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Tots Activities Category
The benefits of Tee reading early
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 6,2009 In: Simply Motherhood, Small Pumpkin, Tee, my little pumpkin, Tots ActivitiesOh, how she is going to hate me one day!!!
Gone are the days of me having to read to Tee whilst she takes a poop. Yay!!!
Now, I can actually have up to 30 minutes of FREE TIME in TOTAL SILENCE!!!! Whenever she takes a poop, that is……it is so liberating that my four year old [...]
How we got Tee to help us clean our bedroom
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 5,2009 In: Small Pumpkin, Square Pumpkin, Tee, my little pumpkin, The Hubs, Tots ActivitiesLast weekend, the Hubs and I had a mission to give our bedroom a BIG spring clean. This meant hoovering the entire bedroom from ceiling to floor, to picture rails to the back of pictures, to curtain rails to fans and lights, to the backs of furniture to cupboard grooves and surfaces. It also meant [...]
Playing RISK with a 4 year old
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 5,2009 In: Tee, my little pumpkin, The people around me, Tots Activities, Toys & ThingsAfter weeks of bugging us to play RISK with her, the Hubs finally relented. What does a little girl know about RISK? I used to be a RISK fanatic when I was in my teens for a good 10 years playing till the wee hours of the morning in all spots of KL and now [...]
Heavy heart with tears in my eyes
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 5,2009 In: Small Pumpkin, Tee, my little pumpkin, Tots ActivitiesToday, I left Tee at Art Class (2 hours whilst I blog) and walked away in tears and a really heavy heart. Why? Shouldn’t I be deliriously happy that I can lavish a whole 120 minutes to myself?
It is her first proper class today and she is participating in it with 6 other rowdy, matsalleh, [...]
Look what I found?
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 4,2009 In: Tee, my little pumpkin, Tots Activities, What's between my ears?Because I had recommended a friend to the opening of this place in her area, today she sms’d me to ask where it was again but by then I had already deleted the details off my email and smartphone. Since I was in front of the computer, I decided to see if I could find [...]
Playing an aged old game - Pick Up Sticks
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 3,2009 In: Tee, my little pumpkin, Tots Activities, Toys & ThingsRecently, Tee visited the Science Centre with her school and as one of the gifts that her school rewarded her with was a game of Pick Up Sticks. Do you remember playing this as a child??? I sure did!!!
But today’s Pick Up Sticks are no longer sharp like the ones we had. They now have [...]
How to watch Formula One when your kid wants to watch Barney
By: Mamapumpkin on: May 1,2009 In: Square Pumpkin, Tee, my little pumpkin, The Hubs, Tots ActivitiesIf there is one indulgence that the Hubs MUST have, it’s his fortnightly viewing of the Formula One. Before I met him, I didn’t even know what Formula One was. Now I know a little, but since Michael Schumacher retired, I’ve lost interest. Jensen Button is cute though.
Tee and the Hubs used to have these [...]
One of the places that one MUST visit in Cameron Highlands is the Smokehouse, which is located around the golf course, very near the old Merlin Hotel. They serve absolutely the best scones I have ever eaten in my entire life and mind you, I spent 7 years in London studying architecture, country of scones [...]
Who do you think Tee gets her brains from?
By: Mamapumpkin on: Apr 30,2009 In: Small Pumpkin, The Hubs, Tots Activities, What's between my ears?Many people commend me on the way that I bring Tee up because she is doing so well as a kid but seriously, little do they know that I am a lazy ass mother. It is sheer luck that I have been blessed with a daughter who can hold her own and is resourceful enough [...]
Thank goodness for play rooms!!!
By: Mamapumpkin on: Apr 29,2009 In: Malaysia, Tots Activities, Toys & Things, vacationsWhen our vacation was booked, Tee’s boyfriend’s Mom was really stressed out that we were going to stay at such an adult place, a honeymoon-ish type of resort, where only quiet couples were seen during meal times. Heck, you don’t even see these couples in the whole of Cameron Highlands and you’re wondering why??
Hello, what [...]
Who is Mamapumpkin?
Once upon a time, I designed buildings and interiors of corporate offices and on the rare occasion, homes. Now, I clean poop and am student of a patience management course. From the drawing board as a London Architect to the realities of Motherhood, I have certainly learned many lessons in humility. And then others.....
To succeed in the corporate world, first succeed with your kid as the happy boss. Seriously.
This blog is about me, Mamapumpkin. A crazy, demented Mom who cares full time, alone, without any help, for an even crazier preschooler AND a baby with a boob addiction problem. *sniff* Someone, please get me a chair.......
I write anything that comes out of my head, mostly without thinking first, which almost always gets me into trouble (according to my husband, also known as the love of my life.......on a good day).
My pet monkeys drive me towards challenge after challenge, 24/7.
Gotta love it.
Contact me : Mamapumpkin at gmail dot com
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