Jerral's First Slumber Party!

On May 23rd, Mommy was invited to Jerral's school for a slumber (afternoon) party! 

Mommy was really glad to be there and Jerral.... he was just simply delighted with Mommy by his side. 

Jerral is all dressed up and ready for his slumber party!

The kids all waiting eagerly!

Jerral and his classmates being led to the library for slumber story time!

oooo... under the cover for some bedtime reading..

Jerral's 5th Birthday....

Jerral turns 5 on the 11 Apr 2012. Thinking back, Daddy and Mommy can hardly believe it was 5 long years ago when we first beheld little Jerral. It seems like only yesterday when he was still a little infant in our arms and now he is celebrating his 5th birthday.

Happy Birthday Jerral!

Mommy has gone balloon crazy for the birthday bash.

Goody bags for all of Jerral's little frens.

Pressies for Little Jerral

Win Lose Or Draw! Whats a birthday party without some games....?

........or scrumptious food.

The Star of the Night

Birthday Cake - Thomas The Tank Engine ... of course .....

A beaming Jerral surrounded by his eager frens ..,....

Birthday candles and songs.

Mommy, Daddy, Jyanne, Jerral and Jarien

 

YeYe and NaiNai gets in the act as well

Now its the turn of the Godmas and Godsister Hebe

Bashing the Pinata!

Sparkles Time!

Jerral and his sparkling star

Jyanne turns ONE!

18 Feb 2012, Jyanne officially leaves behind infanthood and steps into Toddlerhood. It has been one really hectic year for Daddy and Mommy. Juggling the 3 Js is just about pushing Daddy and Mommy to their limits. A year full of laughter amidst tears, moments of joy interspersed with frustrations, rare pockets of tranquility amongst the noise/chaos of 3 little ones running the house. Still it was worth every single moment as Daddy and Mommy watch little Jyanne blossom from a tiny, crying little bundle of joy into a larger and still crying bundle of joy. 

Happy Birthday Jyanne, Daddy and Mommy love you.

Jerral Piano Performance

Jerral started taking weekly piano lessons 2.5 months ago and had his very own solo stage performance yesterday.

Creepy Crawlie 3

Little Jyanne caught Daddy and Mommy by surprise today when she suddenly started to crawl. Unlike her 2 elder brothers who took a few weeks to learn to crawl, swinging to and fro like little frogs, Jyanne just started to wriggle forward with her hands and knees' without exhibiting any signs of trying. A huge milestone for the little princess and Daddy and Mommy are just delighted.

Went to a chinese cafe for breakfast over the weekend. The stupid waiter put down bowl of boiling noodle soup right in front of Jyanne right at the same instance when both mommy and daddy were distracted by the two boys. She reached out to pull the bowl of hot noodles and it spilled all over her right hand and leg. First degree burns. Heartache

Jerral's First ever Music (percussion) Performance

Daddy and Mommy enrolled Jerral into a Percussion school as he seems to enjoy music.
A year later, the course finale is a concert performance at one of the local state school, Macgregor Primary.
Pictures and Clips of Jerral's big day on stage below..

Jarien turns 2!!!

Jarien turns 2 on 14 Aug 2011! It is really remarkable how time really creeps up on you, and all of a sudden, Jarien has reached his second birthday. It is a really surreal feeling, as for some reason, Daddy and Mommy always felt that Jarien is older than his actual age. Not sure if thats due to his behaviour, his stocky build/looks or perhaps its because he spends so much time mimicking the antics of his older brother that Daddy and Mommy has lost the perspective that he is really still a little baby boy.

Daddy and Mommy decided to keep this year's celebration within the family only so the entire day can be fully devoted to the kids rather than spending hours preparing food in the kitchen , tidying/prepping the house, entertaining guests/frens, cleaning up after the celebrations etc.

Still, scale of the birthday celebration notwithstanding, Mommy and Daddy's feelings for Jarien is just as strong as ever. We love you Jarien, Happy Birthday.

Morning bubble fun in the backyard

Shopping for Jarien's present. He got to chose but ended up not finding anything he liked.

After a morning of bubble-cycling fun and shopping around for his present, Jarien falls into an exhausted sleep at lunch.

Lunch at a really good nearby restaurant with Jerral and Jarien's favourite dishes, including salt and pepper roasted quail.

Jarien's birthday cheesecake.

Drooling boys .....

Cheeky smiles all around ...

Jerral jumping the gun and blowing out the candles for Jarien.

Jarien gets to blow out the candles at the second attempt.

Finally, what Jarien has been waiting for, cake tasting!