wow, jus a blink of the eye and april is about to pass us by! in early march, mum sent zoe off for another round of contest, the kids cover looks disney princess contest where she was dressed in a basic snow white constume, complete with tiara, wand and heels. her face was rather tense during the shoot and for the most part, she had this rather awful, forced smile on as the cameras clicked on. but thankfully, there were a pic or two that turned out fine, but it was highly 'photoshopped' as her hair were really messy back then. but nevertheless, the important part was that she enjoyed every bit of the shot as it has always been her dream to be a 'princess'! she's always drawing herself as one!
12 march was the day where zoethan had their very first bowling experience in kallang leisurepark together with the parents and aunty zhuying. we were all dressed in appropriate shoes except for ethan since he's really quite little, but it did not deter him one bit as he slipped his feet into aunty zhuying's pretty strappy sandals and was waddling everywhere like a duck! it didn't bother him that the sandals were way too big nor the ball much too heavy for him to handle - nothing could stop him! he managed to lift a size 7 ball into his arms (but of cos the parents quickly swooped down to take the ball to the aisle along with him), waddled slowly but carefully, placed the ball down before pushing it down the aisle (we had asked for bumpers aisle for the kids so that the ball would never roll into the 'lonkang'!). so, super sl...o.....w....ww.w...llll.....y... the ball rolled and all these while, his eyes never left the ball. the moment it hits the pins, he would jump in jubilation and shout 'yeah!' even if only one pin has fallen! it was definitely a funny sight to behold. zoe definitely had lotsa fun too as she kept asking for more even after we have played 2 games. looks like we'll definitely be back for more!!!
the kids have been showering together every nite when daddy was outstation and they totally enjoy it! there in the shower room, they be busy pouring and spitting water at each other and laughing at each other non-stop. zoethan really has this love-hate relationship with each other. oftentimes, they be playing together happily yet, they can be extreme enemies with each other too. many times, zoe likes to pretend that ethan as his pet dog. she will get him to crawl on all fours while she holds one end of the ribbon and he the other. that blur boy thinks its a whole load of fun and plays along with her too. else, they be playing the doctor- patient game with zoe the doctor attending to ethan the patient with her doctor's kit and putting plasters on the brother. their other favourite game would be rummaging through the drawers for hats and upon finding the ones they like, they would put them on and then put on zoe's old baby socks on their feet and hands (using them as gloves!) and do their weird and funny dance moves to the music playing on the cd player! else, zoe would play the role of a teacher and get the lil' brother to repeat after her when she recites the alphabets or reads out to him from a book.
despite that, they too fight a lot especially when it comes to toys. an old forgotten toy becomes a much sought after toy when either one of them takes it out to play and the other wants a piece of it too. that's when the screaming, shouting and tattling begins. sharing is definitely not in their vocabulary. but through all these, at least, mum is secretly pleased to know that ethan has learnt the 'art' of defending himself and he definitely makes known his displeasure whenever zoe tries to 'bully' him. if zoe were to push him, he'll go, 'zoe push brother!' well, at least, we now know, he's no pushover!!! hahahahha :)
ethan:
ethan is reading alphabets and spelling words everywhere we go. one day, he truly amazed us by spelling 'umbrella' and 'penguin'! in fact, he can now spell even more words than zoe! as such, one of his favourite activity would be to put letters together to form words. each time he successfully forms a word, he would jump and clap for joy and will proudly asks mum to look at it. occasionally, he even commends himself by saying, 'good/great job! 'or 'excellent'! hahahaha :) he's also talking so much more, he now asks questions like, 'what's happening?', and 'what is it?' and it really is good to be able to hold a proper conversation with him though he can't exactly speak in complete sentences yet. he can even say, 'bei bei (his nickname) 'di dao' (his version of saying 'die dao [fall down]' in chinese!).
just this month alone, he fell down twice. first, at the staircase outside our house as he was making his way down. somehow, he missed a step and fell face down though it wasn't exactly a hard knock. there was no visible injury but it was sufficient to send him crying nuts. then fast forward 1.5 weeks later, he fell and knocked the lower back of his head in the toilet. all because zoe sorta pushed him into the toilet as mum was showering and well, the floor was really wet and slippery! this time round, he cried buckets and though there was no blood, but a bump had formed instantly! mum was freaked out but thankfully, on both occasions, Jesus was watching him because there were just no after-effects and he was able to calm down after awhile. thank God!
zoe:
we celebrated zoe's birthday at saizeriya liang court (a japanese pasta restaurant) this time and the party theme was based on the cartoon series, 'superwhy'. the birthday girl was all dressed up as princess presto (mum specially had it ordered from the states! from the series while ethan was dressed up as whyatt, both complete with their 'magic wands'. there were superwhy party boxes and balloons and aunty chinee from pinkgingerbynee specially made a 2d princess presto cake for zoe, complete with lovely heart shaped cookies for the adults as party favours. definitely pretty and yummy!
she had her another birthday celebration in school on her actual birthday and this time, the theme was 'princess belle' from 'beauty and the beast'. needless to say, she went to school all dressed up as princess belle complete with a tiara and earrings! just check out the lovely princess cupcakes that aunty chinee baked here. (oh yes, speaking on princesses, zoe did not win the disney princess contest, but nevertheless, we all think she really does look lovely in the pics!!!)
zoe's now all of 5 and yet, she's still driving mum nuts with that attitude of hers that she so often displays when things do not go her way. she wants something, she wants it now. she doesn't get it and the attitude is out and so the disciplining begins. it is being repeated every so often that mum just detaches and totally ignores her at times when the talking, screaming and spatula-ing doesn't work. she gets all upset when she realises that and will then attempt to apologise or cries to no avail cos mum has decided that enough is enough. in these 2 months, she must have been spatula-ed big time at least twice and there was once when she defiantly displayed her unhappiness at being disciplined with her angry fists, stomping legs and angry voice that drove mum so up the wall that she got bound by tape on both her hands and mouth! yes, it may seem cruel, but mum feels that extreme behaviours calls for extreme punishment!!! period...
other 'milestones' in march / april 2011:
1. zoe's officially out of jmdc cos her tap teacher went MIA-ed (just her new tap shoes arrived from the states! its now sitting lonely in the storeroom!) and the school management just weren't too keen nor able to let her continue having a weekday class as the new teacher was charging much more than the previous teacher. though mum feels that its a waste of zoe's dancing talents but this has officially freed up a day for her to go for a new class with ethan! read on...
2. the kids have officially enrolled into berries! to learn mandarin!!! and they actually enjoyed the lessons very much!!! yipee!!!
3. we went for a 3-generation road trip on good friday. it was fun filled with zero shopping and just eating, swimming and lazing! and not forgetting the fireflies that we saw for the first time in our life! lovely!!!
(p/s: zoe saw ah ma washing her dentures once and asked innocently while staring at it, 'ah ma, why your teeth can take out???' we just couldn't stop laughing!!!)
12 march was the day where zoethan had their very first bowling experience in kallang leisurepark together with the parents and aunty zhuying. we were all dressed in appropriate shoes except for ethan since he's really quite little, but it did not deter him one bit as he slipped his feet into aunty zhuying's pretty strappy sandals and was waddling everywhere like a duck! it didn't bother him that the sandals were way too big nor the ball much too heavy for him to handle - nothing could stop him! he managed to lift a size 7 ball into his arms (but of cos the parents quickly swooped down to take the ball to the aisle along with him), waddled slowly but carefully, placed the ball down before pushing it down the aisle (we had asked for bumpers aisle for the kids so that the ball would never roll into the 'lonkang'!). so, super sl...o.....w....ww.w...llll.....y... the ball rolled and all these while, his eyes never left the ball. the moment it hits the pins, he would jump in jubilation and shout 'yeah!' even if only one pin has fallen! it was definitely a funny sight to behold. zoe definitely had lotsa fun too as she kept asking for more even after we have played 2 games. looks like we'll definitely be back for more!!!
the kids have been showering together every nite when daddy was outstation and they totally enjoy it! there in the shower room, they be busy pouring and spitting water at each other and laughing at each other non-stop. zoethan really has this love-hate relationship with each other. oftentimes, they be playing together happily yet, they can be extreme enemies with each other too. many times, zoe likes to pretend that ethan as his pet dog. she will get him to crawl on all fours while she holds one end of the ribbon and he the other. that blur boy thinks its a whole load of fun and plays along with her too. else, they be playing the doctor- patient game with zoe the doctor attending to ethan the patient with her doctor's kit and putting plasters on the brother. their other favourite game would be rummaging through the drawers for hats and upon finding the ones they like, they would put them on and then put on zoe's old baby socks on their feet and hands (using them as gloves!) and do their weird and funny dance moves to the music playing on the cd player! else, zoe would play the role of a teacher and get the lil' brother to repeat after her when she recites the alphabets or reads out to him from a book.
despite that, they too fight a lot especially when it comes to toys. an old forgotten toy becomes a much sought after toy when either one of them takes it out to play and the other wants a piece of it too. that's when the screaming, shouting and tattling begins. sharing is definitely not in their vocabulary. but through all these, at least, mum is secretly pleased to know that ethan has learnt the 'art' of defending himself and he definitely makes known his displeasure whenever zoe tries to 'bully' him. if zoe were to push him, he'll go, 'zoe push brother!' well, at least, we now know, he's no pushover!!! hahahahha :)
ethan:
ethan is reading alphabets and spelling words everywhere we go. one day, he truly amazed us by spelling 'umbrella' and 'penguin'! in fact, he can now spell even more words than zoe! as such, one of his favourite activity would be to put letters together to form words. each time he successfully forms a word, he would jump and clap for joy and will proudly asks mum to look at it. occasionally, he even commends himself by saying, 'good/great job! 'or 'excellent'! hahahaha :) he's also talking so much more, he now asks questions like, 'what's happening?', and 'what is it?' and it really is good to be able to hold a proper conversation with him though he can't exactly speak in complete sentences yet. he can even say, 'bei bei (his nickname) 'di dao' (his version of saying 'die dao [fall down]' in chinese!).
just this month alone, he fell down twice. first, at the staircase outside our house as he was making his way down. somehow, he missed a step and fell face down though it wasn't exactly a hard knock. there was no visible injury but it was sufficient to send him crying nuts. then fast forward 1.5 weeks later, he fell and knocked the lower back of his head in the toilet. all because zoe sorta pushed him into the toilet as mum was showering and well, the floor was really wet and slippery! this time round, he cried buckets and though there was no blood, but a bump had formed instantly! mum was freaked out but thankfully, on both occasions, Jesus was watching him because there were just no after-effects and he was able to calm down after awhile. thank God!
zoe:
we celebrated zoe's birthday at saizeriya liang court (a japanese pasta restaurant) this time and the party theme was based on the cartoon series, 'superwhy'. the birthday girl was all dressed up as princess presto (mum specially had it ordered from the states! from the series while ethan was dressed up as whyatt, both complete with their 'magic wands'. there were superwhy party boxes and balloons and aunty chinee from pinkgingerbynee specially made a 2d princess presto cake for zoe, complete with lovely heart shaped cookies for the adults as party favours. definitely pretty and yummy!
she had her another birthday celebration in school on her actual birthday and this time, the theme was 'princess belle' from 'beauty and the beast'. needless to say, she went to school all dressed up as princess belle complete with a tiara and earrings! just check out the lovely princess cupcakes that aunty chinee baked here. (oh yes, speaking on princesses, zoe did not win the disney princess contest, but nevertheless, we all think she really does look lovely in the pics!!!)
zoe's now all of 5 and yet, she's still driving mum nuts with that attitude of hers that she so often displays when things do not go her way. she wants something, she wants it now. she doesn't get it and the attitude is out and so the disciplining begins. it is being repeated every so often that mum just detaches and totally ignores her at times when the talking, screaming and spatula-ing doesn't work. she gets all upset when she realises that and will then attempt to apologise or cries to no avail cos mum has decided that enough is enough. in these 2 months, she must have been spatula-ed big time at least twice and there was once when she defiantly displayed her unhappiness at being disciplined with her angry fists, stomping legs and angry voice that drove mum so up the wall that she got bound by tape on both her hands and mouth! yes, it may seem cruel, but mum feels that extreme behaviours calls for extreme punishment!!! period...
other 'milestones' in march / april 2011:
1. zoe's officially out of jmdc cos her tap teacher went MIA-ed (just her new tap shoes arrived from the states! its now sitting lonely in the storeroom!) and the school management just weren't too keen nor able to let her continue having a weekday class as the new teacher was charging much more than the previous teacher. though mum feels that its a waste of zoe's dancing talents but this has officially freed up a day for her to go for a new class with ethan! read on...
2. the kids have officially enrolled into berries! to learn mandarin!!! and they actually enjoyed the lessons very much!!! yipee!!!
3. we went for a 3-generation road trip on good friday. it was fun filled with zero shopping and just eating, swimming and lazing! and not forgetting the fireflies that we saw for the first time in our life! lovely!!!
(p/s: zoe saw ah ma washing her dentures once and asked innocently while staring at it, 'ah ma, why your teeth can take out???' we just couldn't stop laughing!!!)
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