My First Complete Set of Chinese Books

Is it really very difficult to learn chinese? At least, my mummy is finding it difficult to teach darling chinese. So wat is the solution? My first complete set of chinese books. This series is the best of all that mummy has reviewed. It's simple and best of all, darling is loving it. Every night, darling will lie on the bed and listen to mummy's story telling.

Treasure Hunting

Let's see what we are going to find today. Mummy hide a few sets of items under the black beans. See if darling can find all the items.

First, she hide 4 sharks in the pile. Next, 4 insects...these are the small animals from Safari wild toobs. They are small enough to hide under the beans...Finally, 4 colours shapes....darling found all of them...

Guess the only one that was difficult to find was the Scorpion...It's black in colour...darling found it with some hints from mummy.

Fun Activities

Don't know what to do with your little ones? All you need to do is some creativity and TIME. Mummy is glad that she is spending her quality time with her darling every night.

Today, we made sail boats. The one in pink is made by daddy, the one in black is by mummy. Darling prefers the one made by daddy. Nicer and doesnt sink. Heee....

Seee, darling is doing blow blow action, to make the boats move.



National day is around the corner. Mummy taught darling about national anthem and singapore flag. I've seen the flag in flashcards, but today, i am making one singapore flag.



Saw the 5 stars? Heee, darling anyhow paste.

Neh....another PRIZE!!

Another prize...even figo is full of envy. Wuahahah....

Planting Flowers

Planting flowers is so fun. This week we are at the alphabet F. F for flowers. Mummy thought of a brilliant idea. She needed some flowers to decorate her plants. So darling helped her to draw some pretty flowers.



Nice?



Done by Little Princess....





Mummy bought a new hair band for herself. But darling gets to wear it first. Heeee...

Win, Win, Win

Darling has been winning many toys at the slotting machine recently. Two more items to add to the list.

*Proud proud*







Mummy: "Darling has been winning quite a few times. Now, she has this habit of walking right to the counter after each game. Haiz...heeee...She thought she wins something again."

Alphabets - Letter F

Let's have a drink after class...

Eyes-Hands Coordination

Practising my eyes-hand coordination. I love doing this game because I get to make a mess out of it.

Heee.... I am quite good at this after 2-3 times. I even know when to stop when the water is about to overflow. (Heee, with some help from mummy of couse. She will give me signal when to stop.)

Matching Animals

Darling has been doing these games for quite awhile. All thanks to mummy. She has been busy researching, learning, preparing these activities just for her little princess. Main purpose is to create bonding through these games, and of course, to ensure darling dont waste precious time doing nothing.

Mummy decided to takes pics of what darling has been learning at home and share with her friends (fans of my blog). Hope their babies can enjoy some fun activities just like darling does.

Smile, darling is able to match these animals without effort. Less than a minute and it's done.





Putting straws into Coke bottle. Look at how focus am I.

My favourite tea party with Barney and Dora. Now, I even know how to "cheers" with mummy.

Heee, this expression is when mummy asks darling to close my eyes.

Getting Good or What?

Heeee, Darling won another prize. Managed to get a straight line at the slotting machine today. This is my prize.

My Little Red Piano

Mummy bought a red classic piano for me...26 keys piano for toddlers like me..





Little pianist @ Work.....Silence please.....



LOL.....no one taught me this....mummy was shocked to see this "style" from me out of a sudden....Just a unique way of playing the piano, mummy....It's called The Princess Style!

Ok ok, just a joke....here is a snapshoot of how the little pianist is playing her masterpiece...enjoy....

Shopping Time

We need to get some groceries and we went to Vivocity to get some...



Me and my daddy...Today it's father's day...so only pics of me and my daddy....



Hey gorgeous, who's that in the mirror?



Darling is busy looking for something....

Hmmmm, which one should I buy?

Found it...needed some tape....gonna get this...

My Favourite kiddy ride, Barney and Friends....

So engrossed...

Now over to Big Bird and Elmo...slot in the coin...

Yes, mummy...wat's up?

Love the steering wheel...

Blue sky, sunny day....what a beautiful day...

Mummy loves this pic....

Ohhh forgot to mention...darling is wearing the culottes-turned-jumper-skirt...nice??

Yoooo, who's that? So close up and personnal...luckily no pimples....

Big daddy, small princess....

Double up my pace.....excited to go to Pet Safari to see cute animals....dogs, hamsters, rabbits here i come...

Back view of my pretty skirt...LOL...ONE AND ONLY ONE.....SPECIAL UNIQUE and Full of warmth....

Playtime...

Simply love the weekends....because mummy and daddy will be at around to play with darling....

Did a card for daddy early in the morning...

Then was bubbles time....darling now is able to blow some bubbles....LOL when food is too hot, darling also know how to blow blow just like how mummy will do it....

After bubbles time, we had fun with NUMBERS...Guess darling still does really appreciate 1 2 3, but I am definitely having fun with this Counting 123 with Dora...I always managed to put the pebbles right inside the circle...

Then it was 10-15mins TV time...Mummy borrowed Dora DVD from library...glad we are the family who loved to visit library....get to read more variety of books and watch more DVDs....

Heee, not forgetting to give mummy a big SMILE before we head to bed for our beauty afternoon nap.

See Kite Fly

We went out for a special event. It's Kite Flying event organized by daddy's company. It is my first kite flying outing. Very excited.

Dressed up for the event.



My side view. Pretty? Yes, Dora is joining us today.



Front view.



See the octopus soaring high up in the sky...



Me and my mummy...

My dadddy...the professional photographer...

Mummy flying kite....

Hahaha, mummy not a pro when comes to kite flying...

Nice pic, daddy...mummy loves this pic....

Bubbles time...comes in the goodie bag...

Me and daddy...

Nice weather, nice sky...was a great event...

A kiss from my mummy....great shot...

p/s: more pics at the side

Happy Father's Day

Darling did a card for daddy. Of course, with some help from mummy. Nice? My first DIY card for my dearest daddy..

Actually, mummy just want me to "sign" at the bottom of the card. In the end, this is what I did. Wuahahah, it's my message to my daddy. Only my daddy knows what i scribbled.

Happy Daddy's day, daddy!

Daddy reading my message to him.

Alphabets - Letter E

Mummy didnt asked me to smile, but still i gave her my signature pose. LOL...

Sweetest Sound in the Whole Wide World.....

Early in the morning, mummy will hear a very sweet sound that just make her day....that is...her darling calling her "Ma"...

Before having my Casper icecream, mummy thought she should record this down to show you:

Arts & Ice Cream

It's Art time. We used capsicum to do stamp art. It was the first attempt. Will try out other stuff/food as we go along.



Practise first. Hold the capsicum...



then stamp....

Now, using paint...



Darling is very curious....



Stamp stamp stamp....



End results....

Playing stomp stomp dino....

Darling loves to see mummy acting as dino...and she will do dino dance....LOL...

After the dino dance, mummy was shack. We had ice cream...

Look at darling's expression....YUMMMMMMMM.....

Nice casper icecream...

Casper, I'm coming....

Casper, you're delicious...

Happy Father's Day

Gonggong, ahma, yiyi and us went to No Signboard @ Vivocity to celebrate Father's day. We gave gonggong a present, hope he likes it.

Recently, mummy has this habit of making darling wears the clip at the side. She thinks darling looks extremely cute this way. Now that darling is geting bigger, putting clip on the fringe looks childish to her. Hahahah, mummy, I am still a baby!





Mummy and darling!



My family....



Mummy and me....



Yiyi took some pics of the main dishes....

My act-cute mummy....

My new Zara sweater....

Happy 18mths Old

Time flies....darling is 18mths old already! Once again, Mummy was emo. She was looking through birth video and pictures just to recap those moments when I first came into her life. 18mths have passed and here I am a toddler and soon to advance onto the well-known stage of Terrible Two.

Meanwhile, enjoy my sweet innocent....

Alphabets - Letter D

Darling loves to play with the glue. The whole paper is full of glue. But glad when asked her where is the letter D, she knows which one is letter D (among the A B C which are pasted on the wall).

Let's Have a Drink!

Mummy bought darling a set of drinking cups and glasses. They are made of plastics and arent they cute and adorable? It's kids size!



Darling having a drink with mummy! Yummm....



Darling is still very good in drinking from a cup. Still practising...Cheers, mummy!



Is this making me dizzy?



Very addictive! Guess darling just love to drink from cup!

Finished it off with an orange!

Yummmmy...

Can't wait for this weekends to come, then mummy and daddy and I can have Hi-Tea together! LOL...

Counting 123 with Dora

Mummy did a counting mat for darling. So convenient. We can bring this to grandma's place or anywhere and I still can have my fun.



With circles to help guide me to put the correct number of pebbles for each numbers.



It's Dora, one of my favourite characters! But Barney is still my BEST favourite.

More cooking time!

We played cooking again today! With ingredients! Today, I am making carrot fried egg! Mummy wants darling to practise my pincer grip and scooping! Was fun. Mummy enjoyed the most. Seeing darling able to pick up the tiny diced carrots and scooping them up with spoon, mummy couldnt be more than happy!

My new toy, Dora. Got it at the zoo! Nice!

Zoo

Went to the zoo today! Failed to tour the zoo few weeks back because darling was scared after viewing 3 animals...

Guess darling was scared of the environment. Today, darling sat on the pram throughout the trip. Was fine!

Scared of the carousel! Wuahaha didnt want to sit on any of the animals. Ended up on the carriage seat!

Customized Tee! Mathew's Nicole ....cool?

Ask darling "Where is your nose" in chinese, seee darling got it right!

So Sweeeeeeeet! Really melts my heart!

Something sweet happened today. Shall let mummy tell you this herself!

Mummy: "We went to buy groceries with darling today. On the way back, it was drizzling and I told daddy to walk faster as he was carrying darling.

I told daddy:" Remember to cover nicole's head." Daddy did so. Then when we were back under our block. Darling wants me to carry her. So I did. She still thought there was rain and she used her hand to cover her head. ANDDDDDDD.....she used her the other hand to cover my head too.

Isn't that amazing? I was so touch. My darling is soooooo sweet! She doesnt want mummy to get wet too! Oh My! I am so impressed and happy that my darling is such a dear!

I am really happy and glad that I am so blessed. Thank you Lord."

Darling WON!

Busy busy weekends! Mummy brought darling to shop around and "played games". LOL
What sort of games are available for toddlers right? You might think. Hahha , this is the game tat darling will play almost everyday!

This machine requires you to pull the lever and let go so that the balls can eject and get slot into the holder. To win, it needs you to align the balls in a straight line! Guess it requires alot of luck to do this!

Darling has been playing this for a while and today.........ta ta....darling WON! Darling won something. It's Hello Kitty sticker. Cool right?

See....

My first prize!

Wuahahahah...mummy was so excited that she has to take pics of this. LOL...

The Odyssey Creative Learning Centre

A BIG GRIN....YEAH! Decision has been made!



After a long process of searching ( after much thoughts, consideration, discussions), daddy and mummy decided to send darling to this childcare, The Odyssey.

http://www.theodyssey.sg/article/view/The-Odyssey-A-Learning-Journey.htm

Darling went to view the premises and met up with the teachers and friends there. Was fun.

These are the few key points that helped us made the decision:

1. MCYS teacher : student ratio = 1:4 (thumbs up)
2. Teacher - excellent, well-spoken teachers (key point)
3. Principal - friendly, open, knows all the children's names in her school
4. Programme - project-based teaching
5. Premises - clean, neat, spacious
6. Fees - definitely on the high side, but mummy will monitor for a few months and see how well darling copes in class

Extra key points that mummy noticed:- friends from all different cultures

- shoes cabinets are labelled with children's names and pictures...so that the child knows where to put his/her shoes
- variety of food for the week
- spacious kitchen and mummy saw at least 3 helpers in the premises to ensure cleanliness, hygiene and food preparation
- toilets are equipped with children's basin and toilet seats...spacious and clean
- weekly feedback on the progress of the child

Hopefully, with the weekly JG and Odyssey classes, darling gets the interaction with kids of her age and learns the necessary skillsets and development.

Special Transports & Farm Animals

Special transports. Actually, instead of just seeing the picture of a dump truck, a helicopter, it is always good if baby can see the 3D image of the items. Of course, will be good if we can see the REAL ones. Anyway, mummy had a few ways to use these toys. Price of one, 3 ways of playing! Use a little bit of imagination and creativity, you can have fun too...Great!





Animal Farm

Watercolours

Playing with water colour. I am going to make a Father's day card. Heeee of course with mummy's help. But shhhhhh, don't tell daddy okie? It's going to be a surprise! Hahaha...daddy, you not reading this are u? LOL

Work Hard, Play Hard

Let's learn through play. That's mummy's motto when comes to educating darling. Though alot of effort is required (planning, preparation), what you get at the end of the day is worth every effort.

Mummy made a magic pen binder for darling today.



Darling playing with glitter glue. I made a mess out of it. Heee...

Mummy, darling is ready! Lets begin.

Matching colours...

Pigeons watching on a sunday morning!

Cooking time. Darling is learning how to beat an egg.

You wouldn't believe this. Darling was scared of egg. When mummy opened the fridge and asked darling to hold an egg, I will quiver.

Slowly, bit by bit, mummy tried to help darling over this. Now, darling can hold the egg on my hands.

Daddy, your scrabble egg will be ready in a minute.

Hog's Breath

Went to Toa Payoh for dinner tonight. We had dinner at Hog's Breath. Yummm, mummy loves the steak there. We had Hickory Steak, Mushroom Steak and Fish&Chips.

Getting all ready to GO...Like my SEVEN DWARFS tee? One of mummy's fav characters.

Practice makes Perfect

Previously, paints & flour really freak darling out. Darling dont even dare to touch paints and flour and will scream if mummy asks me to touch them.

Now, no more fear. In fact I hv learnt to love playing with paints and flour. Mummy has been very patiently trying to help darling overcome this fear. Guess it's the exposure and constant practice. Their hardwork really paid off. So now, no more fear!

Alphabets - Letter C

Letter C

Draw N Doodle

Mummy bought darling a few chalks for drawing. Instead of drawing on the corridors, mummy made a "portable" chalkboard for darling. It comes with a pouch for carrying the chalks. Thanks, mummy!

Growing up or what?

Is this part and parcel of growing up? Mummy is wondering where has her little girl gone? Reason for asking that is because recently darling has started to have a mind of her own. I will choose the pair of shoes that I wanna put on when we go out, the dress that I want to wear and which pants/shorts should mummy wear! If mummy give me the wrong pair of shoes, I will walk back to my shoe cabinet and choose the ones that I want! Hahaha....

So now mummy has learnt her lesson, she will ask darling which pair of shoes I wan or which dress I wanna wear for the day! Heeee....