Playdough

I admit that Zoey doesnt have lots of toys. Call me a stingy mom, I dun mind. * In fact, I agree .. LOL *. I dun really like buying her toys, cause hey, children's toys are not cheap, ok??!. Furthermore, I hate to think all those toys will pile up and I dunno where I would store all those stuffs.
Most of her toys are given, gifts over her first birthday from her friends. If not, I could guarantee that she has nearly nothing. kakakakak..

Well, yes, of course I bought her something too. Am stingy-but not thaattt stingy!. I buy some affordable toys, (this means around 10usd toy-the most). More than that, I usually will just put the toys back in the shop rack.. :)

I believe the best thing happen for your kids are not the expensive toys, but it's the parents around them. Toys won't subtitute that. I dun say, we can't buy toys for our children. Sure we can, but also ensure that we have the quality time with them.

BTW, dun you notice eventhough our kids have many nice toys *at least that's what we think*, most of the time they dun want to play with it? They would rather to play with junks, etc: empty can, spoon, fork, en stuffs other than their expensive toys? * see ? you know what I mean *

Ok, nuff with the rambling (back to the real topic!)

Yesterday, I tried to make something together with her. I wanted to play -play dough- with her, and as u would know where the story goes, She doesnt have play dough. Therefore, I decided to make the playdough myself. Just for you to know, there are many different type of playdough that you could choose for making your own. Could be a cooked or non cooked. This time i choose the non cooked saltdough.

If you want to make also, here's the ingredients u need to prepare:

Salt Dough
1 cup salt
1 1/4 cup water
3 cups flour

1. Dissolve salt in water.

2. Stir in the flour, one cup at a time, until it is nice and soft.

3. You can shape it or cut it out with cookie cutters. Bake at 200 degrees until hard.

my helper, thao

my guard, tuoc

my baby busy with the cookie cutter

here's some of the finish result before bake

this is the result after bake

4. Paint with regular acrylics. (I used the waterpaint)

Zoe's seriously painting

the end result, after painting (not too bad, eh?)

Note: This recipe is great for Christmas ornaments and magnets.

Go Green!

Belakangan ini aku lagi giat2nya ngajarin zoe ngublek2 taman. Maksudnya ngublek2 disini adalah nyiramin tanaman.. :) Aku pengen ngajarin zoe untuk menghargai tanaman sejak dini.

Jadi sambil nyiramin tanaman, aku sedikit 'brainwash' zoe tentang bagaimana tanaman itu bisa tumbuh besar. Apa makanannya tanaman...en bla bla nya.

Keliatannya sepele aja, tapi aku kog yakin sedikit demi sedikit hal-hal kecil ginian pasti nyantol di kepala anak kita. Jangan dianggap remeh otak kecil anak kita, mungkin kita pikir apa ya ngerti to yang kita omongin. But trust me,they're way smarter than we really think they are.

Kalo dari kecil dah ngerti bahwa tanaman disekeliling kita itu penting, moga-moga aja nti besarnya gak ada lagi yang namanya illegal logging. Welleh..weleh ampe segitu :o)

Dia jadinya sekarang punya kebiasaan baru, setiap abis bangun tidur sore-sore langsung minta pergi ke taman. Untuk nyiramin 'temen-temen' barunya itu. Dia kayaknya gak tahan pengen ngliat temen2nya itu jadi besar.

Btw..saking senengnya ama hobi barunya, dia sampe kelupaan nonton barney..:O)

Tertangkap basah kamera

muka baru bangun tidur

asyik nyiram

serius

She's an official chef now

Gak penting banget beritanya. Tapi aku seneng banget.
Aku bikin apron buat si Zoey. ehm, kalo aku bilang bikin sendiri boong banget nyak?!
Kebetulan sih mbak yang kerja ditempatku tukang jahit, jadi aku suruh dia bikinin.
Yah lumayanlah hasilnya, supaya memotivasi zoe untuk bantuin mamanya di dapur. Karena emang dia hobi ublek ublek dapur.
En, dia seneng banget pake apron ini. Sampe gak mau dilepas.

Translation:
Not that important news! However, am just too excited not to share this in my blog.
I've just made Zoe's her very first apron! Erm... I know I know. You dun believe if I made it myself, dun you? Yeah, You're right.. :)
I am lucky to have a helper who is also a tailor. She made it for her.
Look at it!, the outcome is not bad at all, isnt it? I wanna make something to encourage her helping me out at the kitchen. I asked her to write zoe's name on it too.
I like it lots, what do you think??

P.S: Other than in kitchen, can use it for art activity with her.

Story of the duo chef

So....here goes the story,

It was a one fine day.

The little chef was fancy to bake something.

Then both big chef and little chef worked.

This is the kitchen,

Here she was shifting the flour.

Then, started to mix the flour and milk....en...erm....perhaps tried lil bit..

Then, poured in the egg....whisk whisk whisk.. It's well combined...and batter needed to put aside..Hmm...She's really into it. Can't you see how serious she looked?

She liked to stir and stir so much... til she din wanna stop! Big chef forced to take the batter away!!

She gave long face, din want to see the big chef's face.

She started to cry..

And more cry...

And another act of rolling on the floor..

Big chef tried to calm her...to no avail.. then, she brought little chef outside to see the nice wheather and nice garden.

Phewf... *relief mode-on*, Little chef happy again.

Sepeda ku oh sepedaku

Kalo udah tinggal di vungtau -vietnam sini, tapi gak punya sepeda gak afdol deh rasanya. Pemandangan disini indah, udaranya segar. Polusi gak seberapa deh. Jadi gaya hidup sehat kayaknya bisa diterapkan lah disini.

Ngomong2 soal hidup sehat, orang vietnam sini emang gaya hidupnya sehat banget. Pagi2 bener udah pada joging. Rata-rata naek sepeda en motor. Porsi makan yang gak besar2, en serba pemakan sayur2an mentah. Weleh weleh.. * geleng-geleng kepala *. Kayaknya sekarang aku tau banget kenapa gak ada yang gemuk disini.

Yang ini bener2 lho, gak boong. Kalo gak percaya, coba aja kesini. Rata2 orang nya kuecil2, dan dari yang muda, ampe yang tua..langsing..cenderung kurus.

Mungkin aku kalo jalan2 ketauan bukan orang vietnam-nya, abis badan diluar ukuran rata2 manusia disini. :o))))

Mumpung disini, perlu juga neh rasanya untuk ikutan healthy life-style. Jadilah aku beli sepeda.

Tapinya...ehm, ada tapinya, aku belinya electronic bycicle. Ceritanya sih, biar ada olahraganya, tapi kalo pas gak kuat..or pas penyakit malas kumat, biarlah bateri bekerja. LOL.

Neh, tak pamerin sepedaku

Bangga banget lah, punya sepeda ini. Ada juga goncengan buat si zoey.

Cool, eh? (Kampungan ya sayah ..)

Pedicure - Medicure

One day, I passed by a small girl.

She asked, Pedicure medicure mam?

I was intriqued by how small she was..and wondering how good she would be.

I asked, Could you do a French manicure?

She replied, No..I only do an abstract manicure.

Hmm, I wondered. Never heard of it before. Perhaps it's the latest fashion of pedi-medi world.

Then, there I was...helplessly let my toes to be on her capable hands.

After few minutes flew.

I then figured out what she meant by abstract design.

See the process..

And here is the final result, Abstract design!

and meet the artist...

and how she did for herself..

She offered me, to introduce her to all my friends. For my friends, no charges..free. Anyone interested?

Dear Diary

** update 28th June: Some pix of the party ** (someone took them, luckilly!)

1. My worst nightmare came, baby fell sick again, no mood to eat. Well, she's getting better now, but..all foods seem no more appealing now to her. I hate to see her like this. She was a healthy eater last time. Puff, hope she will change. All different kinda food I had prepared for her, If I get lucky she would eat 5 spoons. No lucky, not even a single spoon get into her mouth.I can see some weight lost now. I just hope, this is just me that worry too much. Things will get better, Keep my finger cross.
2. Hubby is going for training in Dubai for a week, hmm.. I mizz him. House is so empty without him.
3. Did the barbecue party a couple weeks ago. It was fun, at least I can meet people! Been lonely in this new place. Good things we had this gathering, something that kept me busy, even drove me nuts! Hey, I never expected to prepare small party would be that tiring!!! It's great though. Through the night we had the kebab, nasi goreng, bihun goreng, salad, grilled chicken wings, Chocolate fountain, Cheesecake. Great chit-chat, overflow drinks, fun billyard. No pictures taken, just lazy to take.