http://www.oureverydaythings.com Loving life with children, everyday Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anya - being close to 4.5 years old - still has her grumpy days where she whines, cries and screams when her demands are not met. Vai - who's turning two in less than a month - also has his own way of asserting what he wants and his unhappiness when ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/parenting-tips-and-thoughts-7-tips-to-handling-tantrums-in-public/ Now that I have two kids and am raising them fulltime, I can say I get this one question a lot from people : 'How has it been so far? ' (or in other words, 'How are your coping?', 'Don't you get stressed out?') ... I've shared quite a bit in the past ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/life-with-children-how-its-been-so-far/ We had quite a bit of coloured straws and coloured paper at home, and so we made these paper flowers (that are supposed to look something like this if they're real) What you need : >> Coloured paper >> Coloured straws (for the stems) >> Crayons, glue, scissors and scotch tape What you do : ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/making-lily-paper-flowers/ When Anya attended a trial tennis lesson some two months ago, she was required to try and hit inflated balloons with her little tennis racket. Being light weight, these balloons' slower move allows little children more time to concentrate, aim and hit them with the rackets. It's a great hand-eye coordination exercise! And ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/activity-hand-eye-coordination-exercise/ Hehe. That's us waiting for our bus home after we sent Anya to school. Yet to watch 'Hancock', and am looking forward to catching it on DVD with hubby on our regular 'movie date' at home! PS: A few others that are on our 'waiting list' : The Dark Knight, Wanted, and ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/vai-inspired-by-the-hancock-the-movie/ We are all prone to change. We all make mistakes. We change our mind, our decisions, even our promises. We too may not be truthful in our words and actions. Hence, when one puts one's trust and hope on another, it is possible for him to experience disappointments. It is only when ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/sundays-food-for-thought-putting-our-hope-and-trust-on-the-unchanging-and-eternal-one/ I was browsing through my photo archives and found this one. One of my favourites! Anya's only about 2.5 years old here. AND to think that I took it some two years back! How time flies! Kids. They grow so fast and however much we want to turn back time and re-live ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/spending-time-today-before-it-slips-away/ Soon after we made those jellyfish hats, the kids insisted on playing with their coloured matchsticks. And so we decided to make some prickly creatures. I was open to the idea of making some sort of a sea urchin or a porcupine.  And both kids chose to make porcupines. What you need ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/making-prickly-creatures/ The other day both kids refused to nap, and since we had quite a bit of time to spend together, we made this jellyfish hat! Very simple and relatively fast to make. What you need: - Paper plates (plastic bowls are great too!) - Cream-coloured crepe Paper for the long wiggly bits - Glue, ... http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/making-jellyfish-hat/ Because, We giggle. We snatch. We cry. We help. We tease. We poke. We annoy. We care. We tickle. We share. We refuse to share. We laugh. But on top of it all, we love. http://www.oureverydaythings.com/2008/07/yes-were-siblings/