Sundays at Church
Xun and tong always asked to take photos with the balloon sculptures that the servers painstakingly put up every Sunday at MBS. It gave the place such a cheery and carnival-like feel, it was a joy to come to Rock kids. So mama consolidated some photos and here they were ...
Saying bye to Rocket
Wel, papa had driven Rocket for 2.5 years and it was time to scrap it. It was a really good looking and well maintained car. Ah Gong wanted to extend the COE but the cost of depreciation and amount we had to put in to do so was exorbitant.
So we prepared the kids for the farewell a few weeks ago. We took photos of our stately and dapper Rocket
Had to explain to both of you that the cars needed a license to be on the roads, so after 10 years, they needed to be taken off the roads...then the roads would be filled with new, better cars, and not old rickety problematic ones.
but nothing prepared for the heartbreaking moment when it finally dawned on them that Rocket was really going away
this was jie jie weeping bitterly when we told her that we had to leave Rocket with Ah Gong...
then the sobbing could not cease...eh thought tong did not feel really much about it, but he worked himself up into tears coz he saw his precious jie blubbering incoherently
so we took some last photos with our handsome stallion..
a last hug, which made jie cry even louder
and saying our final byes. Still, in the new car, (ah Gong's Merc which he graciously told us to use since it was wide enough for three car seats), jie could not stop crying. Tong somehow went into a frenzy and wept really boisterously...
well...the children finally calmed down after some time, xun said she liked new cars, just that she really missed the old ones too. Then you two named this car Rocket 2, and declared that you could name all the subsequent cars Rocket till we had Rocket 100. HA.
Day-to-Day happenings
Tong insisted on helping mama pull the trolley when we went to the plaza after school. We met ming Ming in the library and the two pals agreed to meet there every Monday after school in future. ha
san yi sent this to mama and it truly warmed my heart. So this was my wish for the three of you too, even if you might work apart in different continents in future, that you would always be connected by the heart.
Went to Uncle Huimin's office to sign up some new critical illness policy. Spotted this regal armchair so you must take a photo. While mama and papa were talking to Uncle Huimin, Uncle Jamson entertained you two, and tong called himself the big boss, xun the middle boss and Uncle Jams the small boss. Hilarious. The really bossy tong who kept asking others to help him colour the drawings, while the worker jie diligently worked on hers and helped tong.
swimming at our pool was always enjoyable
got the arm floats from Taobao, and jie realised she could float with those floats!
the two of you liked going to the adult pool to wade...well..mama allowed you to be on the shallow steps only
the impish jie came up with this barmy idea of wearing the floats on the legs. ALAS. yup gave you a stern warning on the dangers
We played for a glorious 2 hours, till you two had wrinkly fingers and toes...and went back home to soak in the bath tub...talked about being water babies..
Ha, memories again...the really young jie jie...
and the 7 month old didi...
and jie was only 1 plus in this photo
mama had dinner with a bunch of friends one day, these friends were my very first colleagues in SLA, some 10 years ago...you know, friends came and went...it was awfully hard to keep up with the friendships...
sometimes, mama tried very hard to maintain contact but not all reciprocated. So, i was heartened I still had this bunch of friends...and my hope was for you two to have really strong enduring friendships too...no need for a large number of friends, it was more important to have a small tight knitted bunch of pals who would turn up when you needed help.
Saturdays at Stepping out Studios
Xun really enjoyed the ballet lessons with Teacher Hari at Stepping Out Studios...mama knew the importance of having an affinity with the teachers, it made going for lessons such a breeze and delight...ha...so on Sats when mama worked, papa would bring the two to City Sq. Jie would go for 11am ballet, papa would lunch and shop with tong, then it was Melody bear for jie and tong at 12 noon.
Tiffany also came for the Melody Bear class, so you all would go and play on the ZoomV joyrides, strolled around in Toy r Us and lunched together. On this day when Uncle Keith was working, papa gave Aunt Xinyi and Tiffy a ride home.
ha...it was good to have friends. Just like how papa, mama used to hang out with Aunt Xinyi and Uncle Keith when we all stayed in Potong Pasir. HA. We would go for dinners and have mahjong sessions woah.
aiyo the mischievous ones, always up to no good
Tong was putting on weight and looked chubby and rotund like how he was when he was a baby.
One of those days when the two of you played in a jovial mood together, using the sides of a capsule and pretending to be calling each other. What an ambivalent relationship...sometimes you would be so loving to each other, especially jie jie who would always come to Tong's rescue when he got a dressing down from mama. Jie also gave in as much as she could whenever tong wanted his way. Then on other days, you would be such loggerheads. sigh...
yeah and tong loved his accessories, the silly boy...
Well...on a separate note, one Saturday night (5 Sep 15), papa pespied the two of you snugging on jie's bunk bed watching the iPad together and casually asked if you wanted to sleep there tonight. Eh...mama did not expect you to agree, for just a couple of months ago, we tried and you insisted for papa to sleep with you and claimed you did not want to sleep alone.
Now, you had a big basket of soft toys and decided you were ready to sleep alone. Mama wept because I felt so unprepared for this change, it was as if I was losing the little jie and she would soon be on her way to independence and no longer needed mama...I wished there had been more signs,or we could have talked about it earlier while we were still sleeping together, so I would treasure those last reminding days of having your warm body sidle against mine and hearing your gentle breathing and smelling your fragrant hair...
papa comforted me and asked me to go up and cuddle with you then..which I did so...and my heart broke as we talked and you declared, as always, just how much you loved me and would always do so...
This carried on for a few nights till now...I only went up to snuggle on the second night...on the third and fourth, you slid down and cuddled and went up alone to sleep. When I asked if we could go back to my bedroom for one night coz aunt was coming to clean the house and we would put papa's mattress back, you still insisted on going back to the kids' room.
Ah...the heart broken mama had to deal with two big losses...Rocket going away and xun and tong sleeping in the kids' room...well...things were going to change soon again with didi coming. Now mama would still sleep with tong at the bottom deck..but wondered if you two would be just with papa when tim came? sigh...well...mama would have to cherish these few weeks...
And as xun always reminded tong in mama's words, Love never changes...mama would always love you, that that love could never change...coz love endures and persists...Love you, snuggle bugs.
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