May Day celebration at downtown east

The NTUC is celebrating the May Day at downtown east tdy n daddy's company union has given out tics for us to go for the event. Guess now the kids are older, they r game up join in the fun, ESP for Ian. We started early w a lor-Mee bf opp church n hit to the eat for early bird game. It was a super hero themed n we were given game cards of various super heroes n we were supposed to collect 4 corners of the super hero(there were several), kindof wanted to give up as it was tough exchanging cards n pple even gave us more cards. It seems like the only card was missing to complete the pic until daddy's colleague whom she had a stack n gave us the missing piece. To squeeze thru to get the prize was a challenge n we finally were the last few teams to redeem an oto neck massager! An unexpected win!

We started to roam ard the carnival w the game booths. Ian was keen on the med challenge. Took quite a while to get to the game n boy, it was fun! Din expect mama to enjoy w the boy haha. Was trying to dodge the shots while getting opponents down. Ian was funny, he stood in front of opponent wo any shield n yet the bullet din stick on his vest haha. Was a fun try n glad the boy was game to try w mama. Well it was there we chanced upon Mr Lim Swee Say n we got a lot of toberlone from him!

We moved to those game booths of throwing balls n even to sand art station. It was lunch n we were given coupons to redeem at shops there n we close subway. Ian saw entertainment by Sebastian (the guy acted broadway beng) n he was 'entertained' as he related some of the jokes as mama was queuing at subway n missed the stage entertainment. Guess the boy truly enjoyed this carnival!

Aft leaving the pl, we headed to Asian Civilisation Museum as there was some activities for kids tdy being open hse. Ian did a bookmark w all the nature stuff like leaves n flowers. He did another sand art n was abt trees (as the theme was once upon a tree) n it was all glittery! Guess the boy loved it as he is into silver n gold so u can see his glittery sand art piece! 

What a delightful day n we ended at ikea where he had his long-waited request granted to go the playground w his dearest mei2! The auntie did say it's his last coz he almost reaching the height limit. We might try again coz it was so peaceful for that hour! Haha but sure was a fun-filled day to b out for 12hrs! What a Big Bang closure to this May Day all thanks to NTUC!

It was PTC day n then museum hopping day

Ya it was parents teacher conference n decided daddy takes lve to hv bf w the kids while mama goes. Well the 1st ever in pri Sch n well went on quite fast as not much to say as usual abt the well behaved boy except more reading to improve his vocab for both eng n Chinese as a lot writing is coming up. Best ever comment heard was the Chinese teacher said if ever she has a kid, she would one who is like Ian. Aiyo the boy so Gd meh haha n told her he's not so angelic at home (haha which made the boy hopping mad later)

Anw the day then started w visit to tb park where he had swinging fun (as usual) then as he had requested for some time to visit the philatelic museum as there was a segment of exhibit which was closed during his Sch visit. It was the stamps who had smell n he loved the fruity n chocolate ones! Hmm saw some Kindy kids there. Well kindergarten starts going museum huh

Next was hop over to peranakan museum where we saw pri Sch kids n true enough, we bum into his Kindy friend Timothy n both shy to greet each other. Well it was like schs museum day. We roamed ard w the stamping exercise the boy was busy with. So much for the peranakan culture. 

Last was the national museum which was the highlight for the children's season. There was a permanent kids wing which the kids loved the big sofa, cooking pl, paper to emboss n even movie place. It was like a house w various places simulating a home. We did some crafts, a lot of games to play along the place n we saw sec Sch kids n sota students. Guess the museum we went was by the age grp huh. Well the place was huge to explore n so we lunched there as the kids wanted to explore more. Still we missed a segment of designing dream home n guess we would b back again coz Ian just loved going to explore room, dark room n even the games exhibit. Think we could stay all day there. Will come more prepared next time haha

A visit to maritime gallery

This is a place we have heard abt but never been there so been seeing quite a fair bit of children's season coming up in the museum so tdy decided to visit the gallery as it's the 1st day n they had some activities for kids. 

Hmm was tough getting a car park lot but we managed to go still coz daddy parked at cruise ctr n walked over. Ian was busy going ard the gallery to spot a list of things on the 'passport' to entitle him to a lucky draw haha he's so much into lucky draw. So the sister ran ard w him to find the things. He was then to tell the roving officer where are the items that he could get a sticker on his 'passport' but when asked y the thing was needed, he was stunned haha why quay crane, container, binoculars n etc are needed kept him stunned hmm but he answered w some help n yes, lucky draw gave him a Lego movie mini figures n he's delighted. Took some pics w the diff roles on the ships. Guess he had fun time running ard n daddy explaining some stuff to him. Saw quite a fair bit of daddy's coy over the gallery

I lost my front tooth!

Somehow, Ian's baby teeth starts to b shaking. Last Vesak PH he had his lower tooth coming off n followed by bleeding due to eating chic wings at ikea last sat which showed that his upper front tooth was shaky n it finally came off aft having bee hoon bf w chic wing. Haha somehow it's chic wings that make them come off. N think the front tooth really makes the boy look different. Aft the friends starting to lose front teeth, he gets v conscious of how he looks like so he does glance into mirror once in a while n tries to see if it's obvious talking to pple haha. Our little conscious boy has lost his tooth n wonder which is the next one coming off

Yeah! End of SA1!

We never felt like this b4 coz it's our 1st child going thru 1st SA but we never pressure him to do well but just keeping him a distance away fm his mei2 who is down now so that he won't fall ill during this crucial week. He is also v watchful coz he knows he can't skip any paper. 

Coincidentally daddy took pm off this noon so kindof 'celebrate' the end of the SA. It was at jack's pl (a new found love eating pl for Ian) n he had a huge student's set, think it's too much for him? He's happy w the drink n ice cream that comes w it. Ya it seems like he's the only child for the day while his sister is recovering at po2's pl. guess this is the start of many SAs that are to come but just wanna ren this 1st one coz we felt v relieved it's finally over haha although it's supposed to b 'mini tests' for p1 but doesn't seem so mini w all the prep they hv put in. Yeah, hols start now!!! Haha

Our boy is 7 yrs n 2 mths old

This mth has been a mth of anxiety. Yes, the boy experienced anxiety in Sch n we wonder why. He couldn't tell us why n he feels nauseous at times n it makes the teachers v concerned n yes concerned enough to make calls to us. Talked thru w him n guess he's just adjusting to Sch life as there were times he was afraid he din do his work n fear of being reprimanded. Aft the form teacher assuring him that he is Gd, guess it's getting better n hope it really goes off. Thought it was coz of his bout of share b tell n din quite look like it. Guess he's uptight of the Sch running n we are praying that he cast all cares to God.

Other than that, he's a normal boy w us so no fuss abt health n he's in love w bird nest sigh yes, something that po2 let him indulge in n perhaps that's y he is so healthy? Haha 

A lot more squabbling w Joann n guess this becomes daily affair thing n really praying they will love each other as sibling as they do at times but why not ALL times. This little sister can even say 'no, no' when she is abt to touch her bro's things n say 'gor2 will beat' haha see how much it's drilled into her but mama does let her try some of gor2's stuff when he's in Sch ssshhh hee guess the older one usually hv more stuff huh n younger one will wanna lay hands on those stuff.

Well just hope the upcoming mth n with jun hols, the boy will loosen up n also b nicer to his little sister but jun hols means more time together oh no....