Motivational Monday: Age is No barrier

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Motivational Monday

Tiger girl drawing

Over the weekend the kids and I attended a session over at the Singapore Science Centre. The kids were invited by Playeum for their Sweet Tales Open House for their Outrageous Chocolate Factory workshop. The workshop was not as captivating as I have expected. In essence there was a short skid put up by the staff and after that the kids were guided in making their own art pieces.

What was most interesting for me was the way Tiger girl showed her maturity and participated alongside the older kids even though the activities were for kids from 3yrs and up. She happily pulled a cushion and sat at the back to listen to the girls who were putting up the short skid telling about the various candies which the kids could make. She even took and extra cushion and placed it next to her before tell me ” Mummy sit !!” while patting on the cushion.

After the instructions were given and the children moved on to the arts and craft session, Tiger girl found an empty place and plonk herself in front of one of the instructors. She chose the materials she wanted to use and asked me to help her paste it onto the coloured sheet which she had chosen.She worked on her art work for nearly 45 minutes!!

Tiger girl did up a really pretty card and I was really impressed by her initiative and drive to participate in the activities that day.

It really shows that age is not a barrier for her

Have your kid done anything that motivated you lately?

This week the theme is Funny Songs. I’m sharing with everyone this Song by The Taiwanese group- Da Mouth.

July 23, 2012

Making Time and Secret Garden Music Moves Me

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Monday Music Moves Me, Motivational Monday

making time

Photo taken with Canon 650D and edited in Picasa

Many a time we hear or give the reason that there is simply not enough time or there is too many things to be done. You want to spend time with your family but at the same time yearn for some Me time and chance to socialize with your friends. You feel like your hands are tied and maybe frustrated that you my have to trade up one for the other. This doesn’t need to be the case.

I strongly feel that there will be sufficient time to do whatever things we desire as long as we know how to plan and prioritize. No doubt we may be limited by our finances or resources at the moment but I still feel that it is possible to maximize the moment. You only need to take action and remove all the time wasting activities that you have sucking up the seconds and hours each day.

Deleting and removing time wasters and non -effective methods of handling situations does wonders for adding back the precious seconds and minutes into your day. I have been doing that for the past year and cut off a lot of unnecessary items/people from my circle and daily routine.

I believe that you will NEVER have enough time unless you consciously make an effort to MAKE time. What better time then NOW to make the changes.

How are you going to MAKE Time?

This week’s theme is a freebie and I am sharing one of the songs in the Korean Drama series- Secret Garden which is currently showing on the television.