Spiderwick

Dear All

It seems Spiderwick is a very popular show amongst the kids even before it is screened. The book cover shows quite gruesome looking creatures and only today was it first screened in Singapore's cinemas. And guess what, we caught the show today! The girls were begging to see it. So as promised, we caught the 12.50pm show at GV Tampines.

It's a 1.5h show. The beginning was a bit slow moving, and then quite suddenly, the pace picks up. The review on the papers yesterday said the last part was quite scary for the younger ones. Felicia felt the scenes in the middle more scary as the creatures were unknown then. The last parts were OK for her. Both Felicia and I found the show very touching and nice. For Tiffany, it was just OK. The show could be a little longer though. The show is also about family relationships. Only thing is I find there was insufficient "meat" to the magical creatures.

Another interesting thing happened at home today. During the girls afternoon nap, Felicia jumped on the bed on her knees, and the bed broke! It happened before when she was a baby of 1.5-2 years old. She was in her baby cot learning how to stand and started hopping. Then the cot's bottom broke! Same thing happened...she burst into tears and bawled. She had the same look of fear in her eyes. I guess it must be from the scare of the "fall" as well as my angry face which must have been very fearful to her. She's so afraid I would punish her.

These few days have been very bz especially for Bert and financially tight..what with the big shifting of things from Jurong house and the piano this Sat. Now, we have to get a replacement bed!! Again, this Sat is burn, burn, burn. We have another b/d party to attend. This time it's Felicia's friend (ex-classmate from last year). Bert can't join me as he'll be at Jurong house, so I'll be ferrying the girls from tuition class, to b/d bash and then to cathecism all between 11am to 4:30pm!! Sometimes its a misnomer to call us Stay-at-home mums or even housewives!! We are seldom if ever at home! Our duties are so varied and wide-ranging and we do not stay at home!!!

That's a summary of a page in the life of a SAHM during the holiday period!

Love Theresa