To Laugh or Not To Laugh

Joshua boy pointed at an advertisement and told my sister (in mandarin) " mummy jia li you..."

When I came back from work, my sister told me,"just now, your son pointed at the Whisper advertisement and told me mummy jia li you..." my sister was amazed ( or rather amused) by that statement.

So, how should i respond? my answer was," ? " Firstly, i have kept all sanitary pads in a drawer in the wardrobe. Secondly, i don't use that brand. Thirdly, where does joshua boy learn such a phrase from?

new kindergarten

It has been more than a month since joshua boy joined the present kindergarten. Pappy & I are glad that he is settling down very well now.

He no longer resists when i put on his uniform. He no longer whines when i carry him out of the car. He no longer holds my pants reluctant to let go when i hand him over to his teacher. He no longer says "bu yao bu yao" when i mention going to school. He no longer has night terror nowadays...this is very signficant to us.

He used to wake up at night crying when he just started his pre N class at the previous kindergarten. He used to refuse to change into his uniform. He used to drag getting out of the car when we arrived at the school gate. He used to have teary eyes when pappy passed him over to the teacher.

Pappy & i are glad that i have chosen to transfer him to another kindergarten. I think it's the so called motherly instinct that i could feel joshua boy's unhappiness & frustration. He was not able to articulate to us what had happened in school, but his behaviour told us something was not right. Two weeks after the term started, he was getting more naughty, more cranky, made more unpleasant unnesessary noise, cried more, whined more...

Now, whenever i drop him at the gate, hand him over to his teacher, he will turn around & wave gd bye. The first time he did that, i wanted to tear. I quickly called pappy told him the gd news - joshua boy likes sch it seems.

Bonding Time!

father & son enjoying themselves at TimeZone.
joshua boy has grown to love playing games at the arcade. He was the one who had dragged pappy to ride on that motorcycle. He sure knows what is called "FUN"!

ASAP (II)

hahahaha.....

after reading some mummies' response in my comments' window, cant help but laugh out loud....

I feel much better now... mummies bloggers don worry abt me, don speculate. I will update u all on what has happened to me lately...so much to share, so much to tell...

ASAP

recently got some personal matters to attend to. thus no time to blog. But will b back asap...

Joshua third day in school

Today was a PE day for all pupils ( from pre-nursery to K2). Pupils were all dressed in pe attire.

They had morning exercise as a school. Then joshua boy's class had some extra running exercise in the church field. I like the idea of going out for the kids to unwind and soak in the sun. Joshua boy of course enjoyed this morning exercise with his teachers & classmates.

Joshua first day in school

Today was joshua boy first day in school. He was able to stay in class with his teacher & 2 teacher aides, able to follow their instructions, able to hold hands with his classmates lined up to the toilet, to music room, able to eat the egg noodles himself. I am very proud of him.

At first i was a bit worried when he did not want to participate in the morning singing at the assembly hall. I held his hand up but he rejected. I encouraged him to clap but he refused. He wanted to go to the school's playground. It was too inviting. He kept telling me "slide, slide..." But how could I accede to his request? Luckily, he settled down well in class.

One more thing i need to do as a mother is to toilet train him. This i must admit is challenging. I tried but failed. He tried but unsuccessful. I tell myself give him time, and give me time too. Please pray for us!

One last thing to blog about. I miss having breakfast with joshua boy this morning though we had chee cheong fun & chwee kue at the kopi tiam. What i have missed is joshua boy sitting beside me, on his high chair, by the dining table, spreading kaya butter peanut butter nutela on my bread, and then we will share the all-kinds-of spread bread, and then he will also enjoy sipping his hot milo, while I enjoy my kopi-o. Come saturday when he doesn't need to go to sch, we will eat the all-kinds-of-spread bread together...