Sharing his gadgets

Posted on February 1, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Every time T1 and Tok-Tok are together, they share their gadgets together....... At La Bodega, they were having a meal together and sharing the same ipod. But whose music was it (as they both have ipods)? Were they listening to Pavarotti or Taio.......click to learn what next.

Future hairdresser

Posted on January 29, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Born to dance

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Apart from being academically competent, T1 is also talented in many areas. However, dancing is not one of them. By my standards anyway. She loves to dance though and we, of course, encourage her. She listens to the radio every night to go.......click to learn what next.

T1’s future college

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs has been advocating sending our girls to boarding school since they stress us out so much and since he was a boarding school product but T1 has been fighting her case saying she does NOT want to go to boarding school.......click to learn what next.

Graduating from FlyKidz

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

She gets gymnastics at school now as a compulsory lesson. Let's see if she enjoys it as much!

Attending another musical

Posted on January 28, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My girl is really, REALLY lucky that she gets invited to many, many shows over the course of the year. When I was a child, going to a show was a treat I probably had once every two years! And here she is.......click to learn what next.

Trying on earings

Posted on January 27, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

During our last visit to Kota Bharu, my MIL presented me a box that kept all her jewelery (the costume ones) and asked me to choose what I wanted. Just as an aside, she offered it to my SIL first. I'm still lucky.......click to learn what next.

Bi-Weekly Ejaan and Spelling Tests

Posted on January 27, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

At the beginning of last year, when T1 was doing the Malaysian Primary One syllabus at school, she was given 5 Ejaan words to study twice a week and 5 Spelling words to be tested twice a week as well. But as the.......click to learn what next.

Learning the Chinese Zodiac

Posted on January 25, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Last year, T1 learned the Chinese Zodiac and I told myself I needed to as well but surprise, surprise, I haven't as yet. OK, that will be my mission this evening. I wonder though how much is actually retained in that little head.......click to learn what next.

Learning to enjoy life!

Posted on January 23, 2011January 23, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I believe in letting kids have a taste of the good life. So they know how hard they have to work should they want to continue enjoying that kind of lifestyle. Who knows? Not all kids may even like the high life, and.......click to learn what next.

The scary imagination of a child

Posted on January 17, 2011January 13, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

One day, I found this piece of card board that T1 had drawn on and was very concerned because it read Patsy's Scary Land. What was she trying to say, huh? That her Mommy was scary? Muahahaha......and that she lived in fear? So.......click to learn what next.

Get your kid to perform a Puppet Show

Posted on January 16, 2011January 13, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

One of the things we do is take turns performing puppet shows. We have a range of puppets from Ikea and such that have been put to good use. It is entertaining to say the least because T1's imagination just rolls into madness.......click to learn what next.

Attack of the Sandwich Monster!

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

8am on a Sunday morning, the girls were up and ready to leave the house for soccer practice when we heard a loud scream! SCREAM!!! The Hubs and I, we're not used to waking so early on a Sunday morning, so this morning.......click to learn what next.

The most amazing bubble bath in Malaysia

Posted on January 15, 2011January 13, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

NUFF SAID.

Time Outs for a 6 year old

Posted on January 14, 2011January 13, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My little darling is generally a very good girl but there are rare moments when her evil side shows up and that is usually when she is over-tired. And because we give in to her quite a bit, she gets over-tired quite a.......click to learn what next.