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Bought this a few weeks ago, for little Liam because we didn’t get to buy it for chloe when she was a baby. They didn’t have this I think when chloe was a baby, so what do we do? we spoil someone else’s baby of course ! heheh!! yes, that’s how we roll , we loved buying things for friend’s children and usually, we get stuff for just everyone of the, so that no child will be left alone.
But this mat from our local small business and they are wonderful, wonderful people. Loved Sandy’s.
Mother’s day this year like every other year since my mother-in-law is no longer around, I prefer to celebrate it quietly at home. I slept in and had a quick breakfast after being woken up by Chloe and wishing me happy mother’s day. What else do I want besides having an awesome daughter and spouse right?
We didn’t go out to eat but I cooked for myself and I can tell you I enjoyed this plate of noodles more than I would if I had gone out to eat. Because I loved my own Asian food more than anything else in the world. Chloe already gave me her handmade Mother’s day present the day before, so that she won’t have to wake me up too early in the morning because she was too excited to wait. She is such a dear I tell you. So loving and 90% a very good child and the 10% she can be quite sassy if she wanted to.
I called my father – in – law the next day and apologized for not visiting but he said he didn’t think I would go since I wanted to laze around at home the previous year. I think even my in-laws understand me too well these days . But after 15 years of having me as the Jewish chinese daughter -in-law, I guess they better know me well – hahhahaa!
I loved how we celebrate Mother’s day because everyday is Mother’s day for me. I’m thankful and grateful for our little family. I cannot ask for more.
PS : And the spouse bought me my favorite treat from UK – Rowntree gums – 4 of them ! woohoo !
I salute those who made the decision to give up their jobs and stay home to take care of their kids and family because it isn’t an easy decision and that would entail some financial shift in the family. For those women out there who’ve done that, you are definitely my heroes.
Many think that being a stay at home wife is easy but I can assure you that it isn’t. Staying home and being isolated most of the time and not having a lot of adult interaction is not a situation that I want to be in. When Chloe is sick , I have to stay home with her and I tell you , it wasn’t an easy task for me.
If I were a stay at home wife, I figured, I would be a very lonely one, because I don’t drive and need to wait for the spouse to bring me everywhere. When I was in Asia , we drive on the right hand side of the road and for many years, I’ve been so used to it, I find it pretty difficult to get adjusted to drive on the left hand side.
Of course , I love my child and want to do stuff with her every minute of the day, but unlike Asia, where transport is so easy and so cheap, I can’t just travel and shop on our own or bring her to Sentosa on my own or Universal studio. There is no Gymboree here, nor are there public swimming pool or indoor gym for kids to be and a cafe inside the gym for parents to interact with each other.
So for those stay at home wives in this town , I really salute them because I really couldn’t do it, not because I don’t love my child and home but because it would drive me nuts, not to have any intelligent conversation or stimulation for the mind.
While many had casually mentioned that I didn’t need to work so hard online anymore , since the spouse’s business is doing so well, I figured I should let everyone know that it is my choice to continue doing what I do and it isn’t a necessity for me to continue working online. The only reason why I loved doing it , is because I loved writing and vlogging and I loved that I can make money from doing it, plus I get tons of free stuff from advertisers and readers of my vlogs and blogs.
While most people do it for the money, I mostly do it for the love of it and being able to interact with people online. You do not know how many people who reads and watch my vlogs/blogs, the immense love I get from these online friends is priceless. Even the postman/woman tells me constantly how much I’m loved because of the many packages that arrives at the store every other day.
So yes, I don’t need the money that comes with what I do online but I do it because I loved it so much. Both my advertisers and online friends/fans are such wonderful people , I would hate to stop what I’m doing.
It’s hard to find good help as we found out after 16 years in business , the good ones leave for a better paying job and the not so good ones leaves just because or for various reasons. But we do try our utmost best to treat our employees with the best intentions but I guess we are just not good enough employers.
So when a friend/customer came to help us since last year summer, we are anything but grateful. After having lived in this small town for such a long time, we really don’t ask for a lot from our employees, so we are really not hard to work for. But of course, some ex-employees will beg to differ , so when you find one that has a good head on the shoulder, you are grateful.
And when you find out that they are having a baby, what do you do? go find them a present that is useful to them and the baby. And one thing I regret not getting for chloe is a baby swing , to swing her to sleep. The one that we had borrowed from a friend, needed cranking with hands and didn’t have a reclining position. So poor chloe although went to sleep finally, didn’t have any neck support. Therefore, we got one of those for our friend who is having a baby.
And a thank you note was given to us this morning, so sweeeeetttt!! see these are the people you wanna do things for and is happy about doing it. I’m so gonna love this baby.
Chloe said she tried her best, so I didn’t turn into monster mom this time – hahhaha! while the rest of the extended family gave her a pat on her shoulder, I tell them not to spoil her by praising her, she definitely has room for improvement.
Her teachers are awesome and her syllabus are easy, so she should have done much better this term. Don’t get me wrong, I know she has done well, but definitely, definitely could do better if she puts in more effort and more practices at home.
I asked her before the parents and teachers meet what did she think her teacher would say about her, and she replied that they would say she is awesome ! hahahha!! that kid is funny to the max!
I’m very happy that she is very happy in school and with her teachers and peers but I would definitely want to see more effort on Chloe’s end.
Did you know that chinese soup are not only good for health but good for your skin as well. It’s said that chinese soup can make your skin glow, therefore, I grew up drinking our chinese soup on a daily basis. After migrating to Canada, I haven’t been able to drink as much as I would love to because I can’t find watercress or lotus roots at all , plus chloe and PB refuses to drink them when I do happen to get some from the city. So a whole pot of soup , takes a long time to finish.
But I’m so blessed because the Zhu’s from the chinese restaurant always gives me a few bowls when they boil some, so I don’t have to boil them or hunt for the ingredients. So tell me I’m not lucky or what? So I like to do stuff in return for the Zhu’s but they never want me to do anything back for them. I’m totally blessed, comfort of home in Canada.
There has been a lot of snow day of late because we had been getting some whip lash from Mr Winter. I guess, we are getting all the snow that we didn’t get for the last few years, so it’s payback time for us while Toronto seems to have gotten better weather than us.
So what do one do when you have a snow day? of course, go out and play with the snow with the kid. Chloe loves going out in the cold and snowy weather and PB would go out with her like a good daddy when no one is out there with her. And when the neighbors come out and play, he would leave them alone.
Kids loved having their parents play with them. Chloe especially loved PB to go out and play with her because he is the more active parent between the both of us. When she is at her Grampie’s , her grampie , PB and her aunt helena would go out sledding with her, she looked forward to sledding everytime we get some snow. This years, she had been out sledding a few times already, so she is one happy kid. But she doesn’t like too many snow days, because she wants to go back to school.
I was in Vancouver for work and had the opportunity to visit the Lush workshop there. Very happy to network with other bloggers and vloggers , learned a lot and of course, Lush was so generous and lots of gifts we were sent home with. Too tired tonite to write about my experience but it was an awesome trip. Thanks to my advertisers for flying me out on Business class.
RRSP season is here again, what is RRSP ? it’s the Registered REtirement Savings Plan in Canada and this year, if we don’t wanna pay our taxes, we have to put in $60K in our RRSP. Yup! you heard me right, crazy right? But if you look at it from a different angle, it’s savings for you and yours for old age. But what if you don’t lived that long, I hear myself asking this? I think if I am not wrong, a portion of it goes back to your spouse until he dies. So it depends on how you look at it and for us, we think it is worth it – to save up for retirement. There goes my $60K.
