imyinwonderland: August 2014

Tuesday 26 August 2014

Full time working mum

I tried not to blog about heavy topics because this is supposed to be about my loves, I only want to record my happiness and not the complains. But I chanced upon this blog which is very relevant to my everyday worries.

http://kidsrsimple.com/2014/05/28/a-peek-into-the-after-work-hours-of-a-ftwm/

I desperately comb through the blogs, hoping to find a mum with situation similar to me and secretly hoping to have a situation worse off Then me so that I will be comforted. Unfortunately, no. I know my problems yet I could not rectify it, which makes me quite miserable.

Being FTWM, is not easy at all. While most of the readings I came across are making decisions to be Sahm, when the most important point you have to consider is financial burden. Once it's sorted out, you just have to make it work. For FTWM, you are juggling continously. Your single colleagues will never understand that when you leave office on time, you are going to do a more challenging job. You can't bring your emotions to work and you just feel like slapping the 100th person who asked you why are you so tired after a weekend. Also, the decision to be a FTWM is always easier to make, But you didn't realised that behind this decision you also must have some kind of support. Like are you going to force your parents to take care of your kids If you can't fetch them from child/student care on time? Are you going to let your kids be independent to be responsible for their own academics (do homework while mummy & daddy are still doing late night overtime). Would you hate yourself If you have neglected your child and they turn astray?

No conclusion.

Monday 18 August 2014

Loom Love

Loom Bands Beginner :D

Finally, we bought a box of Loom Bands

We have been hesitating. It wasn't too expensive, But we were bothered with the safety hazards, the mess it could create and whether G will be patient enough to learn how to play with it.

To be honest, we are curious and it's quite cool for parents to give loom bands to their kids right?

A little knowledge read up (so we don't play blindly :P)

Rainbow Loom was invented in 2011 by Cheong Choon Ng, a Malaysian-born engineer from Michigan. He was inspired by his daughters, while watching them made rubber-band jewellery. This is targeted at children between 8 to 14, but had picked up popularity among the younger ones too. It became so popular and even the Duchess of Cambridge was spotted wearing it during her New Zealand Trip!

We bought this starter Kit from Kiddy Palace $24.90

The rainbow happy colours: )

There are cheaper options. Random shops selling around $10 for a big box. You have many choices, many price options. We didn't research much on which brands are safe and since it was an impulse purchase, so we rather get from a reputable shop. I rules I set to G, includes that she cannot wear to sleep.
Note: If you wanted to get the original Rainbow Loom, you can find www.pupsikstudio.com.

Daddy teaching G how to weave

It was not too hard for her to pick up

She showed me how to do the fishtail pattern

The rainbow basic loom done by me, the pinky and white done by daddy.

She made the blue and white fishtail.

I made this blue and red fishtail for Aiden and G named it Spiderman band (Spidey colours).

This is G's National Day band :D

Rainbow fishtail band

Triple Single Band

There are still many different style that you can create with this rubber bands!

All toys can have some dangers if you did not monitor closely on how it is used in play. But it seems to be a good option of letting the little ones to break away from TV, tablets, handphone... Have fun with creativity :)

Wednesday 13 August 2014

Our First National Day Parade

NDP 2014

I had never enjoyed NDP as a kid. From my memory, I only remembered the endless rehearsals that we had to attend and got to forgo my weekends due to all it. It was hot, humid and needless to say, tiring! The parade was boring to me.

That explains why I was never interested to bring G to attend any NDP in the past 4 years. So, what actually changes my mind? We attended the 49th National Day Parade, as a family and yes it's with the newest edition of the family, the baby Aiden!

Many people will sweat, even hearing this! Here are the list of questions that went through my mind:
- Can he sit through the 4 hours?
- What about his meals?
- What if he throws his tantrums there? (You know how terrible it can get!)
- What if he poops: ( ?
- How to change his diaper there?

Anyway, here we are!

Little G dressed up as "The Flag"

Aiden matches his red Mickey Tee with a pair of army pants ... #patriotic!

The super long queue =_=" to the gate entrance

We are finally seated at the green area! Got a good seat, I considered it as the "extra legroom" seats!

Everything went well. The view was spectacular and G is busy digging her NDP unpack for goodies while Aiden was busy filling up his tummy with the sandwiches I had prepared.As I expected, there will be lot's of people with selfie sticks! Sigh, too bad I could not get it in time for the parade. So, most of the photos will be without me :(

Fun time Selfie-ing

With my dear girl

The very hungry boy

More photos before program starts

Patriotic poses

Budding photographer

He is the future...

I didn't expect the parade got me excited! The red lions parachutists, the good old National Day songs, the short clips of the extraordinary people which brought tears in my eyes, the beautiful fireworks of course. All are my fav!

Here are some shots of the parade: