All By Myself

Who else?

Hahaha...Little rascal lah !

After spending 3 days at school with him, I left him all by himself on the 4th day. It's the school policy that parent can only accompany their child for three days as anything more than that will become a habit. Which we don't want, right? 

So, poor boy woke up on that morning thinking that mummy would still be with him in class. Sorry son, this is for your own good. Hiaks, hiaks, hiaks....

But, little rascal was such a good boy. He smiled and waved at me at the door, melting my heart as he went off with his dad. 

Finally! I could have some free time to myself. I surfed net, played restaurant city, and looking at the clock, wondering what little rascal was doing at school.

Was he crying pitifully looking for me? Was he playing happily with other kids? Did he fell down? Was he hurt? Did he eat his snack and lunch? .....etc etc..... Was I worrying too much ?

Then, at 10.30am. 

I received a phone call from the school.

Darn! 

Something bad had happened to my rascal.

The lady from administrative office told me that little rascal was having a fever at 37.8 degrees celcius, asking if I'm going to pick him up. Well, since he would finish school at 12.30pm, I asked the lady to leave him at sick bay to monitor. I was told she would also be sticking a cool pad on his head to bring the temperature down.

Then, as I was thinking that's it, she revealed that little rascal fell down in the morning while playing at the playground. He was riding a bouncing animal and fell flat on the sand. Oh, my heart leaped. 

Fortunately, little rascal had a shock but climbed up by himself WITHOUT crying.

He had some abrasion. And that's all. Phew!

More good news. 

Little rascal was such a brave boy at school. HE DID NOT CRY AT ALL ! 

According to the teachers, all the kids (4 other new kids) cry EXCEPT rascal son !! 

Hooray !!

My brave son, mommy is so proud of you !!!

At Pre-School Part 4

On the 3rd day ....

Little rascal's pre-school

He hates the sticky texture of flour and water. Too bad, I didn't manage to snap his expression when he made a yucky face...hahaha....

Little rascal was exploring the cd player at the back when the rest are having an activity in front.

He is participating in one of the activities....

My boy is cuddling a stuffed toy while listening to teacher's instruction. Hey mummy's boy....

At Pre-School Part 3

On 1st and 2nd day .....

Exploring the library corner, enjoying a book...

Outdoor Playground

Playing with Kotaro

Drinking his first cup of water on his first day

Having his first bite at the school....

At Pre-School Part 2...

Another update on little rascal's pre-schooling....

On the 2nd and 3rd day, little rascal though a bit clingy to me; always came to me to sit on my laps, was still enjoying his time at the school. Phew! 

I'm so scared that he will cry as there are a few kids who really tears a lot. 

There's this little girl, SM, that I mentioned in my previous post who's mom is one of the teachers there, was crying all the time and rejecting everyone. SM lugged her backpack, carried her water bottle and held her shoes in her hands, was crying and screaming her head off. 

I certainly do not want little rascal to behave this way. 

No way!

Some photos for May Day Gathering....

Little rascal playing outside the restaurant

Little rascal flirting with Lyn

Mummies busy chatting away

Totoro and Kelly enjoying the food....yum yum

Kelly and Cherie playing with the cutlery

At Pre-School Part 1...

So many updates to do.....

I was busy accompanying little rascal to his pre-school these three days.

Little rascal started his school on Monday (4/5/09). Yup, I know he is still very young at 18 mths old but I still think it's better to send him to the child care than idling at home. Hmmm... I keep telling myself....this is for his own good :)

Ok lah, I admit. It's for my own good as well as I can finally have some ME time for myself.

The pre-school that I have selected for little rascal is run by an 'ang mo'. Hoping with the foreign influence, the curriculum is more creative and not 'duck-fed'. Actually the very first thing that attracted me was the environment of the school. I really love it. It is situated in a very secluded place, far away from the traffic and noise. A serene nature with vast area to explore.  The buildings are those black and white colonel houses. Very nice.

Anyway, I was there for 3 days to accompany little rascal while getting him to adapt to the new environment. He was perfectly fine the first day. I was so glad to see him roaming around the classroom, exploring every corners, playing the toys and listening to teachers' instructions.

I was amazed to see my little boy handling things so well. Imagine I have been so worried for the last few weeks thinking that my little rascal would scream his head off. But no, he did not. 

There are 8 toddlers in the class with 2 teachers, English and Chinese. But as this is a new class, with 5 new students, the principal and a teacher assistant came to help out. Of course, not forgetting the five parents of the new students.

There are 2 toddlers who keep crying...especially the girl who's mom is one of the teachers in the school. She cry whole day.First day. Second day. And, third day. Nobody can make her stop. Her grandma, daddy and teachers.

I'm so scared that little rascal will behave like that. 

Oh please don't !

Scary.....

May Day Gathering

We finally had a gathering for mummies and toddlers after last xmas. And, oops, I didn't attend the xmas gathering so that makes me didn't meet with other mummies ever since last September. Talking about the gathering, we actually know each other through a motherhood forum. You know, this is the wonder of internet. We are all strangers but join the same forum and chatting through internet when we were pregnant in 2007 till now, 2009, our babies become toddlers !! 

Ok, back to the gathering. We held it at Penang Place where we had buffet. The food is nice especially it's signature dish, Penang chay kuey tiao. Hubby and I had 2 servings of it and left us with very small appetite for other dishes. 

I was happy to meet other mummies and talked to them in person. But, I always have regrets of not able to talk to more mummies. Usually, I only managed to talk to 3 or 4 mummies. 

I was seated with chintz and jovial and so naturally, I talked to them most of the time. As for the rest of the mummies, I am so sorry that I didn't get to talk to you much. I will try to do it the next time, ok?

Gingerleaf, you really slimmed down a lot with your super diet !! So sexy somemore.... Hey, lyn is so sweet and tall.Chintz and Jovial, you two are so friendly that I like you immediately. Oh, I think Chloe and Caelan are the tallest among the toddlers. What have you two been feeding them? Long beans ?? 

Ponponta, Anders is so good looking with those big round eyes just like yours! Jas, you are such a wonderful mummies with 2 great kids. Oh, Dayan is just so handsome. He is definitely a heart throb winning the hearts of many girls that come along. Totoro, good to see you slim down as I think you really look good in that outfit. And, Kelly looks very sweet in her pink skirt too. Junnie, so sad I didn't have the chance to talk to you. Zann is very pretty and though Lance has slimmed down a bit, he still looks chubby to me.....

To all other mummies that I didn't mention, I'm sorry I didn't have the time to chat with you all and know you all well. Please give me some time. I will make it up the other round.