Those Little Surprises

Here's are those little surprises, one after another. Thanks CQ for everything!

A Special Date

** I was invited !!! :p

A,E,I, O, U

Recently, I have enrolled Jamie into Zoo Phonics for a 2 hourly once a week programme hoping that she will develop phonemic awareness which is an essentiial step in learning to read on her own. She will also be acquiring letter-writing pemanship skills to prepare her for sentence writing at the next level.

As she is moving into sounding out all the letters of the alphabets, I am more conscious of my pronounciation with all the beginning , middle and ending sounds of words, blending and word families etc. Who says we can't learn with our kids??

My Breastfeeding Journey with Jeremy

Wanted to blog this little achievement of mine long time ago. I totally weaned Jamie off when she was around 7.5months old and for Jeremy, its 14mths !! In fact, he self weaned so it was a breeze for both of us. Looking back, I have no regrets of all the obstacles and late nights pumping and to breastfeed him. Afterall, seeing how strong and smart he is, I would still say, berastmilk is the best !!

Fisher Price Learn Through Music Interactive Learning System

Got this from a supplier (the toy has been retired from the market for quite some time) and the children love it very much!! Especially this Jeremy who keeps pressing the arrow button, watching the images move from page to page!! Good investment!

Proud Son

So glad that Jeremy is beginning to verbalise words (some are 3 letters words) alot more these days. Basically he picks up new skills and language pretty fast. This morning I just taught him to sign "more" if he wants to eat more. And surprisingly, he did it so many times when he wanted bread from me!! Soon when he is ready, I will start him off on some Montessori materials that I did with Jamie when she was about 2yrs old.

Happy Lunar New Year

Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Xin Nian Hao!! This is what Jamie will say instead of the usual way of Gong Xi Fa Cai. She says this is what her teacher has taught her in school. Mmm, afterall, going to school isn't that bad huh??

Laminator

Finally got a cheap home used laminator from Levine!! Yea thks pal! With this laminator, I will be busy laminating alot of the Montessori materials as well as some old photographs that I do not have the softcopy.

FOR SALES ~ Vtech Baby Exploration Activity Table

Anybody keen??

Turquoise Rose Embriodery Ladies Tank Top from Korea

Isn't it nice? I got it from online for a mere 6 bucks!! haha who says nice clothes are expensive??

My Friend

It's always good to know that somebody understands how much hard work & time you have invested to homeschool your kids. And I'm grateful to Levine, my friend, who also has a 3.5yrs old son.

We share information, resources and ideas on how to teach our kids at the comfort of our home. I will not be who I am without her for she is someone who is so much more creative and resourceful than I! Thanks Levine!

My Friend

It's always good to know that somebody understands how much work you have done to homeschool your kids. And I'm grateful to Levine, my friend who has a 3.5yrs old son. We share information, resources and ideas on how to teach our kids at the comfort of our home. I will not be who I am without her as she is someone who is so much more creative and resourceful than I! Thanks Levine!

Birthday Goody Bag from School

This is Jamie's 2nd bday goody bag from her classmates since the beginning of the year. I am very pleased that she's finally in school, getting to know new friends, learning to queue up, work in groups and enjoy singing songs.

I am Back!!

Finally back to blogging after 2 months of rest!! Been very busy during last December and last month when Jamie finally in school!! Yippee!! But this month's quite bad as both Jamie & Jeremy fall ill since 2 weeks ago. They are now recovering after series of nebulising, various medicines and now on antibiotics. Thank God they are getting well! Will be coming back for more 2 months of updates!! LOL

Fresh Flowers

Fresh from Far East Flora at Thomson for only 5 bucks, cool! And Jeremy got to see so many different types of flowers and potted plants while his jie-jie was in school ;p

Jeremy turning 1 tomorrow....

I'm kind of feeling guilty for not arranging a party bash for Jeremy though father-in-law has pre-arrange for a afternoon lunch at a restaurant. So, I'm trying to do whatever I can and ere's the cake I have just ordered :D

* pix taken from ecreative. Name will be changed of course...

No-No-No

It's great to see how much Jeremy has grown each day and these days, he doesn't like us to hold his hands and he will shake off his hand whenever we try to hold him. For some reasons, he also loves to shake his head which I think he is trying to express his dislikes in this manner. Seeing him grow, Jeremy is somewhat later in achieving his little milestones as compared to his sister. Perhaps this is why many have told me that boys are slower than girls ?

(03-11-06) I'm 11th Months Old !

See those 2 teeth on top? Hurray! I can chew better!!

Self Made Banana Smoothie

Jamie loves to do things herself especially after watching Preschool Power. Tonight, I allowed her to peel, cut & blend her own banana smoothie. After everything was done, Jamie sat down quietly and finished up the drinks , having so contented !

Before & After

Bought this set of puzzles at Kiddy Palace. What made me wanting to buy is that it teaches Jamie the concept of before & after. For eg, white shirt after some painting on it becomes a colored shirt etc.