[Review] " Five Days of Christmas " Speech & Drama + Craft & Tell @ Bluetree Education

It's the season to be jolly ! Put away the books and we were indeed more than happy to be invited to jingle with Bluetree Education for their "5 days of Christmas" Holiday Programme !

The 5 days were soaked with Christmas theme related story-telling,

The kids' eyes were fixated on Teacher Liz's book

crafting with Teacher Diana, another activity well liked by all ! The children made the most adorable stuffed snowman you can ever find using socks. How I loved them ! Too adorable !

The children made themselves Towel reindeer wraps , as well as their antlers too !


Happy boys turned reindeers, Xav and  Isa with their towel reindeer wrap

Trying to cut out and piece the felts together.


A very focus Xav (Photo credit: The Loving Mum)

The completed jolly felt elf  !

One of the craft amongst all that the kids can't take their eyes off upon completion, Snow globes !

Snow globe making in progress (Photo credit: The Loving Mum)

The pretty, glittery snow globes !

Whose here for a visit?

I sticked the above up on my main door and I will be cutting out some foam snow flakes to create the snowy effect just right outside my unit.

The children had a ball of a time with the games played during the workshop which allowed them to comprehend and learnt new words through play.

Photo credit: The Loving Mum

Of course apart from the Christmas related activities that were going on, the children established new friendships,

the mixture of age 4 -6 years old children in a class do give the older kids an opportunity to look out and care for the younger ones.

Photo credit: The Loving Mum

Oh well, what's Christmas without Santa Claus ! Highlight of the workshop is to meet SANTA !


Photo credit: The Loving Mum

You bet how all the kids loved him !



A group picture with Santa (Photo credit: The Loving Mum)

It was a fun filled 5 days workshop, with each day having Xav to be looking forward to. Thank you teachers from BlueTree Education !

There is still another workshop on the 1st -5th December 2014 if you are keen to sign up your little one.

BlueTree Education is run by a team of ex-moe teachers and curriculum specialists, it offers pre-primary and primary programmes. Do check them out in the website and do quote Xavvylicious to get a $50 off for any regular programmes that you will be signing up. (Note that it does not apply to the special programmes : Intensive PSLE Revision, K2 English Camp for primary 1 readiness and current affairs club)

Location of BlueTree Education(@ Balmoral Plaza)
Nearest MRT : Newton MRT (Exit A) , approximately a 8 mins walk
Buses : 48, 66, 67, 170, 171, 700, 700A and 960 (Stops right in front of Balmoral Plaza)

Email : info@bluetreeeducation.com
Contact : 9106 4702

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Disclaimer : We were invited to attend the above workshop. No monetary compensation is involved and all opinions are of my own.

Thankful Tuesday : A simple word of "Thanks"

The beginning of school holidays always marks the beginning of a busier period until school terms start.

I am so overwhelmed with everything that I hardly cook nowadays. Just yesterday, dear asked me if I will be cooking as he will be back for dinner. Maybe he did not mean it as such ? But to me, it seems like he missed my cooking and hinting me to cook. (I know probably it's pretty thick skin of me).

At the very last minute, I decided to just cook some pasta for dinner. Bought a baked chicken from Cold Storage and shredded it. I top it on top of the cooked pasta with cheese, mushroom and shredded chicken and threw all into the oven to melt that cheese.

Being a tomato sauce lover, dear would normally prefer the tomato based kind of pasta. Then again, I do not have enough pasta sauce to suffice for all. During dinner, he passed me a very frank feedback, the pasta don't taste nice. I would expect that because even I myself feel that it is not nice. (Note that I, myself did not finished my share)

Whilst washing up the dishes, he came up and said "Thank you for the dinner". I didn't show him my face but acknowledged with a silent nod. Deep down, my eyes were a little teary. Not because he told me that dinner was not nice, but this simple phrase that means so much, made me felt that my efforts were being appreciated, touched my heart. I would like to thank him for being my most supportive fan in my culinary journey. Regardless of whether the dishes are nice or no, he finished them all always. Thank you my dear.

What are you thankful for today ?

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Christmas Mini Photoshoot with Orange Studios

Jumping for joy ! Orange Studios have just sent us the link to download the beautiful pictures taken over the weekends during Orange Studios' Christmas Party. Once again, thank you Orange Studios. =)

My "icy" cupcake here was as cool as the ice mountain, it's really hard to get her smile at the lens unless she is taking a #SELFIE with me !

The siblings

And I tell you, I MAD love this shot ! Thank you Ryan for managing to capture Vera's smile for that moment !

Reindeer mama, Santa Xav and Santarina Vera

To view the rest off the pictures, click HERE.

Book your Christmas Mini Photoshoot Session now at $200 only and get $20 off when you quote Xavvylicious. Wait no more and this is what you will be receiving as per below.

 

For just $200, you will enjoy the following:
- a 30-minute studio Christmas photoshoot session 
(complete with our specially designed Christmas backdrop and setup)

- all soft copy photos (8R resolution) returned with light edits

 

 Terms and conditions:
- The above rate is for up to 4 pax. Top-up $15/pax for additional participants.

- A deposit of $50 (non-refundable) is required for booking confirmation.
- Maximum 2 outfits.
- $20 surcharge for weekend sessions.
- Soft copy photos will be provided in a DVD, by self-collection. Top-up $4 for postage (i.e. normal mail)

The updated dates available for the sessions are :

Nov: 24 - 27 & 30
Dec: 2 - 4 & 9 - 14

*limited slots remaining for 30 Nov

 

For enquiries & booking,

contact: 86066950

Email: contact@orangestudios.sg

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Disclaimer: We were invited by Orange studios for a Christmas mini photoshoot session. No monetary compensation is involved and all opinions are of my own

Christmas Party @ Orange Studios

It has been slightly more than a year, Orange Studios has relocated to a bigger premises due to the expansion of their business.

A cosy waiting area



 The overall layout of the studio feels just so like home !

We are honoured to be invited to their cosy, with a touch of homely feel studio, for a Christmas Party and Christmas mini photoshoot, with lovely props put up by MerryLoveWeddings !



Photographer Ryan with my happy lil' Santa   !



With Lil' Santa and Grouchy Reindeer

She might become a selfie queen next time under my training ?


My kinda "cool" reindeer

Falling in love with her smiles ! 

Orange Studios prepared some Christmas theme related kind of crafts to keep the children busy while waiting for their turn and of course, I was busy taking wefies with Vera and hash tagging to #orangestudios on Instagram them to be printed out via Print It (Sister company of Orange Studio); Live Instagram Printing Services. I did not manage to print it as my Instagram account at that moment went haywired for an unknown cause.

 

Thank you Orange Studios for having us and the lunch spread too ! Nice meeting families of SengkangBabies & Motherkao too !


With Wini from Orange Studios

We are indeed looking forward for the soft copies taken by Ryan to be send to us and while at the moment should you wish to have some fun shots taken for this coming Christmas, the Christmas mini photoshoot session is now at $200 only ! Orange Studios are offering a $20 discount when you quote Xavvylicious ! Wait no more ! You only pay $180 for what you will be receiving as stated below.

 

For just $200, you will enjoy the following:
- a 30-minute studio Christmas photoshoot session 
(complete with our specially designed Christmas backdrop and setup)

- all soft copy photos (8R resolution) returned with light edits

 Terms and conditions:
- The above rate is for up to 4 pax. Top-up $15/pax for additional participants.

- A deposit of $50 (non-refundable) is required for booking confirmation.
- Maximum 2 outfits.
- $20 surcharge for weekend sessions.
- Soft copy photos will be provided in a DVD, by self-collection. Top-up $4 for postage (i.e. normal mail).

The following are the updated dates for the sessions:
Nov: 24 - 27 & 30
Dec: 2 - 4 & 9 - 14

*limited slots remaining for 30 Nov

Orange Studios is now located at  :

73 Ubi Road 1,
Oxley Bizhub 1
#10-60
Singapore 408733
Contact : 8606 6950 
Email : contact@orangestudios.sg (For enquiries & booking)

And did I tell you ? We are engaging Orange Studios' service to take our annual family photoshoot ! (Read here for the review we did one year ago, we just love their patience towards the little ones)

For directions, if you are :

Driving

The entrance is near to the Traffic Police Headquarters and Audi showroom. Once you turn into Oxley BizHub, go straight you will see "Home by Bryan Wong". Drive towards it, and you will see a "One-way" sign pointing towards a sheltered lobby (Turn left).

 

Drive in all the way and turn right - you will drive through an open space car park. Enter the entrance to the basement carpark. You can park your car at the basement and take the lift up to the 10th floor.

 

Cabbing

The entrance is near to the Traffic Police Headquarters and Audi showroom. Once you turn into Oxley BizHub, go straight you will see "Home by Bryan Wong". Drive towards it, and you will see a "One-way" sign pointing towards a sheltered lobby (Turn left).  Drive inside the sheltered lobby, and you can alight at Lobby 5 Blk 73, and then take the lift up to the 10th floor.

MRT

If you are taking the MRT, alight at Tai Seng MRT station (circle line), Exit B. It's a 5-minute walk from Tai Seng MRT station. You will see the Sakae Sushi building, Bread Talk building and Trinity Church around the vicinity. If you are facing the Sakae Sushi Building, Oxley Bizhub is further down on the right.

 

There is a flight of stairs near the bus stop outside Oxley BizHub (opposite Trinity Church) - take that stairs, walk straight for a short while and enter Lobby 4once you see it (it's on your left side). Then, make a turn at the first right turn and walk straight until you see the shop "Gravity Racing" and a lift lobby (i.e. Lobby 5 Blk 73). Take the lift up to the 10th floor

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Disclaimer: We were invited by Orange studios for a Christmas mini photoshoot session. No monetary compensation is involved and all opinions are of my own.

Ants -Be- Gone !

One thing that sure gets on my nerves is ants invasion in my kitchen. This happens when I'm not the one working in the kitchen or rather for that few days or a period, someone else took over my "territory" due to unforeseen circumstances. 

Trouble comes when kitchen is not kept clean. Coming close to 5 years, the frequency of ants invasion in my place or rather to be more exact,  my kitchen is less than 5. To be exact, including this time is twice ! 

Firstly, I would go for the most natural method to bust the nest without having to use pesticides as the little ones are around. Ants "communicate" via scent trails. Using their antennae, they can perceive smells and determine the direction. When food is found, they will leave a trail leading back to the colony and the other ants would be using this trail to get to the source of food.

To conclude, we need to DESTROY their trails by MESSING UP their scent trails.

So what did I do using my Young Living Peppermint Essential Oil? Tell me how not to love PEPPERMINT !

Photo Credit : DGaryYoung

This time round, it's ANTS - BE - GONE ! I was struggling with the constant pinching and wiping off the fast crawling ants on my kitchen top this one month until last week, I finally found their nest and decided to BUST it !

What I did was, I mixed 5 drops of Young Living PEPPERMINT eo into a 15ml spray bottle and top it up with some water.

I sprayed twice along the trail as well as into the their hiding place. Then, I dripped a drop neat on a cloth and wipe around the area where they were crawling along. The next morning, NO MORE ANTS appeared ! To make sure that the trail is completely destroyed, I continued for the next two days.

Other benefits of YL Peppermint EO;
- It can help to bring down running temperatures by applying on the spine and under the feet. You can drip a drop or two to sponge too !
- It helps to ease your heavy head when you feel the drums in it.
- It helps to ease nausea by inhaling it with a drop in your palm.
- It helps to improve concentration and mental activity, diffuse it when  the child is doing his/her work.
- It helps to cool you down when you are feeling the heat in the typical warm weather Singapore has, with a rub of peppermint behind your neck.
- Coffee or snacks cravings ? I would drip a drop and drink as peppermint tea ! It helps to curb the cravings and it aids in digestive issues too. Note: To use only glass or ceramic not plastic or Styrofoam cups.
- It can act as an mozzie repellent too !

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Do note that I only trust Young Living Essential Oils for my own consumption. What makes me totally trust it, read more on it on Young Living's Seed To Seal Process.

VABY Box - November 2014

New moms and moms-to-be, you might love the November Box from VABY Sg ! If you want to try out, this month's items are pretty suitable for babies and anti stretch-mark cream samples. All the below for $18.90 ! Let's take a look through what they have placed in.


Vaby Box - November

1) Peausque Ato Cream
2) Peausque Diaper Cream
3) Peausque Body Wash

4) Olivella's Anti-Stretch Mark Cream

5) Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Skin Therapy Oil
6) Curash Baby Care 2 in ...1 Shampoo & Conditioner
7) Curash Baby Care Anti-Rash Baby Powder

8) IDOCare Eucalyptus Garden Concentrated Floor Cleaner

9) Disney Pookalooz Tin Box

10) BabySpa $5 Voucher

11) Theo10 Heat Balm

All the above are just for $18.90, if you are thinking of what to get for your expecting friends or new mums, sign up Vaby Box to be sent to you or your friend on a monthly basis. 

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Disclaimer : I have received a complimentary Vaby Box from Vaby Sg. No monetary is involved.