Helper -help!

Mount Kelud, considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the main island of Java, spewed red-hot ash and rocks high into the air late Thursday night just hours after its alert status was raised.

Three airports in Indonesia reopened on Saturday while four others remained closed, after a volcanic eruption killed three people and forced mass evacuations.

Mimi's flight was affected with solocity airport closed till 22 feb. We were devastated and tried means and ways to get her to Jarkarta. However the train system in solocity was unable to take in orders on the same day. Technical inefficiencies with no proper system linking the city train systems increased the difficulties to purchase a train ticket from solo to Jarkarta.

I sought help from silkair and they managed to get a connecting flight from semarang to singapore, but catch is that the earliest departure will be on 17th feb which means I will have to take an additional 1 day of leave.

Sigh... we are praying hard that she comes back in time and safely.

Trailing

Second day at school and we were told by Mrs Lee ( principle) that he missed his red car..speedy. daddy and mummy were both peeping at  him and saw him sobbing at the waterplay area. Poor little one .. my heart goes out to him.

First day at pre-nursery

Waking up has been our greatest struggle for the kids and me. Preparing for school was a nightmare with Nathan wanting similar or more attention from me the level of difficulties increases exponentially!  The fact that I have been home for the past two weeks makes him fully reliant on me and he has mastered the art of "mummy manipulation". Tears and pity puppy eyed, who can resist the temptation? I definitely am not cut out to be a tiger mum.. loving but ferocious. Natalie ends up landing herself into trouble since she is the common trigger of the disagreement.. either it's " he can't touch my things!" *fist hit towards Nathan's chest* or "I don't want him or his things. . Its git his smell" * pushes him to the floor whilst he attempts a hug*. She gets reprimanded and apologises quickly.. This is the smart her working her way through adults' world of mutual respect and sorry saying without truly meaning it. I have threatened her with the cane but didnt use it since she is quick with her corrective actions. If it's popo she would have gotten a spanking already.. which I do agree its effective but just not my favourite style of discipline. 

Well this post was meant to log his first day at school but here I am drifting to other matters.

So first day was not without the tearing even with mummy and popo around but kids being highly adaptable the  second day becomes  easier and watching him mingle with the little children makes me wonder if how quickly he's growing up.  Yes I followed and hid behind just to make sure that  everything is ok. So I can't let go my mum says.. yes it's hard and I find it a struggle. I could imagine myself following and trailing them on field trips whenever I can. Sigh mummy is not good at letting go ya. And please forgive me if I continue to baby you even when you are into your teenage years.

Grandpa and grandma

I am fast approaching week 2 without a helper. Life is getting adjusted to self reliant. Fortunately I have a wonderful and supportive hubby who helps out with the hard chores and wonderful parents who did most of the cooking as they complained how unpalatable my cooking tasted. Hey I must mention that most times its way too flavourful with sesame oil and light sauce,  but kids complained that it was way too salty and refused to eat. When I cook really bland tasting food.. my dearest hubby will complain and mention that perhaps he should just grab takeaways for dinner each day. Sigh its not easy being a mum, a cleaner and a wife. And without popo I am not sure if I could have managed it on my own with both babies wanting my full attention all the time!

Thanks popo and gong gong for helpimg me tied through the tough 2 weeks!

Favourite toys

From left to rt..

Ellie the elephant
Crabby the lobster
Rudy the dog
Ginger which is Nathan's cat
Clover which is Natalie's cat

What nice names for their little toys! !