School Holiday

Z is recovering from flu and L has not been feeling well since beginning of the week and we gave her medicine that we still have at home... Yesterday her cough was quite bad so we brought her to the Doctor. Our family doctor has not seen her since April and said she has grown so much.

Glad that their school holiday started so she can have rest well. I didn't plan any activity for them for this 1 week break, but LZ has sought of plan their own :) They want to bake, play their new PC games, watch DVD which their eldest uncle bought for them and L said she has to get her white dress by this holiday.

This afternoon, I baked chocolate chips cupcakes for them coz they were asking where is their home baked snack... I'm so glad that they have the appetite to eat..

Mirror

L made this pretty mirror

Teacher's Day

Last night it was a busy evening... LZ and me were busy making the cards and after LZ went to bed I bake cupcakes till wee hours... This morning I woke very early to put the icing for the cupcakes.

I planned to buy gifts for the teachers (then I can relax. Hehehe...) and I even went around looking for it but LZ wanted so much to make cards for their teachers and they remembered they did the cards last year. How can I say no to my babies?

*Cards made by Z*

*Cards made by L*

This year we did it differently, I decided not to give them any ideas (ok... I gave 1 or 2 ideas), I placed the craft box in front of them and let them decide. L did the cards all by herself and I helped Z a little (80% by him). From choosing the colours, what to draw, how to decorate.... They had fun and they gave each other ideas what to be on the cards.

Can She Do it?

Yesterday when I went to pick L from school, her Principal asked to speak to me. I thought perhaps L did something wrong (how can I be so negative?)....

Probably seeing my worried look, Ms B smiled and told me she needed L to do something. She would like L and another of her classmate (separately) to make a speech for the Graduation concert. Wow! My girl make a speech during the concert? "Are you sure she can do it?", that was the first thing I said to Ms B. She said she has confident that L will do a good job. After hearing that, I feel so proud of my girl :) Out of 22 students in her class, her teacher selected her! She gave me the script and I was shocked! It was a long speech and I am worried that she may not be able to memorize the whole thing....

When I told L, she was excited but worried too.... "Mommy, I'm not sure if I can do it.... " I encouraged her and assured her that I will help her with it. If she still think that she can't do it few days later, we will inform her principal so that she can find another child to do it.

The next day, Ms B spoke to me again.... She decided to change the script. Instead of her alone giving the speech, she will be doing it with another girl. Both will be like talking to each other and welcoming the guests as well. When I see the script, Phew! This is so much better and it will be more lively. When I told her she will be doing it with Charlene, she was very happy :) I also read out the script to her and she is confident she can do it.

I am looking forward to THE day!

Sunday - Family Day

LZ's cousins had a performance at Victoria Hall. 2nd BIL's family and Ah Mah decided to bring L along. So off she went to spend time bonding with them, especially Ah Mah :)

We decided to stay home and spend time playing with Z. In the evening, we picked L up and we went for another round of family gathering - my auntie's family. We planned to have steamboat @ mushroom pot and we even made reservation but my uncle thought it would be better that we all stayed at home. We agreed :)

My cousin-in-law will be leaving on Wednesday, back to Italy alone. Knowing that he would miss durian, we bought it for him... Do they sell durian there? No, but other part of Europe and those are from Thailand which taste different from what we have here. My aunties prepared a wide spread of food for all of us (15 of us), of coz more for my CIL lah. Kekeke... Don't think I can be station overseas for so long.... I will die of missing local food.. Haha! CIL has been overseas for many years and he is used to it. As for my cousin, she has been there with him for 3 yrs now so she is used to it too.

LZ had so much fun my 2 cousins (kaofu *Cantonese*), one is a father-to be in October who is in his early thirties and the other is a big kid (22 yr old). As usual, we were busy talking to others. After dinner, we had another round of eating session. Yup! The whole night we were eating & eating & eating.... We had different kind of fruits and desserts...

At 9+pm, it was time for us to to go home as LZ have to go to school the next day. They fell asleep on the way home...