Weekend with the kids...

Every weekend(Sundays), we bring the kids over to my parent's place. There, in addition to the change in environment, they also get to play with numerous toys in the house and there's a garden too! Having a garden is like have an open playground that is controlled.. by the fence. Cars zooming past are no longer a concern.. except when it makes loud noises.. then the kids get startled.

Last weekend, Mell treated them to bubble-fun! Initially, we took them to the East Coast Beach for a walk and then Mell, out from no where, took out the bubble blowing toy and the next thing you know, the beach is not that important to the kids anymore. So we drove back home and let the kids play with the bubbles in the garden.

Mell started making bubbles from the bubble-making toy there were bubbles EVERYWHERE! The kids loved it.. I enjoyed it and as you can see in the pictures... everyone is having fun. Playing with these simple toys, brings back memories of simple things in life. I'm actually going to see if I can get my hands on those plastic-gum like things where you can actually blow up a bubble and let the kids hold on to it. Gonna have to watch them though.. everything goes into their mouth these days...

Lov,
Mum & Dad

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Jared and the Giant

Look at what I found!



and then wonders... what is this person, with 1/2 of his head, into the ground. He must be in need of help.. let me see if I can get him out...



Looks like he is really stuck inside there... oh well.. I tried. Too bad.

Luv,
Mum & Dad

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Day out with the kids...

Here's they are @ St Teresa Church attending a Church Wedding. We got there late (supposed to be there at 9.45, we got there close to 11am) and so, just hung around near the Entrance/Exit of the Church. Oh, Jillian was pretty "hot" that day.. she wore a halter neck dress.... very HOT.

Luv Mom & Dad

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The kids nose have stopped "leaking"

Seriously.. it's no joke when they get sick. Yes, when one gets it, they all somehow end up having it.

This happened about 3-4 weeks ago when they were due for their immu-jabs at the PD. The PD said that there would be a chance that they would get a fever and to be prepared for it. Sure enough, Jillian somehow caught the running nose (she can't run yet but she can catch something that runs. hmm)

Anyway.. soon enough, the other 2 also got it and soon, we had to manage their leaky nose as well as the cough that came as a package. They were leaking, coughing, and vomiting. Whenever they are sick, it's all very challenging for everyone around the house to play their part.

Well, the worse is over and they are back to their naughty ways again (very happy actually). Jillian is back to biting everything (including her brother and sister) and Joanne is back to "bottom-less pit" appetite. Jared is just happy to entertain Jillian with her biting habits (he has bite marks to show for it). It has been quite sometime since we brought the kids out and we sure miss doing that.

Here's some pics of the trio being FREE of virus.

Joanne


Jillian @ Mac's having a drink after Pancakes....


Joanne trying to make sense of a Merry-Go-Round


The Trio each trying to BeCool







And finally, what you get when you give the father a camera opportunity...



Luv,
Mommy & Daddy... ALWAYS!

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My sister (Wendy) is back from Germany and she spent sometime with the triplets last Sunday. She blogs too!...

Link to Wendy's Blog: wendeebabeepowder.blogspot.com

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Presenting the triplets at almost 16 months..

The eldest of the lot, Jillian giving us a BIG smile - Miss Cheeky.

Being the big sister, she is right now the smallest among her siblings. Never short of cheeky antics to display, she is really quite funny.

No 2, Joanne - Miss Must-have-it-all.

Joanne on the other hand, is towering over the other two and oh boy, she sure knows how to use her height and strength to her advantage!

The youngest and only hunk, Jared - Mr Cool.

Jared is super nonchalant and we can tell that he honestly doesn't allow himself to be taunted by his two older sisters. He just goes about doing his own stuff unless he is mercilessly provoked.

Among the three, I find Jillian resembling me the most. Actually, she really looks like her father.. erm.. who is my brother.. so it's no surprise that all three of us look alike! Hmm.. having said that, the three of us should take a photo and you'll see how uncanny the resemblance is!

I was trying to achieve the same expression as Jillian here. Everyone had a really good laugh!

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We are "outstanding" Catholics...

Having kids, young ones is a very challenging thing. You can scold them.. and usually they either ignore you or cry. You try reasoning with them, they think you are wasting their time and again, cry if they feel if you are scolding them. So what can you do when they start making noise in Church? You bring them out and entertain them and whenever possible, try and sneak back in... but being active kids, you can't keep them still and out you go again.



For the past few weeks, I am the resident "Outstanding" Catholic cause I will not be sitting down in church (even though there are seats) cause I need to be ready to jet out of church when someone cries or starts showing signs of impatience. Just last week, all 3 decided that they wanted to be outstanding as well and so, all joined me outside Church.

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Time with the Triplets...

We have been spending alot of time with the kids since Sharon's mother was away on holiday in China for a month. She's back now and we are more or less back to the old routine of the kids staying with them over at Hume during the weekdays.



Quite a lot has happened since.. the kids are walking already. Jillian was the first to walk.. amazingly, she was also the last to crawl. I guess she liked being carried around and when she got bored with that, she started to crawl.. so she could get around.. but then, she found out that walking is ever faster to get to where you want to go and quickly started to walk. Joanne, seeing that Jie-Jie is doing something new, also joined in the whole walking thing and so, the girls were soon very mobile. They would walk and walk round the dining table, play catching with one another while Jared, since he could crawl and crawl pretty well, did not really bother till later when he found out that it was actually slow to crawl and then finally only recently, decided to walk as well.



Now all 3 of them, walk wherever they liked and started to see things at a whole new level. Things that always seemed out of reach started to looked more attainable and so, things that are at their height level, started to get moved into even higher or out of sight.



Here's some random pics of the kids at home...









As you can see, they even invaded our walk-in closet.. think the girls like what they see .. but I guess it would be SO retro by they time they can fit into it...







They even like Mommy's handbags!







One of our favorite past-time activity is to head over to Ikea Tampines for lunch and there after, let the kids play around the kids section. For us, it's a opportunity for us to see what else can be done to the kids room.






While walking around, we came to the pillow section and found these $1.80 blue pillows. We took one up and handed it over to Joanne... next thing you know, you can't take it away from her.. she likes hugging it... for $1.80, it's not too expensive and decided to get 3 for the 3 of them.. once Jillian got hold of it.. she also wouldn't let it go... when I took it off her to pay for it, you can hear her screaming all the way...


Joanne with her blue pillow...


It's my precious!!!!



Jillian: Daddy.. why are you looking at my pillow as if you are going to take it away from me?

Next that followed was...WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Sharon wanted to bring the kids to Sentosa to play with sand.. but with sand being a highly sought after item these days... I decided that heading over to East Coast Parkway would be easier as we could also head over to Ah-Ma's place later.

We have brought the kids to the beach before.. and they've seen the sea and all, but not actually on the beach. SO, we finally brought them down. So as you can imagine, this whole sand and waves crashing onto the shore is totally new for them and they were all very cautions of what was what.

Jared did not take much persuasion to play with the sand..a s compared to the girls.. Jillian was especially afraid.. and Joanne, again, looking at what others are doing and knowing that it was also safe to do so, also finally took to walking on the beach.

Here's Jared being embedded in sand... he does not look too happy but he's also not complaining.. so I guess that's a good sign. ;-)


Joanne here with Lea. She's checking out the whole wave scene.... safe or not safe... hmmm


Here's a pic of Jared taking a guided tour on the beach with Mary.


and here Joanne is with Lea.


and where is Jillian??? Safe with Ah-Ma! Jillian: "I don't want to go there....... looks scary! Here's with Ah-Ma.. BEST!"



Watch this space.. will be posting videos of the kids dancing!!!

Lov,
Mom & Dad

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Some misc pictures.... finally had time to upload. ;-)

Jared - At home... learning to walk. Seeing how fun it is that the sisters are doing it.







Princess No.1.Jillian. Acting like one.. laying back in her high-chair waiting for food to be served to her. ;-)







Princess No.2. Joanne.



Again, like No.1, waiting in her high-chair to be served her food. This was at Fish&Co I believe. That night, we had dinner with The Chongs and the Siows.. but had to be seated at different tables due to the group size. What a outing!







Here's Jillian with Mommy out shopping. Soon after this shot was taken, she fought to take off the sunglasses. Good thing too! if not, daddy has to buy it. hahaha







Here's a picture of Joanne sitting in the twin stroller. It is not easy to get them to sit inside and it turns out, Joanne is the one that can stay in there the longest. Being such, she sits in the car-seat as well when we need to put one of them in when we go out. Good girl.... :-)









Last but not least, a picture of them playing together.. this is a everyday thing.. no joke. When they want to cluster.. they seriously cluster around you.. so you better be prepared.



More picture after the jump.

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Joanne and Jillian Walking - YouTube

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The Triplets 1st B'day.. (16 Mar)

The first time we went to the Zoo.. was on Mommy's B'day (12 Feb). We are back at the Zoo again. this time, it's the Triplets B'day!!! woot!



This time at the Zoo, we had a a few friends with us. Leonard and Family was there.. and Alexander with his daughter. We even met Mark Wong and Family as well as Peter and his family. Again, we did not manage to spend more time there as the kids were getting tired (11am to 2pm) and the weather was threatening to rain with thunder.



We left the Zoo about 2pm while Leo stayed behind till 5+ (he was caught in the rain...)



The Zoo somehow seems smaller that what I remembered 20 years ago.. maybe we were young then and something this "big" was relative then. Take a walk down town.. that's what I call BIG.



The kids are starting to walk with Jillian showing signs of being the first one... the other two could still do it before Jillian.. will see how that goes. In terms of size, Joanne is leading the pack with Jillian and Jared a little behind. Jared is rather picky on the food he eats so we need to top-up with other stuff. The PD said that their weight is in the normal zone..not too fat nor too thin so we are ok with that. In terms of bite, Jared has teeth like Jaws and Jillian has only 1.. with another one soon on the way. Joanne is somewhere in the middle....



They are also more vocal now... learning to shout and gesture to get your attention. Joanne has the honour to get labeled "Super-Glue" as she loves to cling to me. Once she sees me, I can't escape.. I have to show her some attention. The other two are not as enthusiastic as she is.. but when they start to cling.. they come all together. ;-)



We also bought them more toys... and I like to get them Mega-Blocks. This is one particular toy that you can mix and match and always come up with something different which is what the kids yearn for. They get bored with a particular toy and would look at whoever is holding on to and want that instead. It's interesting to see how they want things. Joanne is pretty strong-willed when it comes to things she wants. Jared and Jillian would often give in to her. In some occasions though, they do get into "who can cry the hardest" to settle who gets what they want.. and often, we will give it to the winner. We are always trying to get them to share but I guess they are still a little young to know that.. but we will keep trying...



How time flies... (or it seems.. now that we are here) the kids just reached the 1 yr old mark. Soon, they will be asking for ipods (or whatever is in fad then) and soon after.. they will be getting married.



Point being.. enjoy your parenting and enjoy your life.



Luv,

mommy and daddy

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Happy Golden Pig Year!!!

It's a brand new year (Lunar).



Here's an update to what's been happening so far.



Brought the kids to the Zoo for the first time and joined the Friends Of the Zoo club which gives us unlimited entries into the zoo for 1 year. We intend to go every other month so it makes sense to join. The last time any of us stepped into the zoo was almost 20 years ago!



Incidentally, the day we were at the zoo was Mommy's B'day. That evening, the entire family had a good buffet dinner at the Melt. We ended our outing at the zoo with some performances by a Seal. Joanne was so excited that she kept screaming.







Jared on the other hand, was not enjoying the hot humid weather so much and was getting tired.







We should be visiting the zoo soon. Maybe this time, our friends can join us.



CNY (Chinese New Year) is a time of gathering and catching up with family member and friends. As you get older, and wiser (hopefully), all you hope for in the coming year is good health. You can't ask for any better than that.



Here's wishing everyone, a very Happy Lunar New Year! *oink* *oink*







Huat!

Mommy and Daddy.

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textual updates...(short post tho)

The babies are doing fine.. they just recovered from mild stomach flu (got it from the daddy) and it was quite an experience. Good thing they all had their rotavirus jabs which kinda helped them get over the unpleasantness.

Joanne has started to crawl and she is just as mobile as Jared. Jillian seeing the two of them moving around, has finally started to decided to join in the whole crawling game.

Will try and post some latest photos of them...

Luv,
Mumz and Dadz