Category Archives: being a mom

It’s A Brand New Week!

The weekend whizzed by so quickly.  Before I have a chance to sit down and relax, lo and behold,  it’s the start of another week.  Saturday and Sunday are usually busier than weekdays for me.  I really need a 3-day … Continue reading

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She’s 11

Ashley just turned 11 yesterday. Yes, my baby is no longer a baby *sobs*.  It does seem like I just gave birth to her not too long ago.  Been looking at her baby and toddler photos lately and they bring … Continue reading

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Free Gift Tags Printables

There are a few birthdays coming up and also Teacher’s Day celebration in school this week.  This means it is time to wrap some presents.  As usual I will be digging out the kraft papers and boxes for the gift … Continue reading

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Make Your Own Ice Cream

Bake With Yen has opened a branch in my neighbourhood so when I went to check it out recently, I saw some ice-cream mix packets on the shelves.  I decided to try out the chocolate ice-cream mix.   All we … Continue reading

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New School Term

Holidays are over.  Boy it was hard to wake up this morning.  We have been going to bed at around 11pm every night and waking up after 7am.  Today is the first day of school and we all woke up … Continue reading

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What we did during the Christmas holidays

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas celebration.  Santa found our house and left a present for the happy kiddo. She wrote a letter to Santa and asked for this … A blue skateboard and the kiddo was so happy. … Continue reading

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My funny daughter

I need to jot this down before I forget.   Missy was very angry after her tuition class on Thursday.  She was holding back tears when she told me that she hates going to tuition because her teacher smacked her … Continue reading

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Shopping For School Uniforms

There are only 4 weeks to go before school reopens.  Time flies.  Have you shopped for your children’s school uniform yet?  If you have not and you dread going to the shopping mall because you do not want to jostle with … Continue reading

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Breakfast on Saturday

Usually on weekends, I would go to the coffeeshops nearby to pack some food for missy for her breakfast. Usually it’s wanton or roti canai for breakie. Sometimes it would be dim sum or tai kau meen (Chinese pancake).  Last … Continue reading

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Children’s Day Goodie Bags DIY

I posted a sneak-peep earlier on what I was going to do for missy’s class on Children’s Day.  Her school celebrated Children’s Day last Friday and since it’s a day before Halloween, I decided to prepare something with a Halloween theme. … Continue reading

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