Sophie's into long twirly dresses, like Cinderella.

Thank you Mama and Yeye for this beautiful one. She loves it!

Sophie LOVES to pick up rubbish. I'm not sure if any other 4 year old do that but she keeps picking up stuff off the ground – flowers, rocks, stones, leaves, trash, paper, feathers, treasures at times, etc… Does your 4 year old do that? I found a whole pile of rocks in her pocket once. Sometimes she puts them in her mouth! Ya! She still puts things in her mouth!

I find it so hard to tell her to stop doing that because she is just so curious! I keep telling her but it's almost like she can't help herself. She'll stop when I remind her but more than often, she'll forget.

Last weekend at Tauranga, we spent almost an hour just picking up rocks and throwing them back into the sea to hear "splash!". She picked up some other rubbish and wanted to throw them into the sea too but I had to stop her. I thought I might as well teach her what trash is and how it'll harm the sea animals if the sea gets dirty. Here's where characters like Nemo come in handy to explain to a 4 yr old what happens if we throw trash into the sea. So we spent some time picking up trash and throwing them into the bin where they belong.

I guess sometimes if you can't stop them, put limits (e.g. wash your hands and don't put it in your mouth!) and join them in the fun! I had lotsa fun throwing stones into the sea with her.

… and I do what I want to!

I'm really bad at just doing what I want. I'm always doing something for someone else and feel almost guilty spending money to pamper myself. It's a bad habit and not a good thing at all because deep down, I really just want to do what I want to do and if it goes on for too long it festers into frustration and self pity! Yeeks!

But thank God, James knows me best and this birthday, he insisted that I go wild and I did!

We went to the Mount for sushi on Sat, bought a couple of Spring pieces from good ole Valleygirl, I had a whole lamb rack for dinner on the actual day, lovely pineapple and malibu cheesecake, and finally an absolutely well deserving massage at the local Matamata spa called Indulgence. Woo hoo! That's a real birthday treat! Ooooo and I almost forgot, Sophie gave me three dance performances on a stage at the place where we had dinner. So cutee….. I am truly blessed…

We take couple pics n eat sushi.

Last week was the graduation. Although we were not on the school staff this time round, we made pretty good friends with some of the students. It was pretty hard saying goodbye to them. Some of the staff that have become our good friends are also leaving for good. So, we spent most of our weekend having them over at our place and cooking for them.

We'll miss you dear friends. Till we meet again.

Little Levi is 6 weeks old! I managed to catch a photo of him smiling. Check out the sticker on his blanket. Sometimes I leave him on the sofa or bouncinette for a while and when I come back, I find stickers on his forehead, his cheeks etc… I wonder who's been sticking them? Hmmmm….

School's out and Sophie's now home with me. Six weeks in, we've somewhat a schedule going. It's not easy to manage both kids esp in the morning when I'm on my own but we're getting there. It works well when Levi is able to nap properly but when he doesn't, then everything goes a bit haywire. Like yesterday, it felt like I was carrying him the whole day coz he just wouldn't nap for long and was crying on and off thru the day. Poor Sophie had to do her own thing most of the time. Thank God these days are few and most days he's pretty predictable.

Levi is quite a predictable kid. Most times, he will wake up right on time to feed. If you start patting him to sleep about 1 and a half hours after waking, it's likely that he'll start feeling drowsy and fall asleep. The only problem is that he doesn't sleep for long. Oh wells, he'll learn eventually I believe.

He's starting to respond with cooing and even laughed a little when I tickled him. Very cute! He's VERY strong and his body is very developed for a 6 wk old. He loves it when he's rocked or moved e.g. he is calmed easily if the pram or car is moving. He wouldn't take the dummy, we thought that'll be a great way to sleep train him like we did with Sophie.

He's doing really well and we're all in love with him, esp Sophie.

Dress up for DTS 2010 Grad dinner

My days are divided into 3 hr section these days and sometimes it can get a little mundane so I'm really excited just thinking about our next trip!

We're going to Vanuatu in a couple of weeks! Woo hoo!

James has been invited back to speak at the DTS and we're tagging along, the whole family. Yes! The littlest one is going on his first plane ride ever. James will be teaching for a week and we'll be on holiday for another week.

Pls pray for us as we prepare for this trip. Pray that we'll be a blessing to the base and our kids will be well and healthy to make the trip. Pray for James as he prepares to teach on The Lordship of Christ and Fatherheart of God. Pray that the Lord will move to touch the hearts of the students in powerful ways!

Today's outfit: It was cold today so back to turtle necks and tights.