Thank you lord!

Thank you Lord for a healthy body so that I can do my mundane chores.  Thank you Lord I can pick up my children's toys and clear the perpetual mess. Thank you Lord that I have a roof over my head. It is time to see chores and what I have as abundant blessings!!! 

Lord help me to do this!

Another strategy .....

Making time for play!

Cycling!

Tuition for kindergarden kids

It is unbelievable that kindergarden kids are attending tuition classes now. Academics is getting so competitive and stressful for well meaning parents. Sometimes I can't help pondering what are we actually trying to 'inculcate' to our kids. 

Even Primary one kids feel the stress of being on par with their peers when they should just simply love school. School should be a fun place to learn and mingle with friends. Yet it becomes a 'playground' for them to compare grades!! 

This cycle becomes vicious when those who can't afford tuition fees lag behind the supposed learning curve.  I wish to take 2 steps behind too. Yet when I hear Ven expressed sadly about how her peers have already learnt this and that, I feel the subtle escalating stress too. With my first born, I never felt that way. School no longer is a place to learn, a place to show how 'good' I am. Somehow, this rat race is beginning to start as early as kindergarten... This is so sad..... 

Since we are in this school system, we have to learn how to cope in a way that is psychologically healthy for our kids and ourselves. I must muster the courage to make wise choices based on my child's personality and learning needs. Parenthood seems daunting..... 

小黑和小雨

Our 小雨 is here! She is here to accompany 小黑, our irobot! 小黑越抹越白， 小雨越抹越清!  你们好好地双进双出打扫我们的家🏠！Ayo! We should have recruited these two members long ago!!!

Val's into sewing

Sweet Gabriel

My dear prince Gab waited patiently for mummy to finish her chores just to have this tea together!  He prepared this 'feast' of snacks for our tea break!! He is so sweet! Just simple  things make him happy!!