YQ- 25 Months / YS- 46 Months

Both Kiddos were down with cough & flu for the past few weeks, we were basically in & out of the GP clinic as well as the chinese physician clinic which explained why their medical bills cost a bomb. Anyway, now they are recovering & hopefully they will maintain that way for good. I'm still sourcing for art class for YS at the nearby community centre but the customer service lady told me that I can only enrol him for the class only after he turn 4 years old. What logic is that? Actual b'day only difference by a few months & she won't allow me to do the enrolment.

After almost a month plus at the new childcare, both of them have started to settle down more peacefully especially for YQ. Initially she will cry everyday (at least twice a day), now her emotion is more stable & I don't feel so stress when I bring her to school everyday. YS has started to know some new friends in school & seems more relax around his classmates. Their command of English have improved slightly & sometimes we will converse in English.

Interesting conversations with them:

YS: Mummy, 我是老板！妹妹是小姐！爸爸是老板！妈咪是小姐！

YQ: 我是小姐，kor kor是老板！

Mummy: =_=

YS: Mummy, 明天有没有上学？

Mummy: 有，明天是Monday!

YS: 为什么是Monday?

Mummy: Aiyoh, Monday就是Monday咯. *shake head*

YS: Mummy, 为什么路上的车不会走？

Mummy: 因为红灯的时候车就停咯，变绿灯车才会走。

YS: Mummy, 为什么车要驾这样快？

Mummy: *looking at papa & keep quiet*

Planning in progress...

Yes! The word "planning" has been in my head for quite some time. Of course planning for No. 3 is part of the plan but I have a bigger plan in my schedule. A plan to earn more $$$, those who knows me well enough should know that I earn meagre pay as compared to my peers. People out there are earning so much but they are still complaining not enough $$$ at the end of the day...perhaps it's human nature that no one is always satisfied with what they have. My plan has just started & I hope God gives me the strength to carry on till I fulfill my task accordingly. I must persevere & be persistent this time round!

Father's Day Celebration

Pictures from the Father's Day celebration

Father's Day card made by YS

Lunch @ Irodori Jap Restaurant (Riverview Hotel)

YQ posing for the camera

Another pose with marie ee & my mum

YS looked so handsome with his tie on

The guys from the LIM family

MIL & SIL & my mum

YS posed with the antique ship vessel @ the hotel lobby

YS & YQ bb cousin (Ms. Yue Zuan)

The kiddos posed with hb @ JB Jusco Mall

Surprised Attempt

YS suprised all of us by showing us he can use chopsticks to pick up a peanut. All of us were so happy & so was he! I did not teach him to use chopsticks yet, many times I was tempted to buy the chopsticks training kit for him to learn. The only time I let him touch chopsticks was during meal times in order to keep him occupied & away from all the unnecessary distractions. Good job, my dear boy!

Who is holding the chopsticks?

YS showed us his little achievement of the day!

YQ-24 Months / YS-45 Months

Monthly update for the kiddos

YS

1)Behaving more like big bro after I placed them in the same school. He will console mei mei not to cry & hold her hand wherever he goes

2) Still asking a lot of "Why"!

3)He is showing less interest during the weekly music lesson (so now I have to start scouting for alternative enrichment course for him & I'm exploring other area that he is more interested in)

YQ

1) Terrible two stage is finally here, more tantrums, crying & whining is going on.

2) She will imitate her bro & asked a lot of "Why" as well.

3) She is very picky during meal times especially in school.

4) Her favourite reply to us are usually "不要啦!" , "不可以啦!", “不好啦!"...all negative answers!

Happy 2nd B'day!

Our dearest ger turned 2 on the 18th of June. One week ago, I ordered a 3kg cake Hello Kitty cake and prepared 70 goodies bags for her schoolmates 1 day before. Luckily with the help from the young jie-jie in my office, I had 4 helpers packed everything for me within half an hour...hehe! We did not have any elaborate celebration for her other than the school party, just simple dinner with her yeye, nainai, ah ma, marie yi po at the restaurant. Thank you for the lovely gifts!

Goodies Bag for the children

YQ waiting for the rest of the children to get ready after naptime

Birthday cake with Hello Kitty figurines

Family posed for camera

YQ's English teacher (Ms. Kressly) & the b'day gift from the school

32nd Birthday

My 32nd birthday just passed by very quickly this yr, all of us were sick & I don't really have any mood to celebrate either. Office gave me a "surprised" b'day party & they were trying so hard to keep it a secret (haha!), hb bought me a cake that very night too. Turning into 30s had set me back thinking what I have achieved throughout my 30 yrs in the universe. Honestly, I didn't achieve much for myself....well...maybe giving birth to 2 little monkeys is one of my achievements? Anyway....I hope in years to come, I will be able to achieve a little bit more for myself & my family. My son said something funny the night before my b'day:

YS: 妈咪！祝你生日快乐，快高长大！*nearly fainted*
Mummy: 好谢谢你，我会尽量长得跟爸爸一样高 =_=

简单就是快乐

当我穿上爸爸的短裤时我觉得很快乐。。。

当我戴上新手表时我觉得快乐。。。

New Beginning...

I'm anticipating for June to come...why? Becoz May was a hectic & stressful month for me & am glad that it's going to be over soon. Both kiddos are going to the same new childcare in June & hopefully it will be a good start for them. It was a critical decision for us & we felt that it will benefit them in the long run. I went with a heavy heart yesterday to submit 2 withdrawal letters to their school principal. Coincidently, it was YS school parent-teacher meeting yesterday, I met up with his teachers & these were their feedbacks:

1) YS is able to speak Mandarin fluently & sometimes he surprised me with his sentence structure. (I guess our effort to speak more with each other & learn more Mandarin from educational DVD helped him in some way)
2) He likes to shout in class & he is the loudest among his classmates. Teachers were suspecting that he was just trying to get their attention. (Ops! I think I have to try to speak more gently to him from now on)
3) Whenever there's toilet break, he will take his own sweet time to choose his preferred cubicle. *faint*
4) His command in English is improving but still on the poor side.
5) He is a very active child, unable to sit still in class.

When his principal received the withdrawal letter, she was so sad that told me that YS is a very obedient boy & always like to smile to her. Of course, YS gave hugs to his teachers & principal before bidding goodbye. His favourite Mrs Quah was not around yesterday but I guess we'll come back another to say Thank-You to her when we have the opportunity to do so.

The Sun, The Sea & The Sands...

We brought along all the sand building related toys & drove to East Coast Park. The kiddos were excited as they never tried playing with sands near the seaside. Both of them were scared initially & complained that their hands & legs were dirty. YS was reluctant to walk on the sands initially. This outing was a good start to expose them to a different environment. At the end of the session (In actual fact it only lasted for 45 minutes, coz the weather was getting hotter), they were reluctant to leave & insisted to come again another day. Poor me! I was sun burned even though I did not participate. I was feeling unwell & sat around 100 metres away from them. But I did promise them that we will come another day for cycling :)

The kiddos enjoyed the ice-creams after a tiring day....yummy!