Thursday, October 11, 2007

Kieona's First Visit to the Dentist

We admit! We haven't been very proactive in bringing Kieona for her first dental visit. We've started talking about it slightly past Kieona's second birthday, and never got around to bringing her to one. A couple of months ago though, we did notice that her front teeth (men ya) were a little blackish from the inside. Mommy told Daddy we should really bring her for a dental check-up, but work and the everyday chores took precedence and we ended putting it off until heaven knows when.

This Tuesday, Daddy spotted a cavity (he called it a hole) in her front tooth and told Mommy about it. On the same morning in school, Ms Irene told us she just spotted that Kieona had a cavity. Ok, this time the scare prompted Mommy to call a dentist at Thomson Plaza to fix an appointment the minute she thought the clinic may be open.

So as it happened, Kieona went for her first dental check-up today after school. Daddy was kind enough to stay home and sent us there. Kierra came along too since we had picked them up from school and gone direct. And so it went - the dentist said that she has cavities! Not one, but four! Huh? Mommy thought there was only one huge one behind her front tooth? Or maybe at the most two - the other at the corner of the other front tooth.

Mommy must admit, I was pretty sunken with the thought of her having fillings done on her first visit. Will Kieona be afraid of the dentist from now or even cry when the cavities are being treated? Mommy just tried hard to keep the look of fear away. How can Kieona face what she needs to face if Mommy cringes at the thought of it?

The dentist explained to her that she needs to catch the worms in her teeth, and to fix it up and remove them all. All she needed to do was to put on sunglasses (the light is glaring), open her mouth and don't move. She obliged - didn't smile or didn't look frightened. Daddy, Mommy and Kierra were there watching her and giving her moral support. "She must need all the courage in the world now," Mommy thinks.

The dentist started "spraying water" in her mouth and drilling the cavities. We saw the large hole in the middle. It must hurt but Kieona was very brave. She just opened her mouth and seemed relaxed. Then Mommy saw blood. This must really hurt. But Kieona still looks like she is handling very well. Then while doing the filling halfway, Kieona fell asleep! :)) This is funny! In the dentist chair!!!

There were four cavities, but we only managed to get two filled. Not because Kieona wasn't able to manage it, but because she was tired and falling asleep. We're so proud of Kieona. Good job, Kieona!
Oh yes, Mommy forgot to mention - Kierra seem more fearful than Kieona was when Kieona was the one in the chair. While watching Jie jie, Kierra actually fell asleep. Ahh.... little Kierra, sweet baby.....

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

We entered a Best Caption contest!

My Pride and Joy
You got it! We joined a Best Caption contest organized by the non-profit organization, I Love Children the Saturday before Kierra's birthday at Tiong Bahru Plaza. We would have loved Daddy to be with us in the picture too, but it was taken when we got a little bored as we've walked the whole of Tiong Bahru Plaza two times and Daddy was still not done helping Auntie Patricia with her presentation. Don't ask this Mommy what the organization is about, as we joined since we fulfilled the criteria of spending at least $10 at Tiong Bahru Plaza and Mommy wanted the very full goodie bag.

Well, joining the contest wasn't really an issue as the photo-taking was free and done on the spot. The hard part was thinking of the caption. Since Kierra was running around and Mommy was a little flustered calling after the kiddos, we just decided on the caption as it just popped into Mommy's head. We never expected it to be so well-taken since those we've seen on the wall wasn't very good. :) Daddy later said because we had the right combinations of looks.... haha, ok, maybe we will win the contest?

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Kierra's 2nd Birthday

Kierra celebrated her birthday in school on Sep 28 as Oct 1 was a school holiday. Sep 28, a Friday, also happened to be when the school had planned for a Children's Day celebration so we did a fair bit of planning to ensure she can celebrate it on that same day in school.

It was rather eventful, as the day before Prima-Deli in Ang Mo Kio where we ordered the cake called to ask if we can have it collected later. Mommy said no, because we had already told them earlier we needed to collect it at 9am so that I can make it to the school and not have their schedules for the celebration disrupted. It was a lot of hoo-ha and Daddy was clearly not pleased with the way they handled it. On the fateful morning, Mommy had to collect the cake herself and asked Grandpa to send the cake since Mommy doesn't have transport and Daddy was out for his Friday morning meetings.

When I got there, they gave a 1kg cake and I nearly flipped. Then after that they told me the cake is not delivered yet. I was about to rail at them when a supposedly superior took the cake out from another fridge. Argh! So unprofessional!

Fortunately we got the cake there without a glitch. Since we were unable to join in the celebration, I got the school teachers who helped us take some photos of Kierra's birthday party. See pictures below.
On Oct 1, Kierra's actual birthday, Daddy was kind enough to bring us out to the Sentosa Underwater World. The kids sure had lots of fun watching the huge fishes, although Kierra did fall asleep somewhere in-between. We ended the day with a small chocolate birthday cake which we got from Dino which really tasted yummy.....

Kierra on Modelling

Our dear Kierra had just told Mommy a few days ago while I was watching television "Mommy, I want model." Huh? Did I hear wrongly? It's strange why out of a sudden she posed there and asked this question. We haven't been talking a lot about renewing Kieona's contract, although we did think if we should also let her do a portfolio. Afterall, it's nice to keep these photos as keepsakes. In fact, Mommy wished she had some from her younger years....

Kieona: What's the point?

Recently, Kieona has taken to reasoning in a way that Mommy couldn't believe her ears. Once just a couple of weeks ago, probably in August when I told her to take her nap, Kieona just blurted out "What's the point, Mommy? I have to sleep at night." So do I laugh or do I cry? Smart, smart Kieona at 3 yrs old. So logical and so comical.

Kieona's Third Portflio Shots

Look at Kieona - ain't this pretty? Auntie Evonne said that the top is cute, so she's wearing this top Grandma bought for her long time ago for this shoot. After this shoot, Mommy went to buy a set of hair styler to style her hair once in a while. Sweet.