Hide n seek :)

Played hide and seek with kids just now along the corridors.

Interestingly, we observed this a few times, Joshua put his hands together to pray and just said Amen! when he could not find us. hahaha ! :)

Then Candra said this: "When we cannot find you, we pray and then Jesus will come and catch you then we will find you".

We laughed our heads off! What a game of hide and seek.

Candra's cute bedtime prayer today

Candra's cute bedtime prayer today: 

"Dear Father, thank You for good weather today so we could go to T's house (??? T lives just next door), please help us sleep well, eat more vegetables and less meat, in Jesus' name I pray, Amen!"

She has been praying this eat more vegetables prayer for a while.. but today, she added, "less meat". :p 

While I am making dietary changes on the home front, my dear little girl helps out in prayers! Well done!

How siblings played :)

Our night at Festive hotel was interesting...When daddy finally managed to get Joshua to stay within the boundary we created for the 2 kids, they started playing and not sleeping till 11pm...

For the first time, there was no fighting between them :) and they played like siblings who loved each other. Amazing..

We tried not to laugh in our corner, pretending to be sleeping.

They sang, chatted, rolled around (don't ask me how but they understood each other).

At one point, Candra said to Joshua: "I like you Joshua" :)

Then after singing, she asked: "Joshua, 好听吗？" And Joshua made a sound which meant 'yes' :p

At another point, this conversation ensued...

Candra: "Joshua, why are you so cute? Who made you so cute?" (I ask them this everyday by the way haha!)

Candra: "Is it mama? Papa? Auntie Angie (our helper) or me?"

Joshua: MAMA!

Candra: haha 你错了！是耶稣！

We were trying so hard not to laugh.

From darkness to light and back to darkness again :p

Candra since young slept in her own room in the dark. 

When Joshua was undergoing training, we thought he might have been afraid of the dark, so we tried to give some night light. 

BUT, Candra took the chance to insist on having night light on every night henceforth. Her reasoning: "I am afraid of the dark." 

We were very skeptical, but gave her the benefit of the doubt anyway. 

After more tha

n half a year, daddy bought "glow in the dark" stars tonight.

Just one tiny little glowing star above her bed got her to excitedly tell us to switch off all lights tonight. One tiny glowing star.

And now.. both are sleeping in complete darkness again.

So much for her being afraid of the dark. Our skepticism from day 1 was right!! This little girl.........

Hoping we can revert and save some electricity from now on.. haha :)

Candra...About getting married.. at 4yrs old!

Candra (holding up a rose): Papa mama, next year, I will be getting married.

Papa, mama: Huh? You are too young to get married dear. How old are you? 

Candra: 3 years old. I say, next year, when I am four years old, I will get married. 

Papa, mama (playing along): Who are you marrying? 

Candra: Err...Mama! which boy boy?

Mama: Let me think.

Candra: I know, the 2 boys in church.

Papa, mama: Which 2 boys? (Only 2 families we know with 2 boys..haha!)

Papa: Is it Z & Z? Or CQ & CS?

candra: Yes yes, those names!!

(Then we realised she was referring to her flower girl stint next year with the 2 boys.....)

Papa, mama: You are not getting married. uncle LB is. You will just be a flower girl.

Candra: When I am holding this flower, I will get married!

Papa mama: FAINTZ....

What I enjoyed today :)

Just finished washing up the kitchen after completing my attempt at a new stewed pork ribs recipe :)
Quite excited about the outcome at dinner tonight :) Hope it turns out yummy.

I was telling God just now that I am beginning to enjoy being busy at home a lot more. Trying to improve my cooking skills, organisation skills, homeschooling skills etc. Although I feel stretched at times because I don't have that much energy and time to do everything well all the time, it makes me happy to be able to jot down by aspirations for the home. And as I look forward to the helper that God is sending to our home soon, I thank Him for sending help so that those aspirations can be lived out in time to come.

Candra's growing up so quickly. Started doing daily devotions with her since she was a baby. Then, she did not understand what I was doing with her, but we just kept at it as a form of routine. Starting from last week, at her own request, she started doing her quiet time (partially) on her own. One day, she just asked me, "mummy, can I not have quiet time with you and Joshua, but by myself?" I said (with some hesitation, "sure, why not?". Then I decided, it's time to let her be on her own (actually this was her daddy's idea since a while back).

Now, everyday, she listens to one chapter of the audio bible. She's at Genesis 10 today. We start off praying together, then she goes off on her own to listen while I do devotion with Joshua. Then we end off by me doing a small teaching on what she heard and praying with her. Although I don't think she understood all that she heard on the audio bible, and I am not even sure whether she listens attentively all the time, but I have been enjoying this new phase of learning for the both of us. I learn quite a bit from those teaching moments myself and am looking foward to completing the bible with her. :)

Although I have a thousand and one things to do and think about, I am thankful for happy moments like these today, which cause me to feel so satisfied being at home with the children.

The power of daddy

Hard crying from Josh this morning at 4am, demanding for attention

Decided to give him the benefit of the doubt (maybe he was unwell etc..) so slept beside him and Candra for a while.

BUT...he ended up playing. 

Decided to put him back to cot and leave the room. 

Both Candra and Josh broke out in hard cries of course..... Until.. 

Daddy stepped into the room..

COMPLETE silence from Candra immediately.

Josh also stopped after a while.

Then silence followed after daddy left the room.

The power of daddy!