Friday, March 30, 2012

Random

I know I've been slack when it comes to blogging here. In between the chauffeuring, the parenting, the maid training, facebooking, Draw Something and instagramming (which is where I mostly post pics of my girls) .. It pretty much leaves no time for me to blog.

Plus it's just way easier to upload pics and caption them with one liners on Instagram :p

Lauren is doing well in primary 2. I hardly have to sit with her to do anything. She can manage very well. She was picked to be a "junior leader" - the lower primary version of a prefect. She is neat in her work and seriously, aside from testing her for spelling (which Daddy does) where she studies and memorizes the spelling words on her own anyway. The girl pretty much does everything on her own. She has an excellent memory and seldom forgets instructions issued by her teacher.


Monday, March 19, 2012

I hate glitter

SOMEONE and I can't recall WHO .. gave Lauren a tattoo kit for Christmas last year. That was absolutely fine BUT it was a tattoo kit using GLITTER. Man, I hate the stuff. It gets everywhere and stays around for a long time to come. The hubby has gone to work with glitter on his work clothes before. Not cool apparently if it's on his flight suit. Hahaha!
So anyway, I had found all sorts of reasons why Lauren shouldn't open the pack yet. And not bad, that lasted 3 months. She looked at it a few times and asked to open it and I always had a darn good excuse. Of course when the holidays came around, there was no reason when she couldn't open the box and try it out. Damn.

I, of course, insisted that I be the one to actually apply the glitter first. After that, when I realized it wasn't going to matter WHO applied the glitter - it was going to get everywhere - I let Lauren use it. The girls, were thrilled with it. But of course. It's shiny and colorful - what's not to like?! And they had fun admiring their tattoos. Of course, when Monday rolled around and they had to wash it off, I still saw glitter on Charlotte's face today. AFTER her bath. And she didn't have a tattoo on her prior to that. It was only Lauren, Emily and Calista that had tattoos on. Glitter is evil. Lol.

Here is a pic of the tattoos I did for them using the stencils provided.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

One week holidays - part 2

So the first 2 days were spent with good friends .. The next half was spent with their Daddy. He had taken 2 days off to hang out with us. So on Thursday, we went to the zoo. Yes, the blinking zoo again. Lol.

On Friday, we went to the beach at East Coast Park .. I finally had a chance to test out my 7 foot SPF100 beach umbrella that I bought. It is lovely. And useful. I didn't get a tan at all. The girls, while they did darken somewhat, it was kept to a minimum as I fastidiously kept reapplying sunblock every 10 minutes or so. I would run out from under the protective shade of my brolly and slap on more sunblock on them as they played in the sans. I was really pleased my efforts were worth it. No one got sunburnt !! At all! Yea to SPF55!

The girls and I had such an awesome one week. Can't wait for June !!



Thursday, March 15, 2012

One week break

The first 2 days were awesome. We met up with my (and therefore my girls') good friends. I love these ladies. One is from way back when Lauren was in baby ballet class. We first met then and we haven't stopped yabbering since .. We get on like a house on fire. And the other lady I met also years back, when Lauren was in K1. And we have remained very much in touch and we are good friends. So the first 2 days, I had already from long ago, planned with each of them to meet and catch up.

Here are some pics :)

On Wednesday, we stayed at home. Or rather yesterday. The girls were tired out after the 2 days and so I let them play Wii. Tomorrow and Friday .. Daddy will be around. Can't wait :)


Saturday, March 10, 2012

Charlotte is giggly

I love hearing her calling me "Mama" .. That's her favorite word. And her laughter and smile. So cute.