R and durian

老家走走

Saturday dinner at our old old place...

It's been nearly four years since we last returned to our very first home.

 

For our five years at Coral, we probably only came to this rooftop playground twice or thrice...

We took a picture at the grandpa's "classic" bench of 410...

The kids were screaming "this is so high!" When we got to our old "penthouse"...

 

Dear tried to exercise after his vaccination... Hmm... And I missed the moment when he threw himself off from a spinner when he couldn't balance well. The stranger kid was good in self spinning. I couldn't even see her face when she was showcasing her skill... And not to mention dear being threw off by himself... 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

The repaint make this place we once called our home kind of unfamiliar to us now... W didnt remember the place. He was not even Teo years old when we moved out. The sisters remembered. They remembered the mall, too. They could navigate around the mall litk they used to. P even asked if her very fierce teacher from MS was still around... Well, I don't know... 🤗

Happy to be back... ❤️

铁路之旅

天气晴朗，我屁股痒。。。说要带孩子们踏铁。

一把车停好，天空竟然下起倾盆豪雨。

壮观的铁桥尽收眼帘，看得到；但是摸不着。

去与留，两为难。

买晚餐，太早。

下车走，没戏。

孩子们在车子里打瞌睡。我们想了想：经过路过，不要错过。不然就再等等吧。

孩子们一个个慢慢醒过来，我们想就穿着雨衣，提着伞，在附近晃一晃，逛一逛。

老天还是眷顾我们的。我们到排屋店之中的小型超市买了一些零食后，雨就转细了。

机会逮到了！

我们取景后，就沿着泥石路往自然区迈进。怎知不到几步路，天又再开始洒水。我们当机立断，调头回到车上，到此一游也。

一家上了车，把门一关，绵绵细雨就转为大雨。那一霎那的时光，好像是为我们掀开的。太荣幸了！

感谢有这种机会自造跟孩子们的童年回忆🥰

W phone

He placed his phone next to ours...

That's the game that he's playing forever... And actually, there's a circle on the top left corner on the back of his phone... Yes... That's the camera he draw on his pretentious phone...

 

Someitmes, he used it to help his sisters (and I) take some same PJMask photo (s)...

Interesting... 🤗

what's my favorite colour

W rushed over to me and asked for my favorite colour.

I gave it a serious thought as I don't really have a favorite in colours. They are all beautiful.

However, I took his question seriously and answered him, "yellow" (since I was in a yellow tee).

He shook his head and told me to pick a different 'favourite colour'... 

So I said "blue" (since I was in a pair of faded blue shorts)

"Cannot... Choose a different one..." he begged...

I gave it another thought and said, "purple".

"Okay! That's a good colour" and he ran off...

***

In the night, I noticed a 'family portrait' on my desk... I'm the lady in a beautiful long purple dress, which I don't have any purple dress...

Illustration by W at 5yo 🥰

Reminded me of P's drawing style. I asked if P helped, she said she shared with didi how she draw people (stick people) 😅🤗

Thank you, kids!!!

Happy Farter's Day

It's Father's day! Everyday is father's day.

It's tradition since last year (2020) when Renee learnt to cook scrambled eggs during the covid lockdown.

Since, she had been cooking the best scrambled egg in this household...

This year, R made her traditional scrambled egg for her dad and even make a cup of hot coffee (2in1) 😬🥰

To celebrate Farter's Day, I'll do the dishes, kids will play whole day. Hohoho 👍🏻👌🏻🙏🏻

dilating his eyes

After three months of wait. We finally get to see children specialist... While waiting for the solution to dilate his eyes, he was watching TV from far and self entertaining...

He turned to me and said that his vision  is blurry... His point is he cannot write ABC since he can't see well.

Then I told him he'll be fine by Tmr morning to resume his ABC routine. 😅👍🏻

 

He need to view thisnoix from v far. LOL... I can also sense his frustration when his vision is so blury...

Jiayou 🥰🥳

Our Daily Hug

No matter how busy, tired, depressed...

Don't forget the bedtime hug and morning hug with our little ones 👍🏻🥰

A card for his daddy

When daddy told P to pickup cycling for his Bday in 2 months time, W overheard the conversation but said nothing.

Sometimes, we didn't think it would make any impact or rather, we often undermine the thoughts of young children.

They are humans too... Why wouldn't they have thought of their own? Haven't come across my mind until that day...

That afternoon, W came up to me to ask for a piece of paper. "Mama, I want to draw. Can I have a paper, please?"

I passed a piece of A4 printer paper from the printer tray.

Few minutes later, W brought along an electronic erasable board to my side and asked, "Mama, how do you write 'Happy Birthday, Papa. I love you.'?"

I stunted... A boy who didn't know which month we are in, which day of the week it is... He's preparing a Bday card for his dad who casually remarked abt his Bday wish for them to learn cycling in 2 months time...

There, I checked on him occasionally from time to time as he was engrossed and focus in this specialty Bday card.

I probed, "Why don't you move to the living room to work on your card? Isn't it hot to sit at the balcony all alone at this hot afternoon?"

W responded, "Because I want to be quiet and don't write wrongly."

End of the day, he handed the card to daddy. I was so touched even the card wasn't for me. I had my share on Mother's Day.

The girls were also planning their gifts in their own way... 

Thank you, children. 🥰

my portrait

Illustration by W at 5yo

Illustration by P at 7yo

Papa, mama and baby W with ❤️

Illustration by mama, afternoon drawing with W. He is very encouraging. When I didn't draw the same way as he did, W would take a look at picture and comment, " This is okay too." Along the way, he would guide me what to draw next and share with me how he would draw it. Towards the end of the session as we were colouring the doodles, W turned to me and said gently, "Mummy, this is the first time that you draw with me. I'm so happy." I felt so appreciated. Then, W asked, "Is it you don't have to work today?" He exclaimed, "oh yes!" When I told him that I wasn't at work for the day.

Our same same but different drawings 🥳