My daughter is taking two classes aside from attending a regular preschool. She is taking chinese and ballet classes once a week which I think she likes, I’m thinking if it’s okay to add one more class to her schedule. I don’t like to overdo it of course and I want her to have fun and enjoy herself and not feel like it’s a burden or a chore to attend these classes. I’m leaning towards enrolling her to a music class, she seem to like the electric guitar like her dad but I don’t mind if she choose piano as well. The thing about having a five year old is that they have more or less a grasp of what they want and I always take her opinion in the decision making process. I always tell my husband that it’s almost as if I’m talking to an adult they I talk to our daughter so I know she’s capable of thinking for herself.
05 JanAnother class for her
05 JanOn the road
We got a letter from the insurance company about the update to the terms and conditions of our home insurance, I’m glad we got a heads up (always better to be in the know when it comes to things like this). I was just telling my husband how a schoolmate of mine from highschool and I got to chatting on facebook and she was telling me how they needed a new rv insurance since they recently bought an rv this past summer. They like to go on road trips with their kids during school break and it seemed like a good idea to have one at the time. Anyway she was telling me how much fun their kids are having, with camping and all sorts of outdoorsy stuff they’ve been doing. Ahhhh school vacations are always fun!
01 JanHappy New Year
A big year for my girls this year…
This is the last year of my eldest daughter in preschool. She’s excited about going back to school and seeing all her friends again but it will be a big change for her (and us really) since she will be in morning class this school year. It’s better for us, less stressful for me and I’ll have more time to focus on the baby and not walk around rushing things to make it to school on time. I know she will adjust well, anyway this change is inevitable because when she starts primary school she’ll have to wake up early too.
Here’s to hoping for a great year for my girls, lots of growing and learning to do. May they (and us too) have good health all through out the year.
01 DecGetting ready to party
Christmas is only a few short weeks a way and I need to get shopping for the people on my list soon. Our annual Christmas party is early this year since a lot of our friends will be going back home so time is of the essence right now. I might resort to getting some cheap silver dollars to give as gifts to the not so young kids this year. I wish I can be more creative with gift ideas but when you have a baby learning how to crawl (and possibly fall off the bed) it’s hard to get the creative juices flowing. It’s the thought that counts anyway right?
19 NovThoughts on school
A friend of mine got a blackberry storm for her son who just passed his PSLE exams. I think it was well deserved knowing how hard primary six students work all year for this exam, it is an important exam which will determine their secondary school education so it is a big deal. I’m not looking forward to my daughters taking their exams because it is going to be stressful for us parents too. It’s not only for students, as parents we feel the pressure as well and we try to do everything we can to give our kids the tools and resources to do well at school It is part of our job as parents to make sure they have the best tools we can give them.
16 NovHer sensitive skin
We’ve been to the hospital twice already this month. Thank goodness it’s just for our little baby’s skin problems and nothing more serious than that, but still I wish we don’t have to go at all. Good thing my eldest is well behaved while we sat there waiting for our name to be called, I didn’t have to worry about her touching anything from the hospital carts. She enjoyed playing with the toys though so I guess that kept her busy. My baby has eczema around the corners of her mouth, it doesn’t really go away but some days are better that it’s almost gone but the next day it will flare up again. At the beginning of this month it has gotten worse and it was getting bigger that it prompted us to see her paediatrician, he game us some cream to put on the infected area to use for a couple of days and see if it will clear up the skin. Unfortunately it didn’t so they set us up to visit a dermatologist at the skin centre, he gave us another cream which to my relief worked! Her skin cleared up in two days and I was ecstatic. I hope we don’t have to deal with any skin problems again.
15 NovHer lashes
I’ve been chatting with my sister often these days and it’s fun to talk to about all sorts of girly stuff with her. She’s been asking me to read a few eyelash growth product reviews the other night because she is currently obsess with having longer eyelashes. I don’t know why but I’m pretty sure this is just a phase, you know like most teenagers she goes through phases like this one. I told her a good mascara and eyelash curler would be more than enough for her since she have thick eyelashes, it’s just a matter of enhancing them to make them appear longer. I guess with the holidays coming up she will be attending a few parties and wanted to look nice. I told her she’s beautiful just the way she is 
13 NovMy seven month old cutie
It’s amazing how fast she is growing! I’m sure glad that I get to spend everyday with her and watch her reach every milestone, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I know a lot of moms would love the chance to be full time mommies to their children and I’m grateful that I get the chance to do just that.
05 NovHer new job
I was talking to my friend the other night and she was giving me all the details on how she landed her new job. She’s been a full-time mom just like me so she was a little bit nervous when she took the plunge and started submitting her resumes online. She wasn’t sure how it will turn out, she was thinking she’s not qualified for Speech-Language Pathologist Jobs and that she needed to take extra courses for it. She used to work in human resources before she gave birth to her boys so she tried applying to similar positions, after two weeks she got several calls for interviews and two days ago she got a job offer from the firm she liked so she was so thrilled. I know she can’t wait to start her career once again, I wonder when will be my time…
03 NovThinking of gifts
There are times when I find it hard to buy gifts to give the birthday celebrant when we go to their parties. There’s just certain age of children that’s a bit tricky to shop for, like seven to ten year old kids regardless of gender. It’s that age when they might be too old to play with toys but you can’t know for sure, for all I know they will still appreciate lego sets or barbies. I wouldn’t know that would be appropriate bar mitzvah gifts either since I’ve never been to one. In cases like these I go for clothes, the safest choice there is. I know that it we useful, I just buy a size or two bigger to make sure there’s not going to be any fit issues.
