Banyak le aku punya 2 minggu nak blogging break eh?
Before I develop any separation anxiety or withdrawal symptoms after having not blogged for what felt like forever (technically, posting pictures and bloghopping are not blogging okay), I think a wee widdle entry would do me good.
Thank you so much for all those wonderful comments about the pictures I had plastered all over my blog. I still have them in my haloscan if you are wondering if I have deleted them all.
So, what have I accomplished while in absentia.
Since about a week ago, Aishah has only watched Barney twice. She has not asked for that purple fatso for days now. Yeay! In fact the tv is hardly switched on. Unless there's Bo Bice of course.
I find myself cooking every meal. That means baking for breakfast, cooking a full meal for lunch, a different do at dinner and of course there were LOADS of snacks in between. My commis chef Aishah is a kitchenhand from heaven indeed. She eats better and more enthusiastically now that she can own up to the culinary magic that gets to the dinner table. Ma, on the other hand is accountable for the disasters that sometimes happen.
I spend less time at home now to keep those detergents and my trusted magiclean mop well at bay. Also, to keep my house smudge and spill free, we mess up Grandma's place instead.
Before I develop any separation anxiety or withdrawal symptoms after having not blogged for what felt like forever (technically, posting pictures and bloghopping are not blogging okay), I think a wee widdle entry would do me good.
Thank you so much for all those wonderful comments about the pictures I had plastered all over my blog. I still have them in my haloscan if you are wondering if I have deleted them all.
So, what have I accomplished while in absentia.
Since about a week ago, Aishah has only watched Barney twice. She has not asked for that purple fatso for days now. Yeay! In fact the tv is hardly switched on. Unless there's Bo Bice of course.
I find myself cooking every meal. That means baking for breakfast, cooking a full meal for lunch, a different do at dinner and of course there were LOADS of snacks in between. My commis chef Aishah is a kitchenhand from heaven indeed. She eats better and more enthusiastically now that she can own up to the culinary magic that gets to the dinner table. Ma, on the other hand is accountable for the disasters that sometimes happen.
I spend less time at home now to keep those detergents and my trusted magiclean mop well at bay. Also, to keep my house smudge and spill free, we mess up Grandma's place instead.
I have taken Aishah to the airport to see the airplanes that she's been praying for. Well, actually she has been making du'a for a helicopter, but Ma does not know where can we find one. So Aishah settles with, "In my imagilation, Aishah fly rochet up high inner sky"- In my imagination, Aishah flies a rocket up high in the sky. Rocket pulak dah....
We've been to Seletar Farms where she could see all those characters in old Mcdonald's song. It was eduational even for me. I saw pelicans, storks and flamingos and learned to see the differences between them. We did a lot of park -hopping and animal/inset hunting, usually at pet stores.
Art wise, she has progressed from postmodernist expressionism to contemporary industrial installations. She has figured out how she could make a snowman without snow. She balanced the watering can's nozzle on top of my little pinkish red amethyst water feature and placed the rotating crystal ball right on top. For effect, she sprinkled generously my hydroculture pebbles around the bowl that's holding the crystals.That's supposed to be snow. She also arranged some rubber bands to look like flowers around her "snowman".
Art wise, she has progressed from postmodernist expressionism to contemporary industrial installations. She has figured out how she could make a snowman without snow. She balanced the watering can's nozzle on top of my little pinkish red amethyst water feature and placed the rotating crystal ball right on top. For effect, she sprinkled generously my hydroculture pebbles around the bowl that's holding the crystals.That's supposed to be snow. She also arranged some rubber bands to look like flowers around her "snowman".
Just now I brought her to a pet store and she had a good time with the fishes. Luckily the rats, guineas and hamsters were in tall acrylic boxes otherwise I'd have trouble tearing her away from those cuddlies.
I am preparing flash cards for her playdate tomorrow. We are going to learn about tastes and opposites tomorrow. I will bring lemon, bittergourd, sugarless lollies and what nots. I hope the tots would leave us mommies guilt free, oggling and cheering on Bo Bice homestretch finale. Teach and tire them out just so that they'll take a nap while we enjoy afternoon tea and kueh Bo yang yumm yummy.That's if I miss the 8 am result show tomorrow lah.
After that, if the weather permits, we'd go for a little picnic at Pasir Ris Park. I'll make mini burgers and fruit salad kalau rajin. Maybe I should bring painting supplies also. Who knows Aishah might be inspired to paint some coconut trees. She has already told me she wanted to paint a certain paide lily fawer (spider lily flower) at the park. Maybe we can also collect colorful rocks huh? I used to like that when I was a kid( Now I collect Ice- up sikit satu maqam kan tenah? )
How tiring and cumbersom it is to be prudent. To save money and not send my child to a real playgroup. My friends and I have put together a wee widdle pwaygroup for our kids because we absolutely refuse to pay people to play with our kids.They are just two, no rush to learn the books. I'd rather spend SGD600 at the Great Singapore Sale, lagi bagus than paying playgroup operators.
We don't really know what we're doing. To see if we would not ruin our kids for life, we have engaged an early child development cum speech and drama teacher to pop in every now and then. We are hoping that one day we can take turns to go out without our excess baggage in tow and go pamper ourselves while our YaYa sisters babysit. Meanwhile I really do not mind the tea and cake post-playdates for the mommies.
I am preparing flash cards for her playdate tomorrow. We are going to learn about tastes and opposites tomorrow. I will bring lemon, bittergourd, sugarless lollies and what nots. I hope the tots would leave us mommies guilt free, oggling and cheering on Bo Bice homestretch finale. Teach and tire them out just so that they'll take a nap while we enjoy afternoon tea and kueh Bo yang yumm yummy.That's if I miss the 8 am result show tomorrow lah.
After that, if the weather permits, we'd go for a little picnic at Pasir Ris Park. I'll make mini burgers and fruit salad kalau rajin. Maybe I should bring painting supplies also. Who knows Aishah might be inspired to paint some coconut trees. She has already told me she wanted to paint a certain paide lily fawer (spider lily flower) at the park. Maybe we can also collect colorful rocks huh? I used to like that when I was a kid( Now I collect Ice- up sikit satu maqam kan tenah? )
How tiring and cumbersom it is to be prudent. To save money and not send my child to a real playgroup. My friends and I have put together a wee widdle pwaygroup for our kids because we absolutely refuse to pay people to play with our kids.They are just two, no rush to learn the books. I'd rather spend SGD600 at the Great Singapore Sale, lagi bagus than paying playgroup operators.
We don't really know what we're doing. To see if we would not ruin our kids for life, we have engaged an early child development cum speech and drama teacher to pop in every now and then. We are hoping that one day we can take turns to go out without our excess baggage in tow and go pamper ourselves while our YaYa sisters babysit. Meanwhile I really do not mind the tea and cake post-playdates for the mommies.
So much for a wee widdle entry eh? OK dah, 20 minutes blogging limit over!
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