Happy 6th Birthday 阳阳! Meimei made it a point to celebrate at school as we missed a couple of years due to Covid and this is the last time we could do this for him at school. Meimei ordered a huge 2 tier cake decorated with an assortments of toys she specially sourced from Taobao.
We also took lots of photos with his classmates but I try not to put them on the blog without explicit permissions. He will be going to P1 next year so these photos are for his memories of time at Joystar.
We were at Decathlon today to get a badminton racket carrying case for 萱萱. Since we were here we decided to go checkout other sections. The kids were happy playing with the bouncing balls. I wonder if we should get these for them since they are using them as intended. It seems this builds their core muscles too if one believes the labelling.
Meimei had signed up for a 10 session Wash & Blow package with a hair saloon at Bedok Mall. It really helps since it is very hard for her to wash her hair at home with all the wounds from the operation. And since she had the credits, we decided to use it for 阳阳's haircut. It's CNY soon and everywhere is packed. We bought him along on one of Meimei's appointment.
阳阳 is used to the quick cut and go Korean hair cut shops. It was his first time so I guess as part of his 'defence mechanism' he was initially reluctant and critical of cutting his hair at the saloon. But slowly he warmed up to it and enjoyed the pampering.
It turned out to be a good choice. His hair styling is so much better and definitely more handsome after the saloon cut. I made a comment to Meimei that going forward we should bring him here for his haircuts. I didn't say it but after seeing what it did for 阳阳, I think I might give it a try too one of these days haha.
Not much chance to capture kiddo talk. Spent most of the later half of the month at the hospital. Just glad that Meimei is home now where she can rest better.
阳阳's learning to make jokes. I'm at the hospital with Meimei most of the time so the rest of the family are looking after the kids. Glad to have family support in such a difficult time.
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| YeeYee: That day YY played “what time is it” with me. Not sure he actually knows how to read the clock yet |
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| 阳阳: Yiyi, what about this ? (12.55) No it’s a BUNNY!!! |
I just got this part of bermudas from Uniqlo about a month ago. And it's already tearing at the side pockets. The odd thing is that I've never put anything in that pocket so nothing to weigh it down and cause tension.
The fabric of the new version of the short pants is obviously thinner and it's a problem for consumers. I have older shorts from Uniqlo and although they look worn, I'm still using them. But the new ones seems to be made to tear in less than a year. Manufactured redundancy. Bad approach in my mind. There are enough clothes in landfills, we don't need more to fill the trash.
I'll need to be more selective next time I shop at Uniqlo. No more buying clothes made of thin material.
The past months have been difficult for Meimei. I totally understand the feeling of unease and apprehension. No one can be truly prepared for something so major and life changing.
On my part I try to be as supportive as possible. Taking time from work to send her for her appointments and essentially be there for her. There isn't much else I can do. And that makes me feel helpless too but I don't show it. Meimei definitely has it a lot worst and I don't need to add to that.
I accompanied her to the operating theatre yesterday morning. Op started at 9.30am but it wasn't till 1am Tuesday that she was out in the high-dependency ward and I could see her. There is a nurse station in the room and all sorts of monitoring machine are plugged to Meimei to monitor everything.
Glad that the operation went without any incidents. The next steps is the recovery which would take months. I'll be there every step of the way.
My parents have moved out of the semi-d and into a condo just down the road. The kids no longer get to play in the garden but instead they can now go there for swimming. And the kids just loved it. Normally they only get to go for lessons on Wednesday but never a chance for leisure play. I expect that the kids will now ask to come to visit Ah Gong Ah Ma every week haha.
Caught in the act. Pulling tissues out of a pack just feels so good that every kid has to do it.
P3 does not start till Wednesday so we brought 萱萱 out for lunch today. We asked her to pack but didn't QC her bag before we left. When we got to the restaurant, she whipped out several packs of tissues. She was very gleeful that she brought all these stuff but Meimei and I were quietly trying to get her to keep them out of slight embarrassment haha.
