CHERISH YOUR BEST MEMORIES

For our beloved daughter,

As the dance with Daddy will be etched on your memory forever, Mommy is posting the pictures and videos capturing those precious moments as a keepsake for all of us. Hope they will brighten your days, light up your soul and bring a sunshine smile to your face. And remember, darling, "If you stumble, make it part of the dance"💃

HATS OFF TO THE GRAD 2022

 

We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. A new chapter of your life book is going to be ready for you to write your own stories, draw your own future with unique hues and colors. You are only young once so live every moment to its fullest, make every day a meaningful one. 

Be confident ✌, keep motivated 🌸, strive hard 🏆 

Dare to dream 🌠, dare to excel🎇 

Soar with your wings 🦅, sing your heart out💖

We love you to infinity and beyond 🤟, our lovely daughter!

YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY

Sweetheart, today you are turning 18

Mommy created a name poem on handmade paper rose canvas for you, and Daddy wrote a long letter for you on the special occasion when you reach a highly anticipated milestone in your life. We hope these two unique gifts will accompany you on your journey ahead so that you will always feel our love around you wherever you go, whenever you are and whatever you do. Remember that we are forever your "parent-chute" in life.

Wish you a life full of happiness,

Pray that your mind is tranquil and peaceful at all times

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I am the happiest Mother in the world! Take a look at the special Mother's Day gift Mew made by herself for me. So impressive, so lovely and so thoughtful! We are all amazed at the notes she writes in French because they are not only very well-versed but also perfect in grammar and spelling. I am so proud of my daughter!

She knows that I am "smart" and good at Word Search game so she makes a word puzzle for me:

Mew is learning about Haiku poems at school so she attempts to make one for me:

These notes will definitely make all mothers' hearts melt:

And the last gift, one-of-a kind, very personalized and touching. Mew has seen Mommy clipping coupons for years and now it's her turn to hand me the most invaluable coupons ever:

Ma cherie, ma cocotte, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! Mommy has never been a wonderful maman but Mommy just wants you to know that EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU! Love you xxx!

MEW IS TURNING 9! YIPPEE!

It's Mew's long-awaiting B-DAY! She has now turned 9 and become a preteen officially. We celebrated her birthday with a party at home with some classmates: June and Maddie, Leen. They did have lots of fun and of sweet treats too. Tommy had no idea of what the day and the party were for, but he joined the bandwagon and enjoyed the merry time as well.

First, here are the homemade birthday invitation cards:

The party table full of desserts, fruits, candies, puddings, cookies and biscuits, chips, lemonade, ice cream cones and homemade cake pops:

Instead of birthday candles, we had sparkling sticks (but they burnt out so quickly that the base for cake pops were partially ruined unfortunately):

 The girls were ready for the photo session:

Hope that these photos would help you to keep those beautiful memories alive, our darling Mew! HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY!

A MAGIC MESSAGE FROM SANTA FOR TOMMY

Magic Santa reveals the magic of Christmas to Tommy in a video (click this line to open it)

TOMMY IS 15 MONTHS OLD

Here is our little prince at the age of 15 months in the park, on his sister's bike.

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO TOMMY, HOORAY!

I have been a bit busy recently because Tommy is an "eat-nothing" baby and whenever I try to force him to eat by spoon-feeding him, it normally takes about 1 to 2 hours for 60ml of either infant formula or baby food to get into his stomach. It is really much harder to feed him than Mew at the same age, although Mew was also quite well-known for her slow eating habit. However, we are lucky since Tommy, unlike his sister, seems not to have reflux problem. In a typical month, Tommy loses his appetite for everything (except, of course, breast milk) during about 2-3 weeks and loses weight consequently. Then the week after, he appears to gain back his appetite, finishing his meals quicker with less fights, lol, and regains his weight. During subsequent weeks, the circle of no eat-eat-no eat returns. It is so stressful for me as I spend all my time at home with him just on preparing his meals then feeding him without much success. I know healthcare professionals here and maybe almost all other Western-style moms would object me in this issue of feeding, but my mommy instinct does not allow me to "let him decide how much he wants to eat" because if I let it be, he could go several days without eating or drinking anything and only survive on my breast milk source which has unfortunately been diminishing.


Anyway, he is no longer a baby, yeah! We celebrated his 1st birthday last week and I am full of hope that being a toddler now, Tommy will be able to enjoy food happily like other babies.


Mommy has made a poem especially for you, Tommy, with all of the letters in your name and wish you all the best. This is a gift from Daddy and Mommy for you on your 1st birthday and hope it will be a keepsake for you.

To follow with the trend of having a cake smashing photo session on the 1st birthday of a baby, I decided to make a homemade 2-tier cake and a bunch of cupcakes with the letters in Tommy's name so that Tommy could smash cakes and the whole family could still have cakes to enjoy, lol. Honestly, I planned to order a birthday cake at a bakery but it turned out that the order should have been made at least 2 weeks in advance. Consequently I had no choice but baking and decorating the birthday cake and the cupcakes myself (they were all delicious by the way, :)).

I also made a simple pop-up card for Tommy and Mew made some cute cards with the sweetest words for her little brother.

Finally, here is the slideshow of the milestone birthday celebration of our Tommy.