First 3P post after 6 months!!!

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Walau!!! I've just had my first 3P post after 6 months!!! Happy or what??? I hope that this is the start of better things to come. I logged in randomly at about 6pm and there it was staring in front of me - in white!!! Well, let's.......click to learn what next.

Toddler mafia busy delegating via sms from the plane…..

Posted on August 14, 2008September 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Dear Dada, I am stuck on this plane with dragon lady and I am tired of listening to her voice going, "Tee! Stop this. Tee! Stop that!" In future when you make our travel arrangements and intend to be absent, can you please put her on another seat,.......click to learn what next.

What a lovely, lovely day!

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PMS-ing officially over. After I dropped Tee off at school, I returned home to hop onto the treadmill and discovered a renewed energy that I'd lost in the last few months with all the traveling. I was so exhausted to the point where I actually thought I.......click to learn what next.

A tender moment….

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee surprises us as Flower Girl

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A week before the wedding, we'd already started teaching her how to walk, how to throw the petals and how to smile. She never focused. Till the very last day, I was telling the Hubs, what can we expect of her.....she is not yet four, so playful and.......click to learn what next.

Mother of the Flower Girl

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

This is how LARGE I am now, so I had to get a big flair baggy dress to hide all the fat. Don't I look pregnant??? How I wish......

How to make your toddler drink water and fluids

Posted on August 12, 2008August 23, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A perennial challenge for parents the world over. Here's how we have dealt with it these last 3 years. Always have water ready and handy so you can strike whilst the iron is hot. If it's juice they like, go ahead, have your diluted juice ready. Whatever it.......click to learn what next.

Dark Knight

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is an appeal to Uncle Ben and Aunty Trina - will you babysit Tee this Friday or Saturday night for a few hours so Mommy and Daddy can go watch Batman? *big hopeful grin!!!!*

PMS-ing still….

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This morning, my Aunt Flo came to pay me a visit. Shit, I hate it when she comes uninvited!! Anyway, I shouted out to Tee to bring me a towel to serve her and she brought me one which I had described in detail to her exactly.......click to learn what next.

Two more loves of my life

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Apart from the 3 loves of my life, I have 2 more; my beloved younger brothers, whom I also love to death. Although they are as different as chalk and cheese, they come from the same grain of genes that my Mother is made off. It is.......click to learn what next.

Simply irresistable!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and her Nana in Perth. I have three great loves of my life. The above are two.

Updates from Chez Mamapumpkin

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Major PMS-ing......... Don't come near.

MAS destroyed Tee’s stroller!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yup! No kidding. Imagine the inconvenience when you arrive with an exhausted littl girl 10pm at night, way past her bedtime, and you discover that she no longer has a stroller to sleep in. So apart from manipulating the dozens of luggage that you carted back from Australia, you also.......click to learn what next.

A big thank you….

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I just wanted to say a very big thank you to the three people who warned me about my blog falling sick and not showing up for work whilst I was busy in Perth without internet access. Darn the blog! When the cat is away, the mouse.......click to learn what next.

Ranting all day

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Instead of packing for my trip tomorrow of which I have to wake up at 5am to catch a flight (BAH!), I am ranting away. Not even sure why. I am just pissed off and tired. I don't sleep well every night. I am obese and I.......click to learn what next.