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.
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.
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.
Christmas Ideal Home Show with Hillarys Blind
A few weeks ago, I went to the Christmas Ideal Home Show in London. Thanks to Hillarys Blinds for the invite. This is my first time being interviewed for TV. I was very nervous and laughed quite a lot in the clip. This is an impromptu questions as I was not send the questions a day before. They answers are quite random and messy. LOL! As I am from Singapore and it is not my culture to celebrate Christmas, so we have something else different in UK.
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…
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…
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.
Our Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs’s ‘Mr Pear’
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.
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 Samuel Johnson 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.
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.
1. First off tell us your name – Eileen
2. I live at home with – my husband Mr C, son Mr K and daughter Ms C.
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 I have learnt from the five speakers are:
1. Ben Wakeling: He is the awesome author of How I Came To Hold You.
My 11th Year in UK
Today is my 11th year since I stepped into the UK. I have a lot of good and bad memories during these years. Reflecting on it, it has been a painful journey of learning as an adult. I was very well protected and looked after by my parents and was not very well house trained – I didn’t know how to cook a normal meal, wash clothing and do simple DIY.
My career has never been the same. I was working in Charing Cross Hospital as a Theatre Nurse where I scrubbed for gender reassignment and colo-rectal cases amongst other types too. They weren’t particularly fun jobs as my views were always of bum holes.
Went to Yonex Demo Event to meet England Players!
My husband is a real badminton nut and he plays his sport every week without fail. He is currently looking at improving his skills and updating his gear. This is written by him about the Yonex Demo Event he went to.
Mr C:
I’m a local league badminton player and have been playing badminton since school. The key equipment in the game is obviously the racquet. At a beginners level, the type of racquet you use arguably doesn’t make as big of a difference to your game than perfecting your technique, movement and tactics. As you get better, the type of racquet plays an increasing factor as players will have preferences over whether racquets are head light or head heavy and how flexible or stiff the shaft is.
My husband is a real badminton nut and he plays his sport every week without fail. He is currently looking at improving his skills and updating his gear. This is written by him about the Yonex Demo Event he went to.
Mr C:
I’m a local league badminton player and have been playing badminton since school. The key equipment in the game is obviously the racquet. At a beginners level, the type of racquet you use arguably doesn’t make as big of a difference to your game than perfecting your technique, movement and tactics. As you get better, the type of racquet plays an increasing factor as players will have preferences over whether racquets are head light or head heavy and how flexible or stiff the shaft is.
Ms C starts Reception
Time has flown by and now Ms C is starting reception. I can’t believe that my little girl has reached her next milestone. This time last year, it was Mr K who started ‘big school’. Now I don’t know what to do with myself during the day. Well, not really. LOL. After 8 weeks of Summer holiday, I’m tired of entertaining them and am so ready for them to go back.
My princess became a big girl!
Our Entry Kids Capture the Colour Challenge
Following the success of last summer’s photo blogging competition Capture the Colour, Travel Supermarket has teamed up with Venture Photography to launch ‘Kid’s Capture the Colour’, an exciting challenge for children aged 15 or under to get creative and photograph the world around them.
I was the 101st applicant. Fortunately for us however, someone dropped outgiving us the opportunity to get a free digital camera from Travel Supermarket to get my children to capture the colours of red, blue, green, yellow and white while on their summer holidays.
The first photo is the RED colour. This is the shoe house in Wonderland Midlands theme park. My son and I stood on the steps while waiting for everyone to clear off before we took this shot. Luckily, we didn’t need to wait for too long. Inside this shoe there are a lot of children and the old woman. It is based on the nursery rhyme – There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
