Bye School

It was both 哥哥 and 妹妹 will be going to new schools next year. They both have parties in school on the last day of school.

I decided to baked some cookies for 妹妹's teachers to thank them for being such nice and patient teachers and I prepared cookies for her classmates too.

哥哥 did some bookmarks for his classmates and for his teachers, I helped him with the shells magnets.

Both of them were giving problems in school this year and like what their teachers said, hopefully they will change in their new schools. I'm keeping my fingers crossed too.

Pre-School Graduate Concert

哥哥's school graduation ceremony and concert was last Thursday. 爸爸 couldn't make it last minute as something really serious happened at work and he had to go back to his office. He was more disappointed than 哥哥 for not being to attend.

Me, being a kiasu mum and wife brought the camera stand along so I can tape his performance while I run after 妹妹. Yup, I can be a fortunate teller. I can foresee things that's going to happen and true enough I did had to stop 妹妹 from running all over the place. At least, this time round I was prepared and bought along some of her favourite food. So she was much better than last year.

This year's concert is much simplier compared to last year which was very colourful and lively but still we could see that the teachers and children had put in a lot of hard work in making the concert a success.

In our appreciation for the teachers' hard work, 哥哥 and I did some little craft for his teachers. I had bought a tub of plastic beads from Ikea a few months ago with the intention of making little gifts for his classmates as Xmas Presents. I'll have to think what to do for his teacher then. Any ideas, anyone?

Anyway, his teachers must be glad to be able to 'get rid' of this problematic boy (I get complains quite often. Haiz!) in another few more days time. :P

My Sweet Pea

Everytime I want to get the kids, especially 妹妹, to eat veggies, I had to resort to 'tricks'.

The other day, I sliced some sweet peas (like sticks) and add them to her favourite bean sprout. Of course, she was able to spot them and didn't want them but I told her they are nice and are like bean sprout; only the colour is different I told her. :P She ate them and like them. *phew*

I had to show her the 'original' other she might thought sweet peas looked like bean sprout! So after her dinner, I showed her the actually sweet peas and let her open up the pod to uncover the peas inside. She had so much fun with them and ask for a few more. And she is really good with choosing those that will have big and fat peas. ;)

Poor me had to cook and eat those after she had enough with them. :P At least, it's one more veggie that she will eat. :)

No more diaper!

Yeah! 妹妹 is diaper free!

It all started when she fell asleep last Saturday late evening. Not wanting to awake up in the middle of the night after having enough sleep, I woke her up an hour later.

When it's time to sleep, she refused to change into her pyjamas. To her wear pyjamas = wearing diaper. She wanted to wear her dress to bed and didn't want diaper as well. I hesitated at first as I did not have a mat to protect her mattress but let her be anyway. I bought her to the toilet just before I go to bed and the next morning she was still dry.

I told her I was very proud of her that she didn't wet her bed the next morning. All she said was no urinate on the bed. Go toilet urinate. :P

Last nigh, I asked her if it okay for her no to wear diaper. She didn't want at first but agreed after I kept praising her. :P This time, she called me in the middle of the night when she wanted to go the the toilet, twice. I was quite impressed with her. I think she was too tired to walk over to my room. (She sleep on her own in her room) She was so dreamy and when I carried her to the toilet. Her eyes were still closed and she was swaying when she sat on the toilet bowl. LOL I'm impressed with myself too cos I could hear her calling me too.

Now, I can save $7.50 a month for diaper liao. :P

Tambourine

I planned to do this craft with my kids a long time ago but if you remembered me saying the shop that sells these bells had run out of stock. More like no longer selling them to me.

Anyway, I found Daiso selling the bells (much bigger and cheaper!) , 20 a pack for $2. I bought a pack. :)

My daughter fell asleep in the late evening today and was not able to sleep at her usual bedtime. So I decided to do this with her without my son. He can always do it on his own tomorrow. :)



Materials needed:

• 1 Paper Plate
• 10 Bells or any quatity you like
• 10 Pipe Cleaners or according to the no. of bells you have
• Colouring Medium (optional)

How to do it:

1. If you like, draw a picture on the bottom of the plate for your child to colour.
2. 'String' the bells with the pipe cleaners.
3. Punch holes on the edge of the plate leaving a side free for your child to hold later.
4. Twist pipe cleaner with the bell through the punched hole to secure it.
5. If your child is very young, you might want to tape the lose end of the pipe cleaners to the plate (side without the picture), so as not to poke him.
6. Now make so music!