Full House

My house is full of people now. My sister is staying with us at the moment (she's just finished 1st half of her work contract and is planning a tour-of-a-lifetime before commencing on the remaining half of the contract in October), my bro-in-law (currently studying at Notts) is here for a visit and my father-in-law, who had extended his business trip in Europe so that he could come see us, has just arrived today. The last time the girls saw their granddad was over a year ago when he kindly accompanied us to UK and helped us settle in. Louisa had no problem bonding with him again. I was worried about Lavigne. She was still a little baby when my father-in-law went back to Singapore, so she wouldn't be able to recognise him. Hence, for the past 2 weeks or so, I'd been showing her a photo of him and teaching her to call him 'YeYe' (cantonese for granddad). To my surprise and delight, she didn't behave as she would have normally done to a stranger (hiding behind me) when she saw him. In fact, she didn't even fuss when YeYe carried her. Both girls had a wonderful time playing with Yeye and Uncle Daniel. They even went to the park to which Louisa proclaimed to me 'I had so much fun' upon coming home. I'm sure Yeye enjoyed himself tremendously too since he had not seen his only 2 grandchildren for so long.

My aunt and cousin visited us 2 weeks back. My father-in-law is here now. My parents and youngest sister will be coming over end of May and we are expecting my sister-in-law and her boyfriend in October. Visitors.....they lift our spirits when they come and certainly make my days less like 'Groundhog Day'.

F is for Familiar. . . There is no place like home.

A is for always welcome, no matter how far you roam.

M is for memories, more cherished each passing day.

I is for inspiration, given along the way.

L is for love you feel each time you get together.

Y is for the years to come, for family lasts forever.