The start of 2021

 I decided E needed a haircut before school opens... #mybad 😭😱😲 He squirmed a little but the final part when I shaved off half his fringe was because i became too ambitious. M was horrified. So was I. I could not look at him for awhile, waves of guilt wash over me each time he grins at me... I am the worst mom ever, I think to myself. He looks like a kid with tinea capitis (fungal infection of the scalp).  

Poor kid, still doesn't know what has happened...

Made this for New Year's dinner with our friends, nasi lemak!

We made some good friends here and they will be returning to SG in April... Will miss their company for a few months. Each time we meet up for dinner and talk about the impending return, it's a bit sad. They had to run some errands that day and left their kid with me for the morning. We made minion cupcakes together- it was not too chaotic. PHEW!!

Holiday feasts

 On Christmas eve, we had some friends over and we are happy to announce that we can make our own baked ham and roast beef! We spent the week stressing about the dinner and we even got a thermometer probe to get the cooking right. I was in charge of the ham and M did the beef. It was good. Haha but when I get back to SG, chances are I would just order it from Cold Storage!! 😄

My ham with apricot glaze, like the deco??

M's roast beef

Krispie Christmas Tree!

Spaghetti meatball ring

We also went to the Asian supermarket and bought stuff to make our own HK Cha Chan Teng 😂. We had a crazy time laughing as we joked and heated up all the ready made dim sums and set the table. All to the sound of chinese restaurant music (instrumental guzheng type, you get what i mean!).

So that was the holidays for us. We were home mostly but it was nice. My in laws sent us a Christmas present which kept M and i busy for almost a week. It was difficult because the resolution was poor. We had to give up eventually because of the white bit of sky on the top left corner- every piece looked the same and it was impossible to fit everyone of them perfectly!! So frustrating!!

It was a cool gift though- a picture of the 3 of us in Vatican City