Splashing Time @ 7.5mths

Joshua has been enjoying water fun time every time he's being put into the swim tub. It's proven that babies who are exposed to early water experience benefit them tremendously and the obvious reasons are quoted as ..."fostering a growing sense of self-esteem, confidence and independence. As a child's ability to freely move through the water increases so does their sense of well-being." Read up more here.

Abacus Lesson

Finally after 3 tough months of twice weekly lessons, Jeremy is getting better wif his abacus homework. He doesn't whin terribly, cry while doing work or taking his own sweet time (can be up to 2 hours for a mere 2 pages work) to complete his homwework. He is more cheerful and enjoys lesson now. See how happy he is ??

Colorful Organic Fruits

Yummy!! These are for Josh! Remembered Jeremy took alot of organic fruits, cereals and grains when he was very young.

Improved Motor Skills

After months of drilling, Jeremy has shown significant improvement. However chinese characters are more tough for him at this age for I remembered Jamie didn't write chinese words well at 4yo 3mths old.

Parent Volunteer #2

The cycle is back again..this time for Jeremy. Yup, he will be going to P1 in two years time. So now I gotta apply as Parent Volunteer. Hate it! Sigh, but what to do??? Anyway this afternoon, I went to the school to submit my completed form. What's next?? Well, they will email me an electronic mail request to submit another more detailed form. Then lastly follow by a 1-to-1 interview around end May. Why so troublesome???

Hair Cut Again

Don't know why boys tend to patronize barber so much more frequent than girls??

1st Day of the Week??

Do you know what is the first day of the week?? See it yourself.... I thought its Sunday as many of us thought too but its not! Its "in us" for so long that Sunday is the "last" day of the week, a day of rest and relax. So its time we change our mindset!

1st Chocolate Bar

This is Jeremy 1st taste of a chocolate bar shortly after 4yo. Can you find the gleam from his face???? **PS : He has put on some weight for the past 1-2mths prior losing weight again due to episodes of diarrhoea and tummyache.

Violin Enrichment

After battling for some time, we have decided to enrol Jamie when she took back a letter from school. So today is her 1st lesson. This is her 1st formal practise wif musical instrument.

Missing In Action

Why am I so busy?? Well, apart from the daily coaching of Jamie & Jeremy & their enrichments, I'm also tied up with Joshua whereby I need to do flash cards activities with him at least twice daily. Then came March holidays which made me even more busy !! But to the kids, they had enjoyed themselves very much except Jeremy on certain days having some tummy ache and diarrhea. He is fine now. And tomorrow school re-opens !! B-U-S-Y again!!

Joshua @ 6 Mois

This is Joshua at Little Neuro Tree while waiting for his kor-kor.

Morning Work

Both kids had their mental arithematic practices this morning after breakfast. According to their teacher, Jamie's foundation is very firm and her speed and accuracy is there. As for Jeremy, after into his 9th lessons, he is now able to do 3 single digit addition/subtraction eg (1+3-2), and the "friends" of 1,2,3,4 & 5 (eg 1 friend is 9, 2 friend is 8etc)

Power Failure

I panickly went downstairs to dial the town council's number which stated at the lift lobby. And hurriedly brought all my EBM to my parents-in-law house to refrigerate. This is the 2nd time power tripped ever since we moved here 1yr 4mths ago. 1st time was due to a faulty iron and today?? The technician said it gotta do wif "downstairs" electricity ?? Whatever as long as the power is back...

1st Pumpkin Taste

Decided to blend the freshly steamed butter nut pumpkin I've juz bought yday at ntuc. Wah! Am so pleased wif the smooth texture and of course the "not-so-sweet" for the little taste bud.

I Know My Name

It's long awaiting indeed. But nevermind the slow milestone... he can write his name !!

Waking Up Early

Joshua is usually the first to wake up before Jamie & Jeremy due to his early morning milk feed. And he is the first to greet his jie-jie & kor-kor too!!

I Can Sit!!

It has never cross my mind that Joshua is already capable of sitting upright on his own till his "counterpart" did it during CNY visitation at our place, lol!!! So cute seeing him sitting by himself. So when did he started to sit ???

Year of Tiger

Expecting more ang baos since I've 3 kids??? Hahhaa.... shall see how. Meanwhile, have a blessed lunar new year !! Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Hands-On Sight Words

DIY some cards for Jeremy. Been quite stacken lately but I'm coming back!!

Fisher Price Jumperoo

After battling whether to get a preowned set or go ahead w 1 mth's rental, I've decided to rent instead. And the funny thing is, he doesn't like the music/sound at all and will cry shortly less than 5mins playing in it.

6 Months 7Days

After whrestling for quite a while, I've decided to start Josh on cereal. He is taking it well so far. Hmm, soon the start of puree and semi solid food....

Cheers!

See how happy CQ's mother ? I suppose this shows how much joy Joshua brings to them.... anyway, he is such a loveable, big eyes baby that melts people's heart.

HYPY Test

Jamie took home her 1st test paper from school. Am very pleased wif her results although I think she should score full marks. Was penalised for "cao" (grass) as she wrote "chao" instead. Sayang!

6 Months Checkup & Immunisation

Joshua now weighs at 8.4kg, 68.5cm tall and his head is the biggest among our 3 children, 46cm! And today he had 2 jabs...the usual 5-in-1 and the pneumoccocal 2nd jab. Ouch!!

Mind Mapping ??

This chance upon me when I was browsing through some books from a mini book fair at Jamie's school yesterday. I am rather ignorant about mind mapping and didn't daunt on me that this may be a gateway to be successful in composition writing! Now I'm exploring the possibility of me attending a mind mapping workshop so that I can better understand the magic of using this to coach my children in their composition writing.

Little Miracle

I've never imagine that Jeremy can do mental arithematic at the age of 4. Afterall Jamie only started it when she was almost 6yo. You see, this is one of the good thing being the "lau-er" or even "lau-san" ie, they just zoom straight into the "correct path" whatever their older sibling had gone through the rough way. So time is not wasted in the sense. Just now I was revising abacus wif him and tested him 3 single digit addition-subtraction sums. Eg 1+3+5 or 2+2-1. And he surprised me !! Well done !!

Jamie & Cheshire

I'm surprised that Jamie is just a little bit shorter than her 9yo cousin! Both of them had a lot of fun playing together while we had our reunion dinner in the kitchen.

Going to School

There are days when Joshua doesn't nap when I'm about to send Jamie to school. So today, he came along wif us and Jamie was very happy whenever her baby brother came along!

Super HOT

Weather has been escalating nowadays and its so humid even when sun's down. Joshua loves waterplay so much more these days.

Classmates

So relieved to see that Jamie is happily settling down in her new school despite her form teacher going on long leave (till end March) shortly after end of 1st week. Thanks to Chiku Christina (relief teacher) who made extra effort in making sure the children get to know one another, settling down fast and even took few pictures of the class. Now Jamie no longer so reserved and quiet as compared when she first started school.

10th Wedding Anniversary

Wah we are into our 10th wedding anniversary !! 10years ago, both of us were busy preparing our wedding at Chijmes and now we are already parents of 3 kiddos! No candle light dinner except Crystal Jade lunch wif bb Joshua in tow and supper at Bakerzin after Josh went to bed. I gave him a Thermos mug and a pair of crocs shoes while he paid for a pair of Lee Cooper sneakers for me.

First Shoes

This shall be Josh's 1st pair of walking shoes he is going to wear during coming CNY. It fits him nicely indeed! Thanks to my friend, BL for the little gift!

Bento #12

Simply no time to snap photos of my bentos lately... And here's another snack for Jamie to munch during her recess.

The Pianist

Thanks to Levine for the long awaiting toy.....

PS : Jamie told me that she wants to learn piano after playing wif this toy, whahahhaa!!

Our Next Generation

These kids really keep me busy 24/7 !!

Homeschool

Joshua is still receiving his daily b/w flash cards sessions at least twice a day. He loves staring at it especially those complicated pictures wif red colors.

Hair Cut

Initially I thought the hairdresser was not out to be a hairdresser when she didn't even know exactly what style I wanted her to trim for Jeremy! However, after careful, detailed instructions given to her, the turnout was just as GREAT!! And Jeremy, for the first time, has a boy-boy haircut!! Hahhaaaa!!!

1st Mental Arithematic Lesson

Finally after Jamie started it 7 months back, its Jeremy's turn now. He is slowly getting the foundation right with more practices and drilling both in class as well as at home.

Bento #8

Wrong color selection can make the bento looks dull and unimpressive. Should use red or blue plate.

Joshua @ 5 Mois

This afternoon put him in the swimming tub for his swimming pleasure again. Enjoying kicking n splashing as usual.

Bento #7

Did a quickie lunch for Jamie within minutes.

Bento #6

The children had everything finished up!!

Explorer Kids

Bento #5

Jamie ate up all during recess today. Yea!

Downtown East Chalet

Finally we made it over last weekends for a short 2 days of fun n relax for the family! Think the kids enjoyed themselves the most while its tiring for the adults... either from lack of sleep or from bringing them to play the whole day. Anyway, its a good one despite the high noise level at 12mn on Saturday when many were celebrating birthdays and BBQ parties. I couldn't sleep a wink. Will be posting up some nice photos...

See how carefree & happy Jamie was while at the chalet??

Beginning of Potty Training

Joshua is growing very fast and today, finally, I've decided to start training him. Don't ask me how and what cos its really impromptu and I do hope that I can be consistent and "condition" him now for successful potty training.