Little Chumsy's Blog

Preparing For Primary One

In a week’s time, Ashley will be in Primary One.  Someone please hand me a tissue please *sniff*  I can still remember the day I gave birth to my precious baby.   She has grown so much.  From a baby who refused to drink milk at the age of 8 months old which resulted in me having to spoon-feed milk to her till she’s 2,  my lil missy is now 6.5 going on to 7.  Can’t believe she is going to a big school already.

Wearing her uniform for the first time when she went to the school for extra Mandarin classes during the first 3 weeks of the school holiday.

Her school bag for Primary 1.  She is into Power Puff Girls now. I also can’t believe how expensive the school bags are these days.  It is even more expensive than what we would pay for a year of roadside assistance service.  Cannot imagine families with a few school-going kids.  Buying school uniforms, shoes, bags,workbooks and stationery are definitely not cheap.

another milestone

Ashley brought back her graduation photo yesterday.  It was in a yellow hardcover album with a certificate stating that she has completed her pre-school education and also a class photo.  I posted her graduation photo in facebook and many of you have seen it already   I feel like crying each time I see her grad photo   Time flies.

My baby look so grown up here *sniff*

Then I remember I have a graduation pic too which was taken some 20 years ago   Don’t laugh. Ashley sure doesn’t look like me eh?

sweet

Inspired by Mother, Inc.   Nothing beats being a mom

food for the sick girl

Thanks for all your well wishes in my previous post. Ashley is getting better now but I still keep her at home today because she has lots of phlegm and low-grade fever.  I was like a nurse (without donning the nursing scrubs) taking care of the sick little girl.  That’s the job of a mommy eh?

For the past few days, I did not give her any rice.  Instead I cooked her some angel hair pasta a la Chinese style with fishballs and vege, a dash of sesame oil, pepper and oyster sauce.  I also bought some wanton noodles for her.  She wanted to mix the Bovril with the noodle   She’s another Bovril fan like her daddy.

Wanton noodle with minced meat, vege, fishballs and Bovril

Young Kids Should Be Banned From

I have been double tagged on this one.  Thank you Yan and Mumsgather. Now, what do I think young children should be banned from?   Anybody with an early childhood education degree from classes through accredited online colleges can tell you that is very normal for parents to be frustrated about the following actions of their children.

*  Playing games on the computer/ipad/notebook, game consoles or mobile phones. This is getting out of hand now.

*  Throwing a hissy fit or whining (especially when mama is busy shopping)

*  Talk back to parents or elders

*  Being disrespectful

*  Call people names

*   Being a bully

*   Eating junk food and drinking pops

*   Watching too much tv

Ashley playing with the ipad *guilty*

the eyes

I always tell Ashley not lie to me like whether or not she ate cookies in school or junk food that her ‘gung gung’ gives her behind my back.  I don’t allow her to eat too much of those things.  So, I would tell her that I have eyes at the back of my head.  In fact, I have ‘eyes’ everywhere and I can see what she does…..heheheheheheh.  I remember the first time when I found out something and asked her about it.  She was so surprised and asked how I knew.  When I told her I have eyes at the back of my head, she was amazed!

A few days ago, I asked her to help me look for something.  She said, “You have eyes everywhere, mom.  You can get them to help you find it“.

*speechless*

image via google image

de-cluttering again

On Saturday, I spent some time clearing Ashley’s closet. Guess what? I managed to fill 2 big bags of clothes.  These are Size 5 and some Size 4 clothes that don’t fit her anymore.  Oh I also found some unused blankies for babies in the cupboard.  I thought I just cleared the closet 6 months ago.  How come there are still so many left? I must really S.T.O.P buying clothes for Ashley.  You reckon I can do that?

six

Today is a very special day, and not just because it is your birthday, but because it is the day when I first saw my angel six years ago.

Happy Birthday to our pride and joy.

May you always be happy, healthy & safe.

I love you my sweet princess.

ps : please put all your toys away after you have unwrapped your presents

My DIY Party Packs

Time to reveal what lil project I had been working on Hmmm, judging from the title of my post, I am sure you all know what they are already.  I was kinda busy for the past few weeks as I was looking for ideas on how to do the party packs for Ashley’s picnic birthday celebration.  I wanted to do something different after seeing all those craft blogs out there.  So creative and inspiring!  Can you imagine creating something from petroleum hose? Anyway, I decided to do Flower Lollipops for the girls and Superheroes Lollipops for the boys.  I got the Superheroes Lollipops idea from www.zakkalife.blogspot.com.

First, I cut out heart shapes from brown paper bags and colourful paper dividers that you get from binder files.  Punch a hole at the end of the heart shape.

Got some lollies from Daiso and also Chup Chups

Slide the lollies into the heart-shaped papers.  Voila…flower lollipops

I got the template for the superheroes capes and masks from Zakka Life.  Printed and cut them out.  Punched a hole at the top of the cape and slide in the lollipop.

Superheroes Lollipops

I got some white paper bags from my sister and pasted the thank-you note on the front. Managed to find 2 superheroes and a fairy in pink cartoon *smile*

Tadaa….the party packs all ready for the party.   What’s in the party packs?  Lollies, rice crackers, sweets and marshmallows

I had a lot of fun preparing them.  Do you DIY your kids’ party packs?

dog training

We went out for dinner last night and spotted a dog training session nearby.  Ashley was ecstatic to see the dogs as she just loves them.  After spending about 10 minutes to watch the training, we went to have our dinner.  While there, she kept telling us that she wants a dog so that she can train it.  She went on and on about how much she loves a dog and etc.  I told her we’ll think about it.  In the meantime, I told her she already has 2 at home (toy dogs) and she can start training them now….kakakkkakaakaka

dog training session

Right after we reached home, she asked to tie up Tyson the rottweiler and Coco the poodle and took them for walks around the house.  Then she asked them to “Stand” and “Stay”.

Stand on your paws, Tyson

My poor girl.  We all love dogs but I don’t want to end up taking care of it.  *Sigh*  I know she will be asking for a dog again and again until she’s 16 (that’s when I told her she could have one).