Mimi on August 12th, 2009

It doesn’t take much to turn a mother’s insides into mushy goo.
Take this pic, for instance, of Twin2 eating spaghetti…

What is it about this pic that makes my heart melt so?
Is it the quiet determination at eating all by himself? The careful handling of the slippery pasta and the messy sauce? The deft dexterity with [...]

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Mimi on August 8th, 2009

Because MyEldest is an extraordinary boy, his birthday cake had to be extraordinary as well. So I searched the internet far and wide and was elated to find the perfect cake for him just a couple of days before his birthday — pizza cake!

It’s soooo easy to make!

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Mimi on August 7th, 2009

To my dearest son, my first born,
Eleven years ago, at this very hour, I held you in my arms for the very first time and felt myself bursting with so much joy and happiness.
Ten years ago, your chubby little legs were still wobbly with their first steps.
Nine years ago, you were already enthralled with computers [...]

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Mimi on July 31st, 2009

I was supposed to fly to Jakarta this evening but I decided to cancel my trip given that the twins both contracted chicken pox. Yes, chicken pox — that common illness viewed by most people as some sort of rite of passage, something that every child goes through once in his lifetime.
The disease is common, [...]

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Mimi on July 21st, 2009

The twins are currently enjoying — and trying to memorise — the song “The Ants Go Marching One By One”. They know most of the lyrics by now but tend to forget some parts, as I do.

What’s funny thing is what the twins do whenever we stumble over the lyrics:-
Twins: (Singing) The ants go marching [...]

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