See, Ma, No Training Wheels…

For once we thought we were never going to see this…

This has been no doubt the most “productive” holiday ever for Sarah – she is now able to cycle on the two wheels bike, finally.

We started training her since last August. I guess she’s not ready then, she just does not enjoy the process; she showed moody face and shed tears during the course.

Actually, we can see that she was much closer to success but she gave up! Alas, so near yet so far, and she has stopped practice since...

Now, ten months later, Sarah loves cycling; she will cycle to the park every evening. But she needs to enhance her balancing skill when on the path way, and to improve in using the brake.

Practice makes perfect, I believe she will biking with minimum wobbling in no time.

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Parents-Teachers Day (Year Six)

Just before school holiday, we went to Sarah’s kindy for Parents-teachers Day; as usual, we were also given the progress report.



The class teacher said she has no problem handling Sarah in the classroom. To our delight, the teacher further commend of her obedience and politeness. The only thing Sarah needs to improve is to speak out more confidently; yes, at times, she will felt uneasy especially when communicating with a grown-up.

All this while, I encourage Sarah to feel more comfortable speaking in different situations and with various people. We see some improvements but we do believe she can do better.

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Separated Room

Sarah was bed-sharing with me since she was born. With two mattress park side-by-side, she co-sleep with me while daddy sleeps alone; keeping her at close proximity made us feel comfortable.

In spite of favoring co-sleeping, there is no denying that Sarah is growing up day by day; sooner or later she will needs to have her own room, space and privacy (so do we).

And then gradually we introduced the idea (of sleep separately) to her; Sarah show hesitation and refused when we first told her about it. We addressed her concerns and anxiety by assuring that the bedtime stories routine will remain. After months of consideration, she finally agreed.

As a token of encouragement we put together some simple decorations in hope that it will make her want to spend more time in her own room.







Surprisingly, for the past one month Sarah adapting herself well. We were proud of her effort trying out sleeping alone. Sometimes I will feel like she is growing up so much…

Bravo girl, another huge milestone achieved. Yay!

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Fun-Fun Holiday (First Term)

“It’s Playtime”
During school holiday, we were at The Curve to see a cartoon character, Angelina Ballerina. Sarah is no big fan of “her” but she just won’t miss any opportunity to meet with the mascot.



The venue was decorated with colourful character cut-outs from The Little Big Club, Sanrio Hello Kitty Town, Legoland and Kidzania; Sarah was amazed with the decoration and happily posed for photos.





We were lucky that we able to have the Meet-And-Greet Session with Angelina and got our free photo print. Sarah also got her nails polished after that.

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Genting Highland
Genting Highland remains one of our favourite retreat spot; taking the cue from my neighbour, we’ve brought Sarah to the strawberry farm.



We managed to get a decent hotel room but miss out on the magic show as the ticket was sold out.

For those indoor rides, as we felt Sarah has outgrown the likes of Reindeer Cruiser and Rio Float; for God sake, we introduced her the first thrill ride-Flying Dragon.

She was so innocent, she did not know what was about to hit but when it started, she just screams her lung out (me too)!



The next visit, we plan to challenge her with some outdoor rides.

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Sleep Over
Sarah and I went to her cousin’s house for a sleep over; it has been a while since the last time we stayed there.

Both of them enjoyed the time together so much during the two-day stay. I can tell Sarah cherish every single moment she spent with her cousin.

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Mini “McDonald's”

Since who-know-when, Sarah loves to watch these kinds of Japanese food-making thingy from YouTube.

She is keen to try her hand on it, I know; it just that we thought the product can only be found in Japan, until my Japanese neighbour able to helped me to source it locally.



Warning: this “toy” involved tedious process in getting the “food” done, and parental guidance is a must. We spent about 90 minutes to complete it.





Sarah was so happy, with the outcome quite satisfying; it does look and tasted like a real thing (yes, it is eatable, no kidding!). For us, the “food” is a bit pricey to “play” with, but at least her wish fulfilled.

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Yeah, she won!

Sarah has long been eager to participate in colouring competition; by chance, we got to know there was one hosted by KFC at Subang Parade recently. So, she got her wish and we are grad to let her have a try.

With RM10 participation fee, Sarah was given a door gift, Chicky Meal, taking part in games and of course, joining the colouring contest.





It is her “virgin” show; we keep remind her that it is not the prize that all important, it is the process that counted (we try to pre-empt her disappointment).

With some patience, Sarah managed to finish her works, and to our surprise, it is the happy ending-she got a consolation prize!

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Shakira Jr.

Still remembered the World Cup theme song “Waka Waka”? Sarah love to dance with it! Let’s see how this little Shakira enjoyed shaking her body to the beat.

She would ask to dress up in her favourite “costume” (a towel or sometimes with high heel shoes) and danced till she sweat.

I am happy that we both shared the common interest, and hope she will keep it up as a way to boost her confidence.

CNY 2013

It’s finally over-the long Chinese New Year.

Compared to when Sarah’s still a baby, the festival is now more “acceptable” to her. She enjoys watching the fireworks as she will rush outside or peeped over the window to see the beautiful lights in the sky.

We also taught Sarah about the meaning of “bai nian” (express good wishes to elderly). She learned then again when she says it in English “I wish you…have-big-house, got-money…” It sounds really weird yet hilarious.



She has done three times Spring Toss with our family and friends; she understand somehow the higher it tossed, the happier the adults. Of course she will mess up the table, but it is all part of the fun.



Instead of cursing and fearing the CNY, she’s now busy chasing every lion-dance shows and humming the New Year song joyfully; we really can see the changes in her year by year.

Kidzania

In these days, if you still haven’t bring your kids to Kidzania (or Lego Land, for that matter) you will feel like a bad mommy. Luckily, Sushi King came to my rescue as I’ve just been chosen to be one of the winners for their slogan contest, and the prize? A pair of Kidzania tickets!



Sarah’s cousin was in her company for the outing. They started very energetically and excited but ended looks jaded; maybe they weren’t expecting to wait so long for the “job”. Anyhow, they managed to try out few occupations like firefighter, cashier and they get to make their own burgers.









For the “kidzos” they earned they spent it too. Sarah went to beautify her face and nails with face-painting and manicure, while her cousin bought some eraser.

It is just a few hours of role-play but we do hope they learned something about the “working life”, and have fun. As for me, I’ve never before thought of winning anything through a contest, frankly. How wonderful.

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Port Dickson 2012

Sarah has the penchant of staying in the hotel; when asked, she said the swimming pool and the breakfast attracted her most. Therefore, we’ve brought her to Admiral Cove Port Dickson for a 2D1N stay recently.

They have decent hotel room, quite spacious, clean and comfortable. To us, their breakfast meal was just so-so but Sarah likes it nevertheless…she gobbled up the cereals and fruit juice.







Given that it is PD, the holiday will never completed without splashing time at the pool and the beach. It was nice to see Sarah showed a little more confident inside the water this time around.







Cuti-cuti Malaysia is still cheap, so with a short trip to re-charge ourselves annually, why not?

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Christmas Gathering 2012

Since who-know-when, me and other two mommies had (by rotation) held festive gathering to have some chit-chat session and also to let the kids mingle around (see Mid Autumn Festival and the Halloween post)

This time, the joyful Christmas party was held at one of my friend, Jean’s house; as usual, it is pot-luck style and all mommies have to host some activities or talk stories to the kids respectively.

Apparently, they have so much fun in listening to the Christmas Story, playing games, singing carols and not to forget, the gift-exchange.

That was such a memorable Ho-Ho Day!

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My B-Day 2012

I hope you won’t get bored with this backdated post...

It just served to remembered that the recent-passed birthday celebration was a simple one, with hubby spending us a cake in our own house.



This year’s pressie? It’s an Android 2-in-1 Combo Deal (Nexus 7 + Galaxy Ace Plus, as hubby said we still cannot afford an Apple product)



The birthday cake itself was superb - but the best moment was when we all sang the birthday song together, invaluable.

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National Science Centre

I was attracted to National Science Centre after knowing from Kylie that it is a great place for kids to explore. Besides gaining scientific insight, they could even have more fun with the indoor playground and the outdoor water play area.

We went there twice in the space of two weeks time. During our first visitation, we spent the whole morning indoor at the exhibition hall; therefore, by the time we step outside, it was already high noon.

Not wanting to get “burnt” by the scorching sun, we promised Sarah to return the subsequent week.

As predictable, Sarah was more amused for the second visit at the outdoor water area; we reached the pool as early as 9 a.m. and she just indulging in herself for the next two hours. I can see the enjoyment from her face.







Overall, for as low as RM6.00, it’s a place worth visiting especially if you are scratching your head for a place for kids to go during school holidays.

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