FollowMy 2 older gals love nasi lemak, Indian food or anything that is spicy. When they were younger, they could not stomach spicy stuff but as they grow older, their palate evolved and now, spicy food spice up their mood and appetite! This bowl of Nyonya nasi lemak (minus the sambal which I find was too…
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Alycia, The Best Jie Jie Ever
These pix were taken 2 days ago when Baby was down with high fever and was feeling under the weather. She was terribly crabby and edgy and would cry over the slightest things. After I had dressed Baby up to get her ready to go to the hospital, Alycia zoomed into the room and comforted…
Alycia’s Orientation In School
Today is Alycia’s first orientation in school. Her school has a 2-day orientation program for Primary 1 students and she’s now in school with daddy. For the first time, Alycia donned on the blue pinafore and white shirt today, complete with white socks and white school shoes. I had wanted to work out in the gym at…
Back To Ipoh And Back To Routine
The long school term break is coming to the tail’s end. The hubs drove back to Ipoh from KL yesterday. We are all going back to KL today and it’s all back to the humdrum again, sigh… Tomorrow morning, there is a taklimat (briefing) for new Primary 1 students at Alycia’s school. Hubs will be…
Kids Nap The Darnest Ways
Guess what this is? It’s the gals’ play tunnel, folded and buttoned up. And guess what Alycia loves doing with it? More guesses. Guess what’s inside this tunnel, which looks like the shell of a snail? One afternoon, Alycia napped inside this little cocoon… and Baby found her jie jie inside…. … and kept calling…
Mind-Sharpening Cube Toy
Does this cube game look familliar to you? This decades-old mind-sharpening toy was once my favorite, my elder brother’s too. My elder brother and I could solve the entire ‘puzzle’ in just days, where we could twist and turn and place the same color / fruit (we used to have one cube with pictures of…
Does Your Kid Eat Chicken Feet?
Alycia does! And it’s only recently that she started to show interest in the bird’s gross looking feet, hahahaha! I don’t eat them, I find them too gross and yucky. The vision of the chicken running around stepping on its own poop will keep invading my mind each time I see those chicken feet protruding…
Alycia Is 6 Today
Exactly 6 years ago today around this time (9am), I was checking into Sunway Medical Centre, ready to deliver my first precious baby (term used by doctors to describe hard to get babies) by elective c-section. I was flooded by mixed emotions – excited, ecstatic that the long awaited day had finally arrived, anxious, worried, scared…
Lovey-Dovey Sisters
This is what I would normally do when #3 turns crabby when she’s up from her afternoon nap and #1 doesn’t want to get up from her nap: I’ll carry #3 to her jie jie’s bed and the reaction is almost magical. I would see smiles and hear giggling instantly. No fussing, no fretting, no temper…
Another Easy-To-Cook, One Pot Meal
Another easy-to-cook meal that I love to dish out whenever I am in a lazy mood to cook is pork ribs porridge / chicken porridge. The other day I cooked porridge with ‘siu cee kuat’ (roast pork ribs), porks ribs, lin cee (dried lotus seeds) and dried oysters. When it’s cooked this way, my 3 little fussy eaters…
Alycia’s The Best Jie Jie In The World
People often tell me that first borns are always very caring and responsible. I think it’s so true. Alycia is indeed a very responsible and loving jie jie. If Baby is seated on the highchair during meal times and I’m busy in the kitchen, I don’t have to tell her what to do. She will…
New Halter Neck Top
My visiting sil from Saipan bought Alycia a Pumpkin Patch multi-tiered skirt when she was in KL last month. Alycia did not have any matching tops to go with the skirt. So I ordered a custom-made halter neck top from this mummy who sews beautiful clothes for girls at very, very affordable prices. I took a…
Math – Too Difficult For 6-Year Olds?
Once again, do you think these equations are a tad too difficult for 6-year olds? Do note that the boxes are everywhere in the equations and I think that this is confusing the child coz sometimes they need to subtract and sometimes add in order to get the answer for the box. I explained the…
How To Remove Permanent Marker Ink Effortlessly
That’s How They Eat Strawberries… And Baby Ate A Pencil Lead!
My gals don’t really fancy strawberries but when daddy bought some really huge and sweet strawberries the other day, they devoured on the strawberries. Baby would only eat her fruits if she’s allowed to hold the fruit. Cut them into pieces for her? She’ll spit them out. This health freak baby who loves veggie does…