We love the sparkle in your eyesWe love your inqusitive questions of "What happened" & "How come?".We love your running towards Daddy when he he picks you each evening.We love your keeness to learn and your fondness for all things nature big or little.We love the sweet smiles you reserve specially for Mummy each morning before we start the day walking to school hand in hand.We love your bond with Great-Grandma as you attempt to interact with her in … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
My blog is carbon-neutral! (A 2010 Earth Day Initiative)
Earth Day is celebrated at the United Nations each year on the first day of Spring. This year it falls on April 22, 2010. Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. With rising carbon emissions, environmental pollutions, devastations of ecosystems, climate change, our Mother Earth is crying out for help. Earth Day creates an awareness for people to reflect about what we are doing to the environment and how we can protect it. We can all do our … [Read more...]
New Read for the Week…
Daddy was browsing at the Times Bookstore today and bought yet another Fairy Tale Audio Storybook for our Princess. This time, it's the Three Little Pigs!Lift-The-Flap Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs [Illustrated] (Paperback)This series comes with huge colourful illustrations and interesting lift-the-flaps which Dana likes. We enjoy reading it together very much at bedtime. We're on the hunt for more simple to read audio CD stories as they will come in handy the next time we go on … [Read more...]
Allie Alligator, Bubba Bear and Catina Cat!
After hearing rave review from an ex-colleague about how her pre-schooler son benefitted from the programme, we enrolled Dana for Zoo-phonics lessons officially last month in March. Zoo-phonics is a whole brain approach developed to make children strong readers (and spellers) using “phono” (hearing), "oral” (speaking), “visual” (seeing), “kinesthetic” (moving), and tactile (touching) activities. What we like about Zoo-phonics Programme is that it capitalises on the … [Read more...]
I flew a kite!
Dana has been cooped up at home since her discharge so we decided to bring her out for some fresh air and outdoor play today. We headed for one of our fav places - the Marina Barrage!There, Dana flown the kite for the 1st time! Daddy got the kite up in the air (not without repeated tries as it was rather windy) and Dana took over to fly it for a good 10 mins or so despite the strong wind! We're so proud of our precious daughter; she has grown so much and becoming a little … [Read more...]
A glimpse of Dana’s 2nd Birthday Celebration…
On Good Friday, we threw an advanced Birthday Party for Dana. Never did we imagine barely 2 days after, Dana would be warded in the hospital for Kawasaki. Thank God for His healing hand and His wisdom on the medical team. Now that she's discharged, I finally can post an update on the party. It was exactly a week ago, when we were decorating the venue, storm clouds hovered over our heads and threatened to pour. Slight drizzle soon followed. Together with my hubby, we held hands at the … [Read more...]
Fighting Kawasaki on her 2nd Birthday…
Cutting her birthday cake in the ward.. On Easter Sunday, Daddy was supposed to serve in the Worship Ministry in church and we had planned to go to the House of God to celebrate Easter in our best dressed clothes but these plans never materialised. Early in the morning, when Dana's high fever cannot be subdued even with combination of paracetamol, ibuprofen and suppository given by our paediatrician, we knew something was very wrong and we rushed her immediately to the A&E … [Read more...]
Welcoming April…
April augments the start of Spring in temperate countries but closer to home, it is the Birthday Month of our daughter. We have planned a grand poolside party (weather permitting) for our close friends and family for this special day. For those who have received the above invite, see you at Princess Dana's Royal Celebration! … [Read more...]