Kady is down - with the full works!

My poor Kady! :_(

She has been down since Saturday....
Fever, running nose, cough, sore throat.... the full works!
today is the 3rd day and yet her fever is not subsiding....

Her fever is like a yo-yo, going up n down.
will be bringing her to see her fav PD later on...
Hopefully she'll recover soon.

The good thing is that she is not as whiny as she used to be *touch wood* when she was sick.
we kept praising her for being such a well behaved girl! :)

Guilty...

sigh.... it suddenly dawned onto dh and myself tt we seems to be expecting too much out of Kady.
This is after Vera's born...

I guess sub-consciously we have been comparing Kady and Vera...
what I meant was when we have a new baby at home, we kinda expected Kady to be the big sister and to behave in a more mature manner.
We have "forgotten" that Kady is afterall only a 4 year old little girl. :(

To be honest, when we take a step back to see Kady in a new light, she has been pretty mature for a 4 year old. She readily accept Vera as her baby sister and helped take stuff for us (for Vera like diapers, wet tissue, etc) too...

I think for the past month, both dh and myself are guilty of being too strict and setting our expectations of her alittle too high... We will now constantly remind each other that Kady is still only 4yrs old and we should cut her some slack...

Another Milestone for Vera

Vera managed to flip over to her tummy tonight!!!!
another milestone!!!!

Wow! She's really fast...
Remembered that Kady 1st flip was when she was abt 5mths.

Its another First!

Well, Life is full of first times eh?
Y'day was the first time Kady *left* us...
she went for an overnight camp that the childcare centre organized.
Heard from the teachers this morning when we picked her up that she cried last night saying that she misses mummy... awww.... I missed her tons too!
When Kady was around - the house is full of noise... but when she wasn't around...
Gosh! The house become so quiet!
You definitely can say she bring alot of "life" to our home!

I made the below dinner on Wed....
Top: Garlic Mashed Potato, Mushroom Soup, Strawberries.
Bottom: Pork Chop with Red Wine Sauce and Salad in Orange Balsamic Vinegar sauce.

Another 1st time for me - Orange Balsamic Vinegar sauce.
A very simple recipe but oh so yummy!
Just Olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar and Freshly squeezed OJ!
The next time, I will add some mustard to complete the taste!
I didn't add it this time cos we ran out of it..... :)
I also added some sunflower seeds to the salad to complete it. YUMMMMMMY!!!

Missing Vera

Today is the 1st day that Vera has *left* me...
She's at the Baby sitter's today.
I'm missing her baby smell, smile and looks soooo very much!!!

How time flies!
Soon I'll have to go back to work...
something that I am not exactly looking forward to!

I wonder how Vera is doing at the Baby sitter's.
Hopefully, she'll behave and the Baby sitter will catch on to her habits soon...
sigh.....

Mini Break

We went for a mini break to Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia...
I was born in KL actually... but came to SG when I was still a little kid.

KL has changed so much! Its so much like Singapore and more...
This trip is too short for my liking, I would have stayed at least 1 more day but dh has to get back to work so no choice...

We stayed in the Impiana KLCC hotel, its abt 2yrs old and quite ok other than the noise from upstairs on our 2nd night. The next time I choose a hotel in Malaysia, I will choose 1 that comes with carpeted floor!

Went to Aquaria where Kady enjoyed herself & KLCC on the 1st day.
Had dinner in the Hotel itself... think the restaurant is called Tonka Beans.
I definitely won't recommend anyone to eat there. The food is not tasty and what's worse? Its cold! Good thing we didn't have to pay for it since its part of the hotel promotional rate... so its free. Breakfast choice/ spread was good tho'.

2nd day we went to 1 Utama, shopped a little, had lunch in the shopping ctr itself which was quite good. Went back to the hotel to rest then meet my relatives for Dinner... which was fantastic! *slurp*

After dinner, we went for a short stroll at a newly opened shopping ctr called Pavilion... its full of branded stuff so naturally we didn't manage to get anything.

3rd day - we went to Sungei Wang... again nothing much here as the place has already changed to a shopping ctr that caters/ sells stuff for teens/ youngsters. Thereafter, we drove to dh's hometown to celebrate Father's Day with his dad and drove back to Singapore.

By the time we reached home, we were both dead beat!

A little Toot on Kady

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Kady's CC is organizing or rather producing a Music Album for their centre and had an audition.

If the children passed the audition, they will be required to attend a 10 week Music/ Singing lessons (2rs each time) on Sunday. Initially - we were thinking so troublesome, every Sunday gotta bring her back to school for 10 weeks... so didn't sign the consent form for her to go for the Audition...

But her class teacher called and ask us if she could attend... so dh said ok.
& guess what? She passed the Audition!!!

So now, effective next Sunday onwards, she gotta go for the singing lessons... She wont get paid... but at least the lessons are FOC!