Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
“Good mor-ming, mommy!” Yang has done a wonderful job at helping her with speech. :) And finally, mommy found the energy to make pancakes at home for breakfast. Ya, I’m such a bum in the mornings (Yang is nodding vigorously).
I have yet met someone who doesn’t like curries. There’s something about the fusion of spices and coconut milk that wakes up our taste buds and stimulates appetite. I like eating fish curry. I always look forward to its ingredients
We just celebrated Hannah’s second birthday yesterday. She was fond of dogs and the Icing Room @ Compass Point Shopping Mall so happened to carry a cute doggie cake designed using fresh cream with black forest / vanilla fruit flavour.
Finally, mommy is down to washing one straw cup per night! I have blogged about the tedium of washing milk bottles and transition cups. Yang could attest to the fact that I’m very particular about the cleanliness of our crockery
Sometimes when I was in the mood for cooking / baking, I got the feeling that no force in the ‘verse could stop me. Yeah. A chain reaction perhaps (Yang must be shuddering, hee), I picked up another new recipe
I usually bring Hannah out for breakfast and do grocery shopping on a daily basis during school holidays. We stayed at home this morning as there was leftover bread. I fished out some cartoon bread cutters to spice up the
My morale took a beating after a failed attempt at cooking Chinese beef stew last evening. Long story short, I over-estimated the proportion of spices used. Sigh. With what was left of my self-esteem, I took on a personal challenge
Our girl is demanding more and more of our attention whenever she’s at home. She often wants me to sit down to play cards or read a book to her. In order to keep her occupied while I cook or
This dish is really tasty even without the tuna, i.e. vegetarian style. I adapted the recipe from Annabel Karmel’s Tuna and Sweetcorn Stuffed Potato. The original recipe is found in her book entitled ‘New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner’.
I used to write remarks and testimonials for my students when I was a full-time teacher. There were certain dos and don’ts stipulated pertaining to our choice of words. No matter how disruptive or unaccomplished the kid was, I was
This dish certainly requires the toddler to do her job at chewing. Hence, theoretically speaking, she would take a longer time to finish her meal. The up side of preparing macaroni soup as compared to porridge is the reduced cooking
It’s the season for the Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) Central Judging for Choirs for secondary schools again. Just the other day, I went to support my ex-choir at Singapore of the Arts (SOTA) School where the judging was held. Actually,
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