2012 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

Goodbye 2011 and welcome the brand new 2012!! Looking back at 2011, we had a splendid one, but of course there were UPs and DOWNs. The worst incident was when Paris was down with bronchitis in June, and hospitalised with UTI in September:( Both situation were infected by Princeton. As Tian immune system was much stronger, he recovered within days, but my poor xin only got worsened. Although UTI was only grade one (the most minor one), but she had suffered from needles and pain for one whole week! Luckily Paris was a cheerful and optimistic baby, she smile and laugh everyday. Some unhappy incidents like Tian big bump on his head also upset me... Other than all these, most of them were UPs:)

UPs ~~ Clear my exams, able to spend quality times with the lil Ps everyday. Experience the fun and joyful moments by adventuring different places with the kiddos. Witnessed Tian&xin had hit their milestones for every stage, and the strong siblings bonding we had created. We upgraded our car from Picnic to Estima, Hubby's 10 years of gratitude payout, and the many gatherings we had with friends and families!!

For me, i choose realistic resolutions. To strike TOTO is everyone wish, but this definitely cannot be our resolution! Picking New Year's resolutions that are not realistic for you is just setting yourself up for failure. Your chances of achieving your goals are much better if they're realistic. Of course, it's always fun and inspiring to dream, but try breaking your ultimate goal up into more manageable, realistic goals that could lead you to it. So, 2012 I'll be very focus to have only 5 resolutions:

New Year’s Resolution #1 Save money to spend it on a big purchase (Don't let dreams always be dreams..... hubby and i are going to fulfill this big dream in the coming 2012)

New Year’s Resolution #2 To ensure all of us in fit and health lifestyle (Healthy Parents have healthy children, therefore i will continue to be active and to eat healthily. To spend time exercise with the children, and to make sure they are in good and balance diet daily)

New Year’s Resolution #3 To give my utmost encouragement and motivation to the lil Ps (That is, to ensure the enrichment programmes works out well for Princeton, and to enroll Paris in Phonics school in March:)

New Year’s Resolution #4 Learn hubby's “love language” and find some way to show him that I love him as much as i love the children!! (Find one nice and loving thing to say to him each day.) haha.... very mushy hor. But he said that to me everyday, so why can't i??

New Year’s Resolution #5 Start doing my 'homework' and 'research' for both my academic as well as our dream plan! 

CHEERIOS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our xmas eve and xmas day

It was a wet wet xmas eve on sat... Hubby and i were preparing all the waterplay thingy, as we wanted to bring the lil Ps to Jurong Bird Park. Heard that there's a fun and interesting place for the kids. But just before we went out, the rain started storming. It's OK, always have plan B.

Brought them to Dempsey Hill, there's an indoor playground call Go-go Bamini! The place wasn't as crowded as Amazonia (Great World), and it was not as expensive too. We could stay there for unlimited hours. I guessed bcoz not many people knew this place. Princeton 'overplay' for 2.5 hours, and he was really exhausted after climbing up and down in fast speed. Paris as usual dozed off after an hour... Hubby accompany Princeton that day, if not my back will break.

We left about 6.30, and went Anchorpoint for dinner. We do not want to get stuck in the jam at orchard area... so went to some quiet shopping malls. Had very nice food there! Princeton had some soup and told me he was really tired. Fall in sleep in the pram... After dinner, hubby brought xin xin go walk walk while i do my shopping! bought so many clothing for the children again! Can't stop the temptation, haha!

Reached home at 10.30pm, a fulfilling day..

25th Dec 2011, Merry Christmas! Woke up at 8am, and quickly got everyone prepared. We went to Uncle William house for family gathering! I was very happy that every xmas we could spend it together. Nice food, xmas exchange, gambling, chit chatting! Hope this trend will go on every year:)

Princeton got up early, and i was afraid he might go hay wired. Glad he told me he was tired, and i brought him to the guest room for a short nap:) He fell asleep for 1.5 hours. By then he woke up, it's Paris turn to be grouchy as my princess sleeping time is very fixed. We had the very chocolaty xmas log cake, ice cream took many photos:) Left at 1am!! Gosh..... Paiseh to leave so late... Princeton couldn't bear to leave lol. Uncle William did comment that Princeton got improvement this time!! Hooray!

By the time we reached home was 2am, and Princeton slept near to 3am. Today we had another gathering at his classmate's house. We brought fried rice and xmas cake over. Princeton had a great time there with his classmates, but towards the end he got agitated easily and cried over spill milk:( Guess he was too tired, slept too late yesterday. So we went home and he took a nap.

At times, i felt very lost, as nurturing the kids really needs time and effort. Princeton is a big boy now. But still unable to control his emotion.... 

From next weekend onwards, we will bring the lil Ps to the library. I MUST cultivate their interest in reading. Especially their attention span and their patience.. I don't believe in getting them a gadget, to keep them quiet or to tame them down. This is a lazy way and caused the child to be anti social etc. Today's gathering, i saw at 1 child busy with ipad, 3 with iphone and 1 with laptop. The other 3-4 were happily playing with legos, guns, puzzles and cars.

Well, xmas is over!! and we are waiting for the brand new year. Let's plan where and how to spend our last day of 2011. 

Cheerios! 

Davier's bb shower

Jenny was my ex colleague during Navy days. She was my partner, and a very wonderful one. We worked as a team, and i really missed my days in Navy. I was very happy to see her today! And many other ex colleagues... though my stay in Navy was only 1.5 years, but it was a very memorable one.

Both of us still in contact after so many years. She did consult me regarding many parenting issues, as well as how to name her son. I told her my opinion, and she said she will avoid J, as it had becoming too common now. She said she agreed that she will do her own homework to give her son the best Chinese Name. Because different shifu give different names. So what's the purpose of letting a stranger to name your child. She didn't put on much weight, still look the same 7years ago:) Her son looks like the dad, haha.

I drove hubby and the lil Ps over to my inlaws place first. And went over to the bb shower alone. As the kids were very hungry, so i decided to let them have their dinner at pil house. I'm glad Tian was able to 'leave' me awhile, and enjoyed the companion of yeye and nai nai. My mil cooked so many food for her precious Tian Xin. They ate 3&2 bowls of fish porridge each! And after that Tian ate one more bowl of rice, and another bowl of soup. His appetite is simply BIG. Because mil cooking is great too!

I went over pil place at about 9.301pm, drank the soup mil brewed, and had some threadfin fish. Was very full after that..... Left at 11pm.

Hubby had department xmas celebration at AMK this morning. Then he came home and fetch me to JP for movie. We watched Sherlock's Holmes, and it was a nice catch too! Glad that i could spend some time alone with him at times...

It's xmas eve tmr! No matter where we go, as long the 4 of us can be together, it will be meaningful! Merry xmas to everyone of u!

冬至快乐

Old myth tales that if Dong Zhi rains, Lunar CNY will rain too. This morning it did drizzle awhile, but it stopped in the afternoon. Early in the morning, I went to the market to buy some dumplings with peanut fillings (hubby's fav) as well as Sesame fillings (mum's fav). I also bought additional packets over to grandma's place. Mum cooked at home, and we brought the whole pot over. 

My mum's love for my grandma really touched me. I wonder who is going to cook at grandma's house this coming cny for the reunion dinner, as my mum will be going South Africa for holidays. Sometimes it makes me think that, what happened if we have no daughters, sibeh cham... sibeh jialat... Old already, dunno what will happen. We can dream of son taking care of us. Daughter in law?? TKK ( TAN KU KU)........... I'm not trying to badmouth anyone or whoever. Real life situation in my grandma, and daughters are the ones who are doing everything. The rest damn losers.

CNY eve reunion dinner also need to wait for my mum to cook EVERYTHING. Wait for ME to buy all the CNY goods and stuffs EVERY YEAR. Yes, SOME did give some red packets, money i also can give, you all go and buy lah. DON'T assume my mum and I are not working, so we are very free. Everyone should take turn and contribute something. Unless you're handicapped or you admit you're very useless, then fine. Talk about all these makes me boil.. very disappointing and upset. Hubby told me, nvm we did our part good enough. But sometimes when i think about my mum very xin ku, i felt heartache also.

Mum cook delicious tang yuan for me, and i ate one whole bowl:) Paris like it too!! She is one glutton baby! Dong Zhi is a day for family to get together as well:) haha... though we often had family dinner at home too. Soon, will be xmas! And CNY is next! 2011 is coming to an end, and i really thank GOD for this smooth and happy year. Please bless my family members, relatives and dear friends to be in pink of health. Please give blessing to my grandma, let her be in less pain, and can enjoy a few more years. Please bless hubby to have smooth and happy career, the lil Ps & Zachary to be sensible and good children, good academic results for next semester, and lastly to bless my family in Joy, laughter, Peace & Harmony everyday!

Happy eating tang yuan everybody:)

Tay Rong Tian's growing up progress

My bb aka tian tian aka Princeton boy is coming 4 years old soon! 43months now, but he replied 4yrs old when people asked how old is he. He could tell a simple story now, by looking at a picture. He knows left hand, right hand, legs, and when always try to direct me when I'm driving (smart Alec). He is able to colour a full picture, within the lines, writing with dotting lines. But he still can't get a good grasp of a pencil i felt. It's OK, will practise more often with him.

He eats meat like chicken and pork now, but still prefer fish though. He loves steam egg most ~~ Chawanmushi. Last month when i weigh him, he was 17.8kg. Yesterday i weigh him again, he was 19kg!! Measured his height in school, and he was 103cm:) Glad that he had a balanced diet everyday, and he had very good appetite. Although he had 3 meals aday, but he still drinks formula milk. And he drink alot....... especially during evening and night time. 6-7 times, and 200ml each time. At his age, milk cannot substitute a meal, but can act as an additional drink. Just like an adult, after a meal, we still prefer a coffee. But in the middle of the night, he still wake up once or sometimes twice to drink milk:( It's tiring for me, and i admit it's my fault bcoz i did not stop him. Perhaps during daytime, he had no milk at all in school, that explained why he still need night feeding. hee...

He had fish oil and vit C every morning. DHA pill in the evening:) And this is boosting his learning and his immune system. Of course, too much of a good thing becomes bad. So must take in recommended amount. Princeton loves to eat apple and banana. He also likes oranges alot, be it in fruits or in juices!

Everyday before night time, hubby will read a book with Princeton boy. Tian enjoyed listening stories from his dad:) He will also read to daddy, and both of them will chat for an hour. There were a few times, they chatted until tian fall asleep. This had became a routine, and it's a very positive one! A very precious bonding moments for them. Bcoz tian used to stick with me most of the time, and now i could spend more time to accompany Paris. 

Both of us tried our best to shower our love and time for the lil Ps, as equally as we can. But i still will bring Princeton out more often than his sister. Usually Paris sleep earlier, Princeton is a night owl:p Anyway Princeton is older, of course I'll bring him out more often. But it's only during weekend supper that we went out without Paris. 

Yesterday when i picked up Princeton from school, the teacher as usual will feedback to me his behaviour and learning progress. Mrs Chandra told me that Princeton is eating vegetables now, and he began to like it. He started to eat those leaf but stems he doesn't like. She also add on that some of his friends do not like coloring, Princeton took the initiative to encourage them.

Then dunno how we chat until children born in jan feb march happened to be faster learner, and those later tends to lose out abit. But Mrs Chandra disagreed with this thinking. She said, all children learning ability depends on their skills and how fast and how much they can absorb. It has nothing to do with which month they are born. They might pick up slower in the first year, but second year onwards, everyone should be on par. She even cite a funny example, " next time when they go pri school, we cannot tell the principal, oh my child is born in dec, that's why slower." I laughed and nodded my head.

Princeton is still not very good in expressing. When only me and him alone,  he could do many things, and sometimes things that was unexpected. But when hubby or ah ma watched him, he said he don't know. There were afew times, when i taught him reading, he could read words like PIG, CAT, DOG, SHOES, FISH. I don't know if he only memorised the first letter word, C means CAT. I do hope to see him hit the milestone in reading next year.

Time to pick up my Prince, BYE!

   

Raining Sunday

The Ps woke up at 8am.... yawn.... i thought i could sleep and laze longer on a Sunday cooling morning. Princeton told me he was hungry, and i quickly bath and get prepared to bring them out. Brought the two of them out on my own, intended to go fetch hubby at Changi Naval Base, as the stupid MRT is down. But hubby said he would make his own way and meet us at Clementi Mall.

We reached at 1030am, found a corner seat, settled the kiddos and i went to buy breakfast. Both of them were well behaved, waited patiently for me. I'm glad that i do not need to bring any form of entertainment for them, be it toys or playing gadgets. They could sit there and wait for me. Hubby reached at 1140. By then we had finished eating... Paris had fallen asleep too. haha.. Waiting for him to have his hotcakes, then we shop for some xmas pressie at Clementi Mall. Till 2.30pm, Paris is still sleeping! Must be the air con, shiok and cooling. Princeton boy missed his nap again. Zachary is here today!! He's such a darling boy.... though he kept crying:( But there were some moments he was smiling while i rocked him!

Zachary is indeed not an easy bb to handle. Even mum said she surrendered... Sis took care of him during weekends. Weekdays will leave it at mil house. As long as zac can sleep better at night, sis will bring him home to take care during night time. Though for some parents, easy babies will also leave it at their parent's house. Speechless.. 

Well, we are lucky to have beautiful and cutie children! See how lovable my nephew is! Ah yee loves you lots! Two family photos we took for this week:)

AMAZONIA @ Great World City

Princeton boy doesn't have phonics lesson today, as the enrichment classes will be closed till end of Dec for school holidays. Tian slept till 11am!!! While xin as usual is an early bird, woke up at 730, and i carried her outside for breakfast cereal. 

Brought her for a walk downstairs and then bath her. After that i took a shower too, then woke up my boy. Actually decided to bring them to a new place for water play, but the weather was foul... it was about to rain soon. So i brought them to Great World City, there is an indoor playground, recommended by a gd friend:) We reached at 1.30pm, had our lunch there, and shop for some clothes... My lil Ps had too many clothes, and i can't stop but to buy more. hee... Need a new wardroom soon. 

After shopping, brought them to the playground called Amazonia. It wasn't as big as kids Explorer, but it's very colorful and many interactive games. There's a bistro for food and drinks too. The most interesting is the slide! Whoa... Very high lol. Even me as an adult had some phobia. But i need to slide it down to encourage Princeton and Paris. 

The challenge is not about sliding down. The problem is getting up to slide! I mentioned about very high yea? Yup, no lift to go up, got to climb all the way up! And my challenge is ~~~ To carry 12 kg Paris all the way UP UP UP. Luckily Princeton boy is very independent. He is not afraid at all, had the strength and adventure to climb on the way up. Bravo my son!

The lil Ps had a great fun at Amazonia, maid was with us, and she helped to take videos and photos. Paris played for an hour, and could see she's really very tired. Let her took a nap first, while her brother enjoyed for another hour. After chasing and crawling with Tian, I was completely shag out. Slide till my backside pain:p We had some small bites at the MacDonald, Princeton wanted to have orange juices. Xin was awake when we are having fries. We left GW at 730pm. Tian concussed in the car 2 minutes after we left the car park!! He was too exhausted, HAHA.

I carried him home, and put him on the sofa. He continued zzz for an hour plus, then meimei woke him up. Now the both of them having biscuits at the living room.

Whatever places that's fun for the children, i like to share with my friends, and i will tell them about it. Will be happy if they can experience the same enjoyable:) If they visit the same places as me, i won't see that as 'copycat'. When people follow what we do, we should be glad and proud that we can influence others. But only thing i dislike is when others have the same nick/names as my children. For strangers whom i don't know, of course i don't care. But close friends and people i know, of course i will be displeased if they chose the same nick/name. There are one thousand and one words in the world, i don't see why they need to chose the same as their friend's one. For example, i always call Tian as Princeton boy, and the both of them as lil Ps. Now i see ppl calling their child like this too. There are so many nicks we can think of for our children leh.... why can't people be more creative. Anyway, Nick still can close one eye, but for names, phew.... so far no one will be so thick skin to name it as Princeton & Paris.

Not that I'm petty or narrow minded. As i said, strangers i don't care, bcoz i don't even know the person and it can't affect me. But if people esp my close friends got the same name or same pronunciation as my children, i will definitely be displeased, and i will straight away sound it out. Of course in a nice way... Again, there are a thousand a million words and character, there is no need to clash it with our friends. I am 100% sure that everyone will mind, some of us don't sound out doesn't mean we don't mind. But deep inside we are really sad, disappointed and angry. So, why do we need to leave this forever bad impression.  

For me, children's name must be name by Parents. I understand many people would prefer finding a shifu to do some calculations and choose a good one for their child. Before we do that, we got to find out our elderly names, in order not to have the same with them. To me, it's disrespectful to 'step on' elderly name. Be it same word or same sound. My fil had told me it's bad for the child if this happened. So whether is it superstitious, or is a form of respect, i will do my homework well, and ensure the names i had chosen do not clash with any of my relatives.

Back to the outing today.... haiz, i took many photos today! But my camera SD card got problem uploading:( The reader or the card is faulty:( Got to buy an eternal card reader tmr.

Missing hubby now... hope he can be back early morning tomorrow.

Pre-xmas performance at PCS

Today PCS childcare centre had a pre xmas mini celebration. Unlike last year, the school decided not to invite parents and no buffet as well. Because of the recent hfmd, Miss Kuek the principal decided to minimise the chances of incidents, therefore she do away with the crowd this year.

Hubby still took leave as we wanted to watch Princeton live performance:) We are not the only one who yearned to see our child sing and dance. The windows were full of parents/grandparents. Everybody was waiting to for the event to start! I went in, and request to take a quick video then will leave and watch outside. Miss Kuek agreed! And zhenyu managed to take a good one, thanks daddy! Princeton stood on the last row... expected... I'm happy that he can dance on his own without looking at the teacher. He had been practising at home too, when i played the music at home. Haha...^^ He seems to grow up alot. Seems only.... lol

After the Nursery performance, we watched the K1's and then left for brunch. Then went Jurong Point to watch MI Ghost Protocol! Hubby and i were MI Fan, we love all the series starred by Tom Cruise. Indeed, it was an awesome show! Good story plot, thrill and action 5 stars popcorn! After the movie, we went for foot reflexology. Muscle aching.... Then pick up Princeton in school. Went home to prepare the lil Ps as the dad wanna bring them to Hill Top for dinner. 

That place was a very memorable place for me. Zhenyu used to bring me there during our dating times. In the past we doesn't own a car, he would book a cab and bring me there. Princeton had a giant appetite, he finished the whole bowl of Beef Ramen, less the meat. He had the chawanmushi as usual, and Vanilla ice cream for dessert (he only had 3 spoon and he said he was too full) Paris enjoyed too, her mouth kept munching. We took some photos at the top view then went home.. As Zhenyu will be on duty tmr:( Yes working the whole day on a SAT. Gotten used to it though.... but weekends for us are specially precious, still hope no duties for him on sat/sun..  It's OK, i would still bring the kiddos out, and i believe we can spend gd & quality time. 

 Today i felt exceptionally happy@@ Thank GOD for everything!  

Paris, The Humpty Dumpty :)

Our gem, Paris aka simsim (her nick which means xinxin & precious in hokkien), finally could walk on her own at 15 months. She is one month faster than her brother. PD said its good to crawl for a longer period, as Crawling helps to develope neurons that coordinate both sides of the brain. It can help to develope reading skills and general coordination. It is ok for some babies to start walking early but we want to encourage baby to crawl and do activities that cause their limbs to cross their body. Even till now, Princeton often play chasing crawl games with Paris.

Yesterday i brought Paris to Jurong Point, and she started walking all over the place. She was wearing Princeton's shoes, haha.... Everybody mistook her as a boy as usual. Except one aunty in 60s. She came over and had a small chat with me. She said what a beautiful girl, and i said thank you aunty. She told me that she had been a nanny for 30 years, and she had got 10 grandchildren. She then said, " you are very foutunate, your girl is very obedient and she is an easy baby, she belonged to 人见人爱的小孩. Whoa..... I was amazed, she could see xin was an easy bb... i was happy to hear that from a stranger of course:) When i was preggy with the lil Ps, i only pray for two things : Good health and well liked by people. To be frank, some children can be very 讨人厌... Just like not all babies are cute, and i don't anyhow praise babies cute. Many people, as long is baby, they all will say cute. (not sincere) Anyway all these are secondary... Anyway for some people, so cute also leave it at other places for people to take care. Because very cute so want to have a second or third child. In the end can't cope with all of them.

Nurturing a child is never easy. Yes, Paris is slightly more obedient compared to her brother, that doesn't mean i can spend less attention on her. Whatever classes Princeton had attended, like Phonics, speech&drama, keyboard, i would let Paris tried it too when the time comes. In another words, if Princeton doesn't have all these enrichment in the first place, i would not think of letting Paris to attend as well. In short, whatever i give to my boy, my girl will have a share. FAIR.

Same goes for discipline and behavioural manners. Whatever i expect from Paris, i make sure Princeton as an elder brother could fulfill first. Wash hand before meal, pray and greet others before meal, to sit still and eat during meal etc. Princeton is older by two years old, i do have certain expectation for him to set a good example. Easier said than done:( He still whine when he is tired, he still can't get away from the separation anxiety every morning.

Mistakes that i had put in Princeton, i would not repeat it again... I learnt that never restrict any food for the children. They can eat everything under the sun, as long they wants to eat and in minimum amount. Fruit juices, ice cream, chocolates, sweets, beef, mutton, etc. Real life example in Princeton. He enjoys fruit juices and ice cream now. In the past he never had all these, but cough and sick so often. Never be afraid to let them try new things. Give them encouragement instead of phobia.

We wants to see them grow up to be a person with confident and with faith. Not someone who are always in doubt and lack of motivation.  

Pre xmas gathering with my poly friends!

We had planned this gathering a month ago. Yahui aka jojo invited us to her new love nest at The Palladium. It was a condo opposite Parkway Parade. There wasn't a full attendance, hopefully we can all gather again during cny. We do it in a potluck, and i volunteer to bring fried rice. Elisa bought a log cake, Audrey bought many varieties of fruits, and jasmine bought french loaf and cream puffs. The host made curry chicken and oven bake chicken wings, with fries and nuggets. Thanks Yahui, you are always my role model. Recently she quit her job, sahm to take care of the children, as her elder son needs more attention, and she decided to gave up her job for him.

She's the one who motivates me in many areas. Be it parenting, or being a supportive wife. We were glad to see our boys could click very well last night. Especially Jian ROng (her elder son), and Princeton were chatting non stop. We were laughing because children's conversation can be very interesting. They talked everything under the sun, and they danced together too! Thought of bringing them for a swim, but the sky is getting darker. Next time bah...

Yahui is a very modest woman. I always praised her, and she always said no no... I'm just trying to do my best. She told me, " i just never like to depend on other people." Once you rely, you became lazy... So true. Handling one child is already a difficult task, let alone she had two. Jian Rong and Princeton both belonged to very tough baby, and very very difficult toddler. Terrible TWO! JR was a headache ever since he was an infant. Yahui took all her effort, teach and groom him wholeheartedly. Because Tian was not an easy baby, i learnt alot from her:) JR and Tian shared many similar traits... both of them were slow in walking, but tian was even slower in his speech. Both love to throw tantrums and often out of control. But yesterday when i saw JR, i was so amazed from the last time i saw him. Gosh.... He was so well behaved, and well mannered. looking at my boy, i felt ashamed.

For yahui, kaijie, her younger son is a much faster learner. Therefore she diverts most of her attention in Jian Rong. As JR might be slower in his academic. Instead of giving up on him, or leaving him to the teachers, Yahui gave him intensive coaching everyday. Now, JR could even do simple maths and writing letters. Oh ya, JR is one year older than Tian, that's y i got a benchmark to follow. I don't hope Princeton to be an excellent fast learner, as long he don't fall behind I'm happy. Most importantly, he must learn the 3 senses ~ Sense of Danger, Sense of Empathy, Sense of Humour:) Got these quote from my friend, find it very meaningful. 

Back to the gathering event. Elisa left early without eating the log cake.... We all left at 11 pm, and Princeton still couldn't bear to leave. Jr was asking when are we coming again?? So sweet of him. 

I hope to have another gathering during CNY. With full attendance next round please. Not easy to have such catch up, shall contact them soon.  

Sunday at West Coast Park:)

Bright and sunny day today! We proceed to West Coast Park as planned. Before that we brought the lil Ps to Holland Village for lunch. Actually intended to eat dim sum at Crystal Jade, but the queue was too long, so we went Sushi Teh instead. The children had beef Ramen and Chawanmushi. (Beef zhenyu eat haha)

Hubby and i had Unagi, Salmon sashimi, avocado dragon roll and tofu. Good thing is that both of us had similar liking for food:) We shared the same hobbies as well, but I'm not that active as hubby of course. Became lazier as i aged:( Remembered we often went East Coast Park for cycling, bowling and pool. Those were the days.... both of us love ktv too! We still love watching movies, would try to catch some show together be it at the cinema or online. With the children around, there's very limited dating time for us.

Oops, sidetrack too much.... After lunch we went the West Coast Park. The weather was great, and we had enjoyable playtime. Paris dozed off in her pram, so the brother went ahead to explore the place first. So glad he proved to be more daring or i should say less timid.... heehee! He even tried the 'mini flying fox"! I didn't managed to capture in video, bcoz i was busy standing by to catch him (just in case he fall). He tried twice! Hopefully to video him and show it to him when he grow up. He tried walking on the net himself as well as the balancing steps. Motor skills did improved, perhaps last time i restricted too much.

We sweat alot, esp hubby! He climbed up to the highest pyramid to keep his son entertain, at the same time to motivate him. Sis with zac and siyong joined us half way, and Paris happened to wake up at this time too! Princeton was so delighted to see ah tio!! (bcoz he knew ah tio always play with him) Played for an hour, and all of us were tired and thirsty. Went to the mac and take a rest, have some drinks and fries.

We stayed quite long at the mac as the rain came pouring out of the suddenly. After it stopped, sis they all went home first, while we continued to play with the children. This time round, Paris sat the swing and the see saw with her brother. I tried to take as many photos as i could. To me, photos are very precious, i not only try to take their individual ones, but siblings together. If can, a family of 4 together. At least once a week hubby would remind me to take a family photo too. When i grow old, these will serve as a memory....

The dark clouds came again, and hubby suggested to leave the place. I agreed and we hurried off to the car. The lil Ps both had their milk, and Princeton dozed off in less than 5mins! Just as we expected, the rain came shortly after we left.... Reached home at 5.30pm, and was so glad my mum is waiting for us at home!! She asked if we want her to cook? I nodded immediately of course:) Felt fortunately that my mum lives with us..... 家有一老如有一宝Because of her, we had good and nice food everyday. The children had healthy food every meal. Thanks mummy!

West Coast Park is a nice place for family. At least is fresh air and FOC, haha.... Unlike indoor playground, air con and the entrance fees is not cheap lol. Will come here again soon:)

Computer FIXED!!

Finally!! I got my computer fixed this evening. Had engaged a computer service man to come over my place at 6.30pm today. This problem had been bugging me for at least 6months. Darn..... My PC is always very slow, always hang/jam and got weird pop ups etc. Not only that, my Internet Explorer is in a mess, all the icons started to go hay wired, and i could only survived using Google Chrome. My FireFox worse, all virus. All my files either cannot edit or cannot open or both. PowerPoint even more headaches, all hang etc..These made my life very miserable as i need my PC to do projects and assignments. Most of all to complete my Montage Photos which hubby bought for me few weeks ago at IMM. (Big project for me!) 

SO happy! I can start designing and decorating on Monday. Tomorrow must spend our quality times with the lil Ps as usual:) Shall bring them to the Library at Frontier Community Centre. I will make it a routine every sat after Tian's phonics & breakfast. I do not expect him to read for a long period. 15-20mins is very sufficient. Because today i learnt from a professional that children's brain cell are so powerful that they can absorb everything under the sun. They learn it fast but SHORT. Whereas we adults learn it slow but LONG. So the right formula for them is to increase the frequency. I can read books to them every night, be it only 5mins is good enough:) We do it everyday, and this will locked into their daily routine, thus will become a good habit.

Just like sitting down for a meal. It had become a routine that, Princeton needs to have a bowl of soup, fish and steam egg for every dinner. (although sometimes my mum do cook noodles/bee hoon, he finished it as well) He had cultivated the habit of sitting down to eat, with no toys/TV or other entertainment.

The theory is, Never limit what our children can learn. Never be afraid to let them try. (Be it food or activities) Many Parents limit their children to think what they can do. Remember they can go as far as their mind let them.
What they believe, they CAN acheive.

It's always the parents fault for the children's behaviour. Princeton recently likes to on the air con before bedtime. I gave in to him once, and now it had became a MUST. Haiz... but i do switch it off after he fall asleep.... Perhaps someday its really too hot. But at least he is stronger now, could withstand coldness. Unlike at this period last time, he sure will suffered from slight cough which really upset me.

Today, Princeton had officially promoted from PG2 to Nursery, and I'm glad his favourite teacher followed them up. Though the Chinese teacher had changed to Lin Lao Shi (previously Princeton was taught by her when he was in PG1) She feedback to me that Tian could communicate in Mandarin so much now. And could go without milk&diaper whole day in the centre. No wonder at home drink non stop ^^ (misses his milk too much) But one thing i do not like about the school arrangement is that, Princeton always sit at the last row:( Just because he is taller. I felt it's unfair because students sitting in front could see and hear clearer than those behind. These of course benefits more. I felt the school should go in a rotating style, to rotate the students every few days, so that each of them get a fair pie. Shall feedback to the principal when i made payment for the school fees.

Xmas is coming!! And the school is going to have a celebration cum performance from the students again:) It will be held on the 16th Dec Friday, and hubby is going to take leave to catch his son's performance on time! Looking forward to see him sing and dance as a group.

Enjoy your weekends my dear friends!