Annabelle with Santa Claus ^^

Our branch having a Christmas party tonight at the Chapel. This is the photo of Annabelle with our Puchong Branch Santa Claus – Brother Kok Cin.

Well, this year I did something different I guess… I prepared some different gifts for each sisters that have helped me before and some to my ministering sisters. This is the handmade small journal book…

I always has the thoughts of encourage the sisters write down their testimonies or writing a journal about gratitude or what so ever that let them remember of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father even when they feel despair or down.

Jot–a-Thought Letter

Serving Others #2 ~ Write a letter to a teacher, your parents, or your grandparents telling them what you appreciate and respect about them.

The month of June is another continuation month of ‘Love is in the Home’ !

After the whole last month of carnation for all the mothers, it is time for all the fathers!

The actual Fathers’ Day which is on the 3rd Sunday of this month, so co-incidentally is our Puchong Branch Conference.

And, it is also our branch linger longer lunch as well after the Branch Conference, especially there will be District Leaders visiting our branch.

I was planning for the children to combine this writing activity with another cooking activity for their beloved Daddy at the Father’s Day.

                    

It seems like 3rd Sunday this month is not feasible for us to do it after the linger longer lunch at  Church.

Then, I discussed with Issac and Annabelle that we might have to bring our activity earlier a week. Both children are ok with that.

Here is our first activity for the preparation for our Big Daddy Day !

I often come across the cute little letter sets which sell at the Daisho Store at Subang Empire Shopping Gallery while I am waiting for Annabelle’s violin class. There are several designs to choose from.

                    

Thus, last Saturday Annabelle and I walked into the Daisho, and she managed to find letter set which she like.

I have to choose a cute letter set for Issac because Daddy was with him and we want to keep it as a secret.

I have prepared some “Letter Starter” ideas so that can help the children write their own letter on the letter set that they choose.

Issac and Annabelle just using the colourful pen and wrote their appreciation and thank you letter to Daddy .

Both of them decorated their letters with the cute stickers that we had at our home.

We folded the letters and put inside the envelope and sealed with a sticker too.

We do this activity in Mummy’s office as we do not want to let Daddy see or know anything about it.

Both of Issac and Annabelle are so proud and happy with their letter for Daddy’s Fathers’ Day Surprise!

Truly, I am kind of surprise and touched too as I never thought that my two precious angels are growing so fast! I am eager to see their beloved Daddy’s reactions!

                    

Beautiful Letters Sets

Just bought this beautiful letters sets from Daisho Japan when I was waiting Annabelle from her violin class at Empire Shopping Gallery the other day. Thinking of might be useful for writing some small notes for the Visiting Teaching messages for the sisters, just in case unable to meet up with them for the particular month.

Daisho sell so many types and varieties design of this letters sets. Each set comes with the letter sheets and envelopes complete with small stickers. Just like what we can see in the Japanese anime animations!

An Autobiography Dream

“An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.

This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.

None of these things is important, but each of them made such a tremendous impression on me that I have never been able to get them out of my mind. Each of them, even after a lapse of fifty and sometimes sixty years, has remained seared on my memory.

I didn’t have to search for any of them. All I had to do was skim off the top of my consciousness and write them down.

Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true.

~ Roald Dahl”

This is something I read over when I pick up this book of this amazing author Roald Dahl – “Boy”. After reading this very simple preface or front note, and I have made up my mind that I want to buy this book.

This book initially I bought it for myself with the intention of Issac would read one day. After seeing him reading so many books, I told him that this “Boy” and the “Going Solo”, he would read it after he have read all the Roald Dahl’s books. This would be the last book, because I think he will appreciate the stories more, when he sort of read more and ‘grow up a bit more’.

I found it so true. When I think back all those years that I was young as a child or teenager or even young single adult, there was times or moments which I would never forgot and remember until now. Just time would wait for no man and pass through us without us knowing or realize that.

I guess that is the reason why I want to keep writing and keep recording with everything photos I have. I am writing about the present which my family. I want to write my childhood whereby most of my photos are with Esiang there. I hope can able to continue and pursuit this little dream of mine.

Annabelle’s Essay

This evening when I went to Mahkota wanted to fetch both Issac and Annabelle, Teacher Yang so happily told me that Annabelle’s Chinese essay have been improve. She asked me to go and read her essay which just put on the notice board.

It is really quite a surprise for me to see this! I never thought that Annabelle can have the ideas of writing the essay so good. She is all the while so reluctant to speak in Mandarin and most of the time speaking and converse in English with us and her friends.

May be it is due to she have no choice and have to learn to speak in Mandarin when she is studying in SRJKC Chee Wen now.

Well, anyhow this is a good start for her and I am happy to see this ^^

Issac & Annabelle's Name

Issac means He will laugh;

Ivan means God is Gracious;

Annabelle means Easy to Love;

Irene means Peaceful.

When you grow up, you will definitely want to know why Daddy and Mummy named you name both like that. This is because we want you to be happy, always laughing, loving and caring all the times...

Issac, Annabelle & Mummy Blog

Here we are…This blog will be baby Issac and baby Annabelle and Mummy’s . Mummy is going to write down every single thing that we had been through together, with some little helps of colour photos of you both through your and our everyday life…

Both of you really likes camera and like to pose in front whenever Mummy or Daddy takes the camera. Really, time flies… Both now is 2 and 4 years old. Mummy will record down every each of your life in this blog, as long as Mummy can write…

Mummy will write your life and personality. Mummy will write as often as I can and include mummy feelings about you both, how both of you contribute to the beauty of Mummy life, and most of all Mummy's feelings of love.

Mummy will record down things Mummy wants both of you to know when both of you will be adults someday, then Mummy might forget over time or might be not around with bout of you. Hope as both of you grow and change, you will read some of Mummy's words when both of you might going through hard times, or when you think Mummy hates you because I need to correct your behaviour. Hope this will remind both of you that Mummy have been loving you a long time, Mummy have been there with you, and will continue to love them no matter what.

When you leaves home someday, you will see this blog and hope this would be the gift that both of you will cherish most from your Mummy...