bad dreams

When my kids thrash around, moan and talk in their sleep, I know that they are having nightmares. Once, HQ even sat up, did a little beating on his pillow before falling back to sleep again. Another time, HQ sat up, slouched a little bit with both his palms in a position as if welcoming a little furry animal, while saying “Come… come here. Where are you? Come!” That was really funny :-D

What I notice is HQ seems to be on the soft side or is really upset when he has nightmares, whereas QQ is often very angry. I think even when they are dreaming, their dreams mirror their different personalities; QQ indeed has a worse temper compared to HQ, even when she was a baby.

These few days, right after HQ wakes up in the morning, he will tell me about his dreams.

HQ : Mama, I have a bad dream *corners of his mouth turned down, and nearing tears*

I will then move over to him, give him a reassuring hug and asked him what his dreams are about. These are some that he shared with me:


Dream #1
HQ: I dream Gong Gong bring me to the beach. Gong Gong give me a stick and teach me how to catch crabs. Then one crab bite me on my finger… very painful! Gong Gong quickly throw that crab into the sea.

*pause*

HQ: And then, a giant crab come out from the sea and chase us!!!

Wah… I would have yelled!


Dream #2 (on a different morning):
HQ: I dream that the fan is soooo strong that *pause* it suck me inside…

Now this is really scary, even to me *shudder*


Dream #3 (I find this disturbing):
HQ: I dream everybody don’t want to be my friend anymore *sob*
Mama: But why?
HQ: Because I become… very ugly already.

Oh dear… even a four year old is already influenced by looks. *sigh*


Dream #4 (luckily, there’s one sweet dream (NOT!)):
HQ: Mama, today I have a nice dream *smile shyly*
Mama: Oh, that’s good. What dream is it?
HQ: I dream I found a lizard. I kissed the lizard and it become a pretty princess! The princess and me get married.

Oh my god! I have never told/ shown him anything about the The Princess and the Frog before. Neither had hubby, mum, dad or anyone in our household (I asked them!). When I asked HQ have he heard this story before, he said No. So where did he get that gross idea from?

Ewwww!!!

* All conversations are without editing (meaning all grammer mistakes are reported as is!)

do your bit to help

I read about Gavin from reanaclaire’s blog – Do Yourself a Favor

Excerpt from Johwey:
Gavin is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease - an extremely rare fatal genetic disorder that progressively destroys the brain and nervous system.

But Gavin’s parents are not giving up. Gavin’s aunt (Johwey) has organized a fundraiser, where all funds raised will be donated to Gavin’s Trust Fund. You can read about the drive here.

Here’s how we can help:
· Make handmade Christmas cards (as many as you can) and leave a comment here for the mailing address. Remember to include envelopes. Deadline to participate is November 20, so be quick!

· Purchase the donated Christmas cards from here. Shipping of orders will be done on November 23.

· Spread the word through your blog/ facebook/ twitter.


As a parent myself, I can’t help thinking “What if it’s US who is going through this?” The least I can do is to spread the word through this humble blog.

As for the Christmas card collection, the deadline is just around the corner. I have done a batch, but they’re not perfect. I thought the quickest and easiest way to make as many cards as I can is to cut and paste. That’s exactly what I did… cut and paste. Here is the first batch of snowflakes cards that I’ve made (don’t laugh, ok?): If you are donating to the cause (which I hope you will), consider making these. They are not perfect, but will pass as Christmas cards ;-).

These are easy to make… really. Just fold square pieces of paper into eights, and cut out the design of the snowflakes… any designs, snowflakes are not supposed to look the same anyway. You can get a tutorial on how to cut snowflakes from here and here. Paste them on card stock paper, 220g would be perfect. Stick another piece of 80g paper inside for writing purpose. For the envelopes, you can just pick them up from any local book stores, they’re pretty cheap.

So, please, if you have the time, do make some and donate to the drive. I’m sure you can make much better looking ones than the above :-).

Again, you can purchase the cards from here.

Happy crafting; and “do yourself a favor” this Christmas :-D

past winners

I love when I see what I put effort into are appreciated and put into use :-).

Check out A-Mom's Diary. She won the 6 Yoyo hairclips awhile back and wrote that this is the first time she participated in an online contest. I'm thrilled that her angel Yiu Yiu likes the hairclips too :-).

And Dora who won a pair of scrunchies in September. She wrote and posted a picture on her blog. I really am not sure I possess all the qualities that she mentioned in the entry... *blush* Thank you for the very kind words.

Another winner of a pair of scrunchies, Mummy Gwen, has also written and posted some pictures on her blog. Her angel Gwen was posing with both the scrunchies... she has such shiny hair! :-)

* Pictures borrowed from the winners' blogs.