We are down with one helper this passed week… Yup, I am still surviving well, but a little tired though. Sara is sleeping with us after Ivy left on 26 Dec 08. I had enough of her nonsense and sent her off to the maid agency on 26 Dec 08 instead of 1 Jan 09.
Looking after Sara at night again…how time flies… it has been 11 months since she slept with us….. It seems like only yesterday huh?. I’ll jump out of the bed whenever she makes the slightest noise at night. I need to shuffle between the boys’ room and our room to check on the boys. These left me with only 4- 5 hours of sleep every night. Ok, stop the complaint… this is a fraction of what MOTHERHOOD is all about. Ya, ok, just bear with me for another one… yesterday I stayed up till 3 am, guess what – as Sean was suffering from a mild food poisoning episode, he slept so much in the afternoon and evening that he cannot sleep at night. So his mommy dearest, me, has to stay up with him. He read, I read, he read again…. I read again…. again and again ….way into the night…. *yawn*
These passed few days, I woke up at 6am to feed Sara. She takes her last feed at 11pm and the next feed at 6am. As I can’t get back to sleep after feeding her, so with 45 mins of time, I did quilting and patchwork. That’s my new found hobby. Current project:- a blanket for Sara.
CNY is only less than a month away. In our current situation, I suppose we are not going back to KL for CNY. The indo helper, Sutriyah, went back to the agent as she failed her entrance exam again. We will give Sutriyah another chance, if she fails this time, we would have no choice but to change to another helper. The Phil helper, Femilyn, came to our place two days ago. So far so good. My SIL did a great job in training them. We are keeper our fingers-crossed, hope she will fit into our family.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
X'mas celebration
We had a wonderful X'mas celebration at home with more than 20 kids.... that's real chaotic and fun.
Pictorial narration of our celebration, from clockwise.....
1. Food and more food.
2. Children with funny faces.
3. X'mas cake .... look at their bright faces, all waiting for cake cutting session.
4. Surfin, our balloon sculptor made this.... Nicole with her sword.
5. Our three kiddos with their X'mas gift from aunties and uncles. Thank you so much.
6. Gwen taking candy cane from the X'mas tree.
7. Look at these children... each with their own agenda....
8. Shayne and Nicole
9. MERRY X"MAS EVERYONE
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sean @ 5 years old
I have wanted to blog this in Nov 08…. So here is some facts of Sean at 5 years old
Height: 117cm
Weight: 31 kg
- wears size 8 clothes.
- will be in K2 in a few days time.
- able to read well. When Faith was reading at 5, Yuen Yuen (my SIL) kept telling me that Sean should be able to read soon too. To be honest, I was rather stressed then , wondering if Sean can be able to read at 5. In fact, at 4+ years old, he started his reading. Now he is reading well. I got him all the Pokemon books available on the shelves, falling short of buying him the Pokemon comics. He likes all these Pokemon characters. Whenever he read and learnt something new, he’ll share it with me. I’m thinking if I should teach Shayne to read now…. kiasu mother huh? Ok, I’ll let him have a reading vacation for a while. Will teach him when he is 4.
- Fave books – Pokemon series, Little Man and Little Miss series, Questions and Answers book, sciences and astronomy.
- Fave TV programme- Ben 10, Tom and Jerry
- Fave Games – Wii Supersmash Bros.
- Fave food – Tim Sum.
- Fave friend – His cousin Faith
- Fave drink – Jelly water.
- A protective brother to his siblings, especially to Sara. He discipline Shayne and Sara, yup, discipline them – his tone and speech ….exact replica of me
- Very detailed and observant boy.
- Started his tennis class and enjoying every sec of it. As for piano lesson, I thought he can have his independent class. Went to Yamaha and was told that he has to be six before he can be in the independent class. So for now, it is music appreciation class with parent’s guide. I am still contemplating if I should enroll him for the Jan 09 class.
- Does not like swimming and water sports.
- He is growing way too fast. Everyday is a new learning experience for us. As he has to set a good example for his siblings; I am very firm and stern with him. Our little man is very opinionated these days.
- Grandma really dotes on him.
Well, these are some random thoughts and facts about Sean that I want him to know when he is older.
Height: 117cm
Weight: 31 kg
- wears size 8 clothes.
- will be in K2 in a few days time.
- able to read well. When Faith was reading at 5, Yuen Yuen (my SIL) kept telling me that Sean should be able to read soon too. To be honest, I was rather stressed then , wondering if Sean can be able to read at 5. In fact, at 4+ years old, he started his reading. Now he is reading well. I got him all the Pokemon books available on the shelves, falling short of buying him the Pokemon comics. He likes all these Pokemon characters. Whenever he read and learnt something new, he’ll share it with me. I’m thinking if I should teach Shayne to read now…. kiasu mother huh? Ok, I’ll let him have a reading vacation for a while. Will teach him when he is 4.
- Fave books – Pokemon series, Little Man and Little Miss series, Questions and Answers book, sciences and astronomy.
- Fave TV programme- Ben 10, Tom and Jerry
- Fave Games – Wii Supersmash Bros.
- Fave food – Tim Sum.
- Fave friend – His cousin Faith
- Fave drink – Jelly water.
- A protective brother to his siblings, especially to Sara. He discipline Shayne and Sara, yup, discipline them – his tone and speech ….exact replica of me
- Very detailed and observant boy.
- Started his tennis class and enjoying every sec of it. As for piano lesson, I thought he can have his independent class. Went to Yamaha and was told that he has to be six before he can be in the independent class. So for now, it is music appreciation class with parent’s guide. I am still contemplating if I should enroll him for the Jan 09 class.
- Does not like swimming and water sports.
- He is growing way too fast. Everyday is a new learning experience for us. As he has to set a good example for his siblings; I am very firm and stern with him. Our little man is very opinionated these days.
- Grandma really dotes on him.
Well, these are some random thoughts and facts about Sean that I want him to know when he is older.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Outing without helpers
Over the weekends, we brought our three kids out by ourselves without any helpers.
OK… you parents out there may think that it should be relatively easy.... but it is the first time we are doing it alone with three kids. We reached the mall at 11.30am and left at 12.45pm. This is what they are up to:-
The boys - played and ran around the mall. Yup, they literally went wild and ran around. Don’t understand why, not that I never bring them to the mall before???
Daddy - browses through the items in Gap, trying to get some stuff, came out empty handed…have to look out for the kids…..
Sara, since she gained her independence, she wants to walk all the time. She does not want to be carried or hold on too. When Sara is out of her pram, Shayne wants in. Sean pushed him… they created havoc and knocked the pram onto shoppers feet.
Me – trying to control these three kids….
Three active kids running loose = real chaos. After this bad experience, I have to bring at least one of our helpers out next time.
Anyway… grievances aside…my SIL will be coming down this Wed again. Glad that she can help out. I have to get her a real nice X’mas gift. She is under a lot of stress when she goes out with the kids too, especially Shayne. Shayne refused to listen and wants his way all the time. She keeps a look-out for Shayne ALL the time as she worried that he may get lost in the crowd.
boys running around in the mall
brothers......
Sara wants her independence.
OK… you parents out there may think that it should be relatively easy.... but it is the first time we are doing it alone with three kids. We reached the mall at 11.30am and left at 12.45pm. This is what they are up to:-
The boys - played and ran around the mall. Yup, they literally went wild and ran around. Don’t understand why, not that I never bring them to the mall before???
Daddy - browses through the items in Gap, trying to get some stuff, came out empty handed…have to look out for the kids…..
Sara, since she gained her independence, she wants to walk all the time. She does not want to be carried or hold on too. When Sara is out of her pram, Shayne wants in. Sean pushed him… they created havoc and knocked the pram onto shoppers feet.
Me – trying to control these three kids….
Three active kids running loose = real chaos. After this bad experience, I have to bring at least one of our helpers out next time.
Anyway… grievances aside…my SIL will be coming down this Wed again. Glad that she can help out. I have to get her a real nice X’mas gift. She is under a lot of stress when she goes out with the kids too, especially Shayne. Shayne refused to listen and wants his way all the time. She keeps a look-out for Shayne ALL the time as she worried that he may get lost in the crowd.
boys running around in the mall
brothers......
Sara wants her independence.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Helpers problems again
In My Gym Free Play yesterday, Lynn advise me to terminate our helper, Ivy. The thoughts of terminating her have been with me for a couple of months already. It was not materialize cos’ we are in the process of getting another helper to replace Emma. My mom does not like Ivy, so it is very difficult for all parties to work together.
Mom does not like Ivy’s laziness and bad attitude towards her work. My SIL who was here recently also has loads of grievances about Ivy. To be honest, Ivy’s work is not exactly very difficult. Her main scope of work is to take care of Sara only. Housework is carried out by Emma previously. Well… long story aside…. the punch line is…. This morning Ivy told me that she wants to go back to the Philippines. Wow…. I definitely said YES to her. She initiated it and she has to buy her return air ticket back. It is also good that she brought it up as I do not know how to terminate her.
Ivy told me that her parents are going abroad and she needs to go back by 1st week of Jan 09 to send them off. What a lame excuse and a bunch of crap huh?… We suspect that she wants to go Hong Kong to work as Emma is in Hong Kong now. Emma got a job recommendation from Nat ( Claire previous helper, who never complete her contract too). Nat is in HK and asked Emma to join her…then Emma instigated Ivy to join her…..… chain reaction….
So with one helper still taking her entrance exam and another one going to leave….. who should I call for help….. it’s my SIL again. She is the best SIL, Sean kept saying that he wants Ta gugu every night. Called my SIL , she will come over next week.
I have been too dependent on Emma and left Shayne to her care. Before she leaves, I was rather skeptical if I can handle Shayne. I had wanted Emma to stay for another year by increasing her salary to $550. Thinking back, it is a blessing in disguise that I never cos’ Shayne is really spoilt by her. Shayne keeps telling me why Aunty Emma give him this and that and not me. These few weeks of taking care of Shayne full-time is rather challenging but rewarding. The other day, while showering Shayne, he asked me where the tap water comes from. I explained to him about the embedded water pipes in the wall and hot water storage heater concept. This morning, he told me that he’s the teacher and ‘taught’ me what I told him about water system. Yup, he remembered all the stuff I told him and added to what I taught him…. “you must let the water run first then the hot water will come out.”
Lynn told me that I should never use the word “stupid” on kids. Yes, I admit that I did use a lot of “stupid” on Shayne lately. I shall refrain myself from using that word on him as he is actually very bright. Andy (Gwen’s daddy) told me that Shayne , like Gwen, may needs a lot of encouragement and reward rather than scolding. Ok, I’m going change my approach and see if it works.
Mom does not like Ivy’s laziness and bad attitude towards her work. My SIL who was here recently also has loads of grievances about Ivy. To be honest, Ivy’s work is not exactly very difficult. Her main scope of work is to take care of Sara only. Housework is carried out by Emma previously. Well… long story aside…. the punch line is…. This morning Ivy told me that she wants to go back to the Philippines. Wow…. I definitely said YES to her. She initiated it and she has to buy her return air ticket back. It is also good that she brought it up as I do not know how to terminate her.
Ivy told me that her parents are going abroad and she needs to go back by 1st week of Jan 09 to send them off. What a lame excuse and a bunch of crap huh?… We suspect that she wants to go Hong Kong to work as Emma is in Hong Kong now. Emma got a job recommendation from Nat ( Claire previous helper, who never complete her contract too). Nat is in HK and asked Emma to join her…then Emma instigated Ivy to join her…..… chain reaction….
So with one helper still taking her entrance exam and another one going to leave….. who should I call for help….. it’s my SIL again. She is the best SIL, Sean kept saying that he wants Ta gugu every night. Called my SIL , she will come over next week.
I have been too dependent on Emma and left Shayne to her care. Before she leaves, I was rather skeptical if I can handle Shayne. I had wanted Emma to stay for another year by increasing her salary to $550. Thinking back, it is a blessing in disguise that I never cos’ Shayne is really spoilt by her. Shayne keeps telling me why Aunty Emma give him this and that and not me. These few weeks of taking care of Shayne full-time is rather challenging but rewarding. The other day, while showering Shayne, he asked me where the tap water comes from. I explained to him about the embedded water pipes in the wall and hot water storage heater concept. This morning, he told me that he’s the teacher and ‘taught’ me what I told him about water system. Yup, he remembered all the stuff I told him and added to what I taught him…. “you must let the water run first then the hot water will come out.”
Lynn told me that I should never use the word “stupid” on kids. Yes, I admit that I did use a lot of “stupid” on Shayne lately. I shall refrain myself from using that word on him as he is actually very bright. Andy (Gwen’s daddy) told me that Shayne , like Gwen, may needs a lot of encouragement and reward rather than scolding. Ok, I’m going change my approach and see if it works.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
got character?
Daddy said that this photo of Shayne….. ‘got character’. Yup, Shayne, he has character, unique character…..good and bad ones though. I am getting the hang of handling him, ie have to be extremely firm. His thoughts are so fast that wriggles his way out of discipline every time. +sigh+ . I have to be fast, failing which, his reasoning will definitely get him out of it. Or his trademark…. with his big and sincere eyes… coupled with his: “Sorry”. He did that to his Ta gugu many times.
When Emma is gone, the boys are closer. This statement from Lynn is very true. The boys are communicating well and play construction set together. Their fave game: imaginary games of knights… attacks….moat with crocs… castles….. all sorts of boys stuff.
This is Shayne - when he wants his way - . I took this photo in East Coast Beach. He wants to build sand castle… but due to high tide he was not allowed to go near the water.
My SIL went back yesterday. Our new helper who is taking her exam again will be in only late next week, provided she passed. Today, daddy helped out in preparing the boys for school. We did well. At 8am, we are all ready to go….
When Emma is gone, the boys are closer. This statement from Lynn is very true. The boys are communicating well and play construction set together. Their fave game: imaginary games of knights… attacks….moat with crocs… castles….. all sorts of boys stuff.
This is Shayne - when he wants his way - . I took this photo in East Coast Beach. He wants to build sand castle… but due to high tide he was not allowed to go near the water.
My SIL went back yesterday. Our new helper who is taking her exam again will be in only late next week, provided she passed. Today, daddy helped out in preparing the boys for school. We did well. At 8am, we are all ready to go….
Here is a photo of Sara playing with dried leaves she found on the ground.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Little Fairyland Concert 2008
Each of them performed two dances. Here are some photos of one of their dances.
Shayne did the rock and roll.
Sean's bollywood dancing.... look at that tummy....
Tried to get a group photo after the concert.... but rather tough to get a good one.
Sara enjoyed the entire concert. She screamed at the sight of her brothers on the stage.... she was so loud that daddy has to carry her to the back of the concert hall.
Shayne did the rock and roll.
Sean's bollywood dancing.... look at that tummy....
Tried to get a group photo after the concert.... but rather tough to get a good one.
Sara enjoyed the entire concert. She screamed at the sight of her brothers on the stage.... she was so loud that daddy has to carry her to the back of the concert hall.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Mommy to Shayne
I still remembered that my dad could just give us the look and all bad behaviour would cease. Why is it that I seem to have a more difficult time discipling my children than my parents did?
Emma has left for more than a week. Before she leave, I was so worried that I cannot cope without her and Shayne will miss her. Now after two weeks..... I am coping well… with my SIL help and Shayne is really doing fine without her. Well, I am so glad that Emma is gone. Shayne has picked up a lot of nonsensical behaviour from her. I suppose it will definitely take a few months to undo all that. I must admit that I have not spent enough time with Shayne previously. As such, I have only got myself to be blamed for his bad behaviour .
These two weeks, I realized that Shayne really defies and challenge us. Threats, beatings, yelling don’t seem to work. Just a few days ago, I was so overwhelmed by his nonsense that I almost whack him. I suppressed my anger, walked away and hit the door with my palm instead…. My blue-black palm was swollen for two days. Can you imagine my anger with him….. Well, I told myself that he is only 3.5 years old… calm… patience…more patience…. I just need to walk away for five short minutes to regroup and calm my nerves….. this allows me to handle the situation without yelling at him.
That's the facial expression when he is about to challenge authority........
This is for you Shayne….
These passed two weeks of taking care of you by myself has been very challenging. Yes, very challenging indeed. I screamed and shouted at you for not listening to me, for refusing to understand my instruction… for insisting on your ways …. for not chewing your food…. for being difficult….. etc etc…..I told you that I will place you in another family and take you back a year later….. At this stage, I suppose your brain cannot understand the frustration I am going through when you misbehaved. I beat you and yelled at you… last week, after beating you…. You told me this : “ Mommy, you cannot beat me…. If you beat me, you will not have Shaynny Benny anymore…. And I am not going to tell you anything anymore…. And your hand will be painful…” After a while, you apologized to me for misbehaving. Then I begin to realize that you do understand and actually knew that I am angry. The other day, I accidentally pushed you down the floor mattress while reading to Sean and you. I continued reading to Sean but never realized that you cried silently on the floor. With a tearful eyes you asked me: “ mommy, why do you push me.”. I felt very lousy that you think that I don’t want you. Shayne, despite all your nonsense and misbehaviour, mommy and daddy still love you…. I have to give myself some time, a few more months, I bet come March 09…… I’ll do it very well…… Time, patience and space…….. is what I need now.
Praises, these days I praise you a lot. Your diction may not be clear and you may be babyish at times, but I must admit that among the three of you…. You are the best in terms of thoughts and actions…. In fact, I should retract using this phase “ Do you have a brain… please think and stop doing silly things.” …. Your reply is...” I am thinking, I have brains.” Yes, I can’t doubt it…..you really have brains. You are quick in your thoughts. You are really a fast learner with superb memory. Just a note for your knowledge when you are older… you managed to memorise mommy’s mobile number within 10 minutes … when you are 3.5 years old. After every reading session, I normally give a quiz on your comprehension of the story. You demonstrate a clear understanding and told me your point of view. You think out of the box ….and often comes up with solutions to a problem. These are the things I never tell you …. I yell and scream at you most of the time. I seldom praise you…. I should learn to praise you more. To be honest, I am not worried about your intellectual aspects, I have to work on your character building.
Always remember, we love you. And.... I love being your mommy....
Love mommy and daddy.
Emma has left for more than a week. Before she leave, I was so worried that I cannot cope without her and Shayne will miss her. Now after two weeks..... I am coping well… with my SIL help and Shayne is really doing fine without her. Well, I am so glad that Emma is gone. Shayne has picked up a lot of nonsensical behaviour from her. I suppose it will definitely take a few months to undo all that. I must admit that I have not spent enough time with Shayne previously. As such, I have only got myself to be blamed for his bad behaviour .
These two weeks, I realized that Shayne really defies and challenge us. Threats, beatings, yelling don’t seem to work. Just a few days ago, I was so overwhelmed by his nonsense that I almost whack him. I suppressed my anger, walked away and hit the door with my palm instead…. My blue-black palm was swollen for two days. Can you imagine my anger with him….. Well, I told myself that he is only 3.5 years old… calm… patience…more patience…. I just need to walk away for five short minutes to regroup and calm my nerves….. this allows me to handle the situation without yelling at him.
That's the facial expression when he is about to challenge authority........
This is for you Shayne….
These passed two weeks of taking care of you by myself has been very challenging. Yes, very challenging indeed. I screamed and shouted at you for not listening to me, for refusing to understand my instruction… for insisting on your ways …. for not chewing your food…. for being difficult….. etc etc…..I told you that I will place you in another family and take you back a year later….. At this stage, I suppose your brain cannot understand the frustration I am going through when you misbehaved. I beat you and yelled at you… last week, after beating you…. You told me this : “ Mommy, you cannot beat me…. If you beat me, you will not have Shaynny Benny anymore…. And I am not going to tell you anything anymore…. And your hand will be painful…” After a while, you apologized to me for misbehaving. Then I begin to realize that you do understand and actually knew that I am angry. The other day, I accidentally pushed you down the floor mattress while reading to Sean and you. I continued reading to Sean but never realized that you cried silently on the floor. With a tearful eyes you asked me: “ mommy, why do you push me.”. I felt very lousy that you think that I don’t want you. Shayne, despite all your nonsense and misbehaviour, mommy and daddy still love you…. I have to give myself some time, a few more months, I bet come March 09…… I’ll do it very well…… Time, patience and space…….. is what I need now.
Praises, these days I praise you a lot. Your diction may not be clear and you may be babyish at times, but I must admit that among the three of you…. You are the best in terms of thoughts and actions…. In fact, I should retract using this phase “ Do you have a brain… please think and stop doing silly things.” …. Your reply is...” I am thinking, I have brains.” Yes, I can’t doubt it…..you really have brains. You are quick in your thoughts. You are really a fast learner with superb memory. Just a note for your knowledge when you are older… you managed to memorise mommy’s mobile number within 10 minutes … when you are 3.5 years old. After every reading session, I normally give a quiz on your comprehension of the story. You demonstrate a clear understanding and told me your point of view. You think out of the box ….and often comes up with solutions to a problem. These are the things I never tell you …. I yell and scream at you most of the time. I seldom praise you…. I should learn to praise you more. To be honest, I am not worried about your intellectual aspects, I have to work on your character building.
Always remember, we love you. And.... I love being your mommy....
Love mommy and daddy.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Sara in the garden
Sean is at home in this morning. The boys will be going to school in the afternoon for their big day.....what day is it????? It's concert day......
Sean wrote this blog...... enjoy....
Our little baby in the garden
Little baby investigating the garden bench.........
One step at a time......
Have a great weekend......
Sean wrote this blog...... enjoy....
Our little baby in the garden
Little baby investigating the garden bench.........
One step at a time......
Have a great weekend......
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
more photos...
Our bedroom has two sets of windows.... there's lots of natural lighting. It is very good for portrait shot. These photos are taken without flash lights. Set at 85mm f1.4 ..... and taken with Foon Che's help......
Hello.... here I come.....
She asks Ta gugu for the bag of hair clips.....
She is busy playing with her hair clips.
Hello.... here I come.....
She asks Ta gugu for the bag of hair clips.....
She is busy playing with her hair clips.
Cheai Family
Finally.... the lens I wanted all these while.....that's a X'mas gift for myself..... a Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens. Here is a collage of the photos I took yesterday evening....
10 December 2008 Evening
Clock wise....
1. Sara playing with Jodi doll....
2. Starfruits. Every evening Sara points to these baby starfruits on the tree.
3. X'mas deco in PP
4. Sean concentrating... he loves his Pokemon book.
5. Sara investigating the X'mas deco.... stars...
6. Jumbo fruits that we love.
7. Boys having fun.
8. Cheai family
9. Sean reading to Shayne......
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Sara @ 13 months
Our baby at 13 months old.
Weight: 11kg
Height: 79cm
- took her first step just before 1 year old. Managed to stand up from a sitting position and she is walking rather steadily now. Over the weekend, I realized that she doesn’t want anyone to carry and wants to walk most of the time. She leads us to the shoe cabinets as she likes to wear shoes.
- wearing 18 – 2T clothes.
-very ‘vocal’ …. Whenever her brothers speak, she always joins in…
-words she say … papa, mama, no no no (she is good in that) dot dot (dog), ber (bear), cat, brd (bird), brl ( umbrella), ball….
-I find this very amusing with the ways she tricks my dad to look at bird whenever she is in the outdoor kitchen with him. She points and say brl…but most of the time, there is no bird. Nowadays she spotted a coconut tree in my cousin’s house, she pointed to the tree and say… “ball”
-enjoy her evening stroll and watching the cats and dogs behaviour in our neighbourhood. There is a ‘wang wang’ who always barks, a tom cat that she likes…. Since she loves animals, we will schedule a zoo trip soon.
-very aggressive and snatches toys from her brothers. Sean gives in to her most of the time but not for Shayne.
-Plays with her brothers’ football, cars, trains, power rangers….. huh???? Have to get a few dolls for her too.
- knows that she is call Sara, baby, mei mei and bao bao......
- getting cuter each day.....
Monkey faces.....
walks well now.... grandma or ta gugu will always be around her when she walks..... they are worried that she may fall. Thank you Ta gugu for all the effort in training Sara to walk.
big girl now...this is her first two piece pyjamas. She has been wearing the one piece suit before one years old.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Sean's 1st tennis lesson
Sean started his first tennis lesson on 5 Dec 08. Before going down to CSC, the coach stated that Sean is too young to start tennis. The minimum age to enrol for tennis is 6 years old. As Sean is not 6 years old yet, he has to go through an entry assessment.
His ball sense is rather good and passed the assessment. After the lesson, the tennis coach (Alex) state commented that Sean played well for a first timer. Shayne wants to join in the class, I suppose he has to wait for another 2 years.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Individual Milestones
Last year while on holiday to Australia with Faith, I realized that Faith at 5 years old is already reading rather well. To be honest, I am rather worried as Sean cannot even read any word yet at 4 years old…. But looking back, my worry is uncalled for as after a year, Sean can read equally well at 5 years old. Silly me huh? ….
I always remind myself to let the kiddos “grow at their own pace”, but sometimes I that sentence slipped my mind. For example, yesterday, Claire mentioned that Owen is able to write his name. Owen recites Chinese poems and songs with extremely clear diction. It is inevitable that I immediately linked Owen to Shayne, cos’ they are of the same age. As far as I know, Shayne can only manage to write one or two Capital letters…his speech is not as clear, as for his diction???….. So must I pump in more assessment for him or to sign him up for more enrichment classes????? I don’t think so… status quo…. Let him play for the time being… I reckoned I will change my mind again soon…. Hmmm, to minimize stress, I must cut down my lunch appointment with Claire….
Spoke to Mrs Tsai yesterday, she advise me … again… to drop the enrichment classes ( Montessori English and Maths ) as the boys do not need it. Yes, I know Sean may not need it, as for Shayne, we shall continue for a while. She told me to enroll the boys for sports and taekwando instead. Mrs Tsai has a wealth of experience when it comes to children. I took her advise, enrolled Sean in tennis. Shayne loves tennis too, but will only start when he is slightly older.
I always remind myself to let the kiddos “grow at their own pace”, but sometimes I that sentence slipped my mind. For example, yesterday, Claire mentioned that Owen is able to write his name. Owen recites Chinese poems and songs with extremely clear diction. It is inevitable that I immediately linked Owen to Shayne, cos’ they are of the same age. As far as I know, Shayne can only manage to write one or two Capital letters…his speech is not as clear, as for his diction???….. So must I pump in more assessment for him or to sign him up for more enrichment classes????? I don’t think so… status quo…. Let him play for the time being… I reckoned I will change my mind again soon…. Hmmm, to minimize stress, I must cut down my lunch appointment with Claire….
Spoke to Mrs Tsai yesterday, she advise me … again… to drop the enrichment classes ( Montessori English and Maths ) as the boys do not need it. Yes, I know Sean may not need it, as for Shayne, we shall continue for a while. She told me to enroll the boys for sports and taekwando instead. Mrs Tsai has a wealth of experience when it comes to children. I took her advise, enrolled Sean in tennis. Shayne loves tennis too, but will only start when he is slightly older.
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