HEALTH FREAK MOMMY – Page 161 – The joys and throes of motherhood…

Kids Say The Darndest Things

Conversation with Baby over breakfast this morning:

Baby – mummy, last time you had a spotty dog right?

Me – yes. But Spotty is dead now. Mummy was so sad when he died.

Baby – don’t be sad ok? (then pats my lap) I will buy you a new spotty dog. A new puppy dog ok?

I wonder why this question suddenly popped out from Baby’s head. She seems to have funny questions popping out every now and then. Just like last night. When she was sitting in the potty just before bed time, she said this to me “mummy, I feel like eating roti canai”! LOL!

Cassandra at 3yrs 3 months

No. of times viewed = 164

Terriyaki Chicken Sandwich

My kids are getting fed up with having fried noodles, fried rice, noodles, pasta and spaghetti for lunch. So I whipped up sometime different for them – Chicken Terriyaki sandwich complete with lettuce, mayo, cheese and cucumbers…. Subway style!

I marinated the chicken breast fillet with some Kikoman Terriyaki sauce and black pepper, then pan fried them till brown.

Spread the walnut wholemeal bread with Tesco brand mayo (made with free range eggs and made in Belgium – cheap and yummy!). Then put a piece of organic butterhead lettuce, a slice of terriyaki chicken, a slice of cheese and topped with Japanese cucumbers.

A complete meal with protein from the chicken, cheese, walnuts from the bread, fibre from the veggie and wholemeal bread and carbs from the bread. I got thumbs up from my 3 fussy eaters and orders for more

No. of times viewed = 202

Kids Nap The Darndest Ways

I saw Baby dozed off on the couch in a half standing position and in her bathing suit… with her panty on I just had to snap a pic of this as I think it was too funny. Rascal #2 was so absorbed in my laptop activity that she did not even notice that her baby sister was just behind her sleeping. This is quite a typical scene on most afternoons. Rascal #2 will be glued to the lappie with Baby alongside her or vice versa. They take turns to play the lappie. Then rascal #3 will doze off around 4ish pm on the couch when her batteries run flat. But this rarely happens to rascal #2. Her batteries are perpetually in full bar. If she takes a nap in the afternoon, I’ll have to run to grab the ear thermometer to check her temperature!

No. of times viewed = 219

Another Heart Stopping Moment

My little rascal flat lined my heartbeat today. I was busy working on my computer and then this rascal yelled out that she wanted to pee. I rushed to bring her to the bathroom. As we were walking to the loo, this rascal was rubbing her eye and told me that her eye was itchy. I checked her eye and gawd, my heart skipped a beat when I saw that the entire right eye, a quarter of the right face as well as her right hand were smudged with darn a lot of bright red ink. For a moment, I thought it was blood. Upon a closer look, I realized that it was red ink but ink from where, I had no idea. I dragged her to the wash area and kept washing her hand and face… with her yelling away for me to stop washing her face so hard. Thank God all the ink managed to come off after 5 minutes of washing and there was no irritation on the parts, especially her eye. I dare not imagine the consequences if the ink was from a leaking permanent red marker pen. What if the ink touched the eye ball? Oh gosh, it freaks me out just thinking about it. After reprimanding her, this vocal brat said this to me “mummy, I thought it was blood, luckily not blood” LOL!

Cassandra at 3years 2 months

No. of times viewed = 300

Why We Love Wednesdays and Saturdays

My girls love Wednesdays and Saturdays. That’s because they are my Princess wannabe’s ballet class days. That’s when she gets to meet her fellow ballet classmates, who all seem to possess the same style and traits as her. They say birds of a feather flock together, how true this adage is haha!
For Alycia and Baby, they get to tag along and enjoy the 1 hour of eating, hanging around in 100 Yen Shop, shopping at our favorite bakery and shopping at the nearby mini market while waiting for Sherilyn. Even I look forward to Wednesdays and Saturdays!

These pix were snapped today, which is Sherilyn’s ballet day. After dropping Sherilyn at the dance centre, I did my usual errands – grabbed some good deals at Guardian Pharmacy, got some buns and cake at our bakery and did some grocery shopping at the nearby mini market. Today, I was way too well prepared and brought along 4 shopping bags to put my stuff… after being caught with no plastic bags on a Saturday, twice! Simple day for us but the girls enjoy themselves nonetheless. Happy Sunday peeps!

My gifts from above…

Pretty girls in pink…

Pretty and demure as they might appear, but really, they drive me up the wall the whole day. Everyday.

No. of times viewed = 170

Slowly Turning Into A Clean Freak

My 7.5YO eldest girl is slowly turning into a clean freak… just like her mummy o_O ! These are some of the things that have become her habit now:
1) washes her hair twice a day, with shampoo. She steals my shampoo and conditioner too!
2) secretly applies daddy’s anti-deodorant on her clothes OMG!
4) secretly gargles our original flavor super spicy Listerine, albeit warnings to her not to. I caught her gargling with Listerine again just now. Oh yea, she can be just as stubborn as her mummy *oh no*
5) avoids eating durians lately, lest she has bad breathe *gasp!* This girl used to love durians but beginning this year, she’s started to avoid the king of fruits and king of beans – the stinky petai, which was once one of her favorites too
6) at times, steals my perfume and sprays on her clothes as she says her clothes smell musty
7) steals my face wash foam to wash her face
8) wipes her pencil case and school bag with wet tissues very often

and the list goes…
I wonder if she’ll turn into a full-fledge clean freak with numerous OCDs. I hope not. I used to be one hard-core clean freak before Cassandra was born. But when #3 came along, my life has been so hectic that I don’t have the time to check my maid’s work anymore. I used to check all the table tops and windows and would reprimand my maid if I see specks of dust! Now, it’s a completely different scenario. I can even sleep on a floor that has not been moped coz by the end of the day, I will be so jaded that all I can think of is only to lie down and close my eyes LOL!!

Pix of the bestest jie jie in the www with her baby sister. These 2 are inseparable, even during bedtime. In her sleep, Baby will walk to her che che and sleep next to her favorite che che, hugging her like a bolster.

Deep in slumberland, on her favorite che che’s lap…

No. of times viewed = 448

Obsessed With Folding Blankets

I believe everyone has an OCD or a quirk, even with young kids and toddlers. Baby’s latest OCD is with folding blankets, towels and nappies. She is also obsessed with having at least 3 pieces of nappies and 2 blankets on the king size bed that she shares with her sisters. She likes to be surrounded by blankets and nappies on her bed. This fella can spend at least 15-20 minutes folding and unfolding her blankets and nappies everyday, at least thrice a day. And she does it with style too, by sandwiching the middle part of the blanket or nappy with her chin and chest… then brings both the corners of the blanket together. And the same process happens 1 more time…. and then she folds up the half folded blanket/nappy into one neat square! This 3-year old toddler is a neat freak I tell ya. What tickles me a lot is that she does it with such seriousness and interest, reinforced with her telling me “mummy, I love to fold blankets!” HAHAHA!

No. of times viewed = 445

Our Pleasant Saturday

It was indeed a very pleasant Saturday for me simply because my prayers were granted. Today we left the house very early for the Immigration Dept. to renew our passports. After we left the Immigration Dept., we went to collect Alycia’s report card. I did not expect to be greeted with such pleasant writings on the report card as I knew that many of Alycia’s classmates are better than her academically. Plus I had not been doing daily revision with her. It was the mere 2-3 hours on the eve of the exam that I did a speedy revision with her. Getting a placement of 5/39 is more than I had expected from my precious baby If you have been following my blog, you will know why Alycia is termed as my ‘precious baby’.

Alycia’s teachers have nothing but praises for her, which made my head so heavy I almost tripped and fell when I left the chair muahahahahaha! Alycia’s teachers commented that she should work towards getting into the top class but frankly, I am really not too keen that she be placed in the top class for I know that being labeled as the cream of the crop, the expectations on her will be very high, which will ultimately place a lot of stress on me (albeit not on Alycia who is as cool as a cucumber).

Outside the Immigration Office, after having our pictures snapped…

At American Chilli’s to celebrate Alycia’s victory

Daddy bought Alycia some Leonida’s chocolates to reward her. Plus he may reward her with an iPad2!

No. of times viewed = 348

Daddy’s Angels

Who says girls are less superior compared to boys? Girls will manja their daddy and help their daddy in dire straits like when he sprains his back…

When hubs hurt his back last weekend during a basketball game, he had to use the OTO Hans Bodycare equipment to ease the pain. When he brought the equipment out, his 3 angels rushed to him, offering him help to stick the wires onto his back.

Daddy using a back-scratcher to direct Angel #1 where to stick the wires haha! Later, Angel #1 took out her hand-held fan and fanned her daddy while he laid comfortably on the couch After the treatment, daddy whipped up a lovely dinner for his ~~3 angels~~ 4 angels.

No. of times viewed = 732

Terrified of Snakes!

Lately, I found a very effective way of getting Baby to stop whining and screaming. Each time she whines and yells, I will scare her by telling her that the snake is somewhere near us, in its sleep. With her screams, snaky will be jolted from its sleep. Snaky will then swallow her up in one mouthful since she is so tiny. This never fails to stop Baby from screaming and crying. But I wonder how long this tactic will last. Very soon when the novelty wears off, this rascal will start to scream and whine again to get things her way.

So how did the snake story come about? The guards at our condo recently caught a huge phyton snake and another phyton is now at large. We dare not even walk at the jogging tracks now, lest we stumble upon the snake. Oh yea, I told Baby that daddy snake has been caught while mummy, che che, kor kor and other family members of the daddy snake are still around, watching her and waiting to pound on her if she ever screams * evil mummy*

A few nights ago, my tactic back-fired and Baby dared not sleep with her 2 che ches on the bed. On the first night she heard about the snaky story, she woke up at 4:30am, knocked on our door and asked me to accompany her back to sleep. On the 2nd night, again she refused to sleep with her sisters. So I let her be and put our new queen size foldable mattress on the floor, next to our bed. She slept soundly without fussing till the next morning. Though she is still very much afraid of the snake now, she can nevertheless sleep with her che ches in the girls’ room through the night. Baby is not the only one who is terrified of the snake, Alycia is just as terrified of the snake and once she hid under her blanky when I told her about the phyton. But not rascal #2. She is the queen of dare devils!

Camping with daddy and mummy…

No. of times viewed = 407

Our Sunday – Happy Father’s Day!

Today was by far the best Father’s Day celebration for the girls. After church, we had lunch at Duck King. Then we had cakes at Food Foundry as daddy was craving for his Vanilla Crepe cake and chocolate cake. At Food Foundry, daddy ordered 4 slices of sinfully ~~fattening~~ delish cakes and a plate of mushroom pasta and it was polished off in a jiffy, though everyone had just had a pretty heavy lunch at Duck King. As we were leaving Food Foundry, daddy announced that he would like to whip up a Father’s Day dinner for his ~~3 angels~~ 4 angels. So we went to Cold Storage to get some steaks, veggie, salad sauce and 2 big tubs of ~~more fattening~~ ~~desserts~~ yummy Haaegan Dazs ice creams!

Lucky man with ~~3 angels~~ 4 angels… God has been too kind to him, ahem…

Rascal #2 walloped almost the entire Vanilla crepe cake… I too must admit that it was irresistible!

And Baby walloped the chocolate cake like a famished kid who had never tasted cakes in her life…

Part of our dinner tonight…

On our menu tonight will be rib eye steaks, homemade mashed potatoes, salad and Haaegan Dazs ice cream for dessert.

RM127.31 for 5 chunks of Australian Rib Eye steak and RM11 for 2 gigantic onions *roll eyes* Only a true foodie would bear to spend so much on a dinner. But my man always tells me that he would only generously spend his money on his loved ones wor…

Oh yea, hubs also bought 2 Meyer Expression non-stick pans to whip up the 5 chunks of supreme bovine for his 4 angels tonite. I vouch that I have to hit the gym first thing tomorrow morning and have an extended work out session to melt those calories away.

If not for a badly sprained back while playing basketball this morning, I’ll bet hubs would bring his angels down to the pool or for a game of badminton or cycling.

How have your Father’s Day been?

No. of times viewed = 316

Kids Say The Darndest Things

This morning after exercise at the park, hubs asked the girls if they would like to have breakfast at Ficelle Boulangarie. Ficelle is our latest favorite patisserie for breakfast. As usual, Sherilyn would defy upfront whatever our choice is for her, whether it is food, clothing and just about anything else. Everyone voted for Ficelle and since the majority wins, Ficelle it was for breakfast. Sherilyn was sulking but when the food came, this fella enjoyed the most. She has always enjoyed a breakfast of sausages, ham, toast and half boiled eggs. As she was enjoying her food, Baby who was seated in front of Sherilyn announced loudly and sarcastically “I thought someone doesn’t like to eat here?” I was amazed to here that from my 3-year old baby girl. She has always been vocal but saying that with such sarcasm to her sister, she sounded anything but a 3-year old who is still in diapers. Everyone laughed at Baby’s wittiness and mockery of her 2nd che che.

My 3-yo model wannabe…

Do check out a new collection of cool kids’ apparel and swimwear at my online store

No. of times viewed = 286

Scardy Cat

She may be bold, confident and a dare devil but when it comes to watching horror movies filled with suspense, this fella is a real scardy cat. Caught her using a cushion to cover her face on Sunday when everyone was watching an old horror flick filled with suspense, muahahahahaha!!! Sometimes, she will leave the couch and walk to her room when the suspense is too much for her to bear But she will walk occasionally back to the living room where the TV is to peep peep… to check what’s going on, really hilarious this rascal.

And Baby is a movie junkie too, just like her 2 che ches and she understands everything that’s going on in the movie. Well, what can I say. Their daddy is a movie junkie too who has a huge collection of DVDs. Even his new car now has a TV with 2 screens – one in front and one at the back *shake head*

No. of times viewed = 274

Ficelle Boulangerie @ Taman Desa, KL

We were at Ficelle again last week for breakfast. Ficelle recently opened its door near where we stay and my hubs who is a pastry lover, has been a loyal patron of this patisserie. Well, I am a pastry lover too and I love this place just as much as him, though I will be corroded with guilt after each meal at this place and he, he has not an ounce of guilt after gorging on those sinful morsels.

Ficelle is under the same management as Levaine Boulangerie, which is located at Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Delima. For those of you who are fans of hand crafted pastries and buns, you will fall in love with Levain and Ficelle. Price wise, I think it is still cheaper than The Loaf. We love the pastries at The Loaf too and hubs even has membership at this patisserie.

Sinfully sweet and tasty pastries that will surely tantalize your taste buds… My 2 favorites are the pastry with fresh mushrooms and one with almond, really good to the last bite!

My 2 vain pots… but Baby was in a foul mood that morning and was terribly selfish with her sweet smile…

Sweet colorful macarons…

I was eagerly searching for Caramel Brioche (RM1.50/pc) at the display shelves but was told that this item would only be ready at 2pm, bummer. Soon, very soon we will make another trip to Ficelle to get my Caramel Brioche.

Ficelle Boulangerie & Patisserie
11-0-12, Jalan 3/109F, Danau Business Center,
Taman Danau Desa, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-7983 0211
Fax: 03-7983 2210

No. of times viewed = 551

Kids Nap The Darndest Ways

All my girls can doze off in just about any position and in any place and the champ has to go to Sherilyn followed by Alycia. Sherilyn can even drift into lala land while sitting on the throne, while holding a cup drinking and especially on the dining table eating the last few spoonfuls of food… which she dreads to eat. If only I have the time, I would love to create an album to compile pix of all their hilarious sleeping positions, just for laugh in future, when they are all grown up.

This rascal drifted into slumberland right after her shower, with the wet towel still draped on her shoulders and topless!

No. of times viewed = 409

Our Sunday – Sherilyn’s Inter-School Talent Time Competition

We spent our entire Sunday ‘camping’ at a school in Puchong today. Today is Sherilyn’s participation in her pre-school’s inter-school talent competition, held at State level. As expected, the waiting period was frigging looooooooooong. She followed her principal to the school at 8am sharp and we joined her at around 10ish am. We were told that her event will start at 10:45am but Malaysians being Malaysians, it was delayed to 2 hours later!! While Sherilyn had fun playing with her friends and with the booth games set up by Enfagrow, Alycia and Baby were very restless. Plus it was hot in the open air hall with only wall fans to keep about 1,000+ parents and kids cool. The loos, gosh…. entering into one brought me back to memory lane where I used to hate going to my school loos which were filthy, wet and stinky! Till today I still have nightmares about my school’s loos!

Just before Sherilyn’s turn to sing, she had nose bleeding. Gosh, I kept dabbing the blood away with tissue papers and thank God the bleeding stopped just before she went up the stage to sing with her 2 other team mates. It was the 1st time she had a nose bleed. I think it could have been caused by lack of water, heat and all the rush. Plus, she has a weird habit of smelling her fingers lately *faint* Before the singing event, she and her 2 other team mates (aged 4YO and 5YO) had to take part in an art and craft competition. She was the so-called group leader as she’s the oldest in the group.

We left the school even before the results were announced as we were all very tired after having ‘camped’ at the school for over 4 hours. There was not even a place for us to sit as all the seats had been occupied. We knew she did not win as there were many other kids before her who gave superb performances. These kids really have the qualities of a singer – they could sing with good vocal chord, dance and perform without an inch of stage fright. Well, Sherilyn was confident and did not show any nervousness. She has always been a bold dare-devil. I think if the teachers had chosen a more catchy song with more actions, complete with props and more practices, Sherilyn and her team would stand a better chance of emerging the top 10. There were over 20 schools and about 6 groups from each school. Some schools were very, very well prepared.

We had a late lunch at a Japanese restaurant at about 3pm and all of us were famished after a hard and hot day at the school. I’m proud of Sherilyn. At least she had the guts to go up the stage, sang her song and completed it without chickening out and crying at the 11th hour like some kids today.

No. of times viewed = 343