Me Time!

[MrsKiasu]

Funz, can bring handsome boi out to do big/small business?

[Estéema]

We use this CB period for kids to plan & do up meals. I don’t want to see them glued to HBL on screen in replacement of physical interaction. So, we do meals together just to draw them away fr the screen (laptop, hp & TV screens). Trying to rope in DH to learn some recipes but he has yet to start with excuses of WFH even busier than at office.


Some typical lunches :
1. Mee Sua with spinach, minced pork, fried taugua, fried Ikan bilis
2. Jap green noodles with chives dumplings, eggs, seaweed & Jap shrimps
3. Fried rice
4. Fried beenhoon
5. Hongkong noodles with shrimps dumplings & caixin
6. Spaghetti Bolognese or Carbonara

Now stock up more baking ingredients for tarts, cheesecakes mochi or just muffins. After this CB, I’ll hv less worries if ever I can’t cook for them.

Dinners are cooked 三/四 菜一汤.

[MrsKiasu]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1971458\" time=\"1587026812\" user_id=\"14025:

For my family, dh and dd are at home. I cook only a meal per day. When I work morning shift, I will do the dinner. When I work afternoon shift, I will do the lunch.
I hv to settle the meals of hamsters too.

I miss my morning swim.

talking about swimming, dd2 missing it too..she only had about 2 times since CNY..

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1971477\" time=\"1587030889\" user_id=\"66413:

We use this CB period for kids to plan & do up meals. I don’t want to see them glued to HBL on screen in replacement of physical interaction. So, we do meals together just to draw them away fr the screen (laptop, hp & TV screens). Trying to rope in DH to learn some recipes but he has yet to start with excuses of WFH even busier than at office.

Some typical lunches :
1. Mee Sua with spinach, minced pork, fried taugua, fried Ikan bilis
2. Jap green noodles with chives dumplings, eggs, seaweed & Jap shrimps
3. Fried rice
4. Fried beenhoon
5. Hongkong noodles with shrimps dumplings & caixin
6. Spaghetti Bolognese or Carbonara

Now stock up more baking ingredients for tarts, cheesecakes mochi or just muffins. After this CB, I’ll hv less worries if ever I can’t cook for them.

Dinners are cooked 三/四 菜一汤.

coz I will feel stressful cannot finish the food..

yup dd1 been bugging me say wants to make cakes & buns. I let her do it few days ago..I told her wait la..coz I time to unwind so that I could focus on my assignment/work. At this age, they could do a lot of things on their own but cleaning up ahem...still need lots of improvement lor.

[Estéema]

I wished DH had been religious in swimming. The other day for a scare coz he stoop to help pick my plant & suddenly screamed in pain. Thot he had to go to his orthopedic doc. Then made a remark he shld constantly swim when he had the chance. Now CB mood.

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1971482\" time=\"1587031232\" user_id=\"66413:

I wished DH had been religious in swimming. The other day for a scare coz he stoop to help pick my plant & suddenly screamed in pain. Thot he had to go to his orthopedic doc. Then made a remark he shld constantly swim when he had the chance. Now CB mood.

maybe do some stretching at home

[Estéema]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1971483\" time=\"1587031471\" user_id=\"43981:

Estéema\" post_id=\"1971482\" time=\"1587031232\" user_id=\"66413:

I wished DH had been religious in swimming. The other day for a scare coz he stoop to help pick my plant & suddenly screamed in pain. Thot he had to go to his orthopedic doc. Then made a remark he shld constantly swim when he had the chance. Now CB mood.

maybe do some stretching at home

He’s got slip disc L4/L5 a few years back. Swimming is the least damaging activity & helps strengthen back muscles. Other exercises can snap the alr weakened disc

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1971487\" time=\"1587031713\" user_id=\"66413:

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1971483\" time=\"1587031471\" user_id=\"43981:

[quote=Estéema post_id=1971482 time=1587031232 user_id=66413]I wished DH had been religious in swimming. The other day for a scare coz he stoop to help pick my plant & suddenly screamed in pain. Thot he had to go to his orthopedic doc. Then made a remark he shld constantly swim when he had the chance. Now CB mood.

maybe do some stretching at home

He’s got slip disc L4/L5 a few years back. Swimming is the least damaging activity & helps strengthen back muscles. Other exercises can snap the alr weakened disc[/quote]maybe got to slowly bend le?

[Estéema]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1971488\" time=\"1587031804\" user_id=\"43981:

Estéema\" post_id=\"1971487\" time=\"1587031713\" user_id=\"66413:

[quote=MrsKiasu post_id=1971483 time=1587031471 user_id=43981]

maybe do some stretching at home

He’s got slip disc L4/L5 a few years back. Swimming is the least damaging activity & helps strengthen back muscles. Other exercises can snap the alr weakened disc

maybe got to slowly bend le?[/quote]He does some light stretches on my exercise mat.

[sharonkhoo]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"1971474\" time=\"1587030525\" user_id=\"43981:

yeah..hbl means sleeping, meal time all upside down..actually during school days their meal time also like like..most days home at about 4pm, washed up and meal usually at 4+.. usually 1 meal and snacking all the way to bed time. at least school days, breakfast, recess, food after school hour kinda fixed.

Weekends, sometimes I do feel like preparing food like buffet style..cooked and leave food in thermal pots for warming..

I guess every family has its own way of managing. My husband and I believe in routines, and we have always imposed that in our home. Both kids have picked this up too. Even when we are all at home, we observe regular meal times and work/off times. There were some years when my kids were doing school at home overseas, and we set up routines and timetables then; this period seems just like a repeat for us.