Movie Weekend, Another Way To Be Friend With Your Teen

My son and my husband, watching paleontology documentary in our small room in a company housing

Having teenager in the house is different than having kid. Kid like to play with parent, they like to involving parent to their daily activities. Teenager like to do his activities alone or with friend, they tend to let their parent alone. Parent who does not have daily activities outside the house often feel lonely abandoned by their teenagers.

Leaves Craft Series - October 2015

Here come the new series: Autumn theme!

I don't have autumn in my country, because I live in a tropical country. But we have a lot of falling leaves in this season, and I love to craft! So, beginning from 5th until 9th October I will post DIY tutorial craft with leaves (real leaves). Let's make home decor, toys, or else with leaves!

Find the logo above at my right menu, click on it, and you'll be directed to all posts. Have fun! 

1 : Snow Leaves Bookmark
2 : Leaves Pencil Holder, Awesome Looks Recycled Can
3 : Awesome Clean Air With Leaves Wind Chime
4 : Leaves As A Flower
5 : Awesome Motorik Training From Nature To The Kids

5 Days of Autumn Learning Activities from great bloggers:

Autumn Animal Printables for Kids by Living Life and Learning
5 Days of Autumn Art for Kids by The Transplanted Southerner
Teaching Christmas Around the World by Paradise Praises
Fall Unit Studies by Simple at Home
Autumn in All Subjects by Classes by Beth
5 Days of Autumn Poetry Templates by Are We There Yet?

These 8 "Don't"(s) Makes Me Never Bored With Homeschooling

I frequently heard my friends said that they were burned out with their homeschooling. Some of them decided to give up and send their kids to public school, and some of them looking for the cure. I’m not going to put anyone at wrong position at this post, however it’s your choice. I want to tell you, that it has been 8 years I homeschool my son, and I never want to give up by sending him to public school. Honestly, sometimes I feel overwhelmed by my job as mother, housewife, and also working at home mom, but I never feel burn out.

Baked Egg (No Meat) Recipe

Simple recipe, good taste, and cheap! Made from "in stock ingredients", you can modified the ingredients as you wish, add beacons, meat, or vegetables such as carot or broccolli.

Quack And Daisy, And Our Neighbourhood

Firstly when I saw the book, I impressed with the illustration. Quack and Daisy illustrations are so cute. And when I open the publisher’s link, I couldn’t believe with the price, it is cheap enough for book like this!

DIY Butterfly Fabric Origami

Making origami is so much fun! And makin fabric origami is much more fun, because you can apply it on other craft project such as quilting, hair accessories, bags, purse, and even home decor.

I made a butterfly fabric origami, and I never thought before that this fabric butterfly would attract my friends. So I made brooch and hair accessories from the fabric butterflies for them, I like to see their happy faces! For me, crafting are also a treatment for our health, while I craft my brain and body are actives.

The Secrets of Learning Chinese Online in Frugal Way

According to our family, there are three important languages that should be learned by our son: Indonesia, English, and Chinese. As parent, we can teach English and Indonesian properly. But not Chinese. So, how we manage this need?

We are living in a remote area, although some villagers can speak Chinese, but there’s nothing such a Chinese course, and if I ask them to teach, I’m not sure they can teach my son properly, because they don’t understand about the step-by-step in teaching Chinese language, they only can speak.