Update 15 years later…2024

Wow… I have forgotten about this blog, until yesterday 27 Nov, as I was clearing my mobile phone’s Bookmark List, I saw the link to this blog. What a surprise, one great reason to be thankful for technology. This blog brings back so many fond memories, a real pity I didn’t continue writing something after the last post in 2009. These few entries have become such treasured memories. I missed the opportunity of penning down our feelings “at the moment”.

So I decided to do an update, 15 years later. Noelle, Danelle and Adriel are not cute little kids anymore. They are 21, 19 and 17 this year. Noelle is a Law undergrad in Oxford, Danielle is studying medicine at NTU LKC school of medicine and Adriel Y5 student in Raffles Institution. 

Year 2009

It's been 2 years since mummy's last blog.

Noelle and Danielle have a new little brother Adriel. He was born in Nov 2007, time flies, he'll be turning 2 this Nov.

Mummy has also left her job and became a stay at home mum to the 3 kiddos.

It's definitely not an easy job, but thank God for it, now Mummy and the children get to spend loads of time together :)

Noelle and Danielle are no longer "babies". They are "big girls" now, Noelle will be going to Primary 1 next year, how exciting.

Yet another 1/2 a Year

Its been another 1/2 a year since Mummy last posted. Update for Noelle 3rd Birthday, she did not get a barney cake after all. Aunt Chien made a very cute cake for Noelle, with Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tiger and some other cartoons character. Noelle loved the cake very much and enjoyed her BBQ birthday celebration.

Separation Anxiety

Every morning Papa will send Mummy to work first before sending the gals to ahma house. The scene in the morning:

Noelle: Mummy today what day?
Mummy: *will tell her day of the week*
Noelle: Mummy you go office and work ah?
Mummy: Yes
Noelle: Why you always go office and work, why you dont want to go ah ma house and work?
Mummy: *will explain to her why*
Upon reaching Mummy's office, Noelle will very enthusiatically wave goodbye to Mummy "Byebye Mummy!!"
Danielle seeing her sister waving so happily will follow suit and wave happily as well....... but once Mummy closes the car door and she realised that Mummy is going away, she starts to cry and looks very pitiful.

My Birthday

It been almost 1/2 a year since Mummy update this blog for the little gals.

Noelle is turning 3 this December 21, and she is real excited about it! Everyday she will go about saying "I am turning 3 in December".

She has already chosen the cake she wants for her Birthday party, a Barney cake.... Mummy tried to introduce other cartoon characters but she insists on Barney.

She is all prepared for her Birthday party and has rehearsed how her cake cutting should be:

Noelle: Everyone must stand here, Mummy, Papa and Danielle....
Noelle: Then we sing Happy Birthday...
Mummy and Noelle sings:
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to Noelle, happy birthday to you...
Noelle: Yeeeaaah!!! (Clapping her hands and pretending to blow the candles with all her might)....
Noelle: (laughing so happily) take pictures then can eat the cake already...*all smiles*

Mummy never knew a Birthday cake cutting can make a child so excited and happy :)

Mother's Day

Mother's Day on 14May. We celebrated at Gilbert ah koo house. Ah gong, Ah ma, Ah yee, Teo teo, papa, mummy, Gilbert ah koo and June ah kim, Danielle and Noelle had steamboat dinner, it was really delicious!

Noelle had great fun with the dogs, Praise and Snoopy. Both she and Danielle enjoyed company of so many people.

Mummy was initially disappointed that Noelle was not able to handmake something for her from school as Noelle was down with fever and flu during that period. Haaa... but few days after Mother's Day, Noelle surprised Mummy with a cute handicraft she made in school and shouted "Happy Mother's Day" when mummy came back from work. How delighted was Mummy.

Ssssssss

Noelle always have a problem pronouncing the letter S. She will go "nine" for nice, "eh q me" for excuse me, "bah" for bus. Recently, she overcame it! She started to pronounce the S in fish, bus and the C in nice etc.

Sometimes she overdoes it and add a S to everything she says. Seems like she is so proud of her achievement that she need to use it more often.

Malacca

For the Good Friday long weekend, we went to Malacca with the gals and Papa's friends. This is their 1st time out of Singapore!

We enjoyed the food and the jalan jalan. Went to the A farmosa and played at the water park. Noelle was excited at first and cant wait to get into water. But after a while she wanted to get out as water got into her eyes. Nothing special for Danielle as she was just a little baby, she just followed wherever we went.

Barney "I love U"

Danielle has become noisier lately. She needs people to carry her or talk to her constantly. Else she cries for attention. There’s 1 way to keep her lying down and happy… is to sing Barney “I love U” song to her! Its goes:

“I love you, you love me,
We’re a Happy Family,
With a Great Big Hug and a Kiss from Me to You,
Won’t you say you love me too!”

With this song, she’ll stop crying and give a Big Smile instantly…must be all the Barney shows that Noelle watches so frequently!

Going to Work

Noelle has been observing what I do every morning before going to work. She makes comments like if Mummy should go to work or not, Mummy puts powder on the face, etc.

I always tell her she goes to work only after completing her studies, and when she goes to work she can put on makeup like Mummy and does all the things Mummy does.

One night in the car on the way from Ah-ma house back home, Noelle told us she is going to work...

Noelle: Noelle going to work work
Mummy: Where?
Noelle: Noelle going to work work already!
Mummy: Yes, where are you going to work?
Noelle: (very confident and pleased with herself) MACDONALDS!

Er…. Macdonalds? Definitely doesn’t sound ideal to Mummy and Papa.