Farewell

It seems to be lots of farewells around.

Not cuz we are leaving for China, but many colleagues left at work.

And I feel like we also have to say farewell to College Green, our home, farewell to Momo for somemonths, friends here and plan farewell party for the boys with their classsmates as they will not be going to school for a few months...

So in the sense of compressed time it is a LOT of Farewells. And I even said farewell to my wedding ring, since I seem to have lost it. argh. Dun wanna think about that.

And lots of packing - at home, at work and our luggages.

The boys have their on flight trolley bags out to pack their toys and books on board.

En is seasoned. He went to his book shelf andlook and walkedaround the toyroom...

Xuan onlyhas all theThomas items in his thomas bag, the trains, the waterbottle and thomas books. sigh. Recently He deteriorated to only wearing Thomas tees -we have only 3 of them, so gotta wash them fast enuf for him to change. I wonder if it ever ends?

Only 5 more days to go..

Here is a pic of Rui that I snapped today, the cutiepie is really interactive these days.

Always cooing when I speak to him.

Smiling. Started grabbing things and putting them in his mouth to explore.

Sigh. It is fun to watch him develop.

And to watch him watch me.

Lots more pics to come, i only manage to get his,before my camera ran out its "energy".

And Oh, I may need to do a farewell entry, as apparently, China has blocked blogspot again!!!

Oh, sigh.

So i will continue with facebooknote then.

If that is the case, feel free to add me in your facebook for updates from China if you find myblog stagnant for a while after Sunday..



Adieu friends!!

Catch..

1. Catch Up



It has been almost a month since I blogged, a real cold turkey month for me.
Well, much of it is attributed to my lousy computer, which has a bad "scar" on its screen which inhibits me from reading anything or writing anything properly I have to resize the screen again and again to read simple news properly. Too much effort. I wished I can get a new laptop...

It has also been hectic, as there are a lot of ups and downs. And the kids are sick.. the usual potent flu bug which gave the kids the full works of cough, runny nose, fever and even rash on Xuan.

so I ran a pharmacy again for 2 weeks, and Xuan got so bad that he had to be on the nebuliser. And we had a screaming, kicking and violent kid in the house everytime he has to be put on the nebuliser. Thankfully by the 3rd day, he got used to the machine and the treat of sweets after that, so he was much calmer thru the process. But his fear is apparent as he kept saying "scared" and he labelled the machine "bad". sigh..

2. Catch-er..


The 2 boys drive me kinda nuts with their perpetual game of catcher.. screaming as they run through the house. While i should be happy with their bonding, but whentheir screams woke Rui up fromthe nap and I have a screaming and angry baby (who is usually most peaceful and jovial), my urge to scream and have a meltdown myself is imminent.

These are days of much self control.. kinda prepping for days of me as a stay at home month for the coming half a year. While i am glad to have the opportunity to be a stay at home mum for the 3 kids (thanks to my office arrangement for granting me the no pay leave), i recognise that it is a real challange to me...

3. Caught by..

I am always caught by how cute the boys are - I admit.
I know all parents feel pride in how their kids have grown, and it is natural.
But when I see their photos, or have a glimpse of their antics.. i find them really adorable sometime. The 3 boys all look so different, and have such different temperament, it makes parenting them a real experience in human nature.

En - always engrossed in his books, drawing or practising his numbers or alphabets.. This little boy seem to have acquired an innate love for the "bookish". He loves to read and do his exercises and it is a a joy to read to him, and huture his love for learning.

Xuan - always gibberish, dancing with a cheeky smile full of exuberance and never failing to charm his way with everyone. While he is definitely not bookish, it is a joy to just go along with what he wants to do. Just to see his dimpled smile.. but this boy does need to start to learn and speak properly soon - he is like 25 mths already but he is still mono-syllabic and behaves like a PG kid rather than the N1 kid that he is...

Rui - always cooing, swinging his arms and legs and smiling at ayone who looks at him... He is joy to hold and smell. At 3 mths, he is wearing clothes of 9-12 mths, really large for his size... but he has recently started developing the bad habit of not wanting to finish his milk. Other than this, he is a real joy to be around. Of all the 3 kids, I have to say i enjoy time with him as a baby most (no screaming like En, and more interactive than Xn as a baby), this one lights me up like nothing can, even if I only have 3 hours of sleep a day after tending to his sick brothers and in between the regular pump schedule.

Sigh... so my life goes on... ad here are the backdated and recent pics..