4th Birthday

My little boy is 4yrs old! He has been telling people he is 5 (just because he's going to 5yr old class in January 2014). When I tell him, You are only 4 not 5, he would get very angry and shout at me! I of course surrender, we enjoy the birthday instead of arguing with him.

We bought 2 cakes as usual, a blue ironman (for family) and a red ironman for school. Ben favorite figurine after ultraman fever! haha ... I've also did some ironman favor box for the kids at school, no junk food, just some stationary and one Japanese gummy! The school principal was very worried, haha ...

Hubby and I arrived at their break time, sang birthday song and eat birthday cake. Ben enjoy it very much this year, maybe big boy already. His smile from the heart is very precious! We both very happy cos can see that he really enjoy himself when friends singing birthday song to him! For family gathering, we went to shangrila - shang palace, although no more membership, we still prefer this place. Nice food, nice environment, nice service and very comfortable! Ah, how I missed it :) We sang 2 times birthday Song too, as he has requested! Cheeky boy! This year, he got these!

Brain Excellence Award

We received a letter, telling us andrea has got an award! We were shocked! We have been with shichida since 1 yr old and this is the first! Anyway this is a great milestone for andrea, although we were slow but at least we got there! haha ... It's so good to see jocelyn khoo again, she gave me so much insight on parenting, especially the prenatal class when i had ben, all the children milestone, I only started to appreciate it after I've attended waldorf teacher training, those are really useful if you know the meaning behind it. I had so much gratitude during that event. 

Jocelyn khoo made me cry when she said, this award is actually for the parents, I know how hard you parents work and love your child to achieve this. Hubby and I, tried our best to practice linking memory with them, as they are still young, asking them to do on their own is impossible, you know what? both of us memorize it first then we play games, one person recite one or we recite all and see who can recite the fastest! These moments are very precious, boding time and working hard time. During class time, how my kids listen to my instruction and did well makes me happy. Many parents just sit in and watch the kids. Usually for andrea, i would suggest her how to do fast or how to tackle something that she cannot master. 

The ceremony held at Lim Foo Yung on a Sunday. There were so many kids inside the room. Ben was feeling angry because 2 of his classmate were on stage and he kept asking me why he cannot go. It's a good opportunity for me to tell him, concentrate in class. hahaa, evil me. I'm not so worried about Ben, I know he can excel when he wants to. Congratulations Andrea :)

6yrs 3months old

Theater For Kids

This Year we have went to 2 Theater at PJ live art centre. Andrea went to both with school and said she enjoyed it very very much. Hence, I decided to bring ben alone for "how to catch a star" and for "Gruffalo" whole family went :) Having the love for musical theater in London, I'm sure my kids would love kids theater too :)

How to Catch a Star (March 2013)

Gruffalo (October 2013)

Both Theater were very interactive, alot of singing and movement. The kids were so engage throughout the show. Money well spent! 

Riding on Two Wheel

Andrea started to ride a 4 Wheel bike back in 2011, when we moved to a landed property at 4 year old. As she grew older, her friends at her age some already know how to ride a 2 wheel bike, I asked daddy, is there a way to learn cycling without falling? 

Daddy knows about balancing bike but feel it's too expensive to invest in one, especially we do not know how effective it is. Daddy, remove the paddle from benjamin's bike for andrea to learn balancing. Here is a picture of the bike, she already master balancing on this in just 3 weeks! Hence the paddle is on, so she could practice somemore before getting back on her bigger bike :)  

Andrea enjoy so much being able to ride like an adult :) She often wanted to have a race with our neighbor (just moved in few months from singapore). The boy who is one year older than her is very nice, he always let her win! haha ... He has an older sister who is in Yr6, super friendly. Both of my kids blend in well with both of them! Nice :) They would cycle/ Kick football/ bouncing basketball/ sticks/ running almost every evening. 

I am really amaze what a balancing bike can do, so far touch wood, she has not fallen once on her bigger bike! My dad has bought ben a real balancing bike so he could practice now at 4yr (birthday present). Andrea is so proud of herself and I'm definitely a proud mummy! 

6 yrs 3 months old