Growing up, there are just some tunes that really stick to u! I mean, these tunes just represent your childhood! For example, who can forget the famous song associated with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! These Turtles in a half shell bring back not just comic book memories, but they certainly make you think differently about turtle soup!

As some associations are “Evergreen”,  I have been teaching some of these famous songs to the kids. Many of the establishments and businesses that these mascots  represent, are still significant pillars for children of today!

One song that I have been teaching the kids, is the “Mouseketeers Song”.  I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, every week when I was young and I loved it.  U guys remember the Intro?

And of course, who can forget the ending! Mic…See you real soon! Key….Y..Because we love you…You can watch it, if you are not from my era…

Times have changed and today’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is very much different!  However,  I still think that Disney has not lost his “Magic Touch” as the song still speaks to the kids of today. Whenever we catch the introduction on the telly, the kids and I will still dance together to the song and laugh at ourselves. The Songs may be different, but Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is still in the “Cool” category for any kid!

Check out the Current Mickey Mouse Club House song here if you don’t have kids, and you are not sure what I am talking about

Another tune that really clung on to me revolves around a yellow Giraffe! Yes! how can you not like what the yellow Giraffe stands for!

He is the mascot of the Biggest Toy Store in town, and he represents toy!  I definitely did not have the teach the kids to love Geoffrey, but they discovered this yellow animal by themselves, and they just got excited whenever they smell a shopping mall that has a Toys R Us nearby.

Unfortunately, “Toys R Us” does not buy “air time” for their advertisements in Singapore anymore, but when I was young, these advertisements really stuck with me as I watched them on my telly! My eyes just went Mega Big when I saw the toys on display! Check out the catchy theme song!

I showed the kids this advertisement! It seemed to hold their attention for a while, but they immediately took a liking for the current one.

I think it must be the modern Cartoon Characters that are in the current advertisement that really speak to them! Wonder if you guys share the same pleasant memories as me, when you watch these ads!

Mummy blogs & hums…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…Everywhere you go…

Our Christmas tree at home is up with Silver baubles, Silver hearts, Silver raindrops, Silver stars… we have them frosted, matt, and shiny. It looks beautiful, really.

Take a look in the five-and-ten…glistening once again…

So begins our Christmas shopping. I started this list, that seems to be growing. It was time to ask innocent questions like, “What’s Tom’s daughter’s name?” or “Is Grace’s kid a boy or a girl?” Well, I’m on track in my shopping! Woohoo!

With candy canes and silver lanes aglow…

Then of course there’s my three kids to think about. In the past, we brought them to Toys”R”Us and they could choose anything they wanted for Christmas. This year, yours truly came up with what I think is a B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T. idea for the kids!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

We will go Toys”R”Us, but instead of choosing a gift for themselves, they will choose a gift for their siblings! And of course, we would be around to moderate! Ain’t that a great plan? They get to think about each other, we get to teach them about giving, and we can say NO without hurting their feelings!

Toys in every store…

We did just that today. Marched to the toy store, while each child was away attending a Trial Class (more about that in the next post), the remaining two kids will pick a toy. We’ll pay and get it wrapped, so it remains a SECRET.

It was a huge challenge.

• No one wanted to put much thought into the gift. In fact, Nicole wanted to get Nathan a Toy Story Greeting Card! She insisted he likes Toy Story.

• I forgot that getting a boy to think of a girl gift with my friends was so difficult, let alone for a 3 yr old! Nathan was absolutely not interested to look at ANYTHING in the girls’ department. Nicole told him she wanted anything Barbie. At the Barbie lane, he saw Barbie as a Dentist, Barbie the Bride, Barbie with the dog, Barbie on a scooter, Barbie in Green, Barbie in Purple… He looked frustrated when he exclaimed, “I don’t know!”

• As for a gift for Nadine, no one wanted to look into that. And she was agreeable to buy anything for them!

After much marketing and persuading, they bought their gifts! It was exciting in the car when they saw the three large boxes. Then it started, “I want to open it now”, “What’s inside”, “What did you buy for me?”… if you know kids, secrets do not exist among pre-schoolers. The truth came out quite quickly. Urgh!! We had to change the topic, sing carols to distract them.

But we’ll do it again next year. I’ll say 2010’s just teething problems! Look at the three new gifts under the tree! And more love in the family eh!

But the prettiest sight to see…is the holly that you see…on your own front door

It’s really beginning to look a lot like Christmas! How does your family prepare the Christmas gifts? Do share!

Mummy checks out… still humming…