Swimming Class at School

Posted on August 28, 2010August 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

These pictures below were taken when T1 had first started school this year and I was the ever anxious Mom who had to be at school to check exactly how they conducted their swimming classes and to make sure my 5 year old could actually handle getting changed.......click to learn what next.

Snippets of T1

Posted on August 27, 2010August 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst I was complaining to the Hubs that my Blackberry batteries don't seem to last very long, and that I needed to find a Blackberry car phone battery charger, T1 decided to add to the conversation: Because I bet it's made in China. Everything that is made in.......click to learn what next.

Homework in Style

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oops. It IS kind of messy back there. Shoo! Shoo! Darn it! Those clothes back there? On our red couch? They just won't go away. What the hell are they? Who knows!!! Who cares!!! Ever since we stopped having a helper, we stopped sweating the small stuff. Like.......click to learn what next.

New School Shoes Already???

Posted on August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

But the year isn't even up yet! Dang! At the beginning of the year, we bought T1 a super cheap pair of school shoes which lasted all of 3 weeks. The moment we washed it, it shrunk and she could no longer fit her big feet into them........click to learn what next.

Doctor or Rapper?

Posted on August 15, 2010August 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

At the very beginning, T1 said she wanted to be a vet, an animal doctor, because she loved animals. Then when I became pregnant with T2 and she began following me to see my gynae, she decided that she wanted to be a paediatrician with T2 as the.......click to learn what next.

Sisterly Love…..

Posted on August 13, 2010August 12, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I must say, I have never witnessed a stronger sisterly bond than these two and I'm not meaning to boast my pride but only that I've not been around many young sisters obviously! T1 adores baby T2 to no end and will read, play and entertain her sister.......click to learn what next.

Revising for mid-term exams

Posted on August 13, 2010August 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Wow! Can you believe it? She's not even SIX and she has to revise??? Well, if she wants to stay ahead with her peers and keep her marks above 95% then yes, she certainly has to revise! Having said that, we only revised Bahasa last semester and she.......click to learn what next.

The low down on T1’s sentimental stash

Posted on August 12, 2010August 12, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Further to the drama about T1's collection of soft toys, I now present to you what we did and how the story ended. T1's bears are like shoes to me. But as much as I love my shoes, I had to bite the bullet (PAINFUL!!! Have you ever.......click to learn what next.

What would your kid have done?

Posted on August 11, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

A couple of weeks ago, T1 was with her best friend playing and they were collecting balls from one of those machines where you have to pay RM1 for a rubber ball. I don't know why but they seemed to love those balls. Balls, balls, balls!!! I should.......click to learn what next.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder….

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Why is my dearest drama queen crying??? Take a guess. Okay. Three guesses. . . . It is because...... She is having major problems coming to terms with the fact that I want to GIVE AWAY TO CHARITY her collection of soft toys that is only collecting dust.......click to learn what next.

T1 wants to be T2

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, because T2 is starting to be REALLY cute by imitating us and by having her own cute gestures and communication skills, everyone around us have been paying her a lot of attention. It is hard not to notice her when she is just SO CUTE!!! For this,.......click to learn what next.

Guess who has a new IPAD?

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oh, gosh. How I wish????? But it's not me!!! For the longest time, I keep hearing of iphones, ipads, ipods etc but because we are not Apple users, I had no idea what an ipad looked like nor what it was. And well, I really didn't care. But.......click to learn what next.

Piggy Back Rides on Babies

Posted on August 9, 2010August 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When T2 was younger, T1 would smother her and play with her by putting toys on her like a horsey. They are as different as night and day, my 2 girls. T1 is highly excitable, always screaming and dancing whereas T2 is cool as a cucumber, until she.......click to learn what next.

We miss Tok-Tok

Posted on August 7, 2010January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

We miss Tok-Tok tremendously these days as he is wearing way too many hats without being compensated and why should one work so hard just to get pittance?! Work for free? That's what he does. And yet, he can hardly decline all the work that he is asked.......click to learn what next.

Samseng genes runneth in thy family

Posted on July 29, 2010July 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This is how T1 does her homework. No amount of telling off will change anything.