Last year was a real busy Christmas. I thought I had time to personalized gifts and cards and in the end I didn't. I didn't even really had time to get presents too, and all of them were gotten last minute. Sigh. I need to manage my time better. We spent Christmas eve at my parents' place, with my friends, and my mom's church friends too. Hubs was working though. I um...forgot to take pictures. Haha! Daddy and mommy worked from morning til evening for the party and dad even went to work after the party. We were all sooo busy preparing and I didn't have time to wrap the few gifts that I had bought for family. Haha. Terrible right?? For my friends, I gave them cookies! Home baked cookies and home made tags. Rather broke last month; bad time AND money management. =)
Silly me never took much pics at the party but here are some of the children.
Funnily, this year, I hardly have photos with my family! I have some from the visit to the botanical gardens early december but I'll post them in the next post or the one after. K, I'll try. Haha! Many photos with my in-laws though, which really, pictures with them is a rarity so this is good. =)
We celebrated my mom-in-law's birthday slightly earlier and here are pics! Went to "Bosses" at Vivo. Nice ambiance, lots of black (I likey) and not very expensive though it looks like an expensive place! And the food is nice too.
Ok. We couldn't get a bigger cake, thus the little one. And what annoyed me was that hubs brought the box to the table. Sighhh. Wanted to surprise my mil, so I thought he would bring it to the counter at the front when he came in. But he didn't. So I took it to a waiter. Then when we signalled for the cake to be served, the waitress came over two or three times to ask me different questions about it; So serve the cake now? Light the candle? Need plate? Or something like that. Sigh. So the surprise wasn't such a surprise in the end. -_-
And for Christmas day, we met my in-laws to go for a nice dinner at the Esplanade. Just thought of spending it with them as it's my mother-in-law's birthday, and we seldom celebrate or go out on her birthday itself! This year since hubs could make it in time for dinner, we met them and went out. I was so relieved when the train down to town was not very packed, contrary to what I thought. Kate loves buses and trains! She's always bugging me to take bus when I wait for a cab. Haha. I used to be paranoid about taking public transport with her (other than cabs) but I've gotten over it. Kate's really well-behaved on them so I'm blessed that way. She only kicks up a fuss when maybe hubs is with me and we don't get a seat together. If so, she will bug me saying that she wants her daddy and vice versa when daddy carries her. Oh! There was once when we took the bus down to Jurong point and she suddenly wanted milk but I didn't pack any for her since she just ate her lunch. Boy! She screamed and cried so hard everybody stared. I was really embarrassed but coolly tried to comfort her. All the while trying to convince myself; "They will get over it, they will get over it!" "They" referring to the people who were staring of course. I didn't get off the bus since it was only four stops. But it felt sooo long. Haha!
So we went to the Esplanade to eat and then to TCC at City link for coffee. I'll let the pics speak for themselves.
So anyway boxing day was spent at east coast park! Which delighted Kate to no end! She has been talking about playing sand and beaches for awhile now, so we decided to bring her. Thank God it didn't rain and the weather was perfect for the beach that day! The first picture shows how delighted she was! We took a bus there and while walking over, we told her we were reaching the beach. And she started running and hopping and dancing. Haha!
I told her to jump higher and try to get the kite. And here she is trying to get it.
So anyway, that was my Christmas last year. It was busy and crazy and fun. With kids around, never a dull moment!!
2010 was mostly stressful for us. Many reasons. But I'm very glad to say that since November or so, things have been looking up. And here are ten things that I'm grateful for!
- That I have a beautiful family.
- That everyone in my life is safe.
- That no matter what, we always seem to have enough.
- That I have people around who are supportive even though I always complain.
- That there are true friends in my life who sticks around.
- That I am given the privilege to be a stay-home mom.
- That our families are well.
- That I now have a hobby which relieves stress!
- That I am able to do what I love.
- And finally, to be alive and well, and to be blessed with so much.
I know I always complain. But deep down, I do know too, that I am blessed and all I have to do is stop and count my blessings. Even though I still have not gone back to church, I know that the Lord is looking out for me and my family and in that knowledge, I feel safe. I really ought to quit complaining and be grateful for what I have. =)
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