Kiddo Talk & Pic Apr 2022

Calming Dinosaur

阳阳 自己在哼小曲..

阳阳: "Dinosaur can you stop singing you are distracting me from reading this book"

Brings dinosaur to Meimei

阳阳: "Mummy can you take dinosaur and calm him down?"

Water Play At Tampines Hub

Again this is a first for 阳阳. The children water play area was already closed and cordoned off when 阳阳 started his swimming lessons. We used to let 萱萱 play for awhile after each swimming lesson as kind of a reward for going for swimming lessons. So finally after 2+ long years we can let the kids run amok at the play area again. To say they were ecstatic is under playing it ... they were absolutely delighted and wild, running circles up the stairs and down the slides. Magical fun ;-)

Love Letters: Bunny Dance Moves

 

Love Letters: Thursdays

 

Love Letters: Penguins

 

Normal Haircut At Bedok Mall

阳阳's hair is getting long and it didn't make sense to bring him to Meimei's saloon since he is a boy and doesn't need the refined hair styling. A simple trip to a barber will do. Fortunately there is a nice barber shop at Bedok Mall with baby seats and video screen to keep the kids entertain while the hair stylist does their magic. And since we were there with both kids, we had them trim 萱萱's fringe as well.

Love Letters: Gummy Bears

Meimei recently started writing 'love letters' to 萱萱. Meimei worries a lot about 萱萱 and is always trying to help her and sayang her. I think these letters are a way Meimei shows affection and love for our sweet sweet daughter.

Starting this series to document and preserve the letters. 

Children Art: A Map To Hillview

 

阳阳 is so random haha. He just doodled a 'map' of our place, a police station and Hillview. He even add in a car and was sharing me how long it takes to drive along the lines to get to Hillview.

Changing The Study Room Layout Again

We are doing a lot of revamping of the rooms this month. It's a logical next step as the kids get older. The kids need a better environment to study and complete homework. So Meimei diligently cleared the cupboards at the side so we could move their tables against it. Having their tables in the middle of the room makes the walkway a tripping hazard since it's so tight to walk through, even for the kids. The only downside of this is the lighting so Meimei bought another 3M study light for them. No expense spared to make it better for the kids!

Muji Bedframe For Master Bedroom

Finally it's time to replace our bed frame. We threw away the old one couple of years ago because we had 阳阳 and didn't want to risk him rolling down the bed. Now that they have their own beds we can get one for ourselves too.

We've always had a challenge with the bed frame sizes because of our cupboard. Luckily we chance on a Muji bed frame that fits just nicely against the wall. And a big plus is that it's oak! I've been looking for a wooden frame when we first moved into 405 but couldn't find one that would fit. Now it's coming together with this Muji one.

After Church Lunch At Plaza Singapura

It's been many years since we have been able to lunch out at Plaza Singapura after church. Before Covid we had stopped going to church because they wouldn't let me feed 萱萱 at church and also Meimei was not able to come with 阳阳 still a little baby.

Now that things are opening up and we resume our Sunday routine, we attempted to revive our weekly lunch at Plaza Singapura. As was before, Nyaong arrive earlier at the food court to get seats. Its a tougher deal now as there are still distancing measures in place and seats are limited. Thankfully Meimei had found one early and he sat down to chope it.

This is also the first time 阳阳 has eaten out after church. I think he is loving the experience. Haiz poor kid, he missed most of usual stuff we do due to covid. Hopefully we can bring back more of the fun and outings so he learns what childhood should be like. 

Children Art: Our Family

 

Splatter Paint Art

We would never let 萱萱 or 阳阳 do this at home so it's good 萱萱 gets a chance to channel her inner Pollock at student care.

2nd Go At Kiddo's Beds

The bunk beds came back today. And this time instead of setting up the stairs we had it like 2 normal beds on each side of the room. The kids and I had hit our heads on the top bunk previously so the grandparents likely recommended we do away with the top-bottom configuration. Thankfully Piccolo House was wiling to refund the cost of the stairs ($980) since we did not install the replacement and left it in its original box.  That restored my faith in the company.  

First Time Acupuncture

It's been a week and there's not been any improvement in the ringing in my left ear. The nausea and giddiness has stopped so I'm off the meds. I suspect I'm having the common Tinnitus coupled with stuffed ear. The hospital came back with my appointment schedule and its all the way at the end of May. 2 months before I can get any professional medical help.

I'm realistic. Judging by the YouTube videos and articles I'm been reading on this, there doesn't seem to be any cure for Tinnitus. I'm not keeping any hope that my condition will improve so there's nothing to lose trying out different approaches. If I get lucky it subsides, if not I've been preparing myself mentally to live with it.

Nyaong recommend that I look to Chinese acupuncture. He's had experience in the family on Tinnitus and earring loss and advised that western medicine does not have any solutions for such ailments. So we went to NTU TCM clinic to consult a senior physician.

It's the first time I'm doing acupuncture and contrary to what I'm been hearing, it does hurt a bit. Especially when doc pricked my hand and elbow. An instant shock ran through my fingers and they trembled uncontrollably.

Nothing changed after the session but I wasn't expecting any anyways. Chinese medicine works slowly, it's not a miracle cure. I have a course of Chinese medicine for the next 8 days and have to be back for another 2 sessions in the coming week. We'll see how it turns out after these ... again I'm not keeping any hope at all.