Mothers' Day 2012

This year I celebrated my 4th Mothers' Day with 2 gals. 4 years back I was with my mum and sis watching a concert on Mothers' Day and then I was still expecting Atria. Time flies!

I cannot really remember what went on during all the years of Mothers' Day. But this year, I remember the hub so sweetly gave me a new phone. And I also dedicated a section on PL for mums day.

The gals gave me each a necklace and a flowers. Both are projects the CC asked them to make. So sweet.

It is really nice to spend the quiet evening with the hub and the gals. And that made my mums day even more meaningful.

Struggle

Atria is our first born. I think we expect a lot from her. Sometimes too much for her to handle. I know it is not healthy. But somehow we cannot stop.

It kinda breaks my heart every time we need to scold her. But at times, we really do feel the need to reprimand her so that she will behave.

I realize we are not as strict with Astria, always thinking she is still young. But in fact, she is already 2 yo.

I have to constantly remind myself that Atria is only 3.5yo. And it is normal for a 3.5yo not to listen and understand our instructions. But I guess the control freak in me will not be able to restrain my control over the gals anytime sooner.

But it always breaks my heart to see Atria cries as she is not able to "do" what we expect her to do. She is in a constant struggle with herself to meet our expectation.

It is time for us to step back and look at our gals again.

Project Life 2012

I first saw a blog post in 2011 about Project Life. I thought, what a wonderful way of documenting our life.

I always felt a little guilty for not taking enough photos and not developing photos of the gals. I felt pressurized to do so as my sis are good at all these. My mummy also added on the pressure too.

And since I started scrapping in 2008, and more regularly in 2010, I wanted to do more. Not just the photo. I want to document life.

But my working time and other commitment does not allow me to scrap about Everyday things. I simply don't have the time.

I was so happy to know project life. But again, I was not too sure whether I am able to sustain it. Through 52 weeks.

So at this juncture, I am so happy to say that I made it to week 19.

As I looked back at the past weeks, I am so thankful for PL. Without it, I would not be able to document my life with my gals growing up so fast. PL reminded me to take more photos of my everyday. Need not be the perfect photo. In fact, it is the imperfect that are always more interesting. PL also "forces" me to journal my life, so the little things in life are being documented. These might not be BIG enough to be in a photo book or a scrap layout.

Although some weeks are not as interesting as others, there are part of my life. And as the year unfold ahead of me, I can't wait to see the full 52 weeks at the end of the year. And I am determined to carry on till Dec 2012 and will be documenting my life with PL in 2013.

Down Time

The week just flew by so quickly. Without me having the time to really sit down and reflect. Everyday is a mad rush to complete deadlines at work and the body is finally giving way. Have been experiencing sore body aches and migraine, largely due to lack of sleep and stress at work. Work seems never ending and it is getting harder to to find the motivation to carry on.
Luckily, I find peace and enjoyment in scrapping and now, blogging. It gives me an avenue to express my thoughts and stress probably.
I just hope this so called turbulent stage of life will swing by quickly.

And finally!

The much anticipated 12 weeks SSD course has come to an end. It was with great "sadness" as I ended the course today.
At the beginning of the session, I was so unsure of what will the course be like? And now 12 weeks later, I have learnt so much from most of the instructors and also made great friends.
Being the only SSD in the school, it was at times rather difficult and stressful as there is no one you can turn to for help. This group of SSD buddies that I got to know was a great source of help I can find. I am so very glad that we are not only confined to school works, but also other personal interests areas too.
I really look forward to sharing more ideas and working with them in the days to come.

Grounded @ Home

It has been a long time since I last blog. It has always been a case of wanting versus not having the time. Plus the hassle of switching on the laptop, downloading the photos. All these simply put me off cos time is really precious.

And today, I decided to download the app to allow me to blog using my iPad. I thought I should put the device to much more use other than surfing the net and playing games.

I had always wanted to write more to document the daily going on. So with this new app, I really hope I will be able to do so more often.

And these 2days, the girls are grounded at home cos of HFMD. So does the mummy. So I thought this will be it. The small little step to document the daily life, (besides my PL, taking tonnes of instagram photos)

I hope I will be able to sustain it.