Living with Teenaged Girls

Posted on February 16, 2022March 2, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

Can you believe that I started this blog when T1 was just under 2 years old and now she is a whopping 17 years old!!!?????? FAR OUT, GUYS!!! Where are all my old, LOYAL (shall I say no agenda) blog friends???? I see.......click to learn what next.

Year 2 English Exam Laugh

Posted on July 8, 2017July 8, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

7 year old English exam Recently my little one returned with her English exam papers and whilst reviewing it, we had the biggest laugh. Why? See the question below: What makes Janice sneeze? Options were Pollen, Cars, and Window Sills She circled window.......click to learn what next.

Wonder Woman 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Wonder Woman, Ive watched it twice and I can happily watch it a third time!!!!! The first time, I went with my cousins from Australia for a midnight movie and it was the bomb. The second time I went with my kids and.......click to learn what next.

The Rocket Launch of T2

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

I am so amazingly blessed with these 2 girls of mine that I really do not know what I have done to deserve them. Last week at the park in London, T2 suddenly asked me if we could go back to the hotel........click to learn what next.

After School Snippets

Posted on September 26, 2015October 7, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Possibly the happiest time of my days are the daily moments that I see my little one after school descend the big school bus. She is always so happy and excited and I can tell that she's had a fabulous day at school........click to learn what next.

The Work of A Cobbler

Posted on September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

It was the girls first day back to school to start the new academic year today! They woke up moaning because they have been sleeping late for three whole weeks and suddenly waking at 6am was a challenge, like Duh?! It's not like.......click to learn what next.

Preventing Kids from Falling off their beds

Posted on September 12, 2015September 11, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Preventing kids from falling off their beds is something you really should look into if you loved your kids. Like yeah!!! My 2 girls, they share a bedroom because that is all we have in our humble home - 2 bedrooms. And even.......click to learn what next.

Happy Birthday T2 – 6 years old!!!

Posted on August 1, 2015August 1, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

So it happened!!!! T2's little birthday party that we organised at the 11th hour and invited just ONE friend and then the day before invited several more *gasp* actually was a success!! On the morning of the party, Mommy was rushing around all.......click to learn what next.

Chicken and Antibiotics

Posted on August 1, 2015August 1, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Today I was discussing an article about chicken and antibiotics to T1 that was published in the New York Times. It was an article about marketing tactics practised by the largest poultry giants in the UK whereby they say that their chickens are.......click to learn what next.

T2 got an A!!!

Posted on July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Alhamdullilah. My little girl came home that day all excited that she'd gotten an A for her Mandarin paper, something that we totally did not expect. She had exams this last week and we did NOTHING for revision. The other papers aren't back.......click to learn what next.

Exam Jitters

Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

My poor girls will be having their final exams reals soon. How time flies indeed!! They started in January 2015 and they are having their final exams in July 2015. Then a holiday for a month and straight to the new year in.......click to learn what next.

Is talent inborn or bred?

Posted on May 22, 2015May 21, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Is talent inborn or bred? It is both really. My natural talent is creativity. I got it from my Mom. If you needed a hundred ideas, I could come up with them. I am just usually too damn lazy to. But if you.......click to learn what next.

Heard in the Car series:

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

As most of my interaction with my kids happen in the car (so sad, right? But what to do, the moment we get home, everyone is busy with their own responsibilities), I have started documenting the Heard in the Car series: 15/4/15 T2:.......click to learn what next.

My sweet daughter, T2

Posted on April 4, 2015April 1, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

My sweet daughter, T2, presented a hand made notebook to me yesterday. After hearing the Hubs scolding me about how bad I am at managing my finances and not trusting me with managing my Izumio business (tsk-tsk, so little faith!), she took the.......click to learn what next.

The Power of BOWS – Jo’s Bowz

Posted on April 2, 2015March 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

The Power of BOWS by Jo's Bowz Do you like bows? I love bows. Ever since I was a little girl, I was a bow fan. Not just bows but ribbons too. All ribbons have pretty bows, do they not? Well, if you're.......click to learn what next.