Before I had kids, I had this grand idea that I will never become one of those kiasu mummies who only know how to shove assessment books down the throats of their kids everyday, and force them to take up all kinds of enrichment classes just so that they don’t lose out to anyone.
Now that I have kids, I’ve realised that mummies exist in a unique world of their own, where there’re just too many internal and external forces at work. Within the hearts of every mummy, we crave for our kids to be outstanding and top the class every year. That’s the internal force. Externally, there are other potent forces generically known as ‘Other mummies’. Mummies and mummies love to talk about their kids, and that’s when one mummy starts feeling that her kids are not doing as much as the other mummy’s kids, and start panicking. Of course, I’m sure many of you mummies out there are so secure and confident that you never have to go through such emotional turmoil. I’m probably one of those very rare few with a very weak conscience.
And so, yesterday I suddenly had this panic attack that I haven’t been spending much time teaching and coaching my kids. Since I didn’t have time to rush out to the bookstores to buy assessment books, I thought I might as well make use of my new HP ENVY Printer and print out some worksheets that my kids can practise on. Sounded like a really fantastic idea. I didn’t have to get out of the house, and I get my problem solved!
There’re many pre-set programmes in the printer, and as long as I connect to the internet, I could download what I needed to be printed, without having to connect to a computer. Nowadays, wireless printers are so awesome. They are mini computers in their own right!
Some of the options installed on my HP ENVY Printer.
Chose Sesame Street because Baby Jayne loves them!
I could print out colouring pages, storybooks, learning books etc, and thought it’d be cool to print out an alphabet book for Baby Jayne to start recognising the 26 alphabets. Ahem.. Good start huh!?
So awesome! Only requires 6 pages of printing!
And tada! The pretty little book was printed in a jiffy! =D
Then for Joey, I decided on the Dibo The Gift Dragon programme. I was so thrilled to find practice sheets on Maths and English. Just right for Joey!!!
Look how happy the girl is when I showed her the ABC book! =D
Had so much fun fiddling with my HP ENVY Printer! It’s such a useful printer! =D I’d like to think that I am a tech-savvy kiasu mummy! =D
