Monthly Archives: August 2011

Model Sketch

My daughter’s latest drawing.

Model: Carolina Thelin

Reference photo: photo link

Photo owned by Ms. Josefine Jönsson

My appreciation to Ms Jönsson for allowing my daughter to use her photograph as reference material for her artwork. Ms. Jönsson  had seen this drawing and she’s happy with the outcome. Thanks you, Ms. Jönsson. 🙂

Kids and Grooming

First impressions last. Most, if not all, people judge us by the way we look. That’s one of life’s harsh realities we should teach our children. Nobody is going to take you seriously if you look disheveled and unkempt. When your kid’s hair is beginning to look like a braided metal hose, then you know it’s time for a lesson in grooming.

If your kid isn’t that much of a fan of taking baths, you can put the old rubber ducky to good use here. It’s all about making bath time fun. Be creative. You can even make up a bath song for you and your kid to sing together while sudsing up.

Before leaving the house, make your kid get used to looking himself up in the mirror, to make sure there aren’t any stray hairs or smudges on his face. You can get him a comb or brush in his favorite cartoon character, to make him enjoy fixing his hair.

Teaching our kids good grooming habits is not that difficult. All it needs is a dash of creativity… and loads of discipline.

On Kids and Friendship

Friendship is such a wonderful thing. It makes you smile, it makes you sing. Heck, it even makes me rhyme! They help lift your spirits when you’re down, and do all they can to wipe away your frown. Ok, that’s enough rhyming for now…

It’s never too early to teach your kids the value of friendship. At a young age, friends for them may simply mean playmates. As they grow older, they realize that friends do more than just have pillow fights with you. Friends listen when you have a problem, and cheer you up on a gloomy day.

There are many ways to teach your kids to cherish the friends they have. For one, your daughter can send a friendship gift to her BFF at preschool. It doesn’t even have to be anything extravagant. She can give some of her fridge-art to her friend, or even make her a simple friendship bracelet.

More than play, kids do enjoy giving and receiving gifts from their friends. They don’t have to wait for a special occasion to come up. Every day is friendship day.