1st Bicycle Experience

Rachel had received a bicycle for her birthday! It's her first bicycle!

On Monday, we finally found a chance to bring her for a ride in her new bicycle. Initially, we had intended to bring her cycle around the estate, but while on the way out, we realised it's not a good idea, haha, cos she was so unsteady with her new bike and with 2 sisters in lug, we abandoned the idea and decided to just let her cycle at the open space downstair.

It's our mistake for not training her to ride her bike earlier. She still can't ride a 4 wheels bike! It's time to train her up.... but seeing her enjoying her bike on Monday nite, I found that she had grown....

5th Birthday Party

We had just celebrated Rachel's 5th Birthday @ Melville Park Condo last Sunday. It was an enjoyable party! The children enjoyed themselves very much!

We used almost a month to prepare her party. It wasn't easy, as we had just shifted our house. The coordination of the house moving, her party catering, preparation, packing and unpacking.... all at the same time. Luckily we had the help from all our relatives to get all the jobs done on time for her party.

As usual, I did a cake for her party, it's a Castle Cake! It was to match her birthday theme: Princess! Had prepared for it for almost a week to get it done. I was actually quite nervous, as I had never built a castle cake before, hence I searched around for advice and help. Hope to create the "wow" effect from her friends as well as myself.

I roped her in to brainstorm on the design and decoration of the cake. For it to be round or square and what to put on the castle. I had also roped in Renise help to prepare the turrets as well as the flowers decoration and the hearts. I think they had enjoyed themselves very much in the preparation of the cake. So, when all the heads and hands combined, this was what we had created:

No sure if you can see clearly the doves on the top of the turrets, she actually wanted in on the walls of the turrets, but I felt that doves should fly high, hence I suggested to her to be on top and she agreed to it. I'm acutally quite happy with the result except that I find the colours not bright enough. If ever I have the chance to create it again, will sure to do a bright bright colour castle.

More of her birthday party photos can be viewed here.

Updates

Hihi to all, it's been quite sometimes since I last blogged.... Many things had happened during these times when I'm away. One of the major thing was that we had moved. The next big event coming up is Rachel's 5th Birthday Party Bash.

This is her 1st birthday bash as for the past 4 years, we only did small celebration for her either in school or at home. Since this is her 5th year and her circle of friends had increased, we decided to organise a birthday bash for her so that she can share her joy with her fellow friends.

The theme of this party will be Princess. I don't know why she loves Princesses so much and even her new room, she requested it to be pink! Hence, I've bought her a Pink Princess Dress to match the theme and will be doing her a Pink Castle Cake. I got her involved in the design of her cake so that she could share the joy of preparing for her party. She have been rather excited recently. I've also bought some items for her goodies bag and while I'm so worried she might bring it out to play before I can distribute it to her friends this weekend, I was told she dare not touch it at all as my mum had warned her if she spoil it, she will not have gifts for her friends! I can see that she's very much excited about her party, same as myself. I lost my sleep almost everyday stressing about her cake. It's my first attempt to create a castle and I hope I can create a beautiful cake for her!

Come back to the new house. We shifted in last 2 weeks. Initially, Reyna was abit lost. She kept walking up and down the house, looking so lost! The other 2 were quite alright. Initially, I was kind of worried that they may not be used to the new place. No more MRT train sound, no more car moving sound and the environment is totally different. I also have difficulties adapting to the new environment, but the children surprised me! Rachel & Renise managed to sleep through the night on the first day and they like their new room very much! Reyna managed to sleep through also except that she cried the moment she woke up early next morning and she's kind of shy to lie on her/our bed(Platform) initially as it's so different from our previous bed. Luckily, she got used to it quite fast.

Oh yes, there's another update. I've quitted my job...yes, again..... I hope I can work PT this time round and at the same time look after the welfare of my children. It's Rachel's wish that I stayed home with her, so I hope I can make use of these time to teach and "tame" them. GOD, pls give me the strength and PATIENCE!!!

Ok, that's all for the updates and keep a lookout for this blog again as I will be uploading the party photos soon after this week. :)