Kiddo Talk & Pic Dec 2021

Praising Each Other

萱萱 : Do you know 阳阳 already very good! He can swim without anything no board. Swim to uncle Jianhe!

阳阳: 姐姐 also very good she can swim so fast and so far until I cannot see her already hurhur

I Like

阳阳: I like JiaXin . Because she is so nice and so pretty.

Meimei: As pretty as mummy?

阳阳: Uh-huh (yes)

Meimei: As pretty as jiejie?

阳阳: Yes. Even prettier.

Meimei: Har??

阳阳: Yes do you know JiaXin has a snow ball that has a ribbon? To put on her hair one. I like her.

萱萱: Mama, Alson also believe in 主耶稣

Meimei: Oh ok that’s nice

萱萱: I like alson.

萱萱: Of course Xavier Poh first. I most like. 

萱萱: Oh no no! I like Justin first. 

Meimei: ….

萱萱: I like the boys. I like a lot of boys.

萱萱: Mama also have many friends who are boys right?

萱萱: Do you remember how many believe in 主耶稣? 

Meimei: I don’t remember le

(Meimei to Pokpok: Can you see me trying to downplay it? But mind was racing dunno where Liao!!!!!)

Quick To Sorry

Just now I shout at them for being naughty. 

阳阳 immediately: sorry mummy

I kept quiet I see he wanna say sorry for what.

阳阳: I’m sorry for all the mistakes mama

Shopping For New Kids Bunk Bed

A new year and new configuration for the kids. Meimei has been surfing for kids bunk beds and we finally found one where there is a physical shop we can go have a look before making the purchase. Kids bunk beds are not cheap ... unless you buy it from IKEA. 

So here we are at Piccolo House today to check out the bunk beds. We are eyeing the detached double bed with stairs but it comes at a hefty $2,800 after discounts. Both kids were fighting to get the top bunk so we need to figure out how to get one to sleep below.

Missing Jigsaw Pieces

阳阳 and I were putting together a firetruck jigsaw and were doing well till we discovered there were 'missing' pieces. I was so frustrated that I took a pic to complain to Meimei and threaten to go back to NTUC to complain about the incomplete set.

Maybe it's 阳阳 taking my attention that made me fail to see it or I was simply tired from a long day and had parallax vision. Whatever it was, thankfully, I came to realise it half hour later.

As 阳阳 would say it with a grin ... "Silly Papa".

Potty In The Toilet

Hahah 阳阳 is gonna hate me for sharing this but I think it's a worthy milestone to mark. He's starting to go to the toilet to potty instead of trying to poo in pampers in the potty corner. I guess this has to do with potty training at school where they don't get pampers anymore.

Christmas 2021

The kids have been constantly whining to open up the Christmas presents. They know their papa mama go crazy with the presents every year. Well I think this year may be the last we are so generous, next year on they are getting stationery or art supplies etc.

We had the usual Christmas dinner at home and was treated to a performance by 萱萱 and 阳阳.

A Sashimi Feast For Christmas Eve

It's just Meimei and I for dinner and we bought a sashimi platter from Dondonki. For the amount of food, it cost half of it would have at a restaurant. We are always eyeing the sashimi at restaurants but could never bring ourselves to spend that sort of dough. So this cements that because this ticks all the boxes and finally satisfy that craving for splurging on sashimi. 

Children Art: Little Squids

A Hooligan At School

阳阳's teachers sent this picture to Meimei .... asking if he sits like that at home too and ask that we also sound out to him not to do so. Haha I wonder where he picks this habit up from? *wink wink

阳阳's First Time At Sunday Church Class

阳阳's first time to Sunday church class. Covid has rob him of a lot of what 萱萱 was able to experience at the same age. Thankfully he is still young so there is lots of opportunities to catch up. We'll try to bring the children out more on the weekends so they are exposed to the 'outside' world.

Kindergarten Graduation

Today is 萱萱's kindergarten graduation 'ceremony and dance'. In yesteryears parents of the graduating class would all be gathered at an auditorium to watch kids perform and see the presentation of the 'graduation papers' to the K2 class. But Covid has changed all that. Thankfully they let us into the school to take pictures with 萱萱.

After School Student Care

Meimei brought 萱萱 to visit the after school student care today. I encourage putting 萱萱 in student care because I believe she'll get better guidance and learning than being left to her own devices at home. Although we are working from home, we don't have the time to watch over her homework nor setup activities for her afternoons. That said, we need her to be 'ok' with it so this was a great chance to introduce her to it and let her see other children in the same environment.

Well it turns out she was more interested in the koi pond than the student care. That's ok, in time she will be used to the rigours of student care. It gives her a chance to make friends outside of her own classroom too.