We are at the SEA Aquarium at Resorts World Sentosa today. We had the tickets from the SG Rediscover vouchers. It's been a long time since we brought the kids out to a local attraction so everyone was pretty hype about the trip.
I enjoyed myself but the kids seem to be bored after awhile. They were more interested in the gift shop than the sea creatures.
We came home today after lunch today to find a window grille detached from the railing. Siti was in the kitchen and immediately say that the grille fell by itself while she was in the kitchen cooking. Hmmm ... window grilles don't just fall on its own .....
Our first reaction was shock and then attempts to fix it back. The more I went at it the more I'm convinced it doesn't just 'fall on its own'. We have to fix it back before the kids get home. There were horror stories of kids falling out of windows right here in Singapore so I'm extra cautious to check our grilles regularly to make sure they are still sturdy.
After trying several times and failing to fit it back I called Norman who in-turn contacted the grille supplier. It will cost us $80 for transport for the supplier to come have a look. Well ... I would pay any price to ensure safety for the kids. Unfortunately they could not come immediately ... only the day after.
Seeing that we have to live with an open window for at least 2 days, I decided to give it another go. I went with the brute force route this time and managed to jam the grille back into railing. Phew. Saved $80 and the couple days of worry.
萱萱's first day in Primary School. Only one parent was allowed to accompany their child so naturally Meimei went with 萱萱. It was just yesterday when 萱萱 first step into childcare with tears and cries. Thankfully she has grown up so much and seems to be genuinely excited at going to Primary School.
Meimei was able to accompany her to the morning assembly at the hall and observe canteen break time from afar.
We also had her go to student care right on the first day just so she knows there is no negotiation on her schedule. But when it came to picking her up, the whole village came :-) Everyone's just as excited to see our baby girl back from her first day of school.
阳阳's in Nursery this year. The first time at childcare without his 姐姐. We were apprehensive and unsure if he can cope. He's always had his big sister close by to watch out for him. But oh well he has to grow up sometime. 萱萱 had it tougher being 'alone' in school for the first few years.
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
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.
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".
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
