School and Family Fun Day

First, again, papa, mummy and baby Toh, had to wake up early this morning, to accompany Renee to her school fun day.

Fun day's began with a 'paid' entry to the Bouncing Castle:

And after some failed attempts at this booth(a younger girl was standing infront of her and she daren't quite throw properly for fear of hitting the girl...), we met 1 of her close classmates que-ing at the henna hand painting booth with her dad and we decided to join them, :) :

Then, unable to decide which booth to go to next, Renee said she's hungry and we met the same girl again at the canteen, lolz.  It is today, that we really noticed that the prices of the food sold at the school canteen are rather highly priced and this is only a primary school!  Geez...

Still unable to find a 'suitable' booth to spend her coupons, we spotted some people que-ing for sculpted balloons and we quickly followed suit and hey, this didn't require any coupon! hahaha.  Soon, a long que started behind us and we were lucky to be there before them but papa asked "why didn't you get one for mei mei", and we "oh ya hor!" hahaha.  Good thing meimei's still too young to ask for one :

Finally, not wanting to waste any more time looking around, I told Renee to give another 'aim and throw' booth a shot and this time round, we used up all the coupons we're left with and went for 5 tries, Renee managed to get 3 in!  Well done, :D

This is how the henna stain looks after the paint's being washed off:

We went for our groceries shopping thereafter and when we got back after lunch, the 3 of them quickly fell asleep whilst I assisted our helper in the dinner preparation for the evening.  Shortly, I too, couldn't withstand the fatigue and decided to go for a short 20mins nap.

An hour after we both(helper and I) began our cooking, Elsie and Li arrived and Renee wanted to go for a swim but she's made to wait til her Wayne gor gor got here, hahaha.

When Eileen and family finally got here, she noticed the pool fun fair over here and said she wanna go have a look and they all went down, bringing Rachel along, :).  I had to stay back, to 'supervise' and help-out with the cooking.

Soon, it's time for them to go home...  Just a few hours of gathering but as usual, it's been nice and cozy and although Rachel's had a good time too, she couldn't 'take it' anymore at around 8pm, having woke up early this morning...  She fell asleep on papa's lap...(if only she's this good everyday, hahaha):

A Small Gathering

Finally, Renee's got the gathering she's been sooo looking forward to!  Her aunts came over to our place, together with a couple of her cousins(aunty ellen and the rest cldn't make it...) today.

Although a short swim/play at the playground pool, Renee had her funtime and when we decided for her to go back for her shower before her 2 cousins, the latter 2 went to the adult/whirl pools(with instructions from W to bring down a camera for him...).

Being home, we're able to care for Rachel in a time-controlled way and thus, we managed to have a longer gathering than usual which makes Renee and even sleepy Rachel very happy, hahaha.

Renee looking out for 'gor gor'

          Unaware of the appearance of 'gor gor'...                    Oh no, he's here!

 sexy Pearl looking on whilst Wayne's doing his 1st lap(s) at the deepest of all pools and the rest of us sat nearby, sniffing in the scent of food being BBQ-ed besides the clubhouse, hahaha

 Both enjoying the view on the top section of the 1.2m pool

Bird's eye view of them from our unit 

And then... Wayne has gotta go and pose like this at the whirl pool, hahaha 

A Birthday Gathering

Today, instead of going to my mom's, we had to go to my SIL's, for a small celebration of Xuan Le, Renee's cousin's 7th birthday.

It had been a nice one and we had gone home rather late...(luckily it's a Saturday, else the girls will not have much time to play at all).

When the birthday cake was collected, I was like "Oh No".  Why?  'cos it was a cake Renee had wanted before!  A doll(don't think they used a real Barbie doll 'cos it looks kinda different) cake and we kinda worry if she'd insist on hving one for her next birthday 'cos it requires a minimum of 3kgs of cake and how are we going to finish the cake with just a small family celebration!(my inlaws have to let us pack home some and distributed some to their neighbours).  In the end, 1 of my SIL's boys pulled out the doll and it's noted that the doll only comes in the upper part of the body, the rest is just a wooden stick!  I guess this should eliminate Renee's interest(or any kid's) in the cake, hahaha.

The cake

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Happy Lunar New Year, everyone!

Thank goodness, both mine and Renee's high fever were under controlled on the 1st day of CNY...  So, we still managed to 'enjoy' the CNY gatherings afterall.

However, when we got home last evening, we discovered that baby Rachel has got the fever, :( and we were sooo worried if Renee's fever will drag any further.  Luckily, her temperature didn't go up today and thus, she was able to resume school.  I hope it remains so...

7th Birthday

Another simple birthday celebration for our dear 1st born this year.  We had wanted to give her a 'bigger' party to celebrate her 7th birthday with at least some of her new found friends but the lunar calendar doesn't allow us that...  Her birthday this year falls on the CNY's eve!  Even an invitation to own family pose a little problem hahaha.  However, knowing how much she'd like to celebrate her birthday with her aunts, we decided to take up Elsie's suggestion, to join them at Li's place for the reunion steamboat dinner and we brought the cake along.  We hadn't known that my elder sis and her children would be there as well(good to have more company) and were rather worried if the cake will be enough but luckily, they were too full from the dinner to consume much of the cake and we even get to bring back a portion, haha.

It's just as well we had not planned a big party, 'cos she had fallen ill to virus fever just days before her birthday and I caught it from her a couple of days later too!  I even had to go into one of Li's rooms to rest before we began the cake cutting...  When we got home, my temperature had shot up to 40.2 degrees...

This year, busy with the move, we didn't have the time to let her go find out what she'd like to have for her birthday presents and when her aunts asked, she had to choose something from the ToysRUs catalogue she's kept from the Christmas, awww...  In the end, she didn't get exactly all that she's asked for but I guess she didn't mind, :)

The cake even came in a very nice matching box

An Early Mini X'mas Celebration

Every year, we would hold a small family Christmas celebration on the eve or the actual day.  However, as Elsie and Li are both going on a holiday this year on the eve, we decided last minute to have it earlier, yesterday.

On our way to the airport to send off our maid Yunita, we detoured to Gramercy to pick up the books for Renee.  As both Renee and Rachel had fallen asleep in the car, I didn't follow hubby and Yunita to the terminal when we got there, so I could watch over them.  However, I still got out of the car and wished Yunita the best.  After I've bidded her farewell, she said she wanna say goodbye to Renee and she went to open the car's door...

This year's Christmas gathering was really a simple one but of course, it's not without the usual gift exchange.  Needless to say, Renee's got the most pressies and Rachel's not forgotten, :). 

Actually, Renee had done up some X'mas artwork, intending to pass them to her aunts(and I duno who else), but I guess she had under-estimated the no. of people attending, and had not made enough, thus, she didn't dare to give them at all, poor girl(can't blame her, it's usually hard to tell who is attending our gathering til the last minute...).  However, her cousin Louise saw them and wanted to take them all! for decorating her salon, so in the end, her efforts' still not wasted, :)

Hubby left to join his clients at a dinner and only came back to pick us at around 10pm.  By the time we got home, cleaned up Rachel, do up some chores(my skin's peeling already!), I'm dead beat!  I just have to tackle the rest of the chores tomorrow...(found some stuffs not properly cleaned by the maid...)

It's funny, even though we aren't exactly satisfied with Yunita's work/attitude(with Renee) sometimes, but somehow, we felt abit 'funny' when we got home...  I guess in a way, she's become 'part of the family' or we're too sentimental?...

The Pressies!

The 2 computer gamers, hahaha

*Renee had been nice to help me whilst I cleaned Rachel up.  She helped me to prepare and keep some of the stuffs 'cos she said that she's promised me so, awwwww.....I only wish she'd stop throwing tanthrums - which is something that happens so very often these days, haiz...

Kissing Grandma II

Remember I wrote about Rachel kissing granny few weeks ago?  Tonight, she did it again but she cried immediately after, so funny, hahahahaha.

Kissing Grandma

On a lighter note, my mom and my sisters were all surprised that Rachel's able to call 'mama, papa, che che' and mutter 'mum mum'(although lately she's stopped calling 'mama' and say 'mum mum' :(

When the rest have gone to buy dinner, I stayed back and whilst my mom was talking to me/playing with Rachel, I carried Rachel standing on my lap and asked her to give me a kiss.  My mom asked "huh, she can do that?" and to answer to that, Rachel leaned forward and gave me a kiss, hahaha.  My mom was very excited and asked her "give ah mah a kiss", and to my surprise, she leaned forward and kiss grandma!  Good job, baby, u've made your granny happy, hahaha

Ballerinas?

Met up with my Jap SIL with our kiddos at Bukit Timah Plaza today, at the only cafe there, heee.

Had hesistated wheher to go there today 'cos we've only been there on Monday but since I'd be able to collect the ballerina outfits(sent for alteration at the crotch to make it more convenient for their toileting/changing of diaper, hahaha), I decided to go again since Renee could also meet up with her cousins.

Renee didn't get to spend much time with cousin Yu but she played with cousin boy Kay instead whilst mommies chatted/snacked when waiting for Yu's ballet class to end.

Aunty Naoko gave a box of bling sticker maker(had almost put a similar one on her X'mas list last yr, hahaha but chose the normal one instead) to Renee with a reminder to play with caution especially when near meimei(due to its small parts), :).

The ballerina outfits!

Baby's

JieJie's comes in a set

Simple Birthday Celebration

Although we've all had quite a scare this morning when Rachel had flipped and flipped and almost fell into the gap of our bed/wall(should have just left her in her cot, haiz... She has so far only made 1 turn flip and I've thought she wouldn't get til that far, who knows... shld have listened to my instinct!), we managed to have a nice quiet celebration today, :).

Renee woke up early this morning and because she had brought the purse Papa has gotten me into her room last night(duno what she's up to, hahaha), she came into the room and handed me the 'present', filled with Papa's 'extra' gift and hers, aiyoh...

As with previous years, we went to Dan Ryan's for my birthday meal but this year, we went for lunch instead and made a last minute arrangement for Elsie and Li to come over.

The meal was great and the small home gathering was nice...  Thanks for dropping by & the gift of my favourite chocolates, my 2 sisters! :)

Co-incidentally, my birthday cake's a chocolate fudge(papa's fav...) one from Swiss Bake as well(din knw til I saw the baking plate 'cos the shop's name is different) and it's yummy! Renee's contributed to the cake too! (Forgotten to take a pic of the cake, heeee)

Struggling

Time really flies!  So fast, my confinement period's over and my #2's also a mth old already.

Oh man, weather's been soooo hot and though I've had my hair cropped short prior to delivery this time round, but probably, due to the weather change at this time of the year, I've been perspiring like mad and with a not so easy task - breastfeeding, I've not been able to adhere fully to the traditional confinement what nots.  After the 1st shower(with boiled herbal water) about a week after delivery, I've been taking shower/washing my hair every 2-3days!  I've even had it cut shorter again just a few days ago, heee.

BF with Renee hadn't been that difficult(though I didn't latch Re much, mostly was Expressed Breast Milk - EBM) but this time round, it's sooo different and I've got mastitis the 2nd week even though I'm alot more diligent in latching-on baby and expressing!  Advices/suggestions from friends and acquintances from online forum helped and I'm now still trying my best to continue with breastfeeding.  Thanks to them whom had offered me their valuable information...

For baby's full month, we had wanted to hold a dinner celebration at Xin Cuisine(the restaurant that prepared our Wedding Banquet then) for our families and some of papa's close clients.  However, due to the uncertainty of 'how' to feed baby, we decided against it but we still delivered full month cake packages to our family members and cake vouchers to friends(esp. to thank those whom had visited us at the hospital/given gifts).  In the end, we still had a small dinner celebration at the restaurant downstairs my mom's since most of my family members had turned up.

As for Renee... due to the lack of my energy and time to supervise her, she's been slacking in most areas but we've finally signed her up with Berries, hopefully that would help her a little at least, with her Chinese.

On the music front, she's gone through Nafa's Masterclass II and though I hadn't been able to attend, I've watched the video - rather satisfactory, to me lah, lolz.   And recently, she's picked up the technique of 'Vibrato' on her own and when she played it infront of her teacher, the latter was surprised but still coached her the correct way of doing it, :).  This techique, I was told(Ms Mok), would be learnt in grade 3 but in the case of Nafa, it'd be in grade 2 - which means it would be taught soon in the next semester IF she manages to stay with Nafa, that is - I'm very worried about her theory... ^-^"

Next in highlight - Nafa's exams(both theory and practical), arrgggghhhhh...

Crying for Papa

On Friday night, whilst on the phone with her papa, Renee'd told him that she did not want to cry(I guess he must have asked if she's cried) but the minute the phone was passed over to me, I heard her sobbing beside me and hubby asked me to pass the phone back to her before we hang up...

As we looked on at the photo albums, she'd muttered "papa..." each time his photo came ino sight and finally, she lost control and cried again, oh man!  That's when I told her that we shall stop looking at the photos and go to sleep.

Yesterday, a last minute decision and we took a cab over to my mom's.  I guess the gathering at my mom's might have helped and her crying bout did not re-occur tonight.  In fact, she was even yawning whilst on the phone with her papa and had fell asleep almost instantly thereafter, :). (perhaps she knew that her papa would be coming back tomorrow, :>).

And when papa finally got home this afternoon(just on time to send us to her violin classes), she jumped with joy the minute she heard the main door clicked open and shouted, "Papa, Papa".  The latter then told me that he could tell she was near tears already but she hid it well by not looking at him directly, hahaha.

Papa's actually very tired but seeing his darling daughter had really missed him so much, he even consented to a family dinner at Tony's(needless to say, it's Renee's choice) after her lessons, :).

It's the Lunar New Year!

1st of all, our Family wishes everyone/reader a very happy and prosperous lunar new year!

It's been 3 weeks(n slightly more) since we've 1st moved in here and we've finally cleared the walkway of all the boxes, just before the start of the LNY! :)

As usual, we all gathered at my mom's on the 1st day of the LNY but for our family, we 1st have to make a stop at my BIL's to pay our respects to my late FIL.  Then it's makan, mahjong and chit-chatting time for all thereafter.  The 2nd day started off with more mahjong and cards games at my eldest sis, Ellen's and the 3rd, at my brother, CH's.  Surprisingly, the gatherings this year all ended pretty early - 9pm+(maybe becos there aren't any 2nd rounds going on this year due to us being further away from them now...SK & Hougang r much much nearer...), :D.

Now that the first week 'craze' of the LNY visitations are over, I'm to begin my search for a preshool for Renee.  Although we find that she learns much better via the enrichment courses way but I'm losing the energy to bring her around and after speaking with some gfs, I feel that it is also perhaps better to get her used to at least some hours in a school again, to get her prepared for the long hours at primary school next year - poor kids these days...

I've tried contacting some of the preschools around this area but it's sooo hard to find a suitable one as well(I had thought that it was difficult to find a good one at SK then) and most of them are montessori based, haiz...  I guess I'd have to widen my search beyond this region and go to the Novena/Newton area - afterall, I'm more prepared to let her go on the school bus now that she's much older.  Again, she's asked for a childcare facility(mainly 'cos cc has more time to play) but I'd rather that she goes to a preschool setup and with enrichment classes available on some days for the extended hours, to get her used to longer hours schooling.  If anyone of you know of any good Kindergartens with good curriculum and teachers around our area and/or Novena/Newton region, do let me know ya! :)

Renee is 6!

Since we're still not supposed to participate in 'celebrations', we could not hold a birthday party for Renee.  Luckily, she's also not requested for one, except that she would like her aunts to come over to our place for the simple cake cutting(main reason? : she wanted a swim!).  However, as it's near CNY and everyone would be busy the next week, my sisters wanted to go to my mom's today and thus, we bought a cake over.

As her kitchen's damaged during the move, she was rather sad and so, when aunty Lili asked her what she'd like, she thought about the kitchen set.  However, the pink one she saw online wasn't available in Singapore and another similar one would be quite costly, I told her that we shan't ask for that especially when we're not throwing a party.

She was still rather upset this afternoon(din get to swim today, hahaha) but her 'unhappiness' was quickly diminished when we arrived at my mom's.  The sight of presents and a dinner at the restaurant downstairs further enhanced her mood and her answer's a definite "Yes" when we asked later if she's happy today, :D.

For her birthday present, she's got 3 additional Enid Blyton story books, a pair of pink HK shoes(her request), a pink kitchen - though it's much smaller/shorter/single-sided, but it's selected based on my request for just a small one due to our limited space here, hahaha.  Actually, I'd wanted them to just get her a table top cooking stove but this would keep her occupied for the time being.

*No pics taken - dunno why my camera's battery always play out on me when I needed to take some photos, hahaha.

More Gifts? More Books?

We went to my mom's yesterday and Renee finally got to see the gift which her cousin, Irene jie jie had bought for her during a recent trip to Europe.  Surprisingly she had not pestered me to let her open up the gift the minute we got home but she did ask me this afternoon, if she could play with it when she sighted me opening my eyes - I've been 'sensing' her coming in and out of the room, probably hoping to catch me awake from my nap, lolz.   However, I've over-heard papa telling her that she'd still need me to teach her how to go about with it since it requires 'sewing technique'(actually not really) but when we finally got on to it, I found out that I can't even help her decipher the instruction 'cos it was in French! hahaha.  So, we ended up doing it our own way, heee.

we both like this, :)

Later in the afternoon, remembering the Enid Blyton's story books I've promised Renee, I told papa that we have to go to the bookstore today(thinking that we might be be able to get e 20% discount on top of its offer price but too bad..., hahahahaha).  Not willing to venture further, we headed to C. Pt but by the time we got to the store after our dinner and trip to the library(children r so good life, mommy borrows book from the Lib and we'd have to buy hers, lolz), the que to the cashier was already very very very long! - probably it's becos it's the last of their 3 days special 20% discount .

Renee was very excited about the books and couldn't stop at only 3 - it's on a 3 for S$12 offer, else I would have just let her get 1 or 2 only, since more would add on to the chore of our packing soon(oh, cld I just get 1 or 2 instead of its promo? 'cos  it's actually cheaper to get them individually on the 20% discount, :>) but she finally settled for these :

A Family X'mas Gathering

This year, we decided to have a small one at Li's and with past experience, our food preparation was alot lesser than previous years but yet, we still have some to tapao back, hahaha.

Unwrapping her gifts.  Though not as much as in quantity this year,

but they're all what she wanted, so it's quality over quantity.

The gifts unwrapped

Actually, now that I'm looking at the above pic, then I remembered!  Renee's actually wanted a bigger sized 'FurReal' doggy - one which we've saw earlier at a departmental store and which she could 'take to walks' but we've both forgotten about it.  She didn't even recall I think, when she spotted the miniature set and had added it to her list, lolz.  If only I had remembered about the doggy when Papa asked me what she had wanted... Nevermind, she could make do with the miniature set for now, :D.

The Prep Talk (abt her Fears)

Last night, before Renee's aunts, Elsie and Li left our home, aunty Li requested for Renee to play the violin.  As usual, she rejected but fearing that they'd be leaving right away, she finally relented.  She chose to play the Minuet II as she's just picked-up on how to sway a little to the tune like how the students of Nafa had done during the concert and she wanted to try it out(although she's only tried it once and had fumbled a little whilst she played but to me, it's 'well done' on the willing to try part).  Then, as Li likes the variation tune of the Long Long Ago(suzuki bk II) she's played some time ago, she requested for the piece but instead, Renee wanted to do 'The Two Grenadiers' which she's just learnt...  And because she didn't play the requested tune, aunty Li teased about going back if she doesn't play the piece and that really got to Renee.  Reminded by Elsie, we've indeed indicated to her that the next one would be the last but we've asked her to do yet another piece - so, in a way, it's our 'fault'(esp. knowing that she's so unwilling to play infront of people).  Obviously, she wasn't happy and started to fuss.  Papa was angry with this and began to chide her.

When her aunts had left and papa getting ready to bed, I decided to talk to her about this.  I've been telling her about the importance of being able to perform infront of others, especially when she wants to join the elite team of Nafa.  She had expressed understanding in this area when we decided to let her go for the audition but it seems like the actual fact of having to do it still hasn't quite really registered yet.  Perhaps, it's like what she said "I havn't started with Nafa yet" but knowing her, I think I need to prep her about it seriously.

Our 'talk' lasted more than an hour, til 12:10am!(with the last 20mins with her explaining her point of view in understanding the need, hahaha) and although it had appeared that she might be ready afterall but knowing her... I'm keeping an open mind about it.  I've 'warned' her that during our forth-coming family gatherings, there might be a good chance that her aunts/our friends might request that she play the violin again and she's not to throw away those opportunities(I classified them to her as chances to help eliminate her fear), just do whatever she could.  She agreed and said she'd try.  We'll see....

*guess what, she's enjoyed our 'talk' so much that she asked me to continue with it tomorrow, hahahahaha.

Orientation at Nafa

I had woken up early this morning, due to hunger. Renee had followed suit when I came out of the room to make breakfast, why? She's excited about the bbq/swim tonight, lol.

After our breakfast and tv programme, I urged Renee to join me for a nap but she wouldn't...

A quick lunch at home and we rushed over to Nafa for the orientation. We were early today and the prep-class students were still having their internal examinations when we arrived. When the principal presented, she again, stressed to parents(of new and existing students) that Nafa's lessons are not to be taken casually and we're not to compare them to the 'outside commercial schools) - they strived for excellency(stress...). However, we as parents are not to be overly kiasu...(errrm, with such a speech, wouldn't most be? hahaha) and we're not to engage any 'outside' teacher as 'extra help' as it'd confuse the child with different methods of teachings/curriculum.

Besides stating the obvious - their standard of expectations and requirements of their students, from the other pointers the principal has raised, it appeared that it is indeed pretty stressful to learn there, so I'm bearing in mind to monitor the situation(afterall, with the arrival of the baby, I'm not sure how much time I could devote to coaching Renee at home, plus I'd be expected to continue sit-in the practical classes).

It was when they started to segregate the piano and violin students that I realised that there were more pianists than violinists and most of the students joining Renee at Gr 1 are existing students promoted from their prep-classes. New intakes are very few, I think there are only 3 new students, including Renee, for the grade 1 level. We had to stay back for the theory class prep-talk(which starts only from grade 1) and when we went to join the other violinists at another level to arrange for our class schedule, things became abit confusing. Due to the space/room constraint as there are several internal and the ABRSM examinations going-on on the same day, we were made to change room a couple of times and lastly, joining the que(which was unnecessary at all for grade 1 or abv students) for nothing... Fortunately, 1 of the teachers came out of the room to hush the crowd and when familiarity striked the moment she caught sight of Renee & I, told us that we need not join the que at all, alamak! Then she gave me her name card so that I could contact her in private to arrange for our class schedule, phew... The que was actually for the new preparatory class students - the teachers were helping the young children to measure/gauge which size of a violin to acquire.

It was already 4pm by the time we got back and thus, I had to quickly pack up some of Renee's stuffs and head down to my BIL's for the BBQ/gathering - something which Renee had been most looking forward to, lolz... However, she didn't get to enjoy the water play for as long as she'd expected/wanted 'cos it soon started to rain, hahaha. But after shower/dinner, she had great fun with her cousins, especially Yu jie jie and in order to prolong her joy, she was even willing to stay over for the night! Of cos we wouldn't let her, heee. It's also not a very good idea for kids to get used to 'sleep-over' at friends'(although this is her cousin's we're talking about).

Nevertheless, it had been a rather joyful day for Renee and although we had came home late and she had only gone to bed at 11pm, she had fell asleep instantly(when she's had naps in between the road trips), :).

Many Doting Aunts

Renee had been bugging us to bring her over to gugu's place since early afternoon and even requested papa to take her there first so that she could have a longer time playing with cousin XuanLe, lolz.

We were the first to arrive and the moment XL saw us, she called out Renee's name and not wasting any precious seconds, the 2 girls began to play, lolz.

Soon, friends and Bro Chuan also arrived with their families and whilst the kids played together, the adults just chatted.

Renee's given another gift today, a new set of OshKosh B'gosh clothings from her gugu today. Last weekend, her doting aunts had also given her a Barbie's handbag and a backpack + pouches set, how lucky, :)...

Late Dinner Event

Every year around this timing, we would have the opportunity to 'request for tables' due to previous year's biddings and as usual, hubby didn't want to utilise the 'full number' as alloted according to the amount and asked for only 3 tables this year. However, it turned out that it was a little cramp this year.

Renee was looking forward to this dinner as she knew that she'd get to meet her cousins Xuan Le mei mei, MingMing and Ming Ni jie jie. My SIL arrived late but luckily there were only her and XL, so we managed to let the 2 girls sit beside each other and hubby went to keep his clients company.

At past 10pm, Renee still looked alert - thanks to the short afternoon nap and the one she had on our way to the temple. And although the whole event had ended earlier this year and hubby's clients also didn't stay on as late, we managed to reach home at 12:25am but due to this late hour, Renee would be skipping school again tomorrow - that made up to 3 missed lessons this week, :(.

We've been slacking on her violin playing lately too as I've been caught up with her classes arrangement and feeling tired at times. Hopefully this won't last long... dun wanna see past efforts go to waste...