Ana

Ana has been a great help around the house eversince she came and even more so after Jeremiah was born. She learnt very quickly from my mum the way to bathe him, feed him and kept him company. She even managed to established a sleeping pattern for Jeremiah. When Jerry was very young, Ana made sure he took a nap every two hours and that went on for quite a while till when he was older, he took a nap every three hours, even right now. Jerry took to her very well too and she was like an elder sister to him. We were all absolutely happy with her around and I could run errands without worrying about Jerry when I need to leave the house. There were even a couple of nights where we put all the kids to bed with Ana and Daddy and I could sneak out of the house for a date.

Ana's contract is due in mid-Nov and we have spoken to her about extending her contract but unfortunately her mum is not well and she would need to go home in Nov. We are going to miss her a lot and I am sure Jerry is going to feel a bit lost too after she leaves us. We surely hope there will be another chance for her to come and help us again in future.

In the meantime, the search is ON again for another domestic helper.

Family Portrait

Sofia drew this balloney family portrait yesterday and we all find it very amusing and interesting. We had all become balloons!!

From left: Fefe, Po-Po, Gong-Gong, Ana, Jeremiah, Daddy, Sofia and Mummy

Pig's Hair?

Jeremiah is sleeping in the hammock during day time and he never fails to wake up with his hair at the back of his head looking like this. He used to have very soft and fine hair when he was a baby but all that was history after his haircut. He continues wears this "out of bed" style for the rest of the day until his evening bath, Ana says it feels like pig's hair because it is so coarse!!

Indoor Birdpark

I caught a glimpse of a banner that was prompting some bird exhibition at Ikano the other day. Since it was the school holidays and Sofia had nothing much to do, I brought her there to check the chicks out.

It turned out that the KL Bird Park has brought along some of their birds and exhibited them indoors. I thought it was a great idea, the weather was so hot, there was no way I would bring Sofia to the bird park! She was of course delighted, running from cage to cage, inspecting the birds, trying to talk to the birds.

Then, there was a bird feeding session at 2pm. I knew we had to stay for this, she would LOVE it.

True enough, she was game for it!

So we fed the birds not once, but twice!

At the end, before we left, I asked her jokingly,"Shall we bring one of the birds home?"
Her eyes grew BIG and ROUND and nodded at me profusely. I had to explain to her that the birds are actually living in the bird park and they need a BIG BIG home to fly around. Furthermore, Fefe would bully them if we bring them home. She accepted my explanation and went home with me, she is such a lovely darlin' at times.

Haircut

It is the school holidays and I needed a hair cut badly. So I reluctantly invited Sofia along with me. Afraid that she would be bored, I packed two of her storybooks with me to keep her occupied, in case she started fiddling with the hairdressers' tools of trade.

While I was getting my hair washed, I took the opportunity to asked Sofia if she was interested in getting her hair washed and cut too?

"NO." she replied curtly.

"Why? You can cut your hair short, like Daddy, or even Jeremiah! Want to try?" I pressed.

"NO! NO!!I want Mummy to cut." came the answer.

I have been trimming and cutting Sofia's hair since birth and she is so used to it now. She does not allow anyone else to do this job for her, no matter what I say or do.I am not doing that great a job in this aspect and I hope she would get a proper hair cut by the professional soon.