I have panda eyes right now. I haven’t been sleeping much because the little one is not feeling well. I am praying it is just a regular fever and not anything more than that. So tired! I think every time she falls sick, I get extra wrinkles around my eyes due to the lack of sleep. Maybe I should check out besteyecreams.org later. For now, I need to take care of a sick kid and hopefully snatch a few winks or two.
This is a fun craft to do with your little ones for this Christmas season. It is also a good craft that you can just add one every year. The leaves are made using their handprint, so you can also see how much they have grown every year. As for the decorations, you can also make it a tradition for your child to write or draw something that they like. It will be so much fun to look back at these decorations a few years down the road.
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Instructions:
Have fun making it!
What happens when you have a girl who wants a crown and you don’t want to buy yet another one? You make one! 
A very simple craft with a paper plate and some stickers. Detail instructions can be found here.
Lil’ C’s favorite animal is the pig. Guess why it’s her favorite animal??? Because it’s PINK!!! Wonder when this pink phase will pass? Anyway, some time ago, we made this cute little pig using toilet paper roll. We actually made 3 to represent the piggies in the Three Little Pigs 
Materials needed:
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Time to complete craft: 15 minutes or more.
For younger kids, you can precut the trees for them. For older kids, they can draw and cut out the tree themselves. This will be a great exercise for their fine motor skills using the scissors. Just remember to use kid-friendly scissors. Have fun!!
Yesterday I went to shop for uniforms for Lil’ C who will be going to kindergarten next week. I ended up having a sticker shock because the uniforms were way more expensive than I thought. No sale or coupons were available either. Actually it is not that bad for most people but for me, it was hard paying full price especially since I am used to buying things on sale or with coupons. So I ended up buying just the basic set and maybe get more later.
My 4 year old is full of surprises. The other day when we were shopping at the mall, we passed by the jewelry shop. She stopped in front of the display window, pointed to heart pendant jewelry and said that she would buy that beautiful jewelry for me because I deserved it! Aw, that just melted my heart. I am so glad that she is thinking of others besides herself.
It’s mid-winter break this week. That means no school! So I am at the mercy of a 4 year old all day. So far it has been fun just hanging out with my little one. Guess where we were at all day today? The bookstore!!! Yes, I realized that my little 4 year old is a total bookworm. She could just sit and read all day. Yes, she can read all by herself too. Lil’ C started reading even before she turned 3. Now she is into reading chapter books already. It is actually a little scary for me because I feel that some of the contents of the chapter books are not appropriate for her yet. So nowadays, I try to do a little pre-screening of the books.
Anyway, I realized that through all the reading, she has reached a point where she is creating her own story too. So recently I decided to cut up some papers, added a colored paper for a cover and created some blank mini storybooks for her to write her stories.
This was the first story that she wrote a couple of weeks ago.
The cover:
Pages 1&2:
Pages 3&4:
Back cover:
She still has all her uppercase and lowercase all jumbled up but it doesn’t matter. I was pretty surprised that she wrote the whole book by herself. Since then, we have been working on a few more books. Yesterday we had one about monsters & princesses!!! That one has lots of pictures instead of words. But it was definitely an interesting read.
Just before we got snowed in for the Christmas holidays, we went ice-skating in the freezing weather. This outdoor ice-skating rink is only there for the holiday season. They just set up the ice-skating rink in the middle of the park under a tent structure.
It was definitely more fun skating in an outdoor rink than an indoor rink. It was also really beautiful since it had just snowed the previous day.
The little one really enjoyed herself!
Unfortunately a few days after we skated there, there was a mishap. We had a snowstorm and there were just too much snow. That caused the entire tent to collapse. Luckily there were not many people skating since most people were snowed in. Most of them escaped with minor injuries. The ice-skating rink has since reopened but without the tent. It is now an open-air rink.
an internet-savvy 4 year old!
Conversation 1:
Lil’ C: Mommy, can you bake some cornbread muffin?
Mommy: But C, I don’t know how to bake cornbread muffin.
Lil’ C: Mommy, it’s very easy. Just go to the internet, type in cornbread muffin and you will see the recipe and all the ingredients you need to make them.
Mommy: *speechless*
Conversation 2:
Lil’ C: Mommy, what does this word mean? (pointing to a word in the book)
Mommy: I don’t know.
Lil’ C: Mommy, just go to your computer and open the dictionary. It will tell you what it means.
Mommy: *speechless*
Ahhhh, the powers of internet to a 4 year old!!! : P Whatever happen to the good old-fashioned recipe book and dictionary???
