I have been running kind of low on fuel lately, largely because I’m sort of stuck in this rut of a vicious cycle: I can’t pinpoint how this all started. Probably at Point Tired Mother. I’m still nursing the youngest at 15 months at least…
We’ve been attending Gymnademics for half a term now, and Nat has never been happier. At 15 months, my littlest baby is starting to babble a lot, and responding to routines. He looks forward to the fun to be had in his Pre-Fellow class…
This month is the month of F-words. We’re exploring things that begin with the letter F! Homelearning: Tracing F and making Faces We did our usual tracers from our Hands On Homeschooling curriculum, and traced the uppercase and lowercase F with our fingers and pencil.…
The kids have settled well in kindy and absolutely look forward to the routine on week days where they bus to school, go to school, then come home for more homelearning with me. The June break is approaching in two weeks. I don’t know how to break…
I crave for this ever so often and find myself needing to bake this and have it as a staple in my fridge! Ben, Becks and Nat love the deliciousness of this pound cake. It’s got a semi-dense texture that’s oh-so-yummy when served warm…
(Self) Examination Parenting 101 Re: learning and child training
Taking the Orange Rhino Challenge, well, sort of…
These days I’m yelling considerably lesser than before, and I think I have the Orange Rhino to thank. She’s a mother of four who initiated the Orange Rhino Challenge and made a commitment to going 365 days without yelling. I think she’s already at her 461st day…
My fourth Mother’s Day was a really special one. On Sunday, we were invited by Rise and Shine, in partnership with Volkswagen Singapore, to join them at the Volkswagen Centre at Alexandra Road for the Volkswagen Family Weekend. And so, I spent this special day with…
To celebrate Mother’s Day, I taught my children a simple song. They are to sing this every day, rain or shine. They are to sing it after every time-out and whenever they misbehave. Most importantly, they are to sing it every Mother’s Day. With…
Someone with three children recently wrote an article on the secret to being a happy mother. Her secret: outsourcing all the tedious jobs of childcare and domestic chores to a team of hired help. Ms Katie Hopkin’s idea of happiness is to acknowledge that there’s nothing…
On rainy days, where it’s a little too dark and gloomy for us to stay home, I try to make life brighter by baking cheery, happy things. I came across this recipe from one of my favourite magazines, Cake Heaven, and modified it as a…