check up

make appointment for yu xi to have her mmr booster jab thinking that she had missed out that jab. at the same time to check on her vagina issue and her periodic fever. darling wants yu ze to go for developmental check as well. he keeps thinking that yu ze is too small as compared to his peers. so to put his mind at ease, i manage to squeeze yu ze in for the same day appointment at the same time.

 

after registration at the counter, yu ze asked me

 

yu ze: mommy, are we going to the painful one?

me: the painful one?

yu ze: yah, i don't want the painful one. (pointing to his thigh)

me: oh, no no. not going to the painful one (he is referring to a jab)

 

they played in the playroom while we wait for our turn. yu xi has her check first and i told the pd about her problems. pd told us there is nothing to worry for her periodic fever. given our kind of climate, he will give and take. most importantly is that she is still putting on a good weight and growing and still active during her fever episode. as for her vagina, he refer us to see a surgeon for it. so next appointment will be end of the month for her to see surgeon and back for review in 6 months time.

 

when its yu ze's turn, there is also nothing to worry for him. he is still growing at his 3 percentile rate. he too had put on a good weight which is unusual as kids around his age don't put on so much weight now. darling is still concern over his growth so pd give us an appointment in a year's time to review his growth again. if he is really too small, then will work on something maybe 2 years down the road but not now.

 

yu xi is now 13.8kg and 91cm tall whereas yu ze is 14.4kg and 98.5cm tall. both had put on about 1.4kg in 9 months. that's it for the check up.

air is cleaner

we collected our air purifier yesterday and tested it for the night. we placed one inside our room and one in yu xi's room. i'm not sure if the air purifier is really that good or its just a mental thingy. darling wakes up and tell me its good. he is not coughing as badly. he is very happy with it. hahaha..... as long as he is happy, can liao.

air purifier

with the haze situation getting from bad to worst, i decided that we need an air purifier at home. not so much for the kids but for my big baby, darling. he has been coughing for a long time. with the haze, his cough get worse. i hope the air purifier will help to improve the air and make him feel better.

everybody was out all the air purifier that they can get hold of. i went to all stores that i can think of and its out of stock and the waiting list goes as long as 23 A4 pages long. of course, i didn't put myself on the list. when its my turn to get the air purifier, the haze would have been long gone.

next possible move is to ship it back to Singapore. looking through amazon website, i found some air purifier that looks good and reliable. however, the voltage doesn't work here. we need to get a transformer to step up/down the voltage for it to work. i'm not comfortable with the idea of having a transformer attached to the air purifier and i have to use it and let it work round the night. there goes my plan of shipping it in.

 

since air purifier is a hot topic at the moment, everyone is looking out for each other on where we can get it. connie recommend that i get from honeybay.com. the air purifier is from Korea and seems to be quite good and its not very expensive. immediately, we placed order for 3; 2 for us and 1 for ah gong. i informed jiali about it too. she placed order for 2 too.

 

now we just have to hope that the situation will get better. we just have to close all windows and on the air-con till it gets better while waiting for the air purifier to reach.

leave the car behind

as usual, i have to pick up the kids from school. before i head out to pick them, i went to pack their sushi dinner. upon reaching the carpark, i have this feeling of cramp is coming to get me on my right leg. as i drove out, i just keep thinking to myself, i'm not so suay, i will be able to survive the drive to school and home with the kids.

 

however, as i drive i don't feel as confident. i turn out at toa payoh and parked below jiali's flat. called her down and chit chat a while hoping that the feeling will go away. decided to continue with my journey at 6pm. but, the feeling come back very fast., i have to re-park my car again. called darling and tell him about it. decide to leave the car at jiali's place while i take cab to fetch the kids. he will come and pick up the car later.

 

yu xi started crying the moment she saw me and say in her sobbing voice, mommy you are too slow. yah yah, i'm very late in picking them today. when i told them to hurry up cos uncle taxi is waiting. they keep asking me what happen to the car. i just have to tell them papa took the car and so we have to take cab. 

 

the feeling of cramp didn't go away at all and if 'spread' towards the toes. after bathing, i put on my socks to keep my feet warm. maybe its the air con that causes this cramp feeling. i must try to bear with the heat and not to sleep in air con room too often.

arts garden

we are here for our yearly event, visit to the arts garden. we are much earlier this year and didn't wait till its almost over before we visit it. yu ze is able to participate in the activities better (better as in not anyhow do). as usual he had enjoyed his visits.

happy with his drawing

mei mei was having a fever so she was a bit grouchy especially after having a fall at the rainbow bridge. she did participate in the activities too though its in the anyhow do manner. maybe next year she will enjoy it better.

 

throwing game

 

cornflakes

today, the kids join me in the making of cornflakes. they have fun mixing and placing the cornflakes in the paper cups. they took bits and pieces of it while pouring it into the cups. its good bonding too.

 

Ingredients

30g butter
3 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
120g corn flakesthousands and millions as toppings

method:
1. melt butter and honey over low heat until slightly thick. Remove from fire and add essence

2. mix the remaining ingredient to honey mixture. Mix well.

3. scoop mixture into paper cups n bake at 150deg for 10 minutes. rotate the tray in between.

4. allow to cool before keeping in air tight containers

mother's day

i asked both of them on last friday if they have presents for me. they looked at me and say no, no present. i was a bit disappointed, why no mother's day present for me this year. though i know they are going to celebrate it today (a day after mother's day).

 

i dropped them off at school and i went for breakfast before coming back for the celebration. since celebration time is the same in class, i went to yu ze's class upon teacher's request. we are supposed to help dress up 2 mommy of the class using recycle materials. we were given 30 minutes to dress the mommy up before they 'catwalk' in the hall later with other mommies from other classes.

 

 

the kids are brought to the hall to watch all the lovely mommies in their lovely dress and do their catwalk. the kids also presented to their mommies the mother's day gift they made before they returned to their class. i almost tear when they handled me the gift.

from yu ze

the most dreadful moment comes when all the mommies have to leave for work or home. the kids will start crying especially the younger ones and some older ones like yu ze. mei mei only started crying when she reached her classroom door. its only then she realised that she is not going back with me but back to class. hahaha..... she is always very slow in this aspect. i have no choice but to leave both of them with teacher and walk off without turning back.