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This is my iFamily. Last week we bought an iPod Touch for the little girl and the Daddy acquired an iPhone for himself. Now we’ve all got the swiping bug.

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Day: 5.10am. 6.dinner. 7.button. 8.sun. 9.front door. 10.self portrait. 11.makes you happy.

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Second day of school today and it has been a battle of epic proportions. School only happens once a week so I really shouldn’t be complaining but it’s looking like this battle won’t be letting up anytime soon. It was a full day of school. No more of those half day mumbo jumbos. We’re throwing Caitlin into the deep end now. Five and a half hours without her Mummy. We spent the rest of last week

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Day: 1.My view today. 2.Words. 3.Hands. 4.A stranger.

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Day: 29.Inside your fridge. 30.Nature. 31.You, again.   We wrapped up January’s photo-a-day challenge on Monday Tuesday and boy, was it such great fun! I’m definitely continuing on with the February challenge. If you like to play along, head on over to fat mum slim for instructions. There are no rules, just shoot and post wherever you like. I’m playing on Instagram @tickledpinkstories with

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This morning we woke up like usual, had breakfast like usual, brushed our teeth and played a little like usual. But this morning was unlike any other morning. This morning Caitlin had to get ready for her first day of school. I had everything ready last night. Hoot was packed and raring to go. We chose an apple to bring for morning snack. It was only a half day session to make the transition to

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Today I finally updated Caitlin’s birthday ticker (see right column), 4 months and 1 week after her third birthday. I guess it’s time I write a new update on Caitlin but where on earth do I start? I always used to update with Caitlin’s physical developments and since she’s already checked most if not all of her physical milestones, updates now will most probably be on how she’s grown socially and

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  I had this great idea one morning to create one of those cute saccharin-sweet photos you tend to see on Japanese toy or food packaging, hence the title, kawaii meaning “cute”, “pretty” or “lovable”. I dressed Caitlin up in a pretty dress, made her pose with her two Mell-chan Japanese dolls and completed the picture with one of those hilarious ‘lost in translation’ speech bubbles. And there you

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Day: 22.Your shoes. 23.Something old. 24.Guilty pleasure 25.Something you made. 26.Colour. 27.Lunch. 28.Light.

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Yup, it’s true. I am addicted to my iPhone. I thought the novelty of the new phone would wear off after a few weeks but it’s now been three months three weeks and a day since I received it at my door and I haven’t stopped swiping it every opportunity I get. The thing I use most is the camera. Obviously there are the games, the social network apps like Foursquare, Twitter, let’s not forget

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  Gong Hei Fatt Choy everybody! I’ve barely even gotten over Chrissy and New Year celebrations and now we’re celebrating Chinese New Year, dragon style! That’s right, it’s the year of the Dragon and according to tradition, it’s the mightiest and the only mystical sign of all the zodiac animals so 2012 will surely be bringing in an abundance of luck and prosperity for everyone. This Dragon year

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  Day: 15.Happiness. 16.Morning. 17.Water. 18.Something you bought. 19.Sweet. 20.Someone you love. 21.Reflection.

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We’ve had huge success with Caitlin’s night-time potty training. As of today, she’s gone without her diapers and stayed completely dry for seven nights in a row. All this without once waking up in the middle of the night to pee! I was all about giving up last November. I thought maybe I was pushing it by starting her so early. I thought maybe my resolution to have her fully toilet-trained, nights

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Day: 8.Your sky. 9.Daily routine 10.Childhood. 11.Where you sleep. 12.Close-up. 13.In your bag. 14.Something you’re reading.

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I’ve finally settled into a bit of a routine with writing this week. I have been so lazy but deservedly so, what with all the Christmas and new year celebrations and a somewhat unexpectedly pleasant impromptu visit from my Dad last week. It has been a rather hectic but momentous start to the new year. We rang in the new year with family, hosting a barbie at our place. It was wonderful to have my

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(Sorry for such a delayed post! I’ve been meaning to finish up on this road trip before December but I ran out of time:) Day three and the final day of our road trip. We visited the Busselton Jetty again and this time we managed to ride on the train. The last time we came with the Grand ones, the winds were too strong so all train rides were suspended and we had to walk the length of the jetty.

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  I started the photo-a-day challenge last week. It’s a bit late into the challenge so I’m busy playing catch-up but I’m sure glad I gave it a go. It’s such fun and if you want to give it a try, head on over to my previous post or go to fat mum slim to get the list and just shoot away! It’s supposed to be a year-long challenge so it’s still not too late to join in. Hopefully I have the dedication

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Source: m.weheartit.com via tickled on Pinterest   Resolutions, resolutions. Have you made yours yet? Each year I get stuck trying to make new resolutions so this time I rounded up some interesting ones from Pinterest and made some of them my own. First resolution: Stop being lazy! But this one will definitely suffice… Source: withheavywings.tumblr.com via tickled on Pinterest   Another that’

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Caitlin’s tree all decked out after 24 days… This year we brought some presents over to Nanny and Papa’s house after Mass on Christmas Eve to open them together with Caitlin’s cousins BJ and EL. By 10pm the little girl was fighting back sleep but managed to stay awake past midnight and had tonnes of fun tearing through her presents. After she was done, she asked for more and we told her had

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The countdown is getting closer! It’s been very exciting especially with a Christmas activity from our advent calendar everyday. We watched a Christmas movie, sang Christmas songs. We made some lovely decorations and even created lots of handmade cards.    On Day 13, we drove around to see Christmas lights. The Daddy searched for houses closest to us and we went as soon as it got dark. The best

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There’s always a first for everything. With Caitlin, every ‘first’ gets recorded, photographed and written about. So it’s with great muse that I’m sharing with you the first time Caitlin fell into a toilet. I’m not sure if it’s the same with all Mums but as a Mum of a little girl, I’ve always been apprehensive with using the public toilet. I am a clean freak and as a ‘hoverer’ myself, I find it

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  Here’s what to do with an old skinny white shirt you no longer wear. Sew in and shorten the sleeves, pair it with a stethoscope and voila, it makes a great looking doctor’s coat for dress-up time.

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Today was our very last Montessori playgroup session as Caitlin starts pre-kindy next year. We’ve attended this playgroup for two years now. We brought home mountains of art and craft, met many wonderful people and made some good friends along the way. When we first started the playgroup, Caitlin was really shy and was always afraid to join in at music time. Now she’ll happily clap and sing

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We finally put up the Christmas tree!   Ok, so that was meant to be our first day Christmas activity according to our homemade advent calendar but since I was a day late, it became our second day activity instead along with the actual second day activity of ‘making and writing Christmas cards’. I did mention how we wrote a whole bunch of Christmassy activities for our advent calendar in

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It’s officially the first day of Summer and it’s getting hot, hot, hot! I love the hot weather and despite the rather immense heatwave and throngs of flies, I still prefer Summer to Winter. Maybe it’s because I’m a true tropical girl at heart having grown up in Singapore so I’ve never been that fond of the cold. Caitlin is also loving the warmer weather because that means she gets to play

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It’s almost time to start counting down to Christmas so get your advent calendars ready, people! I’ve been searching for an advent calendar now that Caitlin is more attuned to the festivities of the season and it’s hard to find one that doesn’t contain a whole lot of candy and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Which got me thinking, why don’t I just make one and fill it up with non-candy treats

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Caitlin’s white saltwater sandals arrived just in time for Summer, thanks to her lovely Meli Yee-yee who was so sweet to buy them for us on a recent trip to the US. (Thank you Meli, we love you so!) When I saw them, I knew straight away I had to get me a pair. Luckily for me, they had them in adult sizes. Ok, I’m not really into this “mini-me” dress-up thing with my daughter but I simply couldn’t

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Day two on our southwest road trip and our first stop was the Wonky Windmill Farm & Eco Park. The little girl saw lots of farm animals and got to pet and feed them by hand. At first she was very apprehensive and was throwing feed across the fence but she slowly warmed up to them and eventually even petted a kangaroo!   Hello, Skippy!   We stopped for a fancy bite of lunch at Palandri Winery.

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  The kiddies dressed up for Halloween and went trick-or-treating. The Cat, the Witch and the Superbaby.

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Source: thesmilecollective.myshopify.com via tickled on Pinterest

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Remember the big backyard playground makeover project we started earlier this year? Well, we’ve had some progress since then. The Daddy built a sparkling new sandpit!   What a clever Daddy… There’ll be more updates on our makeover so be sure to stay tuned!

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  It’s Melbourne Cup Day today. A fancy hat? Tick. A pretty dress? Tick. Off to a racing cup lunch? Tick!

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Oh yes, this Mummy has finally jumped onto the smartphone bandwagon and is now a proud owner of the new iPhone 4S. It’s taken me awhile to decide on upgrading. I’ve grown so attached to my 5 year old Nokia 6680. “A Nokia what-what-what?” you must be wondering. Yes, my previous phone was that old. Even the salesguy at the store didn’t recognise the model of my phone. But it was and still is a

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Today the little girl asked to make a collage. I was rather surprised because I don’t recall ever using the word ‘collage’ with her. It’s usually just ‘craft’ or ‘pasting’ then I remembered we met Little Miss S for lunch last week and she gave Caitlin her birthday present along with a pretty picture she proudly declared as “a collage!”. I guess that’s where the little girl got her collage idea

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A few days after Caitlin’s party, we took a road trip southwest of Perth to visit the wine country. I’d love to be able to rant about how enjoyable the three hour drive to Busselton/Margaret River was but mostly, Caitlin looked like this. Fortunately we had her sorted out with this. Yup an iPad 2, thanks to Mag Yee-yee! The rest of the trip (driving aside), was rather pleasant considering we

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It’s strawberry season! Lucky thing Caitlin absolutely loves strawberries and will happily gobble them up whole so we’re buying them by the buckets! I bought two extra large punnets over the weekend and decided to use half of it for a strawberry syrup recipe I saw in a Woolies Fresh Magazine. It was terribly easy to make and turned out so well, I think I’m going to make a few more batches for

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The Daddy and the little girl brought me out to the Perth Royal Show on my birthday and we had a marvellous time. How fantastic it was too that Caitlin and I both had carnival birthdays this year and lucky me, mine was at a real carnival! We quickly sang a birthday song and blew out the (one!) candle on my little cake before heading off to the show, just in case we got home too late for it. I

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What a week it’s been celebrating Caitlin’s birthday! Yep, the little girl had a whole week of celebration from the day her Popo and Yee-yees arrived, to the awesome birthday carnival on Saturday and after we said goodbye to Caitlin’s Popo and Grand-aunt, the Yee-yees and us hopped into an 8-seater rental and took a little road trip to wine country. But more on our trip a little later. Back to

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Caitlin will turn three this Saturday. I thought I’d write an early update before I’m swarmed with party prep and the real mayhem arrives on Thursday with the Popos and Yeeyees. This time Caitlin is excited about her birthday and has been asking many questions like, “Are we having a party?” “Who’s coming? Are my friends coming? Can we have lollipops?” “Is tomorrow my birthday?” The other reason

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I have been a busy bee these last few weeks organising Caitlin’s third birthday and getting the rooms ready for our guests though I’m still not quite there yet and they are due to arrive next week! Yikes… I’m so excited and really looking forward to the day. Caitlin is too and keeps talking about seeing all her friends on her birthday. It doesn’t help that everywhere we go, she invites random

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Yippee yay, we went to another Play School concert today! Caitlin and her friend Little Miss S (and the Mamas too) had such a fantastic time dancing and singing along to every song. Last time Caitlin was a bit shy and refused to leave my lap for more than half the show. This time round, she joined in the dancing pretty much right away. I don’t think she sat down at all throughout the whole 45

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It’s Father’s Day on Sunday and we’re running a bit late with getting the Daddy a card. Oops! Luckily for me, this popped up in my inbox earlier today and they are free to personalise and download! I printed out the design I liked then sat the daughter down and asked her to draw some pictures for Daddy. Good stuff.

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Source: myseedfactory.com via Patti on Pinterest   It’s the first day of spring today (yippee!) but it also means it’s time for a big clean out! I have 2 rooms to clear out in 22 days. I have to do it in that time otherwise the Popos and the Yee-yees won’t have anywhere to sleep when they arrive. I tried moving stuff out a couple weeks ago. The stuff moved from one corner of the room to another

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Guess who’s got a new toy? No not Caitlin, this time it’s me! I’ve finally taken the plunge and upgraded my little Olympus compact to a slightly bigger gun. Although not the most ferocious nor powerful one, the Nikon D3100 is still everything I ask for and more. Obviously it comes with the bells and whistles of a digital SLR. Best of all, it records HD movies which is handy since we loved being

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I love finding magazines online especially when they are free to read. After lmnop was no longer free to download, I went in search of other reads and found tiny & little. This online magazine is aimed at parents looking for beautiful inspiration and creativity for their little ones. It’s packed full of wonderful stories and amazing photography.   This is the current issue and previous issues can

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I’m no winter fan. I miss the tropical humid heat back in Singapore terribly. I can complain forever about this cold, gloomy and wet season but I also have to agree that there are a few (and far between) pluses to the cold. One thing for sure is that we can dress up in fancy jackets and boots, run around all over the park and still not feel hot and sweaty. Just like these two little darlings

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Today Caitlin is 35 months old. One more month to the big THREE year old birthday. There’s plenty of excitement in our house as we wait anxiously for Caitlin’s Popo and all her Yee-yees to come and celebrate her birthday. What a lucky girl! I’ve been scratching my head over what to write for this post. There’s so much about Caitlin that I want to share and it’s so hard sometimes to condense it

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I had the sudden inspiration to make pizzas one day so I went in search for the easiest (based on ingredients) and tastiest (based on reviews) pizza dough I could find online. I stopped at one called the Super Easy Pizza Dough and decided that with a name like that, there’s no way anything could go wrong with it. Well, I was right. It was a huge success at our playdate with Little Miss S and Baby

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Last week we went thrifting and I found a couple of lovely dresses for Caitlin. They were still in good nick and at a very very good price of $3 each, I couldn’t pass without bringing them home with me. Today I took them in nice and dry from the washing line and decided to pop it on Caitlin to see how they fit. They were perfect especially this denim number. Since she’s all dressed up and it’s

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Remember the cardboard house we built on a Sunday? I thought it was a pretty awesome effort. It lives outside in our backyard and is still standing even after two major thunderstorms blew it across our yard. But check out this even more awesome baby made out of shoeboxes by La Factoría Plástica. Such talent! There’s a tutorial on how to make this dollhouse if you click here. I might just try

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Saw these Saltwater sandals on a pair of adorable little feet while online-surfing-window-shopping and really really fell in love. So called the quintessential all-American summer sandal. Not only are they fancy to look at, they are made tough to withstand allsorts of kiddy torture like jumping into puddles and sandpits, dunking in the ocean and scraping on grass and tarmac. Yeah, kiddies

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  Caitlin loves dressing up. Have I told you that already? I probably did a while back. Sometimes her costumes are completely outrageous but most times she’ll just pull on her tutu skirt to dance along with whatever’s on telly. I’ve been telling myself to snap pics of her dress-ups so I can share them here on my blog. I’m hoping to make an improvement on the failed attempt of my a snapshot a week

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Three kids went to the park. They went to the park for a picnic. One. Two.   Three. Three kids tried to take a photo together but no one sat still long enough. We tried and we tried and we tried. Eventually we gave up. It was mission impossible. Luckily I managed to snap this super dooper adorably squishy shot of Baby E. So cute! Three kids went to the park. They went to the park and

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  My last update is more than three weeks overdue because I’ve kinda stopped counting Caitlin’s age by months. The last time I tried, my head was spinning and I figured it was just easier to say two-and-a-half every time someone asked. Oh well, better late than never. To be exact, Caitlin is more 2 going on 3 in a couple of months and to be really accurate she is 33 months 3 weeks and 5 days old

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Three guesses for who’s who.

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Caitlin’s grand-uncle and auntie came to visit and we had the pleasure of having them as house-guests for a few days. We love having visitors because that means we get to do touristy stuff like going to the Busselton Jetty and walking the whole 1.84km length of it (and back again!) out to sea.   You see? That’s how far we walked… It was a very windy day so the train and the underwater

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On Sunday the three of us decided to spend the day building a cardboard house. I was the architect and planning manager, the Daddy was the building and construction engineer (naturally) and Caitlin…well, she was our trusty little painter and all-round helper.   What a marvellous job she did too, I must say! We furnished it with some handmade cardboard furniture as well as a few thrifted plastic

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The PMST? What on earth is that? You must be wondering. Well, it’s none other than the very embarrassing Public Monstrous Starfish Tantrum.Today Caitlin pulled the PMST on me in the middle of a very busy shopping centre when I said ‘no’ to a donut. Down she went face-down on the ground. Imagine that, splat, face down with her arms and legs spread out like a beached starfish screaming ‘dohhh-nuuut

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Driving home in our car, it started to rain heavily when Caitlin asked… Caitlin: Mummy, why is it raining? Me: Because the clouds are full of water. Caitlin: But why? Me: So we’ll have water to drink. Caitlin: No… Me: No? Caitlin: So the rain will wash the bird poop off our car! … …

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It’s the first day of winter today. Time to hang up the baby havs and bring out those gumboots. The cold is finally here and it’s been raining since Sunday. We’ve had an unseasonably warm and dry autumn, then again nothing has been normal lately. Natural disasters are happening all around us and we’re lucky to be experiencing just a bit of unseasonal weather really. With winter comes plenty of

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Here’s the before and after pictures of our backyard playground makeover with a thrifted cubby house, a new swing, and synthetic turf play mat. It’s not quite finished yet as we’re planning to build a sandbox and a raised vegie patch so Caitlin and I can grow our own vegies. Anyhoo, what a great job, Daddy! You are so brilliant and we love you so…   Stay tuned for more updates!

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Two weeks ago, Caitlin went for her very first Dentist visit and what an absolute trooper she was! I am such a proud Mama. She was so brave and was all excited about showing the Dentist her teeth! Ok so I’ve been prepping her for weeks. We practised saying ‘ahhh’ billions of times and every time we brush her teeth, I talk about going to the Dentist. I guess all that talk made her really looking

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It’s black Friday today. Nothing catastrophic or uneventful happened. It was a perfectly normal sunny day and Princess Cait had a friend over for a play-date. They fought over a doll, cried about who’s turn it was on the swing and made up over babycinno but mostly there were smiles and lots of laughter. More than a week has flown by so quickly without an update and I figured it was time to

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No more baby squiggles for the little lady. It’s a circle here. And a dot there. Tadah! I called him Mr Potato Head, she said it’s her Papa. Sad Papa.

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We ventured out to Freo a few weekends ago when the mercury hit an unseasonal 32 °C and chanced upon this great little playground right by the beach. A very suitably themed blue and yellow pirate ship playground complete with it’s own ‘walk the plank’, though I must say it was very very blue in colour. I did coincidentally dress Caitlin in the exact same shade and incidentally had to play ‘

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We started off our five-day Easter/Anzac day long weekend with a road-trip to the sleepy, seaside town of Lancelin, soaking up some sun and hanging out with friends. We visited a couple of koalas on the way back and then we came home to a feast of curries, popiahs and cupcakes and even a high tea party fit for Royals! Let’s not forget Caitlin’s egg hunts resulting in plenty of chocolate and (

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Made a big Hoot cushion for Caitlin’s big bed some months ago. A celebratory gift to my daughter for crossing another milestone and for embracing her new big girl status with such flair.

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*This is a new old post* We did say a while back that we were going to move Caitlin to a toddler bed and we finally did it over the new year holidays. We’ve been building up the excitement over sleeping in a big bed for a few days hoping to ease the transition a little as we didn’t know how Caitlin would take to it. So much so, the little girl was really looking forward to sleeping in her “new”

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Here’s an old adventure to the Zoo with Hoot titled, ‘Bear Hunt’.     We’re going on a bear hunt! We’re going to catch a big one! We’re not scared… Uh-oh! Gorillas! Mighty big gorillas! Growl, growl, growl! Uh-oh! Elephant! Trumpet, trumpet, trumpet! Uh-oh! Zebras! Bray, bray, bray! Uh-oh! Lions! Roar, roar, roar! One shiny wet nose, two big furry ears, two big goggly eyes… It’s a

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A whole bunch of old posts in my draft folder will start resurfacing because my genius husband managed to salvage all my files when my laptop went kaput. Sorry if some of these posts will be a little outdated but I’d still love to put them up anyway for posterity sake.

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Remember the comedy series hosted by Bill Cosby called Kids say the darndest things? I used to love watching those adorable kids and it kept me smiling all the day long. Now we get bombarded by Caitlin’s incessant talking everyday. Most days she says the funniest things and they make me laugh my head off. Sometimes though, I want to tear my hair out answering her questions again and again. I

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I have a serious love affair with plasticware. There, I’ve said it. I can also tell you it’s a one-sided thing. Although sometimes I do believe they kinda fancy me and maybe that’s why I cannot stop buying them. I’ve always been a s*cker for fancy, schmancy storage containers or plastic gadgets and kitchen gizmos. Daiso was chockfull of them, that’s why I love the store so much and IKEA with all

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Visiting Universal Studios was definitely top on our list in Singapore and I’m so glad we did. Imagine a whole day of rides and shows… I absolutely love thrill rides and the world’s tallest duelling roller coaster, the Battlestar Galactica, sure didn’t disappoint. While my mum looked after Caitlin, we raced off to the ride and screamed our lungs out on the suspended Cylon Raider as it spined up

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Taking a break from posts about our Singapore trip to bring you an update. Yup. It’s that time of the year again. How time flies! The little girl is now 2 years and 6 months or 2.5 or 30 months old, however you like to say it. I’ve been too lazy to count by months, plus the nurse will just laugh at me again. Believe me, I have heard someone say her child was 56 months old or something like that…

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We spent a day at the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden in the Singapore Botanic Gardens so it could be Caitlin’s day out for a change. After all, the little girl was also on holidays and it was a such nice change from all that shopping we’ve been doing so far. We had a great time identifying all the beautiful flora and found a couple of Caitlin’s favourite fruits.   Even Hoot went a little

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Too many new buildings and shopping centres have sprouted up in Singapore since the last time we were back for a holiday, we simply had no idea where to start! It took us a week into our holiday to finally venture into town, Orchard Road, that is. The heart of shopping in the city and according to everyone who’s been there recently, looks really different thanks in part to ION Orchard. What an

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I’m really glad to be able to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday while we’re in Singapore after I’ve missed out on so many since we’ve moved to Perth. There was so much joy and lots of laughter as Caitlin entertained everyone with her cute little antics. Especially when she showed off her chopstick skills, picking up golden crackers from our lo hei. She also stole the show from her

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I’m still adamant about updating my snapshot a week project although I haven’t actually been regular for months now. Maybe I should just change the project to “my favourite snapshot” or something? Will definitely take the stress out of finding a photo every week, ahem! No matter, here’s one for the new year. We’re off to the pool at Popo’s house. The little girl is definitely having a

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Hop, hop, hooray and Gong Hei Fatt Choy one and all! It’s the year of the rabbit and we’re having a hopping good time celebrating the Lunar New Year with family and friends in Singapore.   We’ve been enjoying all the new sights in Singapore and eating up a storm. Great food is always in abundance here and much more so this time of year. I did say I’ll be taking a break from blogging

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We're off to sunny Singapore to celebrate Chinese New Year with family and friends and to take a much deserved break, especially for the Daddy. We haven't gone on a holiday for over a year (the last being our short break to Sydney and domestic travel really doesn't count!) so we're all really excited about this trip and have been talking about it non-stop. Which has also taught me a very big

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One Sunday evening, the warm sun was still shining brightly when out hopped a... Caitlin: Daddy, what is that? Daddy: Hmmm...let's take a look. Mummy: Eh, what, what?   Caitlin: Mummy, Mummy, come see! Mummy: What is it, Caitlin? Caitlin: Oooh, so cute! Mummy: Show me? (Takes a peek.) Caitlin: There you go, Mummy! Mummy: Ahhhh! Quick, drop it! Caitlin: See, it's just a

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A very Happy New Year to you!**This is a post I’ve written weeks ago and abandoned in the draft folder to mull over then was promptly forgotten until I came across it today and thought what a shame it was to thrash it…so I’ve decided to post it despite the obvious lateness in wishing everyone a ‘Happy New Year’. Better late than never!Looking back on the year that was 2010 and all of Caitlin’s

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  A couple of handmade Christmas presents for Little Miss R and her brand new baby sister. I hope it’s bringing them lots of smiles. I’ve only found time this week to finish this post. Can’t believe I’m still writing about Christmas presents when we’re almost into the third week of the new year! But I really adore these little birdie hanging mobiles especially the bright happy colours and I

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I love thrifting on weekends and lately we’ve been popping into thrift stores more and more, ever since I’ve inspired the dear husband to join in as well. While he’s more about finding cheap clothing, I look for books, homewares and toys. I love the idea of not knowing what re-treasures I’ll uncover at the thrift shop and that each item with it’s little secret history with someone else somehow

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Christmas was a little extra special this year because of Jess Yee-yee. The little girl had an absolute ball playing tricks on her Yee-yee and waking her up at ungodly hours of the morning. She looked forward to running to Yee-yee’s room every morning yelling, “open up, Yee-yee! Wake up!”Poor Yee-yee!We had so much fun the week before Christmas, shopping and wrapping presents, decorating the

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Merry Christmas everyone! Love, Caitlin xoxo

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We had the pleasure of attending a spectacular beach party all lovingly organised by the very talented Mummy of Little Miss S. There was definitely no better way to celebrate a nice hot summery birthday than with a beach themed party! What’s a beach party without some splashing fun? The kids had a fantastic time sploshing in and out of a giant pool complete with a waterfall and slide.  

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I can’t believe a year is almost at an end and Christmas is only a week away! On Christmas Eve, my little girl will be 26 months old. I thought I’d write an early update before all the festivities begin as I’m sure I’ll be too busy to post anything then! My darling sister arrives tonight! Caitlin’s been very excited about her Yee-yee’s arrival. She keeps telling everyone that her Yee-yee is

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We are very proud of our Owl Zoopack. Everywhere we go, we receive lovely compliments from people because he’s so irresistible cute! Oh and we’ve named him Hoot, how appropriate right? I’ve been happily snapping pictures of Hoot whenever we’re out and so I’ve decided to chronicle our outings together in ‘The Adventures of Hoot and Cait’.   Sit back, suitcase in hand. I wait by the rail

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I’ve always loved everything about MUJI. Their understated modern designs have always caught my fancy especially back when I was a teenager sporting their stationery like it’s the hippest brand on earth. While their products and packaging were not branded by any logos, you’d instantly recognise their signature aluminium or white translucent casing. The irony, considering they were a company

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I’ve missed a couple weeks of snapshot because (honestly) I’ve been too slack. I’m not sure if it’s because the silly season is upon us again or that everything seems to be happening at the same time, i.e. birthdays, get-togethers, outings, going crazy, etc…but a year is coming to a close and I really have no idea where all that time went! Before we get completely taken over by the coming

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While we’re on the subject of birthdays, here’s a great big birthday shout-out to Caitlin’s Nanny. And if anyone was wondering. Yes, that was one fantastically yummy chocolate cake.

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Our birthday shout-out finally made it on ohdeedoh. Better late than never! Click on the picture below to give us a facebook thumbs up as well as check out the rest of the website.

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I love MUSE and so does Caitlin. I’m off to see them in concert next month with my darling sister and so I’ve been playing their new album a lot. This is what happens when you play a CD on repeat everyday.

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It’s the start of week three of Project Potty and I’m happy to announce that we’re doing a lot better than expected. Not only have we had a couple of number two’s, we’ve also ventured out in public and succeeded a few times. We’re pretty much diaper-free during the day, only popping on a diaper for naps and bedtime. She’s also gotten the hang of pulling her undies on and off so she’s running to

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I’ve been obsessing over potties ever since we started Project Potty last week, looking for a travel friendly one we can bring with us on outings or overseas. We’re using a simple hand-me-down potty from Caitlin’s big cousin EL. It has a high back and front for keeping off splashes, curved sides for extra bottom comfort and a breeze to wash. It’s great for using at home but a little too bulky to

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Two little fashion divas all dressed up for the Melbourne Cup with flowers in their hair! Congratulations, Americain!

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Oh happy days are here to stay! There’s great excitement in our house. After waiting months for the perfect time and the perfect weather, we’re happy to announce that the little girl is officially in training. Hip hip hooray! A sudden request to pee in the potty two weeks ago while her Daddy was giving her a bath got us all excited and dancing for joy. Well, technically the Daddy placed her

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A couple nights ago we went on a virtual dinner date with Jess Yee-yee. It all started when the Daddy was leaving to pick up some pizzas for dinner and Caitlin insisted on going along as well. The Daddy wasn’t about to make a 15 minute dash to the shops an hour long fiasco with Miss Temper Tantrum in the car so I distracted her with a webcam conversation with her Yee-yee in Sydney. Works every

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