My Sleeping Beauty

Sleep is of utmost importance to Claudia. I remembered having a hard time putting Evan to bed in the past, be it afternoon nap or night. But it is super duper easy for Claudia, she can even fall asleep while watching tv, this is something that has never happen to Evan!!

As she grows, I no longer make it a must for her to take afternoon nap... But on days when she skips it, she will voluntarily go to bed on her own at 7+ with her milk alone... Her longest record of sleep is 430pm to 830am the next day!!! 

Yes I managed to convince her to cut her hair short!!! She used to be very protective of her hair, she does not allow anyone to cut her hair except the fringe.... But now she enjoys having short hair....

I missed blogging about her 4th birthday, I am so sorry.... She is outgrowing the terrible 3 stage, becoming more reasonable and manageable now... She can write her alphabets, numbers and chinese name without help now...

She is very close to Evan who pampers her more than Mummy... He loves, he protects, he shares, he looks after her very much.... 

I love to see them walk hand in hand!!!

Bye bye tooth

One of Evan's adult tooth had erupted a few weeks ago... but his milk tooth refused to make way!! Mummy is very worried that his adult teeth will not have enough space to grow...

Finally the milk tooth started to shake but the problem is it is not the correct tooth!!! I wanted him to wait for it to drop naturally but my impatient boy insisted to go to school dentist for extraction. I guess it was painless as he came home excitedly with the milk tooth in bag...

Now I am waiting patiently for the correct one to shake!!

Serious Reading

Finally we decided to introduce Evan to some serious reading... This series of books used to be one of Daddy's favourite when he was young so he was excited to recommend it to Evan!!

Evan seems interested in the book and started reading it day and night... I hope he will persist and finish the book soon...

Talent

We were talking about talent in the car, Evan suddenly ask "Mummy what is your talent?"

I was stunned for a moment and had no answer!! Clever mum threw the question back to them, asked "you guess?"

Claudia shouted "I know I know! Mummy's talent is loving her kids!" haha is tat a talent?

Evan thought for sometime and said " Mummy's talent is cooking"

Its a great joke of the day for me and it makes my day knowing they appreciate my "talents" haha

Camp 15-17 Dec

I must be one of the garang mummy who is brave enough to enrol my 3yr 10mths old gal for the camp...But I feel safe with Evan, Dana and Faith looking after her. Furthermore Daddy was supportive of the idea too.... I seek the teacher in charge's approval before I enrolled her because she believed Claudia will be fine in camp...

I am glad I did the correct decision!!! Claudia enjoyed herself so did Evan, as usual....

This is my present from them on the last day!!!

Their 1st ride

on a trishaw!!!

That day we were having lunch at the market and kids were so interested with the trishaws... A very kind uncle gave them a free ride and they were super happy!! Thank you uncle!!

Is it them or me?

I always "complain" my kids are too active, can't sit still for a moment... Today I reflected on myself, maybe it's me who is too active?!?!? hahaha

4 weeks of school holidays had passed and I tried very hard to recall if we spent a whole day at home without going out at all.... NONE!!! I must at least bring them out for a meal or a walk or something!!! So the culprit should be mummy me right?? haha

Before the holidays, I bought DIY sand art and craft work, thinking we can do those when we are BORED at home.... but those are still left in the store room because we had no time for them!! Also, I thought I should spent some time revising with Evan to prepare him for P1....BUT then I decided he deserve a good break before he start school.... haha... it must take a active mummy to have 2 active kids right?

I believe there are lots of mummies out there who are just like me right??

Car Wash

I mean washing it on our own, not at petrol kiosk....This is an activity that is exclusive to mummy and kids only!!! Because when Daddy is washing the car, he is super serious about it so he do not like to have the kids around.... Grandparents do not like it too because the kids will get wet and dirty...

But for me, it is a fun and safe activity for them so why not? See my boy, so serious with the cleaning... haha

One day tour

Last tue, I brought the kids for a one day tour with SKCC... Suppose to be an educational tour to soy sauce factory, tofu factory, birdnest and Airforce Museum... but it turned out more like a shopping tour because we did not really get to visit the factories....

They did not enjoy the itenary so much but they enjoyed the company!!!

School holidays can be super busy and tiring for the mummies, thinking and deciding activities/programs to keep them occupied....

This is already the 3rd week so what have we been doing? Painting, swimming, shopping, free shows at malls, skating and many more....

I am surprised!!

We were doing some workbooks today and Claudia really impressed me!!! She did this on her own and I nearly dropped from my chair!!!

Maybe I always think she is too young so I have never put too much emphasis on her learning.... Furthermore, she will always pretend she don't know her alphabets and work with a cheeky smile.... I did not expect her to write her alphabets so well.... Great job!!