27.08.10 / Family, Friends, Just info, QQ, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (1)
Tags: Escavator, Mr Potato Head
I received a surprise sms from QQ’s former kindergarten teacher, Mrs Wong a few days back. She mentioned that she have got some fun toys to pass down to my kids. Because we have so much junk at home (and not wanting to pick up the toys everyday for the kids), I politely declined and say no thank you to her.
Mrs Wong again insisted that I should go and take a look at what she has got. So I drove over one morning, and did my FOC green shopping. Guess what, all her toys are AWESOME!!
Mr Potato Head and friends (Playskool Mr. Potato Head Spud Buds) and some Heavy Equipments Trucks
Aren’t they cute? I fell in love the Potato Head immediately and it reminds me of the Toy Story 3 we have just watched very recently. The fun part is, the faces, hats, limbs and shoes can be dismantle so that the kids can mix match the combination by sticking them to the body (I have got a Potato, a Carrot and a Corn!)
There is a very nice Forklift (where it’s fork level can be adjusted) and a Excavator (which can be dismantle and combine with other parts like the tower crane, changing wheels to the chain and so).
As hubby is now attached to heavy equipment related job, we have wanted to find these simple heavy equipment toys for the boys, but they are extremely costly so we did not get any for them. They have enough of their sister’s cooking junk to play, anyway.
Besides these, there is also a good tunnel (to be assembled in a creative way), educational wooden doll, and swimming gears too. Will take picture on those and update here soon.
Aren’t the boys so blessed? Not only the toys benefit the boys, even my big buffalo QQ is fighting over them.
We probably get something that is so valuable without knowing the price of the toys. Thank you so much again, to Mrs Wong for your kindness.
24.08.10 / Just info, Parenting, Twins, photography / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (8)
Tags: photography, Sony nex, Sony NEX5, twin babies, twin boys
How time flies and now the boys are reaching their 26th month. The boys now take their milk from the cup only once a day in the morning. Unlike first baby, I am not very strict with them 0n food, so they get to eat whatever junks we are feeding ourselves.
Oh yes, they seldom get sick now ever since I put them on the magical supplement I shared in earlier post.They still weight very light (compare to kids at their age) although eating very well. I am contented as long as they are healthy and happy.
Last weekend, it was the first time they were given task to wipe the car. Reason was to keep them fussing from wanting to follow their sister who went cycling with her friends. They actually enjoyed the session a lot, each time they wipe off the water drops from the lower level of the car.
Looking up high at a plane which passed by
It is fun taking pictures of my kids now with my new camera. Although the picture quality is still not up to the standard I would like to have (effect from the changgih lens or so), but at least they are very much better than previous. Should put them on some Halloween costumes in future. No regret spending so much just to capture these special moments for us 
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21.08.10 / Child's Play, Health, Just info, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (14)
Tags: 4life transfer factor, cow colustrum, egg yolk extract, tranfer factor
Avis approached me many months back, when she read about my frequent rants on facebook on my boys who got sick so frequently early this year. Like many parents out there with multiple kids at home, I freak out each time one of my children gets sick, because not only I will have one cranky baby to nurse, but TWO (same age one some more!). And the worst part is when the virus pass from one to another and then, PASS BACK TO THE FIRST ONE and the cycle continuous……….
I was indeed very hesitate in the beginning to try this product because both hubby and I dislike taking supplement ourselves, what’s more giving them to our kids. Out of desperation (and also Avis’s persistant, *ahem*), I gave in. Won’t die trying one bottle anyway, although I must admit that I am EXTREMELY SHOCK when Avis told me to price (almost Rm180 per bottle for 90 tablets, can u believe it???!!!!)
I din even bother to research and find out more before purchase what’s in there that make it so expensive, but I told hubby, since it is so expensive, it probably won’t be harmful, *grin*. Although hubby wasn’t very happy, but since I have bought and paid for it, he just close one eye (mou ngan tai).
This is the bottle I bought (image taken from the website http://www.transferfactor.com.my/images/Chewables.jpg)
Obvious Effect on my boys
I started giving the boys, one tablet each day but sometimes skip a few days in between (when I forgot about it!). There was a couple incidents where the boys got high fever >39 degree C. Not wanting to take risk and wait for them to be overheated, I still feed them paracetamol syrup. But amazingly they heal completely the next day without prolonged common sickness like running nose or cough (which seems quite unusual for sick kids, especially if their immune system is low).
Seriously I am not sure if it has got to do with the Transfer Factor (cow colustrum and egg yolk extract) tablets, but I can be very assure that this miracle only started ever since I started them on the tablets (remember, that’s not even daily, coz ITS TOO PRICEY!!!)
Although its a MLM product, I can just say as long as it helps, I wouldn’t mind trying it out (I do believe in some MLM products, as I was in Lampe Berger before and I could not live without it now). But always remember, a product might be good and working for someone, it sometimes could not help another, as each and our body is different (so sad that herbalife is working for so many, but it isn’t working for me, although I have been trying for 2 months 
)
It’s almost time to replenish and get our 2nd bottle, but hubby got even more cautious after seeing the tremendous effect on the kids. Too abnormal and scary result, he said. Sigh….
So, if you are a mom who is constantly worrying about your kids getting sick (with them passing the germs to one another at home, never ending craziness of weeks after weeks ), you might wanna give this a try ! Chin nee does not GUARANTEE ya….
13.08.10 / Then (Twin 2), Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (5)
- He look for the right note when he sits in front of the piano
- He gets irritated very easily when his siblings disturb him at the piano
- He beats the drum (using stool and spoon) according to music beats
Unlike my other 2 children, Didi definitely has better musical sense. I remember I used to find the key notes on my little wooden toy piano at very young age. Among my siblings, I throw the worst temper over little issues at home. And this youngest boy is just EXACTLY like me until I sometimes shivers in fear, so lost and do not know how to handle him when I see so much me in him! *serve me right now for what I have done to my mother *
10.08.10 / Child's Play, Just info, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (12)
We try to make the boys take off their pants, go into bathroom together, squad down and brush their teeth. We just let them brush their teeth without toothpaste ((although non-flouride) as we afraid they will swallow it. Although they can spit out very well now, we still let them guggle only with drinking water just in case they swallow or drink it back. Wonder at what age you let your kids use the real children’s toothpaste (like First Teeth, Pureen, Kodomo and such)?
Between the 2 boys, Korkor turns out to be the more “obedient” one. You can easily label this boy as “A Child Any Mum Would Love to Have” but I am worried he will be more timid in future.
For instant, yesterday they were making noise asking Kakak to make milk, and after making, they refuse to drink. No way I am gonna let them waste their expensive Pediasure, so I held a cloth hanger up high (no rotan at home, and the long ruler is downstairs), threatened them I’ll beat them.
Korkor sit down immediately and said (in Mandarin), “Mama, Korkor drink ah…korkor drink ah” (and he sip the whole half cup within less than a minute.
So what happened to Didi? I flung the hanger (gently tapping twice) at his cloth diaper since he refuse to obey me. Upon seeing so, Korkor shivers and sip even harder on the straw, LOL!!!!
So in the end, you think Didi obey me? Nah…usually this will not work on him. Instead he slammed himself down the mattress and CRY!!!
I forsee that this little boy of mine will be difficult to manage in the coming years. But I like his tough, stubborn and very strong will character, and he is likely to be the more “outstanding one” among my 3 kids.
06.08.10 / Child's Play, Just info, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (6)
Didi rocking Korkor and vice versa (very automatically once he see the other one is being stirred during sleep)
My boys are growing so quickly (although their mother complains so much about them daily). Thank God I have my mind occupied with Mama Patch so it kinda draw my focus and energy fully on their madness at home.
Unlike the other 2, Korkor is very easy to teach. He is the kind of kid that most teachers will love to have. He obediently follow all dance steps during singing time at playgroup, he will read after me loudly, on a book easily from first to last page, he turns BLUE immediately, run forward and obeys my words whenever I turn into a *BIG MONSTER* (while the other 2 just give me a blank stare, and then continue doing, as if I am transparent!)
Both the twins are very different, in character and also taste for food too. Recently hubby bought durians back and Didi will chase after us for Durian, while Korkor will just sit beside to look at us eating, but dislike the taste of it.
The boys talks and sing very well at this age. Its really fun to see them growing up at home (as long as they do not fight or disturb me when I am busy).
05.08.10 / Child's Play, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (6)
Tags: thomas and friends, Thomas and Friends Wooden Series, Thomas and Friends Wooden Set, wooden toys, wooden track, wooden train, wooden train set, wooden train sets for kids
Another backdated post
YAY!!…Finally my boys are old enough to play a train set!!
I have been wanting to get a nice train set for them and it seems like I am the one who wants it more than them. After doing some comparison among all the wooden train sets available here, I finally decided to get a simple Battery Power Sir Topham Hatt Thomas and Friends Wooden Series from online shop here (who owns Choo-choo Train outlets) for their 2nd birthday.
Sir Topham Hatt Stop
It is indeed very pricey comparing to the Ikea Wooden Set (only Rm59) or the Tesco one (which is no longer available anymore).
just love to look at little hands pushing the train
The boys love their train tremendously but also constantly fighting for it. In addition to the battery operated Thomas train, I even bought extra wooden trains for each of them (or so Mummy can also play as well?) *grin*
wooden engine from left: James (QQ’s), Edward (Didi’s), Billy (Korkor’s), Thomas (shared)
Even the tiny extra engines that create a BIG HOLE to my pocket. How I wish to add more tracks to the current one track is too short to accomodate so many trains that we have now.
Our basic track. Can you see that our railway is situated right in the Jurasic Park?
Boys were building some wooden block tunnels for their train.
My wish list to expand our current collection are: Wacky Track, Bumpy Track, Bridges or probably another complete wooden set
01.08.10 / Outings, Parenting, QQ, Twins, photography / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (4)
Tags: I-City, Shah Alam
Have read so much about this place and finally we had a chance to visit I-City at Shah Alam.
It wasn’t a planned trip as initially I wanted to go to Mid Valley to buy my camera (will write about it in details how we ended here instead in next post).
Among all the colorful lights there, the white area is our favourite spot. How silly we forgot to shoot the whole area.
Some of the pink trees there.
My favourite shoot too (if only Kakak wasn’t standing there!)
Overall, there isn’t really much to see there, except some lights here and there. However if you have not been there, it may worth travelling there once as entrance to the area is free except RM10 parking in the building which you can redeem on any of the F&B outlets.
It is also a great place for photography as I saw many people with Super Big Cameras (heard there is a photography competition going on). Too bad we only have one small Sony NEX which I have just bought earlier and brother was testing this camera with the available 20% battery only. He regretted so much that he did not bring his DSLR, hahaha!!
28.07.10 / Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (12)
ALL TIME MAN!!
If I have got a weak heart, I’ll probably die of heart attack already by now. It’s the boys. They are frequently chasing, running here and there, falling and knocking on almost everywhere. If not on sharp corners, they will just fall flat on the hard floor tiles. And each time, its either head, nose or mouth directly down.
3 days back, Korkor fell on mouth and his teeth cut his lips. He felt so swollen on his bleeding lips that he was pressing a blanky to his mouth. Luckily it happened at night so he fell asleep soon.
A day after that, my clumsy Korkor he fell from sofa and hit the hard floor directly again and now he has a big swell on his forehead.
And last night, it was Didi’s turn. Both the boys were running around the living hall, pushing their little Ikea stools. Somehow, Didi tripped over and again, went down directly on his mouth and a big piece of his lips skin came out, hanging 1cm long on his upper lips!!
He was bleeding and crying so hard, and kept on licking on the hanging skin We don’t know what to do, and since bleeding stop soon, I quickly put him to sleep. Then hubby and I decided to use a pair of scissors to snip it off otherwise it would be painful if he keeps on pulling the skin the next morning….eee….very geli u know!
Luckily they did not cut into any sharp corners of the tiles on our uneven flooring (@!@&$# stupid lousy workmanship of the house!). Because of the danger, my neighbour even change the whole house to wooden flooring as once their son fell and cut his chin very badly until he required many stitches.
Sigh…..It is so tiring having to live in fear all day long with the kids at home as accident with kids at such age is so common
14.07.10 / Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (4)
Sounds similar over at your place too?
Helping Mummy to rock his other half to sleep
At only age 2, can you believe that my twin boys now fight over little their sleeping territory now? They are put to sleep side by side, but when one move over to another’s territory, the other one will protest and start to cry. They even fight over a bolster a moment ago which I walled between them in case they kick each other in the middle of the night (they still do, anyway with the bolster nowhere to be seen by morning).
Well, I remember this only happened to me and my sister when we were around teenage years, sharing on a queen size bed.
In another incident this evening, both boys were dancing and jumping on bed. Then they both proudly asked Kakak to look at them. Out of sudden, both lost their control and accidentally banged each other on head. So mad with each other, Korkor said sternly to Kakak in mandarin, “Kakak, kan Korkor tiao wu, pu yao kan Didi” (look at Korkor dance, don’t look at Didi) while Didi said the same thing to Kakak too!
Boy, argument starts at only age of 2! Although much smaller in size and lighter in weight, my 2 Bumbo Boys definitely have grown up a lot, thanks to tones of prenatal vitamins that was prescribed during my pregnancy.
30.06.10 / Celebration, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (6)
Tags: Thomas and Trains, Thomas and Trains Wooden Series
It was the boys’ actual birthday yesterday (29/6/2010). Time flies and now my twin boys are officially 2 now.I grabbed a Pandan Layer Cake over the counter from Kings in the morning before headed to our playgroup. Nice of them to accommodate me a piece of chocolate so I could place the boy’s TRAIN on top of the cake. I even reused their H.A.P.P.Y. B.I.R.T.H.D.A.Y. candle, LOL!!
They had a mini blowing cake session at their playgroup where the church member, Annie helped me to get some Curry Chicken to go with our regular morning snack, Fried Mee Hoon.
Way back in April, I actually planned a Mega Beach Party and I even booked the Mc Donald Wooden Hut on Teluk Cempedak Kuantan Beach. June will be a great timing as it was a school holiday so my blogging kakis who always invite us to their kids beautiful birthday party can plan their family vacation to this beautiful beach too (in fact, some bloggers were already informed!)
But when Grandpa passed away, and then kids starting to get sick until QQ got an episode of breathing difficulty, boys continuous night cry perhaps being frightened during the funeral and hell we went through during bm weaning, hubby and I were so stressed until we lost our mood for anything ahead.
It was recently when the boys were back to themselves after some prayers done and TOTALLY WEANED TOO!, I started to make ad hoc plans again for QQ’s Princess Tea Party and then a last minute Family Birthday Lunch for the boys. And guess what, Mc Donald at Kuantan Beach even called me up to reconfirm and I have totally forgot my reservation!!
Anyway, we got them a simple wooden set of Thomas and Trains plus some additional train for their birthday (will do a good review on this set later). Too bad its too expensive, so they had to end up fighting constantly over the limited tracks and the 2 similar trains (well, they fight anyway!), *shake head*.
Plus, they also got lots of presents from family and friends during their birthday. Shiok heh!
Sorry, boys, Mummy has to keep away most of them away and bringing only one out per time since you fight on things on another’s hand anyway, with or without other toys.
18.06.10 / Just info, Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (0)
I feel it already and they are just a few weeks into 2!
They are getting more difficult to handle as compare to when they are younger. I always thought so that handling the boys will be easier, as they grow older. But at this age, they get even more stubborn, more fierce, more persistant. Not only they fight among each other, they jump high and low too at our poor almost-broken modern sofas. Doesn’t that gives us heart attack when they landed somewhere hard instead of the cushioned part? Sigh….
13.06.10 / Celebration, Child's Play, Family, Just info, Pre-school, QQ, Twins, remember me / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (4)
Tags: picnic, Taman Tasik Permaisuri
June is a fun month for us. It is either a birthday celebration at home, or fun time out for everyone.
During the first week of the school holiday, my neighbourhood friends and I enrolled our preschoolers into a holiday program, at a nearby preschool. Unlike previous sessions done, they have lots of outing this time. On the first day, the teachers brought them to a Fruit Farm. On the 5th day, they organised a picnic and all parents are invited to join along.
Hence, hubby took leave, so we could bring the boys along.
We reached there at about 9.30am. Surprisingly the whole place were so shady. We were so amazed with the fantastic playground there, seriously! There are so many sections and the playground is really HUGE. If you have kids age 5 and above, it is really worth visiting to this park as the climb up and down playground is even BIGGER than any of those in 1Utama or Mid Valley Megakidz!
Also, there are a few suspension bridges and a good cycling track. Best part of it, everything is situated just at the entrance so you can actually leave everything in your car and fetch it only when you need it.
Boys on simple tunnel slide
Korkor’s hand looks tired from holding the food! This park is really a great picnic place as there are many seats and table around. I would say amenities here is the best as compare to many parks in Klang Valley. Even their public toilet (20sen per entry) is clean and nice.
QQ with her friend, Audrey. QQ was incredibly timid as she dare not climb up anywhere
With their father around, they were either confined to the seat or being held closely (too many red ants la….too dangerous la…bla..bla…bla…). Besides simple swing and see-saw which is suitable for little kids their age, they can only an sit there to watch people play instead of wandering around (too dangerous as the playground is too huge).
We went off early and proceed to Mid Valley as I wanted to check out the Thomas Wooden Railway series at Choo Choo Train, The Garden. It was an extremely tiring day, but fun for everyone.
p/s: Check out what I finally got for the boys for their coming birthday soon….Also, posting soon, where QQ got her birthday present real LATE and she’s REAL MAD too…
09.06.10 / Chin Nee, Just info, Parenting, Twins, Weaning, breastfeeding / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (12)
I can’t believe weaning can be this difficult for the boys. For the past one month, I though the boys were disturbed by the wandering spirit, but it has lasted so long and I suspect it could be related to weaning too. Although the boys are no longer attached to me during the day, but I still feed them at night since I thought they might not remember it especially when they are half awake. However now they wake up more and more frequently, until they start pulling up my shirt again during daytime (I guess they remember what they enjoyed during the night).
Hence, that force me to stop breastfeeding altogether, even during night. It has been 2 nights since I refuse them and we had hell for these past 2 nights. I did not manage to sleep the whole wee morning as both of them took turn to wake up, one by one, pulling my dress. It was really hard to put them back to sleep, without the breasts
Last night was a bit better. At least they were just fussing around, stayed awake watching the ceiling, and did not cry. I hope tonight will be better. I will surely miss them a lot!
04.06.10 / Parenting, Twins / Author: chinneeq / Comments: (4)
Sometimes it really hard not to be superstitious, really.
Ever since we brought the kids back from Melaka after attending my Grandpa’s funeral, the kids have been behaving weird. Didi had a series of crying every night in the middle of his for no. He would just opened up his eyes wide, to cry and wail, wanna be carried, around the room and nothing could stop his crying. It would last about for 30 mins, before he settled down again to go back to sleep. Didi even loose weight because of this. As for Korkor, he is fine at night but during the day, he just not willing to sleep by his own. All he wanted is to sleep being carried in my arms.
Hubby and I almost could not take it anymore, as it is so damn tiring to us at night, especially night and day for me. Finally, he resort to get some josssticks, candles, paper money, and light snacks and conduct a small prayer in front of our house to the “wandering spirit”, hopefully they would stop disturbing the boys and instead protect them from fear.
Guess what, for the first night, Didi sleep through the night! Perhaps it really works? Keep my finger crossed!