My children first dental appointment and I missed being there with them. I booked the dental appointment for them 2 months ago because this dentist is really popular. I guess he is very good which is why his bookings are always full.

Anyway, daddy brought them both there. Both got a couple of tooth decay and fillings. I heard from my hubby that the dentist advice them to brush 20 times at all directions.

By the way, both of them had finished their exams and waiting for their school holidays to come. Oh I do miss them and their laughter.

Before I step foot into US, I did some of my shopping online. Thanks to my family friend, he provided his address to me so that I can ship it to his place. I preferred online shopping because it saves me a lot of time and walking. By the way, I got a lot of great deals from Ebay too.

I got a Lego set which is USD$30 cheaper than US retail price. My son is going to be really surprised when he sees what I got for him. I just hope he keeps the complete set properly. He has the tendency to mix all the Lego together.

My gal also picked a Mermaid Barbie which is also cheaper in Ebay compared to the local Toy’s R Us store. You can really get great bargains in Ebay or Amazon. The rest of the stuff is mostly books. What do I do without online shopping?

My best friend came and visited me. I am so glad she came to Penang. I haven’t seen her for a long time. There was a lot of catching up to do. We knew each other from secondary school. She migrated to Australia with her family. Later we met up again when I studied in Australia.

She also bought me lots of goodies. Pictures below:

She has 3 kids. They mixed very well with mine. Now my kids are asking me when I can bring them to Australia to play with them.

As kids grow older, there is nothing much to write about them. They are going through a different phase. A phase that doesn’t take up a lot of my time to care for them. They can play and fight on their own. Every now and then, I will come in as a referee.

Yes, my boy with play pretend with his thumbs. He called it the “Thumb Movie”. Now his sister joined in creating imaginary stories. Believed me, they can play, act, converse, make stories and laugh playing with their thumbs. Their thumbs names are Clutch, Dove, Lily and Butterstop (thumb killer).

Then there is the cheeky-ing around phase. I must say, my gal can make me laugh all the time. She is very comical with her butt shaking and doing funny expressions. Both my kids are always in laughter when they return home from school. I have no idea what switched their funny bones on.

I am glad my children are into reading. They love to hang around the book stores. Imagine, sometimes I have to drag them out. Even my MIL praised them for reading books on their own during free time. I really wished that we have a library near our area. Anyhow I bring them to the books stores at lease twice in a month.

Yesterday I discovered this Korean Science comic in Bahasa Malaysia at the news.com store. Immediately I know both my children will love it. There are pages to explain the Science part of the topics. The one I bought is on bugs. They have write up on grasshoppers, ant, firefly and other bugs.

By the way, it is also sold online at http://www.leebook.com.my with shipping charges. This is a good book for my children to increase their BM vocabulary. The book comes in 3 different languages, Chinese, English & BM, each sold separately.

Books are good investment for the kids. With books, they spend less time on electronic gadgets. We must cultivate reading when they are young.

The other day my boy asked me to help him with his homework because he said he didn’t know how to do. I am also the tuition teacher in the house. After dinner, he came to me and showed me his exercise book.

One look, I called out for help. It was his Chinese homework. Although I sent him to National school, he still needs to take 1 subject in Chinese, which is good. However, I really do not know how to help him. I went outside and peep at my neighbor’s house. I saw my neighbor’s son and request him to help Tim. He was delighted to help him. My neighbor invited Tim over.

I am so glad that I can get my neighbor to help him with this. Next time, I may just scan her homework and post it on FB for help. :giggles:

It was not much of a holiday for the children. A day after my son had his birthday, he caught a fever. He was down for 2 days. Right after he recovered, Emily caught his fever. Both had fever as high as 38.9. I had to monitor their temperature and sponge them. Emily refused suppository and I was afraid her fever fit will return. Thank goodness, it did not.

With 4 hourly courses of fever medication and antibiotic, both recovered on Friday. I guess it was God’s protection on both because a lot of church people have been praying for both of them. Thank you all!

Well, it was only Saturday left. I took both of them to Borders and Toys R Us to have their fun. By the way, due to my busy work schedule, I didn’t plan much for this March School Holiday.

However, I have planned for June holiday and I cannot wait for June to come! Now I need to start planning for December holiday.

As my children grow up, we have less and less formal birthday celebration for them. Our celebration tends to be a family dinner. Timothy has chosen Victoria Station because he wanted to eat Escargot. He does have an exquisite taste. I have no objection as I like it too.

Today my boy came to me and said, “Mommy, do we have birthday eve?” He let out a cheeky smile. I wonder why he asked me that, maybe he wanted a birthday eve present.

He already chose his gift when we last went down to KL. It was the last set and he was afraid I couldn’t get it again if I don’t buy. No prize for guessing what it is. Obviously it is another Lego set. Emily got him a Sponge Bob VCD. Now he is grinning from ear to ear.

Happy Birthday Timothy and wished that you are one year wiser!