Busy Bee

Just a quick update on what's happening .....

1. Ryan got his report card. He's now a happy boy with no homework and no more exams....cool
2. Caitlin is recovering from acute tonsillitis, she's on antibiotic and she's resting at home under the watchful eye of Aunt Jo for the past 3 days!!! God bless Aunt Jo.
3. I am doing my assessment for my workplace and it's killing me because I need to do it for 11 people. This is insane and I shall make sure that I will not do for 11 people next year.
4. Hubby is considering a new job....juicy juicy.....
5. ........ and I'm so looking forward to year end where I will be on long leave.......
   

Berries

This is what Ryan gave me after he came back from school one evening. I have no idea what it is and where he got it from. It's some berry and his teacher gave it to him. I did not attempt to find out more.

Casual Bag

My casual bag. Love the colour and the shape!

Ryan's 8th Birthday

He's still a huge Pokemon fan and wanted the cake with the picture of "Arceus".

Mummy: Why Arceus?

Ryan: Because it's the most powerful pokemon at all times (with his eyes rolling with disbelief that his wise mother does not know this!)

Mummy: Er.....ok. Arceus then.

Ryan: Yeah......

We had a little gathering for a small clebration at my place for the b'day boy, delivered a cake to his daycare for him to share with his friends and had another little gathering at his grandparents place. My boy is already 8.....what happen in between?

Caitlin Suspected with HFM

Caitlin's creche had a few cases of HFM recently. Out of the blue, on Thursday evening, Caitlin developed mild fever and had a bit of a running nose. She took her medication and everything seemed to be under contro and she went to creche, as usual, the following day. At about 3pm, her teacher called to informed that her temperature shoot up and when I enquiried, it was mainly because they forgot to feed Caitlin her fever medicine. Anyway, everything was still ok until that evening when she started pointing her toward her mouth and said "pain, pain" and started crying. We checked and there were not ulcer but her gums looked reddish.

We took her to her paediatrician (Dr Kwan) who confirmed that she's having somekind of mouth infection but it's was too early to tell whether she's having HFM or not. We were asked to look out for the symptons and to bring her in again on Sunday, just to be sure.

It's was a miserable weekend for all of us as she was crying in pain most of the time and she can't eat even though she's hungry. Everytime she put anything in her mouth (even water), she will spit it out due to the pain. It was heart wrenching time for the parents and grandaunties.

She improved slowly over the weekend and by the time we brought her to visit Dr Kwan again, she was feeling so much better. Fotunately, she was clear of HFM. Dr Kwan confirmed that it was just some infection which caused inflammation to her gums. I took leave and kept her home on Monday. We are very grateful that she's well again.

Caitlin's First Trip to the Zoo Negara

Kids love Zoo and mine are no exception. We took them to the Zoo recently and it was a great outing.

We enjoyed ourselves and the kids had fun watching the animal show and feeding the animals. I even

managed to capture a photo of Caitlin running after a flamingo.

Eating Out

In so far, most of my postings were about my kids, family, my thoughts and feelings as well as the occasional update on what I've been up to. I consciously refrain myself from blogging any negative feelings or experiences as I want to only recollect happy memories. Life has it ups and downs. I just have to learn how to go through the "downs", make the best of it and move on.

Now, back to my mission, which is to blog about Caitlin. I love this picture of her. We were eating out in a chinese restaurant when I asked her for a pose and this is what she did. I always wanted to include photos of dishes we had at restaurants but never get around doing it. Have to be more discipline the next time around. I started to tag my postings under "Eating Out" and this is where I hope I can include photos and posting of eateries we frequent.