on his third birthday!  I have been forcing him and coaxing him to pee and poo in the toilet bowl in vain for several weeks.  however, with encouragement from his teacher as well as i have been reminding him at home.  Cepheus suddenly attain enlightenment and propose to ask his teacher and me to bring him to the toilet bowl to pee and poo! which i am amazed. i mean i have been telling and forcing him on times but failed, and accidents always happen.  But suddenly he just act on his own accord which makes me so heart warmed.  I guess cepheus is really a stubborn mule at times.  the more you force him, the more he rebel and refuse.  And when you leave him alone, he starts to think otherwise.. sigh.... now he only wear diapers during sleep time.  I am wondering should i just let him quit diaper fully on his own or should i start to train him too.. sigh..

And he is THREE!! Till now, i can't really believe that i am already a mother of TWO and with Cepheus turning 3 years old! I still feel like he just came out of my tummy the day before! LOL

I have really enjoyed myself these 3 years.  Although having Cepheus have totally changed my life my and even more so now with Calyce on board.  i believe the change is for the better and i will continue to work hard for my family.  I love my family and i believe they love me too!

however, recently, Cepheus has been kicking fuss and bullying his sister.. sigh.. i wonder how to make him love Calyce more (??)..

haha forgot to mention that i finally visited USS again on 20th April! We had our team building for the second quarter in 2012 and i suggested that we should just go USS because i want to take the rides! And this time, i have such a hell of fun because i finally can take the rides (not pregnant this time round!) hehehe.. i tried the cyclon (hanging roller coaster, which sent my tears flying), Mummy (indoor roller coaster ride, which makes my feet wobbily), Transformers (i rode twice as it was really enjoyable), Magadascar (boat ride), and Shrek (theatre) it was really really very very fun..  I have not had such fun in years.. and i am truly very happy on that day.. kekeke..

on so many occassions that i told myself to update this blog but it was really late into the night already when i really get the time to do so like now, that many a times i chose my bed instead.. but tonight, i must complete my update by hook or by crook!

Many things happened this month but i can't recall much except that Calyce finally plucked up enough courage to walk on her own and many steps too now that she is @ 14 mths!! however, as she is still walking quite wobbily, LOL, she still prefers to crawl most of the times.  But we will still continue to encourage her to walk on her own as she is doing very pretty well on it on her own already.  Calyce is not only able to walk on her own but she loves porridge alot too now, as well as very daring to try new foods, esp what we are eating.. and so she have tasted her first bite at rice and she seemed to love it, although my sis is so appalled at how come she is so happy towards eating just 'plain white rice' hahaha.. Calyce have grown to be more receptive to foods nowadays and its good behavior as it wil make things easier when she goes to school.  oh talking about school, i am intending to enroll her into Cepheus childcare at Nurturestar.  However, the school is currently full at the moment, and i just have to keep on waiting, the best is August when she turns 18 mths, else the worst will be dec or Jan 2013.. another concern i have is eating at school, till now, she only have 4-5 teeth, wonder why she grow it so slowly.. and if by 18 mths still did not have enough teeth to eat solid, i wonder what the school will prepare for her..  or do we have to bring our own food??

Oh yes, i am going to fly again soon, to USA again.. i am not a fan of US, as there are no cheap branded to buy (unlike europe) hahaha.. i only always go there for kids stuff where the factory outlets can sell really cheap there, like children's palace, osh gosh, carters, gap, disney etc.. i wonder what age of clothings should i stock up for the children now as i have bought quite alot for calyce and cepheus the previous times that i am there.. There isnt much for myself though, I rather go asia like korea or taiwan whereby i can shop shop shop till i drop. i really wish i could go to taipei this year end as per our plan with my sister and her hubby.  I dont think myself and Dear could manage two kids by ourselves going on a trip .. even if could, it will be so damn tiring....  

I will be flying next wednessday and will land by the followng thursday.  We will be celebrating Cepheus 3rd birthday on friday with his friends in school.  WoW time flies, and cepheus is 3 already.  He have been particularly sticky to me these days as he got older.  Perhaps he finally realise that mommy is still the best  LOL..  Talking about cepheus, his school closed down for 10 days last month due to HFMD and he is still strong and steady unaffected at all.  His immunity system have built up quite strong the past year.  However, he still get sick now and then esp with virus attack.  Is there any way to strenghten our immunity against virus? hmmm...

Cepheus lump on his neck is still not subsiding, the PD said have to monitor for the next 6 months.  I really hope its nothing serious and that it will subside by itself if it is truly lymph nodes.. let's pray for the best.  he is a good kid and definitely deserve the best!  

since my last update.. been very busy with kids and with work.. 

At 13 months, Calyce starts to 'love' walking and will always want to 'walk' around the house with our aid.. sometimes when we are tired and we put her to seat down, she will protest and cry and wanted to walk somemore.  I have managed to train her to walk by her own using her walker toy recently and she can walk by herself sometimes even doing some 'turns' without any aids from us.  I am so proud of her!  She is a very determined gal and once she puts her mind to do it, i am sure she can walk by herself in no time! and oh ya, she have just began to grow her top big teeth (really taking a long time to come out though) and starting to learn new words.. such as 'stupid', 'go away', cat, clap etc.. see how strong sibling power can be!

Cepheus' CC had already hit the high of 19 cases of HFMD on friday.  Sigh, the transmission is very fast, an average of 1 per day.  They are destined to close down for 10 days next week.  Ferris and myself is having headaches on having to take leaves to take care of him at home.  I am just glad that Cepheus is fine and is still very active and doesnt seem to show any signs of being spread by the horrible disease! cross fingers!

Finally, i managed to take a passport photo of Calyce this morning.  Already did for Cepheus and bound to collect this month.  Was hoping to collect both Passports together so that we do not need to go through it twice.