Caitlyn's Gift To Mummy on Mother's Day

ALL THINGS MOM

Mum's potrait

Mom's card made at the Craft shopAnd this is what she wrote on the inside

Doesn't the mummy in the picture look absolutely gorgeous? It must be a picture of someone else. I hardly look as tidy as that. My hair has gone so long.... and yes! Today's the day I get my locks chopped off! Up till now, I don't know how radical a change to choose. I'm tired to the same old style I've had since I was 5. Stay tuned!

Caitlyn's Reconciliation Journey

Caitlyn will go through her Act of Reconciliation this year, June 27th, to be more accurate. It's a big step for her journey into the Catholic faith. Her school, St. Emilie's a Catholic school, so she gets her Catholic education during school instead of having to attend Catechism after school like the kids from public schools. This is one big do she will remember because she was baptised when she was hardly 3 months old back in Singapore.

I attended a meeting with her at school and we had so much fun. Her homework? Make a bumper sticker and something out of playdough. She is supposed to complete the sentence "God is like a ..........". I bought the cream of tartar yesterday.. got to get the playdough cooking soon. Anyway, today, is the start of her NAPLAN (nation wide exams), so praying that she does well. Aussie kids, especially in Lower and middle schools don't get many exams here, compared to Malaysia and Singapore. Despite the exams, nothing stops for them. She still will have her recorder, guitar and swimming lessons, library period, play, play and more play. I tell you, she's one cool cucumber. Only the mother is the one nervous like anything. Can't help it.... mother's a worry wart.

Fruits of My Labour

I have a grape.... er... tree? Grapevines? Whatever, finally, they ripen and once I may have said I grew green grapes, I was wrong... they were purple! And I was very surprised cos they were green like... forever.. and only just before harvesting, they'd turn purple. The picture above shows our second harvest. Our first harvest was when mom was here. And you know what the strange thing was? they taste more like pomogranate than grapes.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's day started bright.... no, make that dark and early... at 4am, exactly. I was awaken by Bryan's shuffling feet... and a bloody nose. Sigh. It's one of those mornings. Then after 15 mins of I'm -trying -my -darnest -not -to- fall -asleep- nose -pinching, the bleeding stopped and I let him continue to sleep in the middle of the bed.... Mistake no.1. He spun like rotors. He flailed like an octupus. Aiyo... I could hardly fall asleep from then on. Drifting in and out of REM 2 sleep, I finally gave up.. and woke up at 6am.

Anyway, blood and gore aside, I brought Caitlyn to Church, and came home to a few presents the kids made me. Oh by the way, I wore a beaded necklace Bryan made me for Mother's day from Ed Support. Very nice... I wouldn't have worn it if it was made of pasta... the dye will sure stain my neck and I'd probably break out in hives. The beads are beautiful, very earthy. Here's a picture of me with the necklace on, and my presents on the table around me. I'll show you close shots of Bryan's little book. Very entertaining.

See how long my hair has grown? I have a hair appointment next to chop my locks off. I'm leaving my hair on the hands of this Malaysian fellow who's going to slice and dice my hair. I haven't any idea what style to choose yet.

My mom is 3 years old ??? The teacher left out the 8 after it

No wonder he thinks I like them nuggets and sausage rolls... those are his favourite and who else makes them for him?

I'm kicking my feet up today.... I'm going to take a beauty nap. I didn't cook lunch... Derrick told me not to........... did you think he'd whip something up in the kitchen specially for me? If you thought he did, you obviously don't know him at all... he got us.. KFC! I admit, I do like KFC.. I mean, who wouldn't, apart from vegetarians and vegans? So it's after lunch now, I'm blogging just before taking my beauty nap. See ya'll later! Enjoy Bryan's Book about Mom!

Jumped the Gun!

Er.... Guess who again?
I know, I know, I did say earlier.. like months ago... I was baaaaaack! But sadly no, it has been a whirlwind 5 months I tell you.... A few days after Derrick's mom went back, my mom came to stay for 3 months, till the last day of April. And 9 days later... I'm back! For real.

I hardly had the time to sit by the computer let alone blog. Anyway, here's a little update... I'm back to standing on my own 2 feet, after both MIL and mom's help, post surgery. I feel 100%, on medication, although there are times the ol' ticker plays up on me.

I'm back ferrying my 2 kids with 100 schedules weekly. Caitlyn's started guitar lessons as well as swimming at a private college. Bryan's still getting therapy at home as well as at school and he's doing very well.

Our house is "getting there"... it reached lock-up 2 weeks ago, so I hope we get our keys say in 8 weeks time. Let's see if I can upload the photos....

Kitchen island bench

Cooktop (facing the island bench) - they'll put in the stove and oven later

His and hers sinks in our ensuite - still wrapped in protective plastic