Fever management

It's time for another fever management session. Hazel is down with fever , and I have this little sheet of information from KK Hospital , SG, which is my bible when it comes to temperature control. 

I tend to hear a lot of advice on how to do it the right way , and finally a piece of paper that tells me exactly how!! 

Looks like the little one has got to the paper before I could hide it. 😊

Drawing with grids

This memory from long long back has suddenly come back to haunt me , for reasons unexplainable . 

I was in fourth / fifth standard , and as part of holiday homework an art work was to prepared on a piece of chart . I asked my father to draw an animal on it , so I could do my art work with threads and shiny small things and other odd things . My father refused to draw , instead he showed me how to draw using grids . I found a picture of a camel in that week's Saturday's Young World paper. (Of course , I read each week's Young World end to end ). 

He drew a grid over the picture of the camel , and he drew a grid on the piece of  chart , just that the grid on the chart was measured to scale and the squares larger, something like the picture attached.  All I had to do was start from one point , go from square to square, copying it from the original picture .  It was mostly like joining the dots, focussing on one square at a time. At the end of it, I had successfully drawn a much bigger camel . He made me draw the camel's outline with a marker , and erased off all the grid lines. 

The Camel looked nice and neat , and I did some art work on it with golden threads and little buttons borrowed from my mother's precious collection . I took it to school feeling very proud of myself , and my teacher asked me over and over again , if I drew it all by myself. I tried explaining my best about how my Dad drew squares on the chart and I copied the picture square by square. I made no sense to her , and she gave me a doubtful look. All said and done , the camel looked glorious , thanks to my Dad. 

Only years later, did I realize what a simple trick it was , and only an engineer Dad would think of it!! 

My daddy rocks!! 

Curly girl

I have been struggling with my curly hair ever since my birth ( Umm, not exactly, but more like it) 

I try straightening / rebonding whenever the mood strikes , and within 4 months , the curls are back with even more vigour. 

Tried a very short hairstyle , and made quite a few people unhappy with the new look ( grumpy !!) 

There isn't a trick in the world of home remedies that I haven't tried on my hair , nothing works !! 

I quit ! I quit trying to smoothen the curls , I let it be . I sport a pony tail to keep my curls in control , and on odd days when I feel like dressing up, I let them loose. Although , it looks messy , I stopped worrying. It took me 30 years of my life to realize am a curly girl and that's the way it's got to be !! 

One more hack for curly hair I read recently, if any of you curly girls are interested .... Give it a try and let me know if it did work. :)  

http://www.andreasteed.com/node/1296#.T0Rs7xg3W84.pinterest

Wild wild wet

The four of us , my hubby darling the kids and I , went on an unplanned trip to this lovely little water theme park. 

The older kid had much fun in the water with her new found confidence in water. 

Lazy Pool , children's play area, wave pool , jacuzzi waterfall are some of the ones we tried. We stayed clear of a the fun slide rides , since the yours werent old enough. The younger is still a crying mess , overwhelmed with the water quite easily. 

It took her a good while to get accustomed , and even after played a cautious play never leaving my side. 

Altogether , a fun day. They are growing up real fast , at this rate , I would  make peace with my current full time mom role pretty soon. Well, that's another post!!