Zach's Sports Day

I've calculated.. I need to attend another 2 of his Sports Day. There is Kieran too that will join his brother in 2014.. So in total another 5 more years under the scorching hot sun!






Water is necessary to keep him hydrated!





Happy that he receives his rosette. A job well done boy!!





Nonetheless, we all had fun!

I was secretly happy Zach did not went through the terrible two stage but the moment he turned 3, my nightmare began!!
What happened to the sweet little baby? What I see is a stubborn little boy.. Somehow seem lost at times. When I talk to him, he's not there his mind was wandering elsewhere and I can see it from his eyes that he wasn't interested.
What must I do to guide him? I've had enough of teachers note saying "need to focus more in class" "need to practise more". What will happen if he's at primary where he'll no longer be treated as the youngest in class!?!

Crossroads

Been awhile since I last posted under Zachary's blog..
Have been thinking alot about future.. I.e schools, enrichment, schedule yada yada yada..
My brain is full of ideas, thoughts plans but how do I piece all of these together into one that will work?
My ultimate goal? To hv the boys be home at respectable time (7.30pm?!) so that I can have more time with both of them as individual.
As Zach is growing older, it's also the time to set a routine for him.. There's alot for him to catch up and learn. Well, the learning journey is always endless, isn't it?
Getting a maid? Putting him in full day childcare? I've got to weigh all these carefully.














Baby, mummy loves you and naturally when loves overflow it turn to over-protective. Sigh.. But I want nothing more than the best for you.

Nursery 2

Zachary started Nursery 2 at Chiltern House Mountbatten on 04 Jan 2012! Babe has grown so much.. there are too much to learn at school this year and I as mummy felt overwhelmed!
There's chinese to learn to read and write and I can't help him in this area.. only hope is hubby can be more pro-active in guiding him otherwise it will be additional Mandarin classes.
More books to read - there's early readers, library books and Oxford Reading Tree which will officially start at Term 3.
There are a few changes which I made to Zachary's routine starting 2012 and so far he's been coping well with it..
1. Waking up at 7am every weekday and taking a room temperature shower. I believe some 'cold' water is good for his body
2. Taking responsibility in ensuring his socks, water bottle, books and items for Show & Tell is in his school bag. Though I still need to remind him a few times before he actually does it but it's progressing from telling him 4 times to 2 times (this morning..haha)
3. Taking his school shoe from the shoe cabinet and wearing it on his own by 7.25am - of course this need me to prompt him "Zach, please take your school shoe and wear it."
4. Upon reaching school, he'll have his temperature and usual checks for ulcers etc. Then he will proceed to his own classroom. He will then take out his water bottle, communication book and library booklet to be placed into respective basket - kudos to Teacher Jermaine for instilling this good habit. I am very proud to see Zachary and his little friends able to do this routine every morning without fail! Zachary will then take out his own socks and go to the blue mat and wear it on his own.
5. We try to reach home by 8pm every weekday and Zachary will then take out his dirty clothes, socks and water bottle and put them away - laundry basket and kitchen sink. He will then take out all his school books and I will go through every page with him from beginning - cultivating this habit at early stage so that when he enters Primary 1 he will have no problem revising work from Day 1. During this hour, no TV is allowed.
6. Only at 9pm will he get to play with his toys..for 45 minutes. 9.45pm is wipe down time and then milk and proceed to the room to 'nua' and sleep by 10.30pm! A few hits and misses but nothing beyond 11pm..

I only allow late sleeping on Friday night and Saturday night but so far he did not needed them because it seems to be in his body clock that by 11pm he need to sleep. :)

After Chinese New Year, we have to start on some workbook fun - joining the dots, practising his ABC, coloring etc on top of his reading books and playing cars.

Did I share that I have completely taken Zachary off the iPad and iPhone? He whines about it at first but after a few days he don't seem to crave for it - even when my iPad is lying next to him, he doesn't bother asking for it because he know what the answer will be.."No babe..no iPad for you remember?"

Zach and his buddy in school

Happy Early 3rd Birthday

This is the final week of school before the start of holiday program.
I do not want to deprive my son the chance to celebrate his birthday with all his little friends so I bought forward the party to 14 Nov!!! Haha



Chocolate cake with Cars2 theme (Finn & Mater) ordered from Aunty Yochana. I'll order from her next time cos the cake is very nice and moist.



All his little friends!! Glad they'll all be in the same class next year.

Happy Birthday dearest Zachary! Mummy's wish for you is to grow up healthily, have a good heart and good appetite. Stay cheerful and loving!! Mummy love you very much..

Concert

Yeap.. Another musical concert for mummy & I.
I saw the ad from TV and been telling her I wanted to go Mickey Mouse Hotel (he meant Disneyland) but that's hard to fulfill. This is the best I can do at this moment.






It was nice with acts from Aladdin & the Magic Lamp, The Little Mermaid and Toy Story. Mummy enjoyed herself with all the songs which she is so familiar with.
During the show Mickey and friends kept waving at us cos we were seated 4th row from the stage and it was unblocked!
Towards the end Mickey gave me a handshake and a pat on my cheek too. *beam*

Fear

I had the biggest scare in my life yesterday!
It was just a normal Sunday morning for us..we went Tampines for brunch and hair cut for Yong Teck & Zachary.
As we were going down the escalator, I heard a rubber screeching sound and my first instinct was to pull Zachary away. I am not sure why I did that..My mind was so pre-occupied during that time because my younger boy was fussing in the stroller (what's new?). The next thing I know Zach is crying not because he was in pain but because his shoes were spoilt and covered with oil!! Talk abt having an affair with his shoes. The moment he cried the younger bro cried even louder.. I tell you, it was super chaotic!! I should just resolute to stay home till Kieran is much older and don't fuss that much.
I regress, Zach is at the age where he will not listen to what we say! Stubborn streak is appearing.. He's testing my patience over and over again.. I have told him countless time do not place his leg on the side of the escalator - I actually told him every time we took the escalator except for yesterday and I hit the jackpot? How lucky can one get?
I thank God for his luck.. only his shoes were torn and he escaped unscathed! He can recount what happened shortly after that and he knew it was his fault so I really hope lesson was learnt! I do not want him to lose any of his limbs in order to learn a lesson.. It will be too much to lose.
I could not bring myself to sleep last night - kept hugging him, rubbing his feet and toes to make sure he is really alright! Contemplating to wake hb up to tell him I am worried but I guess I am just being a mummy!

Party!

Zach's school made it a point to have class party every 5 weeks so that the kids and teachers can let their hair down and have FUN!
This week's theme is green. As with all kids they hate their greens so I bought Vitagen, low sugar naturally in GREEN APPLE!
To make the kids happy, I also made a batch of Horlicks 'Doggies' cookies. It was a craze few years back.


Very easy to make with less than 3 minutes. It's the decoration part that's exhausting. The cookies smell like Famous Amos' but taste awesome.. No added sugar.
Try it!

It's been months since my last entry. I've grown up alot - becoming kor kor to Kieran, attending final term of N1, going back Klang with mummy, expanding my vocabulary and mummy correcting my statement along the way n getting very mischievous too.
































Loving Kieran. Post dinner activities. Trial @ Lorna Whiston. Zoo with friends. Dinner @ Sushi Tei. Bubblebath. Haircut. Reading time. More bubblebath.

Little Rabbit

Though he's not very clear in his pronunciation I can still understand what he's trying to sing. :)

We went back to grandma's place for the weekend n mummy took extra 2 days off so that everyone esp Ah Gong n Ah Ma can spend more time with ME!


Ethan is learning how to walk & it's more fun playing with him now. Everyone kept praising at how good I am as older brother - constantly trying to carry him though I can't lift him up. Hehe.. He's cute! Mummy hope that I'll be nice to lil' brother in another month time.

My First Excursion

We are all encouraged to wear our own socks and shoes
I'm off for my first school excursion - Jacob Ballas Children's Garden!! We congregate at school first and depart at 8.45am sharp. Mummy want me to have the experience taking bus with my classmates n teachers.

Queuing up to board the bus.

I'm always happy taking bus..

It was a hot hot day!! All of us were perspiring.. but we still had fun singing, listening to story-telling as well as learning about fruits, insects and different plants!

My past few entries in this blog is about Zach being sick!! Well, this entry is no different.. Gee.. He's falling sick almost every month that visiting a PD is like a ritual! Not to mention missing classes for few weeks.. My moolah is flying out of the window on a monthly basis + PD fee..
This time round we're a tad luckier. His fever broke on the 4th day so there's no need for blood test.. Was dreading this!
Since he's well and can sing with his loudest voice we decided to let him attend his class party today. Last minute decision!! Had to rush to Cold Storage last night to get some ingredients to bake him a cake for today..


Baked him Japanese Soft Cotton Cheesecake - my favie!! I shuld stick to what I've been doing instead of trying.. I switched my oven to grill mode in the last 10 minutes and the top charred till my kitchen was filled with smoke! Panic me opened the oven door immediately causing the temp to change sharply.. Cake shrank from a round 9" to I don't know what size but I have to trimmed it to be a square cake!!
Lucky after deco it still look presentable.


Seeing how small, I made 1/2 batch of muffin at 1.30am!!
Tiring but worth it seeing Zach's happy face in school this morning

Sick

I have been sick since late Jan.. Come to think of it, could be earlier than that cos I had a bad bout of allergy! After that incident, I've been to the PD every 2 weeks!!
Mummy is as usual worried n having sleepless night. She worries about everything, from me to her work to coping with my lil bro.
Wonder will this be the last visit to PD?

Allergy.. Not Again??

Mummy received 2 missed calls on Wednesday. She was away from her desk hence couldn't hear it ring.

Jocelyn Jie Jie Whatsapp-ed mummy saying I had an outbreak of red patches. Hmmm.. Mummy first thought was that it's nothing serious but when she called Ah Ma, she told mummy I woke up fr my nap crying, vomited twice too.

Mummy immediately pushed her 5pm meeting till nxt Tues n took a cab back!!

I greeted her with swollen face. She nearly cried when first saw me. Red patches on face.. Swollen eyes, runny nose n phlegmy cough. The last 2 is by papa who was sick but still.. Tsk tsk


We went to PD at Parkway. Dr Ee said it is allergy & prev few cases he has seen shows allergy to dust mites. Where could I hv been exposed to dust mites? Hmm.. Anyway, he recommends another round of allergy prick test after CNY. Mummy is worried but she hopes all r tested negative including cows milk. Some allegens to b tested: dust mites, miso, silver fish, cows milk.

Follow-up

This is my 2nd week attending Nursery 1. I still cried a few seconds when mummy had to bid me farewell..but the moment she left the class, I soon forgot about her and run ard playing with blocks and the kitchen set. *He is just crying for the sake of crying.. and gosh, very sticky to me lately. Mabbe the reason is the unborn child I am carrying*

Everyone at home will ask me "What did you learn in school today?" My standard reply "ABC".. muahaha. Actually I learnt alot in school. Mummy said I will be learning about body parts this term. Something I am very familiar with because I was being taught about body parts even before attending school.

Now, mummy is teaching me to remember my parents name. "What is mummy's name?" I will promptly reply "Mummy's name Kat, meow". "What is daddy's name?" "Daddy's name Yong Teck". "What is your name?" "Name Zach".. *He will always never fail to include the meow each time I asked him my name*

Mummy & Daddy is also cultivating the habit of going to bed at 10pm every night, exception is given to me on Friday and Saturday. Mummy will sing the day of the week song everyday so that I can remember what day is each day. Going to bed at 10pm is no sweat for me because Ah Ma (my babysitter) actually helped to change my nap time to late afternoon. Latest by 3pm I will nap for 1.5hours. By 10pm daily, I will be rubbing eyes, asking for my milk! Mummy will read me a book after that and then it will be lights off!

Besides all these, my diet oso needs to be changed! Currently, I only eat food that I am familiar with. Food that I've never tasted before I shun them off..bad habit! So mummy is trying to introduce me to more variety of food and cuisine. No more the usual of wantan noodle, chicken rice, baked rice, porridge, tamago sushi etc.. She gave me unagi sushi, chawanmushi, mushrooms, spaghetti, meatballs etc. She's still thinking of what other food I should try...

Lastly, photos to complete this blog!

I'm wearing birkies mummy bought during our Malacca road trip & checking out the contents of my school bag

Day 1 - 4 of Week 1. Every Thursday I will need to wear my PE attire

Weekend is supposed to be R&R. Mummy allowed me to sleep in and we went shopping! She introduced me to Mango Yoghurt drink..yumz!