Thursday, 30 October 2008
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
End of the World
21 October
Ever since my 3 y.o has started mouthing words, he has been a real entertainment and live wire for the family. Hang on, I should rephrase that - before he was our Marcel Marceau, now he's our Tina Fey/Sarah Palin.
His first word was dada (for dad) followed by mama. Then came duck, more, mer (for milk), bao bao (carry me), no, moo-moo, woof woof, nai nai, popo, yiyo (for yima), yeye, tar (for car - he couldn't pronounce 'k' sound and substituted it with a silent 't'), down, up - in that order. He then progressed to his first 2-syllabus word - obar (open), enuf and started to string 2 words together - big tar (garbage truck). Sentences came next with "Mama, music pease." (when we were in the car) and "Mama, pease make milk for me (that was after he stopped referring to himself as a third person by name)." It took him a while to figure out "here" and "there", though surprisingly, he got his left and right immediately right. " "L" and "r" sounds were the next hurdles he learnt to overcome. Before that pillow was pi-o and we had quite a fair bit of peace (please). Now he's into words with 3 syllabus and beyond - that brings me to his current favourite phrase "To infinity and beyond" (Captain Buzz from Toy Story). But his first quote from the movies was, "Where's my food?" in the sternest voice he could master (but it still came out too sweet because of the smile that accompanied it) - mimicking the grasshopper from "A Bug's Life". His current favourite word is "difficult" (in addition to his usual "what happened" and "why"). He can even say hippopotamus and excavator clearly.
This morning, after having done his no. 2, he went: "Broken. Spoilt already... cannot flush. Everybody dies ..." See the similarity? It's about as logical as Sarah Palin's claim to foreign policy experience. And by the way, the toilet bowl was working fine.
Monday, 20 October 2008
Yummy Biscuits
Here's a recipe I adapted from the back of a box of Nestle Corn Flakes:
200 g plain flour, 1 tbsp cocoa/Milo powder (A)
2 cups Nestle Honey Gold cereal finely ground (I used Nestle Corn Flakes)
100g white cooking chocolate, chopped or Van Houten choc chips
100g raisins (I cut this to 40g. Alternatively, drop the choc - otherwise you may risk having hyper kids)
100g chopped walnuts (Optional - I didn't use any)
250g butter
100g caster sugar
1 cup Nestle Corn Flakes, coarsely crushed (Again, optional)
2 teaspoons Nescafe coffee mix with 2 teaspoons water (Optional - I didn't use any)
Preparation
1. Sift together ingredients A. Stir in Nestle Honey Gold cereal, chopped choc, raisins and chopped walnuts. Set aside. (B)
2. Cream butter, sugar and Nescafe coffee mixture until fluffy (This step is important. The lighter the mixture, the crispier the biscuit. I used a manual whisk and got help from husband, Sweet Potato and domestic helper. The hard work is well worth it). Fold in flour mixture B and mix well until soft dough forms.
3. Drop teaspoonful of mixture into crushed Nestle Corn Flakes and roll until well coated. (Skip this step unless you are baking for someone who is crazy about cereals! I suspect Nestle is trying to push sales ...)
4. Place teaspoonful of mixture on lightly greased baking trays, allow room for spreading.
5. Bake in preheated 180 deg C oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown. Remove from oven and let it stand for 20 minutes or so.
It's real easy. I have done it 2x and got amazing feedback - "As good as Marks & Spencer", "Better than Mrs Fields", "Like Famous Amos" and to my surprise, even satisfied my most picky 'customers' - my husband and Peanut.
200 g plain flour, 1 tbsp cocoa/Milo powder (A)
2 cups Nestle Honey Gold cereal finely ground (I used Nestle Corn Flakes)
100g white cooking chocolate, chopped or Van Houten choc chips
100g raisins (I cut this to 40g. Alternatively, drop the choc - otherwise you may risk having hyper kids)
100g chopped walnuts (Optional - I didn't use any)
250g butter
100g caster sugar
1 cup Nestle Corn Flakes, coarsely crushed (Again, optional)
2 teaspoons Nescafe coffee mix with 2 teaspoons water (Optional - I didn't use any)
Preparation
1. Sift together ingredients A. Stir in Nestle Honey Gold cereal, chopped choc, raisins and chopped walnuts. Set aside. (B)
2. Cream butter, sugar and Nescafe coffee mixture until fluffy (This step is important. The lighter the mixture, the crispier the biscuit. I used a manual whisk and got help from husband, Sweet Potato and domestic helper. The hard work is well worth it). Fold in flour mixture B and mix well until soft dough forms.
3. Drop teaspoonful of mixture into crushed Nestle Corn Flakes and roll until well coated. (Skip this step unless you are baking for someone who is crazy about cereals! I suspect Nestle is trying to push sales ...)
4. Place teaspoonful of mixture on lightly greased baking trays, allow room for spreading.
5. Bake in preheated 180 deg C oven for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown. Remove from oven and let it stand for 20 minutes or so.
It's real easy. I have done it 2x and got amazing feedback - "As good as Marks & Spencer", "Better than Mrs Fields", "Like Famous Amos" and to my surprise, even satisfied my most picky 'customers' - my husband and Peanut.
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
The Real Banana Boat
My best friend, Joshua.
Ummm... that smug look on the face, where have I seen that before? Right, my childhood photos!
Here's my boat
Fire! Fire!
Today's email update from Peanut's school
Dear parents,
We had a fire drill today (our second practice this year). The children responded positively and together with the teachers, followed the fire evacuation procedures well. The teachers have explained to the children about the drill and procedures they should follow when they hear the fire alarm in school. You may also like to highlight to your child about fire safety at home too.
Best regards
Huh ... my boy taking part in a fire drill?? I wonder if the kids are getting the right message. I certainly hope they don't think it is something fun. Come on, the school is housed in a 2 storey semi-D, not a skyscraper. I can almost imagine Peanut wanting to play fire fighter in the exercise ...
Dear parents,
We had a fire drill today (our second practice this year). The children responded positively and together with the teachers, followed the fire evacuation procedures well. The teachers have explained to the children about the drill and procedures they should follow when they hear the fire alarm in school. You may also like to highlight to your child about fire safety at home too.
Best regards
Huh ... my boy taking part in a fire drill?? I wonder if the kids are getting the right message. I certainly hope they don't think it is something fun. Come on, the school is housed in a 2 storey semi-D, not a skyscraper. I can almost imagine Peanut wanting to play fire fighter in the exercise ...
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