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我家四宝。All mine to love and to hold. At least, until they are all grown up. ❤

No one ever said parenting is easy. I knew right from the start that this year would be a challenging one - PSLE for the eldest, having to care for a newborn, handling a clingy boy who is newly promoted to Korkor, dealing w a soon-to-be tween, all while having to solo parent most of the time in the midst of a pandemic.

Yup, some friends called me brave to have a fourth kid at this stage, some said I must be mad, or maybe it's just a combination of the two. 其实，这应该算是我的福气才对。❤ Many told me to get help of some form to make my hectic life easier, then I told them I do have help - from the hubby on weekends and my older kids on weekdays.

Nope, it's not like the kids are always wonderfully behaved nor do they always take the initiative, but they have all stepped up to help out in the house and with the baby - I'd like to think I trained them well over the years - and before we know it, we're just three months away from the end of the year. For that, I'm truly grateful.

It's my 12th year as a stay-at-home mum yet I feel like I still have so much to learn and to improve on. On some days, I sound like a broken record, my fuse is shorter and my patience is cut down. I can blame it on stress, on cabin fever or many other things but like I said in my "Happiness is..." blog post, it's okay to not be okay at times. "We might have lost the battle today but we live to fight another day and tomorrow, we're gonna be victorious."

Mums are humans after all. So am I and so are you. And we are gonna be all right because we are not alone in this journey.

Happy Hump Day, everyone. I call this post 有感而发 and it's not because I had a tough day (most of our days are normal with a mix of both good and bad parts) but because I just wanted to pen my random thoughts. 3 more weeks till the end of PSLE, to all parents who are in the same boat, let's jia you and 向前迈进 together! ❤

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#blessedtohaveallofyou

"The greatest gift our parents ever gave us was each other."

I was at the mall the other day and had a random conversation with a store assistant. She saw that I was carrying Ansel so she asked me how old he was, how many kids I have, how many boys and girls and so on before revealing that she comes from a big family too.

One of the things she said echoed my sentiments and that was "有兄弟姐妹是好的，当父母不在了，他们至少还有彼此。" It means that one day when we are gone, at least our kids still have each other for support and company. It's what I've always felt too and one of the reasons why I wanted to have more kids.

Even though they might bicker and fight at this age, it's also plain to see how they love and care for each other. Of course, I hope the bickers will lessen as they grow older and I want the bond to get stronger over time too.

A key message they said to me on Mother's Day was "Thank you, Mama, for bringing me and my siblings into this world so I can play with them." Yup, while they might not always say it, I know they do appreciate and love each other deeply. This is even more apparent since Ansel joined our family because they all dote on him and love him to the moon and back.

有你们，我再也不寂寞。因为你们，我的人生更幸福。May we learn to always cherish each other, my dears. ❤

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Parenting is indeed a tough job so here's a salute to all dads and mums out there!

The exhaustion, the exasperation, the envy and the emptiness at times is real. I don't think it gets better over time, at least, I know that I still have a lot of work as a mum when my kid turns into a tween or teen. Yup, my girls might be older now but trust me when I say I still have lots to teach them every single day and I nag till I find myself long-winded.

But then again, there is also the excitement, the elation and the euphoria every time we achieve a milestone, outdo ourselves or simply survive a tough day in parenthood. It was a sleepless night yesterday with the baby but the thing about yesterday is that it will pass eventually, no matter how hard.

So, today, I am still feeling positive, hopeful and happy. Postive that life is beautiful, hopeful that today will bring about good things and happy to just be here, breathing, breastfeeding, bringing the kids home and being with them every moment of my day.

P.S. Thank you, Papa, for working hard to protect our seas and us too! ❤

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