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Tips and Tricks To Happy Parenting
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Are your children driving you nuts? Are your parenting skills producing happy children? As I go through my own parenting struggles, I have collected (and continue to collect) a "parenting bag of tricks". I'm sure all parents have one. Let u
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The Way Kids Think
Tonight, my son read a book titled "Grizzwold". It's about a very huge bear that had to leave his forest because the trees were being cut down to be made into paper. So, he had to find another place to live. His travels took him to the mountains, pr...
Have A Good Day
Every day when I drop off KokoD at his kindy, I tell him to "Have a good day!" And I really want him to because his first few days at kindy was shaky. When I pick him up I will ask "was it a good day?" Thankfully it has been a good day for the last f...
Tips to Relieve Holiday Stress for Work-At-Home Moms
Need Help Now?: Click here for a free consultationGiving gifts to our family and friends is the core of the holiday season but is one of the biggest stressors for work at home moms. We are already stretched for precious time and we know the difficult...
What Can You See At A Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out Event
Last Saturday was the Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out event. My kids really enjoyed it. They say a picture paints a thousand words, so I'll let my pictures tell the story.The event was held at Kizsports, 1Utama. After registration, family pictures and ...
Keeping Kids Busy During School Holidays
I've been so busy working on the kid's Christmas Gifts shop, I didn't realize I haven't made a post here for this week. I just completed two Christmas shopping lists: Great Christmas Gifts Ideas for Kids and Romantic Christmas Gifts for Her. Do check...
Friso Brings My Family Out
Nuffnang along with Friso is organizing a Family Day for bloggy parents like me (and you). BUT to go for this exciting event, you need to get invited first. Here I am trying to earn my invitation by answering the "Get Me A Hong Kong Disneyland Holid...
The Difference Between Kids and Parents
I decided to sleep in a little today but my son was up bright and early. He entertained himself for a while until he thought mommy needed a wake-up call.KokoD: Mommy, wake up. WAKE UP!Mommy: But I am tired.KokoD: How can you be tired. You slept the W...
High School Musical 3
So, how is everyone surviving the High School Musical craze? I'm sure life is more peaceful when you don't have little swooning fans at home. My girl has been hinting really hard if I will be taking her to watch it. She asked if I would take her if ...
Easy Recipes For Picky Eaters
When it comes to eating, my kids are not really picky eaters. Thank goodness! They are a bit apprehensive when it comes to trying new foods but at least they eat some vege. That's more then I can say of myself when I was growing up. I absolutely hate...
Baby Story
BabyD is a very sociable fella. Here he is trying to make friends with our neighbour. The little girl is just a few months older. The pictures were taken by my daughter and I thought it was soooo cute as the two toddlers attempt to communicate withou...
Watch Out For Curious Children
My girl won't be happy about this post. So, hopefully she won't find out that I've written this. It's funny to me but embarrassing to her. Anyway, you parents need to know this so you can be ready for such things too no?So, what is it?One night, my g...
Sick Kids
Friday evening after school, my daughter started to feel sick. The next day, she ran a high fever. When she got better, the other two boys started their feverish spell. Jie-jie has progressed to coughing incessantly. Yesterday, kokoD who is usually v...
Thoughts On China's Milk Problem
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeJust a quick post on this issue. It's horrible all these babies getting sick and dying from contaminated milk. Yesterday I got the message about the food items that have been recalled. Now everyone is wary about China...
Vegetable Garden Planting
Yesterday was harvest day. Yum, yum! Just look at those freshy, green leafy vegetables. When they say organic vegetables tastes better, they are right.These are the "Huang Ti Miao" I blogged about before at "Recycling Vegetables." By the way, it was ...
The Things That Kids Say
Last Sunday evening, I told my daughter that we might be privileged to see Malaysian history in the making as Lee Chong Wei played Lin Dan in the Olympics badminton final. I explained to her how no Malaysian has won a GOLD medal in the Olympics befor...
Chinese Or Kebangsaan School?
Mumsgather asked me for my input on this issue. Even though I have this as a comment on her site, thought I'd post my reply here too (since I already burned plenty of grey cells to compose it). I chose the Kebangsaan school nearby because of convenie...
What Children Really Hear
The only time my house is quiet is when the kids are asleep. When they are awake, you could say they make noise non-stop. Well, this one afternoon I hear my son yelling...KokoD: Chow-chow pou chee Mommy: What's that?KokoD: Chow-chow pou chee. Old new...
Recycling Vegetables
"Huang Ti Miao" - That's the name of this vegetable. It was by chance that I decided to try cooking this vege many months back. And it turned out to be quite delicious. Even my daughter likes it. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that you can "recycle" th...
Chinese Education
Take a look at this article I wrote in my other blog about giving our children the opportunity to learn mandarin. It is a topic close to many parent's heart. Give me your input and let's brainstorm together.Click here - Learning Chinese...
Who Drew On The Wall?
DH discovered some black marks on the wall Saturday. Upon questioning the kids, the older siblings say baby did it. When we questioned baby, this is what he said. Now, who's telling the truth? ...
Talent Show Idea
This cute tadpole song is really cute. My children love it to bits. It also seems like a cute thing to do for a children's talent show. So, if you are searching for an idea, try this....
Lime Butterfly Again!
This is the second time we have successfully done the caterpillar-butterfly life cycle. Another science project that turned out well. There's another chrysalis in the jar. Probably will have another butterfly tomorrow. Actually, there is a third c...
Caterpillars Again
KokoD wanted to do it again. The last time I only took picture of the butterfly. This time, I thought I'd take it at the caterpillar stage. Can you find it???Actually, there are 3 of them in the jar. When I took this picture, don't know where the ot...
Permanent Tooth Sprouting
Last week, K opened her mouth and showed another tooth growing behind her bottom front incissor. YIKES! Permanent tooth already coming up and milk tooth not yet drop. What to do? What to do? My brother who came over for baby D's birthday "makan" said...
Insight on Learning Problems
Parents spend a good deal of time worrying about their child's education. Well, I asked a good friend of mine who has many years of experience teaching young children to share her insight on why normal children sometimes encounter learning problems. ...
Starting School
I guess I join the many parents out there whose child is starting school for the first time. Since my DD is in the morning school, we woke up early to catch her van transport. I asked her if she was excited, she said "No." BUT I knew she was as she ...
Giving Handphone to Children
Thanks to all the wonderful mothers out there that have shared their tips and answered my questions on what to do with a child starting Std1. I will put the ideas to the test and update everyone on what happens next year. I will also compile a "start...
Starting School Tip
Actually, I'm not writing a tip but asking for tips. K will be Std. 1 next year and I was wondering what you parents out there do about pocket money? How much do you give your child? I've been trying to teach K how to handle (count and stuff) money b...
Slide Show Of The Kids
Just sharing a slideshow that I just created at RockYou.com....
Band of Brothers
They were so cute together playing on that plastic horse. Baby's feet couldn't touch the ground and so Koko-D held him tight and pushed them back and forth. I can just imagine them many years from now cruising down the road together on a bike with w...
