MY RECIPE BOX: Balsamic-Macerated Strawberries with Bas... 28 January 2016 in FOOD, My recipes

So the thing about living in Singapore is that, whilst we have access to pretty much every fruit all year round, there’s a big struggle to find juicy sweet strawberries.  Am I seriously the only person to think this? Every time I buy a...

HUNTER’S 5TH BIRTHDAY 25 January 2016 in Birthdays, Hunter, HUNTER, CARTER & CHLOE, Hunter's progress

Our firstborn child turns 5 years old today. And, for the first time, Hunter requested a big boy theme – Transformers. It made me a bit wistful, because previous years he’d either not requested anything at all (too young to understand) or requested cutesy babyish...

MANDARIN RHYMING 19 January 2016 in Hunter, HUNTER, CARTER & CHLOE, Hunter's progress

Bonus points if you understand what he’s rattling on about!

THE NON-SPORTY KID SKATES! 17 January 2016 in Hunter, HUNTER, CARTER & CHLOE, Hunter's progress

Hunter’s never been much of an athlete. Not that I’d ever expected it of him, since Chris and I are quite possibly the most sedentary humans that I know of. He’s always shown zero interest in ball sports, or team sports, for that matter....

CHRISTMAS 2015 10 January 2016 in Christmas

  It feels like eons since Christmas, even though it was only two weeks ago! I never got round to writing in here, because of the whole I-lost-my-writing-mojo excuse I’m still clinging onto.. but I want to document it a lil here anyway, so...