It's the BIG DAY!

Erwyn is officially two years old!  Hooray!  Thumbs up to the parents (that's me!) who have survived until today.  To all parents who have toddlers at home, you know how much energy we put in to keep up with these little creatures.  

Our little prince is a charm to all of us.  He loves to smile.  Seriously, his smile could melt your heart away.   He only weight about 10kg.  Very skinny indeed.  The growth of his hair is the fastest among us all.  Technically he needs a hair cut every one and a half month.

He loves to eat Roti Telur, donult, sausage, chocolate, McDonald and KFC.  Nope.  Not Mommy's cooking.  He drinks 150ml milk 5 times a day.  He's still under potty training.  Nap once during the day.

Erwyn's favourite toys are lorry, car, train and ball.  He loves to play sand and swim.  He likes to cycle around with Jie Jie.  In fact, his favourite person is his Jie Jie.  He mimics Jie Jie in everything - speech, action, behaviour and temperament.  Oh, he also enjoys watching TV.  Favourite show is Thomas and Friends, Tayo the Little Bus, Hi-5 and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Little prince has a pleasant personality basically.  Everytime Daddy is back from work, he's the first person to greet Daddy with an exciting voice and a big smile on his face.

We noticed Erwyn has a very interesting antic.  Each time we brought him to Daddy's office, he will pass motion.  Even if it's only 10 mins in his office.  One day, Mommy was worried because he did not pass motion for a few days.  So Daddy brought him to the office on purpose.  And... bingo...it came!

As Daddy was oversea on his actual birthday, we postponed the celebration until Daddy was back.  Erwyn was thrilled to see us singing birthday song to him.  He enjoyed such attention with a shy look.  On the other hand, Jie Jie was a bit upset because she did not receive any presents. 

The big transformer is a gift from all of us, chosen by Daddy.  Pick your guess and you may easily figure out why.  (Shhh... the big boy in the family also like it!)  All the busses are given by Ah Gong.  Actually Ah Gong brought Erwyn to the supermarket and asked him to choose a toy.  Erwyn wanted the busses which only costs less than RM10.  Well, he's happily playing with them until today.  The two books are a gift from Aunty Cassandra and Aunty Ann.  Thank you so much for their thoughtfulness!

Happy birthday, Erwyn!  May you always be our sunshine.  And may God keeps the joy in you as you grow up day by day.  We love you so much!  Kiss Kiss!

How much do you love me?

One night before putting Elyse to bed, she had a little conversation with me.

Elyse:  Mommy, I love God 5000 times.  I love you 4000 times.  I love Daddy 3000 times.  I love Erwyn 1000 times.  I love myself.... hmm... (thinking for awhile, doing some mental calculation maybe???) 3000 times.

Mommy:  So, your love for Daddy and yourself is the same?  3000 times?

Elyse:  Sorry.  I love Daddy 2000 times.  How about you, Mommy?  How much do you love God?

Good question!  Something for all of us to ponder about...
And yes, I'm so proud of my daughter that she loves God more than all of us.  May God be the centre of your life, darling!

Oh no! It's so itchy!

After coming back from kindergarten one Friday afternoon, I noticed there were some rashes around Elyse’s eyes.  She also complained to me it was itchy.   I told her let’s observed for awhile and see if there’s a need to see doctor.  She agreed.

Saturday morning when Elyse woke up, the rashes became worse.  I alerted Andrew who was already in the office.  After moving to Malacca, we have not been to any clinic (Thank God for keeping us all in good health!).  So, I’m not sure which clinic to go to.  

Andrew drove us to Clinic Tan.  Doctor Tan is a church member and his wife has offered us his service if such need arises when we first moved in.  He is very gentle and kind.  After examined Elyse, he gave us some cream to apply and medicine to take home.

The itchiness went away after Elyse has taken the medicine.  But the redness was still there for the next couple of days.  Church members and kindergarten teachers were all showing their concern.  We are so blessed to be surrounded by a loving community.

Poor little girl looking gloomy with her itchy eyes.

Sun. Beach. Sand.

The greatest benefit of moving to Malacca is none other than the beach.  Both Elyse and Erwyn enjoyed playing by the seaside.  As for me, I love the scenery but dislike the sun.  :p

Our first visit to the beach was the Tanjung Kling beach.  It’s about 25 mins drive from our house.

 The grandfather, father, and the two children.

Mommy was hiding underneath these awesome giant trees for some shades.

Then, a church member told us about this Klebang beach.  It is new.  Thanks to the reclaiming work that’s in progress.  So, we headed there for another family outing.  It takes us about 15 mins.

Children having fun with the sand!

As far as the east from the west, all you can see is - THE SAND!

 

Food stalls by the road side.  Typical Malaysian style - eat and play.

 

A big playground for the children.

 

Beautiful scenery.

 

 This beach offered horse riding for its visitors with a minimum fee charged.

A pony followed closely behind.

  Wanna try this?  But the engine of this sand buggy is very loud.  Noise pollution.

Sun.  Beach.  Sand.

Interesting facts

After moving in for half a year, we've discovered some interesting facts.



We have a 'tiny' neighbour!

Can you spot her?

A closer look!  This photo was taken in March.  There is only one bird.  Todate, there are two of them.  It can be quite noisy at times.

We tried to destroy her nest once but a few days later, the bird rebuild it again!  We were looking for eggs or baby bird but there's none so far.  It would be quite an experience for the children to see how does a mother bird care for her young.

Another headache caused by our 'tiny neighbour' is her dropping.  Our clothes are hanging nearby for drying everyday.  So, you can imagine the frequency of her flying in and out, up across our clothes.  Hence, 'accidents' do happen sometimes.

Bird's dropping

A closer look, although it may be a bit unpleasant in sight.

Occasionally, we have some 'special' visitors!

There was once Daddy set up a trap to catch house lizards because there are many of them at the porch.  Few days later, we found a monitor lizard instead!  Mommy found it too disgusting to even take a photo, so there's no proof here.  Two days later, the monitor lizard was gone!  Looks like he managed to escaped.

Sorry, you are not welcome here.  Please leave at once!

Now you know why we always keep our glass door or mosquitoe netting close.  Mommy found it trying to intrude into our house twice!!!



We are not alone!!!
We certainly are aware of that.  With two basketball courts next to our house, the noise made by these high adrenaline pupils do shake our world.  Very often, their basketballs invaded into our house compound.  Thank God that so far none of our glass windows are broken.

Fire!
Open burning seems to be quite prevalent in our neighbourhood.  It does no harm to Mommy, although sometimes Mommy complained our clothes has burning smells.  But Daddy suffered more.  His sinus problem is worse on days where open burning is carried out.  The smoke also irritates his eyes a lot.

Slow Down!
Road humps or some people called it speed bumps are in abundance in this area.  Probably our area is closed to 3 schools.  Everyday Daddy needs to drive through 10 humps to bring Elyse to her kindergarten.  It's only a short distance of 500m!


These facts may caused a bit of inconvenience sometimes.  However, we are still grateful for such a lovely house that the church has provided for us.  The church members are super caring.  They loved to feed us with all sorts of yummy local food.   We love this church.  Yes, we are!