Yes, she’s here finally! But woah! What a way to enter the world! This birth story is given as a testimony to the faithfulness & awesome-ness of God the Father, through Jesus His Son. All glory to Him! Baby #6 joined the family on 7th June 2007 (6 days past EDD), weighs 3.34kg and is […] Read more…
Diary of Pregnancy #6 (Part 3)
Please stop asking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok – I know I said I am at peace with whenever the Lord decides to bring forth this baby. And I am. But hey! I do wish people will stop asking me if the baby is out!!! Look – I will sms/email/blog/run an ad?! when the baby is out, ok? I […] Read more…
Diary of Pregnancy #6 (Part 2)
1st June 2007 (Friday) – Week 40 THE day!!! But, no sign of baby’s arrival. Well, it is said that only 3% of women have their babies on their Edd. I guess I do not belong to the 3%! And never have been! 2nd June 2007 (Saturday) We have officially gone past my EDD – […] Read more…
Diary of Pregnancy #6 (Part 1)
Let me just preface to say that this is the first time I am doing this! 🙂 17th May 2007 (Thursday) We have now proceeded to weekly check ups. At the last visit, the dr told me that the little one was in a very good position – head down & facing inwards. (A baby […] Read more…
Homeschool Planning
I do our homeschool planning once a year. It usually includes a trip down to Popular Bookstore at Bras Basah Shopping Complex as it has the widest range of books. Then I slowly divvy up the workbooks over our school calendar and then transfer the plan into each child’s homeschool planner. Read more…
New Year, New Look
Welcome to the new look Building An Ark in Singapore! I have decided to switch over to http://www.WordPress.com as it had more features than http://www.HomeschoolBlogger.com. Most of the old posts will not be transferred here. So if you are looking for past postings, you’ll have to go back to http://www.HomeSchoolBlogger.com/MamaLim for them. And remember to Subscribe […] Read more…
The Blessing of a Timer
In a large household such as ours where there are more little bodies than large ones, a basic timer is a blessing. Mom no longer has to keep a close watch on the clock. Example One: Nap or rest time for the 3 year old is set at 2pm. Once lunch is over, I set […] Read more…
Teach Obedience, Don’t Just Spank
We believe in spanking but we do not believe in spanking for everything. This “style” of disciplining has an adverse effect on the child. The child learns to toughen himself up and learns to ignore the pain after a while. It can create resentment and bitterness between parent and child. Read more…
Organising My Fridge
Every once in a while, the fridge, like any other room in the house, needs to be de-cluttered and re-organised. Instead of buying a bigger fridge, I force myself to look at the junk in the fridge that needs to be cleared out. No, it is not because I have great self-control that I am […] Read more…
Pre-Natal Depression
While post-natal depression is more commonly heard of and dealt with, apparently pre-natal depression occurs at a higher rate! Just google “pre-natal depression” and you’ll see many articles attesting to this. What exactly is pre-natal depression anyway? And how or what does one do about it? I am no doctor and so I cannot and […] Read more…