Count my blessings

These past few weeks have been a mad rush for me, going from school to tuition and more tuition. I thank God that there's at least a week of not-waking-up-at-5am to begin the day with.



Today I woke up at 10am (pure bliss!) with the kids, fixed breakfast and lunch for them, cleaned the house a little and now the two boys are taking their nap.



Sometimes I wonder where I have the energy to work with no rest days at all. Somehow I managed to stay afloat, and swim ahead. I thank God for that, for giving me strength to move on and for taking care of everyone in my family.



It's times like these when I am eager to take stock of my good tidings and remember that I am truly blessed.



1) My children:

• When I see Kyan holding Rayden's hands and taking little steps with him, trying to follow his pace, my heart melts.
• When I see Kyan trying to entertain Rayden by telling him a story or giving him a biscuit to distract him when mummy is busy, my heart feels comforted.
• When I see Rayden trying to imitate Kyan in terms of drawing or singing or in other actions, I feel amused.
• When I see Rayden so eager to look for Kyan in the morning or when he comes home from school, I feel contented.
• When I see both of them playing or sharing with each other, I am happy.

2) My husband:

• I'm thankful that he is always there to support me in whatever I do.
• I'm blessed that he helps out with the kids and housework.

3) My Job/s

• I'd say I'm been quite lucky this year with job opportunities, apart from my fixed job. So my goal this year will be work, work, work and save more..

4) My Mum and Sis

• I'm really thankful that they take such good care of the kids during the weekends.

I'm truly blessed!

To the temple...

Last Sunday, we took a cab from home to the temple. While nearing the temple, Kyan said he knew what the words on the signboard were. There were 3 Chinese words that said, "Man Fatt Lam". So I asked him to explain. He replied," Mummy, it means 'Pai Ah Gong!'" I nearly fell off my seat!

Amazed..

I'm constantly amazed by Kyan's acute observation when it comes to details. Things that he has seen just gets absorbed into his little brain. For example, he remembers how many cabins the caterpillar monorail or the roller coaster has, in genting. And that he is able to copy whatever Asri has drawn on his magna doodle before. He also remembers the position of certain things. For example, when you shift things around the house, he can tell you what their original positions were. I mean small things like the house phone or remote control. *HAHA*

He also remembers what we have told him or things that he has heard. For example, C told him last week that she was going to come by our house on Tuesday with her kids. He remembered that on Monday and even reminded me about it!

I think I have to start enrolling him into some courses that will enhance this amazing ability of his. Tony Buzan's thinking hats course?

Rayden's progress thus far

Little Rayden is not so little anymore. He's growing so rapidly that I know I'm going to miss his baby stage!

He loves to eat! Everything and anything except baby food like porridge and biscuits and bread. Oh, he doesn't like durians too. I wonder why. He eats sweet stuff ranging from sweets, cakes, ice-cream to all kinds of other desserts. He even savours Mentos Mint! He enjoys food like nasi padang, nasi briyani and roti prata! Practically anything and everything that is.

He LOVES balls. He loves to throw and kick balls. He even concentrates on ball games oon TV, now that Olympics is on, he'll glance at the TV now and then and watch the games!

His vocab so far:
1) ball
2) bear
3) baby
4) star
5) daddy
6) gor-gor
7) Ma
8) Yi
9) mum-mum
10) no more
11) where
12) oh oh
13) shoe
14) bird
15) bread

I think he's progressing at a faster speed than Kyan used to. Well, maybe he learns a lot from his brother. He loves Kyan. He'll look for him first thing in the morning when he wakes up. He adores Kyan when he plays with him but he loves to snatch from Kyan his toys too. That's when Kyan will either scold him or whine to us that Didi has taken his stuff. He loves to sayang Gor-gor also. He's just so cute.

He can walk pretty steadily now. He'll wander away on his own if you leave him outside. I guess he's also amazed by the things he can see and touch on his own.

Seeing how the two boys get along, I feel very contented. Seeing how Kyan takes care of his brother by entertaining him when I'm in the shower, I feel touched. Brotherly love does exist at such young age. I am happy. Will I try for a girl next? I do not know.

NO cane!

At the hotel room in Genting,

Daddy: Kyan, you don;t behave yourself, I'm going to cane you!

Kyan: But, daddy, there's no cane here!

Daddy : *speechless*

I've got only 2 hands!

At Aaryan's birthday celebrations last Friday at the chalet, Kyan was holding on to a balloon and a stick. He had his hands full. Daddy was feeding Rayden the cake and Mummy was carrying Rayden. Everyone was busy.

Daddy : Kyan, can you take didi's water bottle from the bag?

Kyan : Daddy, I don't have 3 or 4 hands you know? I only have 2 hands, one to hold the balloon and one to hold the stick!

Daddy: *speechless*