a New LiFe with VANORA!

John 3:16

2007-01-02T18:48:00.000+08:00

God so loved the worm,
God so loved the worm,
God so loved the worm that He gave it to His son.

*mom sings the other part so it's quite normal...

A Lil Snippet...

2006-08-20T13:56:00.000+08:00

Just like her Grandma, she has developed an affinity for craft and art. For her age, her grandma has given much trust by allowing her to use scissors to cut paper, albeit only under adult supervision. Today however, she has decided to become independent, and use the scissors herself. In the few minutes she was left to herself, she found a scissors, cut up some temporary tattoos (they come in sheets where you cut the design you want and stick it on) all through the designs so none could be salvaged, and after that decided she needed a haircut. She cut a bit, not too much to be noticed yet not that little to throw me into a state of horror. She doesn't understand what it all means yet i suppose so she's her usual self now, despite the scolding and a ban on all scissors usage, with or without supervision. Let's hope Grandma follows through with that...

I want to be a clown Please?

2006-08-19T11:56:00.000+08:00

It's funny how she is so polite at such a young age, although surrounded by adults, who, as most people, forget their manners. I for one, do forget my Ps and Qs.
It is more amazing that she has this fascination for Clowns when she had traumatic experiences with clowns as a baby. She was dreadly terrified by them, but I suppose, God-given strength helped her overcome...
Now the thing is always wanting to put on clown make up and wearing a hat and silly baggy pants and parading as a clown... But she is adorable in it!
there are two separate occasions so you'll notice although the pants are the same, the hat and make up aren't... There will be more to come... :)

Pics...

2006-07-03T17:24:00.000+08:00

picking nose... tsk tsk... they start young...

star jump babe! at the Royal Bayswater Hotel...

the gang who went to London. the photographer was grandma!

aunty carol from Spain. Luv you miss you!

after the London eye. mommy and i...

the rest of the pics can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/laydeelurve/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/genie_vanora/

gee whiz, techie gurl!

2006-07-03T17:10:00.000+08:00

in case you have been wondering, how is it it takes forever to put up an entry, it's because my daughter has understood what a computer does, and she is ever eager to use it.
since then, she has had many visits to her favourites/bookmarks like starfall.com where she can play the gingerbread man, the pumpkin and other stories. the other place of course is the wiggles page. her motor skills are so good though, and her attention and concentration surpass others her age. so she climbs onto whoever's lap is on the computer chair, takes hold of the mouse, and clicks on the favourites/bookmarks (depending on which browser the person is using). then she selects her site and clicks. then the rest of the time is hers. oh and you happen to nudge or message me or my brother via msn, guess who answers? hehehe... yup. she'll type gibberish and then press enter. hi tech babe that's for sure!

Vanora's entry!

2006-05-23T19:25:00.000+08:00

jkkkjjgplkmjkk mmm kmm kopl lmk kjj
(i am sam, sam i am, v, a, n, o, r, a)
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Terrible 2!

2006-05-23T18:05:00.000+08:00

well i've no past experience to compare, but i hardly think terrible two is all it's hyped out to be. i mean there are times when i want to lock myself and scream in frustration, but it's not an everyday occurrence.
yesterday she broke my mom's coffee pot. well at times it's silly, and frustrating. but things like these will happen. i realize that now.
apart from that, i feel she is so extremely observant, i worry sometimes. i keep checking myself so as not to impart bad habits and behaviour to her. she can manouvre her way around the Wiggles website, as it has been bookmarked for her. able to distinguish real from fake, serious and fun.
it seems to me that her disobedience stems from two things. firstly, she wants to test my authority, and willingness to give in. to see if i will hold on to my stand. secondly, she wants emphasize that she too, has desires and wants. sometimes we compromise and plan things together. but sometimes, she needs discipline.
Mother's day came and went. i got a bottle from her (which Grandma helped her make), and also a photo frame (also Grandma's handiwork). it's through this Mother's day that i realize it may not be easy being a mother, but it's worth every day of my life.
:)

Mommy's Sweetheart Song

2006-03-25T19:42:00.000+08:00

Mommy loves you, Vanny girl
Mommy loves you, Vanny girl
Go to sleep now and be blessed
With God's favour and rest.

Mommy loves you, Vanny girl
Mommy loves you, Vanny girl
Eat your food now and be blessed
As Mommy's very best.

this was a silly lullaby (the second stanza just added today, while feeding her... :P) that i have been singing to Vanora ever since she was a month or two... now she calls it the Mommy Sweetheart Song. and now that the song got expanded, she specifies which stanza she wants... sleep now, or eat food... :)

C.S.I.

2006-03-11T23:16:00.000+08:00

the fall.

2006-03-11T22:15:00.000+08:00

After a long week, the smile was comforting.

Tuesday (28th February 2006) I got a call from Grandma, but since was at clinic, it was missed. Later I decided it might be important, seeing as Grandma for sure knew it was class time. I called her, and she sounded weird.

"Vanny had a fall from the sofa. She hit her head, and it looks quite deep. I'm at the clinic now. They don't have the facilities to stitch it so i'm taking her to Assunta Hospital now."

I'm not sure if I sat because the words were so heavy, or that my legs just felt wobbly from the news. I tried to be strong, and sound professional, but being away, not able to assess the situation myself, all i could do was ask some questions and make the conversation as short as possible. because i needed to think. and pray. It disturbed me throughout the day, and a million possible complications runned through my head. but the fact that she was crying her lungs out and able to answer the doctor's questions ruled out any neurological deficits. that gave some relief.

She received ten sutures for a lacerated wound on the forehead 3 cm long, and quite deep, however the bone was not exposed (that is good news of course). According to Grandpa, she was quite well behaved and did listen to the doctor. she earned an ice cream, but was fast asleep by the time it was over. the dressing was big and scary, though.

Saturday we went to visit Grandma at camp. she was so happy seeing so many people there, and of course since there was a Vanny's standard knee-high stream nearby. although the current was strong and the water cold, she didn't mind one bit. later, she had a cold bath camping style. but by nightfall, all she wanted was home. so we packed up and went home.

Next day we had breakfast with Godma, eating dim sum. she was fine as usual and Godma just pampered her incessantly. Vanora received a belated birthday gift, a beautiful dress, from Godma Debbie, Aunty Rachel, and Uncle Terence.

Monday she took out the sutures and there were no problems, says Grandpa. she was supposed to remove her dressing on Thursday, but she took it in her own hands and removed it on wednesday instead. but all was well and the wound was clean and healing well.
i'm glad the whole ordeal was over tho. sigh...

two today!

2006-02-25T00:45:00.000+08:00

a beautiful day, and my little girl could not have a more cheerful mood. from the moment she awoke, it was as if she knew it was a special day - Her Birthday.
we (her grandma and i) were on the bed, just discussing the agenda for the day and talking bout making a princess cake for her. she turned over and said, "Clown Cake!" so i guess we had to change the design to a clown cake. she wanted one of Jojo, the clown. anyways, somehow she also mentioned wanting a pink cake, so the final wish was for a pink Jojo cake. of course, by the time we found the recipe etc, it was a choc cake with Jojo's face on it... hopefully there is some resemblance.
in the end, i made a chocolate base cake and a pink cone (a clown tent) cake with a lot of clowns heads... but not Jojo. hope it's ok...
been baking so much tho... wonder if this is the mom-ness kicking in after two years... :)
anyways, this year was a quieter celebration compared to the BIG ONE... hahah but was pleasant nonetheless... mostly messages and mails and calls, but it just showed how loved she was.

godma Amelia: Cha! Pls give vanny big hugs and kisses for me k? wish her happy Bday! Muaks...

Uncle Terence: wishing vanny a blessed birthday! Grow up to be a super girl for the Lord Jesus. my love to her mum n herself.
Godma Deborah: Blessed birthday vanny! two! so QUICK! Godma will come around
n see you in a few days.Beautiful baby with beautiful mommy! you'll be busy giving muaks on your bday n receiving TONS of presents! Love u loads and mommy too! Birthday SMOOCHES n HUGS!

calls came streaming in, and poor Vanora had the hardest time talking to some many people in one day! by the end of the day she didn't want to talk on the phone anymore! being a ggod sport tho, she managed a "bubye!" and passing the phone to soemone else, say "your call!"

but the whole weekend was just Vanora's birthday weekend. it was good... i hope she enjoyed it lots.

oh ya as for presents, she got a rocking horse from ammama pati and fona, and nice story books from grandma. mommy didn't give her anything though... hahah just spent the whole week with her. i think she would rather have that than anything else. after all wat do you give a girl who has everything?

she's got a play house, a wading pool, a car, a tractor, and now a horse... wow... wat a life! :)

well that is all for now. will post more as the weekend goes by.

:) gene.

2006-01-21T18:59:00.000+08:00

thought i'd put up pics to see how she's grown...
surprised me, just how different she was...

conversations with the nearly two year old...

2006-01-20T22:42:00.000+08:00

"come here..." "erm, draw circle..."
baby, let's go bathe?
"dun want!"
let's go play water?
"ok!"
... after bathe...
"cccoooolllldddd...."
come wear diapers?
"dun want!"
why? need to wear...
"dun want!"
*tickle tickle*
come up the bum, put the stickers... (diapers worn)
come put panties!
"dun want!"
wanna go out? go to a restaurant and eat?
"yes! go out!"
ok let's wear this dress and panties...
"let's go!"
after dinner...
"ice cream please!"
ok... lemme feed you?
"i do!"
you're gonna mess up...
"i do!"
:)
ok a snippet... will try get a recording so u can hear... so cute!!!

Journey to Singapore!

2005-11-26T13:42:00.000+08:00

the babysitters...

Little Girl @ Divali 2005

2005-10-31T00:13:00.000+08:00

Ammama Menon was Amma's best friend, and our families have always been very close. we sought them in good times and bad, and they us. every Divali we would gather with them, as well as Onam, and Christmas, they would come celebrate with us.
This was Vanora's first Divali ever and so she was dressed extra pretty with grandma's expertise of course.

while grandma drove, i sat with my princess and her two aunties... and "teacher Fona" was in the front. Vanora had no clue where we were going but she was just there for the ride! :)

well finally we did reach aunty shyma's place (which is just nearby!), and we saw ammama sitting in the hall. although the picture doesn't show well, Vanora was extremely generous in kisses and hugs, and ammama received at least three kisses at a go!
she met a few little girls, with whom she started warming up, and running around. finally, company her age, she must have thought!
the girls were slightly older so they took great care of her, and "mommy"ed her all the way. after awhile, one girl left and there was Karishma.
Throughout the night, Karishma and Vanora and i played along, looking at the fishes, making games, talking and laughing. eventually the little girls exhausted themselves. so it was sleepy time...
finally it was time to head on home... goodbyes said and hugs and kisses well given and received, we went home to rest the weary bodies. happy divali to all!

Dancle and his BIG Feast...

2005-10-19T22:57:00.000+08:00

actually this is redundant because i posted it on my own blog. therefore every body direct yourself there.

however one more thing i didn't add was, Vanora luvs his Siew Yoke... kept asking for more: "pwease?" gladly dancle gave more and more, and also passed her some roasted chicken. first time he's seen her eat so much, and one of the rare times she's so pally with him. :P

a few days later, he cooked another dinner but this time for family. there were no photos because by the time i arrived from Seremban, there wasn't much of anything. however, the food was, as expected, scrumptious. :)

the house was full of relatives, (close ones mind you) but she stuck to those she was familiar with. everyone tried wooing her and bribing her so that she'll come sit with them, but she's a fussy pot... (hmmm, think it's flashback time!) she went to bed late, as usual... after most people had gone home.

bubyes, DiNKLe!

2005-09-30T13:12:00.000+08:00

yesterday uncle thars took pics with his aunty fona...

then it was
grand pa's turn...

uncle thars leaving on a jet plane... germany here i come!
aunty nisha wearing the envied leather jacket for the last time... and goodbyes for uncle thars.
although she was just sending her uncle off, she got equal amounts of hugs and kisses and probably more photos...

uncle thars went on board Lufthansa Airlines to Germany, to further his studies.
vanora first entered the airport with sheer delight! such a big place to run around!

then she saw Mommy! mommy came from Seremban after class... *HuGzZzzZZzZ*

however the hug wasn't all that long as she was scrambling down to play in her new found "playground"...

well we went off to BK after the bag was checked in. probably the first student goin abroad with baggage that didn't exceed the max limit. wow...

while eating, streams of friends poured in, with well wishings and smiles. photos taken and gifts etc... and finally it was time to go. at the usual byebye place, all hugs and kisses exchanged, we finally prayed (Ps Sam) and then it was bye...

pretty embarassing part for him since all were shouting and screaming his name. we rushed to the lookout area in hopes we could say bye, should he look up. only toward the end did he look up... nonetheless we waved till he was out of sight.

"Jesus, be with my uncle thars, help him be adjusted there and make good friends. Cause him to prosper in all he sets his hands to do. and bring him back safely and quickly. in Your name we pray. Amen!"

singapore day trip!

2005-09-18T12:56:00.000+08:00

so we headed off to singapore on saturday... lotsa things on the agenda but no time. thars is leaving soon so we wanted to have family time together with darren, and also to meet up with our great aunt in spore. also we had the opportunity to visit my new two nephews, zachary and lucas. my aunt (whose house they were in), was ill so we wanted to come visit and cheer her up. at least a bit... :)

of course we headed down a little later than usual... typical but hey, it's a hol!

and initially vanora busied herself. but the hours were long and i guess she ran out of things to do in car, which didn't stop...

so nap time...

mom was driving, so i relaxed at the back and took pics, while reading M. Scott Peck's The Road Less Travelled...

eventually as we neared the place, we stopped at a petrol station to fuel up, so i got a pic of mom...

that's darren with her. we picked him up at race course road, and had lunch nearby. some nepalese place, not bad food. he had to be at work by two ish, and it was two thirty by the time we dropped him off. so we took a few pics and let him go. this was at the botanical gardens.
so next stop was bishan st. 23 to see my aunt and my nephews. they're twins too!

this is me wit lucas. he's malayalee-english... lucas jake mitchell. the elder of the two. so cute!
he's quieter...

his younger bro is zachary ole mitchell, the socialite. friendly, active, and sooo busy (adorable!!!!!!!!!), he's the one who forfeits his afternoon nap and can still go on till night! cutey...
vanora was so happy to have playmates, and she was especially eager to befriend lucas... kept playing with him, and talking to him...
this is van with lucas. he was sleeping when she found him, so she came to lie with him and pat him to sleep... she luvs him so much...

shaking hands with zac... he's so friendly and was so happy to hang with van...

my two s'pore aunts... the great aunt and grandma... with zac and lucas...

flamenco!

2005-09-18T12:49:00.000+08:00

look at my flamenco angel... sigh... what a doll... my mom bought a whole bunch of clothes for her. when i came back from seremban on friday, she was wearing this to embrace me... beautiful ain't she?

welcome, welcome... come one, come all!

2005-09-11T11:39:00.000+08:00

well, this is it. a blog created just for vanora, so she'll know how she was, who she is and what life with her is all about. i'm personally excited about this, cos i want to make this more of a contributory column, so it's not just from me. feel free to write in, either about her or to her. and pics! as many as you can! wanna make this a memorable one for her.
her details...
name: vanora teoh li ching
age as of now: 18 mths, 2 weeks and 4 days
able to walk, talk a bit (make noise, a lot!), smile, act, laugh, watch tv, help in chores... she's a great kid!
godmas: Amelia and Deborah
godpas: Darren and Tharsis
"cool Mom": Crystal
hmmmm... anything else?
well that's it for now.. will dig up some of things past, and post more new things too...

muaks
gene. (the proud mom!)