Everyday, I wished for 48 hours, time was not enough. But I have to say, I was well occupied for the year. The whole year was kept occupied with school, shuffling from point A to point B, making time out for family and friends, travelling as a family and solo trips to allow the us (the adults) to recharge.
And it took me a week to complete this post. Well, better late than never! I gave thanks and counted my blessings that I received in 2017. There were many "first" for the family in 2017. I summarized my 2017with a summary below.
January - Vera's official school started after having to have it delayed for half a year due to her eczema. We went through a tough phase from going for intensive treatments and working on her diet change before her skin healed beautifully. Here's how it you would love to read it and pass it on to people whom you think may benefit from it - Eczema Management.
February - We were selected to shoot an ad for Curél Singapore. Our first time and indeed an
unforgettable experience. I guess that was the only time when our place looks really neat! The clip was then screened in March 2017.
With no tears on her first day of boarding the school bus, definately a moment to be proud of Vera !
March - Xav turned 9 ! A wish for the new milestone - get lesser scoldings. Oh well, parenting nowadays is challening. I need more enlightenment and thankful for some friends who have been by my side, shedding some light and sharing their experiences. I hope I can be a better mom and he, a better son.
April - Almost a month of solo parenting, to be exact, 29 days. I survived.
May - My first school event with Vera. I watched her first performance as a tribute to the mums for Mother's Day. My heart swelled with pride and I could hardly contain my tears.
Launched of LeBox Sg ! Something which I had always wanted to do a few years back since I love to diy learning materials for Xav when he was a preschooler. The wish came true in May 2017. It was not an easy journey with hiccups along the way and faced some nasty competitor. But listen there, this is not going to get us down. The challenges you gave us, made us emerged stronger than before.
We have done up the following boxes for 2017: Dumpling Festival , Shapes, National Day, Mid Autumn Festival, Christmas and in between, we took up adhoc orders for Travel, Party packs for birthday and Christmas too! Keep your eyes peel for the Chinese New Year Box!
Non kids related. I have my first eyebrow microblading done after considering for a few years. Finally, I plucked up my courage and no regrets! Thank you, MissyBrow88
June - An unforgettable trip to Japan for the kids and for us, yes, it was our 10th wedding anniversary trip. It did not have to be a couple trip, we loved bringing the kids along and see the world with them. Yet to be blogged and I hope I can do up the posts soon. #Backlog
July - This is always the most happening month. Don's birthday at the beginning, wedding anniversary in the mid-month and Vera turned 4 at the end of the month! She was over the moon when we brought in a Pokemon Jelly cake to her school. To her, a cake regardless of which type, is so precious to her as she does not get to eat it so often due to her food allergies.
August - A goal which was met few months ago and a dream come true.
Thanks to Don, I had a solo trip to United States, stepped foot on two Young Living Farms. St Maries Farm and Idaho Highland Flats during the Gold Retreat. I think it was indeed a blessing. I have never travelled to our neighboring country, Malaysia, as much as I travelled to the States in these 3 years. But Young Living has given me the opportunity to travel, to learn and grow my knowledge, gave me the liberty to work at my own free time and yes, I am really thankful for the financial independance as I embarked on building up as a business. To be honest, I suck at being a sales person for I could not sell for nuts. Thank you to all who have the same beliefs, joined and supported me these years.
For the first time, Lebox Sg was featured on Channel 8 News 流行挖哇WOW , featuring our Singapore Themed Learning Kit. Definately a proud moment for us!
Say what ? Star chasing at my age ? No, not only me, together with my friend, Renee, her mum and her son, we actually went for Battleship Meet and Greet just to catch a glimpse of Song Joong Ki after hours of waiting. Once in our lifetime is enough, no more second time!
And how I missed going on field trips. I stopped when Xav was promoted to Kindergarten One where parents were no longer allowed. My first field trip with Vera was to Bollywood Veggie. I bet she felt a bit more special because her mummy was there with the class !
My first run in 2017 ! No training before that and I have not been active in running for years. I set to complete it within an hour. My own personal best, 5.2km within 33 mins. I think I have surpassed my own target !
First field trip with Xav ever since he officially entered primary school. Finally, I managed to get my turn through balloting. I believed all kids hope that their parents could be with them for learning journey just like Xav. His teacher told me he had observed that Xav was happier than any other days on the day I joined them, I was glad to be there.
I was more than thankful to be able to meet up with this special someone, my lecturer when I did my Marine Engineering course back then. Just like a dad to me, who is always ready to lend me his listening ears and enlightened me whenever I lost my way. So, so glad that we have been in touch after I have graduated.
September - The kids first prawning experience! This used to be one of the activities before we got married. It was brought to a complete stop when kids came along, as long as for a decade. We were happy to introduce prawning to them.
Making connection to me is important and I try as much as possible to make time to connect with friends and ex-colleagues. Apart from the uniform group, this is another group of colleagues turned friends during my two years with Institute of Mental Health. This group of wonderful people are still making a difference in the patients' lives. Another great team I have worked with. =)
October - Decided on changing to a new preschool for Vera. Am so sorry to pull you out of your comfort zone but I believe you are easily adaptable to new places and new friends.
November - A month of recognition for his best effort put in. He set his goals for 2017 to be among the top 3 in class but never did he thought that he would get the Best in Science. It is a breakthrough for himself and this serves as a motivation to maintain his standard and get the award again. Thank you again Stagmatch !
Vera's first concert and her last with Mindchamps Preschool! #ProudParentsMoment
December - Our annual gathering with the other three families took a step further. This time, we organised a trip out of Singapore. The four families went on a 4d3n Malacca Trip together. The four days were simply just playing tourist, sight-seeing, shopping and hunting down nice food to feed the happy bellies.
A busy and eventful year and I hope for 2018, I can be more organized, can let go of Xav and focus on Vera instead, manage my emotions better, sleep earlier (very hard but am trying hard), heathier and happier!
Had a small talk with Xav, these are what he is going to work on for 2018.
I wish the same for all of you ! May this year be another rewarding year filled with abundance of joy, love and good health for all ! Cheers !
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| @ Wine Bonanza Photo credit: Raising Faith |
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