Lil Shauna is watching Pepper Pig on YouTube using Tab2. Lil Isaac is watching Mother Goose on iPad. The Pepper Pig video was loading really slowly. Lil Shauna exclaimed, "Oi didi, are you stealing bandwidth?".
Muahahaha.. That was what Daddy Lim said when the apps are slow. So funny.
Mummy Lim
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
To the Beach
Daddy Lim suggested bringing the kids to Sentosa yday and we did! I encouragingly asked Popo to visit the casino. For many weekends, we have Popo tagging along everywhere. The only times that she doesn't tag along is when we go to Nainai's house. So we substitute one mother for another one. I was dying to have some breathing space.
Thus, I was more than glad when she took up my offer and we were off to the beach with the kids. I didn't at all find the kids bothersome. They had a great time waddling in the sea, digging sand and grabbing yucky seaweed. The kids very much self-entertained themselves. Daddy Lim and I were there to make sure that they were safe.
The Sentosa beach is quite bad. The sand at the beach was super coarse. We couldn't find a proper seashell. The sea was murky and there was plenty of rocks on the seabed and I got cut by one. To add on the trouble, there were plenty of seaweed. I hated it when I can't see what I am stepping and walking on. I hate it even more when the seaweed "kissed" and "hugged" my legs. Eeeekkkkk. But the kids had a great time.
We were there for about 2+ hours. Then we bathed the kids and fed them, all by ourselves. The kids had a good time but were a little more difficult towards the end of the day as they were tired. Regardless, I think we handled them well.
I think we are getting better and better with the kids. We are seasoned parents already. It was a good choice to go maidless. I really enjoy having not to be caught between my mum and the maid. I enjoying my privacy. Yeah!
Mummy Lim
Thus, I was more than glad when she took up my offer and we were off to the beach with the kids. I didn't at all find the kids bothersome. They had a great time waddling in the sea, digging sand and grabbing yucky seaweed. The kids very much self-entertained themselves. Daddy Lim and I were there to make sure that they were safe.
The Sentosa beach is quite bad. The sand at the beach was super coarse. We couldn't find a proper seashell. The sea was murky and there was plenty of rocks on the seabed and I got cut by one. To add on the trouble, there were plenty of seaweed. I hated it when I can't see what I am stepping and walking on. I hate it even more when the seaweed "kissed" and "hugged" my legs. Eeeekkkkk. But the kids had a great time.
We were there for about 2+ hours. Then we bathed the kids and fed them, all by ourselves. The kids had a good time but were a little more difficult towards the end of the day as they were tired. Regardless, I think we handled them well.
I think we are getting better and better with the kids. We are seasoned parents already. It was a good choice to go maidless. I really enjoy having not to be caught between my mum and the maid. I enjoying my privacy. Yeah!
Mummy Lim
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Interesting
Things are getting very interesting. I had some ego boosts recently. They were huge boosts that I am amazed. I feel good but the past years' battle left me doubting if I am really that good. The boosts helped to heal and bring back the confidence that had been retreating and eventually hiding. I can see the bright lights at the end of the tunnel.
Changes and transitions come with uncertainty. Fear is a good buddy that lurks behind uncertainty, taking every opportunity to pounce on the unsuspecting prey. I have some major decisions to make and have to make them really soon. I am excited but very fearful. Do I make sense? See, I am all in a knot, tripping myself everywhere.
Things will turn out just fine. As the days go by, I thought it became clearer. I think I know what I should choose. This choice seems to be the best. It makes many things look better.
Mummy Lim
Changes and transitions come with uncertainty. Fear is a good buddy that lurks behind uncertainty, taking every opportunity to pounce on the unsuspecting prey. I have some major decisions to make and have to make them really soon. I am excited but very fearful. Do I make sense? See, I am all in a knot, tripping myself everywhere.
Things will turn out just fine. As the days go by, I thought it became clearer. I think I know what I should choose. This choice seems to be the best. It makes many things look better.
Mummy Lim
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Bad Friday Night
Mummy H joined us last Friday night for our almost quarterly "aunties'" night out at Avalon. Hehe. It was good that she came. It is probably 10 years since the last time she clubbed with us. Imagine her telling me that she likes it that not many people smoked in Avalon. Errr... Smoking in clubs was barred long time ago lor. You can tell that she isn't really into dancing. Lol.
We have never been to Avalon. It is a new club at MBS that we heard is very atas. Then again, we club so infrequently that we haven't been to many clubs, so many clubs are actually new to us. Hehe.
We heard pretty good reviews about Avalon and thought that we would try it out, confident that we would have fun regardless of the music or crowd. I think we were over confident of ourselves bcos we were so wrong. Avalon was so wrong. Our night was pretty screwed.
We decided to meet at about 10pm, worrying that there would be long queue if we arrived too late. This is despite colleagues telling me that nowadays, party doesn't start until after midnight. We ended up standing and waiting for time to pass bcos the party didn't start. The club was almost empty and we started dancing only almost midnight. -.o"
Our research says that bankers frequent Avalon and so I had expected an older, working crowd. If there were indeed bankers last night, they must be fresh from school. The clubbers seem mostly tertiary students, many probably from international schools. There were so many ang mos. I felt very old.
The music was horrible. They play electro-house, which after a night, I still can't really tell what it is. The DJ spun quite badly, alternating between fast and slow music. I don't see how one can dance suddenly fast then slow then fast then slow again. You get my drift. Maybe bcos of the music, I don't see people who could really dance. In my opinion, Mummy S was the best dancer last night. The rest were basically jumping up and down throughout, yelling don't know what and raising their hands, pointing here and there in response to the DJ's encouragement. People were also walking in and out for the dance floor, up and down the platform. Very bad.
It was so bad that we couldn't continue, even me. For the last few parties, I pride myself for being able to dance throughout the night despite the crowd and music, even when the rest were sulking/ resting. So this was just beyond bad.
So when Mummy H suggested that we leave even before 2am for supper, we all obliged. We never had supper in the past bcos we always stayed until the very last minute. It was always a hard parting when it was time to go home. There wasn't time for supper except for last night. Haiz.
I also have to complain about the ladies' (or should I say girls?) dressing. Mummy S already pre-empted that people are generally well-dress in atas clubs. So we all took some effort too. We see the ladies in dresses, all types and different colors. They were indeed better dress than most clubs. One thing in common is that they were all in short dresses, very short, very, very short. Regardless of whether they are skinny or fat, big or small butts, thunder thighs or stick legs, their dress length all barely cover their butt, it was that short. I wonder how they could even walk, let alone dance. Oh well, they dont really dance, they merely jumped. I started wondering if our Lil Shauna will dress like them to club in another 13 years' time.
I had to keep telling Mummy H that it was a wrong demonstration, that last Friday night didn't count. We usually enjoyed ourselves very much and she has to join us again to experience it for herself. Lol.
I am speechless and disappointed. To think that my precious, once every few months Friday night is wasted this way. Are we really that old? Do young people really party this way now? Hmmmm...
Mummy Lim
We have never been to Avalon. It is a new club at MBS that we heard is very atas. Then again, we club so infrequently that we haven't been to many clubs, so many clubs are actually new to us. Hehe.
We heard pretty good reviews about Avalon and thought that we would try it out, confident that we would have fun regardless of the music or crowd. I think we were over confident of ourselves bcos we were so wrong. Avalon was so wrong. Our night was pretty screwed.
We decided to meet at about 10pm, worrying that there would be long queue if we arrived too late. This is despite colleagues telling me that nowadays, party doesn't start until after midnight. We ended up standing and waiting for time to pass bcos the party didn't start. The club was almost empty and we started dancing only almost midnight. -.o"
Our research says that bankers frequent Avalon and so I had expected an older, working crowd. If there were indeed bankers last night, they must be fresh from school. The clubbers seem mostly tertiary students, many probably from international schools. There were so many ang mos. I felt very old.
The music was horrible. They play electro-house, which after a night, I still can't really tell what it is. The DJ spun quite badly, alternating between fast and slow music. I don't see how one can dance suddenly fast then slow then fast then slow again. You get my drift. Maybe bcos of the music, I don't see people who could really dance. In my opinion, Mummy S was the best dancer last night. The rest were basically jumping up and down throughout, yelling don't know what and raising their hands, pointing here and there in response to the DJ's encouragement. People were also walking in and out for the dance floor, up and down the platform. Very bad.
It was so bad that we couldn't continue, even me. For the last few parties, I pride myself for being able to dance throughout the night despite the crowd and music, even when the rest were sulking/ resting. So this was just beyond bad.
So when Mummy H suggested that we leave even before 2am for supper, we all obliged. We never had supper in the past bcos we always stayed until the very last minute. It was always a hard parting when it was time to go home. There wasn't time for supper except for last night. Haiz.
I also have to complain about the ladies' (or should I say girls?) dressing. Mummy S already pre-empted that people are generally well-dress in atas clubs. So we all took some effort too. We see the ladies in dresses, all types and different colors. They were indeed better dress than most clubs. One thing in common is that they were all in short dresses, very short, very, very short. Regardless of whether they are skinny or fat, big or small butts, thunder thighs or stick legs, their dress length all barely cover their butt, it was that short. I wonder how they could even walk, let alone dance. Oh well, they dont really dance, they merely jumped. I started wondering if our Lil Shauna will dress like them to club in another 13 years' time.
I had to keep telling Mummy H that it was a wrong demonstration, that last Friday night didn't count. We usually enjoyed ourselves very much and she has to join us again to experience it for herself. Lol.
I am speechless and disappointed. To think that my precious, once every few months Friday night is wasted this way. Are we really that old? Do young people really party this way now? Hmmmm...
Mummy Lim
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Spelling
Lil Shauna’s phonics class is getting more and more demanding. As weekly homework, she is required to read up to 4 pages of passages. Then, we have to revise the sight/ high frequency words. To date, she has already learnt more than 100 sight/ high frequency words through spelling. However, I am quite sure that she has forgotten how to spell most of them. Most times, when we revised, she couldn’t even remember how to read some of them.
She is always tired whenever we have to do revision. She will squirm and turned into a jellyfish (no backbone) while we do revision I wonder if it is bcos she’s lazy or it is indeed too late by the time we fetched the kids and settled them down after bath. However, she has no problem if it is play after bath. Plenty of energy and ideas for play. -.-“
Every day, I would try to help her remember how to spell 2 out of the 10 spelling words. That will leave us some time for revision at the end of the week. However, regardless of how hard we try, she hasn’t been able to get all the words right. For a particular week where the spelling words are similar (like about, above, again), she gets confused and do even worse. She attends the same class as Felicia and that smart girl has been acing her spelling week after week. Felicia not only has to learn the spelling for her phonics class but also spelling for school and ting xie, yet she does so well. I envy.
Last Friday, Lil Shauna only got one word out of the 11 correct. Felicia got all 11 correct. Lil Shauna mixed up her word and lost a “p” in “stopping”, a “n” in running, etc. I was actually fuming mad and was trying to control my reaction towards her. Actually, I do know that Lil Shauna is already advanced in her English language as compared to her peers. She could blend words like “splash”, “scram”, “brooks” and is already learning spelling at K1. She could read the passages in her phonics book with a little encouragement and guidance too. Moreover, Felicia is in K2 now and had started school one year earlier.
I don’t know if it is bcos I am demanding too much from her. I am just frustrated that she seems unconcern for not doing well in her spelling and we had put in quite a lot of effort trying to help her remember. Maybe, she is really too young. I think I am a tiger mummy. Poor Lil Shauna. I need more time.
Mummy Lim
She is always tired whenever we have to do revision. She will squirm and turned into a jellyfish (no backbone) while we do revision I wonder if it is bcos she’s lazy or it is indeed too late by the time we fetched the kids and settled them down after bath. However, she has no problem if it is play after bath. Plenty of energy and ideas for play. -.-“
Every day, I would try to help her remember how to spell 2 out of the 10 spelling words. That will leave us some time for revision at the end of the week. However, regardless of how hard we try, she hasn’t been able to get all the words right. For a particular week where the spelling words are similar (like about, above, again), she gets confused and do even worse. She attends the same class as Felicia and that smart girl has been acing her spelling week after week. Felicia not only has to learn the spelling for her phonics class but also spelling for school and ting xie, yet she does so well. I envy.
Last Friday, Lil Shauna only got one word out of the 11 correct. Felicia got all 11 correct. Lil Shauna mixed up her word and lost a “p” in “stopping”, a “n” in running, etc. I was actually fuming mad and was trying to control my reaction towards her. Actually, I do know that Lil Shauna is already advanced in her English language as compared to her peers. She could blend words like “splash”, “scram”, “brooks” and is already learning spelling at K1. She could read the passages in her phonics book with a little encouragement and guidance too. Moreover, Felicia is in K2 now and had started school one year earlier.
I don’t know if it is bcos I am demanding too much from her. I am just frustrated that she seems unconcern for not doing well in her spelling and we had put in quite a lot of effort trying to help her remember. Maybe, she is really too young. I think I am a tiger mummy. Poor Lil Shauna. I need more time.
Mummy Lim
Friday, April 12, 2013
He's Getting It
Popo let Lil Isaac go diaper free after school for the last 3 days and we had very encouraging results. He tells us when he needs to go and even goes to the potty himself. Popo says that he didn't have any accidents.
Yday evening, when we arrived at Centris to pick to the kids, Lil Isaac declared that he needed to pee and went to the potty himself. At home, before sleep, he tucked at his diaper and said that he needed to go. Both times, he really did pee. Hehe. We are getting there.
The next step would probably be bringing him out without diapers. We need to get him some really nice, cute and comfy underwear. Once it is established that he could indeed indicate when he needs to go and could hold until we are in the toilet, it is time for him to go diaperless to school!
Hmmm... So it doesn't look that farfetched for Lil Isaac to go Gold Coast diaperless. Hehe. Boys are easier, when they need to go, there are always plastic bags, right? Hehe.
Mummy Lim
Yday evening, when we arrived at Centris to pick to the kids, Lil Isaac declared that he needed to pee and went to the potty himself. At home, before sleep, he tucked at his diaper and said that he needed to go. Both times, he really did pee. Hehe. We are getting there.
The next step would probably be bringing him out without diapers. We need to get him some really nice, cute and comfy underwear. Once it is established that he could indeed indicate when he needs to go and could hold until we are in the toilet, it is time for him to go diaperless to school!
Hmmm... So it doesn't look that farfetched for Lil Isaac to go Gold Coast diaperless. Hehe. Boys are easier, when they need to go, there are always plastic bags, right? Hehe.
Mummy Lim
Monday, April 8, 2013
Bday
I was telling the kids that my bday is coming. Lil Shauna is really looking forward to hers and asked when hers is coming.
ML: Baby, to celebrate your bday, we will be going to Gold Coast!
DL: Huh? When is her bday?
ML: 12 May lah. Baby, Pappy is naughty, he forgot your bday.
LI: Take the cane!
LS: No need lah, let him stand in the naughty corner can already.
ML: Muahahaha.
They made my day.
Mummy Lim
ML: Baby, to celebrate your bday, we will be going to Gold Coast!
DL: Huh? When is her bday?
ML: 12 May lah. Baby, Pappy is naughty, he forgot your bday.
LI: Take the cane!
LS: No need lah, let him stand in the naughty corner can already.
ML: Muahahaha.
They made my day.
Mummy Lim
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Diaper Free
Lil Isaac is diaper free on most mornings. He is capable of holding but doesnt always tell us when he needs to go. He doesn't tell too when he needs to poo poo and you can imagine the mess. Without an auntie and an extra pair of hands, he ends up in diapers in the afternoon and doesn't have many chances to learn. We actually started toilet training him earlier than jiejie and I thought he understand the idea earlier too. Just that I had more time to train Lil Shauna then. I was on maternity leave.
This morning, Lil Isaac was diaperless as per most mornings. Then we went to church and I put him on training pants instead of diaper. I kept asking him if he needed to go to the toilet and kept reminding him that he needs to let us know if he needs to go. We didn't have any accident. Hehe. He even peed once in the toilet at church.
We had lunch and took the MRT back. On the way back, he said that he wanted to pee when I asked him and changed him into a diaper. I know it wasn't proper but it is better than for him to wet himself in the train. And he did pee in his diaper!
He again went without diaper when he had his nap at home. I am so proud of him. I bet we will have some accidents along the way, even when we are outside. But I supposed he has to start learning somehow. Yeah... Moving forward to the day! I can imagine the $$ that we can save on diapers. I am greedy, can he be diaper free before our Gold Coast trip in mid May?
Mummy Lim
This morning, Lil Isaac was diaperless as per most mornings. Then we went to church and I put him on training pants instead of diaper. I kept asking him if he needed to go to the toilet and kept reminding him that he needs to let us know if he needs to go. We didn't have any accident. Hehe. He even peed once in the toilet at church.
We had lunch and took the MRT back. On the way back, he said that he wanted to pee when I asked him and changed him into a diaper. I know it wasn't proper but it is better than for him to wet himself in the train. And he did pee in his diaper!
He again went without diaper when he had his nap at home. I am so proud of him. I bet we will have some accidents along the way, even when we are outside. But I supposed he has to start learning somehow. Yeah... Moving forward to the day! I can imagine the $$ that we can save on diapers. I am greedy, can he be diaper free before our Gold Coast trip in mid May?
Mummy Lim
Friday, April 5, 2013
Wisdom Tooth Extraction
I had my wisdom tooth removed yday. An appointment that I made a few weeks ago. I think I have been well trained. I wasn't nervous during the days that lead to the appointment. Lol.
The dentist is very confident that his patients would recover very quickly and told me previously that if I can't take mc, I can actually go for the surgery on Friday and be ready to go back to work on Monday. I opted for Thursday instead bcos I was worried that the surgery doesn't kill me but handling the kids one day after the surgery would.
I was ushered into the room soon after I arrived. I had my bfast earlier and was told by people who had the same surgery that I can forget about eating for the rest of the day.
I started getting nervous when I sat on the dentist chair. The dentist then went on and on about how I should breath deeply to slow down blood flow, what I had to do after the surgery, how to stop the bleeding, which medicine to eat, etc. but I was only half listening. Then the surgery started. My eyes were covered. I wonder if it was bcos I would panic if I saw the equipment that the dentist used to remove the tooth.
I was given some spray to numb the gum before I was injected. I think there were 3 jabs in all. Mercifully, the extraction wasn't painful after that. There was vibration when the dentist cut the tooth into 3 parts, there was pressure and tugging when he pulled part of the tooth out. There was minor pain when he poked the socket for remains of the tooth. The stitching was painless. I couldn't help wondering if the dentist cut into my gum too. I could taste blood during the surgery and cannot imagine how bloody it actually looked like.
I was very anxious throughout, forgetting to breathe properly at times. The dentist was really nice, telling me what he was going to do and what I would feel before he proceeded. Then he constantly reminded me to breathe deeply and slowly.
The ordeal was over in about 20mins. During the last part, the dentist was talking to himself that the socket seems clean but the root of the extracted tooth looks funny, then he continued to poke at my gum. My heart was racing. Then the stitching started and seems like forever. I couldn't be more glad when the dentist announced that it is finally over.
The dentist showed me the extracted tooth after that. The tooth looks really huge. I had to bite on the gauze for 30 mins. Bleeding should stop thereafter but it didn't. I changed a few gauzes and was worried that it would keep bleeding. It finally stopped at about 3pm. The LA was wearing out and it was painful to bite and apply pressure on the wound. I was so glad that the bleeding finally stopped.
I spent the whole of yday lazing around in bed, watching my K drama and taking a nap. It was heavenly. I didn't had lunch. Well, I didn't spend much energy to begin with and wasn't hungry. I had porridge for dinner and was surprised to find that it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be.
This morning, I am much better and didn't need the painkiller as predicted by the dentist. However, I had to take the antibiotics and swelling medicine. I could talk and had marconi for bfast. The clinic assistant called to check how I was and I do feel good. Haha. I guessed I would be fine after all. Hmmm... I still have one more to go and I didn't lose weight lor. Sob.
Mummy Lim
The dentist is very confident that his patients would recover very quickly and told me previously that if I can't take mc, I can actually go for the surgery on Friday and be ready to go back to work on Monday. I opted for Thursday instead bcos I was worried that the surgery doesn't kill me but handling the kids one day after the surgery would.
I was ushered into the room soon after I arrived. I had my bfast earlier and was told by people who had the same surgery that I can forget about eating for the rest of the day.
I started getting nervous when I sat on the dentist chair. The dentist then went on and on about how I should breath deeply to slow down blood flow, what I had to do after the surgery, how to stop the bleeding, which medicine to eat, etc. but I was only half listening. Then the surgery started. My eyes were covered. I wonder if it was bcos I would panic if I saw the equipment that the dentist used to remove the tooth.
I was given some spray to numb the gum before I was injected. I think there were 3 jabs in all. Mercifully, the extraction wasn't painful after that. There was vibration when the dentist cut the tooth into 3 parts, there was pressure and tugging when he pulled part of the tooth out. There was minor pain when he poked the socket for remains of the tooth. The stitching was painless. I couldn't help wondering if the dentist cut into my gum too. I could taste blood during the surgery and cannot imagine how bloody it actually looked like.
I was very anxious throughout, forgetting to breathe properly at times. The dentist was really nice, telling me what he was going to do and what I would feel before he proceeded. Then he constantly reminded me to breathe deeply and slowly.
The ordeal was over in about 20mins. During the last part, the dentist was talking to himself that the socket seems clean but the root of the extracted tooth looks funny, then he continued to poke at my gum. My heart was racing. Then the stitching started and seems like forever. I couldn't be more glad when the dentist announced that it is finally over.
The dentist showed me the extracted tooth after that. The tooth looks really huge. I had to bite on the gauze for 30 mins. Bleeding should stop thereafter but it didn't. I changed a few gauzes and was worried that it would keep bleeding. It finally stopped at about 3pm. The LA was wearing out and it was painful to bite and apply pressure on the wound. I was so glad that the bleeding finally stopped.
I spent the whole of yday lazing around in bed, watching my K drama and taking a nap. It was heavenly. I didn't had lunch. Well, I didn't spend much energy to begin with and wasn't hungry. I had porridge for dinner and was surprised to find that it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be.
This morning, I am much better and didn't need the painkiller as predicted by the dentist. However, I had to take the antibiotics and swelling medicine. I could talk and had marconi for bfast. The clinic assistant called to check how I was and I do feel good. Haha. I guessed I would be fine after all. Hmmm... I still have one more to go and I didn't lose weight lor. Sob.
Mummy Lim
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Zaky
Lil Isaac is turning 30 months. He is pretty much a handful recently. When Lil Shauna was his age, she was toilet trained, speaks really well and very sweet. Lil Isaac is none of what jiejie was and getting more and more naughty. I can't tell if it is bcos he is in the Terrible Two stage or boys are just plain cheeky and monkey-ish.
Lil Isaac is off diaper at home in the morning. He can hold his pee but doesn't always tell us when he needs to go. It very much is dependent on his mood. Many times, he goes to the potty either bcos we asked him to or realised that he had let go a little in his pants. We haven't try letting him go diaper free outside yet.
His speech is still not clear. He is trying to express himself and is very chatty. However, we can't quite understand him at times, especially when he goes on and on, tripping himself over words. However, I think he is on track. I think he will probably pick up along the way.
He doesn't recognize numbers or alphabet. I am quite sure that jiejie is much better when she was this old. When we tried to teach him just A, B and C, he doesn't concentrate and until now, we haven't been successful. Aiyo.
He doesn't like sleeping on his own. It is as if he has a scanning device. In the night, he automatically wakes up when his scanning device finds that nobody is sleeping beside or near him. Popo says that he is a whinny and clingy boy. He calls for "mummy" most mornings when he wakes up. I find that quite sweet actually. Lol. He loves sleeping on mummy's leg or tummy and forbids jiejie from doing so if he didn't get to do likewise. Poor jiejie often clings to Pappy instead bcos Lil Isaac is awfully active right before bed and jiejie wants to stay away from his kongfu stuns.
He is a soft toy boy. His best friends are his nono dog and tiger and can be seen lugging one of them around in e morning.
Lil Isaac still doesn't fancy the school bus. It is already April and Popo complains that he still struggles and cries when he needs to take the school bus on bad mornings. But he is usually fine in school.
He is into really naughty things now. Just a moment ago, he opened my waterbottle and put his whole hand in, spilling water everywhere. He purposely messed and kicked away jiejie's toy and refused to say "sorry". Popo complained that he intentionally hit Fionne on her head yday! We discipline him but he seems to have extra thick skin and doesn't seem to feel pain when we smack him. We didn't have to and rarely caned jiejie, but I somehow think that Lil Isaac will see Mr Cane very often. Haiz.
He will grow up to be a sweet boy, right? 忍!
Mummy Lim
Lil Isaac is off diaper at home in the morning. He can hold his pee but doesn't always tell us when he needs to go. It very much is dependent on his mood. Many times, he goes to the potty either bcos we asked him to or realised that he had let go a little in his pants. We haven't try letting him go diaper free outside yet.
His speech is still not clear. He is trying to express himself and is very chatty. However, we can't quite understand him at times, especially when he goes on and on, tripping himself over words. However, I think he is on track. I think he will probably pick up along the way.
He doesn't recognize numbers or alphabet. I am quite sure that jiejie is much better when she was this old. When we tried to teach him just A, B and C, he doesn't concentrate and until now, we haven't been successful. Aiyo.
He doesn't like sleeping on his own. It is as if he has a scanning device. In the night, he automatically wakes up when his scanning device finds that nobody is sleeping beside or near him. Popo says that he is a whinny and clingy boy. He calls for "mummy" most mornings when he wakes up. I find that quite sweet actually. Lol. He loves sleeping on mummy's leg or tummy and forbids jiejie from doing so if he didn't get to do likewise. Poor jiejie often clings to Pappy instead bcos Lil Isaac is awfully active right before bed and jiejie wants to stay away from his kongfu stuns.
He is a soft toy boy. His best friends are his nono dog and tiger and can be seen lugging one of them around in e morning.
Lil Isaac still doesn't fancy the school bus. It is already April and Popo complains that he still struggles and cries when he needs to take the school bus on bad mornings. But he is usually fine in school.
He is into really naughty things now. Just a moment ago, he opened my waterbottle and put his whole hand in, spilling water everywhere. He purposely messed and kicked away jiejie's toy and refused to say "sorry". Popo complained that he intentionally hit Fionne on her head yday! We discipline him but he seems to have extra thick skin and doesn't seem to feel pain when we smack him. We didn't have to and rarely caned jiejie, but I somehow think that Lil Isaac will see Mr Cane very often. Haiz.
He will grow up to be a sweet boy, right? 忍!
Mummy Lim
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Easter Performance
*Written on Monday
I took leave this morning to attend Lil Shauna and Lil Isaac’s Easter performance in school. This is the first time that Lil Issac is performing. I think I have attended almost all of Lil Shauna’s performance except for one. I will make it a point for Lil Isaac too. Lil Shauna is now old enough to understand what is going on and was telling us that she will be performing 3 songs. Lil Isaac was so funny when we asked him about the performance. He had this puzzled look and then told us that he would be singing “ni wa wa”. Muahahaha.. that is the Chinese song that they learnt at home from the DVD.
I took the school bus to school with the kids this morning. It was a combined session and the school bus was so crowded. It also took a longer than usual route and time to reach school. The bus turned and navigated the many small roads and turns to pick up the kids. Lil Shauna felt sick along the way. I almost too. Poor kids.
We arrived after 9am and the performance started shortly. Lil Shauna’s class performed a total of 3 items, just like what she said. Remembered that I mentioned that kids don’t look cute after they turned 5? Lil Shauna looks like a big girl on stage. However, I was surprised to see many petite kids too. Those still look cute. Haiz, we don’t have petite genes in our family. The nursery and pre-nursery kids are really cutesy little buttons. Most of them spaced out on stage but they are still cute. Lol.
Lil Isaac didn’t cry. He was the 1st to go on stage. Some of his classmates were crying so badly and didn’t get to perform. They sang “Absolutely Nothing”, a song that we also learnt in church. No wonder he had been singing this song randomly recently. Lil Issac sang a little, action here and there and then got distracted by the microphone stand and the wire on the floor. He must be complaining that the song is too long bcos this happened quite a few times. It was funny. At the end of their item, some of the kids tried to run off to their parents and were restrained, which led to more crying. Crying is contagious. The kids were led off to the hall and I heard a lot of crying thereafter when I went to the toilet. I was wondering if my tiger was one of them.
School ends shortly after the performances ended. Lil Isaac had red eyes and sniffing nose when I collected him. He did join in the crying. Lol. We decided to grab a cab home instead of the long bus ride. Then we had KFC bfast at JP before I handed them to Popo and headed back to office. My very first short encounter alone with the kids in a public place. I am so proud of myself. The kids were really great and didn’t bully me. Lol.
Mummy Lim
I took leave this morning to attend Lil Shauna and Lil Isaac’s Easter performance in school. This is the first time that Lil Issac is performing. I think I have attended almost all of Lil Shauna’s performance except for one. I will make it a point for Lil Isaac too. Lil Shauna is now old enough to understand what is going on and was telling us that she will be performing 3 songs. Lil Isaac was so funny when we asked him about the performance. He had this puzzled look and then told us that he would be singing “ni wa wa”. Muahahaha.. that is the Chinese song that they learnt at home from the DVD.
I took the school bus to school with the kids this morning. It was a combined session and the school bus was so crowded. It also took a longer than usual route and time to reach school. The bus turned and navigated the many small roads and turns to pick up the kids. Lil Shauna felt sick along the way. I almost too. Poor kids.
We arrived after 9am and the performance started shortly. Lil Shauna’s class performed a total of 3 items, just like what she said. Remembered that I mentioned that kids don’t look cute after they turned 5? Lil Shauna looks like a big girl on stage. However, I was surprised to see many petite kids too. Those still look cute. Haiz, we don’t have petite genes in our family. The nursery and pre-nursery kids are really cutesy little buttons. Most of them spaced out on stage but they are still cute. Lol.
Lil Isaac didn’t cry. He was the 1st to go on stage. Some of his classmates were crying so badly and didn’t get to perform. They sang “Absolutely Nothing”, a song that we also learnt in church. No wonder he had been singing this song randomly recently. Lil Issac sang a little, action here and there and then got distracted by the microphone stand and the wire on the floor. He must be complaining that the song is too long bcos this happened quite a few times. It was funny. At the end of their item, some of the kids tried to run off to their parents and were restrained, which led to more crying. Crying is contagious. The kids were led off to the hall and I heard a lot of crying thereafter when I went to the toilet. I was wondering if my tiger was one of them.
School ends shortly after the performances ended. Lil Isaac had red eyes and sniffing nose when I collected him. He did join in the crying. Lol. We decided to grab a cab home instead of the long bus ride. Then we had KFC bfast at JP before I handed them to Popo and headed back to office. My very first short encounter alone with the kids in a public place. I am so proud of myself. The kids were really great and didn’t bully me. Lol.
Mummy Lim
Monday, April 1, 2013
Pain pain
One day, Lil Isaac had a cut and we couldn't find a "boy" plaster for him. He ended up with a pinky princess plaster. We promised to buy him some Mickey mouse plasters.
Today, bcos of the sick kids, Daddy Lim was on duty and had to work full day plus a tired mummy who hasn't fully recovered from Legoland, we stayed at home. The kids almost killed me. Lil Isaac was exceptionally cranky and was fighting with jiejie every other minute that he even got caned. I can't even remember exactly what he did to make me cane him. He was irritating me so much.
We bought the kids new plasters from JP just now. Lil Shauna got the Hello Kitty ones and Lil Isaac chose the Car ones. Back home, the kids were selecting where to put their stickers, usually somewhere on their leg. Daddy Lim was helping them and I was in the shower. When I got out of the bathroom, Lil Isaac showed me when he chose to put the plaster on his leg. It was the same place that I caned him. He told me the moment I was out of the bathroom, that mummy caned him, it was painful and so must put plaster. Lol.
Mummy Lim
Today, bcos of the sick kids, Daddy Lim was on duty and had to work full day plus a tired mummy who hasn't fully recovered from Legoland, we stayed at home. The kids almost killed me. Lil Isaac was exceptionally cranky and was fighting with jiejie every other minute that he even got caned. I can't even remember exactly what he did to make me cane him. He was irritating me so much.
We bought the kids new plasters from JP just now. Lil Shauna got the Hello Kitty ones and Lil Isaac chose the Car ones. Back home, the kids were selecting where to put their stickers, usually somewhere on their leg. Daddy Lim was helping them and I was in the shower. When I got out of the bathroom, Lil Isaac showed me when he chose to put the plaster on his leg. It was the same place that I caned him. He told me the moment I was out of the bathroom, that mummy caned him, it was painful and so must put plaster. Lol.
Mummy Lim
Parental Volunteer
I forgot to blog about this.
Daddy Lim and I had an interview with the VP of West Grove Primary (WG) 2 Fridays ago, after Lil Isaac’s medical appointment with the ENT specialist. The VP preferred to call it a “meeting”. The meeting, put in a politically correct sense, is to find out more about why the parents applied for parental volunteer (PV) with WG, how committed the parents are and also a good feedback channel for the school to feel the ground wrt its reputation in that area.
I did most of the talking and I am glad that I did my homework before the meeting. I was busy goggling the school’s webpage while Daddy Lim drove us to the school. Lil Isaac was napping after his appointment. His appointment overran, we were almost late and had to drag a sleeping Lil Isaac to the interview. Lol. Luckily the VP was friendly and didn’t mind having a meeting “with” a napping pre-schooler.
My answers were mostly politically correct too. Lol. I guessed I did a pretty good job. WG will only be taking in 15 PV. In this way, it is almost guaranteed that the students of all PV will get into the school. The VP was sifting through a thin stack of forms while talking to us. There were definitely more than 15 applications. The application closed on 29 March 13 and we will be informed of the outcome only in early May 2013. If we do become PV for WG, we will drop Frontier Primary (FP). We only have so much time. The completed PV form for FP is still sitting at home.
The WG VP was unable to give us an answer if we are definitely selected. However, he mentioned that our chances are really great since we are both Singaporeans, staying within the 1km radius and so enthusiastic. He was like implying that we would be selected, short of telling us directly that we are. Regardless, I think we would still be sending our PV form to FP. If we are indeed shortlisted, we can always dropped FP then. Hehe, kiasu Singaporeans.
If there is a chance, I would still love to send my kids to a Christian primary school. I love it so much now that they are learning about God and Christian values in the kindergarten. Unfortunately, Christian primary schools are really popular and there isn’t one in our vicinity. The nearest one is probably Fairfield Methodist in Dover and it is almost impossible to get in even if we are affiliated via Church. It is way too far away and way too popular. I can only pray that the kids will continue to grow up in God’s way and opt for Christian secondary school in the future. I have experienced it for myself and know how much the school can influence.
Mummy Lim
Daddy Lim and I had an interview with the VP of West Grove Primary (WG) 2 Fridays ago, after Lil Isaac’s medical appointment with the ENT specialist. The VP preferred to call it a “meeting”. The meeting, put in a politically correct sense, is to find out more about why the parents applied for parental volunteer (PV) with WG, how committed the parents are and also a good feedback channel for the school to feel the ground wrt its reputation in that area.
I did most of the talking and I am glad that I did my homework before the meeting. I was busy goggling the school’s webpage while Daddy Lim drove us to the school. Lil Isaac was napping after his appointment. His appointment overran, we were almost late and had to drag a sleeping Lil Isaac to the interview. Lol. Luckily the VP was friendly and didn’t mind having a meeting “with” a napping pre-schooler.
My answers were mostly politically correct too. Lol. I guessed I did a pretty good job. WG will only be taking in 15 PV. In this way, it is almost guaranteed that the students of all PV will get into the school. The VP was sifting through a thin stack of forms while talking to us. There were definitely more than 15 applications. The application closed on 29 March 13 and we will be informed of the outcome only in early May 2013. If we do become PV for WG, we will drop Frontier Primary (FP). We only have so much time. The completed PV form for FP is still sitting at home.
The WG VP was unable to give us an answer if we are definitely selected. However, he mentioned that our chances are really great since we are both Singaporeans, staying within the 1km radius and so enthusiastic. He was like implying that we would be selected, short of telling us directly that we are. Regardless, I think we would still be sending our PV form to FP. If we are indeed shortlisted, we can always dropped FP then. Hehe, kiasu Singaporeans.
If there is a chance, I would still love to send my kids to a Christian primary school. I love it so much now that they are learning about God and Christian values in the kindergarten. Unfortunately, Christian primary schools are really popular and there isn’t one in our vicinity. The nearest one is probably Fairfield Methodist in Dover and it is almost impossible to get in even if we are affiliated via Church. It is way too far away and way too popular. I can only pray that the kids will continue to grow up in God’s way and opt for Christian secondary school in the future. I have experienced it for myself and know how much the school can influence.
Mummy Lim
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