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Poppy's Pirate Party
Like every other year, my main aim (apart from hoping that the birthday girl has a good time) was to keep the party simple and within a tiny budget. This year was no different. Poppy requested for a...
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Thankful Tuesday: Time with the Baby
This morning I looked at our calendar and saw the word "Orientation". My heart skipped a little beat. I've been accepting the fact that my firstborn will be going to Primary 1 in a couple of months in...
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The Beach Solves All Problems
I no idea why but whenever life throws me a curveball, I feel like I need to head to the beach. Whenever I feel a little low, I always have the feeling that a trip to the beach will cheer me up.These...
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Sensory Bins for Toddlers
If you're new to sensory bins and have no idea where to start, here's a list of 10 bins we've made and enjoyed in the past month - I hope you'll find these helpful! (I share them on Instagram too; if...
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Thankful Tuesday: Dates with the Firstborn
Last week I was thankful for time with the baby. This week I'm grateful for "Poppy Day"! I scribbled "Poppy Day" on our calendar and the 6-year old, who checks the calendar frequently, was really...
View ArticleGuilt-Free Parenting
Everyone's talking about stress-free parenting, scream-free parenting, screen-free parenting. I have no problem with anyone who wants to be stress free, scream free or screen free. I strive for the...
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Alive Museum Singapore, or AKA My "Claustrophobia Alert!" Warning
You must have heard about the Alive Museum SG by now, or at least seen pictures of your friends on Facebook, posing with strange things with mock shocked expressions. As I looked at those pictures, I...
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LET'S PLAY! - Rainy Day Activities for Kids
Rainy days can be stressful, because you're couped up at home with a bored kid or two, and they're literally climbing on you from boredom.I have a 2-year old and a 6-year old and while they are...
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Thankfulness: That Wretched Mattress
My friend J from Mum in the Making (who won the Best Family Blog category in the recent Singapore Blog Awards, y'all!) tagged me on Facebook for a 5-day thankfulness challenge, sharing 3 things I'm...
View ArticleThankfulness: The Rock
We've been together something like ten years, married twice to each other, and have seen each others' worst habits (or maybe not). We've fought about worthy causes, and about petty things. We've...
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Thankfulness: Friends
It's nice to have friends who have known you since you were a kid. But it's also nice to get to know new friends. I'm so grateful that through blogging I've gotten to know and get close to some really...
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Thankfulness: Peace
"We could use that as a fort, and it would keep our enemies out. The boys would be the enemies," she said."Or maybe not." I said. "What? No enemies? But how do we play the game then?""It's called...
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Munch Along with the Very Hungry Caterpillar!
One of the first books my girls enjoyed even as babies was Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In fact, we used our first one so much that it had to be taped by masking tape over and over until...
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Thankfulness: Food
I learnt to cook only after I got married. It was fun 'playing house' then. But it was only after I had kids and stayed home to look after them that I really started cooking for real. I'm hopeless at...
View ArticleDifferent and Loving it
The biggest lesson my parents taught me as a child was that I should always strive to be different. "You've got to be different to be seen and heard", they would say.As a child I wanted nothing more...
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Toy Rental: Maximum Fun, Minimum Fuss
Have you seen the prices of toys at departmental stores these days, my fellow parents? It's just crazy! I don't know about you but my kids tend to grow tired of certain toys very quickly, so making big...
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Thankful for... Quiet Moments
Anyone who has gone out with me can tell you that I'm not lying when I say that I have energetic kids. Or to be more precise, really noisy kids. But lately, I've realised that they do enjoy quiet...
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Fun for Free Friday: Fort Canning Park
We love exploring, and believe that Singapore has many interesting spots to discover and enjoy if only one knew where to look. Some places are hard to get to, some are conveniently located, but all of...
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Embracing the Now
It was one of those days for me - I'd seen a couple of nice ideas on home improvement on some blogs and started to get fidgety and unsatisfied with my own home.My home's always been a rather...
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Talking to Carrots
As a child I was like any other; I enjoyed playing and would often find myself gripped with dread because I had played the whole day and left my homework unchecked in my bag.So my parents came up with...
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