To the airport... again.

      
We went to the airport again. To welcome daddy back from his working trip. Joelle is able to understand the meaning of all this arrival stuff. She knows which direction to look out for her daddy. She knows she cannot walk past the door and run to her daddy. She knows about the luggage belt and what it does. She used to wonder aloud why those people are just standing around "waiting for... what?" Issy is just enjoying the cold aircon, bright sparkling lights and the hustle and bustle of the world's promising airport. It's actually fun bringing them to the airport. It's a safe place for the girls to run and play and be merry. Daddy has many more trips coming up in 2008. Most are pre-booked already so if the arrival time's right, we will be back.

Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho... Merry Christmas!

This is Joelle's fifth christmas and Isabelle's second christmas. I adore christmas and I've instilled in Joelle the love of this season too. She enjoys the shopping (she chooses most of the gifts from the choices I present her), she enjoys the baking too (I'm baking this christmas and hopefully more in future) and she enjoys all the christmas themed books I borrowed from the library for her. For Issy, this is like her first christmas cos last year, we did not put up the tree or have any celebration. This year, we're having a mini potluck party at home with family and some friends. It's a pity daddy will be missing us this christmas. Here's wishing daddy a great christmas too in the Phillipines. Merry Christmas Daddy!

My emotional girl

I have been down (with a persistent cough) and almost out (with 3 different types of drowsy syrup) for 12 days! Yes, I started with fever on sunday (9th) and cough surface immediately the next day and was determined to stay with me. I saw the GP near my home twice and the doctor at the polyclinic once. I'm just as determined to make it leave by christmas. Goodness, I have a party and so much food to enjoy! Joelle is suffering more of the withdrawal effect than Issy cos the doctor gave me medication safe for breastfeeding so Issy is still getting my one-to-one attention. Joelle on the other hand is very much kept away from me and she feels she's suffering.

One night she told her daddy this when he was doing my job of getting her to sleep.
"Daddy, I'm very sad." she told her daddy while lying next to him on the bed.
"Umm" not even sure if daddy heard her anyway.
"Daddy, do you know why I'm very sad?" she asked again.
"Why?" finally realizing he can't get out of the conversation.
"I'm very sad because mummy is sick and she can't sleep with me." and she started to cry... and daddy got to get up from his drowsy state to comfort the little emotional girl. And I was in the other room holding back the laughter and the tears.

Updates for Isabelle.

Here you see Isabelle learning to do the laundry. We are teaching her to put her soiled clothes into the laundry basket every time she has her bath, change her clothes or wet her training pants. She's so cute cos she's doing it for her sister as well! That lazy sister stripes herself outside the bathroom for her shower and always shouts "later" when asked to put them in the basket so the little one would come along, picks them up and puts them in the basket. After a few times, the sister's reply would be "Isabelle will do it". Well... I'm letting her enjoy that service while it last.

Isabelle is also starting to use the bowl at times. She's still using the potty most of the time but I'm getting her accustom to the toilet seat while she's showing interest. With children... you'll never know. They can be so unpredictable at times.

Joelle's xmas wishlist

This is Joelle's wish list for christmas. Yes, she's already 'wishing' for things.
1) She asks for the cleaning set becos mary refuses to let her touch the mop or the broom. Reason : she messes up more than helps out. 2) She asks for this type of doll I guess becos she has HAIR. Did I mention that joelle doesn't like bald doll? But I prefer bald doll cos no dropping of blode or brown hair. As she gets bigger, her choice of doll size gets bigger too. 3) She also asks for pretty dresses cos her little sister recently started wearing dresses and she wants to join in the wagon. Problem is she doesn't have many pretty dresses like Issy.

Joelle's school party

Joelle had a party on the last day before school breaks for the holidays. It was a potluck party so I brought cocktail sausages and cherry tomatoes. I even packed in some packets of biscuits for the kids to bring home. It was a fine semester in a great school. I'm looking forward to her starting kindergarten there. Not too sure about her though. She's not academically excitable. Take her to activities involving dance, art or music and she'll brighten up readily. Anyway, I went for the party as there is a mini performance and a parent-teacher meet that day. I do not need to go into what the teacher said but I believe most of you will be able to guess. Of course I met the boy she always talk about... and his mum too.

On and Off fever

YES I've been busy! With this little "fever bug"! Issy went down with fever twice in two weeks and though they lasted only a short one to two days, it was enough to darken the area below my eyes. Issy is fine now. She did not appear that badly affected anyway. Mummy was the poor thing one not her. She still walked around, played with her sister and babbled non-stop. The only indication of her fever is the patch on her forehead. Mummy sure need to catch up on some needed rest. Hey, I'm not very young anymore you know...