Do You Love French Fries?

I am in the writing mood...

We brought the kids to view our new place this weekend. A swim and lunch were the highlights for them, what's more fried nuggets with fries and baked beans, all their favourites, only to be topped with ice-cream for dessert.

Teck was about to throw away his baked beans when I said, "Give them to mummy, mummy loves baked beans!" And knowing the ice-cream was coming real soon and Teck had yet to finish his fries, instead of saying he was full and could then hop onto his ice-cream, he looked at me with the most innocent eyes and asked, "Mummy, do you love french fries?", knowing full well that I would eat up his remnants without getting a earful from me for not finishing his food.

What a negotiator Teck!

Light at the End of the Tunnel

"I carried B-cube for the first time just now. The sister let me provide kangaroo care, which means we had plenty of skin contact. She slept very well in my arms. I am the happiest person on earth now!"

An sms from my best pal which really made my day, amidst the slew of bad news that have kept me thinking for weeks. What can beat the bond between mother and child, reaffirming all the tough decisions I had to make these few weeks for Chloe.

Finally, the puzzle is unravelled.

Torn

MY ONE is overseas this week and boy things seem to run crazy during his absence. I fell ill, so did my mum, the kids are really quite a handful, especially Chloe. I felt so exasperated with her these 2 mornings when she refused to eat her breakfast at the day care centre. Instead she plays hide-and-seek with me and threw her usual temper tandrums. Is it me? Am I being too tough on her such that we both parted so upset with each other these two mornings? I mean what's the big deal about not eating breakfast? She'll go hungry and lose more weight when she's already so skinny now and then? And Claire has her series of exams this week too, neighbour below insists that we fix our leaking pipe asap when I can't even see the leak and was only informed of the situation on Tues. Of course all the night feedings for Noah means less than 4 hours sleep. BIG SIGH!

To add on to issues, my request for part-time isn't going that smoothly in office. I mean people chose to read whatever they want to but when questioned, though I feel bad for making such a request now when I just came back from sponsored study, what do they know about my situation and Chloe's? I have lost so much time with her when I was in the States, which is probably the reason why she's slower in her development, and I can't afford to lose anymore right now! Who knows the demands of coping with 4 young kids, holding a full time job, while hubby is seemingly not around when things happen, better than me? Wasn't there this talk about how many civil servants being on the part-time scheme? And all these people must have strong medical condition to go on that scheme?

Maybe I am just fretting over Chloe's assessment next Mon......I seriously hope so!