October is Down Syndrome (DS) Awareness Month in the United States, and I just want to take this opportunity to mention it here today. I am a part of a support group of parents who have children with DS. This group is amazing as we have a mentee-mentor relationship where the mentee is a new parent with a newborn with DS. Even though...

Hubby and I are the kind of parents who allow our kids to snack so long as they do not go overboard or binge on unhealthy snacks. We have a snack drawer that piles up with snacks (very quickly!) from generous aunties at church, and from birthday parties. However, there are some snacks we definitely disapprove of, like sweets that are nothing but...

The million dollar necklace was stolen from The Arts House! And who will have the best scoop for this case? This was the setting for a workshop that Ch attended during the September holidays. The children assumed the roles of young journalists and detectives to find the culprit in order to present the story on their local newspapers. They visited "crime scenes" in...

Have you prayed today? What do you pray for? ...

Though Frozen is still very popular, and many girls I know would want to dress up as Queen Elsa, Ch chose to be a Minion from the Despicable Me movie as part of her costume for Children's Day in school. I secretly rejoiced with that choice as she has never really been the princessy type anyway. Plus, I highly suspected I would see...

If you were born in the 1980s or earlier, I am sure you will remember this well-known place in the picture, and most probably, have a picture of yourself taken there. Yes, I am referring to the Haw Par Villa Dragon World, or originally known as the Tiger Balm Gardens before 1988. This majestic garden was built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw...