life .. or something like it

Being able to watch movies at the cinema is rare these days since S was born. Today, I had a movie date with E to watch Toy Story 3. They had an advance screening for the movie for visa cardholders and with Ichi on baby duty, E & I were off to the movies. I really loved the movie and so did E. When asked which of the three Toy Story movie he liked the most, his answer was ALL! haha!

Here is a link to slashfilm’s article (http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/18/toy-story-3-easter-eggs/)on easter eggs in the movie, if you haven’t watched it then some of the stills might be considered spoilers but the site says that most of the photos pictured are already on the internet or those that were used in the movies promos.

One thing that is really lovely to see is the love between the kiddies. I know Sab is just a few months old but it is pretty evident. She just adores her ahia and I think as early as now she’s pretty attached to him. He is the only one that can make her really laugh out loud, without even trying hard and with just all sorts of silly things. These are pictures taken about a couple weeks after Sab was born.

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A dear friend is celebrating her birthday today and what a wonderful day for her as she just gave birth a few weeks ago to a beautiful baby girl – baby Mya. Really just in time to make Mother’s day and her birthday wonderful.

Happy birthday Marie! Enjoy your special day. We love you!

Credits: Papers from Olivia by Leah Riordan.
Fonts: Mutlu, Folio BK BT, FO-Giggles Small Caps

While waiting for baby girl to come out, I decided to make a layout for these set of pictures. Took some time to come up with one though, between being busy with preparations for baby girl and being really tired and lazy most of the time (haha!) during this pregnancy.

These pics were taken one August afternoon. E was in a good mood that Ichi got him to pose for the pics real easy.

Credits: Based on Mushy’s My Boy Template. Papers from Hootfest by Heidi Larsen, Doodly Halloween by Lori Barnhurst, Daybreak by Jennifer Schmitt, A Lovely Afternoon by Leora Sanford, and Summer Time Collab Kit by Jackie Eckles. Cloud from A Lovely Afternoon by Leora Sanford. Arrow from Zoom Zoom Mega Kit by Gina Cabrera. Journal Tab by Traci Reed from Shabby Daddy. Label by Lauren Reid from Summer Time Collab Kit. Owl from Hootfest by Heidi Larsen. Silly Badge by Jan Crowley from Bloom & Grow. Crayon from Back To School by Loloden. Dates by Loloden. Alpha by Sara Carling from Beep Chugga Zoom. Happy Stamp from Lovey Dovey Mega Kit by Gina Cabrera.

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I mentioned in a previous post about my mum’s birthday that even though it was her birthday it was E that received a present. Actually he got two, one was a space police lego that he has been wanting for a long time (leave it to mamita to buy it for him haha .. lucky for him that it was one of the cheap ones and that it was on sale) and this … a BEN 10 bike. Early Christmas and birthday gift for E. We asked him if he wanted the cars one (which was cheaper) but he really insisted on getting the Ben 10 bike. It’s timely too that it’s nearing summer when we can bring him to the park so he can get lots of practice riding the bike.

Mum flew in a week before her birthday, I specifically scheduled it that way because her birthday would already mark my 37th week which means that I could give birth anytime. Anyways, on her birthday we celebrated it with a yum cha lunch at hilltop phoenix at castle towers.  We initially intended to have the yum cha at eastwood but then we learned that they had a granny smith festival parade that day and preggy me didn’t want to walk a lot that day. After lunch we walked a bit around the mall and even though it was my mum’s birthday it was E who got presents haha. Talk about spoiling the grandson :p I’ll post what E got (a super early Christmas and birthday present) in another post.

At the resto ..
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Helping mamita blow the cake …
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I didn’t get to plan anything for Ichi’s birthday this year. Preggy mama here didn’t really feel like planning anything for this year. Although initially we planned for him to take leave on his birthday and have yum cha lunch and a movie after. But with him being busy at work these past months, he wasn’t able to get the leave.

E and I went to the mall the day before Ichi’s birthday to buy him his gift and a cake. E was very excited to get home and wrap the gift for his dadai and I asked him to keep everything a secret. Which he did for a while at least haha, he couldn’t wait to tell his dadai about the cake and the magic candles we got for it. So he kept mum about it up until dinner time when he finally couldn’t hold it in and told Ichi about the cake and the candle. Good thing he still didn’t tell about the gift.

He (E) was so excited about the magic candles that he couldn’t wait until 12mn, he kept on looking at the clock. He didn’t want to go to bed without having his dadai blow the birthday candles. So when 12mn came, he quickly reminded me and off we went to the kitchen to get the cake and give his dadai the birthday gift.

E had so much fun watching the candle light again and again. After the candle blowing, E went  promptly to sleep

Earlier today while E was in the toilet waiting to finish what he was doing. He started counting ..

E: 1, 2, 3 … 10, 11, 12 … 15, 17

Me: 16 (prompting him)

E: 16, 17, 18 … 21,22 … 29, 29

Me: (prompting him again) 30

E: 30, 31, 32 … 39, 39

Me: 40

E: 40, 41, 42, 43 … 49, 49

Me: 50

E: 50! Mommy, up to what number did I count?

Me: 50

E: Wow, 50! That blows my mind!

Ichi and I were laughing our heads off. The things they say Oh, and I hope he gets well by tomorrow, he’s been sick with fever the past days.