Am here to wish all my readers a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. 
My house is filled with in laws, out laws and their children. Not forgetting FOOD!
Unfortunately, I am coughing away right now so I have to be picky about what I put in my mouth. 
Anyway, I am ok with it coz I do not have much appetite to eat for months already. 
I hope all of you eat and drink everything in moderate ya. Stay healthy!
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Coming Monday is CNY already. CNY comes way too fast this year. I still have not got over our family gathering and Christmas. The CNY mood has not set in yet. Anyway, I have done a few preparation for CNY though. New clothing has been bought except Hats for Men. My hubby is not a hat person. Baked 3 types of cookies and bought some Nyonya pineapple tarts from my mom and stocked up some basic needs for cooking. The only thing that I have not do is complete the minor spring cleaning. I am doing it bit by bit coz of my backache and now tummy cramp and my “help” from my lil ones. Hope to complete them by Friday.
It looks like I am not the only one declaring this year of the dragon to be a frugal year. My reasons for being more frugal this year is because there will be another addition to our family soon. Meaning more mouth to feed, more body to cloth and more books to buy. Talking about books, am actually looking at ereader reviews to see whether it can help me save more money than buying the physical books.
Apart from that, hubby plans to do a complete upgrade to his CC which will cost him at least 15k. Well, we need money to make more money. The business has been running for 5 years and it is high time we do some upgrading before the customers hop over to newer CC.
With the additional family member soon and the ruling that requires all passenger in the car to wear seat belt, we have to get an 8 seater vehicle sooner or later. We need to save for that too.
And we also plan to homeschool our children by 2013 which means we need USD! Time to save my Paypal money; no more buying things online. Hmm…maybe one more batch of cloth diapers. 
And my children are growing up FAST! They eat more now. Less eating out then.
This is my big happy family which consist of 51 members. MIL, her 3 daughters followed by 8 sons, their spouses and children. Only the youngest son is still single. MIL has 29 grandchildren and 2 more are joining the family next year.
Talking about The Walking Dead!
Most of us slept after midnight yesterday and MOST of us are still asleep at this hour. And we are supposed to be awake by now to get ready for the photo shoot.
Even if all of us get ready by then. All of us will be like a zombie. Thank God we just need to stand still and smile but can we smile when we feel so sleepy and tired?
Just wait till I post up our family photograph that will consist of 22 adults and 29 grandchildren.
A holiday for Mommy is a day or a few days (if possible) of waking up not having to think of doing chores and what to cook. Praise God I had the chance to enjoy that even for only one day.
On the 28 Nov, we checked into Tiara Beach Resort, PD for a night stay. I was not able to join hubby and my other 4 children in the man made beach because my 10mo baby is still having stuffy nose and cough. I did not mind at all. I just sat by the pool and became their cameraman. I am happy when they are happy.
My 10mo did get to go in the pool for a few mins on the 2nd day when it was not drizzling.
Best of all, I have no chores to rush to when my 10mo naps. And I woke up the next morning without needing to think of what to cook, floor to sweep and mop and laundry to wash.
Hubby did mention that we could go there again before this year ends if hubby’s part-time can work during those days. I think I must not think so much of the $$$ that will flow out and just go and have one more day of holiday before next year come. The next family holiday can only be made possible in year 2013!
Can I say that most dads are clueless when it comes to buying gift for their children? Unless they are single parent and they spend most of their time with the child/children. When it comes to buying gifts, hubby will leave it to me to list of the options and he will decide whether it is appropriate for our children. Not everything that our children wish for Christmas will be approved by their daddy like Gameboy, PS or PSP. For those dads that have been given the responsibility to pick Christmas present for their children this year, here’s gift ideas dad. Have fun shopping.
This coming 15th to 18th December will mark another memorable event in our family history. This will be the first time we are going to have family gathering with all the 11 siblings, their spouses, children, in laws plus close relatives. We are going to have a feast on Nyonya delicacies, BBQ night, Pre-Christmas celebration, fun at A’Famosa Waterworld and a picnic at the beach.
It will be wonderful if any company can sponsor us logo canopy for shelter if it rains during any of the event. If they can sponsor trade show flooring, trade show carpet and logo mats even better. You’ll never know who will sign up to purchase their products since there will be more than hundred people from all walks of life will be at my place during those few days.
I so look forward to that day. I just came up with a list of names for the pre-Christmas gift exchange.
…and No.7 if God blessed us with a set of twin. Happy now? 
As of when will he/she/they will join our family of 7, only God knows. We will surely announce to the www when the time comes.
As for now, we are busy living our simple life. I still have not gotten used to not having a helper around especially when hubby is at work which is very frequent long hours of work like from the moment the children woke up to the moment they go to bed. But I MUST get use to this because next year life will be more hectic.
I wonder whether I can cope. I am NOT a Supermom you know. As I am typing this, my eyes are almost closing. I better go take cold shower now. Got to send food to my girls before their after school activities. Till then…be good ya. 
I left the two of them in bed to prepare breakfast. When I am done, I found them in this position. I am amazed that the little one can continue sleeping with the weight on her body. She became a human bolster that morning.
And this is not the first time I witness sure cute sleeping position. It happened to the rest of my children when they were younger. Once I am not sleeping in between them, the smaller ones will become the human bolster. If not, my legs will be their bolster.
