Enjoying Mandarin Oranges

Sitting on the coffee table in the living room peeling mandarin orange
Concentrating in peeling
Done with the skin, now the fruit
Putting some oranges on the table.....

........... and in the mouth
Continue to put on table
and in the mouth...

....... more and more in the mouth

This is what Jesse likes to do during Chinese New Year. When she sees us holding mandarin oranges, she will request for one too. Upon taking one, she will leave us alone and concentrating on her peeling. Sometimes, she doesn't want to eat. She just want to peel. So, sometimes she will me feeding mummy or daddy her oranges.

Flying To Outer Space

Both Samuel and Jesse like to turned the chair over and sat at the middle of the chair, pretending that they were driving. Samuel was the one who gave Jesse such idea and usually first thing that she does when she goes into his room is to turn the chair upside down. She is so good at immitating others.

Lion Dance

This year we missed a lion dance in one of our friends open house. Nevertheless, we were invited for another lion dance by Samuel's art teacher. We were there with Samuel. It was a long 30 minutes lion dance without any special stunts. After the lion dance, we had some food.

I was really glad that Samuel was not afraid of the loud noise. He closed his ears throughout the lion dance and lighting of fire crackers. I can still remember last year, he cried non stop when he heard fire crackers. This time he was good. Hope he grew out of his fear for loud noises.

Happy Chap Goh Mei!

Today is Chap Goh Meh (15th day of CNY), it is also the Chinese Valentine's Day. Apparently, back during those days (long long time ago) in China, the guys will be throwing mandarin oranges and the girls will be picking them up. Daddy was suggesting to me that he will throw mandarin oranges and i should pick it up. o_O

We might be playing some firecracker later with Samuel.

Happy Chap Goh Mei!

Family Fun with the Mac

It has been ages since daddy posted anything fun about the family. While going through mummy's macbook this morning, daddy found some funny photos of the family. These photos were taken with mummy's macbook sometime in may last year.

Winter in Brunei

Recently, Brunei has been having unexpected weather conditions. It's a tropical country that has summer like weather all year round. Surprisingly, these couple of weeks has been unpredictable. Today is extremely cooling it averages at 23 degrees celcius. Even colder than Sydney which is 24 degrees. Though it's summer in Sydney, it's not common for Brunei to be so cold.

Keep warm my friends in Brunei!

Toddler Carrying Another Toddler

Having 2 toddlers at home can be very noisy at times. But, it can also bring alot of fun and amusement with 2 of them. One of those days when both our kids were playing, Samuel who is about 16kg was trying to carry Jesse who is about 11kg.

Samuel used to carry Jesse from her neck. We have to keep reminding him that he can't do it from the neck.

Fever Not Jesse

When Jesse was having fever, she hates to put the cool fever pad on her forehead. Infact, Samuel hates it too. I remember once he asked me (as he cried) "Where is my forehead?" o_O

But lately, Jesse likes to play with the reusable cool fever pad. She has been asking for the "baby box" every night. Although I am curious whether she will actually use the cool fever pad when she's sick, I certainly hope that the day will not come.

Supplements

I did not realise that Samuel has been taking so many supplements until I put them together.

He starts off with Scott's Emulsion Fish Oil, then the Vitamin C tablets when he was 3. His supplements has extended to different types when he turned 4.

In the morning, after his milk, he will take 1 tablespoon of Scott's Emulsion Fish Oil, a tablet of Vitamin C and a tablet of Mix Berries. In the afternoon after lunch, the maid will give him a teaspoon of Ceelin Vitamin C (recommended by doctor). In the evening, I will give him 0.5 oz of Veema Mangosteen Juice.

This juice was actually meant for Daddy, who has extremely bad allergy. I read about this drink and there has been very good comments about this supplement. And most important of all, as according to articles, it helps with allergy.

Jesse only started taking supplements about half a year ago, when she started to get sick often. In the afternoon, we will give her a teaspoon of Ceelin Vitamin C and 0.5oz of Veema Mangosteen Juice.

On and off, whenever they like they will take the Vitamin C chewies.

When Samuel was at Jesse's age, he gets sick very often. He has running nose often because of allergy, just like daddy. But since after all these supplements, I can see that he seldom falls sick. I'm glad that he has better immune system as compared to when he was younger.

I hope Jesse will be stronger after these supplements.

Scraping

I have been very busy doing children scraping lately. I started scraping again more 2 weeks ago and I got really addicted to it. I have only done about 30 and there are at least another 15 more to go for those photos taken in 2008. I hope I can finish the album for 2008 before end of the month.