Last night I asked Jack what he wanted to do today. He could go to Toys R Us (his fave hang) or Ikea (where I needed to buy a bunch of stainless steel household items - bin, bread bin, and utensil holder). Surprisingly he chose Ikea. This morning I posed the same question and he replied Ikea again. . . . (More)

Indeed, in Jack's case it seems to be so. Or else, simply just tonight. There have been exciting days when we went from event to event and he missed his nap but managed to keel and snore at 10. Tonight we gently wrangled and teased him from reading his books and playing with his cars to his nan nan . . . (More)

Despite not being an architect, dear hubby designed our home from his very own blueprint. There is one area we left untouched and it sits screaming every day at me to get it nicely done. We've picked out the tiles and now I just need to measure the area.If you're planning to do it yourself, I really . . . (More)

The previous 3 nights were spent feverishly crafting: a white rabbit, a tiny blue car, and last night a gray cat. Tonight I was supposed to take a break but ended up blogging and surfing (and coughing a lot). Time to sleep now...Technorati: stay-home mom hobbies, crafting, stuffed dolls, cloth dolls . . . (More)

Today we had lunch at the Manhattan Fish Market. All I'll say is that Fish and Co is much better. Trust me on this.My godma noted that Jack's pants had become shorts and I grudgingly agreed with her that he needs more pants. Mom piped up that she saw a children's store downstairs and after lunch we . . . (More)

The past ten days has been a sick season for the whole family. The kids are down with diarrhoea. Kaku hissed at me today when I went to feed her although later she watched me serenely from her perch. I've been down with some strange upper respiratory throat infection with a thick cough, laryngitis, . . . (More)

Study: Spanking linked to risky sexual behaviorThu, Feb 28, 2008 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovered another damaging consequence of spanking: risky sexual behaviors, or even sexual deviancy, when the child grows up."This adds one more harmful side effect to spanking," said Murray Straus, . . . (More)

Because Jack loves cars, lately fans of his have been buying cars to increase their exposure. Grandma buys a car on every visit to Toys R Us and beams proudly whenever Jack tells me Ah Ma bought it for him. Gong Gong, still flush with the huge number of cars he bought for Jack during Xmas, pushes on . . . (More)

Yup! I have gone off the radar for a while but have now decided to stop using the Technorati tags so the burden of putting them on won't hinder my need to blog and blog properly. (People who know me well will know my incessant need for doing things properly.)So on this typical day while Jack is asle . . . (More)