Fighting for SA1

What? SA1 is coming? No, it is here? That's not fair! How could it crept and steal a silent attack? Ahhhhhh... we are wounded.

With the new system, SA1s are supposed to be removed, except for the P4s and P6s. I was surprised but glad that school is keeping SA1; I needed something to help me gauge if the kids are on track and to make remedy otherwise. Lil Shauna is doing it full suite while Zaky only had to do the paper 2.

I heard multiple times about how it is a step up in P5, where some schools clamp some P6 work in the same year to buy extra time for PSLE revision. Some schools also start their PSLE revision early, like P5 early. I witnessed for myself how the load jumped for Lil Shauna. It doesnt help that she willingly took on Higher Chinese, which really is a stretch for her. The subject resulted in a shitload of homework and she takes a painful long time to finish those. She tried hard but when I looked at the completed homework, I sometimes pity the teacher. Why do they want to offer the subject to kan tang kias to torture themselves? Haha.

We have prepared past years' SA1 paper from good schools. The progress had been really slow bcos Lil Shauna had been so busy with school work. The next moment, SA1 is in less than 2 weeks' time. What?!!? The bigger surprise was Lil Shauna coming home from school one day last week and said that she had the listening compre for both English and Chinese. We didnt even realise that SA1 has started for her. Die.

She just had her Higher Chinese P1 yday. We went into panic mode last weekend, cramping whatever we can in prep of the paper - the memorising of the 好词好句 is a pain but the only way for kan tang kias like her to appear to be "there" in writing. She has worked hard; we both have. Whatever will be, will be.

Now, to wear the armour to fight the SA1 monster in 2 weeks. Fighting!

Mummy Lim

School Life

It is seriously not easy to be a P5-er. Lil Shauna has been complaining about the tons of homework that she had been given everyday. When it comes to weekends, it is double or triple the load - her teachers probably think that students have plenty of time during weekends. Our already hectic weekend plans ended up getting all jumbled up and I heard Lil Shauna whined and sighed as she unwillingly slogged at her homework.

Zaky isnt sparred from homework as well but his load is probably insignificant as compared to what jiejie has. I can imagine how much whining I would hear from the boy when it is his time.

With the new regulations to do away with mid-year exams, I had thought that there would no longer SA1 for P3 and P5. Interesting, it isnt the case for them. They both will still be having their SA1.

Seriously, I am not complaining. SA1 is usually like a wake-up call for Lil Shauna and she has always been doing better in SA2 than SA1. On the other hand, Zaky has picked up Science this year and I am totally grateful for the mid year check on his grasp of the new subject.

The kids are already grumbling about how tough the school life is and we still have a long way to go. Lol. It is no wonder that they are looking forward to the next holiday as earnestly as I am. Hoho. Well, time will pass so quickly; only another 50 weeks to go to the end of the year. Meanwhile, the evidence of them growing up is so apparent. Lil Shauna just changed her wallet with her allowance bcos all her classmates are now into big girl wallet.

Mummy Lim

New School Year

I know, this is so late, right? Lol. The kids survived 2 weeks of school and the full routine of school and enrichment classes are in force.

The iconic "1st day of school" picture.

And every year on that day, fb has to remind me of how tiny they were when Lil Shauna started P1.

Ok, I lied. Lil Shauna didnt look much different, just a lot longer. It is the boy. We almost forgot how scrawny he was many moons back. Now, we have to worry about how much weight he is piling on. Stop eating! Lol.

One more pictures of my blind bats.

Just that day, I realised that I was the "outsider".

I was the only one in a different color and with perfect eyesight. Ahem - ok, with a little bit of old flower.

May the Lord bless our family with a great year ahead; one with plenty of pleasant adventures.

Mummy Lim

Edited:
I forgot to add that we stopped the kids' school bus arrangement. We now send the kids to school. The kids go to student care on Tue, Wed and Fri and are supposed to take the public bus home on Mon and Thu.

The kids had been looking forward to taking the bus home on their own but Popo insisted on fetching despite their protests. Let's hope that she would trust them enough soon.

SA2 Nightmare Continues

Finally! SA2 is over! Lil Shauna's last paper was on Tuesday while Zaky completed his last paper yday. With that, I happily threw the balance of the past years' papers into the recycled bin. Lalalala. With the papers completed, it is now a different nightmare; the revealing of SA2 results. Zzzzzz.

We have worked hard this SA, especially Lil Shauna. Unlike SA1 where we simply go through the 生字, we worked through so many past year papers. I really hoped that the hard work translates to good results.

The teachers are so efficient. Zaky called urgently in the afternoon bcos jiejie has taken back 3 of her papers and didn't meet the target mummy set. The kids had been asking for a pet and I had agreed to buy them a hamster if Lil Shauna achieved at least 90 marks for English and Maths and at least 85 marks for Chinese and Science. Zaky has to obtain at least 90 marks for all his 3 subjects. The targets may be a little stretched but definitely achievable. Lil Shauna didn't meet the target for all the 3 papers. The hamster has ran away already. Truth be told, I was secretly happy. Hahaha. Lil Shauna was pretty upset though.

I am slightly disappointed at her results, particularly her Maths result. We worked hard. Her Chinese improved though. Her not so ideal SA1 results must have prepared me such that I didn't feel that big a deal when I saw her falling short of expectations. Well, I don't deny that not having to buy the hamster provided some comfort too. Haha.

Nevertheless, SA2 is indeed over! The kids were stuffing their face with gadget this afternoon and had fun in the playground in the evening. They can definitely let their hair down now. I was feeling rather happy too; I didn't have any night calls and I didn't have to push unwilling small people to do papers. Hohohoho.

Let's see how Zaky score and if Lil Shauna's Science paper can bring us some joy.

Mummy Lim

SA2 Nightmare Starts!

I remembered how chill I was for the previous SAs, somewhat being proud that the kids have built a good foundation from the various enrichment classes that we had been sending them.

Lil Shauna had been academically strong in P1 and 2. Coupled with the fact that she sets high expectations for herself, I rarely have to fret over her academically. I had thought that she would similarly sail smoothly for P3 SA1. Her SA1 results jolt me awake from my sweet dreams. They aren't that bad but if I had put a little more effort to help her revise, she would have done better, especially for her Science. I was then told by many other parents that it is a big jump in difficulty and complexity from P2 to P3. It was also after SA1 that I discover the world of free good primary school exam papers.

SA2 started this week and I didn't take any chance this time. Since last week, the Chinese revision on 生字 has started, along with the starting of past year papers for the other subjects. I didn't help Lil Shauna prepare at all when she was in P1 bcos I didn't know what to and P1s are not subjected to real SAs anyway but mini tests. Poor Zaky is now working on past year papers too bcos jiejie is in the regime and someone will scream "not fair" if didi gets away scott free. Haha. However, I go much easier on him as compared to Lil Shauna. Interestingly, Lil Shauna didn't complain when she spent more time than Zaky revising. I guessed she knew she had more to cover.

Lil Shauna has completed her paper 1 for both EL and CL. I had been reminding her to stay focus on the topic for her EL compo bcos she can get so carried away in her writing and write out of point. She writes way too much! We did a few 作文 practices, hoping that it would help. She is taking her EL and CL oral today and we similarly tried practicing for her CL oral. She is potato girl and trying to converse in Chinese is almost mission impossible.

Lil Shauna is feeling the heat and hoping that SA2 would be over soon. I feel exactly the same way. Fighting.

Mummy Lim

End of School Week 1

Hooray! We are all alive! It was a short week but it felt just as torturous for the kids. They were lamenting and whining on Tuesday morning. It is normal, afterall, their fun-filled month-long school holidays has just "died". They didn't even realise until I broke the terrible news to me on Monday afternoon, after we came back from Batam. I totally feel them.

Other than school, the extra classes, student care have all kicked in at the same time. Obviously they needed extra grace to survive and they did with increasing difficulty with each passing day of the week.

Lil Shauna has always been easy and automatic. It gets a little more tough to wake the boy with the passing week.

Rejoice for the weekend. Long live the weekend!

Even Lil Shauna is not spared.

Ok, I staged this. I brought the kids to the movie last night. I insisted for her to wear her glasses after the movie for the shot. Haha.

Mummy Lim

Parent-Teacher Meeting

I am never a big fan of Parent-Teacher meetings (PTM). Maybe bcos I usually know what the teachers will be telling me - Lil Shauna is very well mannered but way too shy and Zaky is so very active and mischievous. However, I decided to head to the meetings this time; I am curious to hear what Zaky's teacher has to say about him.

The school has a new system; parents can log in to the app on a particular day to book the slots starting from 8pm. I was standing by at our computer bcos I wanted to secure back to back slots during or near to lunch time. I was reminded of my uni days; standing by the computer to book tutorial slots bcos booking the right slots will result in a 4-day school week. Bingo! I got my desired slots for the PTM. Hehe. Got experience leh.

I got the time mixed up and was running late for the appointments. By the time I arrived in school, I had totally missed Lil Shauna's session. Thankfully the teachers weren't strict about the time slots.

As expected, Lil Shauna's form teacher (also teaches her Maths and Science) commented on her superb behavior and how she is well-liked by her peers. She had expected more from Lil Shauna on her Maths and I got reminded of how she lost 9 marks on careless mistakes. Ouch! Of course, the remark about how she is so shy and needs to be more confident and speak up more. I would have changed that long ago if I could.

Next, I met Zaky's teacher and was nervous to receive complaints. Surprisingly, his teacher was all praises about how responsible he is as the class representative. Ooooo, that is new.  Though fidgety most times, talkative and active, he knows and tries his best to be his class' role model. His teacher went on to tell me how he is the class spokeperson, mediator and advisor! I didn't know Zaky had that side of him. Lol. He needs to work on his handwriting  (lost 4 marks on that) and he was also underperforming for his Maths paper (lost all 5 marks on careless mistakes). Nevertheless, he is actually one of the academically stronger students in his class. You can imagine how my jaw dropped to the floor after hearing from the teacher, right? Haha.

The Chinese teachers were all in the hall. Zaky's teacher didn't have much to tell me. Lil Shauna's Chinese teacher also taught her in P1. She went on to tell me how she scored the lowest in class for oral. She was so brutally truthful. Zzzz.... I have kang tang kias. She correctly guessed that we rarely speak Mandarin at home; our kids speak Mandarin with a strange accent. She went on to tell me how she did so-so in her compo (I was quite proud actually) and average for her paper 2. Then very cruely, she said that she knew Lil Shauna's standard and is surprised that she made it into the best Chinese class in P3. I am surprised too; she just suddenly did very well in P2. Bcos the teaching pace is accelerated for her class, it is not doing her good. We are so right to send her back for Chinese classes.

Fighting!

Mummy Lim

SA1 Aftermaths

It had been 2 weeks after SA1. The kids are happy bcos the exams are over – I totally know that feeling even though it was a long time ago. What I didn't know is the anxiety that plagues me after the SA1; I was anxious about their results. I don't remember feeling this way when Lil Shauna was in P1 and 2. Why would things take such a drastic change in P3?

Anyway, I always have high academic expectations of Lil Shauna. It is totally her fault; she is too capable academically and there is no reason why I shouldn't set a high target for her. So convenient to put the fault on her, right? Muahaha.

She only met my expectation for English. Daddy Lim said that I am a tiger mum. For Maths, she scored high 80s and I already expected to see careless mistakes bcos I know that she is capable of more. She had always done well for Maths and score fantastically for the past revision papers done in class. I was so right. While I was going through the papers, I was almost pulling hair, both hers and mine. She lost 9 marks on careless mistakes, like adding/ subtracting/ multiplying/ dividing wrongly. Seriously? I even saw her copying the numbers wrongly from the question. My heart bled.

I knew that she wouldn't do too well for her Chinese when we ran through her revision papers the day before her Chinese papers. My kang tang girl lacks exposure to the language. She did reasonably well for her Chinese composition but lost a lot of marks in oral. That caught me by surprise. I thought talking is easy?

I can’t expect too much on Science given that it is a new subject. I realized that she has difficulty applying what she learnt in theory.

On the other hand, I don't have much expectation on Zaky. It is nice being the youngest in the family, isn’t it? I should ask ah yee. Lol. Academically, he pales in comparison to Lil Shauna; I still remember drilling him on writing his A, B, C when he should have learnt those in preschool. Though so, I was curious to see what kind of results he would bring back on his 1st set of formal tests.

Surprisingly, he did fairly well. For English, he lost 6 points and 4 of them bcos of his horrendous handwriting. Teachers do that? So cruel. For Maths, he lost 5 marks all due to careless mistakes. He is exactly following Lil Shauna’s footstep. Faint. For Chinese, he scored full marks for his written paper and I was so proud until he said that majority of his class had full marks bcos it was such an easy paper. Chey. I think I blogged about how pleased I was about him scoring 7/10 for his Chinese oral only to have his teacher telling us that it was below expectations as most of his class scored 9 or full marks. Zzzzzz.

I have to admit that I was anxious with Lil Shauna’s results. I started asking myself if I was too relaxed with her bcos we didn't do too much revision before her SA1 other than Chinese and it obviously didn't help her much. I sent her back to the Chinese enrichment center that she was previously from. She knew that it would come if she didn't keep up her grades. Additionally, I found gold on internet; I realized that the exam papers of famous schools were published for free.

Since the kids had requested not to go to the student care center during the June holiday, I have printed a whole stack of SA1 papers from the famous schools for the kids to do. This should keep them really occupy; I don't want them to be bored. I am such a thoughtful mum. Muahahaha.

Mummy Lim

Class Representative x 2

Lil Shauna was again appointed as the class representative this year. I wasn't surprise; she is afterall THE model student who gets the model student award every other few terms. Teachers all like this kind, don't they? I was proud though, especially when she is usually so shy and normally the follower, not leader.

One day, she came home with her new class representative badge. This time, it is in the form of a collar badge.

What does surprise me is that Zaky is also selected as the class representative. So we have 2 in the family. I was doubtful when he 1st told us. I found it unbelievable. I even teased him that the teacher must have selected him bcos he is the naughtiest in class. By selecting him, his teacher thereby hopes that he would then better behave and save her the trouble. Hahaha. Jokes aside, he probably has some leadership qualities that the teacher sees. Zaky also relates how he carried out his duties and he sounded fairly responsible. Thumbs up.

A few weeks ago, on a bad evening, Zaky was very whiney and Daddy Lim ended up yelling at him. Of course he cried and was very upset. It turned out that he was feeling depressed for not receiving his class representative badge while jiejie had hers. Daddy Lim related it to working and not receiving salary. Now, that feels bad. Lol.

Last week, he finally received his badge! He was very proud of it. Finally being paid.

Mummy Lim

Week 2 of School

Finally, another week is coming to an end. I can see the kids jumping in joy. So far, nobody loves school or the student care. How come I am not surprised? Lol.

The kids are getting into the routine better though it gets harder and harder to wake the tiger up. This was him on Monday morning. He was still half-asleep while attempting to swallow his bfast.

It wasn't really that bad; Daddy Lim just caught him at a bad moment and angle, somemore throwing flash into his face.

He wasnt as exhausted in the evening as the 1st week, though bedtime is still slightly before 9pm.

He is a destroyer. He lost his homework file on the 1st day of school. He didnt know what I was talking about when I asked him about the missing file. *palm-face* On the 3rd day, he lost his pencil box. He did manage to find his pencil box the next day; his student care friend found it and kept it for him, together with the Stellar book that he had also forgotten. He didn't even realise that he lost his book. Zzzzz. On Monday of the 2nd week, he had a big hole in his shoes. Though they are hand me down, I still had expected it to last a little. He claimed that the hole was there since day 1. I am in disbelief.

Miraculously, the homework file that he lost appeared in his bag today. I hope it is not the case of him taking his classmate's file by mistake but a sign that things are getting better.

As for Lil Shauna, she is old bird already and took to school like a pro. Well, I never really have to worry much about her in the 1st place.

On days that they do not attend student care, I must say that I am super pleased that they do their homework during whatever free time that they have before enrichment lessons. Though it could be bcos of the threats that I put in place, reminding them of torture if homework is not done. Lol.

Sidetracking, somebody lost another front tooth today! Apparently, the tooth dropped when he was sinking his teeth into a piece of cake! This kind of cake cannot buy. Haha.

Second week almost down, ONLY 50 more weeks to go.

Mummy Lim

1st Week of School

At the end of the school holidays, Lil Shauna said that she was slightly excited about school. She is in a new class but has some of her old classmates and also her Centris swimming class pal with her. Actually, she was simply excited about using all her new things. Lol. At the end of the 1st week, she still look good and just told me that she enjoys school. She said that her English teacher is super funny. Sounds really good.

Zaky is a totally different story. He wasn't concerned about new things. In fact, he inherited jiejie's old school bag, old textbooks and even her old school shoes. He couldn't care less. He is often a mess anyway. Lol.

School took a toll on the little boy who is not used to waking up that early. By the 2nd day, it was a chore to wake up. Bed time became earlier and earlier at his request. He was totally beat after his 1st encounter with the student care. He doesnt adore school and his reply to whatever that I asked him about school is always "I don't know". I am taking comfort that at least he doesn't hate school  and no tears are involved yet. Probably jiejie's presence helped.

Yday, Daddy Lim fetched them from the student care. He complained that he was dead beat.

When he reached home, he flopped on the floor and complained that his brain and eyes were painful. It wasn't pretense, school life must be too much for the little tiger and he was down with fever. Poor thing.

As a result, we had to postpone the Chinese enrichment class and he had a much needed rest. I was hoping so hard that it wouldn't be a viral fever.

Lil Shauna took advantage that it was Friday and only went to bed at 10pm. Zaky's fever went down after a dose of paracetamol but he was in bed soon after 8pm. Fever or not, student care is tiring.

Finally, we had conquered the 1st week of school and we have 51 weeks more. Haha. I hope it is a matter of getting used for Zaky. It was a short week and he didn't even attend Phonics and Chinese enrichment. I will pray very hard that Zaky will suddenly have a lot more energy next week. Haha.

Mummy Lim

First Day of Primary One

The 2 elder Fs slept over successfully. The last day of school holiday was spent with the 3Fs, who were in Centris to attend my SIL's nephew's bday bash. There were alot of running, playing, swimming, which also meant that the kids successfully go to bed at 9pm. Woohoo!

I rechecked the kids bag. Popo prepared the lunchbox and waterbottle- set.

Popo prepared the chool uniform - set.

I happily spent the rest of the quiet night watching my kdrama before turning in at 11.30pm. Shiok ah!

The plan was for the parents to wake up at 5.30am. The kids will wake up after we have used the toilet. We will have to get out of the house at 6.10am to catch the school bus at 6.15am. This routine worked fine since we shifted to Centris in April. However, we don't know how things would work out with 2 kids.

I heard the alarm went off and smacked Daddy Lim when he didn't wake up to hit the snooze button; he is the alarm clock guardian. Turned out, it was Lil Shauna besides me. Daddy Lim must have woken her and snoozed in the kids' room while Lil Shauna crept into our bed to snooze. Lol. We are all very creative when it comes to finding ways to snooze.

The routine then kicked in. The only difference is that I was on leave and didn't need time to get myself ready for work. Popo woke up too but I asked her to not help bcos we needed to be independent. It wasn't too bad and things were right on plan.  

The all important 1st day of school picture. Both kids in the same uniform again. 

The day before, FB prompted my memory 2 years back. It was Lil Shauna's 1st day of school. Look how cute the kids were.

Now, 2 years later. I think I need a new phone with a proper camera. 

We walked the kids to the school bus and were right on time.

I had time for a much needed coffee before heading to the school for an orientation briefing at 8am. I thought I should attend it having missed the orientation day. No need to work = happy!

 

I arrived to a school of parents.

We were soon invited to the hall for an 1 hr and 15 mins briefing. The Principal and the various HODs took turn to brief the parents about the P1 curriculum. I wasn't paying attention and wasn't the only one. I saw so many others scrolling FB, playing games and texting on their phone. Lol. The Principal and HODs were dealing with a group of very disinterested "students". At the end, I barely remembered 5% of what was being briefed. During the briefing, I was busy getting my connections. I found a FB friend whose girl is also in the same school and managed to get invited to the P1 parents' chat group. I was grateful to find 2 other parents with kids in the same class as Zaky. However, the parents of the group were super enthusiastic and I had to mute the chat. It was scary. 

The briefing finally ended on time at 9.15am and we made our way to the canteen to play the "try to find your kid" game. It was a real test of one's eyesight plus who can wave better to get your kid's attention. Lucky for me, 1A was seated nearest to the parents-viewing-area.

It took me a while to locate Zaky. I was blocked by the parents who gloriously claimed the front row and they weren't going to give it up until recess was over. By the time I saw the tiger, he was happily tucking in Maggie mee and his P4 buddy was standing next to him. I was quite surprised that the canteen sold such food that is usually classified as unhealthy.

Zaky appeared to be totally enjoying his noodles. I saw that he ate all of it except for the slice of apple that came with it. Lol. He looked up a few times before finally spotting me in the sea of parents. It must be my enthusiastic wave that I had honed in that 5 mins that I was standing in the crowd. He smiled at me happily and my heart melted. So much for worrying about him crying.

His buddy took great care of him; Zaky finished his food, cleared his plate and then came back with a pack of milo with his buddy. Ha! The boy must be pleased with spending all his allowance; the new founded freedom to buy what he wanted. The bread that he brought from home and his water bottle were nowhere in sight. 

I managed to speak with him and reminded him to use the toilet. He had been scared to use the toilet on his own and I was worried that he would end up peeing in his pants. I can't believe that I am so proud of my son using the toilet at 6 YO and even snapped a picture of him exiting the toilet. Lol.

Soon, recess was over and the P1 q to get ready to go back to class. I had to play ninja now to change my location quickly, tiptoed, weaved myself into empty space to try to spot the boy again. I found him! And waved goodbye to him before he went back to class. Parents are allowed to visit their kids at recess for 2 days. Popo said that she wanted to see him today. She had been so anxious about Zaky going to P1, so totally different from 2 years back. 

I headed back to JP and had time to do my long overdue facial. I was again coaxed to sign on more facial services. Aging is such an expensive route. Wrinkles 有没有少?

My facial ended right on time to pick up the kids though Popo was already there just in case I couldn't make it. The school bus was slightly later than usual. It must be the messy 1st day syndrome. I was standing by with my phone like other proud parents.

Finally the kids appeared and I had both kids back. The kids have to split their week between student care and the school bus. I had been reminding Zaky that he was to take the school bus on his 1st day of school and worried about him ending up in the student care instead. I also told Lil Shauna to tell the school bus Aunty if Zaky didn't turn up at the right place. 

The boy was visibly upset. I found out that he was sent to the gathering area for the student care bcos his name appeared in the student care list despite already informing the student care and him telling his co-teacher that he was supposed to take the school bus home. He said that he sat crying in the waiting area. Apparently the teacher didn't believe him. Lil Shauna was also dramatically relating how she panicked when Zaky didn't turn up for the school bus and was plotting the "save my brother" mission when he finally turned up. It was quite comical. 

We had to hurry home bcos we had hungry kids and kids who needed the toilet very urgently. Zaky will probably need a lot more practice before he learns how to ask for permission for the toilet and be brave to do so alone. The way home was also accompanied by animated kids who shared their 1st day with me. 

After lunch, the kids got TV time while I tried to sort out the 200 books that they were asked to bring to school the next day. The books would then be kept in school. Looked at the mess!

I had a shock when I checked Zaky's bag. His homework file was missing, his pencils were thrown into his bag and outside of his pencil box. I found these, all . He obviously had a long way to go. When I asked him what happened in school today, he was totally clueless. Maybe he didn't attend class and was hiding somewhere else?!

The rest of the afternoon was spent doing homework, watching TV, playing ipad. The boy was obviously tired. He was so freaking whiney and sticky. Every thing was a potential tantrum spark. I was so hoping that time would pass and bedtime would come. I contemplated sending him to bed earlier but it eventually worked out fine and the kids were all knocked out at 9pm. Day 1 is a success!

This morning, the same routine started. Zaky was obviously a lot less enthusiastic. Daddy Lim had to literally pull him off the bed. Lol. There is swimming class in the afternoon and they are supposed to take the school bus. To make sure that he doesn't get passed to the student care again, I wrote a mini note and asked Zaky to show to his teacher if the teacher didn't believe him. I am quite sure bed time would be easy tonight. Haha.

Mummy Lim

Buying School Books

Yday was Zaky's P1 Orientation Day. How was it? I have no idea bcos I skipped it so that I don't have to squeeze with the world to buy books and school uniform thereafter. We missed Lil Shauna's orientation 2 years back too bcos we were in Taiwan. Now that we already have 1 kid in primary school, the other one shouldn't be very different, right? Haha. Just that I can't really recall what we had done for Lil Shauna on her 1st day of school.

In addition to the forementioned reason, my leave is way too precious and I didn't want to take another 1/2 day leave to head back to school for Lil Shauna's book.

I was on half day leave this afternoon to complete the necessary documentation for Zaky's P1 registration and to buy the books and uniform. I was stuck in the office and was so glad when Popo offered to bring the kids to meet me at the school. Bcos so, I was able to complete the paperwork in peace.

They finally arrived while I was waiting for the bookshop staff to pack Zaky's books. This is only Lil Shauna's.

Zaky was very excited about the new books and therefore very noisy. Zzzz. His excitement didn't last long before he started pestering to go to the basketball court and the playground. Faint.

We made it just in time to purchase the school uniforms. We top up new PE attire for Lil Shauna. Looking all smart!

The 2 bags of books are no joke. I barely made it out of the school gate and our called taxi took a while to find us. I was so glad to be home.

We had some time and Lil Shauna accompanied mummy to shop for Christmas presents. All done!

We just had to reward ourselves for the good work done.

Step 1 done. We still have to label the books and get new plastic covers. I am quite sure the kids will request for new stationary as well. I hope they looked forward to the new school year as much as how they looked forward to buying new stuff in prep of it. Lol.

Mummy Lim