Such Innocence.

Can only be found in children.

I need to document this down so I don't forget!

Was wearing a thong and was somewhat exposed before bedtime.

K3: Wah mummy! Your panty is all in your backside! 
(He thinks it's a major wedgie...)

K2: Ya mummy, why don't you wear it properly?


My eldest went for a Pokemon hunting party and the facilitators found some located in a condo vicinity. They told the guard they were dropping off some kids and went in. The eldest kept telling them that they were not supposed to go in, yadder yadder yadder....(the eldest is very principled).

Upon leaving, he told the parent: "Ok you told them you were dropping off some kids. So now some of us have to hide!"

LOL!!!

The Things My Kids Say.

It's been eons since my last entry, but I just had to put this down lest I forget it...

Sometimes at bedtime, the kids and I play this "guessing game". One of us gives clues, and the others try to guess what the subject it.

So tonight it went like this.

Kaitlyn: Can we play guessing game?
Me: Ok.
Kaitlyn: Give us difficult ones ok?
Me: Ok!

(And so we start.)

Me: This is found in your blood and carries oxygen. Red in colour and round.

(No answer from anyone)

Me: Ok....it's haemoglobin.
Kieran: Hey! We haven't learnt that! We haven't even learnt science!
Me: Ok, never mind. Now you learn. Next up. This is also found in your blood. Helps your blood to clot so the blood will stop bleeding when you fall. Starts with letter 'p'.
Kristian: PLASTER!!
Me: Nope! It's platelets!
(But so funny right??)
Me: Ok. Next. What is our hair made of?
Kaitlyn: STRING!!

Lol.

This One Never Fails to Make Me Laugh

3 kids. 3 totally different personalities and characters.

With number 3, I can predict a life of challenges ahead. Which will both anger me and make me laugh, I'm sure.

Just see what has happened at 2.5 years old, and you will understand where I'm coming from.

Case 1: After a bath

Me: Kristian,  please put on your clothes quickly or you will catch a cold.

I walk out of the bathroom to dress him and found him doing single claps repeatedly.

Me: What are you doing?

Kristian: I'm catching the cold.

Case 2: At the bath / sanitary shop

You know those sinks on display on the walls of the shop? Kristian chose a round one, went up to it, steered it and sang "The Wheels on the Bus go round and round....."

Then after that wheels-on-the-bus episode, my daughter comes running to me and I ask her where Kristian was (these 2 are partners in crime). She told me he was pee pee-ing.

Me (to the hubs): Can you please on your son? I dunno where he is peeing.

The husband rushes off to find him already pulling up his pants.

Later that evening I asked my daughter:

Me: Kaitlyn, where did didi pee? In the toilet or in one of the toilet bowls outside?

Kaitlyn: In the toilet bowls outside!

Me: Cannot bluff ok? Really?

Kaitlyn: Ya! He tried to flush but cannot because it's not real what!

So we aren't certain, but we think he peed in one of the display sets.....

My Littlest

...is really not so little anymore.

He's pretty vocal and repeats pretty  much anything you say.
Loves singing "Let it Go".
One of my favourite conversations goes like this:

Me: Hello Kristian!
K3: Hello MARMEE! (very loud and gangsterish)
Me: What are you doing?
K3: I eat.
Me: What are you eating?
K3: Er.....I eat food!

And very active.

At almost 2, he can zip on the skate scooter faster than his older 2 siblings could at the same age.
He can last a whole day without napping! And still go to bed only at 10pm.
Loves to jump on the sofa and the bed.

And very cheeky.

He loves to bite, somehow. Not sure why. I've been a victim many times.

He will tell you he needs to poo poo. Goes to the toilet, sits on the potty for 5 seconds and say "Enough! I want flush!" Then he pulls the toilet roll. Non stop.

This one keeps you on your toes all the time. Tires you out. Cos you need to watch him every minute. Leave him for a couple of seconds and he'll be up to some mischief. He's like my little gangster.  Naughty but oh so cute and adorable.

What's Been Happening

I have been on a blogging hiatus for too long. Almost a year!

In between the last post and this, so much has happened and I have been extremely busy.

Kieran's 4th birthday. Kaitlyn's 3rd. Kristian's 1st. My 5 wedding anniversary. Mum's 1st death anniversary.  

2nd helper decided to renew contract and then broke it. Scramble to find her replacement. Train the replacement. Thankfully, the replacement's been good. May be too soon to tell, but for now, it's good.

Took some leave to spend time with the kiddos during the school holidays. Kristian became so sticky within just the 5 days that I was home. Stickiness aside, he was fussy too. Then, just over the weekend, I was so overwhelmed with everything, I decided to hide between the clothes in my walk-in wardrobe. Still, Kieran found me.  

I'm glad to be back at work again, but my guess is, that feeling will last all but ONE day.

Just look at these faces! The stress and fatigue at home beats the stress and fatigue at work. Anytime.

Totally Random

I was talking to Kieran one day and all of a sudden he said, "Mummy, I will be so sad if you die."

So I said, "There's no need to be sad. You will see me again in heaven, right?"

To which he replied, "If you die, I will shoot the heaven and take you back!"

Tell me, how can you not love this boy? :)

Mummy Dearest

It's been 2 months already and I still miss you loads.....

My Eulogy

In the 34 years of my life, I have known my mother to be nothing short of a great person. This I learned not just as her daughter, but also from what I have seen and heard from various people whose life she had an impact on. Ask anyone for a word that describes my mother, and you will get a whole list of compliments of her.


My mother was not a person of many words, nor was she very verbal in expressing her love, but it was shown in the little actions that she did in our daily lives.

In my early school days, she would see to it that uniforms and books were bought, parent-teacher sessions attended, ensured that my lunch box had been packed, test me on my spelling and assist with homework where she could.

When it came to the rebellious* secondary, JC and university days, she was a pretty cool mum who could actually hold a conversation with my friends. In that aspect, I suppose she made sure she knew who I was hanging out with and what kind of influence my friends had on me. If I was out past midnight, my phone, like an alarm clock would go off slightly before midnight, and she would say, “Your father wants to know where you are.” My father loved me and was just as concerned, but he too is not very verbal in his expressions of love. So what he did, was, he worked through my mum. So mum was always the “bad” person so to speak, having to call and interrupt the occasional late night out with friends. As the cliché goes, “You’ll never understand until you become a mother yourself.” You see, much as I may have detested the “Cinderella calls” in the past, I can just see myself doing the same thing with my kids, especially my daughter Kaitlyn.

Then I graduated, started work, got married and had my first child, Kieran. Mum, was exceptionally hands-on with Kieran, from doing the late night feeds with me when he was an infant, to sending him to and from school when he started Pre-N. Then 16 months later, I had my daughter Kaitlyn, just slightly after Mum was diagnosed. Despite the diagnosis, Mum continued to be a tremendous help when it came to the kids, keeping watch on them while allowing my husband Ronnie and I to go out on the weekly date nights we needed to preserve our sanity. She would also often remind us to try to attend mass despite the fact that it was an enormously challenging task with 2 kids who had different sleep patterns and could not sit still at mass. At times when we did not make it to mass, Mum would still make the effort to go on her own to pray for us. With the kids, she also made sure they said their bedtime prayers before going to bed.

As a wife, my mother has always been the pillar of strength for my father. She was a great example of someone who stood by her marriages vows: To be there for the person in good times and bad, in sickness and in health. When my dad had a brain haemorrhage and a mild stroke many years back, my mum was always there for him, taking him for his check-ups and ensuring that medication was taken as prescribed. Then when dad had difficulty driving, mum would ferry him around. She also had to take over the household affairs, which she did till the day she passed on. My father was often frustrated after his stroke and mum would often bear the brunt of his frustration. Sometimes I would ask mum how she could take it all so calmly, and she would simply reply, “It’s the illness. He was not always like that.” She would then patiently assist him with whatever he needed, and was always there for him 24/7. Mum was also a peace-loving person, which was a good thing as she often had to be the peace maker between myself and my dad. To quote my husband, “It’s amazing how your mother can endure both Dad’s and your ridiculous tantrums. If it were me, I would just leave you both to kill each other.”

Mum was also an exemplary daughter and sister-in-law. As reflected by my ko kos. My mother, as a newly-wed, very graciously stayed in the same house not only with her parents-in-law, but also with a grandmother-in-law and a grand-aunt, as well as 3 unmarried sisters-in-law, never once with an argument or a show of temper. Her relationship with her parents-in-law was always one of respect and love, loving them as her own parents.

Her ability to get on so well to six rather domineering sisters-in –laws is a real testament to her great generosity and unconditional love. To them she is the epitome of grace, patience and love. If anyone could just have a fraction of my mum’s graciousness and love for all, we will be very blessed.

Mum, I am so glad you got to journey the milestones in my life and that you got to see all your grand-children, We will miss you dearly but thank you for leaving behind for us such a great legacy of sacrificial and unconditional love, patience, generosity, peace-lovingness and a myriad other wonderful traits. You were a faith-filled person and we believe you are now in the safe hands of the Lord.

We will meet again someday. Until then, we love you and you will always remain in our hearts.