I did some baking on Saturday! The end product was Hokkaido Chiffon Cake, a cupcake that is so so soft with the yummiest light cream oozing out. It was quite exciting to go for this workshop as there was something delicious to look forward to and I get to meet some of the mummy bloggers…
One of the toughest year in my life was 2011. My mind, body and faith was stretched like never before. Some background setting: First, financially, this was a year which all THREE kids were in pre-school. No one told me this part when I was deciding about having children. Pre-school education is expensive in Singapore….
Following Sandra, I’ve decided to dig out this draft which has been effectively forgotten and post it! Here’s how I came up with my kids’ names! It all started when we first decided to try for a baby. Since the baby was no where in sight, we had conversations about what we would call…
Let’s play 20 questions today! One of the mummies who blogs at Mummy Moo initiated this and here we are… 20 questions of mummyhood. I’ve broken it down for my own memory too into 3 experiences—Nicole (N1), Nathan (N2), Nadine (N3) 1. Was your pregnancy planned, and how old were you? N1: Kind of. We…
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 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…
At the start of the year, I always ask my kids, “What do you wanna be when you grow up?” Each year, the list has new additions, and sometimes, old dreams as tossed aside. This is the first start of the year this blog is going through, so here’s 2013’s WHAT I WANNA BE WHEN…
