I'm soooo happy! L told me she scored 2nd highest in class for her Maths practice paper! She told me teacher called out the top 3 person names and everyone in class clapped hands for them... Ohhhhh! Wished I was there :p
I do hope she will do as well for her exams in all subjects. This mommy very greedy hor? Hehehe....
Yesterday when I pick Z up from school
Z : Mommy, I have a suprise for you. Can you take out my computer file please?
Me : Wow! You have a suprise for me! Can we see it later?
Z : Ok
Minutes later....
Z : Can we take it out now?
Again, minutes later
Z : How about now?
When we were at the mall, I gave up :) I knew he couldn't wait till we get home. He excitedly took this out and show it to me. Of coz it came with a hug & a kiss =)
I had tried a number of recipes and finally found one that I like and I made a slight change to it :) I can't remember where/how I got this recipe though.. I remembered some of you were asking for it, so here it is!
Ingredients
I was looking for a new handbag and Z was with me. He decided that I need help :) So he went around showing me bags that he thought was nice. Then he showed me a red bag and I thought this bag would be great if it was in black. It is just nice for me to put all my 'rubbish' =)
I asked the sales girl to show me the black one. Z didn't like it and he insisted that I should buy the red one. Errrr... Me carry a red bag? I explained to him and tried to convince him that I should take the black one. but my boy refused to accept it. He kept saying the red one is very nice, the black one too shiny blah blah blah....
So did I get the red bag? Yes I did *.* I really need a bigger bag to put my stuffs and we were running late. My boy happily told LZdaddy & jiejie that he chose the bag for me. LZdaddy think it's nice and my girl's first reaction was "Yeeeeee! So red!". After my girl said that, I realised it is indeed very red! I agreed with my girl and my boy was upset again... He said "That means you don't like what I choose for you! " No, baby.... I like it. But mommy just need a little more time to use to the color ok? :)
So next time if you see someone carrying this bag, that might be me =)
LZ attended their last art lessons... They were a little sad.. So was I. There are so many things that they want to learn and we don't have enough time. It is tiring for me to ferry them for classes everyday. They know and they understand. So they chose to give up art lessons. That doesn't mean that they will stop doing craft or drawing. I told them we could do art & craft at home, like we used to before I send them for lessons. I will probably have to start surfing the net for craft ideas. If not, they could draw & paint whatever they want.
The teachers knew it was their last lessons... They said they will definitely miss them and so will LZ. They each gave LZ a very BIG hug. I don't know why L was so shy today.... She doesn't want to take pic alone with Teacher Fiqah, Z happily took the pic with them. And she was the one who reminded me to take pics for them. Z, on the other hand, enjoyed taking pics today. He asked the teachers if he could take pics with them. When comes to Teacher May, he was sooo shy! Hahaha...
Teacher Fiqah taught L since the first lesson. When L moved on to the next level, she taught her too. Z was taught by Teacher Tricia in the beginning and then followed by Teacher May (most of the time) when he moved on to the next level. His favourite teacher is Teacher May. He said he likes Teacher May because she has long hair :) I am so glad that all the teachers has been very nice to LZ. They always give them a very warm welcome when they see them :) Whenever they finished their lessons, the teachers gave them stickers or candies.
Thank you Teachers, for teaching LZ and making the lessons so fun for them :) They will definitely miss you all! If time permits, I will send them for lessons or pay you guys a visit :)
I was planning to prepare something else but in the end, I made maki today coz Z asked me to make it for lunch today and L said she would like to have it for her bento.
Thank you all for showing your concern to L, appreciate it :) As you can see from the previous post, L went to school eventually... She is feeling much better :) I asked teacher how was L in class (after school) and she said she was ok... The teacher didn't even know that L was having bronchitis and on medication.
L told me she felt a little drowsy during school hour.. When she told me that, I thought she may not have paid attention in class but I was wrong! She told me what teachers asked them to go through for exams and what she did in class etc. She did her mock up oral today and I'm not sure how she fare... They also did last year papers, seems like the school are preparing them well for the exams.
That day at the bookstore, He volunteered again :) L went to the Doctor just now with LZdaddy... Doctor said she is having bronchitis and she was given antibiotic and other related medicines. I reminded daddy to ask for an MC, to exempt her from PE and another one, just in case she can't go to school tomorrow. Haiz...
She said she has to go to school tomorrow, the teacher will be doing a mock up oral examination with them. This Friday, she will having her oral exam. I'm not sure if she missed it tomorrow, will the teacher do it with her on 1 to 1.
I hope she will recover fast... Exams is just round the corner... How is she going to talk when she is coughing so frequently? My heartache whenever I hear her cough... I told her to talk less for now but she is a chatty girl... How to stop?
After passing some cookies to my friend, we meet up our friends for dinner. We also bought Z's new school shoes :) He reminded me umpteen times that he needed a white pair of shoes for his class photo-taking session this Thursday.
L started coughing this morning... I have run out of medicine at home for her and I got to get one at the pharmacy. Tomorrow we'll have to bring her to our family doctor...
That's how the siblings relax and watch TV :) Didi saw jiejie putting her leg up on the chair and it seemed so shiok. He went to get the stool from the room and follow suit :)
After school, we went into the school bookshop to buy the headsets (for school computer use). Z was thrilled! "Mommy, we are inside jiejie's school!" :)
They ran out of stocks for the headsets.... L asked if she can buy the lead for her mechanical pencil. I was happy that she asked :) She remembered what I told her, if she wants to buy anything, she will have to ask. When Z heard that, he said he wanted to buy something too. I told him there isn't anything that he needs from the bookshop and he was upset. He walked away angrily... As my friend was waiting for us, I gave in.
We went back to the bookshop and he said he wanted a mechanical pencil too. I didn't have any small change with me, so I asked L if she would like to buy it for her brother. She said yes and we both helped her brother to choose one. I can't stop smiling when I saw this and when she took out her wallet, paid 40cents pay for it :)
From the pic, you can see how happy Z was! :)
Everyday Healy invited me to join a link love chain. Thanks for the tag :) I can't remember when was the last time I did a Tag!
This is another of those Linky Love game where you only have to tagged 10 person in one post but still there is no actual limit (you can tag more if you want!). Once tagged, you have to copy paste the link in this post, and make them grow!
BennyLiew
RamblinMoo
Mum & Kids In Wonderland
Everyday health and beauty
BabiesLZ
Do not delete any of the links and be honest to yourself! =p
I would like to past some love to the little ones instead:
Rachel, Charmaine, Nicholas - L's best friend and her siblings (Blessed Mum, this will be your very 1st TAG :) )
Jaimie - Princess of Clement & Angie
Anthea & Anders - The lovely siblings of Astee
Ethyl & Braydon (who will be born soon) - Lovely daughter & son of Fannie
Zac & Amos - The handsome brothers, children of the pretty mommy, Janice
Tim & Joyce - Adorable kids of Pauline
5 Js (Z's friend)- Children of the Energetic mummy
Grace & her little brother (saying hello to the world in August) - children of the hardworking Mum who homeschool her little ones
Alycia, Sherilyn & Their Baby sister C - Princesses of Health Freak Mommy
Iden & Ilis - Adorable children of Idy
L has been attending creative writing class since beginning of the year. Teacher told me once (after L attended a few lessons) that L liked to 'cut' her story short. She needs to improve on that.... When I told L about it, she said she didn't want her stories to be too long and teacher said it is not necessary to use all the helping words. Since then I have been reminding to use the helping words.
Whenever we are at the center, we see compositions done by the students displayed on the wall along the corridor. I used to think that it was common for the kids' work up there, to recognise their efforts and they take turns to display the children works and so I told L that. She told me that she hope one day, her work will be display on the wall too, just like her best friend. She did that! Teacher Lynn told me that she was very pleased with L's progress and she has shown great improvement. She also told me that the center is very impressed with her 2nd piece of work and decided to use it as a model composition and distribute to other children. Wow! Model composition? I can't believe it! I was very happy! In fact, I am more than happy! L was wondering why I was so happy, she thought it was because her work was displayed. It was more than that. I am happy because she learned from mistakes and she has shown improvement.
One Sunday morning, Mark was alone in the house. Mark's parents went
to the supermarket in the neighbourhood to buy eggs and corn. Mark was
sitting on the sofa reading a book about plants.
Out of the blue, the door bell rang. Mark peeped through the door
viewer and saw a man in his thirties. He was smartly dressed in a
suit. Mark asked him curiously, "Who are you looking for?" The man
replied, "I am looking for your father. I am his friend from England."
As quiet as a mouse, Mark called his father on his mobile phone and told
him about the stranger at the door. "He said he is your friend from
England," Mark said. "I have no friends from England. Please tell
him to go away," Mark's father instructed.
Mark went to the front door and said, "Sorry, you've got the wrong house."
The stranger eventually walked away and and Mark made sure his front door was
double-bolted.
Before bedtime, I asked L if she would like me to prepare bento tomorrow.
L : No thanks mommy. I will buy from the canteen.
To be honest, I was disappointed when I heard that
Me : Why, sweetie?
L : Mommy, you are tired, you rest ok.. You don't have to wake up early to cook for me tomorrow. I will buy noodles, no chicken rice or prata. *smile*
She knew why I prepare bento for her. One of the reasons is that most of the time she eats chicken rice or prata.
Me : Are you sure? I don't mind at all. You know I will cook for you...
L : Yes mommy *smile* I am sure. Tomorrow you can wake up later.
She forgot for that minute I have to be in her school :)
Awww.... She is sooooo sweet! I hug her tightly for a long time till Z demanded it was his turn :)
I love you very much Sweetie.... You have always been very thoughtful towards me :) Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter! You know, mommy always enjoys cooking for both of you, so don't worry about me not getting enough sleep. I can sleep earlier instead of spending time in front of the computer.
If you don't see any bento post, that's because my girl wants me to rest on that day or she has home baked stuffs which I am lazy to blog at times :)
LZ like to rush to hide whenever they know daddy is opening to door. They like it when daddy comes home looking for them. But tonight, they made a mistake... It wasn't daddy that was opening the door, it was our neighbour. Z hurt himself while rushing to hide... He knocked against the corner of the coffee table.
I usually 'play' mental sum/spelling with L & Z. They love it! They always say "Mommy, test us! Test us!" That day (Saturday) in the car, I asked Z to spell numbers, when comes to 11....
Me : Spell for me ten.
Z : T E N!
Me : How about 11?
Z : 1 (&) 1!
*Faint*
Today after school, L told me that she has to complete a passage on 我的家人. She has already completed half and quess what? It is written all in Han Yu Pin Yin! *Faint* I asked her why? She said it is easier and faster to complete. Haiz.... I hope she will try to write in Chinese character for the next time.
L told me they need the passage for oral examination and it doesn't have to be long. They are to write and then memorise it. They will be tested on it. ORAL EXAMINATION! She sounded so cool and I am the one that is stress! I don't remember that we have to write a passage and memorise it when I was in P1. When I read through what she wrote, I thought of making some amendment, but decided against it. She wrote the passage herself so it will be easier for her to remember and if I do any changes, she may not remember what I have written. I want to pass the exam with her own effort and not with my help. Then she will learn...
Here is what she has written (in hanyupinyin & without my help at all):
wo xi huan wo de ma ma yin wei ta ye xi huan wo. Wo he di di yi qi wan you xi hai you zhuo gong ke, wo xi huan ta . Wo xi huan wo de ba ba yin wei ta mai wan ju gei wo he di di. Wo xi huan wo de jia ren.
我喜欢我的妈妈因为她也喜欢我。我和弟弟一起玩游戏和做功课，我喜欢他。我也喜欢我的爸爸因为他买玩具给我和弟弟。我喜欢我的家人。
It must be the hormones.... This is the first time that LZ's godma asked if we want to go to the pool! She has never suggest going anywhere that require her to be under the Sun. Sometimes she obliged when we suggest going to the zoo, beach or farm but she has never been the one to suggest. I think we must thank her unborn baby girl :)
Weather was great when we were at the pool :) The daddies rather chat than to dip into the pool and it was alright with us. LZ without fail, had lots of fun whenever we are out with our friends. There isn't any pictures from the pool :( I forgot all about it! I was busy playing with LZ and chatting with my friends.
After dinner, we went to Kallang Airport hawker centre for dinner. It has been ages since I went there. I forgot which hawker served the best food, lucky we had Shirley with us. She walked around with me to hunt for yummy food :) Most of the dishes that we ordered, LZdaddy can''t have it. Yes, he is still suffering from Gout. The stubborn man thinks that the pain will go away on its own. I ordered crocodile meat for him, my friend said it is supposed to be good for him. Call me a suaku.... This was the first time I tried it. The auntie was very nice to give us a complimentary soup.
We ordered lots of food! Z had mutton soup (his favourite), L ordered yong tou fu and I had fried hokkien mee. We had other dishes too, chicken rice, oyster omelette, lots of satays, otah, 啦啦，etc... I think both my kids have a huge appetite tonight :) Besides finishing what they have ordered, they also ate satays and otahs. Especially Z, he ate more than jiejie!
I am soooo tired now... I don't think I will be preparing bento tomorrow... I will probably pack some mini chocolate chip muffin that I baked last night and some fruits. That's what I do, when I am too tired or lazy, I will pack some homemade stuffs for her.
L 'designed' her robots.
Z drew and painted it with teacher's guidance
Z usually cut his hair at a kids salon... But this time, it was the same auntie who cut her before and it didn't turned out nice. So I had to bring him to a salon for grownup... His teacher advised him to have his haircut :(
He didn't want to initially... I managed to coerced him and the receptionist lured him with sweets too. Once he was seated, the lady was very sweet to give him more sweets and biscuits and 'sweet-talked' to him. He was very stiff and didn't moved much except to turn to my side to looked at me :) Once a while, I caught him looking into the mirror, smiling to himself and observing the gorgor cutting his hair. After the haircut, I was $100+ poorer coz I signed up a package with them. It was cheaper to cut in an adult salon compared to a kids salon. Of coz before I signed the package, I asked him whether he wants to go back there again. If he was not comfortable there, I would not have take up the package.
LZdaddy & L didn't noticed that he had his haircut... LZdaddy was wondering why the hair at the side is still covering the ears. That's because I was planning to keep his hair long, like those cute & young Japanese boy. When he goes to primary school, he can't have this kind of hairstyle anymore so I might as well let him try it out. I would love to cut his hair but I really do not know how to... So I leave it to the professional :)
Can you believe it? I woke up at 0445hr! Blur me! I thought it was 0545hr! I started cooking the rice and and looked at the time again, then I realised I could have sleep a little longer... This just one of those rare morning that I don't have to rush to cook :)
Top tier: strawberries, edamame, fried wanton. Bottom tier: tamago (my style), onigiri with pork floss. Yesterday, Z's teacher told me that Z praised her, he said she is pretty. She said she was very happy and she will get a present for him (she said it in his presence). Later, I found out from him that he and 2 other classmates said that to her too.
Today when I picked Z up
Z : Mommy, Ms B did not buy me any present. I thought she said she is going give me one.
I have to think fast how to answer him
Me : It 's ok not get a present. When you compliment someone, you don't expect anything in return ok?
Z : But she said that.
Me : I know... Maybe she forget? Never mind, baby... If every kid says that to her and she has to buy for everyone, then Ms B will have no more money right?
At this point, I tried to divert to conversation to something else. Otherwise, what else can I say?
I don't understand why the teacher said that. She should know kids remember what they have said. I just hope he will forget about it tomorrow.
L ended her lesson with the previous coach quite abruptly. It so happened that the last lesson was the 4th lesson for the month and we didn't want to wait for another month to start the lesson with the new coach.
LZ new that they will be having lesson together and they were excited. I was worried L would be upset... I explained to her why we stopped her lesson and I think it is important that I do that. She understood what I have told her and in fact, she is very happy that she can swim together with her brother.
Z, he was sooooo excited! Finally he is taking swimming lesson :) I promised to look for a coach for him since end of last year.... I told him whatever I knew about the coach. He looked like he wasn't paying attention but I was wrong... When jiejie came home, he told her everything that I said!
Before the lesson, my sis already told me that the coach will be spending some time correcting L's strokes (The current coach knew who was her ex-coach). This was not the first time I heard negative comments about this coach. Haiz... What is done cannot be undone... At least for the past 1 year+, L enjoyed her time with her friends.
Since LZ were in Childcare (before I changed their school), I have tried preparing snacks (bento look alike) for them to bring to school. I decided then that when they go to primary school, I will prepare bento for them. Knowing bento will appeal more to them, they love Japanese food, home cooked food is better and of coz, my cooking ;)
I have talked to L and asked her opinion. She loves the idea! I know my girl supports me, whatever I suggest :) As for Z, I'm not sure if he likes that when he goes to P1, for now, he likes it whenever he has bento(prepared by me). I don't see boys bringing bento to school. When time comes, I will ask him.
Maybe when L goes to P2/3, she may not want me to pack it for her. I don't know.... As children grow older, they may feel 'embarrass' about bringing food to school or they want to be independant. Meantime, I enjoy preparing food for them :) I am new in preparing bento and hope I can do it better for them.
Some of you were asking me about the egg mould and asked if I could show the pics. Sorry it took so long....I had to cooked 3 times today! Once for L, her bento for school, then I need to cook again for Z (and lunch) to have it while I was having meeting and last but not least, for dinner. I could have cooked Z's meal together with L's but I wanted it to be fresh when I bring it to school. Errr.... Come to think of it, I actually cook 3 times in a day quite often.
LZdaddy is still having gout, which I mentioned in my previous post. In the morning, usually he will be the one that send LZ to school but today, I had to...
- I woke up early to prepare L's bento and her breakfast
- Send L to school
- Came home and prepare Z for school
- Came home and cook lunch & prepare Z's bento
- Going for the meeting (which I will talk about it in a short while)
- Came home shower for Z
- Pick L up from school
- Dish out her lunch and do washing up
- Get them ready for swimming (I will write a post on their new swimming lesson)
- When we came home from swimming, prepared dinner
By the time everything is over, I am now half dead... Thank goodness I did my marketing yesterday, if not I will have extra things to do today. I hope LZdaddy will feel better by tomorrow, otherwise I will be the raising my white flag! ;)
My princess's bento for today :)
Saturday
In the morning, we went to pray to my late Father-in-law(FIL).... It was LZ first time going there to pray to him. My Mother-in-law (MIL)'s initial plan was to let L goes and leave Z at my Mum's place. Knowing Z, he wouldn't want it. I managed to convince my MIL and both came along.
Before we go, I explained to them what are we going to do when we are there. Both were well-behaved, they probably knew that it was not a place for them to play or joke and I also warned them beforehand. They were curious why we need to hold joss-sticks to pray as this was not the usual way they pray. Nevertheless, they followed.... We went to the niche, prayed and they did that too...
They have never seen their grandfather but they have heard so much about him. I was pregnant with L when my FIL passed away and she remembered that. LZdaddy told them what kind of person he is and his favourite food. Whenever we drink coffee, LZ would remember that was Ah Gong's favourite. We also showed them his picture every now and then...
After the praying session, we went to Plaza Singapura... Haven't been there for some time.... We did some shopping, had dinner and went home early to watch Liverpool-Arsenal match :)
In the evening, we bought a cake to celebrate godpa's birthday.. L drew a picture on behalf of her brother and herself and gave it to godpa. Next year, he would have a little one celebrating for him :) It was great to see my friend will her little protruding tummy and I couldn't resist touching it :)
Here's the video of Z when he went for his trial TKD lesson. This will be his last lesson :( He has been very fickle minded, one minute he said he wanted to go for the next lesson and the next, he said he didn't want. Finally, he had made up his mind..... He said tough work (we told him he will have to practice the commands and the moves) and he doesn't want to go for it. Hmmm..... Hopefully he will think of learning it at a later stage.
Baby, I hope you will not be so fickle minded in other things ok? :)
L's school organised a a Mass walk for the lower primary students and it was her 1st Mass walk. I think it was good that the school did that :) They have mass PE on Friday and this is something different from what they usually do. We, PSG members were asked to station at different points to ensure safety.
She told me she enjoyed it :) Because she can chats with her friend and she was very happy to see me there. But me blur blur... I didn't even see her! She said she was waving at me(she didn't want to shout for me). I saw her class walked past me and I missed her!
After the walk, I had a drink with the rest of the PSG members. When I was about to leave, I saw my girl having a PE lesson (with her class). I saw her enjoying the lesson with her classmates, throwing balls and laughing :) She ran towards me when she saw me. She complained that I wasn't looking at her during the Mass Walk :p I explained to her that when I saw her class walked past, I tried looking for her. She told me she was actually walking in front of her teacher. No wonder I don't see her...
Las week, when I was asked by the PSG if I am free to hep out with the mass walk. I told them I will think about it... I was feeling lazy and there are lots of things to do at home so I thought of saying no.
Few days ago, L mentioned it
L : Mommy, you know we are going for a Mass Walk on Friday?
Me : I know...
L : How come you know? *pause* Ohh.... The mommies are going to help right? So you are going to be there?
Me : Sweetie, I don't plan to go...
Immediately I saw a disappointed face
Me : You want me to go?
L : Yes pleaseeeeee...
Me : But if I go, I will not have time to prepare your bento. Is that ok with you?
L : Yes!
See? My presence is more important than the bento :)
This was prepared according to her request :) She can't wait for me to bake the cookies, so she asked me to use it for her bread instead. The Thai orange is very sweet, if you are interested, you can get it at Cold Storage. I find that the bento looked very plain :p Anyway, it doesn't really matter to her :) She finished everything!
I have been spending too much time watching late night shows (TV programmes) and sitting in front of the computer. LZdaddy is concern that I am not getting enough sleep and I have to wake up early to prepare food for L. I don't mind, so long she enjoys it and finishes everything. It is better than she eats prata or chicken rice in school everyday.
Z got the pirate set from his classmate who celebrated his birthday in school yesterday. It was a good idea to get this for the boys. He likes it so much that he has dressed up countless of times and I can't remembered how many times have I helped him to clip on the earring :) He told me he wants to dress up as a pirate on his birthday! Hahaha...
