Boxing Day bonus: Through the eyes of a toddler

Amongst all the footage I had for the Advent 2017 daily vlogs, I found that 2 year old Thumper had helped himself to my GoPro camera (I occasionally allowed J and Little E to contribute to the main videos) and it was so interesting to see his point of view!

So…I decided to edit his little videos together.

 

I didn’t change the camera speed at all, so what you see on the video is exactly what Thumper is looking at. He jiggles the camera about whilst he’s running around the place (he never walks), but I love it that when he’s focussed on something, he holds the camera completely still. Usually this happens when he’s looking at people, which just shows you what a social little character he is.

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Christmas Day 2017

Happy Christmas, everyone!

Here’s my Christmas gift to you from all of us at Owls Well!

P.S. If you have not watched the ‘Platoon of Power Squadron’ web series yet, you really should! (Mummy warning: There are fight scenes, kissing scenes and some cursing. But if your kids have already watched any mainstream superhero movie made within the last 10 years, they’ll be ok.)

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Advent 2017: Day 24

Okay, I was going to make this the last day of the Advent series, but the Barn Owl insists that I have to do a Christmas Day video to round the series off, so there will be one more video tomorrow.

 

Today’s music starts with a familiar carol by the voices at Aldersgate Methodist Church, and ends with a rousing chorus by the church choir from Charis Methodist Church – which, by the way, features both the Godfamily and the Aged Ps.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 23

It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! Today’s musical accompaniment is courtesy of the voices from Aldersgate Methodist Church in Singapore, where we attended a Pre-Christmas Carolling programme this evening.

Afterwards, J commented that he loves singing the Christmas songs together with everyone, and that he would love to sing a Christmas carol every single day this season. Hearing him say that made me feel very happy.

By the way, the game that the kids are playing together is “Tak: A Beautiful Game“, which is an abstract strategy game inspired by one of our favourite book series (for grownups), The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. It’s a really versatile and elegant game which the Barn Owl and I really enjoy, along with J and Little E.

(Buyer’s note: We bought the Tak Tavern Pieces and Cloth Board from The Tinker’s Packs, where all proceeds are donated to Worldbuilders, a charity working to make a sustainable difference in the world.)

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Advent 2017: Day 22

It’s the first family Christmas party! I always look forward to the family Christmas parties because of all the singing. That’s my favourite Christmas activity.

Unfortunately, poor J is suffering from an upset tummy today, so although he’d been looking forward to the Aged P’s roast turkey, he wasn’t able to eat more than a small slice of it. He was very sad, but the music seemed to cheer him up.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 21

We got to spend the day at the Aged Ps place today making lots of gingerbread – in time for tomorrow’s Christmas party! Also, we met a Noodle Ninja.

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Advent 2017: Day 20

I managed to convince the kids to put their toy collection through the Konmari wringer – and we managed to reduce it by half!

 

We donated some of the toys to the Salvation Army and I’ll bring the rest to donate to the MINDS charity shop as well as the Dignity Mama Bookstore.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 19

We had a quiet day today, just doing some watercolour painting and letter writing.

 

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Advent 2017: Day 18

It’s my birthday today! Happy birthday to me!

 

Thoughts for today:

1. Project For Awesome is still happening so please join us in helping to decrease World Suck by donating (in exchange for some very cool swag) or by voting for your preferred charity!
2. Disney’s “Coco” is a very emotional film and I highly recommend it. The music is beautiful. It made me remember the day that my grandfather died – the Aged P shared a moment with him where they both sang a song together. So yeah, I cried a lot, and so did my kids. (Parent warning: Not for kids who fear skeletons and have not yet developed a reasonable understanding of the concept of death).
3. I had no idea that the Mexican Dia de Muertos bore such a marked resemblance to the Chinese 7th month and ‘Hungry Ghost Festival’. The offerings of food, the candles, the musical performances, putting up photographs of the dead, the elaborate paper decorations, the flower blossoms…that’s all pretty much the same. The only thing that is different is that the ‘Hungry Ghost Festival’ is generally for all the spirits who have no families to put out food for them during the year. So don’t worry kids, the Mexican ghosts don’t disappear into the ether, they just come to Singapore to enjoy the food here instead. Singaporean food is the best there is anyway (*runs for cover*).

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 17

My birthday is coming up, so this means two things:

1. Project For Awesome is happening!
2. The Barn Owl takes me out on a date!

 

Thoughts from today:

1. Going to the Cathay Platinum Movie Suites at JEM was a real treat!
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a little problematic in places, but I still loved it.
3. Please join us in helping to decrease World Suck by supporting the Project For Awesome, either by donating (in exchange for some very cool swag) or by voting for your preferred charity!

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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