure that she is not out of my span of attention, then again a depleting attention given the load at work.

Just have to look at her face when she is alone with me and mummy to understand how much she longs for us. Not asking for food like her sister, attention like the brother, all she needs is for you to look at her, play with her and it would mean the whole world to her.

My little princess, the often missed out one but then the child who could end up be the one among the three to know, understand and take a different perspective of things just because of the independent childhood she goes through.

Time also to switch attention to her as she is getting older. Needs no less than the sister. More work for us? Thats definite. But then we would get to enjoy it nonetheless.

Moment of Pride

It was a usual Saturday. Waking up early to start off the day .... dun ask why I need to wake up at 6 on a Saturday morning. I also wonder sometimes.


Little then I know this particular saturday is going to be different. Cos the little one was awake when I was done with my slow shower.

Showing that cheeky look of his, 2 words emerged from the little one, 2 words that somehow stood out in the silence of the morning (er, not too quite cos of the snoring in the background) were ....... Dar Di.

Haha ... the little one calling out to me. Somehow I have got to interrupt the background snoring so as to also have my wife share in this little moment of pride. My son just called his father.

My lovelies

Picture taken by Kelyn yee-yee

Natalie is very protective of Nicole and Nathan. She will stand up against anyone who scold or want to beat Nicole or Nathan. She is also the only one that can bully Nicole. She like to call Nicole the "Evil" and make her sister upset.

Nicole adores her elder sister. She would want to follow whatever Natalie is doing. She can sit quietly beside Natalie when she is playing computer games never once fighting over the computer with her. However, Nicole is prone to complaining about Natalie to the adults. She once told Li Hong that she is happy when Daddy scolds Jie-Jie.

Both sisters, especially Natalie adores that baby brother. They will try means and ways to make Nathan laugh - be it jumping up and down with him or dancing to Wonder Girls - Nobody. They are so happy to see him laugh and will laugh together with him.

At the end of the day, I am glad they love and protect each other.

Lesser Time Together Nowadays

We are home more often nowadays. Lesser are the gatherings which usually pack our weekends cos of the many things happening around us. People are busier with their lives, some tired from their work, some have their health reasons while some just couldnt be bothered.

For us it's the children.

Nathan received his jab and had his assessment done last sat. Like a cry baby he cried, even before the needle was in sight. A far cry from his menacing look at home.

But then both his sisters were there to cheer him on. Quite a interesting sight.

We still find time for some Cake baking on Saturday afternoon and that put a close to the day.

Somehow Nathan didnt react quite too well to the jab.

Today was a little more stressful cos its the P1 registration for Natalie and also graduation photo taking day.

Our girls are growing up, and like it or not we are growing old, my dear. Just as I was talking about it not too long about carrying them, I sprain my hand carrying little Natalie on Sunday.

Speaking of carrying our children, "turtle dun laugh at tortoise". Well Mummy Lynn certainly has her field day carrying Nathan around for these past 3 days. No wonder my MIL is complaining that she is spoiling the market for them.

In any case, the slew of photos is for all "yi-yi"s and all qiu gong and qiu po who have not been popping by recently. The gals have grown (Natalie 1.2m and Nicole 1.0m) and so have nathan close to 10kg liao (65 cm).