Swim Lessons 2012

Here's what Kayne did on his 2nd,3rd and 4th swim class in October 2012. The weather in November and December were less than ideal with torrential rains in the afternoon clashing with swim classes.

Swim Lesson 02
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3ZFm5ckY0

Swim Lesson 03
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A_M14ZvJCKs

Swim Lesson 04
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Kn38wnisc

Christmas 2012

Christmas dance with a 'Muchi' twist. Kayne told us he picked up this dance from preschool mate, Siddarth. How lovely - the things we learn from our friends. 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=kZkaCjRQ978

Shock at EH 764

What a shocker! A car collided at a turning vehicle at Mountbatten Road and down came the Etonhouse (EH) 764's gate pier last week. Having arrived say 10mins before the incident, our car was stuck within the pre-school compound as the  entrance / exit could not be cleared till the police took charge of the situation. Had to take Kayne home in a cab. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Both cars belonged to parents of kids at EH 764.

SFN 1070X had to stay the night at the school compound!

Swim Lesson 01

Recently, Daddy reconnected with uni mate, Dominic and family. Kayne got along with their lovely daughter, Sophie who we think is the most talented swimmer of their age. She's an inspiration :)

Kayne was invited to join in her swim class and we got to know Coach Uncle Jimmy. First swim lesson took place on the evening of 26 September 2012, Wednesday.



Coach Jimmy getting Kayne to relax.



Sophie in red; Kayne on left.

Managed to shoot K doing bicycle riding-treading in water:

Video 01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsEowrT_hyc


Video 02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsEowrT_hyc


*Pink goggles on loan from Sophie for first lesson! :)

Soccer Mania

My baby, all grown up.

Managed to catch the end part of K's soccer practice yesterday, 18 September 2012. We think the soccer lessons at school are good exposure for him, however, the scotching hot afternoon sun (3pm) may not be the best. Okay, now we know how he got so tanned :)

Here he is in the No. 11 jersey.

DO-RE-MI

Bought him the Lego Duplo Mat today and this is what he built - his intepretation of DO-RE-MI keys.

He built a tower with 8 'voids' and said "Mommy, this is DO-RE-MI-FA-SO-LA-TI-DO".

We added the 'extensions' to the voids to amplify the idea.

Wonderful Casio SA-47

I stumbled upon the Casio SA-47 at the Singapore Expo while shopping with good friend Yilin and Kayne. It proved to be the best buy ever! Kayne loves it and can't stop exploring the many pre-recorded tunes, beats and tones. He seemed to have figured out playing with the minus-one by himself, however, with just one finger (recorded in the morning before breakfast):-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kzp-QV4e-w

Will definitely take along for next car ride to KL to keep him busy.

Singing for fun

The singing bug hits again - how delightful. Here's what Mommy caught on video, the songs of the month.
01http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zhw73aPdJI

02
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l9wDWJ9zDYE

Feedback from Chen Lao Shi and Xue Lao Shi from school is that K's interest for Mandarin is growing by the day. He loves chatting about the Chinese character strokes he learnt at 764. Daddy and Mommy wish we could contribute more to fuel this current love for Mandarin, but we are limited :(



To start or not to start - Mandarin playgroup anyone?

Music Wonderland

Kayne finished 2 semesters of the Music Wonderland course with Yamaha and here are some excerpts of the semester end 'performance' held on 24 June 2012.

My favourite is the Ooh Wah stretching exercises>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2RcG1GQUWI

And the energetic dance moves and rhythms>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US6GtWRXTIQ

Imaginative play+music>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znmJIiup_80


Brother John in solfege singing>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAuJ6gnc2zU

Hello Dolly

'Hello Dolly' is one of Kayne's favourite songs!

Etching these golden classics at justdottingaround for the record :)

Hello Dolly, by Louis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs

And here's another, by Louis Armstrong and Barbra Streisand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5ELE9N70U&feature=fvwrel

The Wanderer

Kayne was introduced to "The Wanderer" by Yeh Yeh at our visit to KL in May 2012.

Click below for Dion the Wanderer, the real thing:-
Dion The Wanderer from Youtube

While listening to the CD at Yeh Yeh's living room, Kayne started to choreograph some dance moves. We observed some slow, calculated moves (Tai Chi? Gong Fu?) and some persistent spinning at the Chorus:-

'Yeah I'm the wanderer

Yeah, the wanderer

I roam around, around, around"

Check out his dance (performed soon after getting out of bed in the morning while still in PJs ~ oops!):-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=L_gWbQkRbks

Chopsticks on pianica

Kayne's interest to play the pianica took on a new level recently. Check out the developments :)

Playing his favourite song from school - "I hear the band faraway", click on the link below:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0asa_plbKs8&feature=channel&list=UL

Perfecting the Chopsticks:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUTEI3pSd8&feature=channel&list=UL

Still practising admist laughter:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4awevsh0GI&feature=channel&list=UL

And having an impromptu performance with Mommy:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uft8EabCTso&feature=plcp

Not to bad, got to work on rhythm and consistency. Showmanship? The head bobbing came naturally! :)

 

Reuben's Visit

Doodlings Days

Here are some of K's doodlings done early this morning. He loves drawing happy faces and today he decided to reinterpret the "cat".

Here's how the conversation went:-

Mom: "Kayne, that looks like a spider!"

Kayne: "No, it is a cat!"

Mom: "Wow, I love its whiskers!"

Doodling at the Timber Deck

CNY 2012

Chinese New Year Celebration this year at the big school, Etonhouse 764 was alot of fun. It was Kayne Jin's first dance performance in a group and he did pretty well remembering all the steps! Bravo Kayne!

Video Link:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcg_xegQRdg&feature=channel

He took the pineapple home as a souvenir from all the festivities and gave a solo live performance to Daddy since a very frustrated Daddy was stuck in the London snow at the time.

Here's a video link of the kids' rendition of the CNY song:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHOcy2Zh7SI

Yamaha Kid

Here are some new videos of Kayne at Teacher Maria's Yamaha Music Wonderland Class. He is enjoying the class alot these days and loves to sing the "do, re, mi...".

Video 1 - Exercising vocal cords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_oeEG53Yk0

Fabulous Four

Cutting the cake!

Kayne Jin with fellow classmates and Teacher Ms Julia

Birthday Boy smiling

Notice on classroom board

The kids enjoying their fresh milk

Delighted by the cream on the carrot cake

Sharing a laugh with Makena