too fast, too furious

my baby wei is 7 months' old today!

it seems like only yesterday when i was waddling about and trying to keep whatever i eat inside my system!

she's sprouted two tiny front bottom teeth, but so far i've been unsuccessful in trying to snap a picture of them - she squirms and wriggles too much. and if i'm not mistaken, her top front teeth will make their appearance soon. and, as usual, i'll be her first victim when she bites to sooth her swollen gums.

this little terrorliza's also the hub's favourite. out of our 3 girls, he spends the most time with her (age for age comparison) and since i leave for the office earlier, he's the one who bathes her in the morning before he goes off to work.

and she'd stay up and wait impatiently for the hub to come home, no matter how late he is. wei would get all excited and laugh wildly when she sees her daddy, although i'm the one she looks for during bedtime because i've got her "pacifiers".

i'll openly admit that i feel a tinge of sadness at the speed in which the girls are growing. and i don't mean just the physical changes.

as i watch little wei crawling around and learning how to stand/walk, i realise that this would probably be the last time i experience the joys of raising a baby. wen's 3 and her little streak of independence is bursting out of the seams as she challenges authority and starts to dictate her own wardrobe choice. as for xian, she's already starting primary one next year. my 6-year-old has lost 4 baby teeth (so far) and she reaches up to my chest now.

scary, huh?

and to prove my point, here are some pictures of the older girls at their kindergarten graduation concert held on 7 november 2008:

xian with her classmates

queueing up backstage

the little graduates - before making their entrance

receiving her kindergarten diploma

xian on stage

the 2008 K2 graduation class

xian's 1st performance of the day

the sisters introducing the next segment together

wen's up next!

she's the youngest girl - the only girl from pre-nursery class

xian's 2nd dance routine

xian's 3rd performance - chinese drama!

all the little tikes up on stage for the finale

wen and the 3 boys in blue next to her are the only students from the pre-nursery class

xian with her principal mrs tan

wen with mrs tan

xian with mrs jonas

wen and mrs jonas

wen and ms chong

the girls with zhang lao shi

the girls with lin lao shi

this marks the end of xian's kindergarten days. and i'm sad to add that Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church Kindergarten will no longer be in operation after 18 years. dwindling numbers (there're only 5 students in wen's pre-nursery class) probably forced the management to re-evaluate their options and they decided to close the kindergarten.

the school's obviously seen better days. but despite its slightly run-down facilities, the school had wonderful teachers who were experienced and nurturing, and both my girls enjoyed their time there.

in less than 2 months, xian will embark on her primary school journey while wen will start her nursery at St. Paul's Church Kindergarten. and all too soon, little wei will also join her sisters at school.

*sigh*

the girls are really growing up. too fast and too furious.