Our Everyday Life With Kyrell

Drawing On Table

2010-08-03T14:17:00.003+08:00

Teacher Sara told me this when I went to fetch Kyrell today.

Kyrell was caught drawing on the school tables today, again, teacher Ain was taking care of their class then and told him to stop but he contiuned.

She then told him that teacher Sara will have to clean up later and it is not easy. Then when teacher Sara returned, he apologised to her immediately (he knows its wrong).

(Somewhere there, he was put on Thinking Chair and he wailed ever so loudly)

When teacher Sara was cleaning up, he stood by her side the whole time (guiltly), after awhile, he asked "teacher Sara, do you want Kyrell to clean?". That was so touching. Teacher Sara told him no and he can go play with his friends. But he did not, but stayed by her side until she has finishing cleaning and washed up. Only then he went to play with his friend.

This little imp, is getting quite cheeky, at times I really do not know how to handle him :)

Parent Teacher Conference

2010-06-30T18:24:00.013+08:00

It is the time of the year again, I am looking forward to learn more about Kyrell's progress in school from his teacher. Of course, every now and then, I will chat with teacher Sara to find out about Kyrell's behaviour or she will update me but this PTC is a formal meeting, with proper filing and documentations! Nerves.......

The whole meeting took about 1 hour but really, more then 50% of the time are chit-chatting about Kyrell and his classmates, the stories of them in school :p

They are so adorable at this age!!

Here's the report card about Kyrell :

1) Fine Motor Skills : Good.

ie. Able to use fingers to tear paper instead of using arms' strength. Will say "tear longer" (longer strip of paper hence longer length)

2) Gross Motor Skills : Good.

ie. Very active in school, climbing and running around so this part is taken care of =_="

but he has tone down quite abit as compared to early part of the year...

3) Social and Emotion Skills : Good.

ie. Friendly to friends, teachers and even parents! He will greet "hello" most of the time.

But teacher worries that he is too friendly even to stranger, the danger of being abducted!

Even parents who came to visits the school, he will go up and greet and if there is baby, he will says "baby so cute" and tries to play with him/her!

ie. Willing to share his things, if asked nicely. If his things were being snatched away, he will scold that person or eventually cry :p

Once, Kyrell brought his toys to school and shares with his friends, teacher Sara told me that when asked if he wanted his toys back to play, he replied "its ok, I play at home already" or "I can play later" that is so grown up and sweet of Kyrell right?!!

ie. Able to strike conversation with friends and intiate conversation.
Often seen "talking" to his friends.

ie Will say "sorry" and/or hug friends when he is in the wrong w/o having the teacher to ask.

If he did not do it on purpose, he will tell teacher that it was "accident" then teacher explained that the action has caused pain even though he did not do it on purpose, if he apologise, that person will feel better... Kyrell said ok and went to apologise :)

Below is a conversation between Kyrell and his classmate, as quoted by his teacher on his report file :

On May 2010

"Oh no! A, are you ok?" Kyrell exclaimed when he saw Child A fell. Kyrell walked over to Child A who was already standing and tap tap Child A's knee. Kyrell then moved his hand from Child A's thighs to shin. He asked again "No more leaves, are you ok?"

4) Speech : Good.

But when excited, he speaks very fast and might not be clear to understand.

5) Diet/Food intake : Eats too much!

Always asking for "I want some more". Teacher worries that Kyrell might not know when he's full. Especially food that he likes, he can have 3 or 4 or more servings!! During birthday parties, he can have 3 big slice of cake and still asked for more, when teacher refused, he cried then the birthday boy/girl parent will ask teacher to give in, she did and eventually Kyrell vomit heee...

6) Imaginative Mind

a) Storytelling about a rabbit, teacher left the story open-end and asked

teacher : so what should mr rabbit do

Kyrell : mr rabbit should go to school

teacher : but mr rabbit has already went to school

Kyrell : mr rabbit should bring baby rabbit to school

b) Here's another interesting conversation that teacher Sara has observed and wrote it down in his file :

On Apr 2010

"Look Z. Look. This is my car. It's big just for Kyrell." Kyrell called out to Child Z and showed him his drawing. "Ouuh... Then I cannot sit inside your car." Kyrell said, "You want to sit inside car? Then I change car. Can transform my car make it bigger. You wait ok." Child Z looked on as Kyrell continued drawing. Kyrell called out and pointed to his drawing while talking to Child Z. "See Z, I change here. Change here and change here. Then transform bigger you can sit inside already. If you done't want sit inside then I," Kyrell scribbled on his drawing and said, "You see, I change there then become Kyrell small car again."

MI Buzz : Bringing Kyrell to Sungei Buloh

2010-06-19T14:09:00.026+08:00

Back to nature? Best place to go are gardens, parks and wetland reserve!

We have chosen to go to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. And this is Kyrell's 2nd time there, the 1st time, he was too young - about slightly 1 year old. This time round, he's older and can appreciate nature better, I hope.

Because we are here with a mission, to let Kyrell experience nature and insect, to explain to him and to snap pictures so we waste no time but to start off straight away! And in conjunction with some kind of project with the Malaysia (I think to extend the reserve), today marks the 1st day that admission fee (usual, $1) is waived off!

Plus, weather is not too hot, just humid and not raining, YIPPIE!

Here we are! Btw Kyrell was still sleep in his stroller but we woke him up not long after heee..

Iguana resting by the side of the pond

We are sooooo lucky!! The moment we stepped in, we saw this big, furry and absolutely beautiful caterpillar!! Alot of photo taking around :)

Having a good look at the caterpillar

In the observation deck.. no birds around though :(

Can you see what we saw?

Where's the grasshopper?

Spot a beetle under the leaf, am I observant or what :p

Kyrell trying to take a good look at the beetle

Ants eating/carrying fruits

I love this photo! I think its well taken and the spider looks so beautiful.. what a fruitful trip!

We spot another spider - a small one

Can you see the spider?? Hee...

Eww... long legged spider!

Looking at the mangrove swamp

Its so difficult to ask Kyrell to behave himself and take proper photo!

Army of big red ants!

More spider!

Kyrell happily running around

As we were leaving, I happened to look up to the sky and OMG I saw this huge spider and her web across god-knows-what (maybe across 2 trees?). I zoomed in to take a picture and that is where I saw some baby spiders around it. I called the boys back to check it out!! Amazing!

We will be back again!!

Movie Date

2010-06-13T17:36:00.016+08:00

Veron's company booked the entire theatre of GV Max at Vivocity today, because some of her colleagues are not going, she invited Sylvia and my family to join.

The 1pm movie screened was "Karate Kid", cast by Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. I think it was a good show, I enjoyed it! Lotsa actions. Kyrell stayed awake throughout but he was getting abit tired and restless at some of the more 'boring' parts. Overall I think he likes it too.

After the movie, I head out to the restroom at level 1 while the rest went to the outdoor water fountain. When I came out, I saw Kyrell lying on the floor briefly, near the fountain, then the daddy carried him up, I rushed to them, it was only then that I realised that Kyrell had slipped and fell onto the wet floor. I carried him over and he was wailing "mummy mummy!" My poor baby... Daddy told me that Kyrell had asked to have his shoes removed (quote "dad dad take off my shoes").. to me, I thought "you should have known better that this will happen". But it has already happened so no use finger pointing. That is why I never let him play at the water fountain, firstly to avoid accident cos he is quite accident-prone and secondly, the water aint exactly clean =_=

After I pacified him, made milk for him and put him on stroller, tried to make him sleep cos afterall its his nap time and he's tired. He did not sleep and instead, we heard some familiar drumming sound... from the drum band from Vivocity! Kyrell and I saw them performed before in May and I must say they are really entertaining. (I will update the pix taken then, soon keke..)

Then while in the quest to find somewhere to dine, we went to level 2 (I think) and Kyrell was pestering to take one of those car rides, to distract him, I brought him to one of the shop that has window and sand art. Been wanting to try it! So we chose the window art (at $5.50 or 5.90). Kyrell chose a military truck :)

In the end, we went to Bukit Merah View blk 116 for roast duck rice, yummy and cheap! Had a fun and tiring day :)

So well enjoy the photos!

Queuing to go into the theatre

I like the way he hugged me when we took pix.. so sweet right :p

I think Kyrell looks a combination of us, think so? But alot of ppl still says that he resembles daddy?!!!

This was after his fall... he's upset and "angry" with daddy.. whatever reason (maybe daddy did not take care of him?).. haha..

Ignoring daddy

1st time doing window art!! My white pants are stained with the paint cos Kyrell kept wiping on me whenever his fingers were stained *faint*

I enjoyed it but Kyrell is quite impatient and do not know how to control his strength while squeezing the tube.. never mind, practise makes perfect!

Our end product :)

At Ben & Jerry - displaying his art work.. but dazing away

MI Buzz

2010-06-12T12:23:00.007+08:00

An email from Kyrell's teacher....

~~~
Hi Parents,

We are currently into our MI Buzz. The theme for MI Buzz is based on a story book. I have chosen the book titled, "One Hungry Spider".

There are eight Multiple Intelligences. We called our intelligences; Word Smart, Picture Smart, People Smart, Self Smart, Nature Smart, Body Smart, Music Smart and Logic Smart.We would like parents to participate in our Nature Smart by bringing the children to parks or gardens to look for insects.

Please introduce the insects to the children and do capture the moments of the children participating in the activity.

Please submit the photographs (min of 4 pieces) by Friday, 18 June 2010.
There will be a culminating event on 24th June 2010 where children's learning of MI Buzz will be displayed. The children will also be doing a performance on the same day.

Thank you for participating in the children's learning.

Have a good weekend!

Regards,
Teacher Sara
~~~

Because the email came abit too late (our weekends for 12 & 13 Jun) are booked, I request for the photos to be submitted on 21 Jun.

Now, where should we bring Kyrell to???

The Pass 3 Weeks In School

2010-06-09T13:01:00.012+08:00

31 May : *** After nap, Kyrell had been very energetic, kept running around the premises and out of the classroom area, out of teacher's sight. Teacher Sara put him back and off he ran. Sometime in the late afternoon when parents starts coming in to fetch their kids, the door may not be closed/locked, Kyrell ran out to the lounge area. Teacher Sara put him on the Thinking Chair to reflect himself, needless to say, he cried. Teacher Sara explained to him the danger/consequences but off he ran again.... poof!

1 June : In the morning when we reached school, Kyrell ran away the moment he saw Teacher Sara. She said that he must be scared of her telling me about him, on what happened the previous day *** He sat at one corner quietly and listened to us. I explained to him the danger/consequences again (that if ran out of the building, bad guy will catch him or cars might knock onto him and he cannot see mummy again etc..).

4 June : In the morning, Teacher Sara told me that Kyrell does take all fruits at school, surprise surprise... including papaya, banana (soft type) and honeydew...

Did not take nap in school, knock out when in dad dad's car at 7pm+

Teacher Sara said he was walking and running around while the others were sleeping, then when Daniel woke up (an hr later), they started chatting loudly. Teacher Sara seperated them, pushed Kyrell slightly in front, he cried. Then realising it is not very far away from Daniel's mattress, he crawled back and started whispering to one another *duh*

No idea what they were talking about :p

While walking to take bus/train in the evening, I had the chance to talk to Teacher Sara. She told me that Kyrell kept singing "Nobody Nobody But You!" and with dance move!! Malcolm will join in and they would be shaking their head and butt. At the word "You!", they would jump. Teacher Sara thought I had choreographed the dance because the steps were always the same whahaha......

7 June : Did not take nap in school, knock out when in dad dad's car at 7pm+

But this time, he did not make noise, he did tried to sleep but after 1.5hr of Teacher Sara's patting him (her hands were aching!), he still could not fall asleep.

8 June : Promised me that he will take take nap, when the time came, teacher Sara reminded him of the promise, he nod his head and fell asleep.

When I fetch him in the evening, I saw him about to push or pinch his classmate Leia, I screamed at his name, he turned around & looked shock (as if caught red-handed), cried!

Then I asked him to apologised, he refused and said that he don't like Leia *faint* her mummy was there! After a few attempts, he finally said "sorry".

11 June : While walking to the bus stop from school in the evening, teacher Sara was walking alongside with 薛老师, Kyrell was munching biscuits. 薛老师 commented that Kyrell has taken bread earlier in the music room (around 6pm), after the biscuits now, will he still have appetite to eat his dinner? My answer : Yes! heee... 薛老师 commented that its good that he eats so much. Teacher Sara said, because Kyrell is active!

Then teacher Sara told me that while the parents were coming to fetch the kids (they were all in the music room), Kyrell actually call up the kids name, announcing that their father/mother has arrived ie "xxx your mummy is here"! Wahahah... so cute right. Then teacher Sara will stand there opening and closing the door for them =_=

15 & 16 June : Kyrell did not nap in school again. On 15th, they had a birthday celebration for his classmates Amelia and according to teacher Sara, think he's too excited about the party after nap that he can't sleep or, afraid of overslept :p

On both days, he fell alseep while we were on public transport (mrt/bus) home so I have to carry him all the way!! Aching aching aching~

17 June : Its Dzulfiqar's birthday today, of cos the kids had a birthday celebration, with cakes and goodie bag to bring home. But most of Kyrell's goodie bag sweets/chocolate/chips are down into mummy's tummy keke.. because I do not want him to comsume too much.

PS : Baby, cannot blame mummy ok? You will understand it when you are older!

I LOVE MY BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Universal Studios Singapore®

2010-06-01T14:18:00.002+08:00

Hollywood After Hours

Starting from 4 June (to end June) 2010, Hollywood Boulevard will be extended 7:00pm to 10:00pm from Thursdays (except 3 June) to Sundays. With the additional one hour extension, admission fee remains at S$2. You can enjoy the array of eating and shopping establishments and experience the distinctive Hollywood iconic architecture, the swaying palm trees and the famous Walk of Fame – you’ll feel as if you’ve stepped inside the centre of the entertainment universe!Ticket Sales: Limited same day ticket sales starts from 6:30pm at Universal Studios Singapore ticket booths.Promotion: Present Shrek Forever After Golden Village movie ticket stub and get free entry to Hollywood Boulevard ! Terms & Conditions applies.

DETAILS:
Day: Every Thursday to Sunday (For June only)
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Ticket Price: S$2* *

Same-day park guests, Fun Pass and Superstar Pass holders enter for FREE from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

The $2 fee will be off set from F&B orders at Hollywood China Bistro™ and KT’s Grill™

Just A Stroll

2010-05-30T13:00:00.012+08:00

After the Shrek show and shopping @ ToyRUs, Kyrell fell alseep around 4pm shortly after his milk. Then hubby and I went for lunch and Carrefour. We reached home around 6pm+ and that is when he woke up, in the lift, crying that he doesn't want to go home :p

So to pacify him, we brought him to the tracks downstairs to "burn" off his excess energy, afterwhich he is a happy boy!!

Shrek 4

2010-05-30T12:32:00.009+08:00

We participated the (3rd) movie event organised by Berriworks, this time its "Shrek 4". Kyrell was just introduced to Shrek movies (part 2 & 3) 2 weeks before, prior to that, I wasn't sure if he will like it but he does not seem to reject it. In fact, he warmed up to the characters (shrek, fiona, gingerbread man, cat, donkey) pretty fast! Hence the decision to get the tix! They cost $14 per pax, comes with a goody bag and games/activities held at 10 am at the Suntec Eng Wah lounge.

Kyrell did not concentrate 100% of the time during the show but at least he did not sleep or fuss, I would say pretty well done for a 29 month old hee... good job baby! More movies coming up...

I would like to jot this down so that Kyrell will read it when he grows up : Baby, you scared the hell out of mummy today, just after the show, still in the theatre and dim, while we (mummy, daddy and aunty Veron) were loading our bags onto your stroller, you wander off on your own!! Out from the theatre, to the holding area and to the ticketing area!! When we realised you were gone (could not see well in the theatre intially), daddy made a dash out, I went to the lounge area but just before entering, I saw daddy carrying you in. I was so glad to see you and yet, upset/angry that I might/could have lost you. PLEASE PLEASE... do not do the vanishing act! Mummy promised to keep a closer watch over you next time as well.

Photo taken by the photographer at the movie event, before the show starts

After the show, we went to ToyRUs and Kyrell went gaga over the iron man mask and cars etc... He insisted on wearing the mask and I say, you looked hilarious :p What do you think??

My Iron Baby hee...

We wanted to take pix of Dayna and Kyrell together but the boy just could not keep still, Dayna was trying to carry him to hold him still heee...

...but no luck :p

Underwater World

2010-05-28T15:29:00.027+08:00

It is Vesak Day today, no work but not hubby, he has to go back to office. So I brought Kyrell to Sentosa - Underwaterworld/Dolphin Lagoon (His first time there).

We took the bus and train to Harbourfront then board the Sentosa Express (monorail) at Vivocity L3. Boy, you should see the crowds, the queue was soooooo long, but it was moving quite fast. We were in the Q for less then 10 mins. Andit took less then 5 mins to reach the small island.

Waiting for Sentosa Express

Kyrell "reading" the map...

Our Lunch, Kids Pasta from Coffee Bean - YUMS!

Having his 鸡蛋糕 which I brought from home

Weather was very hot, we were both persipring already, even before all the fun!

Finally in the Underwater World after about 1.5hr of queuing!! It was very crowded - alot of Indian tourists OMG... Kyrell drank his milk and fell asleep in his stroller while we queued.

Still sleeping....

After about an hour we entered, I woke him up and he was excited to see all the big fishes :)

Waiting at the dolphin lagoon, I bought a cone of ice cream ($3!!) to share... but Kyrell finished most of it :p

First, it was sea lion performing at 5pm.

Concentrating... holding the dolphin balloon which I bought

A quick snap before the dolphin show starts at 545pm

End of the show and on our way home (too hot/tired/late/crowded to explore other places!!)

Food Fare @ School

2010-05-27T15:52:00.030+08:00

Kyrell's school had a food fare today and parents are encouraged to come during lunch hour (12-130pm) to patronise the stalls, of which the food are prepared/helped by the kids!! They are selling a booklet of $10 coupons so that you have purchased the food from the stalls.

When I arrived, Kyrell was already seated with Micah and Reyanna, with their mummies, munching on drumlets!! Hahha... the mummies thought I wasn't coming so they gave Kyrell some food :p Its good to see the mummies again and make small chat, though I do not know their names but its comforting to know that they know my kid and vice versa, and when I am not around, they will help to look after Kyrell :)

It was packed with parents when I arrived and I suspect that alot of them were either not working or on half day today (coincidently, its Family Day today) because I do see some kids leaving the school after the event.

Back to the event, Kyrell's class was in charged of stringing grapes onto the stick and they are selling at $1 for 2 sticks! Some stalls were selling dumpling soup $4, chicken sandwiches $4, brownie with ice cream $4, jelly $1, fishball kebab $1, pasta $3, drumlets, muffin, cookies etc..

It was a great experience because Kyrell gets to 'buy' what he wants and he ate alot!! He had drumlets, cookies, jelly, fishball, grapes, brownie with icecream and soup keke...
Next year, I think its better to get $20 coupons because $10 is definitely not enough to sample all the yummy food :p

Kyrell's class stall

Yummy!

Kyrell and Micah

The sandwich and brownie stall ran by the older kids

Kyrell checking out the toaster

Preparing the brownie

Kyrell tearing out the coupons for his purchase

Waiting for his brownie

While waiting, he had some grapes :)

Our brownie with ice cream, yum yum!

Savouring the sweet dessert!

Fishball kebab and jelly made by the todd class :)

Pasta and drumlets stall - drumlets are already sold out!

Teacher Ain

Eating his fishball and I took the sausages..

Still going on strong with the brownie

The muffin stall

Kyrell with his classmates - Daniel, Chloe and Phileo

Dumpling soup

Ok, he finished most of the ice cream.. still have a good portion of the brownie left!

Now its jelly time!

Gave a tub of jelly to his classmate Leia

And more Grapes!

Mal had some brownie too

Two happy and cheeky boys!

Cold Storage Kids Run 2010

2010-05-23T13:20:00.026+08:00

Where : F1 pit Building
When : 23 May 10, Sunday, 1010am
What : Cold Storage Kids Run 2010 - Singapura Finance Blue Sky Chase category
(For children aged 2 to 4 years old, the Singapura Finance Blue Sky Chase was created not just to emphasise the importance of an active lifestyle, but the importance of family bonding as well.)

URL : http://www.kidsrun.com.sg/

This is Kyrell's 1st participation and I am pretty excited over it. I do not know what to expect but just hope to have a splendid time!

I signed Kyrell up after learning about it from one of the Dec mummy, paid for the accompanying-parent-tee and carnival tickets (x2 for me and daddy). But I later learnt that the carnival tickets only entitles you to some games, one cup of popcorn and entry to the bouncy castle. So perhaps next time I will only get 1 tickets instead of 2!

We woke the sleepy prince at around 9am (its early for Kyrell!) but we were already late because we have to report at the holding area by 940am!! And we still have to pick Lisa and Shirui up! We reached Lisa's place close to 930am and reached the F1 pit building just before 10am, phew!! Shortly after, the race starts, did not do any warm up but Kyrell made a dash for a short distance, holding Shirui's hand on-and-off, then started walking-holding my hand and half way through (or less then that) he asked to be carried :p So it's mummy race really but how can you bear to let him walk/run when he looked so tired with his rosy cheeks? hee....

Kyrell getting ready, not forgetting his cap and sunglass, while waiting for daddy's car..

Saw the bruise on his red cheek, near his mouth? He bumped onto the wall in school a few days back, did not see where he's going when he turned OUCH! :(

When I asked him to look at me to take pix, I did not expect him to pose for me haha..

At the holding area, holding hands with Shirui and walking towards the race area

Give a wave before the run :)

My little runner! With his mouth full of Pediasure strawberry milk, holding his Certificate and medal :)

Then its carnival time! Bubble blowing~

Then its castle bouncing time!

Can you see him inching upwards?

Sliding down, with tummy down!

Here are the vid, enjoy~

Random Early April Pix (iPhone)

2010-05-04T12:22:00.036+08:00

04 Apr - When daddy went back to work on a Sunday morning... Kyrell and mummy watched Transformer and had ice-cream + grapes :)

05 Apr - In the train station

pEEka-Boo

06 Apr - Mummy new Sim card does not work so went to Singtel shop to get a replacement, afterwhich brought Kyrell to Swensen at Compasspoint for dinner

Can't wait to dug in!

Sinful dessert :P

Kyrell's dinner

Playing with his transformer while waiting for our food

07 Apr - In train station and at my mum's (Kyrell's grandma) place

Strawberries time!

09 Apr : sticking jigsaw puzzle piece on his cheek

Playmates

2010-04-18T17:01:00.006+08:00

We went to Kim & Allen's house this evening, the fathers' wanna catch the EPL on TV so we mummies will look after the boys and chat. On good days, Kyrell and Malcolm will play together, on bad days, well... they fight over the same toys even though there are 101 other toys lying around!! Ah....

Here, you can see that its one of the 'good day'

Both boys took a breather and snack. Then they place some toy on their head as 'helmet' haha... and being more 'big head', the toy does not fit into Kyrell's head well :p

JG Bilingual Clubhouse - Week 4

2010-04-17T13:16:00.031+08:00

Topic for today : Apple

Outdoor play

Three's fun! :)

Another combination

Kyrell and Shernice hiding in the house, playing peekaboo with us.. lotsa screaming!

Gotcha!

Just woke up from his nap, having his snack.. what else but raisin bread, his all time fav!

Check out Kyrell in action!

** I like the video below! Watch it! ***
1) In this clip, you can see Kyrell and another of his classmate, Ethan; they are both one of the most 'active' boys in class, always running around and rolling on the floor haiz..
2) Then, Kyrell walked to the teacher who was playing puppetry, she said she's angry and Kyrell asked "what happened?" hee.. so cute! That's how he is, always asking this question if you are angry/sad or in pain, or if you have the slightest cut on your body!!
3) Next, Kyrell was hsppily playing the puppet spider when the younger and 1st time boy suddenly attacked him!! For the Xth time today :p

28 Months Old Kyrell (iPhone)

2010-04-12T17:43:00.015+08:00

In his playyard..

He will lying on his mat then shout "mummy, where is Kyrell?" then have me 'search' for him hee...

Baby glutton asking for food while we dine in the kitchen, having already taken his share!

Kyrell is 28 Months Old!!

2010-04-12T15:06:00.005+08:00

Current update about our little man :)

1) He's heavier and taller though I did not measure him, he's getting too big for me to carry him for long.

2) He is like a sponge and absorbs whatever we teach him but not neccessarily what we wanted from him haha.. ie no playing with saliva (which he do very often now!) and screaming haiz...

3) He can jump now (finally) and practise whenever he can. sometimes even when eating.

4) He can be very clumsy, always bumping into something, tripping himself over etc..

5) He almost always drops the things he holds (butter finger) like books, spoons, toys and hankie and that really drives me mad because I am anal about hygiene and so whenever he drops his things, I will have to pick up and wipe/wash them!

6) He still doesn't recognise the whole of the letter from A-Z and the one he really likes and can recognise easily seems to be letter O haha...and he says the lower case letter as ie baby 'a'

7) He still likes to sing and dance and loves watching tv/movies!! Crazy over Iron Man and Transformer now. But still likes watching kids program as well :)

Here's 28 months Kyrell, drinking Vitagen at my mum's place

Lunch

2010-04-11T11:59:00.016+08:00

This is what I usually cook at home - simple and without seasons porridge that Kyrell loves!!
Since daddy is home today, I have added more ingredients than usual.. there's prawn, threadfin fish, spinach, seafood tofu, eggs, mushroom, crabstick, plain fish ball and chili fish ball :)

Did not do much today, slept and watch TV most of the day then we went to Kim's place in the evening for dinner (from pizza hut) and watch soccer match (Man U vs Blackburn)!
Finally saw baby Maueve with her eyes opened, looking more girlish now. I had the chance to carry her, missed the small and soft babyish body :) After awhile, Kyrell does not seem happy and asked me to carry him - ha!! He had a little 'accident' over there, he knelt down on the mat without realising that there were toy cars just beneath, knee cap landed right on top of the police car siren and he gave a loud cry!! Poor boy...

JG Bilingual Class - Week 3

2010-04-10T12:23:00.026+08:00

The topic for the week is "Orange". Dressed Kyrell up in orange top, they did artwork related to orange colour and had orange juice. He does not fancy though because of the pulp!

On the way to class, gave him stickers and he paste it all over his face haha!!

Its on his cheeks, forehead, nose, chin, neck, arms and legs and clothes GOSH !! :p

Did I mention, hair too??

Emily and Shernice

eXcited over balloons haaa..

Outdoor play. He found one of his sticker and w/o thinking, paste it on his face!

Clean up, clean up, everybody everyone...

Together together...working well together..

Funpass

Artwork

Orange juice.. don't like the pulp :)

About Kyrell In School

2010-04-07T16:04:00.013+08:00

I had a chance to chat with teacher Sara when I went fetch Kyrell today, here's what I have learnt :

1) He likes to climb on tables, chairs etc now.. despite telling him not to do so, he will be doing it the moment the teacher turn their back. And his action was fast! Most time they could not stop him in time.. naughty!

2) He poos almost everyday, usually during his nap time (he never do that out-of-school time!!) or after he wakes up.

3) Once, teacher Sara asked Kyrell to sit down during class, he refused after numerous request, so teacher walked over and asked him why, he said got poo poo, cannot sit down :p

(He said the same thing to us too)

4) After shower, teacher Sara and 老师 likes to touch Kyrell's hands/arms because his skin are smooth, I said children's skin are like that, teacher Sara said no and that Kyrell's one are very smooth. Sometimes, Kyrell will automatically stretched out his arms to let them touch haha.. this sounds so funny!!

5) Meal and snack time, Kyrell will usually have at least 2 servings ie 3 slices of bread or 3 bowls of porridge (during one of the snack time 3 weeks back!~)

6) There was a period when he likes to spit alot, teacher seperated him out from the rest of kids and made him sit at one side, he cried but then teacher explained to him that he cannot do that. He seem to understand and did not do that now. Well not in school but when with us or outside!! He spit at the person when he cannot get what he wants or is frustrated.

7) The kids are getting curious and asking alot of "why" and "what happened?" now.

Once, Kyrell saw teacher Sara's legs with rashes (eczema), he asked "teacher Sara, what happened? is it painful?" Teacher Sara replied that it is not then he goes "oh...not painful" and turning his head away, like its non of his business!! I had a good laugh when I hear it ;p:p

8) Like I mentioned in Mar, that Kyrell is no longer afraid of Dzul, in fact he has resorted to Dzul now and it seems like Dzul is quite afraid of Kyrell !! One few occassions, I asked Kyrell if anyone has hit him or vice versa, he told me that he hit Dzul, asked him why and where did he hit Dzul at, he said he used a toy/bowl to hit him *faint*

9) Because the kids gets excited easily, sometimes it is not easy to catch all of their attention so when that happens, teacher Sara will pretend to cry loudly. Kyrell will asked why teacher Sara is crying, she explained that because they did not listen to her, kay-po Kyrell will go around telling everyone that "teacher Sara cried because we did not listen to her" :p

Then he goes back to her and ask her not to cry anymore~!

More Mar Pix Coming Up....Slot According To Dates

2010-04-06T11:52:00.001+08:00

iPhone

2010-04-02T14:19:00.015+08:00

I bought an iphone today!! First had the thought of getting one during a wedding dinner on 28 Mar, hubby's friend Eddie showed Kyrell vid from his iphone. He told us he paid about $200+ for it which is quite affordable I think (I am not one who spend hundreds on a phone) and because I do not keep up with the techno gadgets, I honestly thought an iphone would cost over $1000+ hee....dun laugh.

So today being a Good Friday holiday, we went to Tampines Mall Starhub to check out the plans/price. They did not offer me any discount for continuing their service so we plan to port my number over with Singtel who, is giving me $100 off for doing so. Because of this discount, we decides to get the 32GB iphone in white! Yippie! But the queue was long though.. super long.. was told to get a queue number and return in 2-2.5hrs time!! So we went for dinner (Fish & Co) first, at around 5pm.

Kyrell did not take the seafood platter well (he took the rice with raisins, fish and fries), did not eat as much as half his usual intake. Threw tantrums during dinner (which he is doing quite often now), usually cry aloud and/or spit at me!!

Ok, back to Singtel, finally got the phone at around 7pm+ and can't wait to charge it (6hrs) and play with it.

Here's some pix which I took with it.

2 Apr : at home (still have not charged batt and have not figured it out yet)

3 Apr : at Julia Gabriel class the next day (clear right?!)

A Lil' Boy And His Stickers

2010-04-02T13:47:00.012+08:00

Kyrell L.O.V.E.S. stickers!!

And what better way to keep them close to you?

Paste it on your face/hair/body/clothes!!

That's what Kyrell did.

Amazingly, he can remeber the type of stickers he has on him most of the times, even if there's over 5 of them at each time ^_^

~~~

Mcdonald breakfast before we go to Tampines Mall

My Birthday!

2010-03-26T16:57:00.018+08:00

I turned 34 today, I can't say that I am not scared by the numbers because in a few years time, I will hit 40! Ok lets not get to that first heee...

At this age, I am not at my best, in all aspect!!

Physically - I am tired all the time and do get sick quite frequently now.

Mentally - I am happy with Kyrell around but well, every family has its own set of probs so I am not going to dwell in it.

So lets hope that things will only get better and we will have more happy days to come by :)

Today hubby needs to work so I brought Kyrell to the zoo alone, just found out yesterday that birthday girl/boy gets to go in FREE! And because Kyrell is under 3yo so he doesn't have to pay, that means we only have to pay for food and the fare back later!!

We arrived at the zoo near noon, had KFC meal (me) while Kyrell had fish porridge which we packet from the stall near our house, Kyrell especially liked their porridge!! After about an hour, we entered the zoo. Kyrell at this point is getting abit tired already.

We saw the tree top cotton monkeys, parrots, otters, hippos, white tigers and chimps before heading to the KidzWorld, it was slightly after 2pm and when asked if he wanted milk, Kyrell said yes. I thought it would be good to let him take a short nap 1st. We wander in the shop, looking at the toys and Kyrell sat at the kiddy ride when it started raining heavily! We stayed on for another 15 mins and Kyrell poo-ed then the rain has turned drizzling. So we made a dash to the KFC and seek shelter, gave Kyrel grapes before going to the kids changing room to change his diaper. But instead of giving him milk to sleep, I changed him in his swim suit and let him play at the waterplay. He was abit scared at first then got bolder, climbing up to the slide and make his way down. He wanted me to hold his hands from where I was standing at the end of the slide then he saw some older kids doing "stunts", he wanted to follow, so he tried to slide down stomach flat down *faint*

Off we go!

Boat ride

A box of snake skin being passed around to let us feel it

In retail shop in KidsWorld, it was raining so we are stuck in there

Having his blueberries and grapes just after the rain has stopped, cool weather and not much crowd.. shiok!!

Getting sleepy already :p

While on our way to change his diaper (he pooed), we chanced upon a squirrel on the tree, Kyrell was excited and said "squirrel!" like how the dogs in UP said it haha.. hilarious!

In the kids changing room, playing with his pull-up pants *giggles*

New style hat, anyone? :p

My cheeky fella!!

Because I need to look after Kyrell at the waterplay, I did not snap any photo, this was taken after his fair share (30mins) of playing with the water, his suit is getting too small for him especially the pants, cannot pull all the way up!

Bought this water gun at the retail shop there, about $1+ and he loves it~

Shower time...

Sound alseep :)

I read my book and had some snack while he slept.. peach ^_^

While on the way out of the zoo

Day Out With Veronica and Dayna

2010-03-20T13:28:00.018+08:00

Met up Veron and her girl Dayna at Junction 8 this afternoon. Dayna has class at CPF Building until 3pm and hubby happens to be working and so thought its a good time to meet up to chat.

Here's what we did today :

3pm+ : Veron & Dayna joined us at the cafe in Junction 8 after Dayna's class, hubby left for work
4pm+ : left Junction 8 after having meals with Kyrell, hop onto Ikshan's car and decides to go to City Square at Farrer Park. On the journey, both Dayna and Kyrell fell asleep hence we stopped somewhere to let them sleep on before we proceed to City Square. Veron and I chatted in the car.

6pm+ : 2 hrs passed and both kiddos finally woke up! We proceeded with the drive to the mall.

7pm : reached the City Square but the queue to the car park was so jam-packed that we finally entered at around 8pm :O

8pm : dinner at a Japanese Italian Family Restuarant. food was good with reasonable price range. Kyrell had rice with corns, some veggies and fries (grilled) + some grapes which I have brought from home. To finish off the meal, we ordered a chocolate cake yummy! He self-fed and enjoyed himself! Dayna even commented to her parents that didi is so small and can feed himself :p

9pm+ : after dinner, we walked around the mall and tried to check out the stores available but we did not have the chance to go to all levels because both kiddos were running around and playing while we mummies were trying to catch up and took their photos.. hehe...

10pm+ : Dayna warmed up to Kyrell after some time and when we were about to leave (Ikshan gave us a lift), she grew sad and wanted to continue playing with didi. She even said that she likes didi.. aw... so sweet! Next time girl...

PS: When Veron consoled Dayna that we will meet up again, Dayna said don't want next time, tomorrow ok? :D

Here are some cute pix!

Asking them to pose, as usual, Kyrell did not cooperate -_-

Of late, Kyrell has been doing this pose at lot. Like trying to block your path or something..

Cheeky look :p

Dayna helping me chase him back ha!

Vids now!

Running Around - Stop!

Kiddy Ride

Kyrell : I Can See You...

Kyrell was running around and sweet Dayna helped me went after him, caught him and hand over to me haha... then off he goes again, and again!! Much to Dayna's frustration hee...

* Lunch With Your Toddler *

2010-03-19T15:11:00.036+08:00

It Parents Day today, I did not know until I saw the invites given by Kyrell's school. They are extending invites to the parents to come dine with the kids during their lunch hour! What splendid idea :) Their lunch hour is from 1130-1230pm. When I arrived at 1135pm, Kyrell was already having his lunch and quite alot of the parents came too.. I would say about 70%??

I managed to chat with Micah's and Reyanna's mummy, both nice lady. Micah's mum enquired about the iron-on label which I have used on Kyrell's uniform. She wanted to get too because, Micah's school shorts was thought to be misplaced weeks back, they got Kyrell's short instead but realised its not Micah's when his mummy saw the label. She thought it was cool... we knew from the teachers that the kids do take out their clothes to 'show off' while waiting to be showered haha... sometimes, they will take each other's towel, and we will know during washing.

It has happened a few times for me already~!

I enjoyed myself alot because I get to see Kyrell during his meal time, obviousely he's happy too, and I learnt something about him while talking to the teachers, here's what :

1) He plays mostly with boys (Micah and Andrew), not really with girls

2) He is like a "little teacher" in class, he will be the first to inform teacher of anyone who

misbehaves haha..

3) He is beginning to speak more manadarin words.. sometimes with mixture of english words

4) He eats alot though picky on certain food

5) Getting more vocal now.. principal told me that the centre if full of his voice *gulps*

6) Getting more 'active' now and I do not mean it in a good way, he climbs around now and his actions are usually very fast, so much so that the teachers cannot stop him before he did it!

7) Likes to put things into his mouth :(

8) He is not that afraid of Dzul anymore, able to sit beside him and play

(for those who are not aware : Kyrell has told me on numerous occassions in Feb that Dzul has hit him, sometimes he will point to me on his arm or head. Intially, I did not do anything about it then after a few times of "complaining", I realised that he has gotten afraid of going to school. Once, when we just reached and were standing at the school gate, he looked frightened and looked around, then said "any Dzulfiqar around?" OMG I think this is quite bad already and when I fetch him in the evening, I noticed that he seem to be avoiding Dzul whenever he is around. So I asked the teacher if they knew anything about these incidents. They said no, they did not see Dzul hit Kyrell and if they did not see it and it actually happened, Kyrell would have cried/whined and they will know eventually. Because Kyrell does cry at slightest pain. True.

But being Kyrell's mum, naturally I would chose to believe him (not that I doubted the teachers!) and protect him. I think it may have happened, at least once, somehow no one saw it, and not being able to differentiate the concept of time, Kyrell would have kept replaying that one time as multiple times. I hope it did not happened of course but I would give him benefits of doubt. What would it make me if I do not believe my 2 yo toddler and not protect him when he voiced out being bullied right? I hope by talking to the teachers, I could put a stop to this too, what happens if it got too serious one day? Then I would never forgive myself!! You know, even while I was in the class talking to the teachers (that was in Feb), Dzul has walked up to me and pinched me on my arm, it got bruised instantly!!! Just like that. And, that was not the 1st time to begin with ....)

Kyrell having his lunch - rice

His classmate Daniel who looks sad because his mummy is not here :(

Carefully checking for things (carrot and peas) he doesn't want to eat!

Glad that his "bao bao" face is still there :)

One of his fav fruit - blueberries - which I brought from home!

Yummy~

Pops in one after another!

Now its agar agar.. he just keeps eating while all the other kids were playing heee...

Giving Mal a hug

Goofing around with Mal :p

Destructive! Tearing off artwork done by others!!

Pix of me with both boys

Kyrell hugging his new classmate of 2 weeks), Reyanna

Reyanna wants to take pix with Mal but he said no, nevertheless, we took the pix of them.. haha

Standing on the chair, constantly testing his limits now!!

Look, Reyanna is going around posing pix with her classmates :)

Asked for a drinking after he saw a jug of pink drink :p

Having 3rd or 4th round of agar agar *faint*

Andrew saw Kyrell eating the agar agar and came over, Kyrell then shared it with him :D

Teacher Sara told me that Kyrell is no longer afraid of Dzul and is even willing to sit beside him to play .. that's a good sign!

!! Enjoy the video !!

The Alphabet Song

2010-03-16T16:42:00.008+08:00

Its so hard to capture Kyrell singing and talking on the video, esp now that he's older, he seem quite shy about it. He will looked at me warily when I am holding my cam...purrrr

He likes to sing but its mostly impromptu, while we are walking or in train/bus etc.. sometimes, he will sit and sing but I will be without the cam! So I tried to use food (in this case, chocolate) to make him sing for me.. not much success though....haha...

On The Way Home

2010-03-10T14:44:00.010+08:00

Many a times, our journey home were prolonged due to Kyrell's constant stop to snack.. he seems to be real hunger even though the school had just gave them snack at 6pm+!!

Here are some vid and pix taken earlier this month :)

10 Mar 10

11 Mar 10

He don't usually carry his own bag but today, I made him do it and he did, for about 5 mins :p

Nobody Nobody But You!

2010-03-07T12:53:00.003+08:00

Made famous by the Wonder Girls in Korea!

Kyrell only sings "Nobody Nobody But You", not the whole song though but its amusing enough haha... He 1st heard it over the radio, I heard him humming "nobody nobody" and so I taught him the sentence. Then with abit of actions... he catches it right away!

This boy, he really likes to sing & dance :)

Here's him doing his thing at my brother-in-law house, the girl in the vid is his elder cousin, Nicole

Chloe's Birthday Party

2010-03-06T17:05:00.019+08:00

Kyrell's classmate Chloe (from France) invited us to her party at the Botanical Garden today! It was at an open space near the Orchid Garden.

She actually turned 3 in end Feb but due to her daddy's work time, the celebration was postponed. Her lovely mum Cindy made us some delicious muffins (3 different types-with apple, banana and mango bits), she also brought along some toys/games so that the kids can merry themselves with :)

Kyra and Daniel from their class came too but left just when we arrived. We were there later because Kyrell had ran into high fever (39.3 deg) the night before!! He was having fever (38.1 deg) when we picked him up from the centre on Fri, the poor boy was crying badly when teacher Sara tried to put cold compress on his forehead. In the end we had to cancel our Ikea dinner trip with Kim. We were intending not to let him come to the party today because he was recovering but seeing him well this morning, we decide to let him sweat it out :P
And he did, and very happy to be running around in the park!

Kyrell with Chloe (middle) and her friend

The girls wanna blow some bubbles and Kyrell looked on..

Hubby came to watch over them and told them not to put it in their mouth
Demonstrating...

Taking turns to blow hee

Kyrell's turn and he looked away to laugh :p

Chasing bubbles!!

See how happy Chloe is!

That's the little boy of Chloe's friend, cutie!!

More kids from surronding mat came over hee...

A lot of kids....!!

Suddenly, everyone was playing with bubbles and the parents/caregiver were chasing after and snapping photos haha...

After that is dinner at Tanglin Mall food court, the did-not-have-a-nap Kyrell is finally beaten.. so tired yet do not want to sleep.. his eyes were all swollen.

Here's a pix that I really love!

Can see his tired eyes..

Getting cranky

And finally, throwing tantrums :p

TV Addict

2010-03-01T11:45:00.013+08:00

As much as I hate to admit it, and despite my intial determination to minimise Kyrell's number of hours of watching TV, Kyrell is but a TV Addict!!

If all started when he started coming to my workplace in Jul'09, because watching VCDs was a good way to keep him occupied and quiet for a while when I get on with my work. I bought a portable disc player couple of days after he started coming. He was watching Elmo and Wheels on the bus VCDs then - More educational and age appropriate. Of cos, by Aug, he got quite restless watching them.

Then in mid Oct, while doing some packing at home, we took out the 19" TV which my father has given us, brand new, and we placed it in our living room. Before that, there was no TV for a few months. So after work when we reached home, I will placed Kyrell in his playyard and turned on the TV for him while I do my chores. He would be watching Elmo VCDs.

In end Oct or Nov, we bought UP and showed him, he loves it and always asked to "play again" when it finished, in tears!! This goes on and on.. everyday.. for weeks. On weekdays, we only let him watch in the bedroom, not everyday but close. On weekends, if we were home the whole day or early in the night, we will let him watch.. time and again.. it could be as many as 3-4 times consecutively in a night!! Now, don't be too alarm, it is usually the 2nd disc that we replayed because the time is shorter (usually less then an hr or slightly more) and more exciting. But still, it is getting too much eventually.

So we introduced him to Incredible and Bolt in Dec. He likes them but not as much. He will still asked for "Peh Peh" (aka Mr Fredrickson character in UP). Meanwhile, in Nov, he was also watching Charlotte's Web in the living room, everday, after we are home. He likes this too so when the disc finished, he will cry to watch again, I will replay the 2nd disc for him. This was his 2nd most watched disc following UP.

We all know watching too much TV is not good but that aside, there are some good things that actually came out of it all. Kyrell learnt new names and words, he can speak in sentences on what he watched, he can even hummed the music of UP!!

Some words/names that Kyrell has picked up since watching these disc...

1) UP
No of times watched : between 40-50 times or maybe even more (most watched)
Names : Mr Fredrickson, Russell, Kevin
Words : Skeleton, brush, set fire on the house, blimp, construction site, angry
Songs : able to hum the song

Dialogue
Kyrell : Oh no Peh peh (old uncle) house ..
Mummy : What happened to peh peh house?
Kyrell : Float up to the sky...
Mummy : Where did it float to?
Kyrell : Paradise Fall

Kyrell : Peh peh house is on fire.. burnt
Mummy : Who set the fire?
Kyrell : Bad guy...naughty (sometimes he will cont with "ask policeman catch")

2) Charlotte's Web
No of times watched : at least 30 times
Names : Charlotte, Wilbur, Templeton

3) Bolt
Names : Bolt, Penny
Words : Hamster

Dialogue
Kyrell : Oh no Penny...
Mummy : What happened to Penny?
Kyrell : Bad guy catch Penny
Mummy : Then what happened?
Kyrell : Bolt save Penny

4) Incredible
Words : Incredible

5) G-Force
Words : Guinea pig

6) Night At The Museum ((part I and II)
Words : Cupid, Giant Octopus, Dinosaur

7) Transformer (part I and II)
Names : Optimus Prime, Bubble Bee, Megatron, Autobot, Uncle Sam

Able to sing "Transformer, robot in disguise" haha...

The most commonly used words that Kyrell says in almost all of these shows are "bad guy" because there is at least one character in each of it who potrays as being bad and will try to hurt the good guy/animal :)

And because there are were or some actions which is deemed not appropriate for kids (or even adults), Kyrell also uses alot of this sentence - "cannot do that, very dangerous" :)

Get Together @ Mrs Toh's House During LNY

2010-02-28T15:56:00.003+08:00

This year, the turn up @ Mrs Toh's is a HIT!! I am so happy!!

It has been years that the number of attendees are dwindling, everyone's busy with their own activties, some were overseas or has visiting at their family/relatives place etc...

Except for one year that we did not visit/get-together (I think its 2007?), I am proud to say that I (and Peipei) am always there, without fail, year after year.. since 1990/91!!! Our friendship has gone back since Sec 1 and although we do not meet up often, I am sure that deep down in our hearts, we do have a place for each other and be there for one another when in need.

To all SSS classmates who are reading this, I love you all and may our friendship last eternally :)

Those who came today (19 wow!):
Peipei
Hui Hui & Jinhua and their 2 kids
Hechang & Yvonne and their son Joshua
Meiqing
Weiquan
Liyun & son
Meiyu & Steven and their 2 kids
Me & Quenton and Kyrell

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Kyrell loving the feel of walking on the carpet grass!!

See, he loves it so much that he's lying on it! :)

The gang!

My darling

The kids

Look out for Kyrell, he is full of tricks haha... its so difficult to get him to sit down and pose!!

Trying to "escape"

Put him back

Kyrell getting up again...

and daddy put him back to his position, again!

Off he goes again... phurrrr...

Everyone getting listless :p

The girls!

Now with the boys!

I think we still look the same, but better!

On The Way Home

2010-02-24T11:54:00.004+08:00

Like all weekday evening, Kyrell will asked for "something to eat" after I fetched him from school, today, he's having cheese biscuits :)

MPV

2010-02-21T18:18:00.010+08:00

Asked Kyrell what car he likes, he would probably answer "MPV car!" haha...
This boy likes big cars/vehicles.. he has gotten pretty good at identifying the different type of vehicles. But he would still asked me this whenever we passed one by "what is that mummy?". This must be his (one of the) fav sentence right now!! :)

We have been considering to change to a bigger car so hubby has been looking around, one day he asked Kyrell this :

Daddy : Kyrell, can dad dad sell away the car?
Kyrell : (shook his head while engrossed on watching TV)
Daddy : can I sell away the car? no car?
Kyrell : (shook his head again)
Daddy : dad dad will buy a new car, what do you like?
Kyrell : MPV car!!
Daddy : -_-

This dialogue happened about 2-3 months ago, hubby has since asked similar questions on few occassions and each time, Kyrell's reply is either "MPV" or "SUV" (sometimes) haha...

At Forum ToyRUs

Transformers, another one of his fav too...

Checking out Incredible figurines

Finally bought some MPVs cars for him.. 4 in fact! Happily playing already @ Forum Mac :)

River Hong Bao / 春到河畔

2010-02-19T14:12:00.018+08:00

Mum and sis came over to United Square and we had dinner at 三盅两件 after I have fetched Kyrell from school. We ordered Samsui Chicken, Broccoli with Scallop and Home made Beancurd. It was the 1st time that my mum and sis had eaten here and they liked the food. I let Kyrell fed himself and he made a mess out of it haha.. but at least I can have my meal while watching over him. We left at around 8pm+ and took a cab there.
When on board the cab, I gave a hanky to Kyrell and almost immediately, he fell right asleep!!
We did not know that there was Chingay going or was it a rehearsal? The traffic at Marina was jam packed!

We alighted at Esplanade taxi stand and walked over to the carnival, luckily I brought along my stroller otherwise I cannot imagine carrying Kyrell all the way heee... btw, he slept for about 2 hrs even with all the noise! He woke up just when we were about to leave - around 10pm.

So for Kyrell's sake, we walked another round and he was going "wow" all the time. So we left the venue at around 11pm because there were alot of crowds waiting for a cab, we called to book for one instead.

PS : I do not know what button/functions was pressed but my cam just did not work well tonight, there was no flash lights and photo was blurry, I was busy adjusting it even as we walked. Anyway, enjoy...

At the restaurant

Mum and sis

The year of Tiger!

Me with sleeping baby :)

Just woke up and wanted to take pix with panda :p

Waving to the tiger...

Posing in front of his zodiac - Pig

Now mummy's zodiac - dragon :p

Mum bought this stick with neon lights flashing and he went ga-ga over it :p

Just Kyrell

2010-02-17T15:54:00.002+08:00

I thought he looks quite babyish in this pic :)

3rd Day of Lunar New Year

2010-02-16T17:35:00.030+08:00

Jasmine and I went to Kim's house to 拜年 today and the boys had fun!

Look what Mal is doing??

Opps, into his mouth heee...

Rummaging the chest to find more toys!

Boys hugging because Zavier is going off to his grandparents'

Mal giving uncle CH a hug as well...

Mal and Kyrell taking their yogurt drink

So difficult to get Kyrell to take pix with me, too many toys to distract him!

Here's one with Mal and he was busy playing with my hair :p

After hours of playing, dinner and milk, he is getting tired and resting on the platform :)

大年初一

2010-02-14T17:04:00.009+08:00

I did not take any photos because my cam battery went flat sob sob... I tried to charge it but something is wrong with the connection and so it was not charged before I left home :(

Arghhhhhhh....Why must it happen on this important day?!! I think its time I get a new one. In the end, I gotta asked my bro to take more pix of the boys with his cam. Will post those he took soon...

Meanwhile this is the only [miserable] photo that I managed to take ha.......At my 外婆 house.

My family in blue while my bro's family are adorned in red/pink :)

House visiting for today :
12pm : left house to pick up hubby's sis at Marine Parade.

1pm : reach temple to pay respect to Father-in-law.

1pm+ : left temple to go to Sis-in-law (hubby's sis) nanny house at Eunos, stayed only 10-15 mins

2pm : reached my 大伯母 house where everyone (almost) of my father's families were there. My niece/nephew Julia and Xu En had been waiting 'impatiently' for Kyrell :)

We had our vegetarian lunch there and watched the kids play, not much chance to chit-chat though.

4pm : left to go to my 外婆 house at Stirling Rd, my cousin Jojo and family were there too. Then her sis, Rene arrived at 5pm with her family! The little cousins had fun playing with the toys (Kyrell brought a bagful of them). We older cousins gossips among ourselves :p

7pm : reached my 2nd 外婆 house at AMK where my parent were already there. My sis came along in our car while my bro and family went home. Kyrell fell asleep in the car while on the way there and did not wake up until we reached home!! Must be exhausted!! No chance for my aunts/uncles to play with him...

9pm+ : reached home.. phew~

What a tiring but happy day, I love Lunar New Year!!

PS : This year, LNY happens to coincide with Valentine's Day, but I did not receive any pressie or flowers, like always!!!!

除夕 - Part II

2010-02-13T13:04:00.008+08:00

We stayed till pass 12am to 拜年 so by the time we were home and bathed, it was already 2am!! Because I was coughing and had quite a hearty meal at my mum, I did not have another round of steamboat here. Kyrell had fun playing with his cousins :)

Kyrell's turn to 拜年 to 奶奶.. he tried saying "新年快乐, 万事如意"

Nicole and Lucas's turn to 拜年 to their parents

Then its Kyrell's turn to 拜年 to 大伯 and 大伯母

Here's him holding the orange and dancing haha..

My cheeky boy!

除夕 - Part I

2010-02-13T12:14:00.009+08:00

As like the past few years, we always go to my mum's place for reunion dinner in the evening before going to my in-laws for another round of late night dinner.

This year, I arrived at my mum wearing a mask because I was still coughing!! It really saps away all the mood because I have to watch what I eat (I do not eat alot of new year goodies anyway) and I am worried that I will pass the virus to other family members, especially my sis-in-law who's 3 months preggie now :)

Before I left my house, I received a sms from my bro, asking me to hurry because Xu En has been asking for Kyrell since the morning, and when he reached my mum's place, he has been standing at the gate asking for Kyrell every 5 mins haha.. its driving my bro crazy :P

When we finally arrived, the boys did not wait to start playing.

Bathed and all dressed to go to 奶奶 and 大伯 place

Kyrell who always put things into his mouth!!

They got really amused with the polar bear toy which will jump up or somersault when you pressed down its hind legs. This was from Kyrell's cousin Nicole

Lunar New Year Celebration

2010-02-12T17:38:00.011+08:00

There were singing, dumpling making and orange peeling competition at the school this morning. Kyrell was dressed in the traditional costume which I think looks quite good on him but he wasn't really in the mood cos he was still tired.

The moment we stepped into the music room, teacher Ain hugged and kissed him and he automatically sat on her lap and did not make any attempt to move away :p I chatted with Kim and left for work after awhile. Heard Kyrell cried for me but only lasted a few cry.

Surprisingly, the school is operating full day today and I thought it will be closed at 2pm, only learnt about it from Kim the night before that it wasn't. Nevertheless, I planned to fetch Kyrell early then go for some shopping in town, after I am done with work.

I left the office at 1pm+ but Kyrell was already sleeping when I reached, so I left my things there and went for a last minute shopping alone. It was crowded in Orchard so I am glad that Kyrell was not with me because it would have been quite impossible to shop with him whining (afterall that timing is his nap time) and so many people around.

I returned at 4pm and hubby has also just arrived from his lunch with his reservists friends. We went to grab some food then went home. Since it is still early, I let Kyrell played at the playground, he went gaga over it haha... we stayed for about 1.5 hour before heading back home. There were some older kids playing and Kyrell was trying to join in especially with the 2 boys playing their remote controlled racing cars, Kyrell was racing after them, shouting "wait for me!", "mummy come here!" etc.. basically, his mouth and legs never stopped working kekeke... it was a funny scene. But he was ignored so quite pitiful to see him too.

Before I tear him away from the playground, I promised him that I will get a racing car for him xD

Before leaving for his school

Performances..

Seated comfortably on teacher Ain's lap

My angel napping in school...

At the playground

Handsome? :)

Drawing

2010-02-11T17:33:00.004+08:00

We went to pizzahut for dinner and Kyrell entertained himself with a paper and a colour pencil. He scribbles and tried to trace his own hand hee... I am still figuring whether he is a right or left handed person. He seems to be able to use both hands. So, when will we know?

BoUnCy Horse

2010-02-08T16:57:00.001+08:00

I bought this bouncy horse for him in Dec'09, after his school places 2 bouncy reindeer at their xmas tree. I thought they looked fun and Kyrell likes sitting in it. So while shoppng at ToyRUs, I happened to see this horse, selling at $29.90 and comes in yellow, red, blue, green and a zebra print. I chose the red one cos its more striking :)

I placed them at my mum's house so that my nephew can get to play when he visits too. Sometimes, I will sit on it with Kyrell at the front then I will bouncy real hard while 'pulling' its ears, shouting "hee haw".. Kyrell's loves it!!

A Hug

2010-02-02T16:41:00.002+08:00

Hubby is on reservist for the whole of this week, that means he gets to go off early and fetch us back. Kyrell is thrilled of course. No walking and travelling on bus, train then cab home. Easy on my hands, legs and back too :) When we were in the car, I thought Kyrell felt warm to the touch but I did not have any thermometer with me and it did not occur to me to check him before we left the school. While on the way to my mum's place, Kyrell was asking to "eat something" so I gave him a pack of baby bites biscuits (2 pc in a pack) then he wanted more, I opened the CNY cookies which I planned to give to my mum later, peanut melts. He must have taken about 10 pcs of it!! It was indeed yummy, I munched too. He did not have much appetite for dinner later but was his usual self, playing, dancing and laughing etc. Here's a clip of him giving my sis a hug before going home :)

Picking Him Up At School

2010-02-01T16:21:00.001+08:00

In the music room... totally surprised when I 'appear' in front of him! =D

Mummy, Are You All Right?

2010-01-30T14:17:00.004+08:00

I was having migraine since this morning, it was getting on-and-off throughout the day, by the time we left my grandpa shop, its back again and it was making me real sick...........

I badly need a dose of sugar (and still hoped to shop abit hee) so suggested that we go to Tanglin Mall, I was thinking of going to Starbucks for some pastries. Instead hubby said that we should go for proper meal instead afterall it was already 5pm or so.

Much to my disappointment, we went to the food court and I had pasta (cream base) and a glass of orange juice (big mistake!). Luckily Kyrell was asleep, we put him on the bench, so I was able to eat in peace. After that, we went to Starbucks, thinking of having my much desired cake but who knows, by the time we were seated on the comfortable sofa, I was already quite sick and loses all my appetite, so we left :(

When we were in the car, Kyrell woke up but was still sleepy so he was wriggling around, on my tummy, coupled with the food I took earlier and the turning/bumpy ride, I was getting nausea and with a head that is about to explode! When we were mid way home, I could hold no longer, grabbed a plastic bag quickly and vomitted in it - LOTSA!! Kyrell was sitting on my lap then, not moving an inch, an angel, did not fuss or disturbed me... instead when I was done, I put him on the seat beside me and wiped myself, the mat. Luckily he did not get it from me. Kyrell then patted my back, asking softly "mummy, are you all right?"

That was sooooooo sweet of him! I never knEw he can say that sentence and used it appropriately, he really learnt whatever we taught him!! MUCKS MUCKS!!

I told him I was ok, that I just vomitted (good opportunity to 'demostrate' what vomitting is heee). He repeated what I said and sat quietly throughout the rest of the journey. When I was better, I asked him if he got scared because mummy vomitted, he said 'scared' :)

When we were near home, I vomitted again. Haiz... It was a horrid feeling, my stomach felt empty. Like my guts were throwing out too. But I was feeling slightly better. And when we reached home, I diarrhoed abit :(

But but... I was glad to say that I was already ok after that!! What a Saturday!!

At The Shop

2010-01-30T14:00:00.014+08:00

My little glutton here wallop all (well almost, 3/4 gone) of the chocolate new year cookies when he was at the shop!!!

Kept asking for more...

Mouth full of cookies and yet holding for more!

Big mistake... I should have stopped him because be developed sore throat thereafter and had throat inflammtion that induced high fever then cough/flu :(

With great-grandma and Cindy 阿姨

Bags and bags of containers to be sold... you would think that he would 'helped'? Hee.. No...only playing with the products at the shop -_-

Playing with the mold

Seen here 'disturbing' while people are doing business hehe..

School Playground

2010-01-28T16:05:00.005+08:00

Kyrell did not cry this morning when I dropped him at school because he gets to play at the playground. I peeped a little before leaving for work. He usually plays by himself and is not rowdy. He likes to sit in those car but do not move around himself, he rather sit there stationarily and waits for someone to give him a push. Same for sitting at the rocking horse. :p

Thumb Sucking & His Hanky

2010-01-26T14:21:00.010+08:00

Kyrell did not cry today (good boy), let teacher Sara carry and kissed me goodbye. When I fetched him, he was in the music room and the moment the door opens, he rushed to me and show me his hanky (as if telling me first instead of me catching him with it), told me they were watching "Mr Bean". Teacher Salina came out and told me that Kyrell actually asked to watch "Mr Bean" (aiyoh) and shouted "Hurray!" when its turned on!!! This little boy is getting assertive in what he wants now...

While packing his things home, teacher Sara told me that she has not been successful in taking Kyrell's hanky away. Kyrell is still refusing to 'surrender' his hanky after he woke up from his nap, this has been on-going since he started N1 in Dec. I have told the teachers to take away his hanky, this way he won't suck his thumb because it is getting BAD. The skins were broken, there were cuts (he bites, not only sucks), his thumb nail is soft (constant soaking in his saliva) and the bones of the thumb is crooked, no joke. I am getting abit worried.

He has been sucking his right thumb to sleep since he was months old so its been more then 1.5 years, imaging the damage. But the hanky+thumb sucking (yes they come together) are what makes him fall sleep, comforts him, in short, they are his security blanket. I don't even know how to begin cutting his habit off or just take his handy away altogether.. it seems cruel.

Even recently, I have tried to prolong the time to give him his hanky after his shower, the moment he's out of the shower room, he will be asking for his hanky, saying "hanky" repeatedly. If I still do not give immediately, he will starts whinning and crying, asking non-stop for his hanky "i want hanky, please mummy.." then like a drug addict going cold turkey, he will be sniffling, tears dropping, in cold sweat and sometimes mucus will be dripping down... OHHH....... how can I bear not to give in eventually?

Anyone has any suggestion or idea to contribute? I was thinking of just letting him cut off himself, he will one day, some day~
Or should I at least try something out? Like putting chilipadi on his thumb? But will it cut into the broken skin? Gosh...

Walking

2010-01-26T11:26:00.003+08:00

See how Kyrell walks, unsteadily, no wonder he always trips himself down heee...

葡萄干

2010-01-25T13:36:00.019+08:00

This morning, Kyrell cried when I sent him to school, was crying so hard that he vomitted abit of milk onto 陈老师 pants!! Then he wanted me to carry him and stayed with him when they were singing. I obliged. 陈老师 was distributing raisins to the kids and taught them the word in mandarin 葡萄干. Most of them got it right, some with a funny accent hee... raisins being Kyrell's fav, managed to calm him down and he asked for more from the teacher. He was chirpy again in no time. I took the opportunity to leave and he seems ok with it. I hate to see him cry every morning but then, it also means that he wanted me, isn't it?

On the way home...

Baby bites biscuits, when broken into half, Kyrell says that it (the shape) looks like spaceship, what do you think? :)

Saw a bird perched on the roof of revenue house and he says "bird bird on top of mummy office" keee...

Do You Want...??

2010-01-24T23:20:00.005+08:00

Out of curiosity, I asked Kyrell this question after we showered, with him lying on the bed, waiting for me to wear his PJs...

Mummy : Kyrell, do you want mummy to have another baby?
Kyrell : (shake head)
Mummy : Do you want a didi?
Kyrell : (shake head)
Mummy : Do you want a meimei?
Kyrell : (shake head)
Mummy : Do you like didi or meimei?
Kyrell : (did not response)
Thinking that he may not understand what I was trying to say, I tried again..
Mummy : Do you want mummy have another baby? (touched my tummy)
Kyrell : Mummy have Kyrell (pats his own chest)

Aww.... tears immediately welled up and I felt "sourisly" deep in my heart!!! Can he get any sweeter? My darling! My baby!! Mummy loves you!!!!!

Actually this question was not post merely for fun, I do not want to stop at one, definitely would like to give Kyrell a sibling(s) but the time is not right to go for #2 now, there is no caregiver....

But I do have my reserve...

Caan I give as much love and time to #2 as I have given Kyrell?

Will I neglect Kyrell when #2 comes along?

Will I play favourtism subconsciously?

How do I divide my time with more than 1 child + work + take care of mum + doing housechores??

I do not want to think about it manz... will take things when it comes along. Right now, I have this words from Kyrell to chew on, I'm contented, I'm blessed~

>_<

(I asked Kyrell again, shortly after, and he seems to ok with the thought and kinda prefer a meimei over didi, hubby also asked him, he did not say much but did not say no either)

Our Everyday Life With Kyrell

Drawing On Table

Parent Teacher Conference

MI Buzz : Bringing Kyrell to Sungei Buloh

Movie Date

MI Buzz

The Pass 3 Weeks In School

Universal Studios Singapore®

Just A Stroll

Shrek 4

Underwater World

Food Fare @ School

Cold Storage Kids Run 2010

Random Early April Pix (iPhone)

Playmates

JG Bilingual Clubhouse - Week 4

28 Months Old Kyrell (iPhone)

Kyrell is 28 Months Old!!

Lunch

JG Bilingual Class - Week 3

About Kyrell In School

More Mar Pix Coming Up....Slot According To Dates

iPhone

A Lil' Boy And His Stickers

My Birthday!

Day Out With Veronica and Dayna

* Lunch With Your Toddler *

The Alphabet Song

On The Way Home

Nobody Nobody But You!

Chloe's Birthday Party

TV Addict

Get Together @ Mrs Toh's House During LNY

On The Way Home

MPV

River Hong Bao / 春 到 河 畔

Just Kyrell

3rd Day of Lunar New Year

大 年 初 一

除 夕 - Part II

除 夕 - Part I

Lunar New Year Celebration

Drawing

BoUnCy Horse

A Hug

Picking Him Up At School

Mummy, Are You All Right?

At The Shop

School Playground

Thumb Sucking & His Hanky

Walking

葡 萄 干

Do You Want...??

River Hong Bao / 春到河畔

大年初一

除夕 - Part II

除夕 - Part I

葡萄干