Ben: Mama, how do we get dragon fruit? Me: Erm, I think I bought it from the supermarket? Ben: No, how does it grow and grow? Me: From a tree? Ben: No, I tell you, they kill those dragonflies and make them into dragon…
Some people have commented that I’m way too extreme as a mother to regulate tv in the house and not allow my children to watch cartoons on regular tv programming. Some have even gone as far to accuse me of depriving them of a childhood. There’s…
If you don’t already know, the kids don’t really watch tv at home and they don’t watch cartoons much either. Or rather, they don’t get to watch anything on tv unless supervised. So when we were invited to watch the Chuggington Christmas Live Show at City…
These kids came, and rocked my world. I am thankful for the laughter thats fills the house every day. I don’t think there’s been a day without it. I am thankful for happy, healthy children. I don’t think a mother can wish for anything…
The kids know that the giant pandas, Kai Kai and Jia Jia, have come and they’ve been asking, almost every day since the news of their arrival in September, “Is it December yet, Mama? Can we go see the pandas now?” December’s here and…
I’m a Kao-boy everday but today I’m for real. By jingo you’re right, I’m a cowboy today! I had some good ol’ beef porridge t’day and finished it all, the whole kit and caboodle, y’know. And best of all, this Skibz bib cowboy jig is makin’ me look real macho! No more…
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Mealtime woes
I’ve been busy making picture bentos for the kids for almost every meal they have at home, but it’s been quite futile. They.are.still.not.eating. They just go “yay”, pick the bits they like and very much leave a large portion of the box untouched. So every day…
Pancakes are what we have on weekends if we’re not eating out. This is so easy to make you can do it in ten minutes. Pancakes Ingredients: (recipe makes 8 small ones) 100g plain flour A pinch of salt 1 egg 300ml milk Instructions: 1.…
I’ve been reading a lot about parties and cakes with rainbows and it’s making me want to try baking a rainbow cake. I looked up the web and found out that it can be really easy making one. Just two packets of Betty Crocker’s and…
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Boxing the kids’ dinners [Product review]
My new hobby of making picture bentos for the kids have been keeping me busy lately, both in the kitchen and online (shopping and learning from other bento blogs!), and it was timely that JED Packs! sent over a set of Tyrrell Katz Working…