Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

If you’re an Indonesian (or if you know one) living in Singapore , I’d really like to extend this invitation to you.

It’s for this coming Friday and Sunday. A Good Friday and Easter Service, held in Indonesian language.

Here are the details:

Friday, 6 April, 4.30pm
Singapore EXPO, Conference Halls A – E, Foyer 1, 2nd level

Sunday, 8 April, 5 pm
True Way Presbyterian Church (next to Queenstown MRT)

Feel free to pass along the information to other Indonesians you know.

Hope to see many of you Indonesians there!

PS: And oh, if you have little ones, you can always bring them along. There’s a baby room for parents and their small children, and the ‘event’ will be projected onto the screen for all to watch and listen.

I like these shots, taken earlier today, because they show …

>> how Vai’s only as high as Anya’s shoulder right now (very soon he’ll probably be as tall as her, if not taller!)

>> the kids’ heights at the moment (by comparing their heights against the lines at the gate, eg. Anya’s now approximately as high as the sixth horizontal line)

Little kids constantly grow (unlike us adults!), especially babies, and so personally I like taking photos of them against something else, so I have a ‘direct comparison’ that will remind me of their ‘size’ at the time the photos are taken.

As you can see, these little ones won’t stay tiny forever …

Ah. Now there it is. Vai’s first bruise.

He’s been actively climbing and pulling himself up on nearly EVERYTHING these past 2 weeks and today he kinda … tumbled down while standing and holding onto his Baby Gym. Got himself a little bruise and a teeny scratch on his left eyelid.

Good thing I didn’t panic when it all happened. I quickly picked him up, hugged, breastfed and compressed the bruise with ice cubes wrapped in clean cloth.

Sigh.

Him being so active and all, I can already imagine how he’d sure be getting lots of knocks and falls.

Yes we all know little accidents happen and more of than not, they happen in a flash and are unavoidable.

But when I saw him today with this little purplish bump on his eyelid, ah … I couldn’t help but felt all soft inside. Felt like giving him lots of hugs and kisses to make him feel better (though he most probaly felt completely okay real soon afterwards!)

Sigh.

Gotta get myself prepared for more in the years to come, I guess.

And in the mean time, Vai continues to look like he’s wearing a nice shade of purple eyeshadow now!

PS: Here’s a good link to read more on caring for baby’s illnesses and injuries

I have so much leftover cotton wool at home and I thought it’d be nice if we can make some sort of a ‘snow-man’ or something out of it.

And so we used:
>> Foam cup
>> Glue (smearing it all over the top and sides)
>> Cotton wool
>> Triangular-shaped sponge for the nose (Anya dipped it in watercolour some time ago, so it’s kinda pinkish now)
>> Coloured paper (black for the eyes, brown for the mouth, blue for the hat)

When Anya’s done with it, I honestly think it looks more like a ‘Snow-cone man‘ now. Heh heh.

Oh btw, the April issue of Motherhood is out with a little write-up on us (‘Blog your kids’ article).

PS: Frankly, I’m still trying to get used to the ‘graphic designer’ part. Hehe. Especially because I’ve always seen myself as more of a PR / marketing / events person, while my hubby is THE designer.

[Once you’ve checked out the article, you’ll know what I mean. Heh.]

Vai got his hands and feet on the playground for the first time today.

And Anya. Haha. She was SO happy now that Vai can join in the fun!