My Birthday..

Another year has passed. Yesterday was my birthday, however we didn't have any celebration at all due to Jared's coxsackie. We also decided not to get any cake as we don't want him to salivate looking at us eating, poor boy..

Emily finished her exam on last Friday. She decided to give me an ecard instead, so she used daddy's laptop to create 4 cute slides as my birthday card.

Jared also wanted to make one for me after seeing the cute slides, so daddy helped him with it.

Jared made this birthday cake for me, with his so called lego candle :)

We were all so bored staying at home, so called quarantined, for the whole weekend except sending Emily to her tuition classes.

Hubby drew this potrait of Jared 

Emily wrote this story after reading the Chicken Soup for the Soul book which she borrowed from the public library. Jared was disappointed because jie jie used the name Harry (this girl is in love with Harry Porter) instead of Jared in her story :)

Teacher's Day Celebration & Coxsackie

Jared's school had a Teacher's Day celebration on last Thursday. As Parents were asked to bring some food to share with teachers and students. I made sausage puffs using the kawan brand paratha pastry and fruity nut cake. He was really excited and looking forward to the party. Kept telling me that he wanted to share the food with his friends and teachers. And he reminded jie jie to wake up early so that he would reach school early for the party :).

Fruit Cake

After lunch, his teacher phoned me to say that Jared was having mild fever. So we left office earlier to pick him up from school. By night time, he was still having fever. We continued to feed him paracetamol and the fever came down after that. I had to work from home the next day since his fever recur. By evening he was complaining of sore throat and unable to swallow anything. My worst fear came true, when I checked his mouth and saw few white spots on the inner part of his mouth, I suspected it to be HFMD. We immediately took him to the specialist for further check-up. Dr checked his hands and feet for any red spots but there weren't any, however there were many spots on the inner part of his mouth. He prescribed Antibiotics as he was worried it would developed into secondary bacteria infections. However I did not give it to Jared as Coxsackie is a viral disease. After searching for more information on google, we understand that there is no specific treatment. Treatment is aimed at fever control and maintaining good oral hydration. The oral spray prescribed by the dr. help to lessen the pain by giving some numbed feeling to the sores.

Yesterday he could only eat my home-made yoghurt, ice cream, boiled eggs and cereal with cold milk. Today he is much better, I do not see new sores or worsening existing sores. He was able to eat pancakes for breakfast, lots of yoghurt and porridge for lunch and dinner.

We will quarantine him at home for the next few days. Praying for speedy recovery..

Happy to be staying at home and not going to school.
Played with his Legos

Happy Mother's Day

Another year of Mother's Day celebration with the kids. Nothing special on this day, still need to prepare breakfast and the rest of the meals as we do not want to get caught in the crowded restaurants. Emily woke up in the morning and was the first to wish me Happy Mother's Day and gave me a big hug. Jared seemed to have forgotten about it this morning, however he has already wished me many times last night :) 

Emily will be having her exams this week, so we didn't do anything special except making sure she did her revisions.  

Jared's kindy teacher made this card for each of her students
to give to all mummies. So very sweet of her. He was very excited to pass to
me on last Friday.

Emily made this card last night and hid it till this morning

Their loving thoughts really made my day. But I told them that they should make everyday Mother's Day :) :)

Happy Mother's Day to my own amazing mom and to all the greatest mamas out there.

Another Sunday On An Exam Week..

Next 2 weeks Emily will be sitting for her mid-term exam. I guess most parents if not all, also dread having to go through these exam weeks 4 times a year

Yesterday, Emily's tuition teacher gave me a packet of frozen paratha to try out. So this morning, we had this for breakfast, wrapped with cheese. It was really easy to prepare, just pan fry on a non-stick pan, without any oil. Turned out to be really crispy and to enhance the taste, I drizzle a little condense milk on top when done. Kids love it.
I read from some blogs that we can use it as substitute for puff pastry since it has lesser fat.

For lunch, we had steamed red snapper with laksa paste sauce. I cooked the sauce separately using Talent Cook laksa paste, ginger buds (bunga kantan), tomatoes and ginger. After steamed, I threw away the liquid and poured the sauce over the fish. Garnish with cilantro(my kids name it smelly vege :) ).

Look at the messy table where Emily has been sitting, to do her revision. Hoping that she will do well in the coming exam.