Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
It’s a sure sign of old age – in the last week, my back experienced intense pain after carrying Hannah up. On the first occasion last weekend, and because I’d forgotten that I have a bad back, I lifted Hannah
It’s been another 3 weeks, and The Minton has still yet to reach temporary occupancy status. No one seems quite certain what’s the cause for the hold-up, but at this point and how long we’d been told key distribution will
With no. 2 now in tow, home-cooked food has become a nice-to-have item. We try to cook on the weekends but weeknights are often defined by take-out dinners. Thank God that Hannah is fed home-cooked meals by her nanny on
There’s an interesting news article about that rite-of-passage many parents of young children go through here: the Meet-the-Parents sessions, or Meet-the-Teachers depending on your perspective. In it, the author compares what these sessions were like during her time as a
Both Ling and I posted little stories to share about our ongoing interactions with Hannah. First one from Ling: Hannah was showing us her dance in the living room just now… H: “And shake the hips gently this way…” H:
The two girls and boy at home have taken turns to experience bouts of illnesses in the last couple of days. It kicked off with Peter getting a mild temperature, then spreading it to Hannah, then Mommy. Adding onto that,
The Minton development has seemingly stalled for a couple of weeks now. From visual exterior looks, and apart from some minor patch-up work, the condo seems done and ready for temporary occupancy. The process of attaining the issue of TOP
It all started with my mother in-law’s 70th birthday last year. I wanted to give her something meaningful. I find gifting older folks rather challenging as they usually desire very little from the material world. So after scratching my head
Hannah and I had the following conversation just a few evenings ago. H: “Daddy, after I bathe, can I watch a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode?” Me: “Daddy will think about it.” After a few minutes… H: “Daddy, I love you.
To be honest, after our impressions from last year, I wasn’t looking forward to Hannah’s concert this year. While the kids clearly enjoyed themselves at these events, there are concerns from parents on social media about how costly and logistically
This weekend was a pretty cramped one for us – on account that Saturday morning was spent going by a school to give a talk, and Sunday was Hannah’s Nursery end-of-year concert event at Kallang Theater. Still lots of opportunities
We had quite a range of activities over the long weekend – including two photo-visits to The Minton, my workplace’s family day event at the recently-opened SEA Aquarium, an Indian dinner of pratas, naans and thosais at Prata Wala where
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