My 1st Try @ Baking

It has been a very long time since I bake anything as I dont have a oven at home. But that is history as we now have a good big oven. I came home early on Monday, saw some rotting bananas so decided to bake banana muffins. I dig out my recipe books & choose a recipe that is easy & one that I have all the ingredients.

Ezra was very excited and help me with things. Well the muffins are fairly easy to prepare but I think the bananas were not quite enough, the muffin is a little too dry & not as yummy as I wished. tot, definately room for improvement. I have already bought another bunch of bananas to try again!!

Orchids & Herbs

We really enjoyed watching Jaimie Oliver cook shows & always envied how easy it was for him to just walk to his garden/ window ledge & pluck some herbs & add to his dishes. So when we moved into our new home, we thot we can try growing some herbs. When we found this perfect place (but I had to ask the carpenter to knock away some partition wall), a ledge between the windows & sink to grow our herbs.

Last Sat, I got a call from Linda saying that a nursery is having 20% on all plants and since we will be in that area, we decide to make a trip there. It was not a wasted trip!! We mgt to buy basil & mint. Nimrod gave us a pot of oregano & now I am still short of rosemary!! My herbs growing is bring much envy to some friends... hahaha

We are not the green fingers type so lets see how long can my herbs survive!!
We also bought a pot of white orchids for our living room, the pot & even the plate which was purchased from a regular plate & bowl place fit together very nicely. This certainly brought much colours & life to our home!

Tag: 6th folder, 6th photo

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Tag: 6th folder, 6th photo

Thanks for the tag, Angie!

***Rules***
1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
3. Post it on your bloggy and tell the story that goes with the picture.
4. Tag 5 other glorious peoples to do the same thing and leave a comment on their bloggy tellin’ them ’bout it.

This picture was taken at Fidgets Turf City. We brought the kids; Janek, Nana, Nadine & Ezra during one of the school holidays. Ezra never really like slides, especially long ones so I had to squeeze thru many obstacles to get to the top of the slide with him & slide down with him on my lap. But it was really quite scary cos it very fast, can see my scary face!! so its once & no more for me!!

Ezra & one of his girlfriend

It was funny, everytime we asked Ezra abt school & his friends, "Nicole" will definately be on his lips!!

Like this week, they were supposed to each bring a favourite toy to school. I was asking him abt it & who did he share his toy with....

Viv : "Son why do you have to bring toys to school?"
Ezra : "Yea to show my teacher & share with my friends"
Viv : "Oh really so who did you share your toys with?"
Ezra : "Nicole, I share my car with Nicole."
Viv : "Oh thats good to share, anyone else?"
Ezra : "No, only Nicole"

So she is Ezra lastest girlfriend.

Dry in the Night x 2

Yes yes Ezra had stayed dry for the last 2 nights!! Usually his diapers in the morning were quite heavy as he wld still have his milk b4 sleep & milk when he 1st wake up in the morning. But suddenly for the last 2 mornings, his diapers were totally dry!! I praised him for staying dry & very soon he can go to bed without diapers like a big boy!! I even let himn touch the dry diapers!!

He was very excited to hear that. We taught him that if he needs to pee in the night, he has to wake up & call for mummy. He nodded his head. My coming 3 years old is growing up so fast....

Finally...

We finally moved into Potong Pasir last Sat... the movers were really quick but they were shocked at the amt of stuff we have from just 2 rooms!! The estimater who came to assess our stuff told him, 1 lorry load MORE than enough!! But on Sat, we had abt 40 boxes, 1 queen bed, 1 bunk bed,, 1 display unit, 1 table, 2 book shelves, 1 fridge etc!! With their clever packing, every thing went into the lorry, it was FULL!! don't be fooled by the pic, this was taken at the start of move, this whole lorry was packed!!

Poor guys, they had a hard time carrying all our stuff up 1 flight of steps & thru the rather tiny door of our flat. Everything was moved into our flat abt 5pm. We had to quickly set up the beds, unpack our clothes, bath stuff so that it can be livable for the night. By the time we were done and had dinner, it was abt 9.30pm. Totally tired but all of us did not sleep well the 1st nite. Guess we were adjusting to new sight & sounds.

It was a super short drive only 5 mins to churh on Sunday. On Sun, we put up the curtains, fix up the TV & set up the kitchen. We decide to go back & have dinner with my in laws & off to Vivo City we went. It was a good dinner & we got their cable TV fix & set up as well. Sunday night sleep was much better, Ezra slept on our bed, transferred him to his own bed & he slept thru the night.

Ezra got up a little later than usual on Monday morning but we were still in time!! As the car ride is much shorter now, he can't have his bkf in the car but now have it in sch while waiting. He had his 1st ride in the sch bus home today. He is very excited and look forward to it. My big boy.

Up to today, we have only the study room stuff (which is the most) still left unpack. We need to get book shelves & study table before we can do anything! So I am going supermarketing this evening aft work to buy some stuff to cook.

We are slowly adjusting & enjoying ourselves in our humble home. God is so so good.

Ezra

We have been so busy with the new house that I felt we have somewhat neglected Ezra. But he was as sweet as ever, finding things to keep himself occupied most times.

While waiting for me to finish up my work in office on Friday, he asked for paper and pencil so he can draw. After a while, he showed me his drawings.

Ezra "Mum, see this is an aeroplane!" The wings, the tail and body seems to be accounted for!
"Mummy, see daddy mouse & baby mouse!" The body & the tail is also there with daddy mouse bigger in size than baby mouse!! Not bad....
Here is a Chinese song that Ezra learnt in sch....

What is Wrong?

I am not sure what happened but I am kind of feeling down this morning... Maybe I got up on the wrong side of the bed!!

Jac went back to work at his former company, we are very thankful that after a 5 mths break & desipte the economic downturn, Jac was still able to secure a job w/o much pay cut. He just sms me that he is bored cos his PC is not set up yet!!

This morning, with me alone in car & Ezra sitting at the back, he finished his bkf & I tried to reach back to get his box & in doing so, my car swing quite a bit!! A lorry quite a distance behind me high beamed me!! Ezra did asked me "Mummy what happen?" He must have felt it. I was taken aback but thank God we were all safe!!

When I got to sch, there were quite a few things not in place so everyone is a bit disturb... As I prepare to read the Bible with the children this morning, I started walking ard & pray in the spirit cos I need to be lifted up!

I am not sure whats wrong.... maybe the packing is wearing me down, maybe Jac returning to work is an adjustment I need to make, maybe its the tot of the move this Sat.... but I am praying for God's peace & grace to reign!! Amen!!