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If your day hasn't been right, and you feel that you have been a lousy parent....
If your child is sick and has puked and pooped all over everywhere except the toilet and puke bucket....
If your home looks like an absolute mess, instead of the picture perfect home you've dreamed about or even started with....
If your child just hit another child, and you feel so sorry or embarassed...
If you're sick and just need a couple of hours off/in bed, and your husband is around to help, but the kids just want you....
If you feel like you know nothing about parenting when you're now a parent, compared to you knowing somethings about parenting when you weren't a parent...

...this is the blog for you. And you will laugh lots. Promise.

Jul flew by and Aug is here already!!

What happened to time? Time flies by at supersonic speed when one is pregnant and with two kidlets!!!!

My parents came at the beginning of Aug, and I was bringing them around and planning for the two kidlets' birthday dos. Initially, they were supposed to be simple celebrations. One at home for the family and then cupcakes and good bags on their actual birthdays at school. Multiply that by two kids = 4 separate dos.

And oh ya, I am about 35-36weeks pregnant....I forget that sometimes, and walk at super fast speeds as if I am not carrying a baby. Just that everyone I meet keep asking me when I am due. Like I am due anytime, coz the tummy is just super low. I forget it's my third pregnancy, tummy hangs lower and lower each time. and I don't know that #3 will be even heavier than the first two.

Anyways, MIL said we should throw a party for Jon who's birthday was on Aug 10, since my parents are in town. So we had three days to prepare. Not much coz I've already ordered the cake - Toy Story of course - super relak me said just cook some beehoon and curry for adults, and nuggets and fries for kids lor. Then MIL said we should invite some of Jon's and our close friends. Plus Simon's siblings and their families, we had about 11 kids. OK, menu had to be increased with about 30 adults and 11 kids. Ordered roast pork from Mr Ho, who has the crispiest and glistening skin, satay (but our regular seller was celebrating Ramadan and wasn't cooking for a whole month. luckily sis-in-law had another supplier). Oh, and more goody bags to buy.

With two kids, and me being pregnant, I didn't really take photos. Simon, who's usually tasked with the job, was helping take care of Jill, while I made sure everyone had drinks and food, and the kids were playing with the toys without Jon fighting or snatching. Thankfully, he was a good boy and was too excited to snatch anything, except do pull Mr Doraemon ride with Nathan and Cavan.

Managed to take a couple of photos when he cut his cake.

Jon and Jill didn't eat much, but drank so much. Gave them more milk and they knocked out in the afternoon. Simon and I knocked out too for the afternoon. Dad kept asking mom if we're going to bring him out for a drive. I think I inherited that from him - wanting to go out all the time instead of staying home. haha.

Here're some photos of Jon at school with his friends. They had a fun time choosing which dinosaur cupcake they wanted. He ate his cupcake, sans cream, just like me. Fresh cream too, urgh!

MIL told me we will just do a simple celebration at home for Jill. We agreed, she's only two years old and wouldn't know what's she's missing. Just give her cake and a pressie and she's happy already. But poor Jill had a fever on Thu night due to her teething, and it went on for three days! Thankfully, the fever subsided on Sun morning and she was well enough to go Sunday School.

Ordered a simple cake in the shape of a star and had some decor pieces on them. Enough mini balloons for the kids - Jon, Jill and cousin Mabel. Cousin Qiqi was down with fever due to teething too.

Jill was a little frightened of the firework candles and that kept her from going at the cake to lick the icing. But once the candles died out and I cut her a slice of the cake, she immediately wanted to eat it. She loves cakes...just like her daddy who likes sweet stuff (but not cake). She received a baby doll from one of our friends. Thought she wouldn't really play with dolls coz she wasn't interested in Mabel's baby doll. But she proved us wrong and immediately put the pillow under the baby's head and gave it a pacifier while I was trying to pry the fake milk bottle from the box. Ahhhh, girls have this instinct to play with babies huh? Well, not proven with my three nieces. This one still has hope! haha

Here are photos from her celebration at school the next day. She was one happy girl, and smiled so widely till her eyes disappeared.

One thing I note about young kids is that they don't like cream. So, while they oohed and ahhed over the cute cow cupcakes, they still prefered a plain cupcake. So, all the extra paid for the cupcake was wasted lah, except for nice photos, haha!