Falling ill In and Out

Ever since Joshua turned 1 last month, he fell ill for the very first time (common cough and cold) and got recovered shortly and then just this week, he got sick again! Sigh.... ! The GP told me that it's a very very bad ulcers that caused Josh to have very persistent high fever and this will probably go on for days. Continue to pray for God's healing hands upon him that he will quickly bounce back to pink of health again.

September School Holiday Parent-Child Craftwork

As usual, this was done last minute on yesterday. We are suppose to create an insect using scrap materials such as satay sticks, ice cream sticks, pipe cleaners, feathers, wires, fabric, netting, aluminium foil and dried leaves. Gotta name the body parts and submit this assignment today. Little did I realised that we have forgotten to name its body parts and swiftly asked Jeremy to write it on a paper (head, thorax and abdomen) and to hand it to his teacher tomorrow.

Painting

It's the children's September school holiday and today, after a long break, the children have a wonderful time of doodling and painting at home! Yes at home, not along our corridor's wall as what I usually do. And it's also Joshua's 1st time experience wif paint too! He is sure curious and overwhelmed but it was FUN!

Road Crossing

Ever since around 11th month, Joshua has been walking and walking non stop ! And Jamie loves to hold his hand, walking side by side together.

Joshua 1st Day at Cradle

He can finally "upgrade" to the cradle room for age 1-2.5yo kiddos!! Here, the room is spacious and have better toys for him to explore.

White Tiger

See how cheerful he is?? This was taken right after he got well from a recent cough n cold he got it right after his 1st birthday.

Self Feeding

I must admit that I am not as "on-the-ball" when comes to training Joshua to be independent. Things like toilet training (although I've been putting him onto the toilet bowl to pass urine/motion, there's still no sense of urgency to see him off diaper/training pants) and feeding himself. Anyway, just for a start, I've started to allow him to hold the spoon himself for that split seconds for some self explorations :)

What's Next??

As I further shared my findings wif a friend who is into the children's whole brain education, I realised that I can do simple brain exercises with Jamie at home. With frequent practises to stimulate and keeps her midbrain activated, I believe, Jamie will be able to advance to a higher level of intelligence. The above picture showed the position of our midbrain. The red spot in the middle is the midbrain. It is in the sleeping mode before midbrain activation. Sadness and stress is the key factors to put the midbrain to sleep.

Research

As I was doing my own research via the net about the midbrain activation, few things to note are, when the child's midbrain is still active, he/she can experience better memory, concentration, improves creativity, talents as well as rebuild character and emotional stability. Overall, the child is happier and should be able to excel in many aspects of his life, be it academic, sports or a hidden talents. Nevertheless, this is possible when the child is not under stress or learning in an unhappy state of mind. Just when I thought Jamie's midbrain should be dormant since she's already 7 years old (a child's midbrain will become dormant by age of 5), someone told me to try a simple exercise on her (she was able to tell me the color of the red crayon, blind folded!!) to see if its really closed. Guess what?? Her midbrain is somewhat sensitive! Yippee!! So now, what's next huh??

Midbrain Activation ??

Came across this new "in" thing that people have been talking about for the past 2 months or so. It's new here and interestingly, we tend to link our human brain with the left and right hemispheres but didn't realise that there's this little "bridge" that links both hemispheres together. Now, so what's about this little "bridge" ?? Well, the midbrain so as to speak. Some research has shown that, children's whose midbrain are still active or been activated, can perform better, the smart gets smarter. Read here for more information.

Joshua's 1st Tooth !!

This came late but better than nothing, right? He started waking up every hourly during midnights since last month and finally we saw his first visible top 2 incisors, enough for photo shooting, ahahhaha!!

Joshua is WALKING!!!

I've not been updating my blogs for numerous reasons. Anyway, Joshua started to take some unaided steps on his own few weeks ago. And since last week, he has been walking on his own, at least, 10 steps and beyond!! Cool dude !

Mosaic Photo Frame Birthday Party

This year, I've decided to arrange a mosaic craftwork birthday bash for Jamie and her friends at our place. The end product is fantastically great!!

"Star" Award

Jamie received a star collar pin today for being #1 in class last semester!! This came really as a surprised to me as for what I know from her form teacher that she was rather careless and lost some marks due to this reason. Anyway, I'm just glad to know that she has been awarded for her effort she had put in.

Joshua's 1st Birthday Bash

Jamie's Turning 7 Soon!!

Birthday Parties

This year marks the start of 2 birthday parties one week after another... well Joshua was born exactly 1 week after Jamie. That's right, 29th July being Jamie's birthday and 5th August, Joshua's. Yup, so you can imagine how busy I am during this period + juggling every day activities on top of preparation for their parties.

Blessed 13th Anniversary

Wow!! I cannot imagine I'm married for that long man!! Anyway, it has always been our practise to take a day off to spend time alone wif each other. Be it a movie or a meal out without the kids, I've been treasuring this special moments w CQ through the years. May the Lord continues to build and binds this relationship tight just like a little girl whose hair is plaited wif 3 bunches of hair, holds the hair strong and tight vs plaited wif 2 bunches of hair (relationship of husband and wife without God).

I Can Walk!!

Joshua has started crusing around the house, holding onto things like sofa or table. And these days, he can start to walk unaided of about 1-2 steps and just today, I've witnessed him walking towards me within an arm's length!! Although he started crawling at a much later age of almost 10mths old, he was soon able to stand up on his own and then shortly after, he is now into walking few steps unaided!

Violin Practise

This is backlog (14th Apirl)... Jamie has started once weekly violin practise at her school and though her progress is slow but is progressively learning how to play simple nursery rhymes.