Flying Off

We are heading to Phuket!

I hope that the kids, especially Lil Isaac, will go easy on Daddy Lim and Nainai today and tomorrow while Mummy is at work. Lil Isaac hasn't been the most cooperative recently. Lil Shauna is always an angel when we need her to. 

The kids are playing at a huge indoor playground now while we wait for our flight. It is always a joy to travel from Changi airport. There are always fantastic playgrounds to keep the kids entertained regardless of which terminal we are. Yeah! A holiday.

Last night, mummy suddenly realised that we haven't planned any agenda nor done any reserach at all for this holiday. It has very much remained as "mummy-going-for-work-and-the-family-is-tagging-along". Thus, it didn't come across to mummy that I have to plan something. We did last minute googling last night and found a few interesting things to do and places to visit. Regardless, I think we will do fine, there will be plenty of sun, beach and swimming! There is a kids' club as well. Yeah, we will survive well, we are going on a holiday!

Mummy Lim

Hats and Caps

Mummy wanted to buy a sunhat for e Phuket holiday. Tested and proven, sunhat is essential in places with strong sun, more so than the sunglasses.

I went around Jurong Point and found an interesting cap instead. And the kids get to buy a hat each too. Unfortunately, the novelty wore off quickly and the hats stayed on their head for a really short time. Double unfortunate that the hats cannot be washed (everything needs to be washed in Popo's context) and are now sitting in some plastic bag in the store room. Duh!

Mummy Lim

Peeing the Right Way

When we started toilet training Lil Isaac and letting him go diaperless, peeing outside is always a struggle. He sits on the potty at home and also sits on the toilet bowl if he goes in the toilet. Mummy has no idea how to train him standing up. Moreover, he wasn't tall enough and his "junior" can't seem to reach where it should be. Lol.

Peeing while sitting on the toilet bowl outside is tough. We always get into accidents. It is not that we are not fast enough but his pee always shoot right out of the toilet bowl and into his underwear and shorts that were still dangling on his calf. 

Then, he started going to school without diaper. One day, he came home and peed standing up! He said that boys pee standing up. He must have seen his friends doing so in school. Hehe. What he would do is to lean his "junior" on e inside of the toilet bowl and go. It is definitely not the "cleanest" way to pee but an improvement. 

Then, a while later, I saw him holding on to his "junior" while peeing. (Oops, sorry for being so crude.) This methodology is definitely cleaner and gives him a lot more accuracy. I think Daddy Lim taught him how to do so. Initially, Lil Isaac got pee on his hand but is so much better now. Yeah, improved again. 

He pees like a man now. Muahahaha. It is so interesting how humans learn the most insignificant but important things.

Mummy Lim

Holiday!

The only holiday plan that we have for the remaining of this year is an 8-day trip to Taiwan at end November. This will be the 2nd long overseas holiday this year after Gold Coast and we are all very excited. 

We will be traveling free & easy on our own, which will mean that we will not have additional help but have hired a personal driver + guide to make commuting much easier. We survived 8 days Gold Coast on our own and thusthink that we will do fine with Taiwan.

Then, I have to travel to Phuket for a 2-day meeting in mid October. Though unwilling, I couldn't reject the request and took the opportunity to bring the family along as per many other colleagues who do likewise when they travel for business. We also extended the stay for a further 3 days and I can join Daddy Lim and the kids for some fun after my meeting. So, we have an impromptu holiday to Phuket! 

We have also invited MIL along, as Daddy Lim also needed an extra pair of hands while I am in the meeting for the 1st 2 full days. This will allow mummy to focus on her meeting and not constantly worrying about the kids driving Daddy Lim crazy and him leaving them by the roadside in a fit of anger. Lol.

We have to pay for the extra air tickets for the family, the additional cost to upgrade the hotel room to triple occupancy and the additional nights stay. At the end, it still cost us about $2k but we are going on a HOLIDAY!!! Woohoo! Holiday is always good. The best part? Mid October is actually next week! Time passes so quickly and I didn't even realized that. Time to pack bag.

Mummy Lim

When Jiejie is in Class

Little man gets to enjoy Mac Donald bfast with mummy! But not for long, jiejie's Chinese enrichment class is changing timing after today.

Mummy Lim

I Got No "Socks"

In the middle of last night, Lil Isaac woke me up yelling that he has no socks and he wanted to wear socks. In my barely awake state, I mumbled "hmmmm", thinking that he probably had a dream and hoping that my acknowledgement will appease him. Apparently, it did not.

He went on whining and pestering for his "socks". It was bad and I attempted to pat him back to dreamland. That was when I realised that he was butt naked! So, he was looking for his "shorts" and not "socks"! 

He must have peed in his diaper in the night and took it off. He looks like one who doesn't like sleeping in buff. Lol. I got up, got him a new diaper and he went back to sleep happily. Haha.

Mummy Lim

Kushinbo

When Kushinbo 1st opened in JP, I told Daddy Lim that I will bring him there on his bday since there was so much rave about it. That was many years back. 

However, that day never come. I to begin with, is not a buffet person. Bringing kids to a buffet is even more out of the question. Daddy Lim always teases me about his bday treat.

Today, I had a departmental lunch at Kushinbo and it was good. I am not a foodie and eat to live but my foodie colleagues were all telling me how good are the sashimi and food are during lunch. They must be good then. I think Daddy Lim enjoy if I really do bring him there. I will.. Maybe it will be one of my new year resolutions. Lol.

Mummy Lim

Maggie Mee

What do you do when you have a 5 year old who is already lying in bed yet whining non-stop for maggie mee? It was almost 10pm. There are plenty of bread and milk at home but she only wanted maggie mee. She claimed that she is hungry but would not eat anything else other than maggie mee. Arrrggghhhh.

I got off the bed to go make maggie mee, only to be chased out of the kitchen by Popo. 

Jiejie did get her maggie mee. Popo cooked for her. Jiejie is happy.

Mummy Lim

Some Things Can't Be Rushed

Like handing over an existing car in exchange for a new car.

We were the last customer and the kids were also restless and tired. We just wanted everything to be done as soon as possible yet there were so much to be done. Daddy Lim was busy listening and trying to under how to operate the new car. I bet he only remembers 10% of what was told. While he was at the paperwork, I offload whatever visible things in Tiggy to Sixty.

While on the way home, we realised that Lil Isaac took off his sandals at the playground and he was barefooted in the new car. Hmmm.. His tiger was also missing. We also left the season car park label on the old car windscreen and also the GPS in the old car.

Tomorrow, Daddy Lim will have to go down to the car showroom again to make right what went wrong. Lol.

Mummy Lim

Goodbye Tiggy, Hello Sixty

Our new car is finally here. It is time to turn in the old car for the new one. Strangely, it feels kind of sad to day goodbye to Tiggy and we did the usual photo taking stuff.

We were supposed to collect the new car (sixty bcos it is xc60) at 7pm. We were at USS in the afternoon and ran late bcos the kids didnt want to leave and kept asking for a last ride. It was almost 7pm when we left Resort World. We didnt even have time for dinner and had to eat the pasta that mummy tabao in Tiggy. That was our last meal in Tiggy and for once, Daddy Lim didnt mind us making a mess. Lol.

Our new car was waiting for us in the showroom, all nicely covered up. 

The car collection was like some kind of ceremony. 

So, tadah! Our new sixty. 

The whole process took us over an hour. The kids played in the playground, explored the car, started watching their DVD in the new car until they grew bored. I am just so glad that I bought and fed them dinner. 

Daddy Lim must be really happy now and mummy finally have back her front passenger seat bcos the TV is at the hind of the passenger head rest. Muahahaha.

Mummy Lim