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The Not-So-Secret Private Tour at the Jurong Bird Park + Giveaway!

By the hOOterJanuary 28, 2019January 29, 2019
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[Review + Giveaway] Brush Teeth the Smart Way with Brush Monster

By the hOOterJune 20, 2019June 20, 2019
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By the hOOterMay 22, 2019May 22, 2019
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By the hOOterApril 5, 2019
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🛸👨‍🚀Do you have a little space fanatic at home like I do? • Thanks to @divaproductionssg, there's a new theatre performance happening soon! The Way Back Home is about a young boy going on a galactic adventure, lands unexpectedly on the moon, befriends a martian and wonders... if he would ever get back home! 😲 After a successful run in London’s West End and UK tour, The Way Back Home is prepped for, yet another brilliant Singapore run with this toe-tapping production for children from as young as three! PSST: We have something for you - keep reading! • Some parents might find 'Oliver Jeffers' a familiar name. He's an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland, and is known also for his other popular books - The Day the Crayons Quit and How to Catch a Star! With original music and plenty of audience participation expected, this charming new production about friendship and caring for others, is perfect for families with young kids. 📚 Time to grab this book at the local bookstore or head to our libraries to search for The Way Back Home! Are you ready to fire up some imagination? 🚀 WE CAN’T WAIT!! 😆😆 • The Way Back Home is showing at SOTA Drama Centre this Sept! . 27 Sept (Fri): 5pm 28 Sept (Sat): 11am, 2pm & 4.30pm 29 Sept (Sun): 11am, 2pm & 4.30pm • Duration is approx. 55min with no interval. Tickets: $42 - $62/pax, SISTIC charges apply. • ***SAVE: Enjoy 10% off CAT 1 and CAT 2 tickets with TWBHDIVA2019 at ➡️www.sistic.com.sg/events/home0919⬅️ or call 📲6348 5555! Valid until 29 Sept 2019. Tickets are required for all including infants. Kids <12 yo must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. • 💕 Would your kids love to watch The Way Back Home too? Comment below with 'YES, we want to watch The Way Back Home!' and FOLLOW @deedeedee13 & @divaproductionssg to stay tuned for a surprise coming up! 😉 . 📌For more information, visit www.divaproductions.com.sg. 👂🏼 Listening well is a skill, but hearing is a 🎁 More often than not, we take our 👂🏼 for granted, digging with cotton buds, our fingers (like PCK? Ha!), or simply leaving them to self-cleanse. Well, when was the last time you did a hearing assessment? • I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t. 5 years ago, I experienced temporary hearing loss for days and that got me heading to the ENT after the store-bought wax solution didn’t help. Despite going for health checks, my ears were forgotten 😔 • After speaking with the Senior Audiologists at Digisound Hearing, I learned that hearing loss is detrimental for brain connections & cognitive abilities! Hearing loss not only affects social skills or lead to depression for some, but the correlation to Dementia is high! Worse, it’s not just seniors who have some degree of hearing loss, but it starts as early as in the 30s! 😱Just like any other health concerns, early detection is key🌟 • Guess what? A hearing test is neither painful nor invasive! The best part: it’s FREE at Digisound Hearing! Yes, it doesn’t cost a cent and in about an hour, I saw close-ups of my outer ears (too gross to share pics 🤣), went into the Whisper Room to listen to varying frequencies, pitches and volumes and had my results reviewed right away! • If you, your family members or friends have hearing loss symptoms, it’s time to schedule a free hearing assessment to understand the condition. There are 5 Digisound Hearing outlets in 🇸🇬 - call 63389626 or email info@digisoundhearing.com.sg for an appointment. More info at www.digisoundhearing.com.sg 📌 🍀 G I V E A W A Y 🍀 • These fruit ninjas love their fruits but when they’re done with theirs, they keep snatching from our bowls. No, wait. It happens when they think that our lunch/dinner looks better too 😤 There’s no need for diets - just have kids *kidding* 🤣 • With @grabfoodSG, everyone can order whatever they wanna eat. There’s no need to fight or decide whether to cook Bee Hoon Soup for Vera, or pasta for Leroy. Yup, they currently have cravings at both ends of the spectrum. How now, brown cow? 🤪 • To make mealtimes happier, we’re giving away 5 sets of GrabFood Kids Cutlery Set to 5 of our readers! This 100% biodegradable set includes a bowl, cup, fork, & spoon, and is made entirely from natural rice husk. It has 0% plastic and is safe to use & easy to maintain. Kickstart your child’s environmental-friendly efforts from home effortlessly! • 🎉To join🎉 . 1) Follow me @deedeedee13! 2) Comment to tell me a funny/quirky/weird food habit your kid(s) has/have by 27 June (Thurs)! • 5 favourite answers will be chosen & announced over the weekend! 🍀 ALL THE BEST! #GrabFoodFamilyMoments #THPperks An impromptu #TGIF date night warrants a log here cos rare #selfie too 😝💖 After all, this is what my feed is for - chronicling the fun, the melancholic moments and everything in between 🤪 • I’m glad we both enjoy eating, and to be eating hot food (uninterrupted cos sans kids but at least this time with fewer work calls 🤭) makes a fab time. We talked, we kept silent, we looked each other in the eyes during the convo and not the usual quick glances cos someone is calling ‘mummy’ on repeat... all simple yet necessary. • Not sure when our next date will be but it’s okay cos 曾今拥有、好过没有! 😆 Hope you have a good night’s rest tonight, @h_shang! We’ll be your cheerleaders for your adventures and battles 💖💖💖 • Side note to self: Half-portion cheese platter was shiok, Seafood soup was yums. Seafood Salad was spicy for me but seafood and veg fresh. K said, “Not bad” with his first bite of the Rack of Lamb, which was cooked just right, plus no lamb stench 👍🏼Wagyu Beef Cheeks was hot and soft, but luckily we shared cos it seemed like it’d be jerlat cos of chewy bits. Eatigo is 👍🏼 although only the Mains were at 50%. 🌃🦍🐯Did you know that by nightfall, the Singapore Zoo transforms into a secret world of wonder? • Last week, we embarked on an enthralling trail when the animals zzz (the only real animals we saw were the pelicans 😬). Yup, it's the Rainforest Lumina, running for its 2nd time at our zoo! This mesmerising installation ignites curiosity by teasing our senses, as we appreciate the contrasting beauty between light and dark, thanks to technology. If you love photography, this place is a fab opp for playing with cameras too #instaworthy😆 • TBH, I was a little apprehensive about lugging both kids to the other end of the island on a weekday night. The luminous terrains were wet post-rain. Thankfully, there were no whines about being sweaty, as they enjoyed the 1-km walk, exploring over 10 multi-sensory zones 😄 The fluorescent lights, sounds, music and misty effects gave us new perspectives and experiences of the zoo we thought we already knew. V & L had fun singing into the mics to "awaken" animated animals, jumped to create music, saw glow-in-the-dark flowers (yes, that 1st pic!) and more!😍 • We saw the 8 virtual Creature Crew too, each representing a special virtue. The kids chose their fave coloured wristband from the Garden of Virtues - we could pick the word which resonated best with us! Hold on to it, cos at the end of the trail, you'll get to scan the QR code to take your photo so it appears on the AR wall. • 💖TIPS: Wear comfortable shoes and bring a poncho. It's rather dark so hold onto your kids & prep them about the low lighting. Rainforest Lumina opens at dusk from 14 Jun '19 – 9 Feb '20 & runs btwn 7.30pm – 12.00am daily. Tix required for admission & is separate from the tickets to other parks. Prices from $10/pax. Visit rainforestlumina.wrs.com.sg for more details. 😘Thank you for the pawsome night-out, @wrs.ig, and thank you to sweet Brenda @wordweed for helping with our glowing pics 😝 🎉GIVEAWAY via #Facebook + REVIEW + PROMO CODE🎉 • If your kids run off when it's time to brush, perhaps it's time to snag smart tips to brush away that monster or fear for tooth-brushing!😌 • 📲Designed by Samsung’s in-house creative lab, Kitten Plane, @brushmonster.sg is the first Augmented Reality (AR) toothbrush for kids. This interactive idea integrates with an App and connects to a kid's electric toothbrush by Bluetooth to make brushing those pearlies fun. • With its face recognition feature, kids get cute selfies at every brush. The app guides them thru 16 sections to brush (that many!?) & encourages an independent routine from start to end. I like the fact that we can "see" how well they brushed well (or not) with the daily dental reports. If they brushed well, the screen animates with sparkly stars and sounds, offering affirmation! We managed to get a "good" dental report too! YES to whiter teeth and healthy oral habits! 😁 • Now, ONE lucky reader stands to WIN a set of Brush Monster bundle (worth $88.60)! SWIPE to my last photo to see! • 🔆🔆🔆Hit my #linkinbio for the to-do's and clues *hint hint* and you might be that lucky family! Contest entries over at www.facebook.com/TheHootingPost - GOOD LUCK! 🍀 • Contest ends 30 June (Sunday) 23:59hrs, and is opened to families in SG only. 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