I feel really grateful for good friends and family.
Chris is away this year during my birthday and I wasn't expecting to do anything special this year.
But my friends and family have more than made it up.
I'm feeling rather spoiled actually.
A group of neighbours got together and organised a birthday dinner last night. Wagyu steak, Kurobuta pork and lots of good wine, beer and whiskey. Who could say no to that! On top of dinner they got me a cake from Paul's and a few kids got to blow out candles with me. I even got presents. Totally unexpected. We had dinner till 10pm, and only called it quits so that the kids would be forced to go to bed!
And my family have organised dinner with the extended family: cousin ( who has recented made a move to Singapore with her parents-my dad's brother ), my dad's brothers and cousins! I'm looking forward to that.
In kid related news, Annika was struck by a gastro bug over the weekend and I'm quite relieved that she's older so can use the toilet reasonably well now. She got to skip school yesterday and of course Madison was hinting that she 'might' be having a 'fever' as well.
Liam got another pouty lip by falling and hitting himself against the metal railing of the sofa bed. He was so lucky to have missed his eye/brain. But of course that doesn't stop him from climbing all over the place though.
Onwards towards the end of August ! ( already )
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
Madison's dental woes
I cannot fathom how Madison got so many cavities!
This is really shocking because till today I've yet to have a filling in my mouth. I may have fractured teeth from chewing ice but no fillings.
Madison's seen my uncle the dentist since she was 3. She gets her teeth cleaned professionally at least once a year. I've bought her her first electric toothbrush when she was 2 or 3.
Yet... she had to have her first filling at 4. The second at 5ish.
Just 2 weeks ago she suddenly showed the helpers that she had her first permanent tooth poking out behind her milk tooth. I panicked and took her the very next day to the National Dental Centre's walk in clinic, where we waited TWO hours to be seen. The dentist took some xrays and then extracted the errant milk tooth. He then showed me the xrays and told me the BAD news. She had MORE cavities under her existing filling. Huge ones which potentially needed a root canal!! She also had another cavity behind her front incisor.
A friend then told me to go get a second opinion about her root canal, so I visited his friend who is a dentist.
He removed the filling and cleaned the cavity out, and put a new filling in. And told me to watch her sugar intake and start flossing her teeth everyday. I still have to go back to get her other tooth cleaned out and filled.
And take Annika to get HER teeth checked too!
This is really shocking because till today I've yet to have a filling in my mouth. I may have fractured teeth from chewing ice but no fillings.
Madison's seen my uncle the dentist since she was 3. She gets her teeth cleaned professionally at least once a year. I've bought her her first electric toothbrush when she was 2 or 3.
Yet... she had to have her first filling at 4. The second at 5ish.
Just 2 weeks ago she suddenly showed the helpers that she had her first permanent tooth poking out behind her milk tooth. I panicked and took her the very next day to the National Dental Centre's walk in clinic, where we waited TWO hours to be seen. The dentist took some xrays and then extracted the errant milk tooth. He then showed me the xrays and told me the BAD news. She had MORE cavities under her existing filling. Huge ones which potentially needed a root canal!! She also had another cavity behind her front incisor.
A friend then told me to go get a second opinion about her root canal, so I visited his friend who is a dentist.
He removed the filling and cleaned the cavity out, and put a new filling in. And told me to watch her sugar intake and start flossing her teeth everyday. I still have to go back to get her other tooth cleaned out and filled.
And take Annika to get HER teeth checked too!
Girls' night out
I've finally been to an all girls night out for the first time in a long time!
I guess one of the upsides of Chris being away is that now I try harder to socialize and spend time with friends.
Friday night out was a spur of the moment thing with 3 girlfriends. Being typical moms we decided to go out after the kids were down for the night. We booked a table at Kilo, one of the 'fashionable' plates kind of place for dinner and drinks.
Of course we had to take a group shot at the start, then we had our drinks and food. Surprisingly we didn't wind up drunk and we did havedessert before we left. The only downside to the place was that it wasn't air conditioned! Wasn't nice to start sweating just 15 minutes into a meal.
Saturday was a public holiday here because it was the National Day. Hence a day off! No work, no schedules.. Elizabeth and Vicky came over bright and early, Geok was out cycling and Munhon was at work. Good thing I did pancakes for breakfast so there was plenty extra. The kids headed out to the Montebleu pool after breakfast and played with a neighbour's kid the entire morning.
We were very lucky to get invited to a neighbour's place for wine and cheese after dinner and we saw the National Day fireworks very clearly from her apartment.
Sunday was girls day out! I took Madison and Annika shopping at Takashimaya and we had lunch at Coffee Bean bistro after wards! Was a success and I'm thrilled that I can finally do this with the girls! They are finally old enough to go out and eat with decorum! Sunday evening was tennis for Madison and pool time for the younger 2. We finished off with dinner and a free kids' magician show at the club. All in... a great day in my books! I cannot believe the weekend is over and a new week is about to begin AGAIN.
I guess one of the upsides of Chris being away is that now I try harder to socialize and spend time with friends.
Friday night out was a spur of the moment thing with 3 girlfriends. Being typical moms we decided to go out after the kids were down for the night. We booked a table at Kilo, one of the 'fashionable' plates kind of place for dinner and drinks.
Of course we had to take a group shot at the start, then we had our drinks and food. Surprisingly we didn't wind up drunk and we did havedessert before we left. The only downside to the place was that it wasn't air conditioned! Wasn't nice to start sweating just 15 minutes into a meal.
Saturday was a public holiday here because it was the National Day. Hence a day off! No work, no schedules.. Elizabeth and Vicky came over bright and early, Geok was out cycling and Munhon was at work. Good thing I did pancakes for breakfast so there was plenty extra. The kids headed out to the Montebleu pool after breakfast and played with a neighbour's kid the entire morning.
We were very lucky to get invited to a neighbour's place for wine and cheese after dinner and we saw the National Day fireworks very clearly from her apartment.
Sunday was girls day out! I took Madison and Annika shopping at Takashimaya and we had lunch at Coffee Bean bistro after wards! Was a success and I'm thrilled that I can finally do this with the girls! They are finally old enough to go out and eat with decorum! Sunday evening was tennis for Madison and pool time for the younger 2. We finished off with dinner and a free kids' magician show at the club. All in... a great day in my books! I cannot believe the weekend is over and a new week is about to begin AGAIN.
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