Thank you for listening

Silence. Finally.

Update on house construction @ Diamond

Framing is almost done and roof will be up soon.

I would have a dozen more

Kids. If I don't look like an elephant when I am pregnant and if I have family here with us.

There are so many moments I wish I could freeze time when I see my boys.

Lucas is a great big brother. He has his moments of being possessive of his toys and they still do tussle over the same toys but it is all a part of growing up. It's great that they have each other for company and I love to see them play together and communicate with each other in their own unique manner. Lucas is speaking very well now and it opens up a whole new world for us as we have to explain everything to feed his curious mind. Linus is currently in love with books, balls, and digestives.

The boys were recently introduced to the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, one of Edwin's favourite shows when he was young and even now I think. Lucas can sing the songs pretty well and I hope to get it on video soon!

Living his dreams through his son

He said something about his dream of sleeping on a bunk bed when he was young and didn't get the chance to. And one day, he walked through the door with planks of wood and started building one for his son. I was hesitant about Lucas sleeping in a bunk bed at such a young age, but the beam on Lucas' face was unforgettable. He was so proud, so happy and hugged his Daddy and said "Thank you, Daddy. I love my new bed."

Conversations with our almost 3-year-old

Lucas: Daddy, when you are a big boy, you can go to school with Lucas.
Lucas: And when I am a big man, I will go to work.
Daddy: But Daddy don't have a school bag.
Lucas: Lucas will buy you one school bag ok?

Daddy: Look at that yellow car. Daddy likes that yellow car.
Lucas: No. It is not yellow. It is a green car.
(It is indeed a green car)

Lucas & Linus are currently in love with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A classic.

W+J Wedding - Oct 13th 2009

Beautiful in many ways.

Congratulations to the newly-weds!

A sit-down Thanksgiving dinner @ home for 18 adults & 10 kids

Oct 11th 2009
I am still almost a month behind in updates. Catching up is getting harder these days.

To my readers, I am sorry about the music you hear in the background. Removing it was taking up much longer time than expected and I got diverted to other business. I will attempt again later. (in the meantime, you can mute the music with the speaker icon on the slideshow page)

We invited some close friends over for Thanksgiving dinner and decided to do away with plastic plates and cutlery and have a sit-down dinner. We roasted a Turkey for the first time and it was good for a first attempt!

We had great fun planning and setting up the place for the party. Lucas was very excited to have his friends over too. He is a little social birdie.

In retrospect, we had great fun and the best moment must be the "bread-stuffing" moment during one of the games we had that evening. Hooray to videos we can revisit the laughter that day.

By the end of the evening, Edwin was drunk on the couch. Cleaning up up for a dinner party for 28 took one full day but I would still do it!

Hello. I am still alive.

It's almost 8pm and I am sitting in front of my computer and my mind wanders. For a good 5 minutes, I think I was merely motivated by whatever my fingers are clicking on. Randomly reading updates on Facebook, and catching up on world news. Anything but baby or toddler talk.

The dishes are done, floors are freed from toys, tables and chairs scrubbed down, laundry in the wash, dog fed and the house look decent enough for my soul. I jumped into the shower to rid of any baby drool or slobber.

The boys are in bed. I was having a very zen moment. I must add the husband is not home yet. (as it has been so for the past week)

And then it happened.

I heard a rumble. It came from within. My stomach is calling out. I have not had dinner.

I scrambled to warm up some dinner for myself and then Mr Contractor walks through the door. There goes my zen moment.

First Pre-school excursion

Laity Pumpkin Patch - Oct 2009
We were blessed with great weather on the day of the school outing. It was our first time to this Pumpkin Patch in Maple Ridge. Big, beautiful and well decked out to appeal to the kids. The kids had a great time. I never want to enter a corn maze again. Ever. Going in circles for 20 minutes surrounding by nothing by corn is not my cup of tea. There is no free corn at the end of the maze too.