On This Day - (19th Sep) #Reminders from FB#

19th Sep 2023

* added to the album: Sweet 17th mei-mei!

Another milestone birthday. Next year at 18 can get married already 😉

19th Sep 2022

A present from Teacher Cheryl. Thank you! 

Birthday treat a day earlier, on a Sunday.

19th Sep 2021

Her birthday cake

19th Sep 2020

14  🎉 

19th Sep 2019

She asked for a number balloon but it's a waste of money so bought her a small heart shape balloon n I wrote the number on it.

Lunch

Her presents on the floor from her friends, angpows from Aunty Youli Song and Aunty May Ling and me. one of her friend gave a cupcake. So sweet!

See what che-che wrote 🤪

19th Sep 2019

Air purifiers were given to classrooms in schools, but JCs not included? They don't need protection? And doors are wide opened

19th Sep 2017

Her 2yr size rain-shirt 😂

19th Sep 2017

My lil' nottie girl is 11

快高长大 leh..每年讲一样话，为什么还这么小 🤣

19th Sep 2016 

Her "birthday cake" for today. Insisted that we sing birthday song again today n tmrw n the day after tmrw. I asked her how long she needs to celebrate her marriage next time. One month? She nodded her head.

For my silly girl

Wah...though I'm a chocolate lover, this is simply too much. Hee!

19th Sep 2016 

She expects a week of celebration??

All kids love their own birthdays but we hate our own as we age.

 

19th Sep 2015

9 years ago you were taken out from my tummy, making me so dizzy after the op. And this dizziness continues to today.

Thank you so much for driving me up the wall. Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for being my naughty daughter

19th Sep 2014

It's been 3-4hrs since she woke up. And she's declared she wasn't going to do any work, infact days ago told me she didn't want to go ballet; Berries; she was going to do NOTHING the whole day.

Came back home after dropping che-che in school n she watched her recorded Mr Oh for only 30 mins n then restless she said she has school lead portal to go in today. Told her to do it the next day, she refuses. I was dead tired coz didn't sleep well last night n needed a rest myself, can do housework this evening. End up only I napped while she was doing what she had to do and she did extra work herself.

She even declared she shouldn't drink milk on her birthday. Next minute she came to me with her Twisties and I said "you shouldn't eat chocolates n tidbits on your birthday"

Footnote written in 2023 : 

"She shouldn't drink milk on her birthday" haha! 只有

她可以想得出很多借口

19th Sep 2014 

Thank you Aunty Lay Hong!

We received it yesterday and she's been bugging me to let her open it. Tried her luck this morning again.

She's extremely happy. Thank you for making her happy.

19th Sep 2013

The theory of "what goes out must come back in".

LOL!你没吃饭啊？

Not enough strength to inflate balloon.

19th Sep 2013

My lil' girl told EVERYONE it's her birthday today. So before her class came down, other children came to the table and said "it's Aricia from xx1 class. We know her, she told us this morning.'

11

She's really happy.

19th Sep 2012

Lil' one's extremely happy today. Che-che just started on her home-based learning. Haven't camped in car for so long already. Dare not bring her anywhere lest distraction. She's on my netbook while I'm on her laptop. Reverse!

19th Sep 2011

Fairy Aricia ready to go out

How many more surprises for our little girl?

I've run out of them alr.

19th Sep 2011

Mei-mei's first few minutes.

https://youtu.be/vdlnHQeX9Ok?si=EmbCH27zf9U4BRrs

1st BD - on actual day with family. See how fierce she is. Throw tantrum some more leh!

https://youtu.be/73WggeWseZg?si=OiptieoCsOlcXImy

19th Sep 2011

On this day, 5 years ago I was wheeled into the OT.

And a lil' girl joined our family.

19th Sep 2010

My girl is 4 today. And she declared "I am 4, a big girl. No more tu-tu (pacifier) in day and night"...

..she

hesitated but too bad we heard the night time. And she's sleeping without one tonight.

Celebration

For years, many many donkey years, lil’ one never had the chance to have any birthday celebration with her friends. The last one she had was in 2015, at 9 yrs old. 

So why no celebration? Mainly a few reasons :

1) it’s always nearing exam period so weekends are really precious 

2) usually have enrichment classes/tuitions on weekends, so if I have a celebration it means I’ll have to make up on another day. Ok, you might think just once a year ….

3) I’m lazy to start the birthday planning and make myself super busy

4) the presents! A lot of times we end up with lots of unwanted presents and donated to SArmy. Why can’t everyone give angpow? It’s so much more practical as it will go into her savings. 

But I’m guilt stricken as it is for giving her lesser than che-che. 

This year, she was so excited when her seniors (her OIAP Taiwan group) decided to celebrate for the baby of the group. So sweet right? They have come to the age where birthday celebrations are better done without the parents. The parents will only invite the other old folks 🤣🤣 - family members - which the birthday girl will not talk or play with during a celebration. So now I know why some people like to have two separate weddings, one for family and the other for friends. I attended such wedding before and the vibes of the youngsters group is just so different - rowdy, noisy and it’s really fun. 

They had decided to do it on 16th just before they go for their internship. Such a nice group of friends, they took care of her. One girl even loaned her her jacket when she was cold. They had superb camaraderie played hard and worked hard, no wonder she really enjoyed that trip so much. 

So after much discussion with them, it seems that they had a line of program lined up. The kids are just making full use of the time. 

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Feeling guilty that she won’t get to be out with her friends on her birthday, asked her to just get a few of her close friends out. Honestly we don’t have any days left between now and her birthday as she has to go for therapies. She asked 5 friends and unfortunately 2 can’t make it. She was pretty sad that her good friend since P1 won’t be around in SIN, but we can’t help it. A 3rd girl also gave her that “maybe yes maybe no” answer. Thing is, she says maybe she can come after 5.30pm. So when we asked again if we chose to do something at 5.30pm would she be able to make it, she gave that “maybe…” I tell you I hate this kind of answer. I shared my thoughts with lil’ one, what if we really chose evening time just to suit her timing as the other 2 are free the whole day then she cannot come, isn’t she like sabotaging us? So heck lah! You give me that kind of “maybe maybe” answer then I’m more certain that my hunch is always right that she will not come at all. Or worst play us out last minute on the day itself. 

On This Day - (18th Sep) #Reminders from FB#

18th Sep 2020

Fortunately for us this year we didn't have to celebrate her birthday 3-4x. There will be only 1 48) (thankfully) . However she made the effort in telling us what she wants for her present weeks ago.

Her birthday is on a weekend so she gets to celebrate it tomorrow.

A different kind of balloon. Saw this clear balloon last year but because I was keeping to a theme (Unicorn) so

KIVed. No theme this year so ...

"Don't be so annoying. Ok Bye." Haha!

Daddy's short message coz I made him write when he was busy working. Haha! But tho his message is short, he has neber short-changed his precious girls in loving n pampering them.

Message from the naggy mom

Printed out some We Bare Bears stickers for her. Had to manually cut them out coz I haven't figured out how to use my 2 or 3yrs old unopened Silhouette Cameo cutter.

And I love the paper material

Back home at close to 6pm

Sent her on a quick treasure hunt around our small house

Cards and pressie from her friends

18th Sep 2020

18th Sep 2019

*tagged in YL photos

Our 2nd meet up of the year...missing Magdalene 

18th Sep 2019

Che-che's order : Mac n cheese - which she claims "my (as in hers) mac n cheese tastes so much better...

.." "hmm.....maybe I should open a shop selling my mac n cheese?"

Me: "only mac n cheese" *🧐 (thinking how is she going to sustain the business.)

She : "maybe...I'll think about it."

18th Sep 2019

Her early birthday 2nd treat, since che-che didn't have to be in school today. Was contemplating between Snoopy themed place or this, in the end decided on this place as worried about road closures for former dining option.

18th Sep 2018

Feb 24: 1.34cm (at HPB)

Apr 10 : Close to 1.35cm (at home)

Sep 16 : Close to 1.39cm

She's grown taller. Yay! Follow up on 8th Oct so hope everything will be well.

On the side note, che-che came home from school today and asked if she's grown over the weekend coz' 2 of her friends said she seemed to have grown taller after they last saw her on Friday. got so fast meh?

18th Sep 2016

Enduring 9yrs and 364 days of nonsense from this nottie girl

I love this girl. She helps me get rid of Alzheimer's for sure!

When she least expect it. I asked her to open up my essential oils package. Should see that excited face of hers.

She has been bugging me for a Tsum Tsum water bottle for the longest time. And .....she was grouching and complaining the days before that she won't be getting her bottle.

18th Sep 2016

My heroine. The crocodile hunter.

An uninvited guest came into our house. Argh!