Thursday, April 21, 2011

CNY Celebration


Kung fu master

K and Mommy soaking in the atmosphere

The kids started to jingle to the CNY music

The kids rehearsed the events few weeks ago. Here's K concentrating hard and following the teachers' cues. 




Putting on the Lion's headgear

Getting the Lion ready for the walk. Head - check! Mid body - check! Tail - where are you?

Ms Renee said it was a natural choice for K to wear the LIon's head as during rehearsals he was eager to take it on eventhough it was heavy while some kids were fearful.
Mid way through the lion dance walk,  here's K concentrating intensely and making his round around the lawn. Oops, the tail is gone! Teachers stand in to assist.


K and Ms Laura - 1st class teacher in Preschool

K waiting patiently while the teachers get the lion together.

Happy 3rd Birthday

We celebrated K's 3rd Birthday end January with friends in school and a Thomas cake. Here are the kids waiting patiently while Ms Renee and Ms Nay prepare the candles and cake. K's best buddy, Asher is the little boy in orange sitting on K's left!









Happy Birthday, dear Lukas Kayne.
Mommy and Daddy love you so very much!

Random Creations

K is always excited about his creations. He'll ask for a photo to be taken after admiring them.

 The A-B-C and 1-2-3 puzzle. K learnt how to sort out the various parts before assembling them. Once they are done, he would slide them around the house like a giant train and go "Choo, Choo!!!"

 Early morning creation by the stairs

 Busy with the Elmo 'cookie' cutter.
 
 
The infamous "UNO HOUSE". This gift from Aunty Edana is K's favourite. It comes with a house look-a-like briefcase.
Having fun with the 'tudong saji-s' at Mama's house and spotting a huge smile!

Alphabets - always K's favourite. Discovered a new game, that is to line up the 'Big A, Little A, and so on so forth - thanks to Dr Seuss' A-B-C!


Doodling and tracing over hands and feet - another favourite activity. He'll exclaim, K2x hands smaaaaalllll and Mommy's hand, biiiiiiiigggggg!

Smooth Glider

Last weekend, we had the opportunity to check out Aunty Joyce and Uncle Mong Lam's newly renovated apartment and cosy swimming pool. (Very kind of them!)


Here's a video of K gliding in the pool:-


http://www.youtube.com/user/justdottingaround#p/a/u/0/2nY8arHddWo

Monday, April 18, 2011

Rider Cafe

We checked out this cool breakfast place tucked in a historical black and white building off the Bukit Timah Saddle Club. We were there last Saturday, had brunch amidst high ceilings, great view of horses, lush greenery surroundings, and that was not all. K had the opportunity to ride a pony! Definitely the highlight of the month. Take a look:-












Here's are some videos:-



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6l3z-emrsY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmBTJTrB2Q


The videos unfortunately did not capture the best part of the ride. K's head was nodding like a pendulum, it was really funny. He must have been really relaxed and nodded away to the rhythm of the pony's stride.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Excerpts of Growing Up

I do miss dotting around the blog. How do I know this? When I start uploading stories and photos, I find it hard to stop. Countless events flash through my mind and I start to ponder, could there be only 24 hours a day? That's a great pity as there are surely 48 excerpts to upload.

Excerpts of Growing Up are what Daddy and Mummy hold close to our hearts:-

What does K say when he sees an escalator in a mall (Especially those steep, high ones, like the one at Parco Millenia Walk)?
"Oh look! Want to climb the ladder!" as he rushes toward the escalator scaling the heights with Daddy in tow.

Oranges are still K's favourite fruit of the season. He'll come to Mummy and say, "Mummy, want to eat orange".
"Want to put orange like this" as he holds an orange freshly taken out from the fridge and puts it onto his cheeks.
Always delighted by how cold the orange is (even if this is a daily routine) he'll go, "Mummy, it's cold!".
"Mummy, cheeks is (are) cold! Want to put on Mummy's cheeks."

Green apples are the new red! K loves the granny smith sweet crunchy green apples. Mummy couldn't be happier. 10 hurrays for green apples!

Sitting on his booster seat during daily car rides back from school, K exclaims energetically, "Oh look! That's a blue taxi." "Mummy, that's a red taxi!" "Oh look, yellow taxi! Want to go (sit in a) yellow taxi." K did the same while in a taxi one day and the Taxi Uncle was so tickled he said to K, "Yah, so many colours hor!" Btw, K is always friendly to Taxi Uncles and the rare Taxi Aunties. At the end of the trip, he would bid them farewell in appreciation for the exciting ride. He'll go in a sing-song manner, "Bye Bye Uncle. See you again Uncle!"

How do you know when your kid fully understands the meaning of Good Morning and Good Night? -- Mummy says to K, "Good night, K". K replies,"No! It's Good Morning!"
- Mummy greets sleepy K, "Good morning, K!" K replies while eyes still closed, "No! It's good night. Want to sleep (some more)."

How do you know when your kid understands what 'Lan fun chee' means? Mummy says to K, "Who is the Lan fun chee?" K replies softly while eyes still shut, "Daddeeeee!"

K found a best mate in school in a boy called Asher. Asher loves to run around and teachers say that Asher is more active than K. (Mummy can't imagine that!) One day, Asher ran around while class was in session and K suddenly decided to join in. Very soon, the whole class was running around. Oh my, imagine that! Since that day, Mummy and Daddy ask K:-
"Does Vivienne like to run?" - "No", K replied.
"Does Caleb like to run?" - "No, it's Asher!" K tells us delightfully.
"When Asher runs what must Kayne Kayne say?" - "Asher, sit down pleeeeeeaaaassse." K says obediently.
And then, Daddy and Mummy thought, what a good boy he is. Let's see what happens the next day. Erm... what can we say, they ran again!

Ice Cream? Yes!

Now you see it...


Now you dont!


December 2010 - Yes, that's when K had a great cone in the company of great friends, Annette and Hartmut. Mind you, it was a giant cone proportionally speaking. Save Daddy and Mummy stealing bites along the way, he pretty much had it all by himself. Despite being swirled around like a giant Olympian torch, the ice cream survived and rest peacefully in K's contented tummy. What a satisfying lunch it was - Cookies and Cream from Udders!

Would you care to have some today?