We were at Cafe Cartel recently. Zac went up to look at the cakes while I was gorging down my Tender Chicken sandwich. He came running back with this bewildered look and went, “Mushroom cheesecake! They are selling mushroom cheesecake, Mummy!” And I went like “Huh?” And he said, “You know. Truffles. Truffles are mushroom right?” I said, [...]
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Mushroom Cheesecake?
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I feel vibrations….
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Zac’s been down with the stomach flu since Tuesday. On Wednesday, he becomes a frequent visitor to our loo. He did not feel like eating anything and anything that goes in screamed to come out. He used the word vibrating which I thought was so funny.
“My ass (pardon) is vibrating,” he said lying on the [...]
Poesie
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The kids and I have been doing poetry throughout our home schooling. I’m trying to get them to learn a little bit about poems, you know things like rhyming, alliteration, acrostic poems etc.. I’m also trying to introduce some famous poems and poets to them. So we’ve done William Wordsworth’s The Daffodils ( my favourite), [...]
Abstract Art
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The kids have been trying their hands on doing some abtract arts. Thought a good start would be the abstract potrait. They learned about symmetry and colours and patterns. And the result is pretty cool. Zac recalls Pablo Picasso and I thought yeah, we could go into his art next time. Daddy thought that Ilyssa’s [...]
Survival Skills
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My two kids survived their first ever outdoor camping. It was really fun. They learned to pitch their tents, collected sticks,woods and leaves for their fire and to start the fire. They cooked eggs in an orange ( that is after scooping out everything inside and eating them), potatoes and even fish over the fire. [...]
The Young Ones
Posted in Kids' Stuff on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
These are my two kids, Zac who is 9 and Ilyssa who is turning 8 soon. Both are being home schooled by me. Zac is a quiet rebel who is mostly sweet all the time and the sister is basically, well…… um… ah…. the Opposite??? Read up on their home schooling life and their new adventure [...]
