Morning Excursion @ West Coast Park

Due to Papa's busy work commitments, he seldom have the time to go outing wif us. But today, I had managed to "squeeze" out some of his morning slot to go out for a short breakfast and outing with us together with Sandra's family. It was a good one though the weather was very humid towards noon.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yay I'm another year wiser.... do I ??? This year, being "cheapo" we had my celebration twice, yes not once, but twice, at Swenson! And I got my free firehouse ice cream twice of course!!

Kinderart Assessment

It's the end of Term 1 and here's Kinderart assessment on Jeremy's arts enrichment wif the kindergarten. Also attached is one of his artwork he had brought home.

** double click to read teacher's comments.

Internet Connection DOWN

Sickening, don't know what happened...couldn't log in since last weekends!! But finally its OK (thks papa :P) and I'm back online again, yea!

Happy Birthday, Amanda

Jamie was invited to a "All gals" art n craft party at an Art shop at West Coast Plaza for 2hours. After dropping her off, I went for my own hi-tea at Fish & Co while taking a breathe from my 2 boys who were at home wif their daddy.

Head Down

I am tired of waiting for the "big day" when Jamie finally can head down COMPLETELY but while waiting, I am very pleased that Jeremy is making steady progress to do head-down since 1 month ago (pix above was taken on 27th Feb when he did his 1st head down.)

Been Lazy

I've been a little slackened for the past few days.... perhaps due to fatigue or long- term burnt out?? Anyway, gotta get back on track again and need to prepare Jamie for oral and comprehensive drilling soon (thanks to Levine for her "pre-warning) as her 1st SA1 is coming up pretty soon. Stress sia! And Jeremy has just started his 1st spelling in K1. So far so good as the school only started them in 3 letters phonetic words (eg fat, mat, cat, sat etc). I think I've too many things on my plate for our 3 kiddos and I still have to clear stuff from our storeroom and at the same time gotta finish up wif some DIY right brain materials for the kids...who says Money not Enough? I say, Time not Enough!!

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...