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My Desert Island Discs Playlist, assuming there are batteries!

Some of you may know that I love Korean TV drama and their K-pop music genre.  So please forgive me if I bore you with my huge selection of K-pop.  In case you’re wondering, K-pop means Korean Pop music!

I have been tag by Sally Whittle to do my Desert Island Discs playlist – read her choices here.  I have to admit that I had not heard of some of her song choices before so it is nice to discover new music.

My Desert Island Discs Playlist, assuming there are batteries!

New Chapter of my Gratitude Jar 2014

Last year, I made a Gratitude Jar for 2013 and this is how it looks like!  It is filled with nothing but happiness!  I am so pleased that each piece of paper is fill with my achievements for this year.  It has been great!  Of course, also not forgetting my ah ma who passed away in March.  She was a great grandmother and I hope my dad and granddad are with her right now.

New Chapter of my Gratitude Jar 2014

What we had for Christmas!

Firstly, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I would like to thanks all the PR and SEO companies who have been kindly send us Christmas cards and some goodies for our family.  Without them, my blog wouldn’t be as successful.

PR Christmas Presents

Our highlights of the year

Reflecting on the year, we have been quite busy with a lot of outdoor activities like skating, climbing, visiting the zoo, Legoland etc and not forgetting Ms C starting Reception and Mr K in BBC1 Doctors. I would like to thank Pyrex for generously working with my blog by letting me co-host the Twitter party and the national baking week competition.

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What did we do today?

Yesterday, I received a very special and unique Warburtons’s advent calender. It never occurred to me that we would ever see anything other than candles (Yankee candle) or the more usual chocolate Snapajack Chocolate advent calender. Thanks to Warburtonsuk. It’s an instant hit for us as we’re big fans of Warburtons. In the calendar, there were crumpets, pancakes, Asian Fusion Turkey wrap, toasties and sandwich thins.

Warburtons Advent Calendar

4p is what I got from my son!

This afternoon, my son came home and ran upstairs. So I went up too.  Seeing him empty his money box, I thought to myself what is he up too?  Is he saving up to buy toys or maybe Skylanders? About 5 minutes later, he shoved it up to my face with a tiny written note and 4 p:

4p money note

Preparing the Lawn for Winter

Our garden was really well used last year from parties, gatherings but mainly the children playing. After such abuse, the lawn was not looking too great during the winter of 2012, so we have really made an effort to look after our lawn this year.

Preparing the Lawn for Winter

Time to brush your teeth children!

It is always worrying how many sweets or chocolate your children consume, especially after events like Halloween, Christmas or even birthday parties! Sweets and chocolate are often the first tool to quieten the children down – they can’t scream and shout if they are eating! It will give you some respite but there is the risk of dental decay. Instead of giving them sweet/chocolate treats, why not replace it with low sugar or sugar free options. Or keep it to a minimum to prevent tooth decay. I only allow them to have a small piece of chocolate each day after school.

Mr K recently lost two of his front baby teeth and he had his first visit to the dentist. Now he and Ms C are signed up for a regular six month check-up at our local dentist. This is him having his first dental check up.
Time to brush your teeth children

Our Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Yesterday, we went to watch Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and Mr K decided he would like to make a fabulous fruity creature for himself. This is his ‘Mr Pear’. We used a pear, two grapes, two strawberries, a banana’s top, 5 toothpicks and a permanent maker pen.

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Pear

Eye Journey: Mummy, I cant see it!

Parenting is never plain sailing nor like it says in the guidebooks. There are always ups and downs. It is always worrying when you child is not ‘normal’. Ms C has been diagnosed with myopia and astigmatism since she was two.  Since then, we have been to the Community Hospital every two to three months for a check-up. Each time Ms C will say she can’t see when the word is too small. We have been seen by the consultant, optician and orthoptist.

Eye Journey Mummy, I cant see it!

All About Me

I have been tagged by Tami Anderson from Mummy of Two for this All About Me meme started by Gina over at Cold Tea and Smelly Nappies.  It has been a long time since I did a meme and it is great to tell my followers more about me.

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Picking the Right Floor When you have Pets

Cats and dogs can be expensive enough to look after. There’s the cost of buying them in the first place, the cost of feeding, caring for, buying beds and treats for them, and then there are the more unexpected costs that you don’t want or need to be paying. Particularly in cats, there are certain habits that can affect more than the things that concern them. Furniture, carpets and plant pots often fall victims to the many whims of cat behaviour, and those reasons mean you should think about what kind of floors to install in your home if you have cats, or are thinking about having pets in the foreseeable future.

Picking the Right Floor When you have Pets

All About Looking and Feeling Good

Every now and then, life throws us a curve ball. It could be something that’s stressing us out at work, or perhaps some money troubles – whatever is, it’s much easier to deal with it if you feel good. And us ladies know that one great way to feel good is to feel like we look fabulous!

All About Looking and Feeling Good

Swimming – Essential Life Skill

We’ve always supported the children in their extra curricular activities like karate and dance clubs but we won’t force them to do anything they don’t want to. However, their swimming club is one we will enforce. We wanted to give them a good early start on what we see as an essential life skill. Learning to swim can greatly reduce the risk of drowning should they accidentally fall into water. It is great for an active lifestyle as the natural resistance of the water helps you keep fit, tone muscles and burn calories. It is also a low impact exercise so it shouldn’t create excess stress around the joints.

Swimming - Essential Life Skill

What have I learnt on Manchester Tots100 Blog Summit?

Last week, I went to Manchester to attend the Tots100 Blog Summit and came home with a lot of useful information.  If you are a blogger, I would suggest you that to come along next time as this is a great learning experience.

What have I learnt on Manchester Tots100 Blog Summit

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Welcome to ET Speaks From Home!

I'm Eileen, a proud mum of two teenagers (aged 17 and 16), my daughter is living with visual impairment. Since launching this blog in May 2012, we’ve continued to grow and evolve, sharing our family’s journey and passions.

I love cooking, crafting, DIY projects, writing about Chinese culture, and creating YouTube reviews.

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