My children

People always ask me how I handle my 4 kids when they feel they already have their hands full with one or two. Well! Every child is a challenge. 4 kids never mean 4 times the challenge. In fact, with 4 kids, you can see how their birth orders do affect them.

Charlynn is a sensible, responsible girl who wants to excel in her work. She will do her work without being reminded. She probably feels that she has a need to set an example for the siblings and feel that we have high expectations on her. she is the first born and we learn how to be parents for the first time. My friend's child already has a facebook page to record her growing days. That's the kind of things parents will go for their first child and somehow the child will know. she has grown quite tall and many a times she still comes to me wanting big hugs and to scratch her back. Feel that she has grown up so fast but that is a fact of life.

My twin boys still behave like little boys of 3 or 4. Every chance they have, they will want to tackle each other, tease each other and pressing each other buttons. When it comes to work, they will play first then think of the consequences. On sunday, Chantz rolled down the grassy slope so many times even though I kept asking him not to. Charles on the other hand, kept jumping into puddles of water for fun. They can be fun kids to have but somehow working towards a goal or excel in school is not their priority. Joe and I have our hands full with them and just hope they will soon matured. Scary to note that somehow some men never outgrow their childhood.

Channery- my little one is really quite a character. She has a mind of her own and always creating things. house is messy too with her creations. She is best friend with JJ even though JJ sometimes is really scared of her. she loves to go to the library and we are also there for the baby session as she simply find it so fun. Every night she wants Joe to read her a stories. I am worried about her social skills as she ought to be able to attend school but tried that and not successful. she practically burst up in tears when we said we are going to send her to school.
She is able to speak fluently in English language and that is a concern as she simply refused to sing or speak Mandarin.

So you see- 4 kids does not mean 4 times the hardship. With experience, whenever something is not right or going to be a nightmare, we probably would have put a stop to things. Learning along the way with our kids and appreciating them for their uniqueness is quite a joy sometimes. Joe and I actually will have a lot of memories to talk about when we are old. Now life is always on the go but we both love being parents la. Everyday is not boring with them around and when they are good, that is a bonus.