Weekend wanderings: Confinement

While Junior J has been having a good time running around with his Ah Kong and Ah Ma at playgrounds, and having a splashing good time at the pool with his Papa... I've been stuck in confinement.  Not that I'm complaining of course, since Baby J has been keeping me up every night....

Baby J's birth story

Its already been 1 week since Baby J arrived!  Time really seems to have zoomed by.  Thought I should pen down his birth story before the post-pregnancy amnesia sinks in...Those of you following this blog would know that the Braxton Hicks contractions for the previous few...

Thankful Tuesdays: He's here!

Hello friends!  Baby J decided to join us very late Friday night... There's loads to give thanks for, but right now our brains are fuzzy from lack of sleep, so let's just say we're really thankful a smooth delivery and that the boy is healthy. :)  Thanks for the prayers...

Monday Made: Rainbows to chase the blues away

Hello!  I managed to scrap a little more before I popped (I'm pre-posting this, so chances are baby might already have arrived by the time this post goes live...).  So here's a cheery tag for a lil' girl, with loads of colours to suit the sunny chirpy nature of every toddler!Everyone...

Foodie Fridays: Soya & honey glazed prawns with spaghetti

I've hit a cooking rut these days, so we've been eating out more often.  Just the idea of having to waddle around the hot kitchen at 38 weeks plus makes me perspire!  However, I did manage to try a recipe out of a Simply Her magazine this week, and loved how quickly this...

Thinking Thursdays: Jonah and the great fish

The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it..."But Jonah ran away from the LORD... and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship...

Messy Mittwoch: Dustballs, out!

I've been swinging like a pendulum for the past two weeks.  Ping-ponging between the two extremes of feeling extremely tired... and having these crazy bursts of energy where I start these cleaning frenzies in the middle of the night. So since I've not been able to sleep, I've...

Thankful Tuesdays: Journeying with little ones

Snapped during a trip in Oz. :)Little boy has been waking up the past two nights yelling "MAMA!  MAMA!!!" at the top of his voice.  He tells me he is "scared of a tiger" (we had been making up stories from characters of the Jungle book, and Shere Khan the tiger was one...

Weekend wanderings: One last blast!

This weekend was a busy one.  Even though the hubby had to work on Sunday, we managed to::: Meet Baby J on the ultrasound screen, followed by a walk in the Botanic Gardens (in the sweltering noon heat!) for lunch. :: Squeeze in some art and craftiness... Junior J helping...

Foodie Fridays: Fried noodles!

Its been getting harder to cook and wash up since my ginormous belly (everyone is asking when I'm going to pop) is getting in the way.  Once in a while, hubby very nicely helps out with the cooking, and loves to whip up his own version of stuff.  Here's his version of fried...

Thinking Thursdays: One big happy family (Making the Roly Poly Bird)

After we were done with Trunky the elephant, little boy asked for Muggle Wump the monkey from "The Enormous Crocodile".  That one was pretty easy since we had a Makedo cup critter kit for a monkey (ok, some descriptions say its supposed to be a cow, but then it looked like a...

Messy Mittwoch: Simple solutions

Hooray!  We're finally a little more ready, room-wise, for Baby J.  The cot in our room has been cleared of stuff (it used to hold piles of clothes, plus odds and ends), and the baby things we need to use for the first few months have all been dug out and washed.  Now...

Thankful Tuesdays: Let go and let God

Picture taken in Melbourne, in one of the parks.  I can't remember which though!Saturday came with pretty bad contractions, which were so frequent that we thought it was time to go down to hospital.  So we did more packing... but the contractions went away, so I guess...

Thinking Thursdays: Meet Trunky, the blue elephant

We were so heartened by our success with making Mr Croc that Junior J asked to make "Trunky" next (that's the elephant hero in "The Enormous Crocodile").  It took quite awhile for this fellow to come together.  Firstly, I wanted the elephant to match in size with Mr Croc...