Thankful Tuesdays: The great outdoors

Junior J and I met up with friends at the Botanic Gardens yesterday, and spent an hour or so walking about collecting specimens that we wanted to examine under a microscope. They had a lovely time, just running about on the grass, poking at stuff with sticks, picking up little flowers,...

Zva Creative September DT Blog Hop!

Hello! Its been ages since I last scrapped, and I was quite glad to get my fingers inky again this month. Its the end of the month, so its Zva Creative blog hop time again! Read on to see how you can win some lovely bling from them...~~~~~~~Zva Creative and my fellow...

Goodbye September!

Whew! September has whizzed by, and I can't believe we have less than 10 weeks before we meet baby #3 (gulp). Its been a lovely, fruitful month. We've been doing our usual messing around with art, and also managed to start doing more home-learning and playing.We've read loads of...

Friday Five: An invitation to play

Recently there was a sharing session by a homeschooling mum, and I came home from the session feeling rather inspired. One of the key things I learnt was that we could sometimes prepare and layout toys/materials for the kids, and arrange them in a way that invites them to play with...

Thinking Thursdays: The strangeness of strangers

Our two boys love taking public transport, and are always game for a bus ride or a trip on the MRT. We rely on public transport frequently, since I don't drive (or rather, I have a license, but do not have the guts to take our manual car on the road!), and they usually regard each...

Wordless Wednesday: Dr Js are in the house

There are days when I get really tired by 5 pm in the evening. Sometimes, I'm so tired, I end up falling asleep on the sofa while watching the kids play. So the other day, while I was nodding off, I gave them their little doctor's bag, and told them Mama was sick, and could they...

Thankful Tuesdays: Getting our rhythm back

It has been almost 6 months since we moved back from Germany. After half a year of changes, of moving from this place to that, of packing and unpacking boxes, I'm glad to say that we've more or less settled back into a regular rhythm of things. Most of our books have been sorted...

Simple September: Time with the oldest

My mum was available to babysit Lil J last Friday, so I brought Junior J out for the day. We took a train down to town (with a lot of "are we there yet?'s from him), and spent the time watching fountains, looking at pretty cakes...... and having a good lunch together. He brought...

Friday Five: Great buys from Daiso

Ok, books are one of my weaknesses. Daiso is another. After all, everything is $2! Here are five buys that I particularly love::: Bento tools: Bento-making tools can be expensive (especially those that are made in Japan). However, you can find all the basic tools for decorating your...