During the September holidays, Ben and Becks were invited to heART Studio for their Little Masters “Monsters” Workshop Holiday Programme. I’ve finally found a place who would take in kids their age for art class on an ad-hoc basis. I was a little worried…
Now that I’ve gone to Hong Kong and back, and have survived a holiday with three kids, I guess I am somewhat qualified to write this post. I learned some stuff the hard way, and these lessons involved some sweat, a lot of tears, and…
Dearest Nat, What mischief happens every minute with you at 19 months! You tug and pull Ben and Becks to get your way, pretend to cry to get your “sayangs” and have even learned to smack Aunty S when you’re unhappy. You tear our books…
We’re counting down to the Rise & Shine Expo – the only children’s expo dedicated to total healthcare and development – happening from 27 to 29 September 2013 at the Suntec Convention Hall 401. What you can look forward to at the expo are three fun days packed with…
This is the world according to Ben, five months shy of five years. On twisting my arm, just so he can jump from a slide (this first appeared on my FB status earlier this month): Ben: Today I jumped from the slide at the playground and…
Finally I have a tag and category that says Holidays! on the blog. It comes with an exclamation mark though. So, we just returned from Hong Kong after spending 4 days and 3 nights there, with me doubling up as maid. Yes, you heard that…
Fatherkao has almost never taken a break from being the resident paparazzo in the house. Since 2009, he’s been bending, squatting and contorting in all sorts of awkward positions with his DSLR, capturing precious moments of each of our kid as they tumbled, crawled…
There is no rest for the tired mother. The end.…
We kick started our homelearning for the letter S with some Sensory Play. Why sensory play? Because children learn about their world by exploring and experimenting using their senses! You heard that right: this mother doesn’t make her kids do tracers all the time. I…
The fourth birthday brings with it a whole new set of challenges to parenting. Raising a four-year-old is tiring business in motherhood. The tantrums and meltdowns have returned, but unlike those tantrums that we’ve seen and heard during the Terrible Twos – they are now “emo”…