May 21, 2012
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Nora has been full of compliments lately.
The other night as she was falling asleep, she held my face in her hands, looked at me in the eye and said ‘Mama, you’re fat like daddy’.
???!!!!
And then yesterday, she kept waking up so I decided to have an early night. I was changing into my pyjamas when she said ‘You’ve got a big bum!’
???!!!
She sure knows how to make me feel good. *sigh*
May 17, 2012
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I’m really getting excited about our trip! So, is Nora! We keep telling each other that soon we will be on the plane for our holiday!
Yesterday I booked Jules and my mini holiday to Jakarta. Waiting for the response from Take’s Mansions for our room.
I’ve asked mom for murtabak (meaty pancake dish) for dinner when I get home 
This weekend, I’m going to start getting things together… not that I have much to pack as Nora and I will do massive shopping when we’re there!
May 4, 2012
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OK. She’s not yet a Rembrandt but this is the first ever proper face she drew in front of me when I asked her to draw something in Krish’s card to congratulate him for the birth of his son.
There will be a PMS VII post after this as I just remembered a dinosaur drawing she did in April in Nursery
April 30, 2012
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It was my 40th birthday yesterday. It was raining and cold AND I have a cold… and Nora had a temperature.
But it was lovely to spend it with Jules and Nora… and having Lin and Ben Toots with me was a bonus.
I do count my blessings.
April 26, 2012
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Me to Nora: Who made you boss?
Nora to me: ME!
Good answer my child.
April 9, 2012
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Yesterday, we were having dinner and Nora slammed her mug down on the table. Both Jules and I told her off for doing that and showed her the dent she made on the table. I told her that if she broke her mugs, I won’t be getting her any new ones.
She looked up at both of us and said
“Sorry mama. Sorry Daddy. I never do it again.”
I was going to continue scolding her and send her to the naughty step to think about what she did when Jules went “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww” with open arms and gave her a hug!
Yes, I am impressed with her ability to make sentences… but I wanted her to know that she can’t get away with just saying sorry all the time as she has to mean it.
But I guess I could let her off just this once.
She then said she was finished with dinner and I told her to go and brush her teeth with daddy.
She went to the bathroom and slammed the door before Jules could go in… and she I told Jules that she said she’d never do that (slam the bathroom door) again too.
Words…
April 5, 2012
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Before our flight to Singapore!
I really can’t wait. I miss Malaysia and my family so much!
March 31, 2012
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Nora’s been full of energy today, jumping on the sofa and climbing on the back rest. We keep telling her not to do it and of course she ignored us.
When Nora wears skirts, she likes to say that she’s a princess, even though we don’t encourage the ‘princess thinking’ but I thought I’d use it on her this time, asking her if she’s a princess to which she answered ‘yes’. So, I told her that princesses do not climb about on the sofas. She said OK. So I asked her what she wants to be, to which she answered:
‘FROGGIE!!’
Tell me… how am I supposed to stay angry with her when she comes up with such brilliant answers like that?
March 30, 2012
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Nora and I went to Earlsfield with Nate and Liz to see a fire engine. It was cool when it arrived. We stood in a queue to get in the fire engine, when it was Nora’s turn, she decided she didn’t want to sit in it to have her photo taken. In fact, she didn’t even want to have a photo taken with the fire engine! But it was still cool nevertheless and 5 minutes later it received a call and had to leave. How dramatic. But it did come back about 10 minutes later.
We then decided to go to Fara, a secondhand baby/toddler/kid stuff shop. I made a mistake of letting Nora out of her buggy. She was trying out every single toy and then pointed to a pair of black shoes to me. I told her that we’re just window shopping and not getting anything. I asked her to get in the buggy so we could leave and she threw the biggest tantrum ever!
That was the first time she threw a tantrum in public! I was at a loss! I seriously did not know what to do. I kept on trying to calm her down. Just kept on and on saying her name. In the end when she did calm down, and I agreed that she could walk and not get in the buggy but we are not getting that pair of black shoes. She walked out of the shop holding Liz’s hand as she was still upset with me.
But she was soon in her buggy again and all is well when we got back to our neighbourhood, especially when we stopped at Primark and I got her a new sun hat and sunglasses… not that we need them now as apparently the weather will return to the norm instead of the summer sun we had of late… but they will be handy for our trip to Malaysia
Anyway… Nate will be away for 2 weeks… so she won’t have her usual Friday playmate for the next two Fridays 
March 25, 2012
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Today, Nora helped me with making her own mini sandwiches.
And she also helped me with the roast chicken. It was the yummiest roast chicken I had to date. Silly me didn’t take a photo
Though it’s a bit stressful, it is nice to have her help me in the kitchen too