Esther N2 report

English Teacher Report:
1) Esther Spoken English has no problem and answer qns
2) Her Attention become lesser and more interested in play, concentration gets shorter
3) Her Lang abc sequencing needs to improve , as she displays mirror image
4) She can talk with anyone
5) Her Maths and social skills ok

Zhang 老师 report
1) Able to speak Chinese to teacher, but speak to Fds in English
2) Learn Chinese very fast, after 1-2 times of teaching
3) Can pack her mattress and bed sheet, Help other Fds like Shannon.
4) Play very loud with Fds, but very timid with teachers

Isaac accepts formula milk

Mummy bought a cheaper version milk powder - Dumex with honey taste. Boy did not reject it and drank it while moving in the car

Esther's First Foot Reflexology Session

Esther decided to join mummy for foot reflexology for the first time.. And she enjoyed it!

Mummy opted for the 40 minutes session for Esther instead of the usual 1 hour as she is not quite sure whether Esther will enjoy it.

Esther was very sporty as she sat throughout the foot reflex. When mummy asked she whether it was painful, she said ,'only a little bit painful.. But no need to tell uncle'. Then when mummy asked whether she wants to join mummy again in the future, she said,'Yes, I like massage and want to come with mummy again..' The next session, mummy will let Esther try 1 hour..

Isaac prefer breast milk

Isaac does not like pedisure milk. When presented with the milk bottle or cup , he will scrutinize it, and not reject it if he is sure it is mummy's milk

Isaac turns 2

Boy celebrated his birthday at Boon Lay Raja and drank his first formula milk after 2 years of Total breast milk

Esther performed at N2 Graduation

Girl was a bit off beat in her performance, but did well to complete her whole routine. She even was pissed off at 张老师 at holding her back at the finale bow off

Esther swam well in the big pool

Together with Grandpa and Isaac, Esther did a lap Swim cross the big pool and even jump in by herself. Huge step up.

Kids graduated 1level in Children Church

Esther went in earlier 2 mths to K1.

Isaac surprisingly at 23 mths, went to Beloved , and faced children 1 year older than him. All went well, and he behaved enough not to have any complaints from the teachers.

Esther graduate to Aikido Red Bronze

Girl upgraded her rating from fair to good

Isaac 's Matching Work Piece

Esther protects her little brother

Esther stay over at Po Po house

Seeing the newly decorated bed in Po Po house, Esther initiated to stay over for the first time. She slept well and was labeled well behaved thru out her stay

10/11/12

Isaac show good process in his comm:
1) he said "bye" to PoPo on his own
2) he said "Ma Ma"in the car
3) he said "Pa" to daddy and nudged my shoulder

Isaac seated at the high side

Isaac has a new trick in climbing up and sitting by himself on his high chair

Isaac go to Bazaar

Granddad has $100 worth of free Red Cross Bazaar Coupons to spent. He invited Esther , but she declined. Isaac and Daddy ended up accompanying to get all the foodstuff for lunch

Esther new bed

It's was a tiring but rewarding process that involved transporting the heavy wood from ikea to home , and 3 hrs of fixing up the loft bed. The girl will remember that Daddy made the bed for her till she grows up

Daredevil Boy

Isaac found a new adventure in climbing up the Ikea cabinets. At one time, he tried to hold tip-toeing to the wall shelves. Eventually he jumped down and landed on his knees, infront of Mommy

The missing giraffe

Isaac fave was missing since Fri, no one seems to find it, till mama finally found it under the fridge. Suspect the boy accidentally left it there.

Esther stay out for 3 consecutive nights

Probably inspired by her friends, Esther requested to spend her night capes in Grandma house. For the first, she was out for 3 nights.

isaac treasures milk time

isaac was very happy when mummy came home during weekday lunchtime to feed him milk。He promptly went to the sofa to the sofa to wait for feeding ti me .

Isaac fell off the bed

Isaac like to fall flat down on our bed. This time, he fell onto the boaster which was near to the edge, then slipped off the bed, landed on his forehead, earned a big egg.

Drinking from the straw

After Daddy mentioned to Esther, that Isaac cannot drink from the straw yet, when Esther tried to feed him. Then Isaac proved Daddy wrong by drinking from the straw, after Mommy fed him the water from the bottle.

The Reversal of Beds

After Daddy changed Esther Ikea bedsheet to BuzzlightYear, Esther decided to sleep there since starting 2 nights ago. Isaac got a luxury on sleeping in the midst of the big spaces in between Daddy and Mommy. Obviously the bigger spaces and more comfortable matress, gave better rest to both Mother and Son.

Only Daddy needs to accompany the girl to sleep, squeezing on the small bed.

Esther the Lah police

Whenever mummy said lah, Esther would catch her, and these happen many times in an hour.

Isaac 1st Masterpiece

Isaac loves to go out

This morning, Isaac pulled mummy's hands and led her to the main door, then proceeded to try to turn the door knob to open the door..guess he is hoping that mummy will bring him out to gai gai..

Isaac's MMR II injection

Isaac went for his 2nd and last MMR Injection.. It was administered on his left arm.. He let out a loud cry when the needle was removed for his and cried for quite a while after that..

His weight remains at no change at 11.7 kg, head circumference remains at 50cm and there is a slight increase on height to 85.1cm

Isaac 's thing with toothpaste Advertisements

Isaac is always memerised with Colgate or Sensodyne Advertisements on TV. Once it comes aboard, he will stopped in his tracks to watch it, and even turn his head away from the TV to watch it during breastfeeding.

Isaac suffers a cut

Poor boy 's finger got cut. When alcohol was used to clean the wound, he let out a cry

Isaac Fave Toy

Isaac even managed to grab his fave duplo Giraffe in the midst of his nap

Esther swimming powers are back

Inspired by Isaac swimming feats in the big pool, the girl conquered her fears, went back to swimming from end to end

Isaac is a Daddy Hugger

Isaac faithfully gives Daddy a hug when called upon

Isaac plays duet with Mommy

When Isaac saw mommy plays the piano, he joins in playing with her

Isaac swim laps by himself

For 3 times, the boy swam back to the stairs faithfully

Isaac opening doors

Isaac has taken to opening doors very frequently. Now, he targets the house main doors.

Isaac tries to use keys to open the main door, imitating what daddy and mummy do, by singling out the main gate key and trying to insert into the door knob. Alas, he still does not know that opening the main door from inside does not require any keys.

Esther 2nd Dental Visit

Dentist found 3 decay points, drilled them off and put filings. Dentist commented that Esther was brave, despite the extra pain felt.

Isaac sneaked into the master bedroom

Isaac opened the door and entered into the master bedroom while mammy is doing chores in the bedroom toilet.. He silently came in and peeped and smiled at mammy in the toilet.. Then he disappeared and was very quiet..mammy then spotted him lying in the middle of our big king sizes bed amongst the blankets, biting his favourite dinosaur tail.. He had the nerve to smile cheekily at mammy when he was caught in the act!

Isaac 1st Doddle

Isaac opens doors and Move Trays

Isaac can now easily pull down the door handle and pushes open the door. No more barriers for him, unless the room is locked

On his eating table, he also found out how to shift his tray forward and backwards

Car

Isaac said Car, Car and then proceed to the car to try to sit on it

Isaac nearly land on his head

Isaac finally managed to climb out of his cot, letting out a victory cry. At the hearing of his cry, Daddy managed to see him, and quickly grasp his arm to break his fall. Any second slowly, Isaac might broke something.

Hence out the cot, and come in the Ikea bed.

Isaac calls mummy

Today, Isaac warms mummy's heart by calling out 'mummy' and crawling towards mummy

Sat without Daddy

Daddy went for studies, Esther is so bored that she went for an afternoon nap

Celebrating Gu Zie 70th Birthday

We had dinner at IMM long beach