Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

By now, the news of the Best Family Blog winner is everywhere.

And, I’d like to congratulate Daphne (Top photo: pictured below my photo) for winning the title! She writes great posts, always peppered with a nice dose of humour too! Am happy for her!

As for me, well … I’ll keep on blogging for sure! =)

I do want to really THANK everyone who voted and supported me all this while though! Really. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I hope you haven’t given up on me since I still haven’t won any official Awards so far =)

Anyway now I wanna show you photos!

[The Award winners! Congrats to you all!]

This year, Singapore Blog Awards 2011 was held at Shanghai Dolly (Clarke Quay) and the organiser came up with the theme ‘History Gets Social’. Everyone was encouraged to come dressed as ‘historical characters’.

And so … both Wilson and I decided to have fun and really come dressed up, according to the theme!

[Photo courtesy of liveshare]

Wilson came dressed as a shepherd from 2000 years ago! And me, … well, of course I came dressed as the shepherd’s wife lah ! Hehe.

[Big thanks to our friends who looked after our 3 kids for four hours while we went to the Awards! So grateful for their help!]

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Why dressed up as shepherds, you may ask.

Well. Firstly, because shepherds of ‘our kind’ are REALLY historical, yes? =) I mean, it goes all the way back to at least 2000 years ago!

Secondly, because as parents, we are like ‘shepherds’ to our children, … guiding, protecting, nurturing and caring for the ‘sheep’ (aka the kiddos!)

And, in today’s digital era, tips and encouragements on how we can ‘shepherd a child’s heart’ can be shared with others through blogs too, which is what Our Everyday Things tries to do over the years.

(Hence, the blog title … ‘Shepherding Gets Social’! Hehe)

[With the Guest of Honour, Major General Chan Chun Sing, Acting Minister for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and Minister of State for the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts]

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Hubby was btw very supportive and game about the whole ‘dressing up’ thing. Am so loving him for it! =)

Just before we left he said, ‘Life is too short to always be too serious’. Yes. Yes. I agree.

It was his first time wearing such a long robe (which looked like the hospital gown I wore when I delivered Brie, he said! =) And, he kept on stepping on his robe when walking up the stairs! Haha =) Btw, it was my first time wearing such a dress too. I thought I looked big and pregnant again in it!

[Photo courtesy of liveshare]

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And oh, guess what?

Both Wilson and I were asked to go on stage as ‘finalists’ in the ‘Best Dressed Awards’ competition, haha.

We all were asked to do a little catwalk too. Tsk tsk tsk. Luckily I was allowed to do it with Wilson, as a ‘shepherd couple’! And come to think of it, the last time we did something like this was when we got married 10 years ago! =)

And the winners … well, definitely not us! Haha. Not when we had ‘Liang Popo‘ (the one sitting on a stool) and ‘Alexander McQueen‘ (next to Wilson) on the same stage as us! =)

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Now, here are MORE photos, of us with the other bloggers!

From top left : With Hendra Lauw, Keropokman, Mint Leong, and (bottom left corner) with Daphne and her husband, Kelvin.

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From top left : With Estelle (who’s dressed as a ‘cave woman’ =), and fellow parent blogger nominees Klessis & Sandra, and Edmund & Maryann.

Before we went our separate ways, we parent bloggers got together for a group photo! How nice … especially since it’s my first time seeing so many fellow parent bloggers in person and in one go! Wish we had more time to chat though.

Anyway, I personally thought the event went nicely this year. Even better than last year.

All thanks OMY for organising it all.