What have we been up to lately???

I just expended a whole lot of energy struggling last week over some issues relating to my parenting.... and after expending all that energy, I realised those struggles were useless as usual. The root cause was, as usual, striving to gain the approval of God and doubting all the time whether I am 'approved' by Him and whether He is truly pleased with everything that I am doing as a mummy plus the decisions I have been making... Conclusion of the whole struggle came when hubby reminded me this, "since when do we need to gain the approval of God through our deeds and since when have we been able to gain his approval through our own means?"....I was reminded that God loves me no matter what I do and there is really no need to 'perform' well as a mummy.

Thankfully. I am feeling more settled this week and so far, everything's been good save that I seem to be struggling with some discontentment with my life... can't quite describe that feeling through the blog.. well, everythings going well, kids growing fine, family's happy, work's fine etc.......but, there is just some discontentment, or should I say disatisfaction somewhere.... think the question that often bugs me is that, "Shouldn't life be much more than these?"

On the home front, Candra's potty trained! Yeah! And she's now enjoying her rides on her tricycle. We purposely got her one which cannot be pushed by adults, so that means she got to work hard and moving it on her own.. :) She's been doing well and I am so glad she's expending energy in that manner......she's so bored at home.. and because she loves to eat, we try ways and means to expend her energy too. Plus I think she sleeps better with greater energy expenditure.

Joshua's becoming more and more responsive and he LOVES his sister :) They both love each other and I am truly thankful for that. His sister's movements and noises will always catch his attention first.. I can't wait to watch them play together more in future. He's quite easy now in that he can play for quite a while in the bouncer... can't imagine the day when he starts to crawl around.. I will be so exhausted I am sure..haha...ah well.. we shall see.

Hubby's been more free lately cos it's school holidays and his part-time studies have not resumed.. it's nice to see him relaxing a lot more during this period of rest.. and I feel less bad to ask him for help at home when he is having his long break haha!