| SHN DAY 4 |

We skipped Day 3 because I had to be back in office due to pending work, so had Mother to look after them during the period.

Went off to do groceries till late therefore, no activity was done.

But on Day 4, we did a few - after I had to change their weekly rotating learning materials and had to ransack the storeroom. Heee.

Waking up late - 10am or so I think - the #kbrothers had their shower before breakfast and proceeded to have their first activity of the day, SandPlay.

I bought the kinetic sand set from a popup booth few years back but you could find them at Shopee now with more choices and sizes. The one the boys played with today is the small size that I took out since I had to do housekeeping today, because its Sunday.

You may be wondering why do I let them play sand in the house, even if its kinetic sand.

That's because I always have the vacuum cleaner on standby in case they make a mess outside of their pool.

Yup, they played the sand inside the pool instead of the tray provided because...isn't it better? The pool is bigger and they are free to make a mess in it without getting any scoldings and I do not have to keep on reminding them not to make a mess while I clean up the other parts of the house. And again, this is one of the reason I do not have a sofa in the house just yet!

More playtime instead of me teaching them?

Not to worry about that because for the second activity today, we shifted in to their room for some learning activity and that is - Superdots Counting!

This marker dots are amazing (Yup, I still buy the cheaper version as it works the same as the ones from US). Bought it from Shopee during the 12.12.2020 sale for only $11.39, including shipping).

Here's the link but it now costs, $16.50 for 10 pieces of wonderful colours.

Still, its cheaper than others.

What I did was, I drew a template on an A4 drawing block using Mala felt-tip pens from Ikea that costs $2.90 for 12 pieces. These markers are superb! I used it on my canvas drawing as well too!

After they're done, they requested for Playdough and knowing that the Playdough that I got from Miniso is easy to clean up, they got their request approved. And that became our third activity for the day ending our fourth SHN day.

Thinking back how these activities actually got their mind off from their gadgets, I think I should plan more activities for them and spend more time than I usually did with them.

Those times I use to stay late waiting for sales day such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, even 11.11's, its all worth it!

Spending time with them lately have given me more opportunity being a better Mum for my boys. Seeing them happy and excited each time, even when my body felt like breaking down, gave way to a better self and really...what's being tired when your kids are happy when they get to spent time with you?

And so, with the pandemic still on the rise, stay safe everyone. Mask up and stay healthy!

Love,

N.A