I'm a full-time mummy

I'm all for teaching our kiddos whenever the opportunities arises. One day as we are getting ready to leave the house, our 5 years old boy asked me what are those letters and pictures in front my steering means. I checked my watch and since we have a bit more time before we have to send him to his preK, I started explaining what is the area called.

Dashboard. It allows us to see how fast/slow mummy is driving, how hot or cold the car is and the petrol amount left in the car, some of the easier things I think is adequate to explain to him for now.

I go on to explain to him when mummy drives the car, say about 40, it means I'm covering 40km per hour, I go on to explain if mummy drives very fast when the road has speed limit then that is very dangerous and a big no-no.

I moved on to the temperature side, I asked him what letters are there, he said H (as in 'hah' and 'cah' phonics way). Then I explained H means Hot, C means Cold. If mummy's car indicate it is hot, then mummy gotta stop and cool down the car, it needs water and rest!

And lastly, on the petrol indicator side, I asked him what are the letters there, he said 'Ffffhhh' and 'Eehhh'. I explained to him F means Full while E means Empty.

Pretty easy and simple right? Just because they are kiddos and you think they might not understand mechanical stuff etc then you don't dare to teach them? Nooooo! Scale down to easier parts if you are worried they might not understand so much. You might missed an educational opportunity if you keep quiet right? Go on, give it a try the next time your kiddos hop into the car with you! ;)

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Two months ago, I received an email on the possibility to review some wall stickers. At that point, my hubby and I were discussing on the possibilities of converting a small space below our attic to be our small living room and I thought it might be good to have one of these stickers in the room. The idea didn't work out due to some circumstances but still, the stickers did not go to waste. I put it into our bedroom :) Anyway, let's continue with my review below...

About the company:
"Cut it out wall stickers was created with its customers in mind, offering you an affordable yet innovative way of styling your interior. We are a team of professional London based graphic designers who set up cut it out in late 2011. We began as a trio, tired of our mundane 9-5 jobs we decided we needed change! Following the recent trend for wall vinyl we followed in swift pursuit but of course with a little cut it out flare. Our doodled designs on post it notes grew to become panoramic wall art.

We have now migrated from our cramped bedroom offices to a studio, horaah! With an additional three members of staff we hope to continue growing from strength to strength. Nevertheless we retain our founding principles, hand finished craftsmanship and a bespoke customer service, something rarely found on the high street. Providing a great customer shopping experience from start to finish is our utmost objective.

Our wall stickers are not mass produced and every wall sticker/decal is made to order by us. The beauty of these particular wall stickers is that once they are applied they look like they have been 'hand painted' blending seamlessly onto your walls. With a colour palette to die for, you will be spoilt for choice."

I browsed through the website selection for family type of wall stickers and finally decided on the "May Love Be The Heart Of This Home Wall Sticker". I love the inspiring message and hope it is that way for our family and home :)

There is an easy to follow video tutorial on the website guiding you how to apply the wall stickers, it is easy and to be honest, I initially have some concerns on applying the wall stickers I got as I thought it would be tough what more with the cursive writings and all. But my concerns were all gone right after I watched the tutorial and realised how easy it was to apply the wall stickers.

The wall stickers are of good quality, easy to apply and gives an amazing new look on our wall. Love it!

You can browse for more products at http://www.cutitoutwallstickers.co.uk/

Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

We are a big fan of Little Critter's apps and I think it is great to be able to review this app as I get to introduce some new things to our kiddos, such as pond, ground bees and more.

* Title: Just A Day at the Pond
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Mar 19, 2014
* Version: 2.6
* Size: 39.4 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

Description from the product page:

"Join Little Critter in this interactive book app as he heads off for a summertime day at his grandparents’ farm! Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and personalize the story with your own narration. Little Critter loves to fish the pond and collect frogs, but he doesn’t really know how to swim. That is, until the help of some bees he's kicking and paddling like a pro." 

* This app is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* I used the opportunity to teach our boy to be careful with his surroundings now that he is going for his preK and his class has physical activities at the nearby park. Honestly, this is the first time I learned about ground bees so I make sure our kiddos know there is such insects and to be very careful everywhere they are.

* I also used the opportunity to explain to our boy that we should be humble and not arrogant, to learn new things when there is opportunity given.

* Overall a nice story for the family!

You can purchase the "Just A Day at the Pond" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"