Why do Women feel so Angry?

I read an article this morning on my way to work and it was like reading something I could have written myself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1152403/Why-women-feel-ANGRY-Welcome-age-female-rage.html

I must say I consider myself a very lucky woman. I have 2 gorgeous kids who listen to reason (most of the time) and are full of character. And a very loving and lovely husband who does try to pull his weight around the house.

Yet I find myself feeling angry, and not knowing who or what I'm really angry with.
After reading this article, I am finally able to put a finger on what I have been angry about.
It is the realistion that after being single and only looking after only my own interests for 30yrs, I am now responsible for a family - that it is up to me to make sure that the house is clean and tidy, that the weekly grocery shopping is done, that the kids get fed on time, that the dirty clothes get washed and dried, that the kids get enough one-to-one time with each parent and doesnt feel neglected especially since we both work, that they take their vitamins, that the husband doesnt get neglected, that we still do things as a couple, that holidays get booked, the list goes on...

No wonder even though I go to bed when Moo does at 8pm every night, I still wake up feeling like I have been fighting a battle. Because I have! My mind can't go to sleep. When I get woken up in the mid of the night by Moo asking for milk, I find myself thinking of the clothes which are still left wet in the washing machine which I MUST hang out tomorrow, knowing that it will be a mad rush in the morning to get the kids ready and out the house that I would not have time to do it and in the evening, in what little we have after we pick them up and put them to bed, I have to try to spend some quality time with them, put the washing out and try to unwind from a day's work in order to be able to sleep.

I know we all choose the life we live.
That no one ordered me to go back to work and send the 2 kids to a childminder.
But it is tough.
It is f**king difficult!

We are going back to Singapore!

Tickets have been booked!
The Warren Family is invading Singapore on 28 March to 12 April!

Cant wait to get back home and eat all the hawker food! *DROOL*
And see all my good friends and their kiddies
And see my parents and bro and his new fiancee
And go SHOPPING!!!

We are flying direct on SIA, first time Moo and Boo will be taking 13 hour flight
Everyone, please pray with me - they will sleep, they will sleep, they will sleep...

Congrats to Kel and Min

My little brother is going to get married!
I cant believe it!
Big Congrats to you and Ah Min - you lucky fella!

Here's wishing both of you lots of happiness and love...

Mark would be thrilled to have both of you serve tea to him!

Lucy's 3rd Party Preparations

Right!
Preparations for Lucy's 3rd party has started!

Mummy's got the entertainer, she's coming for 2 hours to sing, dance and generally keep the kids happy and merry.
Church hall is booked.
Invites are sent out. 25 kids in total!

A sample of her birthday invite - I got them from ebay and they can be personalised. Very cool I thought!

We went to St Albans market last Sunday and bought some really gorgeous cupcakes from a lady there and she does amazing cakes as well.

So we ordered a 7" birthday cake from her (small 'coz only for Lucy to blow the candles out) and 25 cupcakes individually wrapped so that the kiddos can take them home in their party bags.

If you think the cupcakes look lovely, they taste even better!

Here's her website http://missiscakes.com/

And she even delivers! For £5 charge of course.

Lucy wants to dress up as a ballerina for her party.

For fear of her ruining her ballet costume which she wears to her ballet class, mummy got her a ballerina dress on ebay - only £12!

Not here yet but hope it looks as good as the picture.

Last but not least, the party bags!

Found them on ebay again (as you can see, mummy's a great fan of ebay!)

£2.99 each but they are much better than alot of the common ones you see around.

And the bag's re-useable too!

I swapped the tatto and nail stickers in this bag to a butterfly headband and a wand at no extra charge.

Oh and just ordered the food from Waitrose Entertaining too.

Everything is going well and on schedule!

Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal

Daddy is a BIG Arsenal fan.
And he managed to get a couple of tickets to watch his fav team play at the Emirates Stadium.
He really enjoys going for the matches. Hopefully next time when Boo is older, she can go with Daddy 'coz she is turning out to be a Arsenal fan as well!

We had snow (week of 1 Feb)!

We had the COLDEST winter in the last 20 years!
During the first week of Feb, we had 6 inches of snow in London. 6 inches!! That is like BIG time, major event! In fact, to commemorate the event, all the buses were not running, almost all tubes lines suspended and trains are grounded. Supposedly, its the wrong type of snow... no sorry, right type of snow but too much of it.

Almost all schools are closed and Lesley also decides that for HSSE reasons, she will be closed for 2 days. So Mummy and Daddy are forced to work from home for Mon and Tues.

We did manage to get out when the snow finally stopped and had a good time walking on fresh snow and building snowman in our back garden.

We do like snow, but only for the first 5 min, after that, we just want it gone!

Happy Birthday to Me & Happy Valentine's Day

Today's my birthday and the Warren Family went into Central London!
Yes, all of us, onto the London Underground and into town. A real complishment and actually, quite a joy.

We went to Covent Garden first.
Its very cold again today but sunny ('coz its my BIRTHDAY!)
I look like I'm not wearing alot but I've got 3 pairs of tights on and 4 layers under my jumper coat so I'm warm as a bug.

Boo and Moo are all nicely wrapped up of course!

And so is Daddy!

Look at Do-Re-Mi.

We have found a solution to the double buggy. Have Boo sit on the canopy of the single buggy!

We went to Plum Valley in Chinatown for dim sum.

I read in reviews that it is one of the best places to have dim sum in London.

Bit expensive but food is really good. Best of all, both kiddos LOVE it!

Boo is wearing her Angelina Ballerina fleece 'coz she went to Ballet Class in the morning before we went out!

I love this photo of Daddy and Boo!

We then walked to Green Park station and along the way, Moo fell asleep in the buggy.

Daddy and Boo waiting for the tube

Cake-cutting at home!

Daddy got me a lovely chocolate cake - YUM!

Daddy and his Valentine's pressie - IPod classic which he LOVES!

My pressie from Daddy - a dress, a parenting book and £300!! My fav - the money of course! HAHAHAHA!

Moo's better but now I'm poorly!

Moo's a lot better.
Stopped vomitting since Fri and his diarrhea also seem to have stopped so really thanks be to God and all you lovely people who prayed with us.

Also he got his appetite back, been almost eating normally now. In fact he drank so much milk yesterday we thought he was going to explode!

But poor mummy got the bug on Fri and yesterday was the worst!
I think I spent most of the day in the toilet...

but I'm also feeling better and bit hungry now.

Daddy brought the 2 kiddies to Willows Farm on his own this morning - FIRST TIME!!!
and he is going to bring some nice food back for lunch - yummy.

Hope no one else in the family gets this horrible stomach bug.

Moo's poorly

Moo's got a very bad stomach bug.
He's been throwing up since Sunday night. At first it was really bad, after every feed/drink of water, he will throw up. Now, its a bit better but he still throws up after a large milk feed.
And his nappies are getting quite dry.

Also he's started getting very loose stools yesterday.
It is probably the "winter vomitting" bug that is going round but we are v worried.

We are going to take him to see the doctor this afternoon to check that he is not getting dehydrated.

Please pray with me if you see this that Moo fights this terrible bug off soon.

The poor little mite has lost so much weight already!

Boo's 3rd birthday - what to do?

ok, I think I'm abit crazy, like there are not enough things to worry about and do, I have to start worrying about Boo's 3rd birthday.

She is turning 3 in March - old enough to be excited about her birthday and wanting a party. Which is why I'm thinking of doing a bigger one than the normal "party at Lesley's".

I'm thinking of doing the party on Friday, hiring a church hall near Lesley (so she can take the kids at hers over easily), invite about 20-25 kids (including Boo's classmates at nursery), get in an entertainer for 1-2 hrs (depending on budget) and maybe a bouncy castle (tell me if I'm going overboard anyone?)

Think a good time for the party will be about 3.30-6pm (so parents can come pick the kids up from party instead of from Lesley). Tea will be provided which will be party food like hotdogs, pizza, sandwiches (with healthy snacks like carrot sticks, fruit as well - don't want to be accused of feeding kids junk!).

Boo told me she wants a Ballet cake this time. I don't know if she really means it or will a nice enough cake do. Waitrose doesnt do ballet cakes (sob!) so I was looking on the net and the cheapest I can find is one which is a pair of ballet slippers for £68!!!

anyway, which one of the cakes above do you think are nice?

I think I like the second castle one best - 'coz it's the cheapest at £40! HAHAHA!!

She works hard for her money

What a tiring week!
think i did justice to my company - really worked hard this week, i even impressed myself!

oh, I'm finally back into Idobaby forum, so thanks maine!
and eunice, hi, thanks for advice on flights and will definitely contact one of you when I'm back in SG 'coz i wanna to meet up with the Ido mummies!

And my long-lost friend, YUELING!
how did you find my blog? and please get in touch!

will blog more tomorrow... now cooking dinner

Moo is walking!!!

Moo is walking
Moo is walking
Moo is walking

3 steps but its a start!

To the Zoo in sub-zero temperature!

The Warren family decided that what better way to welcome in the (freezing) cold new year but to go to our FAV zoo, Whipsnade.
I'm not kidding, it really is freezing - its -3 degrees!

The zoo is one where you can drive the car in. Thank goodness Moo fell asleep on the way there so mummy used that as an excuse to stay in the car with him while Daddy brave the cold with Boo.
But Moo woke up when Boo and Daddy was away looking at the lions, cheetah and giraffes so mummy has no choice but to put coat on him and take him out.
Daddy and Boo came back very happy - Boo was really cold but enjoyed herself loads. Too bad all the animals were all in their shelter 'coz it was freezing cold!!

Anyway, the next stop was the elephants and mummy thought since we came all the way here, must take some photos.

Awww... Daddy and the kiddos.

Do you think the kiddos are wrapped up warm enough?

Moo has 2 long-sleeved body suits, a T-shirt, a jumper and a coat.

Boo has 2 long-sleeved T-shirts, a dress, leggings and pair of tights, a cardigan and a coat.

In the end, even Daddy surrendered and said it was too cold so we retreated to the nice warm car and have our picnic

Look at Boo's L-shaped bread!

The leftover from our picnic.

Mummy was still starving after it 'coz she only had a couple of slices of bread. So we went to McDonalds drive-in.

Lesson here - when it looks cold, it probably is TOO COLD!!!