Excursion to Mc.D & Butterfly farm

WooHoo, we are all ready to go!!!

A visit to Mc.D's kitchen

A Happy face waiting for his Happy Meal to be serve.

Both my kids went for their first excursion with school to Butterfly Farm and Mc.D in Dec 08.

Ballet pre-examination week

I blogged about Jo1's Ballet pre-examination week last year, and this year's falls on 18 Oct. This year more mommies turned up with their camera, so lots of flashes when they started to dance. Her partner for this year is Aerin. Only two of them and the examiner will be in the studio during exam, teachers not allowed.


Video: Twilight Elf. My favorite amongst. Jo1 on the left with her hand holding a wand.

Basically, syllabus included knee bend, rises with arm movements, step to the side and lift, step close step & point, step close step & hop, hands opening and closing, wrists bending up and down, set arm exercises, steps taken around the room, steps and elevation, run point and port de bras, clapping waltz 3/4 & Polka 2/4, walking 4, clapping 4, walking 3, clapping 1, Twilight Elf dance, and lastly courtesy or bow.

Horse ride

This is a back dated post.

My kids had their first horse ride experience at their friends' - WeiYee's b'day party. Jo1 let Jo2 go first, and they enjoyed the ride so much that they went for 3 rounds altogether. Even though they served buffet party, but my kids juz ate very little b'coz they wanted to queue up for the rides again. This horse is 19 yrs old, and he is 350 kg, so me and kids can actually ride it together but I was too shy.

Birthday song (Monkey version)

This is a birthday song that Jo1 composed specially for her didi (born in the year of Monkey)

Happy birthday to you,
You are born in the zoo,
You look like monkey,
and you smell like one too!!!

I supposed Jo2 will get angry, but he didn't. After all it's HIS b'day what.....
Anyway, he is really happy with all the pressies and ang pows he got. (TQ all for remembering even though he don't have a real b'day party)

Happy 4th B'day

My Jo2 has turned 4!!!
Time really flies. This year I let him celebrate his b'day @ school again. Since he prefer to share this happy moment with his teachers and friends.
So, let me start with a week b4 his b'day. First, he requested a Ben10 toy, and he got it (b'coz he is papa's only son what....). Few days later, when we went out to buy present for my nephew... ...again he choose a Ben10 toy for his cousin and exactly a same one for himself. At the toy shop, he promised that this will be his last Ben10 toy. So, I trusted his word.
Now, come to the night b4 his b'day. He was really happy, I guess I told him too soon. First, in school he told all his friends that they must come to school tomorrow, if not they will miss his b'day party. Then, he told his teacher that they must wear nice clothes and also help him to cut the cake. He had sleepless night... ...he kept telling me that he can't wait for too long (he meant he can't wait until tomorrow to come) Then, he asked for another Ben10 toy with the clause that IF MY OLD BEN10 TOY HAS BROKEN!!

He has really grown up!!!

Look at his happy face.

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY...to my one and only one Josh.

Enfa A+ smart camp is in town @ Queensbay Mall

My kids loved the camp organized by Meadjohnson every year. We went there last Sunday, which is the last day of the camp (18-20 July 08). Jo1 has been looking for it since she knew about this camp through the newsletter I received. We arrived there about 3pm (this is the first time they skip their afternoon nap) straight to collect my freebies (being members) and got the play card where they get stamped for playing those games. 1/2 hour later, story session started, which my kids enjoyed very much.
After they got their card all stamped, I decided to shop around Queensbay Mall but I ended up at the camp again not long after b'coz they have no mood to walk around but very eager to go back to the camp to play games again. This round, we met the mascot owl but my kids were afraid to stand near him (no photos of that). And they played all the games, went for another story telling session... ...
We reached home about 9pm after dinner, Jo1 & Jo2 don't looked tired at all even though they were playing around all day long. To bad, I had backache even though juz accompany them around.

Every Sunday is a PLAYDAY

My kids favorite place on every Sunday - playground. See how much fun they have even though they went there quite often. Also, Jo1 wants me to take photos of her in action while she slides down. In fact, it's a win-win situation b'coz both of them are happy and I can actually test out my new camera which papa2jojo bought for me as my mother's day gift.
So, we all looking forward this so called "playday."

Lastest BIG words he said...

Jo2 is learning single word (vocab) in school now, he can recognize and spell out some words with no fail (for example: cow, no, mouse, duck...) and mixed up with some words (like: toy, boy, cat, car, wall, small). Yesterday, he surprised me with new words when he said:

case 1

Jo2: mommy, I want to eat peanuts.
me: is 2 enough for you?
Jo2:It's "DEFINALY" (definitely) not enough for me."

case 2:
Jo2: mommy, jiejie always "SIMPLI" (simply) say me, I don't like her.
(Pointing at his jiejie ) You don't simpli say say people-ah!

So, at the end of the day I checked on his scrapbook and I can't find these 2 words and I have no clue at all where he learn these words.

3 Days 2 Nite @ Bali

Papa2jojo is posting in Denpasar, Bali for a week, so I decided to bring the kids to join him there.

It was a last minute decision, so it's kind of unplanned trip.

Our stay @ Ramada Bintang Bali Hotel was beyond my expectation. My kids even prefer to stay in the hotel rather than going out. They loved to watch TV in this cozy room...

They enjoyed feeding the fishes in the pond after their breakfast. According to Jo2, his tummy is full but the fishes are hungry, so he needed to feed them with lots of bread.

They enjoyed swimming in the pool.

while I like the hotel surroundings with tropical garden, beachfront view, convenient location, and also the friendliness of the ppl there.

Ferrari model car

Papa2jojo has to pump petrol @ Shell juz to get all these collection of Ferrari model car with engine sounds. So far, we got 6 out of 7, b'coz we only get to buy a car @ RM5.90 for every RM40 we spent on petrol. We only manage to get 2 cars during each visit, and Jo2 actually counted and waiting for papa2jojo to buy him the 7th car. In fact, he is going to get it soon since papa2jojo car tank is almost empty. I didn't get any model car for him b'coz I am royal to my regular petrol kiosk that is close by to Jo2's school.

Jo1 first masterpiece

Jo1 started her drawing class recently. She has been asking me to send her to drawing class since last year but I never take it seriously and I don't want her to be over scheduled. I let her started her drawing class this month b'coz her mental arithmetic teacher has to stop all the classes due to health problem which she needs to go back to her hometown to get treatment and rest for a long time.

So far, she has attended the class for 3 times, and the teacher commented that she needs more "patience" but I am satisfied with her first masterpiece. I mean she is still a beginner, patience is not something that can be change in overnight. I send her to you juz b'coz she likes to draw.

Even when she was admitted to hospital recently, she spent her free time drawing, and put up on the room's door. She did a few nice drawings, even Dr. Sim teased whether those drawings are up for auction. I noticed that all the doc, nurses, cleaner, and some visitors actually stopped to look at it when they passed by.

Hospitalised

Note: see how my cheeky son pose...

The school term holiday is going to end soon. Others have 1 week of holiday while my kids have 2 weeks of holiday. Both of them were sick and hospitalised; Jo1 had viral fever and Jo2 had acute bronchitis. Both of them were recovered and discharged after staying at hospital for 5 days with 1 lodger(me) taking care of them at night time, that's how my kids and I spent our 2008 first term school's holiday.

Normally, I can handle whenever my kids are sick but this round is different. Jo1 was down with high fever on Sunday, she slept through for hours and still very tired. I fed her with PCM every 4 hourly, and she scared me when I tried to wake her up for medicine and she was unconscious no matter how. I kept calling her name, shake her body and I was panic don't know what to do except tears dropped from my eyes. All the while, I thought I was brave and tough, I can handle everything even when papa2jojo is not around. Since papa2jojo is at work, I called to inform him and my mother to ask for help. At the end, I rushed them to Dr.Sim's new clinic @Srigim Medical Centre. I felt so relieved when my mother went to hospital to take care of Jo2 and papa2jojo also came later.

My mother helped me to take care of Jo2 for a night, and she called me the next day that Jo2 got cough and can't sleep for the whole night. So, I got no choice but asked her to bring Jo2 to the clinic for treatment also. That's how I ended up having 2 kids in the same hospital.

When Jo1 is no around

This happened on a beautiful Sunday morning 2 weeks ago where Jo1 needs to go for extra tuition lesson since she will be sitting for her 1st school's term exam soon.

While having fun playing outside, Jo2 said: "mommy, take photo-la." So, I ended up snap snap snap a few of them. I think the kids also noticed that mommy is "a bit lazy" to take their photos recently.

POSE for the year of 2008

Note: same pose in different places.

I miss u, mama

Nowadays, my boy has many excuses when he is too lazy to go to school. But, so far I never let him skip the class juz b'coz of his tiredness / laziness.

Case 1:
At night b4 go to bed
Jo2: mommy, 2morrow I got school or not?
mommy: yes, u go to school from Mon - Fri, except Sat & Sun.
Jo2: How about jiejie (Jo1)? She no school, I also no school.
mommy: yes, jiejie goes tuition in the morning and then go to school in the afternoon.
Jo2: orrr......

Case 2:
wake up in the morning
Jo2: wakey, wakey. Mommy, sun come out oredi, I want nen-nen (milk).
mommy: ok, ok.
Jo2: (after he finished milk, he will stretch his arms) mommy, I very tired, no enerygy to go to school. I go to school so many many times oredi.
mommy: nvm, later u can take a nap after school, ok.
Jo2: ok. (but look sad and walked away.....)

Case 3:
Drop him to school, he shows his unwillingness to go down from the car
mommy: say good morning to teacher
Jo2: (keep silent)
Teacher: say "bye-bye" to yr mommy
Jo2: (keep silent)
Jo2: mommy, I go to school, u cannot see me, then u will miss ME!
(Look back wave to me) I MISS U , MAMA (very touching, I felt so close when he call me mama instead of mommy)

Happy Lunar New Year 2008

Wishing everyone a VERY HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Primary school

Jo1's primary school's life began on 3 Jan, 2008. Prior to that, she went for an orientation which was held on 26 Dec '07, we had speeches from the headmistress, buying books, paying misc. fees, "wondering" around the school, getting to know the teachers and friends.

Her classroom on the 2nd floor.
She goes for computer class & music class in this building.


What's Jo1's commnents about her school : HOT & TIRED
See, u can tell by looking at her face.

What's mommy comments about her school : DIRTY & SMELLY TOILET
Yes, we both need to accept and get adapted. Kindi lasts for 3 hours, and primary school lasts for 6 hours which is double the time. Also, I asked her to take shower 3 times a day since afternoon class is sure hotter than morning class.

Ku-Ku bird

This is what happened yesterday....
Early in the morning, Jo1 woke up and straight to the toilet to wee and Jo2 rushed to me and told me that jie-jie's ku-ku bird is lost. "HIS" ku-ku bird is in the toilet bowl, so "cannot find-lo."

At night, my boy spoke his first sentence in mandarin to me (after 4 days of learning Chinese @ nursery), and it's all about ku-ku bird again.
Jo2: mommy, "wo de peng you you ku-ku bird......." (My friend has penis)
Mommy: Only boy has ku-ku bird, ok.
Jo2: Jie-jie no ku-ku bird. Lost in the toilet bowl oredi.
Mommy: No, jie-jie is a girl, so she doesn't have ku-ku bird.
Jo2: How about u, u have ku-ku bird?
Mommy: Mommy is a boy or girl?
Jo2: Girl. So daddy has ku-ku bird, he is a boy.
Mommy: ya-ya, that's right.