Drawings by Zach '12

Zach's drawing from 2012. 

Swords and Sandals by Zach

Rapunzel themed drawings

My daughter loves Rapunzel. After watching the movie "Tangled", her drawings were all long haired princesses.

Minecraft Game

Minecraft is one of my kid's favorite game for 2012. It is a game wherein they use blocks to build something. I admire my son's perseverance, creativity and imagination in building things in this game.

They also both love to watch the videos in youtube like the "fallen kingdom" and "TNT" video. I know these because I hear and see these all the time :).

Drawings by Zach '11

Drawings by Francesca - September '11

Here are some of Francesca's latest works. She have been very busy drawing everyday and I just have to preserve her works for her to see in the future.

Hello blog!

Hello my blog! Hopefully I am back and can do blog postings every month. No promises here but will try my very best to update you every month :).

Poptropica drawing

My eldest son, Zach is into playing Poptropica, an online game for kids, that is why his drawings are all about Poptropica characters.

Evolution of a 4 yr. old's drawing

My daughter, Francesca,  had been drawing even before she turned 4 but she was not that enthusiastic back then. I would seldom see her sit down and scribble on the paper or notebooks. Ahh I remember, she likes to do coloring most of the time (maybe next time I can post some of her coloring works).It was just recently that I would always find her busy drawing or scribbling her name. Actually she is already complaining that she needs a new set of notebooks and she needs a bigger size of paper. The two new notebooks we gave her are almost filled up and our A4 size bond papers are almost running out. I think it's time to replenish the supplies.

Here are some of her drawings.

One of the first drawings she did before turning 4 yrs. old.

A few of the first attempts to draw the family. 

The family, the improved version.

Ribbon and hands were added as improvements.

my favorite of all! I like the color combination.

My Family

Here is my son's first artwork for the year 2011 on his new drawing pad that we gave him for his 8th birthday. Very happy to say that he thought about drawing his family, no pressure from me, I didn't ask him to do this, *wink, *wink... yah right! I have always been asking him to draw one for me and he finally gave in :). That's why I am soooo thankful. This drawing made my day!

And now I present to you my FAMILY. 

Each one of us took turns in coloring this family pic.

And here is another family drawing my son did last 2010.

Books my kids are reading now - January 2011

Books my kids are reading now - December 2010

The First Brave Knight - Chapter Three

The 3rd installment of "The First Brave Knight". My son has now put names to the characters, haha , which makes it quite confusing now .. but hey, the kid just started writing... He told me that he did this in school on his free time and has been racking his brain to come up with ideas for his "chapter 3".  Awww... the effort. Good job,son!

The First Brave Knight - Chapter Two

As written above:

He had this armor from his father the Blacksmith his father said "your ready for battle".  So the brave knight went to battle, fighting the dragon and who wins the knight wins the battle now. They had feast together in the palace.

Chapter 3 coming soon.

Artwork - Hands

I am so thankful for the art module in my son's class. It has enhanced his drawing skills by the new techniques he learned and made drawing even more enjoyable for him. He now realizes his talent in drawing, maybe because of the praises he gets from his drawing,may it be from the family or from school. He knows now that when we say his drawing is "nice", it is the truth , and not because we said it just because we are his parents. He is even more motivated now to practice more and hone his craft. I may not have the talent in drawing but I am sure happy that my kids are having the knack for it.


Posting one of his artworks from school - "Hands".

Books my kids are reading now - November 2010

Reading time

I love reading! Ever since I was a child, I was always with a book especially during the summertime. It may have lessened while I was growing up because my time was divided by the new technologies that surrounded me and 'coz of many other reasons but it has never stopped my love for reading.  True,  life can get a little hectic  as we grow older, with all the responsibilities we have to fulfill but whenever I get to have the time, reading is one that makes me smile at the end of the day. That is why, I want to impart this to my kids,  "READING is IMPORTANT". So, every month we would make it a point to borrow books from the library. As a mother, I am so thankful for the National Library (http://www.nlb.gov.sg), for their reading programs and for providing a wide variety of books for both kids and adults. We are lucky that we have an unlimited selection and access to all these wonderful books. I am also thankful for the primary schools here for inculcating and encouraging the kids to read. Thru their "reading time" program, my kid is encourage to bring and read a book which made him interested in books and developed his love for reading. 

Yes, it is quite an effort to spend time every day to read to our kids but that effort eventually paid off 'coz we can say that we are proud parents of kids who loves reading.In the blogs to come I will try to share with you the books my kids are reading every month.

The First Brave Knight - Chapter One

My son loves to draw, it is one of his pastime aside from computer gaming. But I was so surprised one day when my son showed me one of his works. He handed me his sketchbook and showed me this.

His very first try at story writing, it just amazes me :).

Happy Halloween

Halloween is not celebrated here in Singapore but there are establishments here that do celebrate this event. We would often here our kids talk excitedly about it, imagining  the costumes they are going to wear, going trick or treat and wondering about the goodies they are going to get. 
Hopefully someday, we can bring the kids to celebrate this festive day, with costumes and going trick or treat just like the way they see it on TV.


I am sharing with you my son's Halloween drawing.


Happy Halloween everybody!

What Makes me Smile?

I made this blog so I can share our little world. This blog is all about OUR adventures.... 

So what makes me smile? KIDS + FAMILY + LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES

KIDS: Artworks, movies and songs they enjoyed, games they played, memorable milestones, funny events, tantrums, stories....

FAMILY: family bonding, reunions, outings...

LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES: cooking, baking, photography, traveling, gaming, reading, running, swimming...and most especially... loving GOD.

No matter how difficult, stressful, time-starved life could be, having these events in my life will surely bring a SMILE on my face and complete my DAY.