Fun with water

Blue Bergamot Playdough

Basic ingredient ratios:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil (or any light-colored oil)
approximately 20 drops of food coloring


From: http://video.about.com/familycrafts/How-to-Make-Homemade-Playdough.htm

I didn't buy cream of tartar, so I replaced it with egg white + lemon juice and baking soda. No exact measurement (based on agaration).

I also added some begarmot fragrance oil so that it smells uplifting.

It turned out great!

As you knead, the texture becomes better

good texture for a playdough

Store in a ziplock bag for up to 3 months

This is dough in the ziplock bag.

Opps she ate it again.

G seems to put everything into her mouth. She ate the dough again this time. Ewww... and I stopped her after her first bite but she wanted to eat it again. She was fascinated that a lump of googey stuff can be transformed into different shapes and sizes.

She seems to like playdough more than paint. Perhaps I will make another colour soon.

Fun with umbrella

I believe in having fun with the simple things at home. I don't believe in buying endless expensive toys (and perhaps we can't afford to). And I think too many toys will not do her good. One umbrella can make her so happy already.

#1 Reggio Emilia project

I just made some paint in the kitchen. 

red, blue and green - added food colouring

Got my ideas from:

http://www.theimaginationtree.com/2011/03/homemade-edible-finger-paint-recipe.html
http://www.momtastic.com/parenting/activities/171489-kids-activity-edible-homemade-fingerpaint



I tweaked the recipe and used tumeric powder for the yellow and red cabbage juice for the purple. I added one drop of lavendar aroma oil into the purple for a better smell. As for yellow, I didn't add because it has the smell from the tumeric spice.

My little artist serious at work

G's first painting at 11 months 2 weeks old

It's the LEAF and BRANCHES theme. G is kinda surprised that mommy is allowing the mess when I poured paint on her fingers and some on the paper. She tore part of the paper and I quickly tape it down. She ate some red paint and almost wanted to put the spoon with green paint into her mouth as well. The whole activity took her about 15 minutes. Who says babies have short attention span? LOL.

A second go at it...

This time she ate some paint. And swallowed a flower when I tried to dig it out.

G's #2 painting - FLOWERS theme

I can't believe my ears

G is 11 months 5 days old now.

I was reading a book with her and we came to this page. I read "shen chuan piao liang yi fu fei wu, shi shui ne"?
And I heard her saying "fei fei fei". I am not sure if I heard it correctly and so I just left it as it is.

And then the next page. I replied "shi hu die". And she said "fei fei fei" again. I am so surprised that she could say or remember this.

Well, I am not sure whether she knows that butterflies fei fei fei or just seeing this picture made her recalled fei fei fei. Whatever the case is, I think it's a milestone.

So far, she can say and understand "hello? (on the toy phone), "bye-bye", "mama", "papa", "moom moom" (she probably learnt it from everyone else except me and hubby [I don't really like this word personally], "okay" and "nice" though she doesn't say upon request. 

She can sign and understand "diaper", "milk", "fish" (she signed this today, with the sound!), "brush teeth" (she doesn't sign this anymore cos she doesn't like to brush her teeth), "sleep" and "eat" (v close to thank you), "bye-bye" and "thank you". 

She can understand much more signs like "poo", "shower", "book", "flowers", "butterfly", "water", "angry" and "bird" though she isn't signing them now.

She likes to play peek-a-boo with me alot.