Today is the 1st day of school for the tiger. I had reminded and reminded him that he would have to take the school bus alone. I have also told him many times that he cannot cry in school bcos he is a big gorgor now and the babies will laugh at him. Popo said that he did really well initially and boarded the school bus cheerfully. Popo sneaked to school in attempt to buy new school uniform for the boy but was spotted. She didnt even see him but he called out for Popo and the next moment started crying. Shame, shame. He hushed shortly though. I must encourage him to do better tomorrow. I am quite sure that Lil Shauna did well. She’s our big girl.
Over the weekend, I was talking to Popo on the new schedule now that Lil Shauna is in full afternoon class. Being in the afternoon session is really not time productive; almost all her enrichment classes have to be pushed to the weekends, burning our weekends. We are also shifting her maths class from Friday to Wednesday evening since the traffic towards Clementi is impossible on Friday evening – everybody heads down town. On Wednesdays, we will pick her direct from school instead. We haven’t figure out how to tell her to meet us at the gate that we will be picking her. Stress. I will also have to be on standby mood on Wednesday and takes the company transport in the event that Daddy Lim cannot leave on time. We have decided that shelving my Wednesday Zumba class for the time being (1 year) will be the best option for now.
So Lil Shauna will have Maths class on Wednesday night, ice skating on Saturday mornings, phonic on Saturday afternoons, Sunday school on Sunday mornings, followed by Chinese class in the afternoon. Yes, we are tiger parents. Actually no, I think we are just like any other Singaporean parents.
Lil Isaac had it easier. He will have jiejie’s companionship in the morning and heads to the usual 3 hour school. Popo has asked me to sign him up for as many school enrichment classes as possible so that he can stay in school for longer hours. The classes will start this week and he will take Music and Movement on Tuesdays and Chinese enrichment on Wednesdays. This will keep him in school until about 4.30pm. On Thursday afternoon, he will attend Tien Hsien at JP for Chinese and phonics on Friday evening. His gym classes on Sunday afternoons have ended and I have not decided if we should continue. This will largely be dependent on how much he really wants them. It is quite hard to ascertain his real interest at this age. Given that Popo will have to send him for phonics class on Fridays, I will again have to be on standby mode on Friday evenings to pick up Lil Shauna after she alights from the school bus in the event that Daddy Lim cannot make it.
We will have to see how the new time schedule works out and whether we need to make adjustments. Things will change again next year when Lil Shauna is in morning classes. I really do hope to shift some of her enrichment classes to weekdays and also put her in an after school care on other days. Let’s see.
On a different note, Daddy Lim and I have both set the resolution to lose some weight! As I have to give up my zumba classes, we have decided to start exercising together once a week, in the night after the kids have turned in. We headed to the Jurong central park to rollerblade last night. It was tough. The temptation to just sleep or watch iPad was so great. We didn't skate that much, the intensity is definitely lesser than my regular zumba classes. Moreover, it is really quite boring to skate in that small park. It was also very dark and I was stress about tripping over branches and stones. We ended the session with a latte at MacDonalds and suspected that we consumed more calories than what we had burnt. Lol. Well, at least it is a good start. I think it is time to loan Auntie H’s bicycle and try some night cycling. Daddy Lim said that cycling burns good calories. We are also hoping to squeeze in some longer rollerblading sessions and routes after work on rare days that we can knock off early, while there is still day light. The next time that we do rollerblade in the night at the same Jurong park, we will at least attempt to ditch the after-exercising latte. Lol.
Mummy Lim
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