I wanted to give up long before race day. There were more than enough reasons to anyway. I needed to focus on work and cancel out any distraction. There were processes to settle, curriculum to prepare and ideas to incubate. I didn’t have time…
Family life as we know it Milestones and growing up Nat Kao The darndest kid quotes and antics
My littlest, 3 years, 4 months
Someone’s got a pretty good brain that’s been doing lots of quick thinking lately, not to mention the really glib tongue. Someone who’s just barely turned three. Someone who’s the apple of my eye. *** Me: So Nat, shall we skip the diaper today?…
I am a complete subscriber to the idea that the areas of the foot correspond to the areas in the body and can be counted as one of the regulars at the foot reflexologist’s. When I was younger and not a fan of fruit, the solution…
Ben Kao Enrichment Homelearning fun Learning fun! Reviews
Exploring vocabulary through My World of Words [Review]
I guess one of the good things about being a language person is that it translates to being a mom that’s extremely particular about vocabulary building for your kids. I am big on making sure my children have a rich deposit of words in…
Going Out! Milestones and growing up The Kao Kids
Of bouncy dreams and masak masak (ft. ZoomPark & National Museum of Singapore)
Holidays are stuff that dreams are made of. No fixed routines. No schedules. No rush. At least for now. I’ve made it the goal of this year’s March, June and September holidays that the kids play and play only. Apart from the older kids’…
If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you might already know that I.never. run. Not for 2.4 km for NAPFA. Not for cross country. Not for the bus. But I finally did so last year to challenge myself at the Great Eastern Women’s…
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Hide and Seek Fun with Sam & Sally [A review + a giveaway!]
I am fighting a real battle limiting screen time these days. Everywhere there’s bombardment of the message – give your child an iPad! a smartphone! more TV! – and it’s hard to win the battle in this day and age with so many educational…
When you were a child, what did you do when you were bored? And what have you become today? My husband explored and got into trouble. I lay in bed and dreamed up imaginative worlds. We are big believers of boredom – and we…
Invites & Tryouts Milestones and growing up Product Reviews Reviews The Kao Kids
Yummy gummies in our tummies
I’ve always brainwashed my children about sweets and how they, though delectably tasty at first, would come back to haunt them in the form of tooth decay and indigestion. It works, by the way. But also because I satisfy their sugar cravings with gummy-fixes in…
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Experiencing dinosaurs
One of the greatest joys of parenting is to be totally immersed and involved in your children’s obsessions. Boys usually start with cars or balls. Then they move on to trains, dinosaurs, soldiers, LEGO and superheroes of all kinds. Girls typically are obsessed with the…