The Tooth-Fairy

Jeremy has finally dropped his first tooth... this happened sometime back in December while we were having our dinner at Genki Sushi in Forum... since then, another one has also fallen off (2 lower front teeth)... Though there was no present from the tooth-fairy, we are proud that Jeremy has such clean teeth... Below is a picture of him with his new teeth visible...

Best friends

They play together in school, they eat together, shared their sweets with each other, and even fought together! Yes, when Jeremy had an altercation with one of his classmates, his best friend stepped in to the rescue - with the result that all 3 were punished. By hey, that's what friends are for!

This is Caleb, Jeremy's best friend in school. Looking at the pictures, I must admit they make an odd pair. Jeremy is skinny, Caleb looks big and strong - he attends a boxing gym class too!

I think it's great that Jeremy has a best friend. Couple of weeks ago when Caleb went early to school, like 7+ or something, Jeremy said he wanted to get up at 5 the next day so that he can go early too and play with Caleb. Obviously it didn't happen...

We all know that Jeremy hates having his photo taken - his school graduation shots were minor disasters. But just look at these... it was moons ago that he had smiled so sweetly or contentedly before the camera. Alas they will be going their separate ways in their own "big boys' school" next year. But these moments in childhood are probably the ones most savoured and treasured as they grow up - those spent with your best friend.

Cars, Study Hard and Timmy

Recently, Timmy has been talking about buying cars.. and it is no ordinary cars.. its sports cars that he is refering to!!! We told him that he needs to study hard so that he can earn lots of money next time to buy such expensive cars..


One day, on our way home in the car, he suddenly asked me.. "Mummy, how do i study hard?". He was so serious!! Looks like he is quite worried that he cannot afford those cars..


Well, the funny thing is this... (nevermind what my reply to him was...)


We have been asking him if he would buy for us when he can afford to. To many of us (including his aunties and grandma), he had told us that he would buy us sports cars, except for DaYi.. He said that he would buy a BUS for DaYi. We thought that was because DaYi used to fetch one whole gang back from school together... But we were wrong! His reason is "because you are so FAT"... Ha2...


Kid's mind... dont underestimate them.....

Our very own "Ferrari" drivers

Recently, our boys have grown to like to watch Formula 1 racing. Probably with the influence of Daddy. So, we decided to make another attempt for them to wear the racing suit that Chuck bought many years back. To our pleasant surprise, they love to wear it.

Too bad Jeremy has out grown the suit. But he still looks cool ( as cool as ice-man Kimi)... On the other hand, Timmy fits nicely into it and he definitely looks like the short, oh, i mean smiley Massa !!

By the way, Timmy wore this to school one day as it was dress-up day for them (Theme was: what I want to be when I grow up). When he reached school that day, one of his teacher commented (in chinese) "Wow, Junming, you are a firefighter today! Nice".. i almost fainted and Timmy just bow his head... What a great start right?

Timmy's nose and "The Monster"

Timmy has very sensitive nose and it has got worse these few weeks. He has disturbed sleep. He would very often wake up in the middle of the night due to blocked nose. So, i started applying vaporub on his nose and chest before he sleeps everynight.

Few nights ago, i forgot and he told me his nose is blocked just after i have turned off the lights. So, i got up and reached out for the rub. but it was not there. So i jokingly said.. "Oh no, its not here! Has the monster taken the "blocked nose medicine"??" Then, off i went to check if i have placed it somewhere else.

When i came back, i noticed that Timmy was lying pretty still on his bed with his hand over his nose. When i asked him whats wrong, he whispered.. "Mummy, my nose is still here."

i burst out laughing because he thought i have said that the monster has taken HIS NOSE!!!

Poor boy, he must be pretty scared when i was off looking for the rub!!

BOGGLE - the mind boggling game??

Recently our nephews Shukri and Sadiq introduced the game BOGGLE to the rest of the gang. They had fun in Sentosa playing it. So much fun that each family ended up buying a set each, and have been boggling away since..

We bought a set for Jeremy 2 days ago. We tried very hard to teach him the rules of the game (which by the way was designed for kids 8 years and above). As for Timothy, he joins in the game as well, but instead of forming words I told him to write all the letters that he can recognise within the stipulated time. Their progress so far?

Jeremy:

He really surprised me tonight. Just last night, it seemed so hard explaining to him how to look for words. I didn't want him to be discouraged, so I manipulated the "shake" of the letters so that he got enough vowels to form words. Tonight, I was busy settling Timothy in his bed while Jeremy was "shaking" the letters. When I was ready to play with him, I realised that the letters were tough - he had difficult letters like "Qu", K, Y, W, X!! So i told him to shake again citing "too difficult" as the reason. He stopped me from doing so and insisted that he knows. And very quickly, he pointed out the word "KEY" to me!! So I let him try... and below is the list of words he came up with ..

key, axe, toe, keys, way, tea, tow, ways, wax, wet, no, on...

Think he was very happy with this because he said he wanted to show his daddy when he comes back from China!

Timothy:

I think he got the idea of how the game is to be played while we were trying very hard to teach Jerry. Tonight, instead of writing letters that he can recognise, like what i have taught him, he actually put 3 letters together! Since he does not know how to spell, I could only spot one correct answer (EEL) out of the 63 words that he came out with! By the way, I did not even check if Eel should be there.. and also, 63 words was what he counted. He lost count after 15, jumping from 15 to 17, correct till 23, then jumped to 40s, then 50s and 60s... Good try Timmy!

Parent-meet-Teachers

Today, we went to school to meet both Jeremy's and Timothy's teachers. The purpose of the meeting was to allow parents and teachers to give feedback on the past year's (or semester's) curriculum and also on the child's development, both academically and socially.

I am proud to say that all teachers without exception (... ok, maybe for Timmy's English teacher, since we did not have a chance to talk to her) commented that we have very smart boys. Both of them are coping very well with their academic milestones. Well done boys!!

Jeremy:

Since Nursery, I was never concerned about Jeremy's interest for learning. He has shown great interest in wanting to know and learn more. So much so that i was not able to keep up :)

I was more concerned with his social skills. He is a very quiet and shy boy. But today, the feedback that I got from school was really surprising and at the same time, encouraging. Most of his teachers said that he has opened up a lot! He even volunteered to attempt at questions in his English classes and once, he even volunteered to do show and tell during his English speech and drama classes!

I was so surprised and was speechless... I told myself that i must not give up and label him as a shy boy. I know he can do it.

Timothy:

We thought we would be told that Timmy is a playful boy. But, we were wrong! Very wrong! All his teachers told us that he is such an adorable child and guess what? He is even Mr Popular in class! Apparently, many parents today wanted to know who is Timothy because their kids have been telling them that they like Timothy and Timothy is their best friend! So, looks like we may not have to worry about his social skills.

Academically? He excels in it too! We were so surprised when his teachers told us that he is very ATTENTIVE in school and would participate voluntarily in all the activities. Attentive? We really couldn't believe our ears because when it comes to story reading time at home, he would be wandering off to do something else after just one or two sentences (unless of course the story relates to some superheroes fighting some bad guys). And for the record, he demonstrated to us that his Chinese vocabulary has improved tremendously, reciting at least 10 Chinese words that were pasted on the wall in school!

I guess we came back feeling happy and proud of our boys! Keep it up!!