Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
While coming home from brunch over the weekend, we spotted that the numerous Trumpet Trees along Buangkok Drive were all in full bloom. Quite a beautiful and colorful sight; that after parking the car, we walked out to the main
It’s semester break for the students at my institution, though not really so for faculty. Still, it does make available small periods in which I can clear the huge bunch of Annual Leave I’ve accumulated. It’s harder to get Hannah
Both copies of Hannah’s photo book arrived yesterday morning, after spending just under 48 hours in transit from the printer’s Seattle office to Singapore. The most recent pictures that made it into the book were just taken on the 2
The institution I work in has a biannual event which sees staff having an outdoor family event. The usual staple of Singapore attractions typically serve as venues, and this year – also Hannah’s first – was going to be our
Hannah’s Blurb book was completed last night. And after two more rounds of checking, it was finally sent to the printer early this morning with an order of two books. The book weighs in at 220 pages and 289 pictures.
It’s been an incredibly fast two years since I last finished Vita Una: Book V, blogged here. The photo book volume covered Hannah’s growing years up till she was one year old. I was supposed to have worked on two
Weekend dinners are often early when I’m on cooking duties, since we often have early brunches before 10 AM. That usually leaves us with quite a bit of time in the early evening to bring Hannah out on walks either
In February this year, I wrote here about Hannah’s newly developed abilties in sentence construction. Six months and today, she’s not only able to form sentences, she can now string them together into conversations but also negotiate with us when
I haven’t done a post on Hannah’s morning routine for more than 2 years now, so here’s an updated post on it and our reactions as parents! Hannah has settled in nicely with her nanny and also at pre-nursery at
The idea of teaching emotions to Hannah never occurred to me. It all started from reading a Chinese story book where animals became happy, sad or angry when naughty children make friends with them or pull their tails. Little did
Hannah – like us adults – goes through phases where she’ll get really excited about a fun new toy or object every now and then. About a year ago, it was the ingenious “Where’s My Water” on the iPad. For
The Sigma 70-20mm f2.8 has been getting neglected, so it was time to take it out for a spin over the weekend. The amazing bokeh that Matt’s 1.8mm lenses on his full-frame D800 was still clear in my memory. A
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