Turned 4

It is definitely not easy for Lil Isaac to be turning 4. The very 1st role that he has to fit in is to be independent in Sunday school. Lol. He is very, very, very sticky during Sunday school and still cries when he doesn't see mummy or Popo despite attending Sunday school for more than 2 years. In addition, we have been very regular at church this year but that didn't seem to help. Even the Sunday school teachers are amazed at how clingy he is. Lil Shauna was so much more independent at 4YO. Faint.

So I made a deal with him. He has to start attending Sunday school alone after he turns 4. Two Sundays back, he insisted that he was still a few days shy of turning 4 and so I stayed with him in class. But after worship, he agreed to sit on the red mat meant for the kids and away from mummy, which was a good start already. It was a choice between mummy sitting away from him or mummy out of the room. Usually, he would insist that I sit right behind him and after awhile, he would be lying, sitting, squirming around on my lap until I passed him on to Popo. He isn’t that sticky to Popo. He just needed Popo to be in the room with him. 

Yday, he remembered our deal and understood that he had to sit on the red mat, away from mummy. He initiated that right from the start of the class and there I was, standing some distant away, looking at my little boy worshipping God with the rest of the kids. My heart melted. He turned and looked back quite a number of times to make sure that I was still there.

He obediently sat where he was supposed to during bible story time. The picture below gives a better indication of the distant between us. He was distracted at times and ran back to me to check that I am still around and whispered I-actually-cant-hear-what several times. Lol. Then Popo came and he told me that I can now leave bcos Popo had arrived. Win already. I think I can start leaving him alone in class after a few more Sunday. 

In the afternoon, we headed to the My Little Gym (MLG) at Marina Square. Lil Isaac joined their program a couple of terms at different age. For some strange reasons, he actually asked to join again out of the blue some weeks back. The last we stopped, he was 3 years old and started the independent class. It was so tough trying to make him go for the class without mummy then. Lil Shauna didn't last so long, she didn't progress beyond the parent-child classes. Seeing that it was something that the little boy wanted, we signed him up. The classes are really expensive and we have decided to put ice skating classes on hold for this for the time being.

Lil Isaac was very excited to go for the gym class. He fitted in instantly as he was already familiar with the setting. I was standing outside the class and he gave me big smiles and waves at times. Awwwww… He looked like he really enjoyed himself running, jumping, rolling, climbing and all the boys’ stuff-ing.

While observing, I realized that Lil Isaac hasn't learnt to wait. He was always snatching and me-first. He also didn't have the habits to ask nicely. I liked how the teachers reminded him constantly not to snatch and made him wait and ask nicely. I must be more conscious to grow the good habits. Overall, Lil Isaac had fun and he asked to go for the lesson again and so we signed him up for 3 more lessons to the end of the term. Then we will see how things go. My pocket just said ‘ouch”.

Mummy Lim