Week 2 of Term 1

The kiddos were introduced to the letter Aa and its sound on week 2. They were asked to locate the magnetic letter Aa from the whiteboard.

More learning on body parts as well, as pictured below. Good teaching on teamwork too.

Their masterpiece.

Furthermore, they were taught the colours green and yellow. Played the game "Green Musical Chairs". Can you see that my boy is the only one who sat on a blue chair?

Art and craft time. Pasting little green pieces of paper on the picture of an apple.

Joshie was much better during week 2. Cried less and I didn't have trouble putting on his school uniform in the morning.

Random pictures of Joshie

On the tyre swing with Oscar.

Preparing to slide down with Haley.

Run, run, run. He can sprint really fast for a 2 year old.

Playing with the drum set at Parco, Millenia Walk.

I-phone bonding moment with daddy dearest

An embarassing moment

We were queuing up at the cashier's at Parkson when my little son walked up to the manequin and touched its crotch. He then turned and said "mummy, kukubird where?"

I told him it's just a manequin and that managed to pacify him. I think the rest of the shoppers were amused when this mummy took out her Iphone and took a picture. I saw the man behind us smiling away.

On another note, Joshie's speech has been improving a lot. He's been talking in sentences and he has also added tons of words to his vocab. However, his recognition of words is deteriorating. Last time, he could recognise more than 15 words from the flashcards but recently, he only reads less than 5. His attention span on flashcards is getting shorter and it's really difficult to get him to concentrate. He's getting more playful. I guess that's how boys are.

A new one to replace the old

This is a backdated post.

Sometime towards the end of last year, our Toyomi fan just stopped functioning. Hubby would give the fan a good slap, and then it would move again..........but to our dismay, would stop and not function again. Our dear son was really helpful, he took a screw driver out and said he was going to fix the fan (pictured above). As he fiddled with the screw driver, he kept mumbling "no more battery", "mummy, go buy battery".

This gave my dear hubby the chance to fulfill his dream of owning a Dyson product! =) He has been eyeing Dyson's vacuum cleaner and air multiplier. Without further ado, he walked to the mall opposite our home and lugged back the Dyson air multiplier to replace our non-functioning Toyomi fan. There were 2 sizes available and he bought the bigger one since it's to be placed in the living room. It ain't cheap, you can use that money to buy an air-cond instead.

Unlike the usual conventional fan, there are no blades. So, it's very safe especially if you have a curious toddler at home. I've been wanting to buy the plastic netting for the fan ever since I saw Joshie trying to stick his fingers through the gap. A further plus is that it's much easier to clean. And last but not least, it cools the room at a more efficient rate compared to the old fan.

But what does Joshie think of his daddy's huge household investment?

He reckons it's also another toy for him. One which he can throw his ball through. Pick up the ball and throw it again. Continuously till I said stop!

Mushroom cut to usher in the rabbit year

His hair was getting really untidy, especially near the ear area. Thus, I packed him into the taxi sometime last week after he woke up from his afternoon nap. Headed to Liang Court on River Valley Road to visit his hairstylist.

The stylist asked if I wanted her to cut the same style as before. Asked her what other style does she recommend and she suggested the mushroom cut. Said now is the ideal age for mushroom cut. Looks cute now.

So mushroom cut that's it. Sat the cheeky down onto my lap and she started snipping. Had to pacify him with a lollipop when hair started falling onto his skin!!!! He just hates hair on his skin. But lollipop and Nemo managed to placate him and before I knew it, it was finished.

I was a little shocked when I saw his new look. And also regretted too, coz the old cut was more stylo. =) Just take a look at my picture, don't you agree with me?

But over the next few days, I appreciated his new look. I think he looks cuter now, with his new hairstyle =) Moreover, the fringe is now a bit longer and doesn't look so severe anymore. Hmnn, so maybe it was the right choice after all!

Car bed

Joshie has been sleeping on a mattress on a floor since he started climbing out of his baby cot. That was 9 months ago. Ever since I found out that he's allergic to dust mites, I've wanted to buy him a bed frame. But because we were always out of the country, we kept procrastinating our furniture shopping. However, our procrastination came to an end when we had to start clearing the store room for our new helper. Bought a cabinet for the living room, an open shelf for the kitchen and last but not least, a bed frame for my little son.

After doing some research, we finally settled for a car bed frame. Bought it from one of the shops at The Furniture Mall on Beach Road. Cost us $600 and we spent another sum of money on a Getha latex mattress.

This is how Joshie's room looks like now.

Also bought him a cardboard book shelf from the mall opposite my home. Doesn't it look nice?

Week 1 of Term 1

Theme for Term 1 is All About Me. According to the teacher, the kids were introduced to different parts of their body. To reinforce the learning, they played the game "Simon says point to your body parts". They were also taught the colour red and blue.

As we only came back from KL on Monday, Joshie missed the first lesson and only joined his classmates for 2 lessons during Week 1. Although he cried when I dropped him off, teacher said he coped well in class and mingled around as well.

The class is small, only 5 kiddos, so teacher can have enough time for each student. In the picture below, the kids were doing some art and craft.