She had to skip school today even though it was meant to be her bday celebration. Her 2kg cake was waiting to be collected, which my SIL kindly helped and even sent to the school. Ah yee checked with me on Lil Shauna’s condition this morning. She suspected that Lil Shauna might have caught the virus from her, and gave me a lecture on how I should exercise social responsibility and not bring Lil Shauna to school. I stubbornly stuck to my plans and brought Lil Shauna to school just for cake cutting. Hohoho.. Sorry ah yee.
The kids were very much excited and active when I picked them up during lunch and headed to school. Lil Shauna said that she was feeling much better. Upon arrival, Lil Shauna brought me to her class and Lil Isaac started crying bcos Mummy did not bring him to his class. So funny. He was happy after I obliged and brought him to his empty classroom as his classmates were somewhere else. Thereafter, he willingly joined jiejie for cake cutting in her class, which is a stone throw away.
A table was set up and Lil Shauna sat with her cake while her class sang her the bday song. Lil Shauna looked a little shy, which reminded me that last year, she almost didn’t want mummy to celebrate jer bday for her in school. I had to stop her from blowing the candles and asked didi to help instead. Lil Isaac was more than glad to do so and jiejie wasn’t too upset. The cake was cut up and Lil Shauna helped with the distribution.
I was initially worried that there would be a lot of leftovers, especially when the teacher asked me to give a smaller serving to the kids. The cake must be really delicious bcos the kids came back for second helpings. One of the boys even had 4! Little was left and distributed to the other teachers. I asked Lil Shauna to bring a piece to Mrs Chong, her principal and ah kim had to accompany her. When she came back, she excitedly told me to cut a piece for Ms Chia, her ex-teacher and Lil Isaac’s current teacher. This, she needed no prompting. When I saw Ms Chia, Ms Chia said that Lil Shauna had been drawing and giving to her many drawings. So cute. She must be Lil Shauna’s favorite teacher.
I forgot to eat the cake bcos I was so busy helping the kids. Luckily my SIL helped too. Lil Shauna didn’t have much appetite and took only a mouthful. We left after the kids were done with their cake. The intention was to leave didi in school so that jiejie could have a more peaceful rest at home. Lil Isaac was initially reluctant to stay but I was well-prepared. I brought along a Mickey and Minnie soft toy, a gift that an ex-colleague gave to the kids but had been sitting in my office for the longest time. The kids’ face brightened up and Lil Isaac immediately cooperates when I asked him to go to class with Mickey Mouse. Mauahahaha. When I left his class, he was obediently sitting on his chair, hugging Mickey.
I rushed back to work after sending Lil Shauna home. Popo informed at 2.30pm that her fever was creeping back up and she had another dose of paracetamol. Lil Shauna took a nap after the medicine, just like yday. Poor girl. She must be really feeling uncomfortable. Napping is something that she rarely does now.
I feel more at ease now that her fever can be brought down by paracetamol and we need not administer bufen. I do hope that she will be well enough to enjoy herself at Happy Willow tomorrow. More importantly, she will be well enough for Gold Coast. The immigration will stop us if she has a fever while trying to cross the custom? Oh, we also have to pray really hard that she doesn’t pass the virus to Lil Isaac. Popo was just commenting this morning that it is ok if we leave a sick Lil Shauna behind but please bring the boy to Gold Coast. Muahahahahaha. Well, I want both my kids with me.
Mummy Lim
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