My facebook statuses in August 2010

Siska Harrison is watching JL sweeping d floor. "mum, today I'll sweep d floor for u.".. Then she said to Damien "Dad, I've got some jobs for u. There are a few stickers on d floor. U can peel the stickers off"... And me? Just sitting on d couch, sipping my teh tarik & watching tv. Thank you, JL.... (31/08/10)

Siska Harrison JL: Gilaaaa (sambil geleng2 kpl)
Me: knp?
JL: td mami ga liat? Ah Ma-nya Stefi (her kinder friend) taro Stef duduk di dpn, ga ada carseat lg. Ntar kan bs ditangkep polisi.
Oooh, gw pikir ada apa, dramatis amat gilanya..... (30/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL said "biar JH kdg nakal jg JL msh sayang sm JH soalnya dia kan dedek JL".... (28/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL said "JH likes knocking down blocks that I built. So i built all these (showing me&JH all these beautiful buildings that she built from blocks) for JH to knock down. Come, JH... Do you want to knock this down??" I saw her building those all morning.. What I dont know is she built them for her bro so that when he wakes up, he can knock them down... Ah, when she said she loves her didi, she really does!!!! .... (27/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL said, "JL ga mau dedek lagi deh" (I don't want another sibling). I asked her why. She said, "Soalnya JL ga mau perut mami dipotong lagi" (Cos I don't want them to cut open your tummy again)
PS. JH was born by C-section.... (26/08/10)

Siska Harrison asked JH, "JH sayang jie2 ga?" (do you love your big sister?) Before JH gave his answer (by nodding/shaking his head), JL said, "Klu ga sayang, jie2 tabok ya..." (if you don't, I'll slap you) Under that kind of threat, what is JH to do but nodding his head.... (24/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL was putting her dolls to sleep when JH screamed & cried. She said to me, "Ma, bs buat anak kamu diem ga?? Anak aku lg mo bobok" (Mum, can you keep your child quiet? My children are sleeping ).... (23/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL was chasing after JH in d shopg ctre as usual cos d boy just kept running. Otw home, she told me, "I think it would be better if you only have one child, mum. No brother is much better" Sorry, JL. It's a bit too late now. No refund or exchange. We're stuck with d lil monster.... (21/08/10)

Siska Harrison was screaming "JIA HAAAAAOOOO" when he was running ahead of us in d shopping centre. JL said to me, "Ma, in this land we have to call Caleb and not JH, otherwise ppl wont understand" What the????..... (13/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL sighed. Me: What's wrong now?
JL: JH won't stop
Me: What did he do this time?
JL: He won't stop being so cute. I just love him.
What the???...... (13/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL is on the phone with her dad. All I can hear is JL yelling "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M A BIG GAL, DAD???" followed by a frustrated sigh.... (09/08/10)

Siska Harrison again is crying watching undercover boss. Then came the commercial ad & JL said "ok, u can stop crying now, mum".... (09/08/10)

Siska Harrison ‎'s JL heard Damien calling me a ning nong. She told her dad off, "Dad, don't call my mum that. It's not very nice!" You go, gal... Tell him!!!! Gals will always stick together =).... (09/08/10)

Siska Harrison often heard ppl saying "Do u want another child?" "No, 1 is enough" so I asked JL, "Do u want another daddy?" Her reply?? "No, one is enough!"..... (09/08/10)

Siska Harrison I'm d best but my di di is d cutest one in d whole wide world ~ Oei Jia Le.... (06/08/10)

Siska Harrison complimented JL for helping me looking after her bro, "U R d best, JL" to which she replied, "oh, it's not me. It's my super power"... Okay then... Whatever... (06/08/10)

Siska Harrison is still lying in bed, heard JL saying, "come, JH. U hv to give mummy cuddle first" while guiding him into my room. This happens every morning on my night off. then she'll guide him out of my room, close d door so I can continue sleeping. Ah, love that gal.... (06/08/10)

Siska Harrison can hear JH crying out "MAMA, MAMA" through d baby monitor. But I shall choose to ignore him & stay in my room & nap. His jie will handle him. Thank God for JL!!!.... (05/08/10)

Siska Harrison asked JL if daddy loves mummy more or mummy loves daddy more... The verdict is... Daddy loves mummy more *smile*..... (03/08/10)

sooky boy

When JH gets too naughty or too clingy or too sooky, I'll put him in his cot and let him cry until I'm ready to face him.

Usually when I get him, he'll still be crying, but within minutes, the crying dies down and replaced with a smile

Lunch date

Damien has got this $100 voucher to dine in Railway Club restaurant in Port Melbourne. He got it from calling up the MTR radio station and gave them some weird answers and he won!

So, eventhough I don't go to that kind of ang moh restaurant, since we've got the voucher, I might as well go and spend it.

I had chicken parmagiana, caesar salad and dark choc souffle. Damien had calamari thingy (can't remember what it's called), garden salad and sticky date pudding. We had garlic bread (only 3 pieces on the plate) for entree and the bill comes down to $107.50

Get real!!!! If not because of the voucher, I'll never go to that kind of restaurant, eat that kind of food (ang moh food is not my kind of food) and pay that kind of bill. No way, Jose!!!

We had to arrange for babysitting. So who else to call, but my darling lil sister, hehehe. So, we dropped the kids at Ika's before going to the restaurant

Here are the kids at Ika's place....

Bunnings boy

JL said that this is JH's working hat, ie. hat that JH has to wear when he goes to 'work'... as for the last pic, I can't resist myself to beautify my boy. hehehe

The gal, the boy and the 2 of them

Federal Election 2010

We had our Federal election on 21 Aug 10... and we went to Cambridge Primary School (JL is going to this school next year) to vote.

Here's the proof that we've voted =)

The kids got 'I voted' stickers as soon as the person crossed our names out from the list.

Results are too close to call... we've got hung parliament. And 2 weeks down the track, we still haven't got a government, but life goes on and hey, guess what.... we are doing well without government, so we might not need them after all. =P I'll update this blog entry once we get the government up and running

07/09/10
The hung parliament is finally over. Labour won. The minority PM, Julia Gillard will run the government. Let's see how long this gov't will last

Silly glasses

Dora robe

Bought this in Best and Less. It was on sale for $10. Not bad. I went back yesterday, wanting to buy more. But there was no more left.

Kids and treadmill

JH - 17 months old

My boy is 17 months old. He's better in terms of his clinginess towards me. He's still sooky though. But he's improving compared to few months ago

He's obsessed with talking on the phone. I can't just give him phone with nobody's on the other line. I have to ring someone to stop him nagging me. So usually my poor sisters and/or Damien and/or my parents have to talk on the phone without much response back from him. He is very slow in his speech. When he's on the phone, he'll only say Aaaah.... aaaah... and that's about it. And yet, he'll scream and cry if the other person hang up the phone on him.

We finally can leave him by himself in Sunday School. I am very happy. I thought that day will never come. But he's finally okay without me nor Damien in Sunday School. I've never had this problem with JL you see.... From day 1, when she was 8 months old, I could leave her in Sunday School without any of us keeping her company. But for JH.... it's the complete opposite. Only 2 weeks ago, he started settling himself in Sunday School. All this while, Damien had to stay in Sunday school with him cos he would cry and wouldn't stop crying until he saw one of us.

He loves yoghurt, milk, banana, ice cream, lollies, chocolate. Any food that he doesn't like, he'll let you know. How? He'll just spit it out on the floor.

He's into waving goodbye to everyone and anyone at the moment. Everywhere we go, he'll wave bye to people.

JH's fave fruit & drink

Everyday without fail, JH will ask for his nana and susu. His jie always volunteers herself to be his pillow when he needs to drink his susu

Snake and Ladder

JL is into this board game at the moment. Snake and ladder. The most boring board game ever. But she doesn't think so. And she'll get JH to play with her. She'll move the pieces for him and he can throw the die for her. Teamwork, hey?

Put that down, JH!!!

This is how all my kitchen stuff moved to the lounge room

To scold or not to scold

I saw my friend, Melia's FB status. She was talking about how her son asked her, "Do you love me, mum?" whenever she scolded him. She asked, how to answer to that.

Well, the simple standard answer is "I love you no matter what but I need to tell you off when you do something naughty for your own good", right???

Now I have another issue. My daughter was used to be like that too. I had no problem answering her 'do you love me, mum?' question.

However nowadays, sometimes I just couldn't be bothered scolding her when she did something she wasn't supposed to be doing. Because, come on, scolding takes a lot of energy, trust me! And some days, I just can't be bothered. Either I was too tired or too sleepy or just chose to close one eye.

So, when JL did something naughty & was expecting a good dose of scolding from me, but I didn't scold her, she would ask me "Do you still love me, mum?" I said, "Of course I do!" She said, "Then why didn't you scold me when I did something wrong? If you don't scold me, that means you don't love me. Because if you love me, you'll scold me when I was naughty."

Now, how to answer to that???

Tell her that I couldn't be bothered telling her off??? Then she would really think that I don't love her anymore.

*sigh*

I'll make more effort to gather my energy to scold her when she does something naughty. Most 4 yo will be happy to 'escape' the scolding, why is she demanding one? She is one of a kind.

JH loves wafer stick (Astor)

JH knows where I keep these wafer sticks. And everytime he wants one, he'll go to the pantry and bang the pantry door until I go and get one for him

My boy & my gal =)

Freaky Friday

It was Friday the 13th. And Werribee Plaza is embracing the Freaky Friday theme....

This is Duncan & Medusa who walk around the plaza. Stopping to take photo with the kids. JH can't stop staring at them. He wouldn't even look at me when I took the picture

Anyway... JH has come to the stage of running off once he steps inside a shopping centre. I still remember when JL was at that stage. It was a nightmare. A stranger almost kidnapped her. If I was a few seconds delayed, she was gone and I would never see her ever again, because when I caught up to the stranger, he was carrying her about to exit the Plaza automatic doors. I was screaming at him while running as fast as I could. And now JH is at that stage. Just have to endure this phase.

He was running ahead of us. So I was screaming "JIAAAA HAAAAAOOOOO!!!!" And JL said to me, "Ma, in this land, we have to call him Caleb and not JH otherwise people won't understand" *sigh*

He kept running until he came across this

Then we were all stuck there because he refused to come out of it

This will be our routine at the shopping centre now.... until he phases this out

JH is too cute... according to his jie that is

JL sighed...

Me: What's wrong now?

JL: JH won't stop

Me: What did he do this time?

JL: He won't stop being so cute. I just love him.

What the???
 
Yes, she just adores her di di... sometimes a bit too much I think. When someone is comparing other babies with JH, she will not hesitant to say "No, that baby is not cute. My JH is cute" in front of the baby's parents. It is embarassing then I end up having to apologise for her remarks
 
There's a saying, "When you have one kid, you are a parent.... When you have two, you are a referree" This rarely happens to me cos most of the time she will just let her di di. Occasionally, yes, I need to step in. But most of the time I don't need to
 
She is a real blessing...

Charming...... NOT!!!!!

JH's scribble

JH is not interested in scribbling. I made him sitting down and asked him to do some scribbling. It didn't even last 3 minutes. Ah well...

JH - pretty in pink

This pink jumpsuit (used to be JL's) caught my eyes when I was looking for JH's clothes. And I remember how I love this jumpsuit. Since we were not going anywhere, so why not dressed him up in pink, hey?

Hello Kitty

My sis asked me to put a photo of my Hello Kitty necklace watch and 8GB USB stick cos she wants to see. So, Kom.... this is for you

JL showing JH how to make music (or rather noise)

JL - bubbles fun

Decision...decision...decision

When JL asked me if she can buy something (that I don't think necessary), my standard answer was "No, I haven't got money" and she'll say "Okay then" I'm grateful that she's not the type of children who nag and nag and nag when she wants something (She was like that though when she was younger). I guess she knows that I have to work when she sleeps comfortably in her bed and money is hard earned.

She was on the phone with my mum. Mum asked her if she wants to go on the aeroplane with her xiao yi (Ika is flying back home in Feb next year). Kids are usually very keen on going on the aeroplane. So does she. As much as she wants to go on the plane, she knows that air ticket doesn't come cheap. My mum asked her again if she wants to. She replied, "JL pikir2 dulu deh" (I'll think about it first)

Afterwards, I asked her if she wants to. I told her that I'll buy her a ticket if she wants to go. She was a bit hesitant then said, "Tapi kan mami ga punya duit" (But you haven't got money). Ah, so that is why she told my mum that she needs to think about it first.

Anyway, I just found out that school term next year starts on 4th of Feb (Ika's going on 2nd of Feb til 28th of Feb). So she can't go anyway even if she wants to. It's her first year of school next year and I don't want her to miss out on her first days cos I'm afraid if she goes to school 3 weeks after it starts, all her classmates will group together and she feels left out.

I asked Ika if she's willing to take JH with her.... Nope, she's scared of him crying hahaha

One is enough!

You know how when we asked mothers, "Do you want to have another child?" And typical replies would be, "No, one is enough!"

I was asking JL "Do you want another daddy?"
Her reply was "No, one is enough"
She barely can cope with one. LOL!

Mummy is not a ning nong

Damien: You are such a ning nong, Sik.
JL: Dad, don't call MY mum that! It's not very nice

Go girl!!!!

On the way to Footscray Market

They were both quite awake when we put them in the car. But within 15 minutes, they were gone!

JH and his stool

JH's relationship with his stool is similar to old people's relationship with their walking sticks. He will carry it everywhere he goes. And it will aid him to grab whatever he wants (usually are those that he isn't supposed to grab).

His fave spot is kitchen bench. That's where the food is

Discounted words

Is it normal for a 4 yo to still discount words?

viting ------ supposed to be inviting
puter ------- supposed to be computer
citing ------- supposed to be exciting

There are a few other words that she discounted too, but I can't recall.

My babysitter

I've shared this in my FB status before. But they haven't got archive for statuses. So before I forget, I'll blog this down.

JL is 4 yo. And she just doesn't act or behave like a 4 yo. I'll say she's way too mature for a 4 yo. Of course, there are times when she IS still naughty and I tell her off. But those times are rare now. I remember I blogged about how naughty and how evil she was. And how I was very concerned about what she will be like when she's a teenager if she's already like that now.

Those worries are in the past now...

These days, JL has been extremely helpful to the point that now my concern is if that is normal for a 4 yo to act and behave that way.

On my nights off, I get to sleep at nite and I usually sleep in. JL and her bro usually wake up before me. And while I was still lying in my bed (awake but not fully awake yet), I could hear her voice saying, "JH, come.. you have to give mummy cuddle first" And she would guide her di di to my room, say, good morning, give me cuddle and make sure that JH gave me cuddle. Then she would guide JH out of the room to let me continue my sleep and close the door.

On my working nights, I come back in the morning. Usually rush to get everything done before Damien leaves for work. Sweep and mop the floor, wash the dishes, have my breakfast.

When I finish doing all those, it's usually time for Damien to leave for work. And here I am, tired and sleepy. I'll say to JL, "I'm tired and sleepy" And she'll say, "It's okay, mum. You go to your room and sleep. I will look after JH" Then she'll close the door to minimise the noise so that it won't disturb me sleeping. I usually manage to have 2 to 3 hours sleep.

When I wake up from my nap, she would give me full report of what happened during my nap. Something like this....

• Ma, just now there was someone knocking at the door, but don't worry I didn't open the door
• Daddy rang 4 times on the house phone when you were sleeping
• Someone rang and looked for you, but I told her that you are sleeping
• JH wanted his water, I gave it to him but he spilled the water all over the floor, but don't worry, mum, i wiped it off
• JH wanted chocolate, so I gave one to him and one to myself (What the????)
• JH wanted apple, so I grabbed one from the fridge and grabbed a stool to stand on so that I can wash the apple then I gave it to JH
• JH wanted banana and I peeled one and fed him
• I played row row row your boat with JH. Also sang him twinkle little star.
• JH made a mess in the living room *shake her head and sigh* I packed it up so many times but JH kept getting toys out of the box (look at the mess in the picture below)

Anyway, even though I'm a bit worried if that's not normal for a 4 yo, I am very grateful to her. Without her, I can't nap. Without nap, I'm even grumpier than I already am.You are the best, JL... I often say and she said, "it's okay, mum. JL is just trying to be a good gal." Or yesterday she said, "It's not me, mum. It's my super power"

Yesterday JL was playing with blocks. She built, JH knocked it down. Not once, not twice. I counted it... more than 10 times. She did get frustrated, but only yelled out, "JH, NOT NICE!!!!" So he knocked down so many times, I scolded him. and JL said, "it's okay, mum. JH is only a baby. He doesn't understand. He loves knocking things down... I've got an idea. How about I built something for him to knock down. Then he'll be happy and when he's happy, I'm happy" OMG, what kind of 4 yo speak like that???? She freaked me out.

Then JH thought it's fun to hit JL's head with wooden block. JL was ouch-ing, asked him to stop, but he just laughed and kept hitting her head. I asked her to hit him back, just so he knows that it hurts and hopefully he'll stop, but JL refused to do it, cos she loves her di di. Fine! I've had enough. I picked JH up and put him in his cot and left him to cry. Serve him right!!!! I thought JL would be happy that justice is done and she could build the blocks without her di di pestering her. But no, instead of building blocks (as much as she wanted to), she went to JH's room and comforted him, while giving him some advice about he shouldn't hurt his jie jie. *sigh*

She is sooo sweet. and hopefully she stays that way.

Twosome time

We are family... I've got my sister with me...

Sister... mother... same same =)

The Royal Highness

JL dressed JH up.... Prince JH, complete with the robe and crown. Not very convincing though.

Ah well... he's still her prince anyway

One of the kids' fave spot

For some unknown reasons, JH looooves standing, sitting, rolling around on my treadmill. and of course, being an over protective jie jie, everytime JH is on my treadmill, JL will always be there, just in case he falls over

Ice cream time

JL's favourite ice cream is Cookies and Cream. Everytime she wants ice cream, she'll ask me to scoop A LOT!!! Reason??? she would share it with JH. In reality??? yes, she DID feed him, but she usually had 80% of the whole lot. JH didn't know any better. As long as he had some, he was happy.

Close up picture of JL and JH

Don't they look like twins??? only 3 years apart

JH and his pirate hand

My cute Eminem