Papa went out to work in the morning. I sent the 2 kids to the centre so that I could rest and do a bit of cleaning. I cleared up my letters (since June) while watching my Jap DVD... haa. But then the new system didn't like my DVD that much and it hanged twice. So I decided not to risk having my beloved DVD getting spoilt.
When I asked En what she wanted for dinner, she wanted the Soba salad. OMG! AGAIN?
But then, it is one of the easiest dish ever...and since they like it... I guess I will cook it for dinner tonight.
Little Mr Lee is having fun with his puzzles lately. Having played 9-piece puzzles, he went on to play with En's 16-pieces puzzles. Most of the time, he was able to complete them. :)
The night before, when I was about to put them to bed, the 2 kids kept talking and playing, laughing at almost everything the sibling said or did. Mummy gave up getting them to quiet down and close their eyes. Then, Papa joined in, acting silly and making funny faces....
Dear all, it is almost 12 midnight, it is time to sleep... not to play....
Short entry today because I am about to pick them up after buying my lunch. I am tired of the food out there...didn't know what to eat... :(
Friday, December 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
2010 Carpe Diem Concert
At first, I didn't harbour much hope that they will do the dance on stage this year (after last year's experience). First of all, the day before was their Gugu's wedding, we returned home very late, around 12 plus. To make it worse, they had to be up at 6 plus, to reach school latest by 7am. As if that's not enough, En has been having fever prior to this, so her fever has not totally subsided. Therefore, I didn't have too much expectations from her - as she didn't dare to dance on stage for the past 2 years). But I still let them try it out, at the cost of $100+. Why so expensive....2 sets of costumes $38 x 2 = $76. 2 tickets at $36. Plus the DVD which is about $30.
Last year, we bought 6 tickets (plus Grandpa, grandma, gugu and gimgim), but all were wasted. Both didn't dance. The boy just jumped for few seconds and sat on the stage, posing like an Ah-peh throughout...but good thing was he didn't cry.) The girl came out with an axe (props). While her friends were happily performing on stage, she chopped and chopped towards the curtains and suddenly disappeared behind them. (hmm..ok...better than 1st yr when she cried on stage.)
This year, we had a pleasant surprise. Ryan's class is the youngest group, so they came out first. The theme for this year's concert is ' Hello World ', they have different dances from different countries. Ryan's dance is Doraemon (Japan - haa.. Mummy's fav country). The little ones appeared in Kimono, standing behind a Doraemon cut-out. Their costumes are in white and bright red, with a red band, tying around their forehead. When the music came out, Ryan started dancing (and he really stepped from left to right and back all the way). He didn't show any fear ( of cos, he inherited his daddy's dramatism and thick-skin haha). He even stopped to wave to his classmate who was at the audience (cos he didn't participate). We had a great laugh because of his actions. Of course, I tried to video the dance using my cam. But not being a pro, the whole clip was shaky and halfway I had to walk to the side because I couldn't capture him in the clip (2 of his friends danced and moved and moved...).
After the 1st item (Ryan's), I told Papa, at least this year, one of them danced. En's was the sixth item, the anticipation continued while I watched the other items.
Finally, her turn came. She told me her costume is red. When the curtains slowly opened, there were 3 of them wearing red in the middle. From far and at first glance, I couldn't spot her! My cam followed as the curtain opened, until the end of the trail then I realised there isn't any more girls in red. Only the 3 in the centre! So I shifted the focus back to the middle and found my little girl standing there, trying not to be disturbed by her good friend who was on her left. Music started and she danced!! Haha... can't imagine how happy mummy was at that moment. Not that mummy wanted her to be a star, but I thought this showed that she has gained more confidence in herself as compared to previous years. I know my girl has always been very timid and shy. It took her a lot of courage and encouragement from us, to dance in front of a huge audience (strangers somemore). Well done, En en!!
Last year, we bought 6 tickets (plus Grandpa, grandma, gugu and gimgim), but all were wasted. Both didn't dance. The boy just jumped for few seconds and sat on the stage, posing like an Ah-peh throughout...but good thing was he didn't cry.) The girl came out with an axe (props). While her friends were happily performing on stage, she chopped and chopped towards the curtains and suddenly disappeared behind them. (hmm..ok...better than 1st yr when she cried on stage.)
This year, we had a pleasant surprise. Ryan's class is the youngest group, so they came out first. The theme for this year's concert is ' Hello World ', they have different dances from different countries. Ryan's dance is Doraemon (Japan - haa.. Mummy's fav country). The little ones appeared in Kimono, standing behind a Doraemon cut-out. Their costumes are in white and bright red, with a red band, tying around their forehead. When the music came out, Ryan started dancing (and he really stepped from left to right and back all the way). He didn't show any fear ( of cos, he inherited his daddy's dramatism and thick-skin haha). He even stopped to wave to his classmate who was at the audience (cos he didn't participate). We had a great laugh because of his actions. Of course, I tried to video the dance using my cam. But not being a pro, the whole clip was shaky and halfway I had to walk to the side because I couldn't capture him in the clip (2 of his friends danced and moved and moved...).
After the 1st item (Ryan's), I told Papa, at least this year, one of them danced. En's was the sixth item, the anticipation continued while I watched the other items.
Finally, her turn came. She told me her costume is red. When the curtains slowly opened, there were 3 of them wearing red in the middle. From far and at first glance, I couldn't spot her! My cam followed as the curtain opened, until the end of the trail then I realised there isn't any more girls in red. Only the 3 in the centre! So I shifted the focus back to the middle and found my little girl standing there, trying not to be disturbed by her good friend who was on her left. Music started and she danced!! Haha... can't imagine how happy mummy was at that moment. Not that mummy wanted her to be a star, but I thought this showed that she has gained more confidence in herself as compared to previous years. I know my girl has always been very timid and shy. It took her a lot of courage and encouragement from us, to dance in front of a huge audience (strangers somemore). Well done, En en!!
It has been 6 months !!!
Oops... my last posting was 6 months ago ! :p
My new resolution will be to update this blog more regularly.
Yesterday, I bought a few Kindergarten books for En to do. After dinner and their bath, we sat down in the living room to start to do 'homework' (as what En says). I have no problem with En because she likes to do 'homework'. I started her with Maths last night, counting and writing numbers to 10. She can easily count and write, but sometimes she will suddenly ask me how to write a certain number. I skipped some pages as they seem redundant and too repetitive. Then we came to a page where the items are all over the page. She didn't count all correctly as she missed 1 or 2. So, I taught her to count and write the number on the item as she went along. Papa, who was beside us, watching the TV and doing his work, scolded her for not counting that page carefully. Our poor little girl couldn't take harsh scoldings at all and start crying. I explained to Papa that this page is slightly harder because the items are all over the place! Give her a bit more time. So, I had to coax and pacify her a while before she continued. Within that 1 hour or so, she did many pages from that book, with minimum monitoring and pushing. In face, she wanted to continue to do, but I told her it was too late.
On the other hand, the little boy just wrote a few 'a' and a few 'b' throughout. Those with dotted lines, he could somehow follow. Those with empty box, he had a bit of difficulty forming the letters, but he can do it. However, when we came to 'b', he didn't form the letter in the correct way, he wrote the first stroke down and straightaway wanted to join the curve from the bottom upwards. I told him it is wrong. 5 or 6 or 7 times! Papa stepped in to STARE at him. (Papa's stares are his nightmare.) But he still didn't write it correctly. So I resorted to using the hanger (as cane). Then suddenly, he could form the letter 'b' correctly.
2 extreme kids I have ! One wanted to do more and more. The boy actually told me (after writing a few 'a' and 1 or 2 'b') that he didn't want to write anymore. *faint*
I was a bit worried about Ryan's progress because when En was his age, she could recognise all the letters and numbers ! But Papa said not to worry as this boy's thinking is faster than his sis.
Yes, I agree, and to some extent, quite imaginative and creative too. But, still got to teach him his ABCs and 123s !
My new resolution will be to update this blog more regularly.
Yesterday, I bought a few Kindergarten books for En to do. After dinner and their bath, we sat down in the living room to start to do 'homework' (as what En says). I have no problem with En because she likes to do 'homework'. I started her with Maths last night, counting and writing numbers to 10. She can easily count and write, but sometimes she will suddenly ask me how to write a certain number. I skipped some pages as they seem redundant and too repetitive. Then we came to a page where the items are all over the page. She didn't count all correctly as she missed 1 or 2. So, I taught her to count and write the number on the item as she went along. Papa, who was beside us, watching the TV and doing his work, scolded her for not counting that page carefully. Our poor little girl couldn't take harsh scoldings at all and start crying. I explained to Papa that this page is slightly harder because the items are all over the place! Give her a bit more time. So, I had to coax and pacify her a while before she continued. Within that 1 hour or so, she did many pages from that book, with minimum monitoring and pushing. In face, she wanted to continue to do, but I told her it was too late.
On the other hand, the little boy just wrote a few 'a' and a few 'b' throughout. Those with dotted lines, he could somehow follow. Those with empty box, he had a bit of difficulty forming the letters, but he can do it. However, when we came to 'b', he didn't form the letter in the correct way, he wrote the first stroke down and straightaway wanted to join the curve from the bottom upwards. I told him it is wrong. 5 or 6 or 7 times! Papa stepped in to STARE at him. (Papa's stares are his nightmare.) But he still didn't write it correctly. So I resorted to using the hanger (as cane). Then suddenly, he could form the letter 'b' correctly.
2 extreme kids I have ! One wanted to do more and more. The boy actually told me (after writing a few 'a' and 1 or 2 'b') that he didn't want to write anymore. *faint*
I was a bit worried about Ryan's progress because when En was his age, she could recognise all the letters and numbers ! But Papa said not to worry as this boy's thinking is faster than his sis.
Yes, I agree, and to some extent, quite imaginative and creative too. But, still got to teach him his ABCs and 123s !
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Kisses from the other man
Oops... who is that man ? None other than little Mr Lee... haha..who else could it be ? :P
Ryan started this new 'way' of kissing mummy few days ago. A series of kisses...in a particular order : right cheek-left cheek-mouth-nose-right eye-left eye... Haha... My little boy gently planted these kisses on mummy...and I couldn't get enough of them.. :)
Boy, make sure you don't go around doing this to other girls in future... haha.
Little Reyanne also melted my heart with her little thoughts.
Recently, Reyanne is fascinated with the Disney clips I downloaded from YouTube for her.
I let her watch Aladdin's Song 'A Whole New Whole' and Little Mermaid's 'Part of the World'. She liked the 'Whole New World' and after listening to it for 2 or 3 days, she started to sing a bit... :) Just now, while putting her to bed, as usual we always have our bedtime chat. She liked the part where the bird in the video got a shock when it saw the couple flying in the sky and asked me why. I told her it was shocked because usually you don't see people 'flying' in the sky. Having been inspired by the Habits of Mind Conference which mentioned 'Thinking Creatively' as one of the habits, I asked her "Where would you want to fly if you have the magic carpet?" She said " I don't want. I want to stay with mummy. I am afraid mummy will disappear." *Melt*
Though some parents like their children to 'grow-up-quickly-and-be-independent', I do not. Yes, I want them to be independent, but for now, I still enjoy them clinging to me. Sometimes, Ryan would tell En en "MY mummy" to show his 'ownership'. Haa.. yes of course Reyanne will complain to me about this. :p
Ryan started this new 'way' of kissing mummy few days ago. A series of kisses...in a particular order : right cheek-left cheek-mouth-nose-right eye-left eye... Haha... My little boy gently planted these kisses on mummy...and I couldn't get enough of them.. :)
Boy, make sure you don't go around doing this to other girls in future... haha.
Little Reyanne also melted my heart with her little thoughts.
Recently, Reyanne is fascinated with the Disney clips I downloaded from YouTube for her.
I let her watch Aladdin's Song 'A Whole New Whole' and Little Mermaid's 'Part of the World'. She liked the 'Whole New World' and after listening to it for 2 or 3 days, she started to sing a bit... :) Just now, while putting her to bed, as usual we always have our bedtime chat. She liked the part where the bird in the video got a shock when it saw the couple flying in the sky and asked me why. I told her it was shocked because usually you don't see people 'flying' in the sky. Having been inspired by the Habits of Mind Conference which mentioned 'Thinking Creatively' as one of the habits, I asked her "Where would you want to fly if you have the magic carpet?" She said " I don't want. I want to stay with mummy. I am afraid mummy will disappear." *Melt*
Though some parents like their children to 'grow-up-quickly-and-be-independent', I do not. Yes, I want them to be independent, but for now, I still enjoy them clinging to me. Sometimes, Ryan would tell En en "MY mummy" to show his 'ownership'. Haa.. yes of course Reyanne will complain to me about this. :p
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Ryan is growing...
I remember telling others that Ryan is slower in his development of speech. Finally, he has started talking more, using more vocabulary, even with different tones plus facial expressions. This little boy is really a cheeky one. = )
Some weeks ago, we brought them to MacDonalds as it was Reyanne's 4th birthday. In one of the Happy Meal was a Shrek toy whereby you can attach a 'baby' or pull it off. When you attach it, a voice would come out 'My Little Man', when it was being detached, you would hear 'Arghhhhhhh !!' So Ryan started mimicking the sounds... he looked really funny and I can't stop watching that video clip...haha..
Another incident was...when Reyanne, Ryan and Jieren were in Grandma's bathroom bathing... :P ( Yes... she bathed 3 of them at the same time ...let them sit in a tub and play with water) Anyway... back to the story, after playing with water, she asked ' Who wants to come out first?' Little Ryan shouted immediately 'Me' (in Mandarin 'Wo'), thinking that being the first to answer is the champion... little did he know that actually being the 1st everytime is not really good as he had to stop playing first and come out to dry himself. The next day, Grandma asked the same question. This boy quickly pointed at Jieren and said, "Ren Ren!"
Again in the bathroom, this time Grandma tried a different tactic. She asked 'Shou you mei you zhou zhou?'. At first, I think he doesn't really understand the meaning of "zhou zhou". He looked at his hands and echoed 'zhou zhou'. So Grandma said, 'ohh...then must come out....' Realised he was being 'tricked', he quickly changed his answer and said 'Bu Hui Le... Bu Hui Le....!" and sat down continued playing.
Last Saturday, the 2 went to Gonggong and Po Po's house for the day as Mummy needed to attended a church wedding in the morning. At night, Gong Gong showed me a photo -which I couldn't make sense of it at all. Gong Gong said," These are all the ''overseas certificates' your son wanted to bring home." So it turned out that, little Ryan and Reyanne drew and doodled on recycled papers at G/P's house. Ryan wanted to bring back all the papers, so he tried to stuff them into Reyanne's Dora bag which was already quite packed. I heard he sat there, trying to solve his problem. Finally, he decided to roll up every piece of paper and slot them into the bag. And he actually sat there to roll about at least 15 pieces of A4-size papers, without making any sound, without disturbing anyone. Haha... Good thinking, boy!
Some weeks ago, we brought them to MacDonalds as it was Reyanne's 4th birthday. In one of the Happy Meal was a Shrek toy whereby you can attach a 'baby' or pull it off. When you attach it, a voice would come out 'My Little Man', when it was being detached, you would hear 'Arghhhhhhh !!' So Ryan started mimicking the sounds... he looked really funny and I can't stop watching that video clip...haha..
Another incident was...when Reyanne, Ryan and Jieren were in Grandma's bathroom bathing... :P ( Yes... she bathed 3 of them at the same time ...let them sit in a tub and play with water) Anyway... back to the story, after playing with water, she asked ' Who wants to come out first?' Little Ryan shouted immediately 'Me' (in Mandarin 'Wo'), thinking that being the first to answer is the champion... little did he know that actually being the 1st everytime is not really good as he had to stop playing first and come out to dry himself. The next day, Grandma asked the same question. This boy quickly pointed at Jieren and said, "Ren Ren!"
Again in the bathroom, this time Grandma tried a different tactic. She asked 'Shou you mei you zhou zhou?'. At first, I think he doesn't really understand the meaning of "zhou zhou". He looked at his hands and echoed 'zhou zhou'. So Grandma said, 'ohh...then must come out....' Realised he was being 'tricked', he quickly changed his answer and said 'Bu Hui Le... Bu Hui Le....!" and sat down continued playing.
Last Saturday, the 2 went to Gonggong and Po Po's house for the day as Mummy needed to attended a church wedding in the morning. At night, Gong Gong showed me a photo -which I couldn't make sense of it at all. Gong Gong said," These are all the ''overseas certificates' your son wanted to bring home." So it turned out that, little Ryan and Reyanne drew and doodled on recycled papers at G/P's house. Ryan wanted to bring back all the papers, so he tried to stuff them into Reyanne's Dora bag which was already quite packed. I heard he sat there, trying to solve his problem. Finally, he decided to roll up every piece of paper and slot them into the bag. And he actually sat there to roll about at least 15 pieces of A4-size papers, without making any sound, without disturbing anyone. Haha... Good thinking, boy!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Going through another phase ?
In March, Ryan got HFMD, and was kept away from childcare centre for 10 days. After his recovery, he didn't want to go to school! He would sit outside the centre (don't know what he is waiting for) and waited...till either I carried him in or passed him to a teacher. Without fail, he would start wailing loudly and pitifully as if I have abandoned him. At first, I thought...ok... he got to get used to the routine one more time...maybe just a week or two at most. However, till now, mid April, he is still doing the same thing EVERY MORNING. ok...not every morning...at least he didn't do that TODAY (only today...so when I came back I told Roy he can buy Toto).
Luckily, from what I heard, he would stop after 5 to 10 mins. For the rest of the days, he would be alright and enjoying himself and would still occasionally disturb others. But then... En en also started acting up. I wonder if it's because she saw what her brother did. Every morning (and night), I need to tell her Mummy has to go to work, no one is at home to look after them so they have to go to school and play with friends. Sometimes, it was really frustrating to see them behaving like this, especially when other kids walk in to the school happily and wave byebye to their daddy and mummy. I really hope we can get over this phase SOON.
Luckily, from what I heard, he would stop after 5 to 10 mins. For the rest of the days, he would be alright and enjoying himself and would still occasionally disturb others. But then... En en also started acting up. I wonder if it's because she saw what her brother did. Every morning (and night), I need to tell her Mummy has to go to work, no one is at home to look after them so they have to go to school and play with friends. Sometimes, it was really frustrating to see them behaving like this, especially when other kids walk in to the school happily and wave byebye to their daddy and mummy. I really hope we can get over this phase SOON.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Emotional Mother
Yesterday, we went to my parents' house since it was a holiday. With the two kids bugging their Gonggong, I went down to do my work on the computer. The television was on, but I wasn't following any of the movies shown in particular...till this 'horror' movie.
I didn't watch from the beginning, just managed to fix the story together through the bits that I had watched. It showed Shu Qi as a mother who moved into a new apartment with her hubby and toddler son.
Somehow, her son was taken away by a 'monster', who turned out to be a mad woman who lived on scraps and hid in unknown parts of the estate. This scary-looking mad woman, played by Lin Jia Xin, lost her hubby and was left alone with her son. Being unable to support themselves financially after her husband died, they wandered on streets. While she hasn't lost her sanity, she still looked after her son though they could not make ends meet. However, her son died... I didn't get to watch how he died. (so I managed to save up some tears)
Somehow, when I watched again, it seemed that Shu Qi was left alone to deal with the 'kidnap' of her son. However, according to Roy, the son was slowly being 'transformed' ??? Shu Qi tried to find out more about the mad woman and approached police for help, but didn't know what the police did. Anyway, she managed to lure the mad woman into her apartment using her 'already dead son' as a 'bait' (well..the mad woman had lost her sanity and maybe her memory got mixed up so she couldn't remember that her son had died).
When the mad woman left the boy alone to find Shu Qi, I thought it was a good chance for the boy to follow her route and escape to find his mother. While the 2 women were fighting in the apartment, the boy appeared at the doorstep of his own house and cried. During the fight, the 2 women were pushed by each other to different corners of the house (shortly after the boy appeared), the boy slowly moved forward, crying sadly... but what made me BURST INTO TEARS WAS to see the son walking towards to MAD WOMAN !!!!!!! He was saying to her ,"Why did you leave me alone?" and went to hug her !!! I COULDN'T TAKE IT AT ALL!!!!
Whenever I watch shows with small children suffering from mishaps, it always makes me very emotional because I would easily think about what it will be like if that child is my own. I couldn't believe it...so immediately, the thought that flew to me was... like my own child forsake me for a MAD and dirty woman who kept him away from his own mother!
The mad woman took the boy away, leaving the devastated Shu Qi alone. She brought the boy up to the rooftop... foreseeing what may come... I walked away and refused to continue to watch that HORRIBLE show! I knew my tap would not stop if she really jumped down from the building with that innocent and cute boy.
I know I was the type to cry easily (from watching sad love stories/ dramas) but I think I have 'levelled up' after I became a mother myself. I wonder if other mothers are like me... or.... was it JUST ME ???
I didn't watch from the beginning, just managed to fix the story together through the bits that I had watched. It showed Shu Qi as a mother who moved into a new apartment with her hubby and toddler son.
Somehow, her son was taken away by a 'monster', who turned out to be a mad woman who lived on scraps and hid in unknown parts of the estate. This scary-looking mad woman, played by Lin Jia Xin, lost her hubby and was left alone with her son. Being unable to support themselves financially after her husband died, they wandered on streets. While she hasn't lost her sanity, she still looked after her son though they could not make ends meet. However, her son died... I didn't get to watch how he died. (so I managed to save up some tears)
Somehow, when I watched again, it seemed that Shu Qi was left alone to deal with the 'kidnap' of her son. However, according to Roy, the son was slowly being 'transformed' ??? Shu Qi tried to find out more about the mad woman and approached police for help, but didn't know what the police did. Anyway, she managed to lure the mad woman into her apartment using her 'already dead son' as a 'bait' (well..the mad woman had lost her sanity and maybe her memory got mixed up so she couldn't remember that her son had died).
When the mad woman left the boy alone to find Shu Qi, I thought it was a good chance for the boy to follow her route and escape to find his mother. While the 2 women were fighting in the apartment, the boy appeared at the doorstep of his own house and cried. During the fight, the 2 women were pushed by each other to different corners of the house (shortly after the boy appeared), the boy slowly moved forward, crying sadly... but what made me BURST INTO TEARS WAS to see the son walking towards to MAD WOMAN !!!!!!! He was saying to her ,"Why did you leave me alone?" and went to hug her !!! I COULDN'T TAKE IT AT ALL!!!!
Whenever I watch shows with small children suffering from mishaps, it always makes me very emotional because I would easily think about what it will be like if that child is my own. I couldn't believe it...so immediately, the thought that flew to me was... like my own child forsake me for a MAD and dirty woman who kept him away from his own mother!
The mad woman took the boy away, leaving the devastated Shu Qi alone. She brought the boy up to the rooftop... foreseeing what may come... I walked away and refused to continue to watch that HORRIBLE show! I knew my tap would not stop if she really jumped down from the building with that innocent and cute boy.
I know I was the type to cry easily (from watching sad love stories/ dramas) but I think I have 'levelled up' after I became a mother myself. I wonder if other mothers are like me... or.... was it JUST ME ???
Thursday, April 1, 2010
1st Entry in 2010
This is my first official entry in 2010. Oh my goodness... was I so busy that I forgot about this blog? But I added En en's Video clips.. :P Ok...not so bad.
It is 2 April today, a holiday for us - Good Friday!
En en has learnt 7 Tang Poems in school. I am amazed with her memory. It was fun listening to her as well. :) Few days ago, En en suddenly commented, " I didn't see Papa and Mummy get married. I want to see lei." She made the same comment about Gonggong and Popo's marriage as well. Haha... where did she learnt the word 'Jie Hun' in the first place?
Ryan has been very active, he had just recovered from HFMD the week before. Lucky for him or for us, I think it was considered mild. He wasn't crying from discomfort or pain, but maybe the itching irritated him. We were trying hard to prevent him from scratching too much.
It is 2 April today, a holiday for us - Good Friday!
En en has learnt 7 Tang Poems in school. I am amazed with her memory. It was fun listening to her as well. :) Few days ago, En en suddenly commented, " I didn't see Papa and Mummy get married. I want to see lei." She made the same comment about Gonggong and Popo's marriage as well. Haha... where did she learnt the word 'Jie Hun' in the first place?
Ryan has been very active, he had just recovered from HFMD the week before. Lucky for him or for us, I think it was considered mild. He wasn't crying from discomfort or pain, but maybe the itching irritated him. We were trying hard to prevent him from scratching too much.
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