Our training chopsticks are here!!

Mummy thinks that it's time we start to learn how to use the chopsticks when she came across a bulk purchase for training chopsticks in the Singapore Motherhood Forum. She gotten us a pair each - Thomas and Yellow Rabbit. She was hoping there's something nicer for the left-handers but they only have the yellow rabbit.


This is my dinner


I need a big mouth to eat this big lion


Hehehe, I'm going to eat you up.


Urm!!


We need to eat some greens too.


Ok, enough of it. Mummy will let us try using these with real food tomorrow.

Follow-up post




We managed to use the training chopsticks for our fruits after dinner.

School holidays and Xmas shows

The once-a-year school holidays and Xmas live shows are here again!! Stay tuned for more updates here. :)

SHOWS
The Green Sheep play Updated! Ended ...
Forum the Shopping Mall
21 Nov-6 Dec (except Tue), 1pm & 5pm

The Green Sheep at Jacob Ballas!! Ended ...
9th, 10th & 11th Dec (Wed, Thurs and Fri) 10am & 5pm
12th Dec (Sat) 10am, 3.30pm and 5pm
13th Dec (Sun) 10am and 5pm
Pls note that these sessions required tickets, $6 per ticket. Tickets are available at Jacob Ballas Children's Garden Information Counter.

Garfield & Friends Meet & Greet (with some songs) Ended ...
Chinatown Point
5, 12 & 19 Dec 2009 (Sat), 3pm & 5pm
6, 13 & 20 Dec 2009 (Sun), 1pm & 5pm

Magical Garden - Live Stage Performance Ended ...
This enchanting live peformance will take you to a world unlike any other. Indugle in your own imagination with Magical Garden, an acrobatic performance celebrating the bond between man and nature.
5-13 Dec (except Mon)
1pm, 3pm & 7pm (Sat & Sun)
7pm (Tues - Fri)
City Square Mall Level 1 Atrium

Hello Kitty's Christmas Wish Ended ...
Millenia Walk, The Great Hall
4 & 11 Dec: 7.30pm
5, 6, 12 & 13 Dec: 3pm & 6pm

Christmas Rocks with Tom & Jerry NEW!
West Mall
11-20 Dec, 1pm & 7pm (except Mon, 14 Dec)
*Spend $50 for Meet & Greet
UOB cardmembers $20 to qualify

Barbie "I Can Be" Live Show Ended ...
Raffles City, Level 3
20 Nov-6 Dec (except Mon)
Tues-Thurs: 1pm & 7pm
Fri-Sun: 1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Pokemon Live! Ended ...
Parway Parade
28 Nov-6 Dec (except Mon)
Tues-Thurs: 1pm & 7pm
Fri-Sun: 1pm, 4pm & 7pm
*Meet & Greet; $30 min. spending required.

Hi-5 Musical Ended ...
Thu 3 Dec to Sun 13 Dec - 1pm*, 4pm and 7pm
*The 1pm session on Thu 3 Dec is reserved for Takashimaya Credit Cardholders (No show on Sun 6 Dec at 1pm and Mon 7 Dec)

Astroboy Live Ended ...
Liang Court
21-29 Nov 2009 (except Monday)
2pm, 5pm and 7.30pm (Sat & Sun)
5.30pm and 7.30pm (Tue to Fri)

Mr. Men and Little Miss Show Ended ...
Fri 20 Nov to Sun 29 Nov 1pm*, 4pm and 7pm
*The 1pm session on Fri 20 Nov is reserved for Takashimaya Credit Cardholders (No show on Mon 23 Nov)

Looney Tunes Musical Live!
Downtown East, Event Square
22 Nov-25 Dec (Weekends & Public Holidays ONLY)
6-6.30 pm (extra show on 21 Nov at 12.30pm)
*Meet & Greet for first 50; no min. spending required.

Looney Tunes Nite Parade
Downtown East, Event Square, The Alley & E!hub
21 Nov-27 Dec (Weekends ONLY)
8-8.30pm

Care Bears Live! Updated!
Tue-Thurs: 1pm & 7pm
Fri-Sun: 1pm, 5pm & 7pm
Plaza Singapura, 1-6 Dec
Sembawang Shopping Centre, 8-13 Dec
IMM, 15-20 Dec
*Spend $30 to redeem a pass for Meet & Greet OR Tea Party session.

Bob the Builder Live! Show Updated! Ended ...
Jurong Point, JP1 Centrestage
5-13 Dec
Tue–Fr: 1pm & 7pm
Sat & Sun: 1pm, 4pm & 7pm

Winx Club Ended ...
Marina Square
21 Nov-6 Dec (except Mon)
Tue-Thurs: 1pm & 7pm
Fri-Sun: 1pm, 4pm & 7pm
*Meet & Greet for first 40; no min. spending required.

Narnia the Musical
Forum the Shopping Mall
12-20 Dec (except Tue), 1pm & 5pm

Spongebob Squarepants Live! Musical Show Ended ...
Suntec, Tropics Atrium
5-13 Dec (except Mon)

Festive Weekend Street Parade Ended ...
Jurong Bird Park
21 Nov-13 Dec (Sat & Sun ONLY)
11.30 am & 1.45pm
Watch and groove along as the streets come alive with colourful floats, dancers, percussionists, & stilt walkers in a vibrant Latino style!

Meet & Greet
Mickey & Friends Meet & Greet Updated! Ended ...
Vivocity
4-14 Dec (except 10 Dec)
2pm & 3.30pm at Central Court, Level 1
6pm & 7.30pm at Amphitheatre, Level 3
*Spend $100 to redeem a pass for Meet & Greet session.

Power Rangers – Jungle Fury Meet & Greet Ended ...
Takshimaya B2
Fri 13 Nov to Wed 18 Nov, 3pm and 7pm

Santa on Sleigh Meet & Greet
Jurong Point, JP1 Centrestage
15-25 Dec (except Mon)
5pm & 7pm

Barbie & the Three Musketeers Meet & Greet NEW!
Raffles City, Level 3
7-20 Dec 1pm, 4pm & 7pm
*Admission to first 50 children per session

Not-to-be-missed
Sesame Street LIVE Show Updated!
1pm, 4pm & 7pm
Yew Tee Point, 20-22 Nov (Meet & Greet only)
Compass Point, 24-29 Nov
Causeway Point, 1-6 Dec
Northpoint, 8-13 Dec
Centrepoint, 15-20 Dec
Meet-n-Greet for first 40, no purchase required.

Barney's World of Imagination Updated! Ended ...
United Square
2-14 Dec (except Tues)
Mon-Fri: 2pm & 7pm
Sat & Sun: 2pm, 5pm & 7pm
*Meet & Greet; min. $30 required.

Special Xmas' event
Christmas at Changi Updated!
Changi Airport
11 Nov- 4 Jan

- Big Musical Ball
Over 6 metres high, this revolving creation of wonder will play your favourite Christmas carols; Sweets and Gifts will be dispensed at the end of the musical performances from 7pm to 10pm on weekdays and from 12noon to 10pm on weekends.

*Terminal 3, Public Area, Departure Check-in Hall Level 2 (in front of Departure Immigration)
*Musical performance will be at half-hourly interval from 6am to 10pm every day – 6am, 6:30am, 7am, 7:30am, 8am, 8:30am, 9am, 9:30am, 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, 12noon, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, 7pm, 7:30pm, 8pm, 8:30pm, 9pm, 9:30pm and 10pm.

- Big Snow Fantasy
Kids will love spending hours bouncing and sliding at this delightful wonderland and experience the magic of snowfall.

*Terminal 3, Public Area, Departure Check-in Hall Level 2 (Check-in Row 11)
*12pm - 10pm


Christmas FunLand at Ang Mo Kio Hub NEW!
Basement 1 Exhibition Hall
4-27 Dec, 12pm - 9pm (last entry at 8.30pm)
Great fun for the little ones!
With $30# spent in a single receipt, receive two entry passes to our Christmas Funland, where your children will be entertained with activties galore!

Mini Sports Games
Let your kids have a go at exciting games of bowling, basketball and golf.

Art & Craft Joy
Delight your children with the fun of art! Activities include colouring, origami, photo-frame decorating, bookmark designing and Christmas card making.

Bouncing Fun
Give your little ones a chance to jump and stretch their growing muscles in our bouncy castle.

Read & Relax
Available every weekday, 4 to 27 Dec (also on Sat 26 & Sun 27 Dec) Spend relaxing time with your tots, browsing popular kids magazines like High School Musical, Playhouse Disney and Learning is Fun!

Show Time!
Thrill your kids with spectacular live shows at our performance booth.
5, 12 & 19 Dec (Sat)
6, 13 & 20 Dec (Sun)
1pm
Circus in a Suitcase - Juggler Show
The Yoyo Show

3pm
Uncle Jimbo, The Puppet Master Show
Sweetheart the Clown Show

5pm
Kiki Tay, The Magician Show
The Battle of the Rain Queen & Frost Fairy Christmas Skit

Punishment for Reyes or Daddy & Mummy?

Mummy's post:

All the while I've been complaining more about Reyden's mischievious acts and naughty behaviours. However recently Reyes' behaviour had been a concern too. She started to get upset with us, sob in silence or refuse to talk to us if we scold or even raise our voice slightly at her. This is especially so after Kent scolds her each time. She'll sulk and refuse to talk to him, let him touch her, bath/feed her and even tell him "我生爸爸的气,因为他骂我。"

There was once when I found her sobbing in the room for almost an hour. When asked what happened, she told me "我不喜欢你大大声骂我". In summary, she had us "manipulated" with her words and reactions to our scoldings and disciplining. This put us in a very difficult position whenever we want to discipline her.

For this I can still handle it fine. Perhaps cos I have more patience with her and she's more willing to listen to me so I'll talk to her nicely most of the time. However there will still be time when Kent needs to step in to teach and things turn nasty sometimes ... That was the case for last night.

The cause of scolding for both kids was a trivial one but Reyes had to throw tantrums at Kent and bang on the mattress while I was in the washroom. The cane was already whipped out when I came out of the washroom. She got 3 strokes of it, 2 on her thighs and 1 on her backside. This is the 1st time I've seen her so scared and she cried till she started to shiver. Though we agreed not to intervene when the other party is disciplining the kids but I had to put a stop and hold her away. She couldn't stop crying and eventually vomitted ...

As I was bathing her, she was more or less calmed down. I asked her "你知道为什么爸爸打你吗？" and she could answer me "因为我坏蛋,不乖" before starting to sob again. My tears rolled down with hers. It hurt me so badly. I knew that she understood what she did was wrong but she just didn't expect Daddy to really cane her. So it came as a shock to her.

She promised me not to be naughty or throw tantrums at Daddy again and went to bed with teary eyes. And that was after saying sorry to Daddy ... The episode ended with Kent having to wash the soiled bedsheets and me very much affected by the flashbacks of her being caned. Kent didn't feel good for the night either.

This morning she woke up recalling the incident and told us the cane marks still hurt and she won't be naughty again. However by the later half of the day she was back to her normal cheerful self again whereas Kent and I are still feeling 心疼 each time we see the cane marks.

我问自己这样的管教方式到底是在惩罚孩子还是我们呢？或许体罚对他们带来的影响还不及于对我们的精神惩罚来的重。以下的这张照片是要提醒自己和Kent以后不要再这样“折磨”自己了 ...

New found interest

Yeah, it's Sunday!! And our new 14" bikes were delivered today! Mummy had been doing the countdown with us since Daddy and her went to buy the bikes on Wednesday. She didn't expect Carrefour to have no stock of the bikes therefore she told us in the morning that we'll get our bikes when we are back from school. However the stocks could only come in few days later and delivery on Sunday.


Since then we had been asking for the bikes everyday. "Bicycles 在那里？" "Today is XXXday, the bicycles will come on Sunday" That was Mummy's daily reply to us. And finally Sunday came ...





Gorgor, why are you so slow?


I'm coming ... Wait for me ...

Bottles in the dustbin

Though it had been half a year since we've moved on from milk bottles to training cups to normal cups for our milk at home (actually we stopped drinking milk at home since 2-3 months back), we are still using our milk bottles for the afternoon feed in school. However some changes were made since the doctor had told Mummy to do away with milk for Reyes. No more milk for her in school, she made do with plain water before nap. And seeing the dirty teats for both our bottles, Mummy thought she shall make a decision to cut away this habit instead of getting new teats.

Initially she was concerned that we might not be willing with peer pressure. Therefore she still packed our bottles in the bags for us just in case we refuse to use the cups. However the teachers gave her the good news that we took to the cups well and Reyden even told them "我长大了，用杯，不要奶瓶了。"

So Mummy took the chance that evening to ask us again and if we still want our dirty milk bottles or throw them away. We gladly threw them into the dustbins ourselves. That's the last we'll see anymore milk bottles in the house ... till we have another "creature" in the house that needs it again.

Play @ Explorerkids & Dinner @ Buddy Hoagies

Our school is closed for a concert rest day and Mummy seeing that the Explorerkid's Monday Mania promo is coming to an end soon, she decided to bring us there again.

It was rather crowded today and we actually met quite a few of our classmate/schoolmates there. What a small Singapore ...

We had dinner at Buddy Hoagies with Dan and Yaz after play. The restaurant serves pretty good western and kids' sets.



Have some snacks first





Random shots of the 3 kids' play



Marcus and Reyden in the ball pool



Daddy and the 3 monkeys


I'm so hungry ...


Look at all the "artworks" behind me


Our kids' meals!!


Daddy's food

Our very 1st concert

This concert had been in preparation since months ago. We had countless of rehearsals in school and at the actual performance location, NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre. The teachers had put in much effort in putting together today's wonderful programme and needless to say, the parents enjoyed the performance and the students had a great time putting up their best show.

The K2 graduating concert is a joint event by Carpe Diem M1 Schoolhouse and Carpe Diem First Years.

It's about a K2 Gorgor's dream to travel around the world. He gets to go to Africa, Eygpt, Russia, Spain, Philippines, China, Thailand and eventually back to Singapore. The students put up dances of all these countries and we were in the Chinese and Thai dance plus 2 songs in the finale.

Mummy was pretty worried that we might get cranky by our turns and will start to fuss but to her surprise, we didn't! In fact we enjoyed performing very much. This gives Mummy and Daddy the confidence to let us join for next year's performance as well.


Proudly brought to you by Carpe Diem Hougang & Pasir Ris.


The graduating K2 kids


Eygpt


Singapore

1st part of their performance - China


Sneak preview of Reyes in her attire for part 2



Part 2 - in thailand



Combined work


Finale ...


Tired kids


Mummy with her 2 宝贝s


The gals and ladies


The man and the boy