Standard obstacle course ???

Ha... to be a stay home mummy to a 2 year old toddles sure takes lots of ideas to keep my little gal entertained.......

Can you guess what gracia is doing???

hahaa,.. we both had lots of fun together on my bed as I contructed a mini " obstacle course for her... she just loves the challenge and has crawled under the " obstacle" at least 20 times!!!

See that look of satisfaction on her face! =) SHe just loves such physical activities!

Guess what, with all the intense physical activity in the day, she was knocked out by 745 pm which is almost 2 hours before her usual bedtime... = )

That leaves daddy and mummy heng a wonderful evening of catching up with one another too =)

raising my children to .... serve in encounter weekend???

This weekend is my Church tribe ( YCYPAO) turn to anchor the youth encounter weekend to serve all who wanna to come encounter the Lord's love face to face.

Hmmm... logistics wise , we were quite short of YP12 lady guides to stay over the encounter camp to take care of and minister to the lady participants. It seemed so naturally to automatically eliminate the possibilty of the YP12 leaders who are mummies esp the preggy ones like myself and Belle to stay over and serve as guides leaving only the the single ladies as the only choices .

During breakfast with one of my fellow YP12 sister, Julie, we were just discussing on the tight manpower amg the ladies and I was just thinking, something's not soo rite.

It can't be the trend that once we get married and settle down with kids we can't serve anymore in encounter yah????
This can't be the right trend.. eventually , all my fellow sisters who are single are going to be married would also have children ( yes , I claim this for every one of my sisters )and surely this can't be the excuse that we can't serve in the encounter rite????

Then an exciting tot just flashed past me......

While I can't be as involved as I would like to be in serving in the ministry, but the lord has blessed me in that I've had a head start in having children and in the season of nurturing my young children ( plus the little one in me) .

I'm still gonna seize this moment to raise my children in such a way that my kids will in time be ready to help take care of my yp12 sisters' eventual children so that it can relief my YP12 sisters to continue to serve and bless other ladies during encounter weekends...

haha..... just sharing a passing tot.. but it sure does excite me to think that my children will rise up and be a blessing to take care and bless the next generation of children...=)

we are going to the zoo zoo zoo

The Chan and the Heng Family had a wonderful family time at the zoo last Sat FREE.. tks to Exxonmobil' corporate pass that JOhnson managed to get before the pass expires this month =)

Yup, the little ladies - Gracia and Li-anne really enjoyed themselves seeing the animals LIVE before their eyes .

It was also a great bonding time for the daddys and mummys too esp since both the Chan and Heng Family had to squeeze into Chan's Jazz car as mummy heng forgot to buy the weekend car coupon so the Heng could not use their Jazz.......... Nevertheless ,it was really a fun car ride together to the zoo starting our adventure together as early at 815 am !!!

I'll just let the pictures do the talking .....

All still fresh at 845 am , strolling thru the trail in search of the "white Tiger"

see the little gal Gracia, happily strolling on her own with her hands tugged in...Gracia admiring the EMUS........unexpected surprise to see my counsin Stanley and his wife.. we've not met for almost a year! Gracia and her "distant" cousin Gerald , just a month apart in age!The charming Chan Family =)

Daddys with their princesses

Going Home finally....=0

Just in time....

Ever since I started to work part time, i.e only 50% of the work week ( part time).. my pay has also correspondingly decreased to 50% ( ah but then????? )

It's quite a fair bit of adjustment as I have become very consciously aware of my spending habits and have held back buying many things I would have easily spent on in the past. But there's something which I really needed to get but have struggled to buy even in a sale... maternity clothes.

This little miracle & blessing within me ( due early september) has thankfully been growing healthily and bigger and stretching most of my clothes to the max!!!! But with only 2 months to go, I really can't bear to buy any more maternity clothes esp since they aren't really cheap..=P

I passed by the maternity shop at Hougang Mall the last Sunday morning and saw that the clothes were on sale and going only at $20.. but yet, I can't bear to buy so as to save the money for other more important household things. I walked away a little sad ............

(PS : just to clarify, my hubby would very willingly buy for me just that I didn't want our money to be spent on things that I can help not buying as far as I could)


But GUESS WHAT , God surprised me when I went for Sunday service that afternoon! Johnson and I just stepped into church when my G12 sister, Belle ( also a pregnant mummy with her baby due in Dec) walked over and passed me a small bag.


"Nah, I packed some maternity clothes just for you " she said.

I was deeply surprised within, actually I really forgot whether I ever shared with her on this need, even if I did , it was probably jokingly done and many months back.

Then shortly after, one of her cell gals, Kai Yun returned Belle a bag of her maternityclothes that she borrowed during her pregnancy. And Belle just transferred the WHOLE BIG BAG of maternity clothes to me!

I really felt very touched and thankful within esp to receive this at a time that I was really in quite bad need for maternity clothes.=P

Through these 2 angels, I really felt the Lord 's love affirming me that He knows my needs and WILL SUPPLY ALL my NEEDS according to his glorious riches....( Phillipians 4:19)

Actually I have been meditating and claiming this above verse for the past weeks and the Lord has brought it into reality for me this week.

Would also like to share with you a song that has been keeping me strong as I adjust though all the changes in my life this season:

I serve a God who is faithful

He will never fail

When I'm in the desert,

He's a river of hope

I serve a God who is faithful

His faithfulness prevails

Lord I put my trust in you.

I serve a God who is faithful and true

I will hide in the shelter of your wings

For I find my rest , in your faithfulness

Lord I put my trust in you.

And even though this life may bring

heartaches and pain,

but through it all

I cling to you and call out your name!!

Being affirmed of the Lord's faithfulness gives me new strength to face the challenges ahead =)