The 3yr old has been making us smile with all her cute expressions – facial and verbal and her singing and dancing. Some of the sweet things and funnies she has said recently include : 1. 3yr old : Mama, is this lunch or dinner? Mama : Lunch. 3yr old : Thank you mama for cooking […] Read more…
Ready, Steady, Go!
And so today marks the start of our formal participation in the PSLE machinery we are required to partake of. One of the conditions we have to agree to when we homeschool our children is that they will sit for PSLE the year they turn 12. And prior to that, they have to sit for a […] Read more…
Touched by the children’s act of love
I am really touched and overwhelmed by the children’s act of love on my birthday last Thursday. They pooled all the money they had and gave it to me as a birthday present with a little note that read, “For the Blentec* (sic) or whatever you want.” And then there was the home made card with […] Read more…
I survived yet another Church Camp!
While my friends in the US are really having camps in their great outdoors this time of the year, Christians all over Singapore are having Church camps – mostly in nearby Indonesia or Malaysia 🙂 Just in case you are wondering, it isn’t really a camp since we almost always hold it in a hotel […] Read more…
Homeschool Fair 2010
In case anyone is interested to find out more about homeschooling in Singapore, you may wish to check out the annual Homeschool Fair to be held this year on 9th June. Do note that this not like those organised in the US where suppliers set up stalls to showcase their curriculum. Instead here, we have moms sharing […] Read more…
Healthy Eating is Hard!
I was a little amused and rather comforted to know that eating healthily is not just difficult for me but for others too. I found out recently that a friend who spends a huge amount of grocery money each month on organic food and is into healthy eating feeds her family instant noodles and canned food […] Read more…
Chastised!
I was chastised by the Lord today. And I share this with the intention of cautioning you not to fall into the same trap that I did. I chastised by the Lord for being too quick to judge an acquaintenance. Based on what I had heard (never a good thing!) I made my judgement call and […] Read more…
What’s in your bag?
Now that we are back to just one child in diapers, the bag I lug around has shrunk tremendously. In fact, everytime we get down to just one child in diapers, I celebrate by buying a normal bag 🙂 And no, it sure isn’t an IT bag! 😛 Just before I had #7, I bought […] Read more…
It’s Pure Hard Work
Pure hard work. Words no one wants to hear. Instead, we just want to know the magic spell to chant to get us from here to there in the fastest possible way and with the least exertion possible. But more often than not, life doesn’t work that way. You just need to put in the hours and the effort. But the rewards will be great. Read more…
Old Habits Die Hard!
Since the beginning of the year, I have been trying to get the family on a eat-more-vegetables-and-fruit mission. But I must say it has been awfully hard! And each time I try and fail I realise to my dismay that it is a matter of old habits refusing to die! 🙁 Those of you who […] Read more…