Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Mary Anne's party







We attended Mary Annes 3rd birthday party on the 6th of April. (the week before Harvynna's party) This is her 3rd birthday party we attended. Mary Anne's mum and me used to be colleagues and had a real crappy boss!
We keep in touch by msn and email or sms but only meet up twice a year in April - for Mary Annes and harvynna's birthdays!!




Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Harvynna's birthday
















Our little princess turned 4 last saturday - 12 April. She was really looking forward to her birthday and since it was a saturday, we decided to have something for her. It was so last minute and unlike previous years, I really did not have the time to do anything as I have a really big event this weekend for work.

We had the party at Gymboree with very close friends. The kids had fun with the activities - lots of jumping around, dancing and screaming. I am however, not happy with the Gymboree management (will blog about that later).
The cake was really yummy, especially the icing. I just love those butter icing cakes. The party this year was a real kids party - nothing for the adults. But as kids get older, thats what they want. I think Harvynna and Rowena enjoyed themselves. Rowena was in top form that day while Harvynna was really excited.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS!!






Daddy's birthday



Some pics of the birthday dinner at American Chillis Mid Valley. The girls were having a good time running around the place and disturbing other diners!!

Daddy's birthday

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Beaconhouse or brokenhouse?


No. I have nothing to complain about the school but that's what Rowena thinks her school name is. I asked Rowena yesterday,

Me: Does Rowena want to go to school?
Rowena: Yes
Me: Whats the name of your school
Rowena: err errr
Harvynna: her school is broken house
Rowena: oh! boken ouse
Me: Whats the name of your school Rowie?
Rowena: Boken ouse.

Poor gal - she always gets sidelined by her sister.

When reading her favourite disney books on Snow white, I will point to Snow White and ask her

Me: Who is this?
Rowena: Awa (harvynna)
Me: Who is this? (pointing at the dwarf)
Rowena: Rowie. Rowie duwaf

I think Rowena is feeling a little left out since all the attention is on Harvynna going to school. We bought Harvynna a school bag yesterday, and Rowena kept asking me' Mummy, where Rowie bag? (while pulling the other bags in the shop?

This morning, when she woke up, she saw her sister dressed up carrying her bag. So she asked
'Mummy,where awa going?
Me: "Harvynna is going to school'
Rowena: Oh, going school
Me: Rowena wants to go to school?
Rowena: No, Rowie baby


Anyway, today was Harvynna's first day at kindy and she was really excited. I packed her a new pencil box with some colour pencils to take along. I prepped her in the car that this is just like Gymboree, where it is a big girls school and daddy and mummy cannot go. So when I left her, she just said 'Bye mummy - see you later' and the teachers were impressed andthat she did not shed a tear for the 1st day. I am a bit worried though as she had to learn Mandarin today and having joint the school late, she might find it all a bit daunting as she has no clue what Mandarin is all about. I guess children adapt faster than we think.

We will see how it goes - shall ask for her adventures later.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Harvynna starts school

Harvynna starts kindy tomorrow - 2 April 2008. We were planning to send her this year but I had to put it on hold as I was changing jobs, and could not decide which offer to take (which means totally different locations). Now, I have selected the job and Harvynna starts at Beaconhouse Bangsar. She is excited but not as excited as me. Cant believe our little girl is starting school.

She will have to come back to the babysitters house in a van. The transport rates are so expensive - from Beaconhouse to Lorong Maarof, which is just one row behind cost RM70 one way. How crazy is that. Before, she can sit comfortably, it will be time for her to get off.

They have run out of uniforms, so she will have to wear her own clothes for now. She has a field trip to the Fire Department on the 9th.

April is such a bz bz month - we are having Harvynna's birthday party on the 12th - just a small one compared to last year. Since her birthday falls on a saturday, we have to do something.
Harvynna wants a mermaid cake and Rowena wants a rat cake, but now she wants a rabbit cake after seeing the rabbits at the Easter thing they had at Bangsar Village. I have not ordered the cake, nor the food nor invited all the guests - really disorganised this year.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

ROWENA AT 22 AND A HALF MONTHS

its been a while since I blogged but I think i better pen down some of the things Rowena says and does., before I forget. Now, that Harvynna is away in Melaka, Rowena is really the princess of the house and enjoys every single minute of it. She still looks pretty much like a baby but her face is filling out now and seems to have lost some weight. Her hands and legs are slimmer and longer. I think she needs to get into a size XL diaper anyway. Her bow legs have straightened out. Thank god for that. I think I need to get some Vitamin E cream to remove those old excema scars on her legs.

All the personal individual attention Rowena is ggeting now has really helped her development. She can string a number of words together in a very melodious way.

I keep telling her to sleep in her cot and she says, 'Nooooo, I wan sleep mummy beddddd' and thats where she ends up.

She loves the Spot the Dog book my aunty got her and insist I read her 'Pot Dog' book everyday. She has memorized the stories and reads it aloud with me with her cute pronounciation. Her other faviourite book is 'The Okay' book and also Harvynna's collection of Princess books, which she has proudly damaged now.

She is quite good with food and eats anything. If we ask her, where you want to go to eat, she will say 'Nathans (the stall near my house) - eat tii canai and mio tawik (milo tarik).

I cannot disappear from her sight or the 2o questions routine will start 'mummy, where you or mummy, where you went'.

I have been on medication the last week and she keeps reminding me 'mummy take medicine'. After I take it, she will say 'Rowie put back freezer' (the fridge is a freezer to her).

I wonder how she will react to see her sister this weekend as the attention will have to be divided again.