Category: Brat Stuff

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An iPad Mini For Kids

I for one don’t like to buy expensive gadget or game consoles for my kid – for she is only 8 yrs old.  So what made me change my mind and bought her a mini iPad – you asked.  Well, I was convinced by my online blogging friends that with the current app that Apple offers, Chloe might benefit from it – not only in playing games but also learning school work. So yes, I broke down and bought this for her for Christmas – PB wasn’t too keen on it – but since I wanted it for Chloe, he agreed.  We couldn’t get it at Staples – because they didn’t have it in stock, so we ordered from Apple directly.  It was easy and we even get to put on personalized engraving free of charge. The mini iPad took a few weeks to arrive – but we are happy about it.

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Annual Fund Raising For Chloe’s School

Yup! it’s that time of the year again!  my fund raising drive is here for Chloe’s school.  We started late this year because we had been so busy both at the store and home front. This year I hope to raise as much as we did last year or more – wish me luck!

Folks must be thinking why I raised fund so aggressively for the school – but I only do it once a year and it’s for a good cause – afterall, my kid also use the school right and one has gotta help out the school wherever possible not?  I hope the school will continue to do a good job – I really liked the present Principal a lot!

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The Kid Can Sing

 

Yes ! she loved to sing and she loved singing to us and dancing a lot – so when we found a karaoke machine for cheap – we decided to get it for her for Christmas – now to look for a  karaoke microphone  and we will be all set for her singing career.   But seriously, since she loved to sing so much, we decided maybe we should look for a voice teacher to develop this talent.  And I’ve heard that singing in  public can help build confidence in your kids – so maybe, if we encouraged her to sing not only to us but to other people as well, she may stand up for herself and speak up to her teachers if she needed anything.  As of now, she still doesn’t speak up when she needs help or if someone is bullying her.

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My Childhood & My Daughter’s

My childhood is so different from my daughter’s – even though we don’t buy everything she wants, she definitely has a lot more than I did when i was a kid. But like everyone said and taught – stuff ain’t important – it’s the lesson you learn from the things you get that is most important and I truly believed in that but I sometimes cannot helped but want to give more to Chloe everytime.  I had to curb and stopped myself many a times that’s why I liked to bring PB for shopping because he doesn’t go crazy about buying things for chloe.  Unlike me, I would just buy anything I see that is cute or suitable for the kid even without her asking for them.

Sometimes, I feel it’s me wanting to compensate myself for not having the things Chloe can have – and that can be very dangerous!  So I try to be careful at times when I am so enthusiastic and gung ho about giving more to Chloe than she needs.  I’m sure I’m not the only one doing that – so are you actively reminding yourself to be careful how you spend so that your kids don’t pick up wrong values in life?  I hope so – even though it can be hard sometimes, especially those who can afford it.

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Another First Without Grammie

First Halloween without Grammie – one of the many first *sigh*  – so sad but what can one do but to make sure we show our loved ones that we care for them.  But sometimes it is hard to visit because no proper food cooked for the kid in the evenings when we visit and no proper place to eat.  Plus sometimes Grampie is busy with his own stuff to do and cannot spend much time with Chloe when we visit – so it defeats the purpose when Chloe comes home and complains that she didn’t get to spend much time with Grampie now that Grammie isn’t around.  *sigh* but what can we do – we do try and I know Grampie is trying too – I guess he just don’t know how to play with Chloe yet – like Grammie did.  But he is trying and so is Richard.  She thought that Grampie was going to carve a pumpkin with her but in the end PB had to do it for Grampie was busy with other stuff.

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Halloween Doesn’t Have To Be Scary

Saw this at a yardsale but was too late – but my g/f is trying really hard to get it for me, I think they are too cute – don’t you.  Halloween need not be scary or creepy,  it can be anything but.  I loved these very clever yet simple doll all dressed up.  I know Chloe would loved it.  Chloe has decided to be a cowgirl this year – so it’s gonna be very cheap for us this year – woohoo!

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The Very Sassy Kid

Chloe is almost 9 yrs old  – well, short of a few months and boyyy! is she sassy this kid !  sometimes I wonder if it is because we are too lax with her or are we giving her too much freedom to express herself.  We haven’t really punished the Chloe before and even before we could, she would start crying and say she is worried about getting punished *slapped forehead*.  But things gotta change I told PB because I can’t have a sassy kid growing up in our household, so these days before she can turn too sassy, we stop her and tell her what the consequences are if she continued.  Normally, she would stop but when we have friends over, she does try and push her limits – so we will continue to monitor this situation because I definitely don’t want to bring up a brat for a kid.

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Winter Boots For The Kid

Fall is definitely here by the weather we got today and even though we don’t like to see Christmas decoration for sale in the mall, we have to face the fact that Mr Winter is coming whether we like it or not.  The school had sent home notice about sledding and snowboarding and that helmet is now required but not compulsory yet.   Time to get Chloe some  Snowboard Boots  before we can’t find the right size and color for her.  Anything pink is good but I have to buy something slightly bigger for her because she refused to wear anything that is fitting for her feet.   I don’t know if it is a good thing but whenever we feel that the shoes or boots fits her perfectly, she tells us otherwise.   A good fitting shoe and boots is very important for a child who is still in the growing stages but she is stubborn, if it hurts her feet, she rather not wear it, so a good snowboard boots is important for her.

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Home Made Jam For Thanksgiving

So Thanksgiving is round the corner and I’m at a lost as what to get for her new teachers this year.  This year Chloe is in Grade 3 – she is in an upstairs class and everything is new with her even her teacher and her teacher’s aid.  I didn’t want to not give anything because we do what to give thanks to good teachers for our children right?  and in the end we decided on some home made jam made by Grampie – I thought that wasn’t too shabby.  Of course I paid grampie for the Jam and went home and gotten both PB and Chloe to decorate the Jam bottles but they didn’t do it the way I wanted them to.  So when Chloe went to bed that night I re-did the whole shaping up the bottles to make them look pretty.  So they are all ready for giving away to the teachers on Friday.

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Professional Day Means Play Dates

School just started and already there is a professional day, so like usual we have to keep Chloe occupied and after lunch I called one of my gal pal to ask if she wants to go to the park in the evening.  But we learned that her mother wasn’t feel good, so I offered to take Jasmine to our store for a few hours, so that Chloe can play with her.  Hailey who is Chloe classmate showed up at the store to rent a movie and so she stayed for abit to play.  Hailey is such a lovely child and we all loved having her around.

Chloe and Jasmine played at the car park with their scooter for abit and then we headed to the YMCA for the kids to work off some of their energy before Jasmine got picked up by her mom.  It was a good afternoon for Chloe, Chloe loved having all her friends around too.