Tick Tock!

'I've got some serious modelling going on here' <6 Apr 2014>

 

 

 

Blue B-lastic Ware (Not Just Blue, It's Tiffany Blue!)

I'm totally thrilled that I found some nice thermal plastic crockery in a most beautiful Tiffany Blue and I have been using them for my snack time. They are so presentable to serve guests with - provided that I start learning to cook real soon. Otherwise, I'll just dream of entertaining guests with my make-believe dishes.  Yeah I'm so in love with them that I'd write a post just like that.

Just My Boy

Somehow, just watching my boys play is one of the simple pleasures I constantly remind myself to indulge in, despite nearly getting lost in the sea of laundry accumulated for the weekend wash, and close to flaring for almost slipping on pieces of toys scattered on the floor like a battleground laid waste - typical scenario every Saturday and Sunday. 
I like it when we are not rushing out for any special outing; there are days like this when you just want to do nothing. Our children actually are better than us adults with just enjoying our presence, and I'm taking a leaf out of their book today.

The Cheeky One

"Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life." - Unknown

And We Go Eating

As you know, having meals outside with young kids can be quite a feat. So we parents are constantly on the lookout for decent eating places for the family. As much as I like to be the kind of parent who says, "Oh I can do hawker meals with my kids anytime!", that would be something I'll put off till I don't need to catch the kids from getting out of their seats and worry about the possibility of them crashing into hot dishes (and yes, please save the finger wagging and "What are you doing letting the kids about?" till my toddlers can be trained to sit through a meal, and I mean without the i-whatever. I'm an advocator for confiscating i-gadgets during mealtimes.).
So, my ideal dining place should:
☺ Be affordable! Best if kids get to dine for free! ☺ Have the right type of food that the kids can eat (prepare to close one eye most of the time). The kids get  to eat the most fries during such occasions. ☺ Have a small enclosed space for the kids to get down and move a little so I can eat and watch them from      the corner of my eye.  ☺ Be clean.  ☺ Have tasty food for adults. ☺ Be not too noisy so that I don't have to talk to my friends, hubby and kids at 100 decibels.
Any recommendation for me? Feel free to comment!

Just Homely

So I have moved into my current place for more than a year, but I'm only starting to put little decorative pieces to spruce up the place - mostly DIYs - no expensive ornaments that I would have to give a limb or two to guard from my wandering toddlers. My theme is woody and homely, so if you have a good suggestion or two, drop me a message! I'm constantly on the lookout ☺

My colleague brought this windmill back from Taiwan. It seemed fairly easy to assemble but took me an hour poking through those tiny perforated holes and fixing in the slots to get the fixture up.

This is my messy spot on the refrigerator. I'd like a home to look lived in (but I don't mean messy). Not the spick and span, showroom kind of neat. Just homely, especially when the kids are still small. I'd probably dream of a lifestyle themed home when I can afford another place, and when the kids are bigger.

 

Owl Hoot Hoot

Say hi to Ow the latest addition to the family - a portable night light that I bought for the kids. They are not so in love with it as I imagined they would be, hence I have claimed ownership over it.
As a kid, I used to have an abject fear of the dark, so much so that I would wake up in the night and hold my breath and freeze literally, till my grandma tosses in her sleep and I will quickly change my sleeping position, till her next movement. I thought some evil creatures might be lurking in the pitch dark, ready to pounce on me should I let slip of the slightest movement. Having a fear of the dark was so not fun. If only I knew there was such a thing as night light!
Ow the Owl will now save my day, and be my mighty hero in the night ☻