Getting your preschooler to play the piano

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Tee's piano teacher has complained that she doesn't like to play piano anymore. So after investing 10k in a piano, this is what is happening. She only likes to do her theory work and she has noticed this since we changed her piano lesson day from what it.......click to learn what next.

Transformers 2 with a 4.5 year old girl

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Tee was a huge success at the movies last night. Together with her Daddy, who was ever so brave in bringing his precious girl to watch the very loud and scary Transformers, they managed to watch it together and thoroughly enjoyed their night out with pop corn, orange.......click to learn what next.

Improving Spelling in preschoolers

Posted on June 27, 2009June 24, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

At the beginning of this year, Tee had never spelt a single word. I had registered her for big school the following year and when I heard that at big school (this big school anyway) they gave the students 20 new words to spell each week, I was.......click to learn what next.

Forgetfulness in Pregnancy

Posted on June 26, 2009June 24, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Would you like to win some US dollars? Then hurry on to my little competition for some good, clean fun. *********************************** Today, I forgot to bring Tee’s piano bag filled with all her piano books to her piano class. For the whole day the day before, I kept.......click to learn what next.

Encouraging your budding artist

Posted on June 25, 2009June 24, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Please, if you have not yet participated in my little competition, please do so. I am not trying to garner extra visitors to my blog or extra page clicks. It is simply that I had no ideas for naming Tee's many faces and came up with the idea.......click to learn what next.

A rough pregnant day of words

Posted on June 24, 2009June 24, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I cannot stress how horrible yesterday was for me. My body just felt like it was about to tear apart. I tried having an afternoon nap with Tee around and usually she is very good if I turn the TV on or if she is focused on playing.......click to learn what next.

Preschoolers as models

Posted on June 23, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Of late, Tee has been very reluctant in getting her photographs taken. This annoys the shit out of me. What happened to the never ending poser who would drop anything to pose for the flash? These days, the moment she sees me walking up with a camera, she'd.......click to learn what next.

Win USD10 competition lacking response

Posted on June 23, 2009June 23, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Hear ye! To date there has only been two participants in my little contest. What's happened? Due to this, I have decided to make the competition more interesting to warrant a better win. I mean, what's the fun in winning if you only beat one other person? So........click to learn what next.

Organising books

Posted on June 22, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Over the holidays, another task Tee was made to do was to arrange her books. We arranged them into authors for the ones which we have a lot of (Julia Donaldson, Roger Hargreaves, Dr Seuss, Sandra Boynton, can't remember who else, oh....Simon James, etc) or the entire series.......click to learn what next.

Organising Hair Accessories

Posted on June 22, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This is Part (I don't remember what) of the How we spent our school holidays series - LOL Whilst Daddy was busy moving furniture around and Mommy was busy in the kitchen, Tee was instructed to organise her hair accessories. She has countless hair clips, hair bands, watches,.......click to learn what next.

For the love of fish porridge at Spring Garden KLCC

Posted on June 21, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Actually, Tee loves all kinds of porridge. In fact, she loves all things mushy as she is such a lazy ass who doesn't like chewing. You'd think she was a grandmother of ninety seriously! She just wants to get things over and done with super fast so she.......click to learn what next.

The many faces of Tee

Posted on June 21, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This is a competition which ends at the end of June 2009. Write captions for each of the pictures below and win USD10 (into PayPal) for the best group of captions. You can enter as many times as you wish. Be creative, be original, be hilarious!!!

Institut Villa Pierrefeu Swiss Finishing School

Posted on June 20, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

That is exactly where I need to enroll Tee in when she comes of age. My mother always, always said that I needed to go to finishing school in Switzerland and I told her it was pointless, a waste of money. But now looking at Tee's mannerisms and.......click to learn what next.

How we spent the school holidays – Part 4

Posted on June 20, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Well, we swam a lot! Swimming is Tee's all time favourite past time. She claims she can swim like a fish, a dolphin, a whale, a shark......her Mom was a professional swimmer. In reality, she can swim. If her toes can reach the floor of the pool, that.......click to learn what next.

Helping my masseuse earn a living

Posted on June 19, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

To support her bedridden eight over year old mother who has suffered from a stroke. I've forgotten to mention that my masseuse also has the G5 machine to zap fat cells and she also does manual kneading for breaking up fat cells. I can't wait to use her.......click to learn what next.

How we spent the school holidays – Part 3

Posted on June 18, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

With the impending arrival of Number Two, we needed to rearrange Tee's bedroom to accommodate more err....stuff? We gave away Tee's old wardrobe and traipsed down to Ikea for a new wardrobe that would fit both children's clothes. And we all know how much clothes Tee already has!!!.......click to learn what next.

Little Girls needing to pee frequently

Posted on June 18, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

In the last few days, I've noticed that Tee goes to the toilet a helluva lot despite the fact that she doesn't drink very much. This worries me because my immediate concern is that she has a urinary tract infection. But she claims it does not hurt at.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s Favourite Songs

Posted on June 17, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Currently that is...... Recently, Tee has been trying to memorise the lyrics for some of her absolute favourite songs by Sandra Boynton. She has been reading Sandra Boynton books ever since she was a baby (or rather, I read them to her) and now she reads them herself........click to learn what next.

Shall I just leave this to your imagination?

Posted on June 16, 2009September 13, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

How we spent our school holidays – Part 2

Posted on June 15, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

We were invited to visit the Children's Library at the Community Center in Taman Tun over the holidays. It is a nice, quiet and BIG library with lots of space, fully air-conditioned, clean, has lots of tables and chairs and I believe, WIFI. At first, Tee and her.......click to learn what next.

How we spent our school holidays – Part 1

Posted on June 15, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

These school holidays, we resisted in signing up for any holidap programmes because the Hubs just wanted Tee to chill. As much as Tee wanted to attend these holiday programmes, for whatever reason, we kept firm. We felt that school was already so taxing for a four and.......click to learn what next.

What is an asshole?

Posted on June 13, 2009June 13, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This morning whilst tying her hair before Mandarin classes, Tee was playing around with her name cards (little card stickers that spelt her name to be stuck onto doors or whatever). I suggested a game and asked if she could find some little words within her name T-E-S-S-A?.......click to learn what next.

Girls playing with Ultraman

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Instead of playing with Barbie dolls, my little Tee plays with Ultraman *faint* This is what I heard from her mouth when one of her Ultraman was talking, "Come here you with your silly underwear!!! I'll wipe out your crazy spiky hair!!!" *faint*

Shopping Loot from Mothercare KLCC

Posted on June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Once again, Tee triumphs in conning someone into buying loads of STUFF for her. This time it's in the form of clothes. This girl really needs to study very hard to sustain her very expensive lifestyle or she'll have to hook herself a rich husband who adores her.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s rare coin fetish

Posted on June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, Tee found an antique coin that I had kept from my great grandfather's mansion in Teluk Intan which had a square hole in it. She was so fascinated that a coin had a hole in it and insisted on wearing it as a pendant. So I got.......click to learn what next.

7 more weeks before delivery

Posted on June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

If I'm unlucky. Otherwise sooner, yay! Yesterday, I told my Doctor that I was always starving and that I was going to die soon. Oh and before I forget, thank you for all your well wishes to my butt, I mean gut. All is well now. But I.......click to learn what next.

Preschoolers Homemade Pizza

Posted on June 5, 2009June 5, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Ready within an hour.... 1. Buy ready made pizza dough from Bangsar Village frozen pizza section. 2. Have tomato puree and a bottle of pesto ready. 3. Chop pizza toppings. We had tomatoes, green and red capsicums, broccoli, aubergines, onions, mushrooms and chicken and cheese sausages. We had.......click to learn what next.

A pizza making expedition

Posted on June 5, 2009June 5, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Tee attended a playdate yesterday at a friend's place where she got to make a pizza for the first time in her life. The kids did not wash their hands before making the pizza but as her friend's Mom said, "Oh well, the heat would have killed all.......click to learn what next.

Buying a PS3 player

Posted on June 5, 2009July 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs has wanted one for the longest time but I keep saying no because we already have 2 in the family belonging to my Mom and my brother. Having said that, it is a rather handy tool for shutting Tee up whenever the need arises. Like when.......click to learn what next.

Difficulties in being a Mom

Posted on June 1, 2009June 2, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

One night last week before bed, Tee held my hands and looked into my eyes sincerely, "Mom? I am extremely glad that God chose you to be my Mom...." .....then she hugged me and kissed me good night. Tears of utter joy welled up in my eyes and.......click to learn what next.