Developing compassion in children

Posted on July 6, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One of the very important things children need to learn from the start is to have empathy and compassion. According to the fabulous book above, children who have a higher emotional quotient get ahead in life at a much faster pace and go.......click to learn what next.

Attending a musical

Posted on July 6, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, T1 and I attend the annual production of T1's school and it has always been first class. In fact, the performance by the school (of the times that we have watched anyway) beat the recent West Side Story musical we currently.......click to learn what next.

Lamaze Gardenbug Wrist Rattle and Foot Finder Set

Posted on July 5, 2010October 25, 2018 by Mamapumpkin

This was T2's first toy per se, a gift from London. She still plays with them, not the proper way of wearing them as socks and a wrist band, of course. That would'nt work with her. She pulls off all her socks and.......click to learn what next.

Wearing Pearls

Posted on July 5, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The other day, I met my mother wearing some pearls and she mentioned how good I looked in pearls. Now, I love pearls! They are so classy and really spring an outfit to a height of elegance, don't you think? Lately, I've also.......click to learn what next.

Lamaze Sophie Princess

Posted on July 5, 2010October 25, 2018 by Mamapumpkin

T2 has too many of these Lamaze toys, I don't have space and want to get rid of ALL of them! ALL, ALL, ALL!!! This will be the first. Bye-Bye TOYS!!! A pre-loved Mamapumpkin product – the above item will only be sold.......click to learn what next.

Making Star Angels

Posted on July 5, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 is very good at entertaining herself by designing little games or composing rhymes and songs and tunes or choreographing dance steps. Here she improvised the usual snow angels to star angels since she claims we don't have snow in Malaysia. It involves.......click to learn what next.

New shoes from Vincci

Posted on July 4, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

There is this premium Vincci shop in Bangsar Village that does shoes at a much higher price than the usual Vincci and I walked in one day with T2 and came out with 2 pairs of leather flats. I couldn't resist. I figured.......click to learn what next.

Japanese Yakuza

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Let's just say, that you were appointed by the Yakuza Headmaster in Japan of a renown school as the disciplinarian master and one day, you find out that the Headmaster's best friend's son is dealing in drugs. Something not allowed in school. If.......click to learn what next.

What interests men

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The other day, Elaine highlighted an interesting fact to me and that I was getting some interesting advertising on my blog despite it being a quasi-parenting blog! Amazing stuff. I wonder why advertisers would put such stuff up here, hoping wives would purchase.......click to learn what next.

Baking during the school holidays

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Another thing we did during the school holidays was to bake. It was also one of the first things we did when we finally returned from the hospital after a week's stay. I felt that T1 needed a treat after that ordeal and.......click to learn what next.

Losing hair tremendously

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So when does one actually stop losing hair after pregnancy? With T1, I was told that the Malays believe that hair loss is related to your baby's drool. As long as your baby still drooled, you will continue to lose your hair and.......click to learn what next.

Encouraging fine motor skills in kids – For the love of scones…..

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 has inherited the love of Scones from my mother and we three are really the scone experts as we have tried so many scones in so many places! And the best still goes to the ones Jo taught me how to make,.......click to learn what next.

How to get rid of chin acne

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

You will get chin acne if you like resting your chin on tables or if you constantly like touching your chin, little do you know how dirty your hands are whenever you touch your face as your hands touch other things every second.......click to learn what next.

Monkey see, Monkey do?

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now you all know how much my baby loves those crappy baby bites that I really don't like her eating but give it to her because she hardly likes anything else thus almost everyday, you'd be able to catch her with one at.......click to learn what next.

How to lose weight before my in laws come

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My sister-in-law will be visiting from the States soon thus my in-laws will be in town this August. In order to lose weight super duper fast, I will need to do something drastic like take some of that 7-dfbx supplements to slim down.......click to learn what next.