Sunday, November 12, 2006

twinkle twinkle christmas tree...

today we beat the storm and went our way to geylang road to find the store that sells cheap christmas trees and decors. there was a downpour of rain as soon as we sat down on the bus to get us to lorong 40. it was a long journey, around 30minutes ride so we were expecting that the rain would die down by then. but nooooo!!! it didn't even tone down so we have to wait for at least a few minutes in the waiting shed. but for the life of me, the rain would not stop! and we've been standing and waiting for 15minutes! so we just decided to walk our way to the store through the rain... *talk about real determination!*

mind you, we didn't really know the exact location of this store. all we know is that it's along a popular intersection at the corner of geyland road. so off we go the streets, dripping wet. we even forgot to bring our jackets. and the streets were really flooding with water. so we crossed the street and finally came to our destination. we just stayed outside for a while to shake off some water, and the storekeeper saw as lurking around the 'trees' so they asked us to come in. we were the only customers that time.

niƱo and i really enjoyed shopping around for 'the tree' for our family. basically, we're so excited since this is our first tree for our family, and the kids are here so we really want to surprise them. we decided to get red, gold and silver for our color motiffs and the tree we chose was a 6feet tall green christmas tree. it was soooo pretty! we never had a christmas tree taller than me during my growing years in pinas. and now, i just wanted a big tree for us.

upon arriving home, we ate our meryenda, and the kids were still asleep for their afternoon nap. we decided to put up our christmas tree while they're asleep so that we could surprise them when they woke up. we enjoyed putting it up, it was a bonding experience for me and my hubby. and when nixon and noah woke up, the expression on their faces were priceless. a total view of innocence and awe. there's no replacing that special feeling of making your kids happy and loved.

*and now it's time to start thinking of how to introduce santa claus to them hehehe...*





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