Personalized Worksheets

I found these personalized worksheets while packing a cupboard. I've set these personalized worksheets for Pb when she was in Primary 1 because these were the areas she was weak in. I used the names of people she knew - herself, Rb, her Pri 1 school  teachers and friends... So fast, my dear girl is going to be in upper primary soon!!! 😂😂 Love her lots

People who Feed me are People who LOVE me

Delicious food, made / cooked by people who love me! 

My mom makes the best cream puff! I always love her cream puff and she's very generous with the custard filing! I must learn to make this from her!! :)

Delicious sambal fried rice by Aunty Nia.

By Aunty Nia too, her Sayur Lodeh is the best!! :)

Air fried Chicken wings marinated with Teriyaki sauce and ginger juice, made by Aunty Nia and taught by Mama! :) Makes me feel like eating it now :)

Delicious sweet strawberries, nurtured by God. Thank you God for your creation. Thank you for feeding me. I know You love me!! :)

Cupcakes made by mommy! :)

Coming home to delicious home cooked dinner is really heart warming! :) God is good!! I am blessed and loved!

Fingers Licking Good!

Finally, little boy has learnt to eat chicken mid-thigh / wing with his own fingers, no need for us to peel the meat for him! He said it was really yummy! Fingers licking good indeed!! 😜 Thank you to Aunty Nia :)

He calls this "the hairy chicken"! Haha :)

Celebration with Gramps

We always celebrate the children's birthday with the Gramps and the usual practice would be a dinner out. Mama knew that we would be spending quite a sum for her birthday celebration with her classmates so she kindly suggested a home cooked dinner and even baked a cake for her so that we did not need to buy one. Mama is always so thoughtful and self sacrificing, sparing thoughts for everyone. Yiyi bought Pb her favourite pony toy and Gong gong gave Pb Ang Pao instead. 

I thank God for thoughtful parents/ grandparents and doting Yiyi. His love is abundantly and sufficient for all of us.

It's so fun to be able to decorate her own cake! DIY is meaningful and an opportunity to unleash creativity!! :)

Pb's Birthday Request

Pb seldom request for toys or things. She has simple pleasure and demands - A library book and a bowl of home cooked porridge would make her a satisfied girl. However, this year, she asked if she could celebrate birthday with her classmates. I thought about it and decided to agree coz 

1) she hardly request

2) it's a good chance for her to bond with her classmates 

3) it's a good opportunity for me to know her friends

4) I want to create the norm for her to invite her friends over and a norm for me to know her classmates so that by the time she's a teenager, it would have become a natural process for me to know her friends and it would not be seen as an intrusive attempt.

5) it's a good breather amidst exam preparation

With this hidden agenda, we decided on the place to have the celebration. I wanted something fuss-free and less demanding on my part coz I'm already very busy in school and at home going through exam revisions with her. It would suicidal for myself to add on more planning and stress. Thus, after much planning and budgeting, we decided on the Build-a-Bear-Workshop and a lunch in Swenson's, all in Plaza Singapura. I told Pb to select only 8 classmates (with Rb and herself, would be 10) to keep the cost down. Thank God for discounts in Capitaland vouchers and Groupon for offering Swenson's vouchers at 30% off. We were able to deflat some cost. 

On the whole, the Build-a-Bear-Workshop was awesome. The facilitator was gentle and the girls had a good time exercising their choices. Lunch in Swenson's was also delectable. I think the girls felt empowered and grown up given the choice to select their own food and enjoying the company of their friends. 

After the party, Pb thanked us for allowing her to have a party with her friends. She said it was her best party ever. I could tell that the girls had enjoyed themselves tremendously. 

Back in school on Monday, they were still discussing about the party. I told her to cease discussion coz I wouldn't her other friends to feel bad or left out. Neither would I want her to look like a show-off. Being obedient, she simply obey :) God bless Pb and may He continue to nurture and mould her into the person He wants her to be. In God we trust! :)