Our Christmas

Nothing big was planned. If anything is planned, Phoebe had to be taken into full consideration. It should be before or after her nap time, her meal times, her sleeping time etc. So, it was no big deal after all the limitations.

We started off with a Christmas eve dinner with my aunt & Mom at a Japanese restaurant. It was near and we figured not many people would want to celebrate their Christmas at a Japanese restaurant, do they? So, it wasn't crowded, service was good, food was served fast and Phoebe loved Chawamushi. :)

We missed our usual Christmas eve midnight service. We didn't want to end up holding Phoebe on our arms for her to sleep. We went to Christmas day service instead. Hopefully by next year, we should be able to go for the midnight service. It will be definitely more fun than the day service.

That's not all... Our Christmas weekend was longer and more tiring than Christmas day itself. Our 4 god children (9, 9, 6 & 3) came over for a 3day-2nite stay. Their parents were away to Bangkok for a golf holiday. So, you can imagine the havoc at home. 4 kids and a screaming & chatty toddler, Phoebe. It was full of noise and chaotic. Their maid came with them. I didn't want to accept them without their maid.

The whole troop, 5 kids, 2 maids, me and Henry went for caroling on boxing day. It was an informal one organized by some friends, visiting just 4 homes. It was fun to catch up, have fun, have food & singing & proclaiming the birth of Jesus Christ.

The 4 kids had some requests.. They always do when they come over. They want to eat speghetti, mushroom soup and chocolate fondue with fruits and marshmallow. Pretty easy to fulfill. We had that on Sunday night. The highlight was of course the chocolate fondue. They will do anything, behave well, finish all their dinner, just for the fondue. It was so great to see how much they enjoy it. And the maids enjoyed themselves too.

We sent them home on Monday and right away, quietness was felt.

That was the little Christmas we had.

Some photos to share with you.

(Preparing to go Christmas Dinner. She loves shoes. She pronounced it as 'hoo')

(Keeping herself entertained while we eat)

(One for the album)

(Phoebe with her maternal grandmother - Ah Mah)

(Phoebe with her previous sitter, my aunt)

(Phoebe with mommy)

(Opening presents, we helped, after dinner)

(Caroling on Boxing Day. She sure enjoyed the songs. I had been singing to her those songs for the past one month. At last she heard it from the choir.)

(One thing I tried to do this Christmas was to have her put on the red hat and take a photo. I failed miserably. She doesn't like anything on her head)

(Another failed shot)

(This is the nearest I had got. She was not looking at the me though :(. Will try again next year)

(The chocolate fondue session that the kids were waiting for)

(Even Phoebe was in for the fun, she had fruits without chocolate)

(Kyoko, younger of the twin, trying to color her teeth with chocolate so that it looked as if she doesn't have a front teeth)

(Reko, elder of the twin. She just love chocolate. I gave her the bowl I prepared the melted chocolate to lick)

(Tzi Hwee, he had been behaving because he wanted to have chocolate fondue to badly. I had some conditions that they had to fulfill)

(Tzi Zhi, the youngest among the 4, she too enjoyed it very much)

(Everyone, including the maids, were so engaged. At this time Phoebe must have felt left out sitting on her high chair alone.)