We signed up for music class for Ian!

We hv been wanting to sign Ian for music class for a while but guess w mei2's arrival, we hv been caught up w busy-ness till Al gu2 asked if we wanna take over a piano then we seriously got down to it ESP w Ian agreeing readily to e piano.

So tdy was e day we arranged for e shift of piano n also signed Ian for yamaha junior cse. He seemed so keen to play on e piano that he wanted to learn at home but guess he needs basic foundation 1st n yamaha only teaches piano for kids above 6 so for time being he will b on electone but guess he could practise on piano. N class term starts in Jan n for time being, he's always on piano playing e one n only song 'Mary has a little lamb' or he might sing any song n pretend to play. Oh our poor neighbor's ears. Wonder how long his zest for piano will last but our sun pm will b gone with his 'enrichment class' oh wat r we getting into? Those enrichment class 'chase'? Nah, we just hope to inculcate this music love for Ian as he's starting to show love for music w singing n dancing n lately he's observing more of pianists in our church. Just hope he will hv this love of music growing in him....

Start of Sch hols!

Tdy marks e start of Ian Sch hols as it's e orientation for new students so he has no Sch. Which means mama gotta take care of both kids whole day n it's a challenge as Ian used to b off to Sch in am n Joann gets to nap but w e noise e gor2 is making, wonder if she gets to nap.

N daddy used to go work late as he fetches Ian to Sch n now it's back to his early going to Sch so mama gotta settle both for bath in am tat's provided Joann is cooperative as sometimes she can wake up early n noisy at our bf time. Well just hope it will b fine this hols n she shld get better as time goes

But tdy being e 1st day, she took a really early nap despite bro is in n she's thrilled w him ard like on this mat, she was in fact frantically looking out for her bro. Seems like mama's fears abit unfounded well shall see but just glad daddy can take some lve to relief mama n ah mu can b help w some relief!

Our 1st Parents Teacher Conference

We were scheduled to meet ian's 王老师 tdy n so had daddy take lve to look aft e 2 kids while mama goes. But upon reaching e classroom, mama saw ian's classmate, isabelle's family waiting n they were b4 us but waiting for their turn n realized we could go in together so got daddy to bring e kids up fm car park.

Ian was initially reluctant to go, dunno issit coz afraid to get complaints hhaa but soon came up n was having a whale of time w isabelle while we waited.

It's our 1st session as we din go e last semester as we were away for hols in Perth so was 'excited' to hear wat teacher had to say. Hmm generally better saying ian's interested in writing n coloring n listens attentively in class n glad he has progressed so much in Chinese. This 1 yr passed real swift n e 老师 was telling him tat she expects more fm him next yr n so glad she will b ian's chinese teacher next yr again. She's probably e 1st teacher tat made a HUGE impact on e boy's Sch life n glad to move on to K1 w her n it will b with Teacher Meg (mama deemed her as e strictest teacher in e Sch hhaa) n hope to see more new learning in ian's English next yr! Well a Gd way to end e Sch term as e whole family goes for e conference! In a way, Ian knows wat is said n expected of him n he was so tense in e meet up.

N here is a pic of him having fun in computer class n teacher commented he's fast in picking out e audio read out of e phonic. E other pix is w Isabelle, Gd tat we met n caught this shot as she was e 1st friend Ian mentioned so much to everyone he met when asked abt his Sch at beginning of e yr. Can still rem how he was referring to Isabelle as HIS friend n now e Sch yr is almost closing, we just thank God for seeing him thru e yr n how many friends he has made! Towards another Sch yr huh

The hello kitty with a mouth?

Just couple of days ago, Ian was busying in his room n when mama came by, was shocked to see e kitty box cover had a curve tat makes e kitty mouth then asked Ian, he told mama 'they forgot to draw e mouth' duh....told him hello kitty has no mouth, he was like 'r u sure?, I thot all kitties hv mouth?' hhaaa was kindof funny then told him to check his other kitty toys to see if they got mouth

He then told mama 'maybe their mouths r white?' hhmm end up e kitty box cover at our hse has a drawn in mouth which looks a little funny, don't u think so. Hhaa just a little joke fm our 4yo son!

Ian is 4 yrs and 8 mths old!

Another mth has gone past and this mth is v much time spent with mei2 dearest as she's the addition to our family and Ian's enjoying going out as a family so much so when we are in the mall and any baby cries nearby he will turn and ask if it's mei2 hahhaa...anw it's a gd thing he's loving mei2 more than ever....his fav meal he has been enjoying is Happy Meal...hhmm guess started when mama was in confinement and he was happy to go out with daddy to get the meal and he loves the toy that comes with it and best is we dun have to ask him to hurry with his meal as he will eat up all except he will say the fries is too much...which is gd =)

The biggest thing that happened this mth was his sch concert....we are just glad he enjoyed it and enjoyed sch so much....guess he just loves learning and even making friends....hhmm tough to ask him to change class we guess but sch is ending soon...time flies, our boy is going K1 soon...arrgghh sounds like the yr just flew past when we were still so worried if he could adapt well to sch life and now it's the end of the term already, we just thank God sch is a breeze for him

He's getting more active which is right for his age BUT sometimes hard to ask him to slow down esp when he's with other kids....hhmm the other day went out with Xin Heng gor2 and both were monkeying ard at the airport's aviation gallery and started climbing all over when there are signs to say No climbing....hard to get him to stop when the other boy just keeps on going till mama has to stop both sigh....is it coz it's a monkey see monkey do thing hhmm

He's v much into family these days and would lay his toys as part of family and he's just gathering all the soft toys in the house together and doing all sorts of formation and latest is even getting the fridge magnets as we got quite abit in pairs....well he will then say who is the daddy and mummy, mei and gor2 hahaha and then ah gong and po2 etc...so much abt family huh

Yes, its a routine he must see mei2 face to face every day and sometimes dictates mama to feed which side....hhmm latest even giving mama 49 secs to feed mei2 as he counts to 49...who knows why till 49 but it's training his counting but well at the end of it, mama will tell him mei2 not enough feed yet and he can start counting again hahhaa just love it when both are total sound asleep at nite and it's peace for mama sigh coz Ian will always wanna wait till mama is done with mei2 to do the prayer and sometimes it can be long for him and dun wanna him to keep waiting up for mama as want him to sleep early and wake up early for sch...well another wk to go only since sch hols we can just ALL sleep in hehee

Yea he loves the cake decoration and perhaps the eating and even cutting cake part which is why he's asking when we are going again hahaha and pushed it to ah mu as mama told him it was ah mu who printed the coupon so can ask her hahaha so ah mu, be prep to be ask WHEN again hhmm wonder when the groupon will come with it again and hopefully can do for his bday hahhaa then we can do it on a gd occasion but with 3 cakes again?? hahaa

He loves doing long hair and this mth dayi came by with a new bought dress and gave the sash to Ian and he just used it to tie his blankie ard his head as some tribe pple huh hahaha and he just loves swinging his blankie ard his head....all thanks to dayi huh

When mama is busy feeding mei2, Ian will sometimes come by and talk and will get shoo by mama if mei2 looks like gonna sleep and with Ian talking she's distracted by his voice and so he will wander off to do his stuff and mama was surprised to see him doing this writing on his whiteboard 1 nite coz the number writing looks nice, dun u think so....for a boy whom mama used to think he doesn't write neatly, this is some cool neat work esp he got his strokes correct coz he will sometimes stroke the wrong side so mama gave him compliments for his gd work and lately he has been learning to do his sums....he will ask mama if '3+6=9'...wonder issit coz his sch is teaching or he got hooked on when he last played this app on dayi's i-pad and he loves to do maths....anw glad he's picking up on his own coz we been slacking on his writing since mei2's born and shld pick up more during hols when we got the extra time in the morning hhmm hope so huh

Anw time flies, he will turning 5 soon in a couple of mths and he's been asking for wish list on what to get for his bday pack, his bday present and even bday cakessss.....sigh guess gotta manage his expectations huh =p