10 Things That Make Our Family Awesome

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Monday Listicles

The boys and their dad

Family means a lot to me. Their well being is extremely important to me and everyday I set out to see that they are kept healthy and doing fine. They are my pride and joy even though they do drive me up the wall at times. Here are 10 Things that make our family awesome

They are flexible and are able to up and go each time we decide to go on a holiday. Even the 2 yr old is okay with waking and sleeping at odd hours so that we be able to catch our flight.
They are not as fussy and can and will self entertain when I am busy. The kids can play non stop with each other and I have to chase them to bed just to get them to stop and have their needed rest.
They know how to share with each other and will look out for one another. Although all 3 are competitive they do know when to give in and close and eye too.
Tiger girl and me
R has his Mini Me’s while I too have my mini me. Tiger girl and me can off and do all the girly stuff together while the boys can have a fun time having a boys day out too.
Everyone helps out in the house. The boys including R do help with the cooking , cleaning and laundry while the girl helps with the keeping and sorting out of items. Monkey boy is able to cook simple dishes, iron and the laundry besides vacumning, moping and sweeping the floor. Doggie boy too knows how to do the laundry and the dishes and is starting on simple meal preparation. Very soon I will be able to hand over 100% of the household duties to the kids.
All of us are adventure seeking and are game to try out new activities. Even the youngest at 2 yr old will not flinch while going down on a 3M high slide.
We like spending time with each other. The kids look for us when they are back from school and can’t wait to share their day with us. It’s great being wanted 🙂
The kids are warm and friendly. They always show us (parents) and each other with lots of hugs and kisses daily.
R and I are on the same page when it comes to parenting our kids . We have a mutual understanding of the methods/techiniques that have to applied to each kid.
We love being together as a family. Even though there are moments where we would prefer to be on our own still being together physically and mentally rocks!!

What makes your family awesome?

June 30, 2013

Top 10 Highlights of June 2013

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Monday Listicles, Top 10 highlights

Tiger girl posing in front of a bed of yellow flowers

June has certainly whizzed by super fast. Today marks the start of the 2nd half of the year and the 3rd school term for the kids. It is back in school after a month long vacation which saw them visiting many different places both locally and overseas. We went on a family holiday and on separate holidays. Tiger girl , R and me went of to Jeju island, Korea while the boys went with their grandparents on a plane, coach, ferry, train adventure to Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Ipoh, Penang and Langkawi in Malaysia.

I’m still sorting out the 1000+ photos that I took in Korea and will be posting them here on blog in the coming weeks. Meanwhile here are my highlights for the month of June.

Monkey Boy holding his candle

1. Monkey boy had his first holy communion on the 2nd of June. It is the 2nd sacrament which he has received since he was baptised as an infant.

Monkey boy with his self portrait

2. The kids when for a 3 day art camp during the holidays at heART studio. Monkey boy did self portraits while Doggie boy did monochromatic nature painting.

Monkey boy painting

3. We did some baking and Doggie boy made some Egg tarts. He personally loves eating Egg tarts and would certainly order them each time we go to a Dim Sum restaurant for breakfast.

Making egg tarts

4. Besides egg tarts we had lots of other yummy foods like Pork Chop burger as we were eating out a lot this holidays.

Fun on the obstacle course at Changi Airport

5. The boys had great fun at the Gems of Indochina at Changi Airport. There was a 10 obstacle course specially constructed for this June holidays and the boys had a blast going around thrice!!

The boys playing target shooting

6. It was the 2nd time that the boys tried out target shooting. We were unable to get together a big enough group or else I’m sure they would certainly enjoy a game of paintball.

The place where we took a submarine tour

7. We celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary in style with a trip under the water in a submarine. The tour was a real eye opening experience for all of us.