March la! :p
Ok, bo liao...
This month started with Yang losing his card AGAIN! When he told me he dropped his wallet in the gap of the lift, I thought he was remembering where he dropped his previous wallet. When it hit me that he was referring to two seconds ago, we stepped back out of the lift to dig for coins for the bus rides to and from school.
When the management office opened at 9 am, I went to ask if they could help. So unless I was willing to pay for immediate attention, I would have to wait for the maintenance guys to come fix other issues, which apparently happened every few days. Ok, I will wait instead of getting a new card; I barely got back the balance of the first lost card!!! In the meantime, Yang could experience taking a bus in the 1980s :p
That afternoon, I changed my notes for their coins to prep for Yang's bus rides
There is only one piggy bank coz they had decided to pool their savings from their pocket money. Yang hasn't realised that he was contributing the lion's share yet :p Coz he usually had toast while Kai had a proper meal during recess.
Anyway, got his card back one week later on 8 March. He used it for three days and it was March holidays/COVID time at home. Just before we got the card back, I asked him if he liked using coins. He said no, troublesome. Then please don't use your card again!
Sito took leave on 2 March :) He went jogging before we went to Beauty World for a foot massage. Had wanted to eat seafood but with not much time left, we ate at the hawker centre instead. We had our faves - dumplings etc and western food!
We sent Yu to school before Sito jogged off :)
The next day, I didn't have much housework to do so I cooked up a storm for both lunch and dinner! So happy that my boys loved it! But I won't do this again - so much time and effort! Must spread out high-effort meals...
Kai gave me 8/10 for 葱油拌面 made with my own scallion oil plus baked chicken cutlet!
Another 8/10 dish - giant meatball spaghetti!
Sito rated the meatballs even higher :) Just needed the outside to be a bit browner... We had enough meatballs and sauce for a second meal! Need a bigger pot next time, or reduce the recipe... It was a lot of work but I had fun doing this!
Back to our happy place - Ikea!
They much prefer the Alexander outlet coz it has more showrooms
We had our usual 12 chicken wings! Yu likes the meatballs so I ordered the meatball spaghetti for him which is a full adult portion. He finished it and even had some of the fries! His older brothers had kiddy pasta. Who was asking me why they had so little pasta? :p Anyway, the older boys ate a lot more chicken wings.
Kai and Yang discussing the number of chicken wings :p
Sunday, I ditched my Hub and Pups to meet friends. So surprised to see them bring big bags along - they were representing 23 colleagues to bring farewell gifts to me, hoho! Three of us range from fresh grad to the mother of a young adult, but we had a good time chatting over Hoshino coffee!
I must pose like this right? :p
So there was a 4.5L thermal pot and a thermal flask, and a breadmaker. I already have the exact same thermal pot so shall see if I use this during... LNY?? I started using the breadmaker that very week and have been making bread every two to four days. I have not bought a single loaf since then!
Made them clean Beyblade marks off the cabinets while they were stuck at home with COVID :p
They did this happily coz the reward was TV. I'm also happy coz now when I look up, I see a nice white strip instead of white peppered with red and blue marks! But the dents are there to stay, sighs...
The boy who looks tiny in this shirt, is digging for ear booger during dinner, eeks!
The last day that Yang was home on a school day, he helped me vacuum the sofa :)
As he tested negative that evening, we went out! First, a haircut. Kai and Yang's hair was getting too long. The last cut was just before Term 1! We went to the one at the bus interchange. Both uncles cut their hair very nicely! Kai was especially pleased with his fringe - straight instead of somewhat slanted like the last time. Um, your hair is a bit curly so it will curl to the sides later you know? :p He was still so pleased :)
Two handsome boys having prata with Milo
Boy with stately smile didn't want to cut his hair until primary one!
"No, not primary one. When it's long." Um, when is it long? Isn't it long now?? I think he cannot get over R who has long hair when we met in December!!
Kai thinks his brothers are babies :)))
Yu was running in front of them *.* We were headed for BPP to get some OCK - they didn't have any meat. No vege never mind coz I paid extra for high-fibre prata ok... With a dash of paprika... 💁🏻
Played reversi with Yu while stuffing duvets into covers...
And he won!!! He was so cute - "I can't believe I won! It was very close, right?" No, baby, not close at all! 70% into the game, he had five blacks on the board. And in the end, he won by close to double! How did that happen??! I need to reflect... Haha!
After their recovery from COVID, we finally got to snuggle at bedtime. I was asking Kai when he would want his own room. He said he still wanted to sleep together with his brothers.
mf: But I don't like the double decker bed. I keep knocking my head on it and it's so hard to change bedsheets!
Kai: To be honest, I also don't like it, hee...
mf: !!!! Oh, coz of the mattress?
Kai: Ya, it's not so soft...
mf: Then in future when we move house, we don't bring it along. But you will have to sleep in your own room.
Kai: Why can't we get a single bed and put it with the other two?
mf: Not enough space. And I'm not getting a bed of a different size!
Kai: *pout*
Kai sleeps on the upper bunk on weekend nights. But the upper bunk can't take a thick mattress so I got a 4-inch from the furniture shop. It does feel quite different. In any case, any heavier mattress and I won't be able to lift it when changing bedsheets!
Trying to tell the time during breakfast
Time is very important. If he finishes late, I won't give him Reading Eggs on the iPad. There was once we reached school at almost 9 am! Gosh... After that, the teacher sent a note to everyone to encourage kids to be in school by 8.30 am so that they can all shift to their classroom next door and start lessons. K2 moved to the unit vacated by their youth hub due to reno works.
Anyway, he has been reading time off my phone but could not yet read analogue clocks. Good to learn, though I think the clock in primary school is digital too...
The school has been equipping the K2s with primary school survival skills. Dug out a Pokemon purse for him to put fake money. Found a pretty ziplock bag that he could use as a pencil case.
He even learnt how to deal with bullies
Made a little collage of our breakfast time
All their eating looks! Love to see them drinking from a straw, cute cheeks :) And this Yang has a 可怜 look??! He finished the eggs that day, great! Coz I wasn't hungry enough to eat after getting some crackers for them to try and only Kai took one bite :p
Out of the blue, Yu gave this to us :)
Welcome home, Papa!
Yang was busy haha! It's easier now, no need to wait for PCR results. So we went to our fave dinner place.
Both Yang and Yu brought books along - but I had to remind them about it *.*
The next day, we had Hainan Story after a trip to the playground. So much VFM, we like! Kai had his own chicken rice. Yang and Yu shared a platter of chicken and fish and chips. Yu even had a lot of chicken cutlet from Sito's fried rice. Good to see them eat :)
Papa teaching Kai how to use the exercise machine
It took me three days to realise that March was gone! And so is a quarter of this year. There's much to celebrate as we ended the month/quarter, with more relaxed COVID rules. We're even thinking of Legoland in June! Shall see how it goes..
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