3rd Trimester

Wow, without realising it, I'm already in my third trimester. That would explain the extreme tiredness every day! Weekends are also too short, the resting part I mean. If I didn't have the kid's birthdays to plan and the CNY holidays, I think I'd have lost my mind by now. It is the andrenalin that is pushing me along, I swear. Where else am I getting my energy from?

Work has been really hectic as we receive our first shipment of shredders from our German factory. From the day we returned to work after the CNY holidays on the 9th of February, I have not missed a beat, for the whole week and a half since then, most days I've had to ask my colleagues to packet my lunch for me. I had the longest week last week and I was so looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday morning. Unfortunately, both nights, both kids woke up and disturbed my sleep. Peeing 2 or 3 times a night doesn't really help matters....

Renee has been really excited about her other brother, she keeps asking me how to spell his name, which she has finally memorized! At first she'd ask me, does his name have a "B", does his name have an "R"? etc....haha! And after selecting a Chinese name for him, MIL said cannot use "Yong" as FIL's brother's name has a "Yong" in it. So it's back to the drawing board.

We celebrated Renee's 5th birthday at my in laws' house a week in advance and another time in school on her actual birthday. On Saturday, we brought both kids to Toys R Us to select their presents. After last year's treat, Renee has been asking for me to bring her again! It's gonna be a tradition I guess! Russell was clueless about what was going on because I didn't bring him last year. Renee selected a cash register! Ka-ching! She was very clear about what she wanted from the get-go! Russell, not so much. I think he hasn't seen enough TV commercials or have a clear opinion about what he really wants. He finally picked a really cute petrol station from Fast Lane but when he reached home, he wanted to play with Renee's toy, much to her annoyance! Ha ha!

Renee picked out the My Melody cake from Polar Cakes and Puffs and I got the Princess plates because everytime we pass the party store, she will always ask me to get it for her.....now that we were having a party, I figured why not!?!? It made her so happy. At $0.30 per plate, Eugene and my MIL wanted to wash it so it could be reused!!! Geez!

For the school celebration, Renee picked out a Winx Club cake, called Denim Divas. Prior to that, Mummy me had to conjure some magic, she's been asking me to prepare goodie bags. I swear all those other mothers are spoiling market lor. The goodie bags have been getting more spectacular with each party. I went to Daiso and got some lunch boxes for $2 and then to Candy Empire to get some chocolates and Chuppa Chups. I bought some raisins from Giant and voila, the semi-finished product!We were only given 20 minutes to sing the song, cut the cake, eat it. This year the kids are older so they swarmed in to the cake. I was so stressed trying to untie the string and cut open the taped box. "Auntie, what cake is it? Is it Ben 10, is it Princess, is it Mickey Mouse?" Questions shooting non-stop! My goodness! Last year Eugene managed to join us but this year he was busy with work so it was just my MIL, FIL and me. One person cutting, one person taking photos, one person distributing the cake. Some came back for seconds! It was so different from last year's Awfully Chocolate cake. The kids really enjoyed the cake and party this time!