Children's Day Fancy Dressed Party

Our school was having a theme party to celebrate children's day... Its Fancy Dressed Party.... I was deciding to dress Ezra up as cowboy (but need to get boots, hat etc) or pirate (but need to get hat, torn pants etc) or simply let him wear his pass me down sipderman suit? I was shopping in Spotlight & was inspired to dress Ezra up as a magician!! I got him his top hat and a magic wane and also some trick cards from Daiso..... Ezra was very excited and was practicing the trick card all evening!!

The day finally came... Ezra got up without much fuss and got dressed in super-speed!! He looks pretty cool & handsome!! hahaha...

The party was a crazy one... many of the children came dressed in different costumes!! All the efforts put in by parents... thank you...

The kids also had a wild time dressing up their teachers... who were very sporting and had a fashion parade down the runway!!

Teacher's Day Gift

I was trying to decide what to get for Ezra's teachers & we decided to make cup cakes!! At that point of time, I only know how to bake banana muffin and thought it will be boring for the teachers. So we went to the library and borrowed some books on cupcakes. I tried some of the recipes and decided on orange peel, peanut butter, apple cinnamon and banana walnut cupcakes!!

Next was shopping for the containers to hold the cupcakes... I found this nice plain box which Ezra get to write a short message for the teachers. On another side, he draw some pictures. I wrote a short message for the teachers and the last side is the teacher's name. It was quite a lot of boxes for Ezra to write, a total of 10 boxes!! But he did well. He was very sweet trying to decide what to draw for his teacher. For example, for Aunty Lai Kuan's box, he flipped through the drawing book, saw a puffer fish & wanted to draw that cos she caught a puffer fish one time on a holiday!! We baked and baked and baked!! 1st round and 2nd round on Monday. Ezra helped with the flour and adding some of the basic ingredients but this round, I did not allow him to put the mix into the cups....fearing that he will mess it up. Anyway, after all the cupcakes were baked, I had to make the buttercream and cheese cream to decorate the cupcakes. See our final results!! Very pretty and colourful!! Very happy with the result... the cupcake also very yummy!! Each box has 6 cupcakes it fits beautifully into the box. Thank teachers for influencing the impacting Godly values and love to Ezra....

Feels so good to have Ezra back!!

YES HE IS BACK!! We were at the airport to pick him up and waited and waited for them to appear.... Nadya even held a sign for him!!
Finally they appeared and Ezra was very happy to see us! He was waving and kept doing the thumbs up gesture to us.... seems like reassuring us he is ok!!
He almost ran out of the doors and straight into our arms... I would hardly hold back my tears!!
Nana and Nadya were very kind and draw some pictures for him, they exchanged hugs and gifts and it was so heart warming.
For official records ... we talked to Ezra over the phone every other days and most conversations were short with him telling us he had lots of FUN and that he was happy and excited. Except on Friday evening when he was talking to Jac and he started sobbing!! My in laws have to assure us that he was ok except that he was tired cos he missed his nap. My heart broke & I kind of cried myself to bed that evening too....

After the trip, Ezra seems to have grown so much, he seems taller (but slimmer) and he looks every bit of a BIG boy!!

Good Bye Ezra

This post was supposed to be up 2 days ago but I was not feeling well and was on MC for 2 days!! Finally was awake enough to blog abt this.

Ezra left for Hong Kong together with his Yeye, Nai nai and Nadine jie jie. They left on Monday 28 June 2010 and will be away for 7 days, returning only on 5 July 2010.
Ezra was very excited and was so so looking forward to this trip. We have been prep talking him... must listen to yeye nainai, must keep close to them, must greet relatives etc!

While we were waiting for daddy to come home before heading to the airport, aunty Jose dropped by with a little but meaningful survival kit for the 2 children. In this kit, there are 7 food items, one to be taken each day so by the time the bag is empty, they will be home!!
I also wrote a short letter to Ezra and packed a family photo so he can 'see' us in case he miss us on the trip *crossing my fingers*
When we got to the airport, Ezra was so excited and jumpy that we almost needed to get a rope to pin him down!!

Here's Nimrod giving them last instructions, telling them to look out for each other etc...Here is our hugs hugs n kiss kiss before they walk through the gates!
Look how happy and excited the kids were!!
Enjoy the trip my son and daddy and mummy will be missing, thinking and praying for you everyday.

"Dear God, we ask of you to prepare the way for Ezra as they arrive in Hong Kong. May you send your angels to watch over their minute on the trip. Grant them good health and protection. Allow them to enjoy each other company and the nature you have created for them. In Jesus name Amen!"

Swimming Lesson # 2

Ezra went for his 2nd swimming lesson on Tuesday. Abel's kicking board was a little too soft for him so we decided to get him his very own!! It was interesting how he try to play with the board and try different ways of using it!! He was trying to get onto the board and test if it can still float.
He also realised that it seems difficult to get the board off the waters and it made a pretty loud noise when he tried to tear it away!! He was just having some fun with the board at the side of the pool.Today Uncle Albert wanted him to lay on his back, see the sky and do leg kicking up down up down!! Ezra was a little afraid and cried for a while when he was turned around!! On the 2nd trip, he still shows some fear but his legs automatically started kicking and he kept his legs pretty straight!! Well done baby!!

When Uncle Albert wants to dip into the water with him, he immediately retreated and said "No don't want!!" Albert was very kind and did not forced him which I was glad. On our ride home, I explained to him that in swimming he definitely needs to get wet and had to dip his head in water. He will only need to put head in for a while!! Let's see if he can do dips next lesson.

I prepared some hot Milo in a flask and got Ezra to drink once he gets out of the water so he can keep his body warm!! He enjoyed his Milo and even offered Uncle Albert some!!

That evening, Jac was saying that Ezra told him that his legs are painful and tired! hahaha

Again well done son & we are so proud of you and clap clap clap for all your efforts in swimming!!

1st Swimming Lesson

Jac blogged abt Ezra being more confident in the waters and nowadays when we asked if he wants to go for swimming lessons, he would readily says "YES, I am ready" With that I called Uncle Albert who is the swim coach for many of my sis kids and we decided to let Ezra try out his class on Tuesday.

I was prep talking to Ezra about what to expect (although i don't really know much) and how to respond when water gets into his eyes, ears, face etc. We arrived at the pool about 5.10pm thinking that he can dip dip in the pool and get use to it. But Ezra refused the adult pool and only wanted to stay in the waddling pool.

At 5.25, Albert came, introduced him to Ezra and class started at 5.30pm. Ezra listen and obediently sat at the pool's edge took instructions from Albert. 3 very important moves, "Bend, open, close" Ezra had to do.

After a while, its time to hit the waters!! Ezra cling on to Albert as he showed him how to move in the waters
After that, Ezra went on to using the kicking board and swam across pool!! The highlight came when Ezra had to dip head into the waters! Uncle Albert held on to him and dipped head in together!! Ezra did very well, did not cry but immediately took off his goggles and wiped off the water on his face!! Ezra had 2 dips and when Albert asked him to dip the 3rd time, he said "No, I don't want!!" Well it was a very good start to swimming and I am not expecting to be a swimmer but for him to enjoy and pick up an interest and life skill!! My boy, mummy and daddy are so proud of you!

Tiny step for us, a giant leap for Ezra

Well it have been a up hill task for us to get Ezra to be comfortable in the water. But all thanks to God, he seems more at ease in the pool now. Even getting used to wearing his goggle. Here are some photo of him enjoying the pool time over the weekend at his Yee yee's place.














Well he is still a long way behind Rain & Jamie meimei in terms of swimming. But from always clinging on to daddy/mummy whenever he is in the pool to now roaming around freely and jumping up & down splahing all around, I still just want to say "Well done, son!"

Lazy Way of Posting

Haha Angie mentioned that I have been getting lazy with my posts & its always those "Happenings in the week!!" style... so i am keeping it this way for a while...

Ringbearer Experience
I mgt to dig out yet another set of suit for Ezra & it fits him to the T... so here's a peek at how he looks on James & Connie's Wedding. He was a little taken aback when he saw the crowd & so not too smiley... but he did a wonderful job of stepping forward when Pastor Richard called for the rings & the crowd laughed when they saw a little handsome boy walking out!! After his 'job' we gave him his loli as a reward (more to shut him out though the ceremony) Ezra with Nadya, his little bride Our family pic

A Visit to STPI Our friend Debbie had a art exhibition & we visited the gallery to give her some support. We were very blessed when Eitaro gave us a tour ard the STPI and show us where they worked and the history of printing & paper making.. interesting

Christmas Baking

One thing that took up a lot of time this holiday was baking. I tried bread for breakfast, gingerbread man for the little ones, Brandy fruit cake for friends, cookies for church and even a logcake!! Fruitcake Cookies Logcake (my 1st attempt) Gingerbread Man (2nd attempt) Bread

Sneak Preview

Ezra is performing in his 1st ever concert!! He had his full dressed rehearsal last Friday & this is how he looks like!! I was so busy that day & only mgt to get these not so nice pic!! It was strange how children cant close their mouth once they had lipstick on!! hahahaCan you see his tummy sticking out!! oh goodness!! just like the daddy & mummy!!

He had also just gotten his classphoto... not too bad also!!