Day 03 (Friday)

Actually we had the most fun at the beach on our last day.. CQ brought the kids near to the wave and sat there with each of them. Of course it was fun while watching the wave hitting against their tiny body, enjoying the magnificent view of the South China Sea! Too bad din snap any shots for all of us were all wet & covered wif sand Then we immediately proceeded to the Petit Club swimming pool for a dip. Halfway through our swim, it started to pour so heavily that we were all stucked in the pool for quite some time. Thank God for the trip!

Day 02 (Thursday)

Been quite busy over this week as I try to make an effort to plan some programmes for the children since its school holiday. Managed to upload our 2nd day's pixs. Enjoy...

DAY 01 (Wednesday) Clubmed Bintan Ria

We took alot of photos and videoclips during the trip. Here it is.

Almost Forgotten........

I was happily having my late lunch outside with Jamie after our library visit when KKH called to my mobile... Apparently I have signed Jeremy up for the Best Breastfed Baby Contest and this morning supposed to go for the preliminary round at 9am! Oh Gosh!! Luckily, she told us to report to KKH around 345pm after the last contestant. Phew! What's about it? Well, it all happened in less than 5mins when the staff asked me to let Jeremy sit on my lap while she asked me few questions. I only knew the other staff was sort of playing with him. So, how ah? Don't know woh... let's see if he gets into the semi final or not.... shd recd the letter w/i the next 2 weeks.

We are Back!

Finally back home. Hmm, how's the trip is it? Dunno how to say.... in short, its fantastic lor! I think Jamie enjoyed the most amongst our family. Will be posting up some pictures we took at Clubmed Bintan Ria after sorted everything out. Stay tune!

Hurray ! We Are Going!!!!

Yea finally can go for our long awaiting holiday trip!! Jeremy is getting much much better and I can say he has almost recovered. So I will be taking a short break from blogging liao...

Happy Birthday, Ah Po

I bought a fruit cake for mil's birthday and you guessed what? Jeremy gave us a pleasant surprise when he sang the birthday song to Ah Po for the 1st time!! Nobody teach him some more!!!

Numbers Sequence

Jamie started on proper handwriting practises (dot-to-dot, tracing, coloring etc) when she was barely 2.5yrs old. Around 2, she did many pre-writing stuff like pouring of beads/beans/water from left to right container, threading, fingers exercising like playing playdough and peeling of hard boiled eggs' shells. I am glad she started it early as her teachers commented that she is very good in fine motor skills for a 46mths kid.

Self Made Banana Muffins

Was very inspired to try out the cupcakes muffins and if its successful, I'm thinking of using this for Jamie's birthday party at her school instead of the typical birthday cake. But its doesn't seems to be that easy as our conventional oven kept giving me trouble along the way.

Cordyceps Herbal Tonic Soup

Brewed this for Jamie to consume to build up her immune system as well as for general well being purpose. Read up more from this link.

Assessment on 16th May

Brought Jamie for a free assessment supposingly to enrol her for June Holiday Programmes (v.unlikely & I just wanna know how she fair since she'll be assessed by trained teacher). The results turned out to what I expected. The teacher showed her some words (extracted from K2) and she can read most of them. So recognition of words is not a problem BUT she is a bit shy (or dunno how to answer?) & needed some prompting when teacher tried to engage in a conversation with her.

Counting Down....6 Days!!

Looking at the rate Jeremy is recuperating, I'm getting more nervous and panicky each day ends. Why? Our holiday trip to Bintan Clubmed lor! But seriously dunno if he will get well fast enuff or not? He still has fever like a roller coaster throughout the day and since Day 1, I have not been sleeping well in the wee hours. Waking up pacifying a sick and cranky baby can be such a challenge for me!

My 3rd Mighty Saver Achievement!

Jamie was awarded the Bronze badge for completing the 3rd card. And I secretly banked in $500 to get a bigger mystery gift (comprises of penci case, eraser, luggage tag & a pencil) so that I can reward her as and when she behaves well. So her 1st reward, the pencil case!!

Egg Plant Has Migrated !

The plant has grown so much that the egg shell cracked! So I moved it out to one of mil's plant. Also see the yellow cactus above? Also moved out as it has grown so big that the pot no longer can hold it.

I Did it Again

I am very proud of Jamie. She is getting better in cutting using scissors.Well done !!

Bu-Bu

This is what Jeremy will say when he sees the nebuliser. Why Bu-Bu? Well, its the sound that the machine produces lor !!! :P

Sleepless Nights

Jeremy has been coughing badly and so does his runny nose. I didn't sleep a wink over the weekends as the poor boy kept waking up ,having difficulty in breathing. Need to bring him to his PD later to suck out the mucus in his throat & nose so that he will feel better. Probably need to nebulise too.

Computer Lesson

Found this Elmo cdrom and so Jamie had fun playing it in the morning. With the mini mouse, she is now able to control and click the mouse herself.

New Gadgets

Bought 2 more to add to Jamie's current playdough set. This is very fun and can have hours of hands on and creativity!!

Hurray! It's school holiday!

Every time before term's break, Jamie's school will have a mini concert with the morning & afternoon sessions pupils. As usual, we went to her school and managed to watch part of it before heading to the wet market.

Infection

After almost 3months free from virus and bacteria infection, Jeremy is down with runny nose. I'm crossing my fingers that both kids will be well again to enjoy our holiday trip this coming June.

Twins

Levine, same as your weird double egg yolks le except mine is the salted egg :D

I Can Do It

This morning Jamie came to me wif 2 cut out triangles which she did it herself. Then she said, I can make a star! After that, she asked me to draw her a smaller star which she cut it out. Nice?

D.I.Y Coin Bank

So Jamie will ask papa for some coins every time he is back home. Hope she will remember that. :D

Flash Cards

I chanced upon the DVD format of workout flashcards from Baby Brain at Kiddy Palace yesterday and decided to get it since its only 20% off. Minimal work from me as I just make sure I turn on the TV & DVD player and everything will auto pilot on its own. Cool! (I still read I Can Read with Jeremy a book daily while Jamie is now on another series of Chinese story books~ Huayu Baoku from A-Star Interactive) .

Yucks!

Elih reported this. Jeremy just pooed in his training pants and said "肮脏" ,touching his backside. So cute!

Crocodile Crumb

Wanted to do this since months ago.. finally got it done after our eggy plant session, yea!

Eggy Plan

After the mad fun, I settled Jamie down with this art & craft work.

Lazy Saturday

Tins throwing, drumming, singing, loud screams and running about in the house were what you will witness in my house this morning. I do not have any concrete program for the children so I took 6 empty Pediasure tins out, filled some tins with green beans & sealed the lid. The kids hav fun using balls to hit the tins, shaked and rolled the tins!!

Jeremy's 1st Official Lesson

Last about 5mins. We sang a Chinese song about eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Flashcards with objects & art & craft which I cut out the shape of an apple and we colored it red. Lesson ended playing w red objects like beanbags, ball, train & seashell which I taught him about the color red. Task accomplished, phew!

Term 2 Art & Craft Works

Jamie's Term 2 Homework from JCK

Singer is here!

See ? Nowadays he will pick up the microphone and sing his heart out!!! After that, the mic is full of his saliva...yucky!!

Impromptu Bunny

Saw someone did this so we copy the idea did this in 10mins, including preparation.

Hurray!

Blogspot finally ok liao!! I can edit, change colors and able to view the usual template again! Hurray!!

Lesson Plan - Patterns

After watching Maths Monster about patterns, I decided to whip out my Montessori materials and teach Jamie about patterns that can grow (Pix 1)! I didn't know about this till we watched the vcd. So I reinforced what we had learnt and I also taught her about sets in the patterns so that she will be more aware of the starting and ending of each set of the patterns. (Pix 2) I built the 1st set of the patterns and asked her to complete it. I will probably increase the difficulty levels to more complex perhaps next week.

Morning Coffee-Get-Together

Time for updates about Jamie's progress in school again.