Snakes & Ladders With 萱萱

First game of snake & ladders with 萱萱. She got it from her classmate's birthday goodie bag. It took awhile for her to understand that the ladders help her move up faster and the snakes are bad. I played a couple of games with her and obviously didn't try very hard to win. 

阳阳 tried to join in but he cannot comprehend walking the boxes with the numbers rolled on the dice so he got bored pretty quickly. I like this simple fun, it reminds me of my youth and this helps to keep the children off the electronic gears and TV.

I Can Read Remedial Classes

We signed 萱萱 up for Reading class recently. She's not academically inclined at the moment so we thought its best we help her a little by having her join a reading class which runs for an hour and a half once a week. We hope once she knows how to read on her own it will spark her interest in knowing more through reading.

To entice her to go for class, we brought her to nearby restaurants after class as a reward. She was delighted to spend 'Me' time with Meimei and me.

阳阳 @ School

A random collage of pictures teachers took of 阳阳 in school.

Lantern Festival 2020

Tradition. 

Go downstairs to basketball court after dinner.

Light the lanterns and run around with them

Take some pictures.

 

Random Kiddo Pic Sep 2020

 

Colourful Foam

Another fun activity for the kids, curtesy of Meimei. I like that they can learn how colour mixes into another colour. And as kids are kids, they love getting their hands dirty and are not shy to make a total mess of the place. Thankfully Meimei has a round play-tub-ish mat that can hold in all the mess.

Children Art: My Family

Love 萱萱's interpretation of our family. And ... 

Extremely tickled with the addition of the masks after that. 

Waking Up To Cuties

The ultimate morning pleasure. Waking up to your cuties.

New Cupboard For Children's Room

Beside extending the kitchen base to make the kitchen more usable, we also build up the cupboard for the children's room. It's a close replica with the one in the study. I've been wanting to build the cupboard for some time now and with all these news of companies closing due to the covid economic impact, I thought its best we quickly use the membership points on the cupboard. We were quoted $2,800 but was able to cover all of it with points.

Children Whiteboard

Meimei bought a whiteboard for the kids recently and its proving to be very useful for the kiddos to doodle and also for practicing word recognition with 萱萱. If we can keep the momentum going on the word training, this has to be the best buy of the year.

萱萱's First Scrap Book Exercise

萱萱 received her first scrapbook homework. She brought home a stuffed toy and has to picture and write about the weekend spent with the toy. Sounds easy but we have to deliberately bring the toy out with us and create 'events'. At their age, very few can write in full sentences so when I see all the write-ups from her classmates, I was pretty certain they were done by parents.

So as a good parent we helped 萱萱 with her homework too. I supposed we should start getting used to these since I would expect more to come as she goes to Primary school too.

Remembering Nyawama

 We miss you. Rest In Peace.

Random Kiddo Talk Aug 2020

A conversation while lying in bed.

Mama, I naughty naughty in school.

(What did you do?)
I bong the soup
(Soup or soap?)
Soap
(When wash hand or when eating)
Eating
(Eating? Or when wash hand?)
Er wash hand
(Wash hand or eating?)
I bong the soup everywhere
Teacher angry me
(Which teacher?)
Teacher 1
(Only 1 teacher there?)
Yes
(Teacher who?)
Er laoshi. Laoshi angry me
No talking already Mama

阳阳 is so adorable right now. He'll come with random talk on happenings in school.

Random Kiddo Pic Aug 2020

 

Arknights

Started playing this game on Monday. It's a PVE tower defense gacha strategy rpg game with no toxic nor frustrating PVP gameplay. I've constantly seen this game being recommended in the gaming forums and finally gave it a try this week.

Although there is a gacha mechanic it doesn't prevent you from completing most of the missions with normal units. Of course there are overpowered game breaking units but you don't need them to pass any stage so long as you are competent to place the right type of roles in strategic positions.

Not sure how long this game can keep my attention but I'm gonna give it a good try. It's different from the RPG gacha genre so it may or may not hold my interest. At least it keeps me entertained for awhile.