My eldest is 8+ years old and my youngest (so far) is 7 months old. In this picture, they do look kinda alike even though my youngest look more like her 2 years old brother. Personality wise, they are the opposite. My youngest is another smiley baby, just like her 2yo kor kor and more. She smiles more often than her 2yo kor kor. And she adores her daddy very much. You should see the way she looks at her daddy. She melts her daddy’s heart with her adoring stare and smile. Daddy often tells her, “Your mommy also never adore daddy like you do. ” 
Good also lar. I can channel my attention to my 2yo Baby. 
Contribution by Saul Martin
My last move was definitely my easiest. I guess after being a military kid growing up I just kind of gave in to the fact that moving is a part of life. My kids are not ‘military brats,’ so they were groaning and moaning the entire time. However, once we showed them our new house in Texas, they started to get excited about the change in scenery. My daughter- who is 7- was sad to leave her friends, but we told her that she could sign up for cheerleading in Texas, so we won her moving vote. My son was just as easy with the blackmail of a bigger room. The kids were actually a help in moving, and are so excited about their new home! A word to the wise- make sure you get all of your providers set up BEFORE you move. We forgot to set up our electricity (whoops!) before we got out here, and had to scramble around to find a provider once we got out here. Luckily, one of our neighbors suggested going to HTTP://WWW.shopelectricityratestexas.COM.
We started with 12 puppies 3 months. Now we are left with only 3 male puppies. From these 3, 2 will be taken by a relative soon. Where are the rest? Well, 1 died 2 days after she was born due to cold (it was raining heavily on the night she died). 2 males given away to a family friend. 1 male, the cutest and fattest was stolen. 1 female was run over by BIL when she chased his car. He only realised that the puppy was under his car when he counted them while feeding them dinner. Yesterday. We threw away 4 female puppies at a farm because we can’t stop the ringworm from the puppies from infecting my 2yo son’s head. It is so difficult to stop my son from touching the puppies then his head. I can’t be following him outdoor all the time and he is smart enough to sneak out whenever MIL or my other children go out.
MIL is back from her eldest son home after living with them for about 3 weeks. The family maid is schedule to return tomorrow. If I did not receive any sms from her to inform that she has board the plane to KL by tomorrow afternoon, I’ll assume that she won’t be back. Adakah when I sms-ed her requesting her to sms me once she board the plane so that we can arrange for someone to pick her up from the airport, I did not received even an “Ok” or “Baik Mem or Baik Sir” from her. Instead, I received a reply asking me to send her money coz her family is in need of money. I also need money leh. Who can give me?! I ignored the sms. You think I chop note here kah?
Anyway, if she did not return, I would be glad to take care of my MIL. My children would be happy to share the responsibility with me. With a pair of eyes to watch over my babies, I can do more things in the house. Maybe I can start baking or sewing again. 
We have been staying at my parent’s place for almost a week. It used to be my home but not anymore. I can’t sleep well there. I can’t wait to sleep on my own bed tonight.
That’s not the case for my 3 older children though. They are enjoying themselves there. My eldest told me that she feels that she is in Genting Highland. It is because she gets to sleep in an air-cond room every night and play in the air-cond room every afternoon too. My parent’s house is very warm, be it in the afternoon or night time so we need the air-cond to stay “alive”. 
My children are so used living in wooden house surrounded by trees all around. Living in a brick house is like being in an oven for them.
My 2nd and 3rd gets to cycle, fish, catch tadpole and play “masak-masak” with my cousins (aged 9 & 8yo) from 7am till 7pm during the weekend. They live less than 100m away from my parent’s house.
All 3 of them wish that their daddy won’t come home today! Macam ini punya anak pun ada eh!
As for me, I want my hubby home ASAP. I miss him so much this time around. Dreamed about him every night since he is away in Medan.
Our family maid left us last Sunday to visit her terminally ill mom in Indonesia. We let her go for a month. Whether she will return or not, only God knows. We have nothing to hold her back because she just worked for us for 8 months. Anyway, this is not the first time, I am maidless. I had it tougher when I only have 4 children coz at that time, I do not have a single helper. Not even my mom. This time, I still have MIL, SIL and BIL with me. Even though they are not well (both just after surgery), they helped a lot in keeping an eye on my children when I am busy with housework and homework (my children’s).
The first 3 days was very tough for me. I almost broke down but thank God, He strengthen me. With only 4 hours of sleep on Sunday, followed by 5 hours on Monday and finally I got my 6 hours on Tuesday, I almost fall sick due to lack of sleep. When I need my husband the most, he is always not there. Why lar? I am not a superwoman you know. A thought came to my mind; will it be easier if we look for mobile homes for sale, buy one and stay in it? Less space, minimal cleaning. With 5 kids, I think we will suffocate.
How I wish I am talking about myself. Too bad, I can only afford to study for one degree. After 10 years of signing up for his 2nd degree via correspondence, he is finally down to one paper. I hope he will be able to finish his last paper by this year. Then he can graduate and we could take a family photograph with him in his graduation wardrobe and hat. Hmm, where do I find a graduation present?
I love BBQ Invitations and I just received one yesterday. It is going to be my brother’s only son 2nd birthday. Since that handsome lil boy is his only son, I am sure it is going to be a grand BBQ birthday party. Hoping to see crabs and XXL prawns on the grill that night.
I hope this time I can really enjoy the food being served. During previous birthday parties, I was not able too because I was carrying my newborn. This time around, my no more newborn will be cruising around in her walker and this mommy can really take time to enjoy every bite of the BBQ-ed serving.
It is ok to forget anniversaries but it is not ok to forget your own flesh and blood birthday. I was very upset for forgetting my first born son’s birthday. Thank God he is a very understanding boy. He even told me that since it is his birthday, he is not angry at me for forgetting his birthday. In his own words, “Mommy, I cannot get angry on my birthday.” Throughout the day, when I lost my temper, he will remind me this, “Mommy, today is my birthday, you cannot get angry at me also.”
A few things happened a week before his birthday that took my mind away from remembering his birthday. First, I got mastitis. That got me worried sick coz I do not want to go under the knife again to remove the puss. There was fever for a few days, swollen breast, headaches and backache. I am not completely healed yet, my MIL was admitted to the hospital due to appendicitis and a day after that, one of my nieces got admitted to the hospital to get her nose bridge stitch by a plastic surgeon due to a fall. After each trip to the hospital, I fell sick again. I figured that my immune system is not strong enough to shield all those viruses that are floating around in the hospitals.
On the day that my MIL got discharged from the hospital, hubby came home wishing his son, “Happy Birthday”. I was busy helping one of my SILs in the kitchen preparing lunch. I was baffled. “Really arh? Today is his birthday meh? Today is June 12? OMG! I totally forgotten that today is his birthday.” I left the kitchen, brought my 5yo son along with me to buy a birthday cake for him. That is the least I can do for forgetting his birthday. I actually planned to have a birthday party for him months before his birthday. Sadly, when the day come, I did not buy any cheap gifts and gift baskets also.
To compensate my forgetfulness, we brought him to McD for dinner that night and the next day, we brought him shopping to pick toys of his choice.
How to de-stress the girlish way? I’m sure all of you know the answer without me needing to tell you. Yup! C.R.Y.
And I just did that yesterday. I am not ashamed to tell the www. I am no superwoman or supermom. I am just an ordinary person living life. I tried doing the breathing in and out thingy to cool down but it did not help in my situation.
Imagine having 5 children aged 8, 6.5, 5, 2 and a 5mo baby. The baby is crying for milk and sleep. The 6.5yo trying very hard to keep the 5mo baby from crying. The 8yo was too engross with her book. The 5yo accidentally spilled his Barley drink. The 2yo accidentally spilled his barley drink and the barley beans all over the floor. Next the Mommy who just came out from the bathroom saw her 2yo shaking his cloth nappy to get rid of his poo poo. The poo poo dropped on the floor on a few spots. Told him to stay put but to no avail.
Floor in a mess, toddler needs to be washed and a screaming baby needs milk. This is easy peasy when the Mommy is not sick. Unfortunately all this happened when the Mommy is still in pain due to mastitis, still feverish and having a bad backache; she can’t even bend down to lift up her 6.75kg 5mo baby.
After cleaning her toddler, instructed the 3 older kids to clean up the floor and while breastfeeding her 5mo, she breathed in and out but it did not release the stress that has built up. She cried. She felt so much better after that.
The hubby came home to a peaceful home. Today, the maid is with the Mommy almost the whole day and everything went about smoothly. Why lar trials come when she is all by myself with her 5 children?
