Reunion Dinner wif Shellen's Family

We had our advanced reunion dinner tonight cos like me, both my elder sisters need to have reunion dinner wif their in laws so we will host it earlier from our side. Every year, my sisters' maids will chip in to assist my mum during the preparation and cooking of the food. Since both maids had just gone back and the current ones are pretty new, my mum has to cook most of the dishes herself. Nevertheless, my mum's cooking hasn't really changed much though age has been catching up wif her and she must be exhausted after the long day in the kitchen. Thank you mother!

What's down there?

Caught this special moments........they fight, snatch, chase & do all sorts of naughty stuff but this is one of the quiet moments I enjoy seeing :D

Ice Ice Baby

Took out an ice and let Jeremy has some fun on it. Though he is still too young to understand the concept of different forms that water can turn into, I supposed he still enjoyed exploring the cold cold icy ice, seeing it melted away!

Tying the Knot

Eight years ago, we were seemingly busy at Chijmes getting ready for that BIG moment in our life. Yes, big moment of changes when we were to be separated from our parents, to face our new challenges together, a place where we called it ~ home. We were filled with excitement & joy yet uncertainty laid the path ahead of us. Now looking back, we thank our God for His provisions, His abundant grace and blessings, seeing us through all ups and downs that we have encountered and will be. Happy Anniversary, CQ!

Peacock Drawings

Can see which one is drawn by Jamie? Btw, she decorated the tail with nice vibrant dots for mine.

DIY Tambourine from Sunday School

Jamie showed me this art & craft work she did after church today. She said there are some beans inside which produces a nice crystal clear sound when she shakes the tambourine. She can draw stars better now.

Paper Folding

Asked Jamie to cut out the colored shapes and we did this miniature birthday cake. Nice? This "Origami" bk that I got it in replacement of the actual out of stock Origami bk also not too bad. It has many cute lil handicraft works for the child to do!

Got this 3 cute wind up miniature insects from Toysrus. When these are wind up, one can see the wings moving up and down as if its really flying!

Jeremy 1st Take Home Work

The teacher handed me a blue workbag when I went to school to fetch my boi home. Here's what's inside together with some notices from the school.

The chinese booklet. Inside the book, there's about 5 words, 1 word per page. Right now, I am doing quite a fair bit of reading with Jeremy since he just started to enjoy reading. Other stuff I'm doing at home are, reading, coloring, painting, drawing, learning via cdroms and some simple practical life exercises etc.

Back to School

I am on cloud nine when Jeremy finally is back to school today!! Just days ago, I asked him if he wanted to go to school and he said "NO!" . This morning, when I raised the same question again, I got a "Yes" answer from him!

Jeremy's Newborn Scrapbook

Finally completed this album. Above are some of the layouts I have extracted out. Photos were all taken in the hospital when he was newborn.

Flu Jab

Just yesterday, it suddenly daunted on me that I should go for my jab as its almost a year since I last took it. And this time, I asked Jamie to go for the jab too, assuring her that it won't be painful and it will be swift. I'm hoping that she will not develop any side effects after this. She will proceed to school after the jab....

Yea finally! Tell you, Jamie is a very brave girl cos the jab is quite painful no wonder she yelled sooo loud and cried for about 10mins. Prior this, she was so happy and looking forward to see the doctor woh!

NO School Again

Rang up Jeremy's teacher this morning and after reporting to her of his health status, it is decided that he should not go to school today. Anyway the doctor said he should be fine to go back to school on Friday. Sigh, ever since he's off medicine for more than 7 months, this is the 1st time he is not able to combat the virus/bacteria off despite consuming lots of Millennium, a kind of royal jelly, cactus fruit juice to boost up his immune system. I am still feeding him this + medicine, hopefully his fever will subside completely and he will be on the road to recovery by this week.

Today's Topic

It's been quite a while since Jamie has ceased working with dot-to-dot exercises. Found this book and I stood beside her while watching her completing the work as she rarely tries on numbers beyond 100. This, it ended at #156. More of such practices should be able to give her a better concept of #100s...

After dot-to-dot, I wanted her to revise on phonics. I think this is a good book as it also covers most of what she is learning from her teacher. So I used this as a revision book. Till date, she is halfway through the blue scheme & yet to start on the final scheme, green box, which her Montessori teacher will teach her on 5 letters words and beyond.

No School Today

Jeremy suddenly fall ill over the weekends and was running a fever last midnight. It's better for him to have amble rest at home before he is back to school again on Wednesday.

D.I.Y Ship

Jamie pestered me to set up the Winnie the Pooh Playhouse early in the morning and after it's done, she hid herself inside, real busy building this herself. Asked her what it is...she said its a ship! Nevermind if doesn't really look like a ship, what I'm impressed is the way she built it. So symmetrically done!

Farewell Party

We were invited to a BBQ farewell party this evening for Nigel & Karen as they will be leaving Singapore after years of tough thoughts of migration. I'm glad they have finally decided its time for them to go. We wish them all the best and let's keep in touch !

Jeremy 1st Goodie Bag

Today after school, I saw this goodie bag in his school bag and asked his teacher. So realised that they celebrated one kid's birthday earlier on. Then I noticed there's some cake stain on Jeremy's mouth & on his t-shirt as well. Wahahahaa..... this boy must be trying to feed him and got it stained.

Children's First Car Ride

This was their 1st ride at Downtown East last weekend and I'm very surprised that Jeremy was so daring and he wasn't afraid of it at all! He even pestered me to let him ride on it again and again and of course he whinned when its time to leave

AMC Cookware

Ever since I changed my cooking pots/pan to AMC, cooking has been a better experience for me. It saves my time spend in the kitchen and most of all I save on gas and its healthier!

AStar Interactive Maths

We did some Mathematics revision on additions using Astar Interactive multimedia cd. It's always good to recap what we have been taught. Isn't it so?