Children love Christmas and they love Boxing day even more!

To practise self-discipline in the house, we make the children open their presents only on Boxing day. As a result, there is usually a pile of presents under the Christmas Tree, when D-Day approaches.

Many thanks to our many friends and family members for the presents! It has been a real joy to see the “glow” on the children’s faces, as they open each present.

The kids have really been hilarious this week….

As Nicole was watching TV with me, she went:

“Daddy, Aunt Jing (Our Domestic Helper) is just like Cinderella.”

Both Aunty Jing and I were like very puzzled…it was like why was she saying this…like suddenly out of the blue…

I went like:

“Why do you say that, Nicole?”

Nicole went:

“Its because she is always doing chores around the house!”

And do you know what else Daddy? Nicole went…

“What Nicole?”

“You are just like the evil step-sister, you are always asking her to do things around the house!”

Haha…

My Son has a funny sense of Humour…

December is the school holidays in Singapore, and everybody has been going for a holiday. Recently, he was asked:

Where have you been for a holiday?

Nathan replied, “I have been to Hong Kong, Bali, Malaysia…Malaysia…Malaysia…Malaysia…

(I think we have been to places like Melaka, Penang, KL and JB too often…and all these places only register as Malaysia to him)

What to do…with the prices of plane tickets theses days…We are on a tight budget!

Every boy loves being a Pirate!

You can imagine how happy Nathan was, when I brought him to a Pirate Party organized by Disney Junior.

Nathan was terribly excited as he entered the little treasure cove at Holland V. Disney spared no expense in decorating the place, and the place was decked with Pirate Treasure.

Nathan really enjoyed himself as he got to dress up as a Pirate. In fact, he voluntarily put on his Pirate hat and patch when he sat down

Well, the excitement for us parents does not stop there! If you like to create themed Parties for your children – Disney Junior seems to have some quick answers for YOU!

Disney Junior has a microsite that gives you the resources to create a similar theme party at home.

With a colour printer, one can print out all the eye patches, pirate hats,  treasure chest, gold coins they want. The print outs include simple print-and-fold instructions, which creates the extra details that every Pirate Party needs! There are even Pirate Invitation Cards that you can print out!  

The resources do not stop there, as there is even a Princess theme, where you can make your own Princess Aurora Crown and even food items, as there are even simple recipes to reflect the party theme – such as Palm Tree Sandwiches and Castle Cakes.

If you want to find out more about the Party themes available, do go to the Disney Junior website.

If you have not started shopping online for your Xmas Presents, it might not be too late. Black Friday is taking place in the States, and the crowds are going crazy.

Besides the long queues, crowds are going crazy, with a women reported using a pepper spray to get ahead of the crowds for an XBox. If you think that we Singaporeans are a bit “kiasu”, I think that our western friends are not too far behind…

However, I dread to think what will happen in Singapore, if we had stuff like a slow cooker or mobiles going for prices as low as $2. We might have scenes even worse than those seen overseas.

Anyway, if you are based in Singapore like me, you can shop online as well. Cyber Monday is coming up today and it is created for people like us who love to shop online. 

The savings will definitely make it well worth your time!