My favourite buys from www.iherb.com

My friends and family would already have known me by now - I am an organic junkie!

Although it is impossible to go 100% organic, I try to include organic and natural products in my life as much as I can.

I have been using organic shampoo and bodywash, skincare, toothpaste, and food for as long as I can remember. My kids have also been using and eating organic and natural products ever since they are born, or in-utero, if I may say!

 

Why do I love organic products so much? I have already written an article here.

The initial reaction I get when people (my own family members included) find out that I am so crazy about organic food and products is always the same "If you always let your children eat organic then they have no immunity to germs!"

As a matter of fact, the opposite rings true.

Ever heard of the saying "You are what you eat?" If doctors always advise mothers to eat healthily and to avoid alcohol during pregnancy and breast-feeding, then what makes you think babies and children will grow "strong" by eating insecticide laced vegetable and fruits?

 

I would like to share the common (non-food) items I buy from my favourite organic online store: www.iherb.com

 

 

Organic Jojoba oil, grapeseed oil and virgin coconut oil are what I keep on hand to use as carrier oils for blending with my Young Living essential oils for different viscosity and texture.

 

Grapeseed oil has the thinnest viscosity, and is easily absorbed into the skin. Suitable to use on the face and body due to its light texture.

 

Jojoba oil is useful as a makeup remover or as a hair moisturiser. Add 1 coin sized amount of Jojoba Oil into your shampoo and lather into hair, leave on for 5 min before rinsing.

The texture of Jojoba oil is slightly thicker than Grapeseed oil.

I used it often when I travel due to the dry air on planes and harsh aircon in hotels, or simply due to the climate change.

 

Virgin Coconut oil has the thickest texture of them all. Do not apply it to your face as it is comedogenic (meaning it can cause pimples and breakouts by blocking pores).

However, it functions as a good sunblock when mixed with Myrrh essential oil and as a body moisturiser.

Coconut oil has indefinite shelf life and is rich in fatty acids.

I love buying from www.iherb.com because their prices are much lower than our local supermarkets, and also shipping by Speedpost takes only 4-8 days.
My orders usually arrive within 6 days.

 

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Will try to share about the uses of essential oils in my next post :)



June holidays 2014 part 2: Visit to Farmart.

Hello from the animals of Farmart!

 

Adam hand-feeding the conures. Lovely birds :)

 

 

We brought the kids to Farmart today. Having not been there for many years after I shifted from Woodlands (my mum's) to the eastern side of Singapore, I must say sometimes, oldies are goodies.

Am glad that most of the anchor shops are still around, like Uncle William's, which sells farm fresh chicken and quail eggs. The petshop which sells chicks and quail chicks is also still around.

I remember when I was little, my mum bought us chicks in a brown paper bag. My brothers and I reared them till they were big and we barter-traded them for vegetables at a nearby kampong farm.

Yes those were the days! I am still very much a kampong girl at heart! Which means, I am really tempted to buy the quail chicks home!!

Kids of this era do not have the luxury of being surrounded by nature and animals, and that is a shame.

At the end of the animal-feeding session, Adam was already complaining of how hot it was, and kept pestering me to buy him a glass of ice Milo. Brat.

My Mom-in-law bought some farm eggs from Uncle William's, and we left after a quick lunch.

The weather was indeed very unforgiving, and I was dying for some ice cold drink myself.

 

Here's the website for Farmart. They have eateries and shops that sell their produce and even a prawn fishing corner. Do support our local businesses :)

 

June Holidays 2014 part 1: Meet & Greet Transformers.

Mom of boys, grab the chance to bring your kids to a Meet & Greet session with the Transformers at Downtown East this June holidays!

 

Where:

1) Downtown East Event Square 30 May - 10 June, 20-29 June.
Weekdays 7PM; Weekends 3.30PM and 7PM.

 

2) Downtown East eXplorerkid indoor playground
31 May, 7, 21 and 28 June: 5.00PM 

 

It's happening at no extra charge so you just pay for the entry to eXplorerkids, and FOC if you're at the Event Square.

Ready your cameras!

 

So the June holidays have started.

Hubby and I have planned some activities for the children, namely some farm visits and a trip to LEGOLAND.

Oh boy wish me luck in scraping through the holidays unscathed!

 

Adam is F I V E!

Our Adam turned 5 on 17 May. Oh wow. Our firstborn, five YEARS old.
I became a mum when I was 26 and have not looked back since.

Okay, I told a lie.

I look back all. the. freakin. time.

When the kids make me mad because they fight over the same toy despite having twin toys/ refuse to sleep no matter how long I pretend to sleep/ refuse to listen to instructions/ etc, I look back at my single days.

When I make the kids cry, I look back at what they have done, and what I have done.

When I see how tall the kids have grown, I look back at their baby photos.

 

 

Anyway, I digress.
On 16 May 2014 Friday, we were supposed to celebrate Adam's birthday in school with his teachers and friends.

It was raining on the fateful morning, and Ashton had to take a dump as we were leaving the house, making us late for Adam's party (Murphy's Law)!
 Adam started to get worried when all his friends were seated and waiting for his cake and his Daddy & Mummy weren't there! His kind teacher offered to call his Mummy and assured him we were on the way. Thankfully, we... managed to make it in the nick of time, cake, baby, camera and all.
All his friends and his teacher sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM and he was grinning from ear to ear. The kids enjoyed the cake and had 2nd servings.

Phew~!

 

On the day of Adam's actual birthdate, 17 May Saturday, our parents and siblings joined us at Peach Garden Thomson Plaza for a steamboat celebration.

Thanks to my friend Carrier who had kindly arranged everything for us, we were given a private room to enjoy away from the evening dining crowd.
And thanks to Aunty Angela, your restaurant service and food very naiseee!!

The epic 4-tier Pagoda steamboat only available at Peach Garden Thomson Plaza.
They were in the news HERE.

 

 

If you are wondering why Adam has 2 different theme cakes this year, well, that's because he is so fickle-minded and couldn't make up his mind.

One morning before I left for work, he told me he wanted a 3D Angry Birds cake with playable catapult and birds (!!!??!) That sent me into a frenzy and I emailed several home-bakers to find one who could accommodate my last-minute order.

That evening when I got home, he suddenly wanted Batman cake. And he didn't even like Batman before!

Long story short, in the end we went to Bengawan Solo at T3 Changi Airport to order his Batman and Spiderman cake.... *rolls eyes*

 

 



HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE.

I can't believe I've been your Mummy/ chauffeur/ cook/ handyman/ nurse for 5 YEARS. Not in an awe-struck kinda way, but more like Im-surprised-I-haven't-died-of-seizures-yet kind of way. Parenting is such a tough job, and you are both so different, but I promise to do my best son.

Do keep that sparkle in your lovely eyes, and as I say it every year, don't grow up too fast.