Reyden wants to do the laundry

Reyden, Mummy knows you are being nice. But ... there isn't any clothes in the laundry basket!!

Michelle Yiyi's ROM

Here are the pixs!!

Reyden with Mummy & Michelle Yiyi

Reyes with Mummy & Michelle Yiyi

R&R with Mummy, Ah ma & Yi-po

R&R with Ah ma, Mummy, Michelle Yiyi & Yi-zhang

R&R with Mummy

R&R with ah ma & yi-po

Reyden & Reyes all dressed for the day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

It's my 1st birthday with R&R! Hvn't been celebrating birthdays for ages. Felt kind of excited cos this is my 1st birthday with R&R. Life had never been the same since their arrivals & of cos birthdays would never be the same too. Though it was just a simple celebration but that's already enough to make me happy.





A big Thank you to:
- Mummy for a sumptous dinner
- Kent for the birthday cake
- friends, colleagues & cousins for the birthday wishes
- of cos R&R for bringing me the laughters & hapiness in my life.
- and also GOD for blessing Reyden with a speedy recovery. It made my birthday even better.

THANK YOU!!

New dishes

Didn't have much time to prepare their lunch & dinner today therefore it was 2 simple meals. Tried giving them rice vermicelli with spinach, pork & fish for lunch today & they liked it!

Ingredients
- 50gm of threadfin fillet cut into small pieces
- 50gm of lean pork cut into small pieces
- 1 piece of the rice vermicelli
- 2 tablespoons of chopped spinach
- 5 big finely chopped button mushrooms
- 10 small pieces of dried scallops

Preparing
- Put the dried scallops, button mushrooms, chopped spinach into a pot of water & bring to boil for 10-15mins.
- Add in the fish & pork when the dried scallops had become soft.
- Put the rice vermicelli in when the fish & pork are half cooked. Do not add in too early as it will become very soft if cook for too long. Remember to break it into small pieces before cooking. Else can just use a scissors to cut them up after cooked.
- Optional to add a dash of pepper.

Dinner was simpler but a yummy one too. Steamed pumpkin with potato, toufu & fish. I added a teaspoon of milk powder to it as well.



Enjoying their meals ...



I had made french toast for their teabreak today too. However only egg yolk was used as it's still too early to expose them to egg white yet. So they had tried 3 new dishes today. More coming up ...

Home Alone with the 2 terrors!

It had been some time since Auntie Aida went on her monthly off. We were so used to her being around handling the 2Rs. Almost freaked out when the thought of handling the 2 of them all by myself struck me. Nevetheless today the 2Rs were rather cooperative, no war to be fought during meal & bathing times.
Realised they had grown up, no longer at their infant stage. The last time I took care of them by myself was at their 4th month. Things were messy & out of control then. Today was a different scenario altogether. They had only made sounds of protest when they did their "big business" or felt sleepy. They were even able to keep themselves entertained with toys when I was feeding or bathing the other R. My Reyden & Reyes had grown up!!
The only thing I'm complaining about is their weight. It's putting a strain on my old back injury. Having to carry them in & out of cradles/cots/walkers/highchairs/bathtub is really a tough job. Adding both their weights came up to about 18+kg. Imagine having to carry a load of 18kg around for the whole day? Wonder how Auntie Aida managed to put on weight despite all the "weight-lifting". Hopefully they'll learn to walk soon so that I won't have to carry them around.
Anyway I brought them out by myself for the 1st time today. Though it was only a walk in the neighbourhood, but I'm still pretty proud about it.

Reyes Boy

Boy or Gal?? At least 5 people had asked me the same question for the last few days. Think she looks better dressed as a boy.



A peep at her new cot. She simply loves it. Come to think of it, it could be due to the new cot that she's sleeping on time these 2 days, not that she's a good gal??

Reyden's down with fever

Reyden was down with fever since Wednesday. Temperature varies between 38 & 39. Brought him to the doctor on Thursday but still of no help in bringing his fever down. Alternate between Nurofen & paracetamol every 3 hourly, sponged him at the neck, armpits & groin areas still didn't help. Eventually gave in to my mum's advice - brew some "ling yang" ~ antelope horn's water for him. It really did help. By Fri evening, his temperature had came down to 37.6~37.9 & it remained at 37+ for the whole of today. Not sure whether is it cos of the "ling yang" but anyway thank God for bringing his fever down else I really won't know what to do. However, though the fever gone, he had 4 times of diarrhea today. He just woke crying pitifully, guess it must be cos of the stomach virus. Hope it'll go away as well. Reyden's being a good boy the last few days, didn't fuss or cry though I know he isn't feeling great. He just showed a weary & sad face. It hurts seeing him like that. My birthday wish is for him to recover asap ...


Look at his sick & sad face.

Not forgetting to mention that Reyes had been a good gal too. Think she knows that the brother is sick. She gladly finished whatever I cooked for the last 2 days. (usually it takes 1 hr to feed her) & she slept on time daily without much hassle too. Thank you Reyes!