Holiday season...

It's been quite a crazy time over the past few weeks, hence the overwhelming silence in the blog...

Chai is back for his annual holidays, which is really nice since we hardly see him the rest of the year. Ma misses him terribly I can tell, and she's quite happy when he's back. It's great too, that Madison and Elizabeth get to spend time getting to know their uncle too.

Christmas celebrations were kinda bombed out this year. My parents had a Christmas eve dinner party to attend, and Celine was so generous to invite Chris and I over to dinner at her parents' place. They had a fabulous 22 pound roast turkey, champagne baked ham, roast beef, mushroom soup and a salad. The kids had a bit of Christmas gift exchange and ended up hooked on the Thomas the tank engine track that Celine had given to Madison.

Christmas day was better.... there was a family picnic planned at Sentosa BUT when the time came round to go it started to POUR. Undaunted, we still made our way to the beach but it became evident soon enough that the picnic was NOT going to happen any time soon. So we ended up at the Sentosa Hotel and Spa ( Beaufort Hotel ) for tea/dinner at the lounge. All 12 of us! ( Parents, Chris and I, Geok and Munhon, Chai, the 3 maids and 2 kiddies). Turned out the food was great, drinks were great and the best part was getting served! We did go to the beach after the meal though, and the rain had stopped. Only thing it was getting dark REALLY FAST. By 730Pm we had to pack up and go home, we could hardly see!

Yesterday we had another invitation to Zhou Hong's place. Potluck and get together for us long time friends. Only now all of us ( almost ) have kids. Zhou Hong has 2 ( Kiera and Erika ) . Kenneth and Grace have 1 ( Timothy ). All of them are under 4. ( Kiera is just 3). The kids mixed quite well together ( ie no fighting! ) and dinner was sumptious. Grace made a most amazing beef stew that I really should try to copy!

Only bad end to the entire event was our silly car. By the time we were ready to leave the car wouldn't start! COULD NOT believe our luck. We got there fine but suddenly the car didn't work! Jumpstarting the car DID NOT work. Ended up calling the Honda people to come and help. I took a cab home with Madison first. By the time the car was sorted out it was close to midnight! Poor Chris was on call too.

The only other news that has been occupying us is that we're expecting number 2. Sad to say, second time round is less exciting, since you kind of know what to expect ( rather, what to dread) as time goes by. So, we saved the OBGYN till at least 7 weeks, told the folks soon after that, and it's been pretty tame afterward, compared to the first pregnancy. Mainly been the lethargy and inertia that has gradually set in...

Now we have to figure out how to fit everyone in our little apartment...