A game of Snake and Ladder

It’s been some time since we last play Snake and Ladder game, Javier was bugging us to play it with him, so here we are enjoying the game. Once started, my boys were hooked, playing it day and night~~

Aussie Trip–Day 06

Oh my…. this post is so backdated that I can remember clearly most of the details. Nevertheless, I would just let the pictures do the talking. .^^

Today we would be going to some place special…. And we are hopping down to Lilydale for a farm stay. I am so excited with my first ever farmstay.

We reached there bright and early. The scenery was great and the air was so fresh.

Aussie Trip–Day 05

(Mummy recalling 28 November 2011)

After venturing to the beach and admiring the spectacular view of Gold Coast at the SkyPoint Observatory, we decided to head to the SeaWorld today. But miraculously, we are ready real fast today, and since we are a tad too early for SeaWorld, we decided to bring the boys to the nearby playground for some fun first.


Looking at the grouchy expression, you can guess it was a super hot day today again!

After the Surgery….

A week have passed since his Released Tongue Tied Surgery. He is coping and recovering well from it, beside telling me that he feels painful on the first 2 days of the surgery, he hasn’t feel any discomfort from then on.

Some noticeable differences which we have observed recently are, he talk much more than before, basically he is yakking non-stop every day.  

Secondly, he can chew food faster which means that he can finish his meal quicker. And he seems to be much more mischievous than before….

Fried Noodles

It’s been some time since I post on our home cooked meal. So to start my rusty engine running again, this is the fried noodles that I cooked for my boys today. Well, my effort were deeply appreciated by them, at least they commented that it tasted good! Woo hoo…

Happy New Year 2012!!!!!

Wow.. a year have already zoomed by! In a few days, we would be welcoming 2012! I would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the comments you have left here and taking time to pop by my humble blog, it really means a lot to me!

Happy 2012 from my family to yours!!!!

Javier

Recently, he has develop a liking to scribble his name on the white board. Whenever he is free he likes to scribble his name or just some numbers to show it to me.
 

Sembawang Park

We did not have any special plan during the holiday. Since the boys is keen to head to the beach, we brought them to the nearby beach for some sand-playing.

Beside the sand playing, we spotted so many pigeons!!!

Aussie Trip–Day 4 (Part II)

It was just a 5 minute drive from Skypoint Observation Deck to Surfer Paradise Beach, the boys were practically jumping for joy when we reached there and couldn’t wait to change into their swimsuit. Despite the hot weather, it doesn’t stop the beach-goer from coming here and we could see many sun-tanning, swimming…
 

Release Tongue Tied Surgery

Javier operation was schedule on today morning, thus we will suppose to reach the Day surgery at 8am to register him. Luckily, my boy was such a sweetie this morning and did not fuss or throw temper when Jayden woke him up at 6.45am. He got up, change his clothes and we were ready to leave.

The Big day

Tomorrow Javier would be going for his tongue tied operation (he wasn’t feeling well during the last schedule date, thus the surgery was postpone to 20 Dec 2011).  After talking to him for these past few days, he seems to understand and told me he is ok and would go for the op tomorrow…. though he would sometimes give me a rather sad face when he think of it. He would talk to me and ask me from time to time how is the operation would be like, ‘which part of the tongue that the doctor would ‘cut’.. (that’s the word he used. )

Although its only a very minor operation, I do feel anxious and nervous as the clock tick by. Hope that all would go well for tomorrow operation. Praying hard for my boy.

Learning Maths

Sometimes back, I have introduce Addition to Javier. However at that time, I am not too sure if he really understand the concept which I am explaining to. Few days back, I got back on this topic with him again, and this time I am quite sure he knew it and I have been doing simple addition with him as and when we are free and he managed to get it correct.  

I love Chicken!

Yes! One of my favourite food is fried chicken and there is a newly opened fried chicken joint that sells pretty good fried chicken (hmmm, I know it open its first shop quite a few months back in Singapore). Well, at least, it was a newly opened one in Causeway point.  

小钮扣

A video of Javier reading 小钮扣。

P1 Chinese Preparatory Graduation

A year has gone by and Jayden is graduating from Berries P1 Chinese Preparatory Class today. He has learn well in Berries and I can see that his Chinese improved a lot after attending this class. I have decided to let him continue the Berries class next year although the timing is quite rush, but since it is only once a week, I think that is still not too bad.

Aussie Trip–Day 4 Part I

(Mummy recalling 27 November 2011)

We decided to take things easy today after the teeny bit hectic schedule for the past few days. Since today is is Saturday, we decided to make Carrara Market as our first destination. (just for your info, Carrara market is open only on Saturday and Sunday)

It was a scorching hot day and the boys were complaining of the heat, thus after walking a while, we decided to spilt up, and Jayden decided to tag along me. Though there weren’t a great many selection of goods sold here, but I pick quite some really good bargain here.  

As the heat were really unbearable, we left this place for Australia Fair shopping mall for some shopping and air-con. And after our lunch, D was super nice to look after the boys and left me hopping off myself to do some shopping.

最佳爱情

Been sacrificing  my beauty sleep staying up late to watch this drama. It’s one of the best dramas I have seen so far.  The story is so hilarious yet so romantic. I am hooked on this male lead – 独孤真， he is so funny, sexy and handsome!!!!! Oops..

 

Swim lesson 18

Due to the rainy weather for the past one month and our Aussie Trip, Jayden has missed quite a number of lessons, thus he was very reluctant to come to his swim lesson today. He even whine and cry when we reached the swimming complex and took us a full 20 minutes to coax cum threaten him to go for his swim lesson. Hmmm…. real tiring!

Today besides practicing their backstroke and breaststroke, they learnt free style using the board after which the next 20 minutes was left for the deep pool.

Aussie Trip–Day 3 Part II

After our farmyard trip, we decided to hop over to the Movie World again to catch up on some rides and shows that we had missed out during our earlier trip.

When we arrived, we were just in time to catch the Hollywood Stunt drive show. And boy, it was a really entertaining show which got our (even the boys)100% attention!

Teck Seng Restaurant again!

We love the food at Teck Seng Restaurant in JB. Since we do have any activities in mind today, we decided to pop over to JB for some shopping and meal there. And of course the first place that comes to our mind is none than Teck Seng Restaurant. 

Aussie Trip–Day 3 Part I

(Mummy recalling …. 26 November 2011)

Today we decided to take a break from theme park and visit a farmyard instead which is the Paradise Country farm which house the native animals like Koala, Kangaroo, camels, horse, sheep….

Well, I did mentioned that it was a super duper hot day yesterday, yeh… But today is extra super duper duper hot hot day!!!! {Sweat…..}

Since we are already ready to dash to our destination, while waiting for the rest to be ready, I snip snip snap snap with Javier. He is in a very good mood dressed in his favourite Thomas clothes which explains the beautiful smile he gave the camera.

Aussie Trip – Day 2 Part II

Continuing from earlier…. Jayden decided to go for a little bit more exciting ride with D which is none other than the Kite Flyer ride. Personally I don’t really like this ride as it really make me real giddy! :(

Aussie Trip – Day 2 Part I

(Mummy recalling ….. 25 November 2011)

We woke up bright and early today and of course well charged for our full day activities ahead.. well in fact the boys woke up earlier than me. :D

Aussie Trip – Day 1

(Mummy recalling….. 24 November 2011)

This will be our home for the next 5 days. ^^ great place with nice scenery, just a 1 minute walk to the park and beach! What’s more, my boys have a super great time dashing up and down the stairs.

Happy Birthday to Daddy!!!

We had a simple cake caking celebration at my brother’s place today. I think with the kids around, it sure make it more fun and memorable for D on this special day. They were really such a bunch a cute kids…. hiding themselves to wait for D to arrive and sprinting out of their hiding places to shout a surprise “Happy Birthday to him”. I guess D must be feeling so happy with this surprise ~ :P

Sogurt so good!

 
I got to know of this yogurt parlor through my niece. My boys love it so much after trying it once!!!! I think kids got super good memory, we happen to pass by Sogurt on our way to taking a cab in Westmall,  and they exclaimed that this yogurt is very nice and wanted to have some (they just came to this parlor once with my niece to buy yogurt 2 months back, they can still remember it so clearly till this day). Thus I guess it much be really superb! :D

Aussie Trip – Here we Come!!!!!

Yeah ^^, we are back from our Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Trip!!! Happy and fun time seems to pass by ever so quickly, and we are back to our normal routine again.

(Before my short memory fails me again, I would like to recap our trip here. :D )

We have been looking forward to this trip and Javier has been bugging me for months since the day he knew of this trip… “are we going YET”????? So of course my boys were ecstatic and couldn’t wait to set off to the airport today.

Aussie Trip–Day 07

The boys woke up bright and early, mainly because they were looking forward to animal feeding and egg picking. Thus when we got ready and reached there, it was still early! ^^ So we walked around taking some pictures while we wait.

Some of the activities that we did here were collect eggs, feed the baby animals, milk a cow, pony riding and last but not least going for a tractor ride around the farm.

With  my in-laws

彩虹的约定

I first heard of this song during Javier’s school Concert , and was really captivated by it. It is such a nice and touching song,(当时一边听着这首歌，心里突然觉得超感動，有一种想哭的冲动).

I did not know the title of this song until I chanced upon Lucas Mummy blog and know that this song is actually titled “彩虹的约定”and decided to share this song here.

Little O’Zone Indoor Playground

I have long heard of this place but haven’t really decided to bring my boys there. However, due to the unpredictable weather recently which is either super hot in a moment and suddenly having huge downpour in the next moment, we decided an indoor activity would be a much better and safer choice. And this place just came to my mind yesterday, so here we are today for some real action.

The Little O'Zone is a family edutainment centre with an indoor playground geared for the little ones. There's a toddler area with soft, colorful, interactive equipment and props. For older children there are cliff climbers, the teeth bridge and boxing sandbags.

Graduation from WW5 & Preparatory Primary K2

After 2.5 years, Jayden has finally graduated from his I-creative Learner class and I would say he is well-prepared for his P1 journey already. Well done Jayden!!!

Learning @ Edelweiss for Term 4

A year has gone by unknowingly. Javier has already been in this school for 1 year and I am glad to see him progressing well and learning well too. I happen to bump into his girlfriend today and got to know she would still be studying in Edelweiss next year, bet my boy is excited about this piece of good new too! :D

Speech and Drama Class (Term 4)

This post is so overdue that I have completely forgotten about it. Just a short recap on his last term for this Speech and Drama Class. Basically, from what the teacher has commented, he is learning well and participating well in class.

Javier’s PN Class Photo 2011

I received Javier’s class photo and couldn’t wait to share it here. Hah :.. From here I can finally get a really good look on Javier’s girlfriend whom he has been telling me about. My little boy was very excited when he show me the photo and even introduce all his friends to me. He even asked me why Javier (funny boy who call himself Javier) and Tiffany look sad, because both of them weren’t smiling.

Looking at this picture, its also means that my boy will be graduating from his Pre Nursery class and moving on to his Nursery class next year. He would still be continuing his schooling in Edelweiss as I see that he is doing great and learning well there.

 

 

Javier reading Peter and Jane book 4a

We are now into book 4a and sometime I do face tantrums from Javier when he is not in the mood to read. But overall he is doing fine.

我不要睡觉

A quick update on our Chinese learning. He can recognize a fair amount of Chinese characters after starting the 四五快读 and currently we are at book 2.

MTP Session II 2011

We met up with Jayden’s teacher to better understand on Jayden’s performance and progress for this half year. Frankly, I am really thankful to all the teachers who have been with him and taught my boy so far. He is really blessed to have been able to meet so many caring, kind and patient teachers who guided him along for all these years. He has blossomed from a shy and someone who doesn’t talk and mixed around with other kids to one who now enjoys making new friends, helpful and willing to share his knowledge and skills. 

2nd Semester Review 2011

Half year has ended in a flash and Javier brought back his report book today eagerly to show it to me. Basically he is learning well and coping great in class. But as what the teachers had observed, there is still the need to improve on his attention span. Hopefully his attention span will get better as he progress.

Train Playground @ Tiong Bahru

Since we pass by this Train playground about a week ago, Javier has been bugging and whining for us to bring him there. As he is crazy about train at the moment, he wouldn’t pass up any chance to do things related with trains, even our daily bedtime story is Thomas the Tank engine books night after night. :(

When we reached there at 5pm, the weather was super cooling with gentle breezing blowing by.  It was a great place for relaxation, with the kids busy playing the playground,  there is amble of benches for us to rest and relax and of course using our Eye power to monitor our boys.

JJ School Graduation Concert 2011

It’s been a while and I finally uploaded the video of my boys performance. :D Enjoy!

Jayden’s Graduation Performance

Javier's School Concert

MacRitchie Reservoir Park

What greeted my boys when we stepped into the park is this water fountain! Javier was looking at me and giving me the look asking me whether he could play with the water. Since I have brought extra clothing, I gave him the ‘go ahead’ sign. And from then there is no stopping him … :(

Javier’s school Concert 2011

It was a long wait, but its finally here!!! The 4th Annual Graduation Concert 2011. We have been so looking forward to Javier’s first performance concert. Guess he was pretty looking forward to it too and would perform to entertain me at home as and when he likes it. :D

I would like to give my boy a real big pat for giving us such a great show this afternoon!!!! I was still a tad worried that he might suffer stage fright since this was his first, but I guess the worry is uncalled for.

Anxious me took some time to transform my boy into a stylo malo ‘man’ today. This is my boy with his makeup and styled hair, though he was still feeling cranky earlier on and said that he doesn’t want to go perform today.. but he was feeling pretty excited when he is all done up and ready to charge to school.

Water Fun @ Jade

The boys have not been to swimming for the past 2 weeks and misses the water terribly! Thus after the continuously pestering cum bugging… we finally brought them to some water play today. Jayden was happy to see water but Javier was having a grumpy session due to the new environment and a tad too cold water.

Hot Day in Pasir Ris Park

After cracking our brain AGAIN on where to bring the boys, we decided to bring them to Pasir Ris Park again to drain off their ever-overflowing energy. :D

To us, bringing the boys to playground is definitely a better choice over shopping mall. Thus its’ always the playground, park or play-gym on the top of our list during weekends. As you know, when 2 boys gets togather, it can get too rowdy, noisy and lotsa of running and bumping about! :O

I guess they were equally happy with our wise decision.

Polar Angry Bird Cake

Boy saw this newly launched angry bird cake at Polar puffs and cakes shop and kept bugging me to buy one for him. Initially he wanted to get a bigger one which I rejected as I know that he is only interested in the chocolate chips and and the sugar picture on the top.

Nevertheless, he was very happy with his little blue bird cake.. YES, his favourite colour is blue! :D