How do you respond when your man says the sweetest thing? You go Awwwwwww and possibly give a whack and go, “ya right!!” Now how do you respond when your little man says the sweetest thing? You just go Awwwwwwwwwww!! On Monday, I went with Nathan (that’s my little man) to Grandma’s house. We were…
This year marks my 8th year as a mummy. It also marks my 13th year as a working adult. (you can figure out how old I am!) Out of my working life, 60% was done as a FTWM (for the uninitiated, that’s Full Time Working Mother). I thought that’s pretty amazing! However, I figured &…
There’s this thing about waving bye bye to your child. It starts when the child can barely speak. I’m not sure why this is one of the very first milestones we expect of our kids. Mind you, it’s not just “WAVE at mummy!” it’s a “Wave BYE BYE!” Poor kid, after achieving this, we actually…
We had this on our church bulletin last weekend. Isn’t that what parenting is like too? With faith, we trust that our children would grow up strong and healthy, have the fear of God, have favour with people around and excel in school. But we know for that to happen, there’s tons of tough love…
As many of you know, Nathan just turned six. And as the month goes along, I realised we have a few more kids’ birthday parties to attend. Wanting to buy the *perfect* gift, we asked one of the birthday kid’s mummy, “What would your girl like for her birthday?” We got some good ideas after…
We did an activity with the kids recently—Goal Setting for the new year. They wrote or drew their goals and dreams on a simple paper lantern, and after that, we let it go into the wind. (In the end, we just lit up the lantern and snuff out the candle…the wind was too strong!) You…
I have three kids. They all have a good appetite. But Nathan has a better one than the others. He eats clothes! Any other kids out there who loves eating tee shirts especially? (And I can’t let him wear this at home, he insists on wearing this to school, cos it’s his favourite!) …
