22 Feb 2014 “Are your excited to see Disney character today?” I asked Dot. She screamed at the top of her voice, “Yesss….! I want to take pictures with them. I want to hug them. Can they carry me too?” She was very excited to meet the Disney characters face-to-face at JEM, though we were...
10 Feb 2014 After her class dismissal, Dot asked for permission to play at the playground. When I gave her the go-ahead, she dashed for the playground, together with a few of her classmates. Maybe that’s the best part of their school hours – free play at the playground. They chased one another around the...
27 Jan 2014 Dot’s dad brought her out to the corridors after dinner at Dot’s grandma’s place. He gave her a few colored chalks and she started to doodle on the floor. I like the focused-look on her face when she is doing something that she likes. How I love her final artwork on the...
Dot likes to pick wild flowers when she goes outdoor. She cannot resist these little flowers when she sees them. She picks them and gives them away, probably her way of showing affection. Sometimes, it becomes a little adornment on her hair. Dot loves to spend some time “monkeying around” at the exercise corner every...
Dot and I spent some of our time during her year-end holiday preparing for her January birthday party. She prepared her birthday invites and we also made this cute this fluffy sheep together, after we looked through Martha Stewart’s Favorite Crafts for Kids. Our finished work is then hung under our ceiling fan in our...
I bought this January 2014 issue of Motherhood magazine for ONE reason – Prunenurture is featured, together with five other blogger moms, in this article, “Life Lessons your child can teach you“. In November last year, I was invited to share a lesson I learn after I become a mother. Here’s my biggest lesson learnt...
I woke up early on the first day of 2014, took out my past year diary and browsed through the posts I wrote in my 2013 personal diary. It brought back precious memories of Dot’s first few days in her kindergarten, some amusing conversation we had, my personal thoughts, some useful and wise quotes I...
“Mommy, can you help me to tie pleats?” Dot asked. “Why do you want to tie pleats?” I asked. “I want to look pretty.” Dot replied. Dot is getting more conscious of how she looks and she wants to dress up pretty. She likes dresses that she can twirl around, like the red and purple...
Jay brought Dot and her friends outdoor in the evening on Friday. They walked along path which is lined with the acacia trees. On the ground, there are a lot of dried up curly pods that fell from the acacia trees. Dot came back with a pair of acacia earrings – her first natural earrings that...
Books are my favourite things, and Dot’s. We started reading to Dot when she was very young, from simple board books to picture books. We read on the train, at home, at the library or anywhere where we can have a book read aloud. Dot loves reading every time before her sleep. It has become...
Dot asked me to record this song that she learnt at the Christmas Cracker holiday programme at The Little Harvard International Preschool. This speech and drama programme was held from 4 -7 December 2013, designed for children aged 3 to 5 years old. It was facilitated by Daniel Jenkins, one of the directors of The...
Jay has collected a lot of lanyards from conferences and events that he attended related to his work. Dot had the pleasure to choose a purple lanyard when she left home for her grandparents’ place. When we boarded the bus, she took out her lanyard and pretended to strap it over herself and her teddy....
A few months back, we brought the children outdoor after the rain. Jay caught some earthworms that he would like to grow in his own pot but sadly, most of them died. One day, J was beaming with joy when he saw earthworms growing in another pot without much effort on his part. He quickly...
A humble cardboard that is used primarily to keep goods and produce has the potential to be anything you can think of. We have created several crafts and activities using cardboard. These are our latest additions, mostly initiated by my daughter, who will be turning four in three months time. Cardboard car 1 Nov 2013...
Buying fresh produce is my favourite pastime as my family juices raw vegetables and fruits almost daily. When I go to supermarket, the usual places you can find me are the fresh vegetable and fruits section. And I shop online for organic fresh produce too. I was happy that my sister brought us to the...
