Today

We had the best time ever despite the heavy downpour in the late afternoon while we are Universal Studios. It's WE today. It's usually us, just me and Kay as we spent our time together, but today it's a WE!! Actually it's been WE since the long weekend, and we are happy just soaking in the festive season with our dear family, and having Jayce with us these past few days. We took a day off from work today to just bring Kay out, and we've decided that we will re-visit Universal Studios again since Transformer has its latest ride there. Thinking that Kay will be thrilled about the ride (since he is into this at this point of time), but knowing that he does not like loud sounds, we are taking the chances that his like for Transformer will overcome this fear. But boy were we wrong....so let's just said that me and Jayce were the ones who enjoyed this ride!!

We just enjoyed the rest of the day, wondering the streets of Universal, and him just doing whatever he wanted....running here and there with his purple foiled balloon, and that's what makes him happy, so be it!! We as the parents just watched on as I try to get some decent photos but just say it's difficult having to keep up with a 4 1/2 and that this 4 1/2 just doesn't like having a camera in his face....and mommy having to threaten or bride just to get a photo......here's some iphone photos first.....

With this year is coming to an end, I've a few things I like to get done....and the 1st would be to get a decent haircut.....it's grown "too long" that it's become unmanageable and I'm getting a little fed up, so here's the latest new do.....so much lighter, so much shorter to my liking......i think I'm going to keep this do for quite some time...

Looking forward to completing more stuff from my to-do list, and wondering if I would be able to squeeze in one last layout before this great year ends!!

I'm still in a festive mood....and i guess it will stay a little longer till this year ends.....one more long weekend to go.....whoooopeee, that means more time for WE!!

So Far in December......

We've decorated, shopped, shopped and shopped somemore in our 1st 2 weeks of this fantastic month......we packed, throw, give away stuff which has unknowingly been kept with us ever since staying at our nest since 2005, and also since we had Kay 4 years ago, things being kept just doubled up. There's still loads more to pack and organize at home and I see us doing this till 24th Dec for sure cause I'm just moving so so slow when it comes to packing the house.....

Love love this month cause December had always been my most favourite month of th year....and this year we've got ourselves a brand new tree after spending a good 10 years with my tree from Australia. Lugged back a Christmas Tree when I completed my studies, and it's spent every good year at my parent's home, to my new nest when I got married, and Kay had 3 good years with my Aussie tree and we decided we needed a brand new one since it's already looking thinner each year. Words aside, here's some photos of the tree setting scene....big thanks to my dear hubby who religiously every year unpacks the tree, the ornament boxes, sets it up (this year was harder cause it's a new tree with tricker bits to this super tall tree), puts up the lights, and awaits for me to do the decoration. Kay's been really helpful as always.....


December's also school holidays for him....loads of home time cause this year I didn't get the time to plan any holiday programmes for him....so each weekend I'm bringing him to places to eat, walk and shop for Christmas pressies for the family. We've even toured around with the open top buses and Duck Tours around Singapore, Night Safari (His very 2nd time) during this last 2 weeks of December. I really wish for more time with him cause he's growing up so quickly each month, and I don't wish to miss out anything about him. He tends to ask more of everything now, and i seem to have to search for answers myself to.

We've also started on the Christmas shopping list for the family and friends, and colleagues....and i can't believe it that it seems even harder now to shop cause i can never finish that list of things to buy. It's not so simple when it comes to picking up gifts for everyone in my life, and with Kay around, we both are just few notches slower in completing cause he's just running everywhere at the stores. I've only completed scrapping and wrapping all my colleagues gift, and then moving on to wrapping our family's gift.....and you know what both me and Jayce has yet to even get down to buying Kay's Christmas gift this year. What do you get for a boy who has almost everything?? The best for me is to spend as much time as possible as this would be the perfect gift for him. I've gotten tickets for us to re-visit Universal Studios again right after Christmas. He enjoyed the last time he was there in May for his birthday, so I figured out even if it's not his 1st time, just as long as we are with him, he's going to love it.

I've also started on Kay's Christmas Mini.....it's more of what he's been doing in the whole of December on top of the new Christmas tree we've gotten.....so it will record our outings, our sights, just us spending precious time with him this December. Here's some peeks at it.....

*Using some of my inexpensive Ikea Christmas Tree Decorations which makes absolutely great mask for the background of my mini which this round, my mini is made of cardboard from boxes which I've plenty of at work.....

& here's the cover page......a good mix of embellishment from October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Simple Stories Christmas series.....

Till the next post, I'm going to enjoy our days leading to Christmas and yet determined to have my home as neat as possible before Christmas Eve........my scrap desk included as well.....