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My Dinosaur is More Awesome

My Dinosaur is More Awesome book cover

My Dinosaur is More Awesome book cover

My Dinosaur Is More Awesome! by Simon Coster is a  picture book for kids 3-5 year old which Tiger girl and I recently read.

The story begins at dinner time with  the siblings Joel and Olivia.

Joel and Olivia were sitting down to dinner one day  with their two favourite dinosaurs when they started talking about their dinosaurs.

” My Dinosaur is better then yours.

” Her clothes are always in style

She has a closet just for shoes and hats

and a bag made of  NILE  Crocodile” ~ Said Olivia

This proclamation by Olivia started off a chain reaction between Olivia and Joel as they started bragging about how their dinosaur is much better then the other one.  Both of them gave exaggerated claims about their dinosaurs abilities as they started to argue and moan at each other.

Olivia and Joel came out with some of the most fantastic  validations of their dinosaurs capabilities like the following statements.

– ” My dinosaur can eat a WHOLE cactus!! ” – said  Olivia

Joel countered with  ”  My dinosaur eats FIVE in his sleep!!”

The argument goes on and on till their mom steps in and halts them. She then tells them that she too has a dinosaur and hers it the best of all.

With that she shuts both the kids up and made them sit down and finish up their dinner.

My thoughts

Reading the book with my 4 yr old reminded me of how it is in my family.  The  older boys are often arguing with each other at the dining table during dinner and trying to outdo one another .

Children love to compete with each other and try to show that they are more superior then the other.   Such competitive behavior is something which I do not condone and I’m glad that the mommy in the story  put a stop to such negative behavior.

Tiger girl and I love the illustrations of the dinosaurs in the book and all the exclamations that both Olivia and Joel came up with.

It was certainly a fun read for us  which conveyed the message that bragging is certainly not condoned.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are 100% mine.  This post has affiliate links.

Highlights of March 2015

Waterfalls at Tao Yuan Hsien Valley

Waterfalls at Tao Yuan Hsien Valley

March was a really reflective month for me. It was the month where I did a mini assessment of how far I have come along in  keeping to the  resolutions  that I’ve set in the beginning of the year.

I’ve managed to keep on track with most of my goals except for the one to spend more time on learning French and Japanese. I really need to set aside time to actively revise/ practice these languages or I will never get started on it!! 頑張って/ Bonne Chance

Red tulip

Red tulip

I’ve share more pictures of Tulips  which I took in February and STILL have lots more photos of flowers yet to share here on this blog.

Dark maroon tulips

Dark maroon tulips

Don’t the tulips look lovely?

Waterfall at Shi Fen

Waterfall at Shi Fen

Besides sharing pictures of tulips I also showcases what I captured when we visited the waterfall at Shi Fen in Taipei.

The kids and me

The kids and me

The kids had their 1 week term break and we had fun together. We watched two movies with friends – Shaun the Sheep and Ah Boys to Men 3 : Frogman. We also made a trip to the airport to view the  exhibit that they had on New Zealand 

The kids enjoyed themselves with the longer play time and more outings.  It was more tiring for me as we were going out almost everyday and I didn’t really have much time for myself.

embracing motherhood

March was also a month that  the blog train on Embracing Motherhood  started. There are 25 other mummy bloggers on this train with me who will be sharing their stories of motherhood from March till April.  I will be rounding up this blog train on the  6th April with my own sharing on motherhood. Do check back then to read about my journey.

Bridging the gap

I started a new series here on the blog this month called Bridging the gap.  In this series I will be expanding on the changes that my kids face when they move from one level to another at the start of  the new school year. ( P4 to P5,  P2 to P3 and N2 to K1). I’ve talked about the GAP between P4 and P5 Chinese  and will be moving on to identifying the GAPS in English, Maths and Science in subsequent posts in the series.

 

Poster on Life

Poster on Life

Life certainly does have a lot of challenges  that one needs to embrace. It is never easy but something that we do to survive. I shared about what challenges that I am currently facing and what  I am doing to face them.

How was March for you?

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