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November 17, 2009

help! it's school holiday!

lizzie's art and craft work from school.

ambulance made from 1 tissue box, 2 toilet rolls, 1 rectangular black art paper, 1 jelly cup and red art paper torn into small pieces and inserted into the jelly cup and poster colours.

traffic light made from 1 tissue box, 1 kitchen towel roll, poster colours and red, yellow and green art paper.

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November 10, 2009

haikus

last night S and my hubby cracked their brains on what to write for the church's bulletin on discipleship group sharing as the dateline was up.

my hubby decided to write a haiku since it's short and sweet.

S thought it was fun and helped me with mine.

then hubby came up with two more for the kids!

funny!

Feed on the bible,

Roast chicken and fellowship

Burp! My spirit's filled.

Kaif

I cook and they hear.

But still more deliciousness!

We devour the word.

sarah

DG on Friday

is when I can stay up late

"Mom, we have to pray!"

Lizzie

Every Friday night

Uncles and Aunties file in

I sleep, DG starts

Marissa

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July 14, 2009

toycar wash playdate 1: the muddy safari

i love this!

so creative and brilliant!

water is sprayed on painted roads to create the muddy effects!

from our story

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June 21, 2009

happy father's day

this is what we did with lizzie for father's day.

it's really fun to paint on canvas!

my husband who studied maths and engineering throughout his schooling years really enjoyed painting!

he said he was quite deprived of arts!!!

hahaha...he actually could paint the lion and elephant very well don't you think so?

happy father's day to all daddies!

hope you are not like my husband who had to paint his own father's day gift with his daughter,

who then decided that the painting should be hung in her bedroom instead!!!

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June 19, 2009

what would you do...

1) when your kids are not well enough to go out and play with other children?

2) when it is school holidays?

3) when you want to engage them with something constructive or educational so that they do not misbehave due to boredom?

besides going to God who hears my prayers, i go to cbeebies for ideas and activities.

when i need to cook and liz just refuse to play by herself or stop bullying her younger sister due to boredom, i let her

a) play a simple charlie and lola game or bob the builder game or other games for about 30 mins or

b) read and listen to a story or

c) do some colouring or crafts from make and do section

the photos show what we made on one occasion - modified from charlie's rocket from here - using some toilet paper rolls, yakult and yogurt pots, tin foil and coloured paper!

frankly speaking, i'm very impressed with the cbeebies website.

it saved me lots of money on buying computer softwares that claim to teach your children to be IT savvy, efficient in phonics and all those crap.

but a word of caution, kids learn fast, absorb like sponge and they have no self-control.

close supervision and control of time are required.

parents need to watch out too.

it's easy to let tv and computers do the baby sitting and teaching.

but once you loose control over how much computer and tv time to give your children, it's going to be a long battle to reset everything to it's proper order!

have fun!