My Life in Mono...

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there. :) You are truly one of a kind. To my Mum, if I were half as good as the mum you were, I would count myself lucky.  I love you mum. 

The 52 Project - 3/52

We went out for a bike ride this weekend. We went riding along the river and stopping for breaks at playgounds along the way.  The Lil' Tiger loves playgrounds. Her favourite is the slide. Though she gets a little scared climbing up those steps. 

Mummy Daughter Convo

 

Me:  Wow darling! Look at your hair! It's beautiful. 

LT:  Yes, mummy kiliful (beautiful). See kiliful

Me:  Who did your hair up for you darling?

LT:  My girls. My girls did for me mummy.

Me:  Your girls? 

LT:  Yeah my girls. (What she meant was her carers at day care.)

Me:  -___- 

 

Kent Street Weir...

We went on another bush walk last week. This time to Kent Street Weir. I love this place.  It feels like you are really in the middle of the bush with the Canning River on one side and the bush on the other side.  We went out a little late that afternoon and didn't walk far because there were a large number of mozzies around.  I have to remember to bring the insect repellent next time.  The Lil' Tiger enjoyed picking gum nuts from the ground and she even pretend that she was Pixel!We ended the walk at the playground near the car park to which she made a birthday cake for her Aunty Mimi. 

It was so much fun seeing how much she enjoyed her time outdoors.  I can't wait to plan our next walk.  

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO NEXT?

The 52 Project - 2/52

We went to King's Park again over the weekend. This time to the Rio Tinto Naturescape area. I think this is my favourite part of the Park! I love the creek and all the rock and pebbles where the kids an build dams and splash around in the water. Here the Lil Tiger was showing me her collection of "favourite" rocks. And yes, we splashed in the water with a tutu coz that's how we roll! HAHAHA

I will remember you, will you remember me?

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I have been thinking about death lately. Pretty morbid and grim I know. I just can't help it. With everything that is happening around the world today, it's hard not to think about your mortality.  It's true that no matter how careful you are, if it is your time to go, it's your time to go but the chances are at these days are higher.  *sigh* The things that I think of during my free time eh? 

What would you want your loved ones to remember you for? 

Me, I hope that when I die, people remember me as being compassionate, loving and fiercely loyal. I would want my daughter to remember all the time I spend with her pushing her on the swing or singing and dancing crazily in our living room to one of the Wiggles' song. I want her to remember that we once went down to the park just to stomp on mud puddles from the rain.  I want her to remember that I sing (albiet out of tune) to her every morning in the car on our way to day care. I want her to remember all those tears that I wipe when she is upset about things (eventhough she might look back and think "gee that was stupid"). Nothing is ever stupid to me my darling baby. 

To my husband, I hope he remembers me all the nights we spent awake on the bed just talking about things or just staring at the ceiling.  I want him to remember our passionate fights about things (I always tell him that the moment I stop fighting with him, is the moment that he should worry because it means that I don't care anymore). I want him to remember the first time we met and what drink he bought me that night. :) I will always love you my dear, even from the grave, you will hear me nagging you to throw the rubbish. HAHA ;)

To the rest of the family, I hope you remember that I love each and everyone of you (the good, the bad and the ugly). I hope you remember how we always have bubble tea after dinner and how we always can't decide what to have for Friday Dinners.  How we always give each other slack for not coming or missing one Friday Dinner.  I hope you remember our trip to Nepal for my wedding and how we got stuck in the stinky airport in Dharan trying to kill 6 hours by doing absolutely nothing. Please remember to come at 7pm sharp at the designated restaurant this Friday. :)

Another thing I need to remember to do is sort my Will and remember to get life insurance  (important I guess because I do not want my family to be left with my debt).  I also need to sort out how  and where I would to be buried.  The list goes on and on. 

So, your turn? What would you like to be remembered for? 

 

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Matching alphabets

This month, I am starting to introduce the Lil' Tiger to her alphabets. I am starting out slow as I am also still trying to learn how to teach her the alphabets.  

I spoke to her carers at daycare to see what activities they are learning there at the moment and coincidentally they were learning their alphabets and numbers too! YEAY! That way she wouldn't be too overwhelmed by all these things that she needs to learn. 

I laid out a simple matching game for her one afternoon using flashcards that I already have on hand.  I only used the first 10 alphabets just to see if she finish the activity.  I got her to watch me match capital letters to small letters. Once I was done, I reshuffled the cards and laid it down randomly for her.  The LT did brilliantly she matched almost all the letters correctly. :) 

My next goal now is to introduce the alphabets individually. We are starting with the letter  O this week. 

 

Coloured Salt...

If you are following me on Pinterest or on Facebook (if you are not, you should by the way), you would know that I have started my Montessori journey with the Lil' Tiger.  I was intrigued by the way children learn when I went to an open day at a Montessori school near by.  I was amazed by how the children have some sort of freedom in how they learn, more on my journey later. 

One of the activity that is recommended for the Lil' Tiger's age is tracing letters, shapes and patterns.  Usually this is done with a tray and some sand. Now, I have no access to sand and I don't think people would like it if I take some from the beach so I searched on Pinterest for a while and finally saw this post on The Imagination Tree using coloured salt! What a brilliant idea! 

All you need is 3 simple things that you already have at home.  

• A bag of Salt
• few drops of food colouring of your choice
• a huge ziplock bag (I got mine from IKEA).  

Add the salt in the ziplock bag, add a few drops of the food colouring slowly and mix.  All done.  If you added too much food colouring (like me) I suggest you wait for it to dry overnight first before using it. 

Easy right?  Now to get the Lil' Tiger interested in doing a little tracing with it. :) 

My crazy furry child.

Pixel.  He has bee part of our family for the past 7 month.  He is crazy, needy, loving and he would do anything to be close to you.  He is like my shadow actually. Following me here and there and everywhere.  When I leave for work, he gets really anxious and when I come home, he greets me at the door like there is no tomorrow.  He is always moving, so when he was calm this afternoon, I took the opportunity to take his photos to add to my album. Here he looks a little bit scruffy because I forgot to give him a bath this week. OPPPSIE. 

Dearest Pixel, we love you so much and we couldn't imagine our lives without you now. xoxo

This week's harvest...

 

This week's harvest is a very small one. My garden is starting to slow down now and go into hibernation.  The only thing that is growing vigorously is my Silverbeet (Rainbow Chard) . I planted them about 4 weeks ago and it was ready to be harvested.  It's small because I think it's planted in pots instead of on the ground.  That's ok, I like it small. :) I think it's sweeter.  The last of my purple beans as well as I think the plant is dying back and one sad lonely tomato.  These all went into our one pot Thai Green Curry we had for lunch. Yum. :) 

The Lil' Tiger helping me water my garden. I am teaching her to plant and care for our veggie garden. She enjoys looking and finding veggies to pluck and eat. :) At least I know she is eating her veggies this way.  I may plant strawberries in the spring just so that she can pick them off the garden. 

What do you have growing in your garden?

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