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Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

14 July 2022 – 3:34 pm |

“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Parenting : A life-long journey

6 June 2007 | Posted in: Parenting | No Comment

The other day my friends and I were talking about our experiences as parents.

How we’ve perhaps taken steps in disciplining our kids and kind of ‘regret’ our approach afterwards. How we’ve responded or reacted in ways that we feel we shouldn’t have. How there are times when we feel we just can’t do the ‘job’ well.

Anyway. I think no one can instantly become good parents. We (need to) continually learn, improve and grow. Regardless of our age and our kids’ age.

Personally I learn and seek insights from books, the Bible and its principles (of course), websites as well as advices (and sharings) from friends, parents, other parents, their experiences, even the ‘mistakes’ they’ve done. I learn a lot too from sermons and fellowships. My hubby and I share, review and talk about parenting stuff too. And of course I learn most from my own actions. My own mistakes.

I’m (very) far from perfect, but I know that’s okay because I know I love my kids and I will strive to learn and become a good parent for them.

Parenting. Always a life-long learning journey.

My Ixus. In Anya’s hands.

5 June 2007 | Posted in: Daily, Photography | No Comment

Anya loves taking photos of stuff. The coffee table. Toys. Vai. Me. Daddy. Water fountain. Basically anything, really.

Even her feet and Vai’s.

And the fact that we now live in a ‘nearly-everyone-owns-a-digital camera’ era really helps in her experiments too!

After all, how can one discovers one’s talents if one never explores them?

PS: Just to re-confirm. Yes. Those four shots were taken by Anya.

Conversations with my 3-year-old girl

4 June 2007 | Posted in: Daily | No Comment

I was in the kitchen washing the dishes when Anya came up and asked, “Mommy, how old is Po-Po?” (read: her grandma, my Mom)

I told her, “She’ll be 63 this year”. I then asked her, “So, is Po-Po young or is she old then?”

“She’s old.”

“Am I old or am I young?”

“You’re old, Mommy”

“How old do you think I am?”

[she paused for a few seconds]

“Eighty five.”

Photos in this blog

3 June 2007 | Posted in: Daily | No Comment

I do get asked about this at times. And so to those who sometimes wonder, here’s the answer :

Nearly all photos in this blog are taken by the Mommy. And so unless otherwise stated, like the one above (or when both my hands can be seen in the photo, hehe), if I’m in the frame then it’d be me stretching my arm out as far as I can, with the camera facing me and the kids.

All done in the name of ‘capturing moments though no one’s around to take them for us’. Hehe.

Spending time together

2 June 2007 | Posted in: Crafts & Activity Ideas for Kids | No Comment

Vivo City‘s rooftop water feature.

For the first time. Kids played. On grass. On water.

Anya hopped and held on to Daddy’s hand.

Vai crawled all around the ankle-deep water (and tried to munch on the floating dried leaves when I wasn’t looking!)

Weather was nice.

It was all really nice.




Enjoying our time off

2 June 2007 | Posted in: Daily | No Comment

We’re all busy. Everyday. Busy with work. With kids. With housework. With deadlines.

And amidst our busyness we often forget how important it is to find time and get away from all that.

To just … unwind. Take our shoes off. Relax and enjoy some togetherness time with our loved ones.

Children and their imagination

1 June 2007 | Posted in: Daily | No Comment

The bedroom was unusually quiet. I went in and saw Anya sitting next to her bed, drawing on a piece of paper.

‘What’s that you’re drawing, Anya?’

‘A mommy, a daddy and their kids’.

*smile*

It’s always nice to see a kid explore and proactively draw something out of her imagination (instead of always needing to be told of ‘what to draw’).

[OUR CHANNEL] Sending My Child to Music Lessons : The Earlier, The Better?

26 October 2012 | Posted in: Parenting, Video | No Comment

 
When it comes to our children and music lessons, some of the generally asked questions are :
At what age should my child start attending music lessons?
Is the younger they attend music lessons, the better?
Is there …

Cherish the moment

1 August 2005 | Posted in: Daily, Parenting | No Comment

We met up with a friend today who had a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. When she saw Anya coming along with us, she went, ‘Aaawwww, I still remember the time when my kids …

Things about having two kids

6 August 2007 | Posted in: Parenting | No Comment

You know when you have two kids, I think you somehow compare how things are now with how things were before.
Like how today’s better technology (read: having good quality video camera function in my IXUS) …

Marriage: Making Time for the One You Love

7 July 2010 | Posted in: Marriage & Relationships | 3 Comments

Busyness.
It seems to be the ‘situation’ everyone faces today. Even amongst married couples.
But. It IS the reality, isn’t it?
We’re all busy with something, every day. And during most of our ‘waking hours’.
With kids. With work. …

Marriage : Reasons Why Couples Connect Less With Each Other

14 February 2013 | Posted in: Inspirational, Marriage & Relationships | 2 Comments
Marriage : Reasons Why Couples Connect Less With Each Other

This year, my hubby and I would mark our 12th wedding anniversary.
And you know what they say, … the longer you’re married, the less ‘connected’ you both most likely are?
You think?
Well, these are the few …

Marriage: Communicate and Relate

21 July 2020 | Posted in: Marriage & Relationships, Parenting | No Comment

 
Sin makes husbands and wives say to each other:
‘It’s your fault!’
‘It’s because of YOU!’
‘You did it!’
Husband and wife blame each other.
They each focus on ‘self’ (I need to be heard, I need to be …

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