Cat in the HAT

7th Jan2012, Saturday

OOohhhh i love this series of cat in hat adventure! when i saw these i popped them into my basket and so glad gx was around! he doesnt question me much once i tell him these are really good for our gals! its fun to watch the wacky Cat in the Hat exploring and explaining non-friction! 

sponging in school

baby R's piece of art work - sponging!

i love that she get to mess about in school! its good for her cos she loves crafts...

wish i can do more with her... 

2nd day of school

5th Jan2012, Thursday.

2nd day of school... baby R dashed into class! she was more comfortable with the morning routine check compared to the 1st day! days before school started, i went through with baby R what school day is like, the rules and telling her to listen to authority, it helped but the only thing she is afraid is when her temperature is being taken cos she still fears doctors... but she got better as days went by. the lady holding baby R's hands has the same name as her! Tcher R is there to help the class pull over the crying days!

my gal's first school masterpiece of art work! 

didnt stay outside the class as i know my gal will be fine... she sure was and i am so happy when she showed me her works and share with me as much as she could tell me about class!

she could tell me who is still crying in class! my little KPO!

starting school!

4th Jan2012, Wednesday.

big day! i woke up early and pack baby R some rabbit pretzels and raisin for her snack box!

my gal's first school snack!

wanted to give her something i am sure she would eat 1st before giving her other stuff for snack.

little baby A woke up early too to cheer for jiejie too!

i had hard time sleeping worrying for baby R but 

clearly from the pic baby R is so excited to go school!

gx took leave to send our little darling to school!

baby R asked why the door haven open while other kids were all sticking close to their parents!

my gal was the first to dash into class! she left me at the door! after taking her temperature she followed the chinese teacher to the loo to wash her hands and she ran to the toys immediately, making herself comfortable and playing with the toys without looking for us! others were lead to the table while mine moved from one table to the other to try out all the toys!

Mil was left at home with baby A... cos i don't know how baby R would react if she came along... fil was suppose to go to work but he decided to come along to see his little grandchild first day in class. i was busy snapping away and my gal looked so BIG suddenly... she has grown so much from the day i first cuddle her... it the first time she was left alone with "strangers" and it seems like i worry more than her! baby R is so calm and happy.

i miss decorating class boards! it used to be my creative platform!

my gal isnt afraid of the teacher and she managed to answer teacher when she was asked a question. She was so independent and slowly parents left the room and we could hear cries but i was sure baby R isnt the one... most parents left and prob cos they stay really near... gx drove fil to work and i stayed back outside the class to kind of monitor baby R... i was afraid she is too rowdy or won't listen to teacher if she is asked to stop running about class... my kind of worry is prob different from the other parents! when i opened the door to peep, the chinese teacher had assembled the slide to distract the crying kids and i saw my gal dashing towards it and she was told a couple of times to be in line! 

lucky i stayed back and spoke to a lady and her mummy cos i tot it was official 2hours class but it was actually an hour orientation! i would have been an hour late if i wasnt told when i was about to go back to check on baby A! baby R still alittle shy about taking a photo with her 1st school teacher! asked if she liked school baby R NOddED without a doubt!

baby R's school bag

2nd Jan12, Monday evening.

getting baby R ready for school!

sugarbunnies for extra clothings and melody for stationery!

i had lots of fun preparing the stuff baby R needed for school!

i love stationeries!

my little budding artist

30th Dec11, Friday afternoon.

my little baby R's doodling!

can you see a banana, an apple, a pirate skull, a monster and a crescent moon?

my gal wanted everything that she drew to have eyes and mouth!

my little artistic 30months old baby R drawing a jellyfish!

addition to our learning box!

28th Dec11, Wednesday.

started baby A's little box of flashcards and baby R filled up her xmas tree sticker chart!

baby R was delighted to receive a new book as her final reward for completing the sticker chart!

she loves Maisy and she enjoyed the flip-flap book thats filled with colourful images!

Self Reading at 30months old

16h Dec11, Friday.

sadly both gx and i hardly read to baby R as much as before ever since baby A came along...

i started baby R on self-reading

its not that baby R can read the words, i told her to look thru the picture and see what the story is all about and told her to take the time to recall the stories as we have prob read the book at least 10times or more with her. baby R now enjoys looking thru the books on her when its impossible for us to read to her!

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baby R's 2nd sticker chart

7th Dec11, Wednesday

We made new sticker chart after babyR completed the caterpillar sticker chart!

an art work to bring xmas mood into our little room!

Positive Activity

Reward Sticker Chart

15th Nov11. I started a project with baby R - this was something i had in mind all the time esp after giving birth, with baby R's behaviour changing and also the challenging Terrible Two tantrums, this was the positive plan to get baby R back on the track... with xmas a couple weeks away, with malls filled with activities and hitting stores - helps me to get stuffs to award our little gal when she earns enough stickers to receive a reward. I wanted to make the chart interesting and also a little art project and the hungry caterpillar Cousin T gave baby R sparked the 1st sticker chart idea!  i cut out round circles and got baby R to stick them on the chart... as this was done while baby A was napping, i didnt take any pics while we created but with the end product, baby R was really excited and yet shy away from the camera due to her wound... ever since the accident, she is conscious of taking pics... not as spontaneous as before...

at the start, baby R didnt know what the chart was all about when i tried explaining to her... she didnt have the patience to hear me out... GX told me to jus go along and she will get it. That was a better plan! Whenever baby R did something good, i praised her and awarded a sticker and she would excitedly paste it on the chart and when she filled up the spot before the RED circle, she get to be surprised with the reward! funny thing was she knew how the chart works, she was a better gal and offered to be good and helped me out with many chores esp collecting the laundry but i won't say she purposely did all the good things to earn her stickers... my gal has a heart of gold... its just with the stickers, i helped me to be able to reward her when she does something good and it makes me proud of her and she is happy for being recognised... 

My gal said many sweet things to cheer me up and those were recorded in earlier posts. my little sweet heart also lend me her hands to massage my tired shoulders, she drummed my tired and painful shoulders and warmed my heart. Simple things like packing her toys she got rewarded with a sticker too cos she is terrible with packing! Also being able to pee and poo in the potty with no accidents about the house thru the day and learning her colours in mandrin, baby R gets a sticker too! Esp when she shows real concern to her little sis and when baby R said I love you Meimei, she defnitely filled her chart cos we wanted her  to know she was a good jiejie!