It's merely the first week of the summer holidays and I can already feel myself going around the bend. It's just me, mind - the kids seem to be having a blast, they play right after breakfast and only seem to stop for Bao's nap and meals. A lot of their play seems to be mad, incomprehensible stuff to me, but as long as they take it easy on the ( Read more... )

I didn't even know CBeebies Land existed until late last year, when The Bun forcibly tugged me away from the kitchen towards the TV to point at the last few seconds of the advert on the screen. Since then he had been begging, on and off, to go and I had told him that I would think about it. Both the children only ever watch CBeebies since it is the ( Read more... )

It's Day Four since her fever began and today Bao woke up from her nap with her face half-covered in a flat, pinky rash. Her tummy also has them but not the rest of her. Today is also the first day where her temperature hasn't gone past 38ºC. We didn't manage to get an appointment with the doctor on Friday so in the absence of any medical advice ( ( Read more... )

While watching The Bun play this afternoon it occurred to me that I once wrote a post about his five favourite toys when he was two-and-a-half. Of course, in the time since then he's developed new interests and plays in different ways. For example, his biggest love is the Digimon Carddass (?!) game machines found outside various toy shops. Through ( Read more... )

I probably glance at our Countdown Chain several times a day. Whatever works to keep me afloat this month. And we have progress:


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Today The Bun and I made a Countdown Chain - basically cut-up strips from magazine pages glued together to form a chain. He doesn't yet understand the concept of a month (or a week, etc) so this is a good way for him to visualise the length of time his father will be away. He is at the stage where he loves anything to do with scissors and glue so ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago while cleaning out the cabinet beneath the kitchen sink I found an old, unused kitchen sponge. I can't quite remember how it got there but I know I avoided using it for ages because it was poorly-made and felt too thin. Anyway, I saw an idea for mess-free sponge painting for kids on Pinterest so I thought I'd use the sponge ( Read more... )

Partly so that we could regroup after the Very Big Fight on Saturday night, J took some time off on Monday and the three of us went to the beach at East Coast Park ( Read more... )

An oldie but goodie. I remember my mother doing this activity with me when I was little, except she used potatoes and apples.

A couple of old carrots + a paring knife + paint = veggie fun. Carrots also happen to be one of The Bun's favourite foods!


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I've been relatively slow in getting on the Pinterest bandwagon, but I finally got my account about a month ago and it has been awesome - a much better time-waster than Facebook can ever be and a lot more constructive, too. It took me a little while to get the hang of it and even longer to fine-tune my feeds so that I don't get overwhelmed with a ( Read more... )