I'm a full-time mummy

Saw someone posting this and decided to share it here:

If you have to choose 2 out of the 3 items listed in the picture above, what would it be?

Your Sanity?

Clean House?

Happy Kids?

Happy kids, definitely! Happy kids is a must. To see the happy faces on your kiddos, their cheerful laughters and playful moments between each other, enjoying their childhood and building memories to be cherished later on when they grow up. Who wouldn't want that for their kiddos?

Sanity? As a stay-at-home-mum (SAHM), I'm already 24/7/365 stuck at home and surrounded by little children, so of course I need to find ways to preserve my sanity and keeping them intact. Blogging and staying active on my FB page is a way to keep my sanity and connected to the outside world.

A clean house? Oh well... I find that if I have to choose between my sanity and a clean house, then I gotta sacrifice a clean house. Of course by sacrifice I don't mean that I don't even care about our house, more like I find ways to balance it and yet not making the house too sloppy hahaha...

What I make do is to vacuum the rooms every alternate days, sweeping floors whenever mess detected, mopping the floors every alternate days too, clothes pile up to be chuck into the washing machine every 1-2 days, ironing hubby's working clothes would be every 2-3 weeks once since I will wait until there is about 2 weeks worth of working clothes to be ironed. Cooking wise, breakfast usually bread and cheese or buns with yogurt or milk, lunch depends, sometimes I ordered takeaway food, sometimes I fry rice or noodles or cook oats for kiddos, as for dinner it is a must every weekday. My kitchen is close on weekend though, that's when we eat outside or hubby cooked something (like spaghetti, sandwich, etc). Grocery shopping is done every fortnight where I normally lug our 2 girls or all 3 kiddos, depends on what time I do the grocery shopping. Does this make me a sloppy mum? Hmmm...

What about you? If you have to choose 2 out of these 3 things, what would it be?

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Ever since I started kindergarten at 6 years old, I have been attending public schools (main language is Bahasa Malaysia) and during my earlier years, I mixed around with a lot of Malay friends and even spoke Bahasa with my elder brother at home (he also attends public schools), even to this day. So Bahasa Malaysia used to be my main language other than Cantonese and later on English (brushed up more when I met my hubby then boyfriend through snail mails, I had to practise and brush up my English as he doesn't speak Cantonese) Anyway, I think it is fun to be able to practise back and sharing what I know with those of you who are interested.

And so, here goes our next lesson: MY NAME IS...

For those of you who are more often on Facebook, you can also find the tutorials on my Facebook fan page. I have created a "Let's Learn Bahasa & Cantonese!" album to store the phrases. Enjoy learning!

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I recently bought this small little dustpan thingy via eBay (it's about USD1.28 including shipping to Malaysia) and I personally feel it is a cute and neat trick to get our kiddos to be involved in a bit of house chores as well. It is just the right size for their tiny fingers and small hands, perfect for them to maneuver around.

Now why this falls into the 'Teaching & Learning Moments!'?

* I get to teach our kiddos about responsibilities - clean up after making a mess.

* I get to teach our kiddos to practise their motor skills and dexterity - to sweep and aim the dust/rubbish into the pan.

* I don't need to lug the vacuum cleaner or bring in the big broom and dustpan into the room to sweep up minor mess.

Win-win!

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