On his 3rd birthday night while lying on my bed, I told him he's really a big guy now.T: Don't make me another room, because I like sleeping in this bed.-----M: You know, I love you?T: But you didn't pick me up at school today. Daddy took me there and you didn't pick me up.-----M: When you're a big guy, are you still going to let me kiss you?T: No, because I'm going to kiss you.-----T: I want to drink water again.M: No, because you might wee on the bed.T: I won't! (with attitude tone)M: I don't want you to use that tone to me.T: *** rolled his...
25 July 2010
Learning Phonics
On The Tatapilla's 3rd birthday, we decided to teach him his alphabet, not just singing it but be able to identify and read it. I've been doing some research on what better way to teach our kids to read - and phonics come first. It's reading the letters through their sound. I found this Jolly Phonics dvd that are very good tools in teaching the kids. I then borrowed one from the library. The down side though is, it is a bit boring. And Jens as a very active kid, is not very drawn to it. Maybe, if we play it over and over again, he might....
10 July 2010
Random It Is
You Are Having an Awesome DayYou feel a bit overwhelmed by the changes doing on in your life right now. You don't have a good anchor.You are a flexible person. You tend to take life as it comes.You are prioritizing your family life right now. As usual, family comes first for you. Deep down you crave acceptance and love. You need good relationships to be happy.The Sailboat TestBlogthings: A Fine Line Between Insight and Stupidity Yeah, because I don't...
Legal or Not?
My colleagues at work have given me some information on how to ripped DVD movies and then convert them to format compatible with Iphone. I bought some music from IPhone but no movies yet. They’re quite expensive for me. But with the information that my colleagues told me, I then can load some of my favourite movies to my phone and I can watch them over and over again while I’m commuting. I actually asked them if isn’t it illegal but they said, it depends on how and where you use the program determines if it is illegal or not. I suppose if...
Dear Diary
It might be a bit late but better late than never, eh? I read a story in the Australian Family magazine of a Mum who had a nice time reminiscing her children’s childhood through dusty diary she found. And I thought, hey, I want to do that too. And I think, I have a perfect timing to start. On Jens’ third birthday. This blog should be that diary but I can’t be online all the time that Jens throw his clever antics so an actual diary will still...
Jens’ 3rd
It’s final, we won’t have anything big this year for The Tatapilla’s 3rd birthday. It would just be a tea party at school. I already ordered two boxes of cupcakes and 2 cakes. Balloons just need to be inflated. I have bought balloons, banners and what-not two weeks ago. I’m taking a half day off to attend to the matters at hand. Jens is quite excited about it. He said he’ll have two parties, one at school and one at home. And he’s raising...
Busy Week
We were not sure if we’re going to E’s birthday party today at 11am. Mcj said, the Abbey Medieval Festival is on this weekend so there was a possibility of going there rather than to the party. I asked The Tatapilla and he wanted to go to the “festivol”. Mcj said that if he’s not busy tomorrow (that acne treatment is out of the picture), we’ll swing there. I don’t want to get excited because I have so much stuff to do this weekend – you know...
04 July 2010
Food
In our family, we don't like routine and serving the same everyday - like cereal in the morning. I'm not a cereal person so is Mcj. The Tatapilla have his cereal at least 3 times a week. But sometimes, its hard to determine how much food a toddler can have.Here are some tips from raising children network. Children over the age of four need to eat a variety of nutritious foods, in the right proportions. They should also eat items from each of these five food groups on a daily basis — unless they have a food allergy. Foods high in unsaturated...
In Public
The Tatapilla is fairly a happy toddler. He throws tantrums but not really in a grand scale. Sulking is common and I haven't experienced him doing it in public until yesterday. We were at the shops and he wanted to wear the slippers that we are buying for him and I told him not yet as we haven't paid for it. Then, all of a sudden he was angry at me and to the display counter. I reprimanded him and he went to one corner and sulk telling me, I'm not his friends anymore and to leave him alone. Whew! What I normally do is talk to him - lower...
Coming Up
The Tatapilla's 3rd birthday is coming up. It's on a weekday so we decided to have a simple celebration in his daycare and another one at home. The daycare gig would just be about food and baloons, etc. At home, it would be the same. We'll plan a big celebration when he's a bit older and when he's birthday falls on a weekend. So far, I already bought baloons, banner and party hat. I don't bother with the cutleries for school as we'll just have...
I Don't Know About That
You Are EndearingYou are outgoing and friendly. You always have something to be excited about. You are conscientious and savvy. You enjoy the healthy things in life.You are a person of complex taste. You like how different elements go together.No one would describe you as awkward. You are a smooth character!The Taco TestBlogthings: If Quizzes Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Take Quizzes Well, the excited part is true or else life would be boring,...
