Shark Attack – Aaarrrghh!!!

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So it's not all rock climbing at the rock climbing place but some fun too! If you gather a group, the instructors will introduce you to a game of shark attack. What is shark attack? Everybody swims in the ocean (see below the grey ocean) and when the.......click to learn what next.

An exhilarating day – Rock Climbing!

Posted on September 16, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Just look what T1 and I did before she turned 6? We went rock climbing!!! Yup, me and all seventy kilos of my bum meat were elevated quite high up actually. But we didn't make it to the top and it was all my fault. It started with.......click to learn what next.

When all the troops are down

Posted on September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In all of our 6 years of having children, the Hubs and I, we've never both been sick together before. It was almost always just me and the kids and he would be fine, or he'd be sick once in a year and that's it. We'd be fine........click to learn what next.

Happy Birthday, T1!!! You are SIX!!!

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

What can I say-what can I say-what can I say??? My firstborn turned SIX this week. Holy moly! SIX? Are you sure???? Gosh! That's like her reaching University, for me. I think I'm going to go into tears now. My dearest T1 has officially stopped being a preschooler........click to learn what next.

Playing in their Makeshift Play House

Posted on September 11, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

You know how little girls always dream of having one of those life size play houses? The ones made of plastic by Step Two or ?ELC costing up to a thousand Ringgit or more, depending? Like this one? This one costs about 3k. Yup. And I'd get it.......click to learn what next.

Getting caught for stealing

Posted on September 10, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

SO the day before we left for Perth, we had to do a bit of last minute shopping, the story of my life, everything happens last minute. The Hubs, my 2 girls and I trotted off leisurely to The Gardens/Mid Valley to get the haul that my Ozzie.......click to learn what next.

Getting sick before traveling

Posted on September 9, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My daughter, T1, always always gets sick before travel. I'm not sure why. We are due to travel again and lo and behold, she has come down with a fever. At this rate, she will just be sent back by immigration what with strict H1N1 quarantine rules and.......click to learn what next.

Dealing with emotional children

Posted on September 6, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For the last 5 years, I'd spent my entire self nurturing and raising my first born, T1, from the word go. I'd talked to her since birth, spent hours toiling in the kitchen so she could have the best spread of baby food, sent her to what was.......click to learn what next.

Packing with a baby

Posted on September 4, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I have spent this entire week trying to get packed for our impending 2 week trip to Oz which I know will fly like a rocket there and back because as it stands, we are fully booked out and don't even have time to do any sight seeing........click to learn what next.

Family Day on a Saturday?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

During the weekends, that is Saturday and Sunday to us in the land of Tees (in Kota Bharu, the weekend is Friday and Saturday, did you know?), T1 spends it with Nana (and Tok-Tok, if he's not working) so the Hubs and I are usually free to have.......click to learn what next.

Girls Nite Out – Steamboat and Durians

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Another great night out with friends.....

Happy Monday!

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I'm very pleased with myself as I had such a productive weekend. I managed to sort out some blog issues. Just so you know, I am a major IT retard and so when I get my issues sorted out, I am way over the moon. Doing somersaults. Yay!.......click to learn what next.

Sharing breakfast on a Sunday morning

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

New arrangement with Nana

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In the past, we would visit Nana every Friday and then T1 would stay the night for the weekend. However, now that the Hubs has no income and we have high expenses, the least I can do with immediate effect is to work harder to try an earn.......click to learn what next.

Getting fed

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Last weekend, my in-laws were in town and of course, they were over the moon when they got to see their two grandchildren. My sister-in-law was also in town from the US so we were out all weekend and very busy taking her around. T1 had a party.......click to learn what next.

Kids getting drunk

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 and her Australian cousins starting young...... So when do you think you would allow your child their 1st sip of alcohol? I remember my brother being fed beer at the age of 6 and he became tremendously funny!!! At six!!! I've always allowed T1 to taste wine.......click to learn what next.

Tired but working…..

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I've just come home from a great night out only to discover that the Sheriff has blessed me with 12 assignments which I have to complete within the next 3 days. And my in-laws arrive today, which means my whole weekend is BUSY. Which means I really should.......click to learn what next.

Frantically working my ass off

Posted on July 26, 2010July 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Because the Hubs officially lost his job today. The good news? He'll be staying home with us as of this Friday. I have a new Nanny!!! But no money. We're cracking our heads thinking of what to do next. We have high expenses. *taps fingers together* Let's see.......click to learn what next.

Tempurung Haircut

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Remember I was thinking what I should use T1's paper mache bowl for? Well, Paik Ling gave us a great idea. She said to cut T2's hair with it tempurung style and explained to T1 how we used to do that back in the day. What do you.......click to learn what next.

How to play horsey with your children

Posted on July 26, 2010July 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Scene venue: Master Bedroom on MY bed After much begging and whinging that I NEVER play with her, I relented but only for awhile, I made her promise. It started out innocent enough, with T1 sitting on my stomach.......and then T2 decided she wanted to join in the.......click to learn what next.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now, how many people do you know would give up their day home from work just to take care of your kids instead of spend quality time with their own, just so you could have a break? I don't remember having a break since monthsssssss....... ago when my.......click to learn what next.

New Year’s Eve with friends

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, we used to book ourselves into a hotel (with discounts, of course......sometimes free of charge *grins*) to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks. Then one year, fireworks was banned and we booked the hotel for nothing. Since then, we decided that since the Government was so.......click to learn what next.

The launch of Mamamin Studio

Posted on July 13, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One sunny morning, bright and early, I got dressed in a green, summery outfit..... to match the garden walls of the very creative Mamamin of Mamamin Studio of which I hear this creative seamstress had a part in designing........and of whom I met for the first time (the.......click to learn what next.

A discussion on property

Posted on July 11, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Tok-Tok and Nana had a meeting the other day at a restaurant with some people from a developer's company as they were trying to get rid of some property. We were invited to have lunch at the same restaurant but because they were having a meeting and wanted.......click to learn what next.

Looking good at the 80s Party this weekend

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

An old friend of mine from school whom I haven't seen for more than 10 years has invited me for an 80s party this weekend as he is celebrating his big birthday bash. I am so excited because I'll be seeing old school mates that I haven't seen.......click to learn what next.

The reading pooper

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 now reads every time she sits on the pooper and she poops every single day. Sometimes, twice a day. Coincidentally, T2 squeezed out 10 inches (TEN INCHES, MY FRIENDS!!! And just for the record, she had already had 2 poops yesterday) of toothpaste poop onto my hand.......click to learn what next.

Attending a musical

Posted on July 6, 2010July 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, T1 and I attend the annual production of T1's school and it has always been first class. In fact, the performance by the school (of the times that we have watched anyway) beat the recent West Side Story musical we currently watched of the original cast.......click to learn what next.

Toy Story 3 with my 2 girls

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This last holiday, I took the girls out with T1's school mates to watch Toy Story 3 at The Gardens. Of course, it was T1's day out, T2 just tagged along as a matter of course. Actually, she asked if she could stay home alone so she could.......click to learn what next.

Why I need some lurving…..

Posted on June 24, 2010June 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

1. My baby is grossly underweight (Almost 11 months old, 6.5kg - you do the math) 2. She has been on a hunger (for solids) strike for a month 3. She wants only the boob 4. She wakes 3-5 times a night for the boob 5. She does.......click to learn what next.

PD Avillion during the rainy season – November

Posted on June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This is a wayyyyyyyyyy back-dated post but one that is nice to have because others can see what the place is like if they have never been. Thus, after sifting through tons of pictures, I have painstakingly downsized 50 photos for your viewing pleasure of the Avillion in.......click to learn what next.