Alyssa Joy – 18mths

Alyssa turns 18months old today. She does not speak much, just a few words. Loves reading though. Her favourites are Farm Friends, Baby’s Christmas, Topsy & Tim , Peter and Jane and more. Good thing we have lots of books at home for her to flip thru.

Favourite shows: Up, Backyardigans, Mickey Mouse and whatever her siblings watch including Ultraman in Japanese.

She loves eating especially french fries and anything that mummy eats.  She loves swimming. If she sees her swimsuit (passed down from her cousin Bernadette to her sister and now hers), she will insist on putting it on. Will load a picture soon.

I enjoy watching her dance, sing (babbles) and play with her brother and sister.  A very loving person but has a very bad temper too. She tried the drop and roll cry tactic but I ignored her and now she doesn’t do that anymore.

Have to play with her now. Since her che-che started school last week, she gets a bit lonely. May take her to my neighbours house and see her friend “Gen Gen” or have to let her take over my computer and play sesame street games.
Her favourite is Peek-A-Boo.

Busy…Busy

Just when I think I may have sometime in the morning to blog, I’m busy again. Daniel had an allergy attack again. First time was last week (bad rash all over his body). Gave him a dose of Zyrtec and it went off like magic. This time took him to see Serena. (There goes my morning). I was told to continue the med for at least 1 week.
In the evening, Marissa has her JMC (Junior Music Course). It requires 1 parent to accompany her. Terence had an event and would not be back till late at night. I was contemplating to sent her or not. She is independent and is able to follow the class pretty well. Finally, Daniel accompanied her while I waited with Alyssa outside the class. Should have brought the camera to get some shots of her peeping thru the door to see her “che-che”. Hopefully, I will have more time tomorrow.

Back again

Wow…where have my 3 years gone? Daniel is in Primary 1 and Marissa just started Kindy. Also, there’s a new member of in family, Alyssa who is already coming to 18months old…

New resolution…to update daily. Perhaps may even get Daniel to post..:)

To be continued tomorrow

Daniel’s Birthday Party

We will be celebrating Daniel’s birthday in Melaka. Since he will be 4, I think it’s time to co-ordinate some games for the kids. We will be having about 15 kids age 1-10 whom mostly are his Uncles and Aunts and many adults. I have finished preparing the party favours yesterday. We will be having a Mickey Mouse theme party.

I have also finalised the menu for the party. We will be serving, Kueh Teow fried with Chili, Black Sauce Mee, Say Bak (prepared by my Godma), Chicken Rendang (prepared by my Mother in law), Sheperds Pie, Sambal Udang, Chicken Pong Teh & Mixed Veg.

All, I need to go shopping and buy stuff for the cake, wrap the prizes and finalise the games. Busy, busy, busy.

Imaginary train ride

Of late, I enjoy observing the kids while they play on their own. Since our last train ride to watch Mickey’s Magic Show, they have been having lots of imaginary rides.

Daniel: Station Sg Besi(in deep tone). Ok, baby, we are here.
Marissa: Ok. I’ve got the popcorn.
Daniel: Let’s get back to the train. We are now going to Jelatek.
Marissa:Oh no, I forgot my popcorn and my phone.
Daniel: Quick, the train is leaving.

Now, they get me to sit on the train as well. I will sit for a while, pretend to reach my destination. Then get off and continue doing my work. They left me go provided that I have to catch the train again to get back home.

Will post some pics soon.

Mummy aka Monster

I feel so tired lately. Maybe it’s due to our busy schedule of going back to Melaka and Terence working on weekends. Even though I am a stay home mom, it gets pretty tiring. I’m sure Terence is as tired or maybe even more tired.

The last few days were lousy. I’ve been screaming and canning the kids. (Yeah..bad mummy). I’m going to leave them to do as they like for the rest of the day (probably another 4 hours, they did not nap, they should be in bed by 10pm.)

When I was moping th floor 2 days back, the kids see me and they run saying, “Oh no, the monster is coming” . Although they say it playfully, probably, that’s how they see me sometimes.

P/s: As I type this, both came saying: “Excuse me, Monster, do you see the pizza anywhere?” Ignored them, and they said: ‘Excuse me Mummy, do you see the pizza anywhere?” I gave them a book as a pizza and all is well again.

I need to be a mother more than a monster.

My Photographer

While I was busy preparing dinner, Daniel was busy taking pictures. I like how the pics turned out.

Theme: Marissa

Theme : Anything in sight.

Chocolate Cheese Cake

My biggest cheesecake fan is Daniel. Each time I experiment with a recipe, there will be no waste. My last favourite recipe was Baked Cheese Cake. Now, I will be making Chocolate Cheese Cake instead cause Terence also ate some of it.

The recipe for a really small cake.

Base:
6pcs of Oreo biscuit crushed.
2 tbsp melted butter.

Mix together and press to the bottom of the tray. Put in the refrigerator while preparing the filling.

Filling:
250gms Cream Cheese – soften at room temp.
1 tbsp granulated sugar
10 squares of cooking chocolate – melted and cooled (will weigh it the next time round)
1 egg

Mix cream cheese and sugar until it is well blended at medium speed. Add chocolate, and mix again. Lastly, the egg and mix at low speed. Pour over base. Bake at 160C for 40-45 mins or until the center is set. Allow to cool at room temprature and refrigerate over night.

Mickey’s Magic Show – Pt2

Thank God the tickets were free. Half way thru the show, the kids wanted to go home. I guess it was more for the older kids and girls especially. Most of the time, the magic tricks featured the Disney Princesses like, Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, Alice in Wonderland, Jasmine, Ariel, etc. Among all the characters, the kids were only familiar with Snow White (they have watched more than 20 times because of the dwarfs), Ariel (The little Mermaid – which they have also seen for more than 10X) & Jasmine (Cause they have also watched Alladin for many many times) Alladin was one first cartoons that they watched, so their interest has also subside).

Overall, it was fun. The souvenirs were really costly. Pop corn (in box) was selling at RM10.00. A sugar cone with the Magician Hat cost RM30. We did not get any in the end. The kids were too tired since they slept at 12mn the night before and were up by 8am. So, we went back home after the show. They had their bath, lunch and nap (3 hrs). We spend the rest of they day at home, entertaining the kids. A good day with the family.

Mickey’s Magic Show Live!

Yay, we won 4 tickets to go and watch Mickey’s Magic Show Live! The guy just delivered the tickets worth RM158 each. This is the 3rd time I’m receiving prizes from Play House Disney. 1st time was the Little Einstein Flash Cards, 2nd time Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Goodie Bag and now this. This is the most costly.

Daniel did mentioned that he wanted to go. The only way we are going is that if we win the tickets. I’m not going to spend RM600 for 1 1/2 hours worth of entertainment. Anyway, we are going. Swee Ping won too. Our seats are next to each other. Will write more tomorrow after the show. Found this trailer on You Tube promoting the Thailand event. Hopefully, it will be good.