Daniel's 6th Birthday Celebration at School

Going back to earlier this March, we also celebrated Daniel's 6th birthday with his Kindergarten class. I took some cupcakes and juice boxes and the kids got to dance to a couple of songs -- including Gangnam style, Daniel's favorite song to dance to. It was so cute and so much fun to go! The highlight was meeting all of Daniel's friends and seeing how loving and affectionate they are with each other and how much they love Daniel. I didn't have my camera with me but took photos with my phone:

 

When I arrived, it was recess time and they were playing outside. The boy, Derek, is Daniel's best friend at school and they are often together.

Lining up to go back inside...

His friends loved taking photos!

And they were all so affectionate with each other!

 

Once inside the classroom, they couldn't wait to have the cupcakes!

They all sang Happy Birthday

And Daniel was so pleased.

 

Before the dancing, they all wanted to take a group photo and loved crowding around Daniel!

Such a fun bunch!

It warmed my heart to see their joy and love for Daniel!

 

Gangnam style!

 

A recent self-portrait.

 

 

 

Luke is 6 months old!



Our sweet baby Luke is now 6 months old! We can't believe that half a year has already gone by! He continues to be a very sweet, joyful, angel baby. This last month he changed a lot with the biggest achievement being that he is now sleeping through the night for about 12 hours straight with no feedings! One day he just suddenly decided not to take the dream feed anymore and that was it! I had heard babies could do this but until having Luke, wasn't convinced it was true! ;) Daniel only slept through the night consistently without a dream feed close to one year of age... Anyway, so that makes things a lot easier; now I just have to learn how to sleep through the night again myself!

 

We just started yesterday giving him "breakfast" and so he is now eating solids twice a day. His favorites so far are: sweet potato, butternut squash and banana. He also eats avocado, green beans, pears, apples, and oat cereal. Tonight he will be trying zucchini/courgette for the first time and peas, mango and carrots are next on the list! He eats a lot in the evening which I think explains why he can now sleep through the night. I have so enjoyed making all his food and deciding on what to try next! I spend a lot of time at weekends cooking, pureeing and freezing foods for him. Now to the best part, his 6 months photos:

 

He loves keeping his tongue out.

He still flops forward when trying to sit, but he is getting stronger.

Luke is much better at grabbing things now and bringing them to his mouth!

Starting to push up!

Awwww!!



Luke's first "breakfast!"

We love you so much sweet Luke! Still amazed that we get to have you in our family; thank you God!

Thank you, Granny!

Hi Loved Ones,

Granny Heather returned to Malaysia just over three weeks ago and we have been adjusting to being on our own. Luke is going to a family day care just down our road when I'm at work and thank God, he is doing great there. Mornings are rushed getting us all out of the house on time but now that both our offices are close by, it makes things a lot easier. I pick up Luke at about 3:30 pm every afternoon and then Daniel from the bus stop at about 3:45 pm. From that moment onwards, I have a lot of fun juggling both boys (Daniel's snack and homework time, nursing Luke and then feeding him his dinner followed by a short nap) until Jonny comes home for dinner.  Despite the chaos, it's the best part of the day for me; a true blessing to be with my two boys. Jonny is now in his last 8 weeks of his MBA (he will be graduating at the end of May, after 3 and a half years!) so he continues to be out at night classes twice a week and I get to do the bath and bed time routines on my own on those two nights too. By the time the boys are down for the night, I'm usually wiped out and ready for bed!

 

It was much easier when Granny was here, but we are just so grateful for the two months plus that she stayed with us. She left when Luke was already 5 months old, stronger to go to day care.

The night before Granny left, we decided to surprise her: Daniel had just finished completing two Kumon books and we asked Granny to present him with his certificates...

 

Daniel takes it very seriously, it's so cute!

After Daniel's "ceremony", we said it was now Granny's time to be "knighted" and to receive her own diploma!

Franca-Koh University. This certifies that Heather Fairhead has successfully completed the required level of excellence in Grandmotherly skills, cooking and bringing lots of fun to the house! She is therefore awarded this diploma, given this 5th day of March!

Granny was surprised and loved her diploma!

Dear Granny, we miss you very much! We will be eternally grateful for the dedicated time you gave to us. Thank you once again, for all your love and service! xxxooo