a typical conversation with Ash

Me : wanna mum-mum (eat) ?

Ash : no

Me : wanna pom-pom (shower) ?

Ash : no

Me : wanna orr si (shit) ?

Ash : no

Me : wanna watch Gimme (Mickey) Mouse ?

Ash : ahhhh...gimme mouse!! yes...gimme mouse!!

O_O...Looks like I may need to increase my life insurance premium very soon cos you'll never know; with all this sudden rush of blood to my head..lol

Anyways, it's the long weekend here. Am I looking forward to it or what? You betcha!! Also, I know it's Thanksgiving on the other side of the globe, so if you're celebrating, go slow on the turkey..:-)

Have a great weekend.

co-sleeping

oh, yes, the title is so so SOOO boring. I know. Just too early in the AM and I still need to get some things done.

I was just thinking last night, if there is a way to get your 2++ year old to sleep her own room? Ash has been sleeping with us since she was born. Initially, not on the same bed but after she turned 1 or even earlier (my memory is seriously failing me), she refused her cot. So, from then on, she's been sleeping with us on our bed.

It wasn't a big deal when she was younger and thus, smaller. But, now that she's grown up a little, there just isn't enough space anymore. Hubby and I would take turns sleeping downstairs as really, one bed just isn't enough for the 3 of us. Besides, when Em grows up and if she refuses the cot, we will all be in serious trouble!

Hubby even joked that perhaps, we should just give up our bed and sleep in the next room. I don't think Ash will find that quite amusing as he did. In fact, it's as un-funny as someone telling you a joke about order fulfillment(??). See what I mean - totally.not.funny!

the little big sis

I've been meaning to post this up sometime ago but as usual, I forgot about the photos. It's the tennis masters, the year end sale, yadda yadda yadda...and I simply got distracted by the lovely UGG Bailey!!

So, anyway, I'm done selecting my favourite shots and as usual, I'm gonna share them with you here. This is Ash feeding (or attempting to) Em. Too cute :-)

Em seemed to have enjoyed her session with sis

Not enough

think my feet tastes as good...if not better

lets

You know, I'm a big believer of jinx. Well, maybe I am not a believer per se but more of that I'm afraid that I might jinx something or something gets jinxed. That weirdy feeling. So, I try not to talk or think too much about a certain thing. Told ya...weirdy!

But anyway, today, I'm shoving that weirdy feeling into the closet. I want to talk about Ash. How she's been as a sister, as a person, as a kid.

So...lets..

Ash is a very active 2++ yr toddler. It amazes me how much she knows and is aware at such a young age. God knows, I was quite the ding bat when I was 2. But, not her.

I'm not talking about whether she knows her multiplication or if she knows what exfoliate means (oh, actually, I learnt a new word! LOL). She can barely string together a proper sentence, if you must know. And she is still on diapers - full time! FUnny, I'm not so worried about these things. Perhaps I should since together with Em, I can feed the whole of Ethiopia with the money we use to buy their diapers. But in this respect, I am not anal enough.

It's the way she is, the way she behaves. From the start, she's generally been a problem-free child. To a certain extent, I'm glad that she was born first because if I can look to the future, I reckon she'll be an excellent big sister to Em.

I was going through her baby photos last night and my, how she's grown. She's into mickey mouse now. I can buy anything mickey mouse and she'll go "WOW" like it's the best thing that's ever happened to her. She picks out her own clothes. She picks up after herself, with our help of course. We don't need to bribe her for anything (with gifts or promotional products) except maybe to eat. Other than that, she's becoming quite the little girl.

I probably will jinx this. I know I will...somehow. You can never underestimate these things. But, I will cross that bridge when I have to. Let me just enjoy today.

there are 2 of us

yes, there are.

and sometimes...no, make that all the time...you drive me kakakaraizzzzeeee!!!

And if you think you think that you can run away from home at 16 to 'find myself" or move out of the house at 18 or get married at 21....have a kid by the time you're 22. Although, I must say that the idea of me being a GLAM-MA at such a young age sounds very tempting...but, clearly, you don't know your mama well enough because...

You will have NONE of the above. It's payback time honeys. I carried you for 9 months in my belly and it took me a combined total of 2 days to get both of you out so I can breath, not have heartburns and get rid of my big fat arse. No...it's not so easy for you to leave me. You are going to stay in this house, teman your old folks till we are 6 feet underground.....*evil laugh*....

See...I told you, I am kakakakraizzzzeeee!!! *evil laugh...again*..

naked

Em at 6 months.

**If you're here because you've googled 'naked' and you're anticipating to get a hard-on - forget it!! Again...FORGET IT!! hahahah...sorry to burst your bubble but this is a family-mommy-kids site. Not what you're lookin' for mister (or miz..if you prefer ;-) )

a page a day

My very first attempt at creating photobook pages for EMily's 1st year album. Hmm...what happened to Ash's photobook? I'm ashamed to say that it's still not done yet because even though we do not have a rackmount lcd, I am still hooked on the tv!!

What happened was that the past couple of days, I've been frantically selecting and processing photos of Emily. And this afternoon, I took one of Emily's finished image and created the page you see above. You can call it a prototype of some sort. So, what do you think? I do plan on creating one (or more) page a day but as always, we'll see how it goes cos as you all know, I'm not very good at keeping up with my urm..resolutions.

Well, you have all weekend to think about it..heheheh...kidding!

Be good and you guys have a good weekend k...talk soon!