If Disneyland is the place where magic happens, then LEGOLAND is the place of awesomeness. I must be one of the last few people from the island of Singapore to go to LEGOLAND at Iskandar Malaysia. Almost everyone I know can boast of a ‘been there,…
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The last feed ever
Warning: this is a post about boobs and breastfeeding About a month ago, I stopped nursing Nat. He turns 3 years old in two months, so I guess I breastfed my youngest on demand, water-cooler style, for two years and ten months. It didn’t happen…
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The day she asked for polished nails: a sober lesson in motherhood
When I was expecting a girl, I laid a few rules (for her) I was determined not to break. She is to wear no makeup before she turns 16; she will not be allowed in high heels until her growth is complete; and there must be…
Finally, after many months of gestation, the 4th baby is finally born. I’ve shared in previous posts about going back to work, making the work-from-home gig work out, and being a better mom for the kids because it’s back to work for me after staying…
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This Thing About Essential Oils, Part 2: All about the Zyto Scan
I shared in an earlier post about how we’ve grown to love the therapeutic essential oils from Young Living. I don’t earn any commission (I have no downlines, by the way) for sharing this but as a mom, I just want to shout it…
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Capturing a moment in time this Christmas with Orange Studios
Christmas is, without a doubt, our favourite time of the year. It’s a time for reflecting, sharing, giving and loving. It’s a time to take stock and to give thanks. And it’s a time to look back at how much my children have grown. …
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Letters sealed with love and just a little more
I wrote these to my children tonight. Because? Because one is learning to read, one is learning to identify simple sight words and one is learning to identify the letters of the alphabet and his favourite things. Because they never fail to show me how disappointed they…
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Words.
To my dearest children, These days on some mornings, what I see sometimes breaks my heart. Have I been too harsh? Too unkind? Are you picking up this unkindness from me? You are all waiting for a chance to pounce on one another. Go…
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This Thing About Essential Oils, Part 1: Loving every minute of being oily
So this thing about essential oils is quite something. I’ve always had problems inhaling and using store-bought essential oils and aromatherapy products. I’d feel nauseous and get headaches, so you can imagine what a wreck I would be standing in front of those aromatherapy push carts…
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Ready, Doh, Shoot! [Review of DohVinci]
I think I say it out quite loud that anyone who gives my kids Play-Doh becomes my enemy. I’ve nothing against dough play for kids; in fact I firmly believe that they need to knead, model and shape dough to strengthen those fingers to…