School Holiday Indoors – the establishment of a new habit

Posted on July 1, 2010July 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 has always loved reading although there was a time she went off it for awhile when there were too many activities happening (all those darn extra classes, play dates with friends etc) and she discovered TV! Then I had to encourage her to read beyond her ability.......click to learn what next.

What T1 did during the school holidays

Posted on June 30, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Well, apart from spend our first week of holiday shuttling to the hospital, we spent our second holiday week recuperating from the hospital stay! No visits to the zoo, no holidays at the beach, no playgroups. We just stayed at home all week. We went to watch Toy.......click to learn what next.

Baby Doll in a Bag

Posted on June 29, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My cheeky T1 recently conned her Nana into buying the above baby in a bag toy for her from ELC Mothercare. To be fair, T1 is actually very good about not buying stuff. It is her Nana who keeps spurring her on to buy something. And when she.......click to learn what next.

Letting a preschooler carry a baby

Posted on June 28, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since T2 was born, T1 had a fetish for carrying her little baby sister. She absolutely adores her to the point of incestuousity, if there ever was such a word! As much as we don't want our precious baby anywhere near a clumsy preschooler, we pander to.......click to learn what next.

Reading from Birth

Posted on June 27, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Although I fail in most aspects in being a mother and more so am devoid of any maternal instinct whatsoever, (honestly, I never, never, NEVER, EVERRRRRRRR saw myself staying at home with kids. NEVER. You can ask ALL my ex-boyfriends. They'd tell you what my life plan was........click to learn what next.

10 month old in a big bath

Posted on June 26, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So perhaps T2 may never forgive me that I am posting her naked bath pictures on the world wide web for the entire universe but hey! She may thank me for exposing her to miraculous fame! She could be as good as National Geographic's Afghan girl, who knows.......click to learn what next.

T1 in Bahrain – 2007

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst preparing for my post on Bahrain for my travel blog (the country where some clients fail to pay!!! Hrmmphh!!!), I found this irresistible photo of T1 at 27 months in our Bahraini Hotel, on the way out to the beach (it was a beach resort that we.......click to learn what next.

First Day of School

Posted on June 21, 2010June 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Phew. We survived it. T1 was all happy without tears and came home not tired despite going to bed at midnight last night. She said initially during the start of the holidays that she wished Mondays to Fridays were play days and Saturday and Sundays were school days........click to learn what next.

TTDI Park AGAIN!

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One of T1's favourite places of all time is the TTDI Park and just last week before her accident, I took her alone WITHOUT T2, for a picnic. For some reason, every single time we go to TTDI Park, she associates it with Fairy Bread. It is the.......click to learn what next.

T1’s first gold medal

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

Recently, T1 came home really super duper excited because her school had awarded her a medal. Her first medal. A GOLD medal at that. She was SO EXCITED that she brought it out to show me in the car and then put it around her neck and wore.......click to learn what next.

There is light at the end of the tunnel

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

I know that most of you must be in suspense by now out of genuine concern for T1. Thank you for all your calls, smses, emails and offers for help. I always knew that there were some really amazing people out there. I really cherish you and I.......click to learn what next.

Teaching T1 to have pen pals abroad

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

When I was a little girl, I had loads of pen pals I would write to, whether through friends of friends or from that famous Big Blue Marble show. Remember that? I used to love that show! I remember having this Italian pen pal from Melbourne who thought.......click to learn what next.

Losing a loved one

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

Naturally, after coming out of a funeral of someone elses son, the fear of losing someone most dear to me was terrifying. Again, I was left hyperventilating with fear, baby in one hand and inhaler on another and the phrase calm down, calm down kept spinning in my.......click to learn what next.

Freak accident

Posted on June 3, 2010June 3, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

After returning from the wake the night before and sleeping at 2am only to be woken at 4am and then again at 6am, I must pat myself on the back for surviving yesterday, the 2nd of June. After boobing T2 at 6am, I hopped onto the treadmill for.......click to learn what next.

Fresh names and unfresh names

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 came home today to tell me that most of her friends don't have fresh names like her and T2. Fresh names? What is that? "Fresh names are like T*ss@ and Ti@. Who do we know that have the same names as us? Nobody, right? That means our.......click to learn what next.