Monday: Friends came over for a small chat session in the evening.

Tuesday: Friends came to my house for Chinese New Year dinner and Lo-Hei.

Wednesday: Keatkeat started his weekly 1.5hours Chinese Story Writing class, which starts at 1.30pm. The school made it COMPULSORY.

For the first time, he stayed back in school for lunch and he LOVED IT!

His appetite was so good, he was left with only $0.20 from the $2.80 I gave him that day for recess and lunch. Keatkeat: “I wanted to eat more, but I did not have enough money….” So I intend to raise the allowance to $3.00 for every Wednesday.

What made me even happier was that he used the time after lunch to do his homework, instead of playing with his friends. *Super Thumbs Up*

Went to fetch him at 3pm and back to school to fetch Binbin at 6pm. After Binbin came out from school, we had another weekly appointment to rush to.

So for Wednesday…

• 7am bring Keatkeat to school
• Come Home
• 12pm bring Binbin to school
• Run Errands
• 3pm fetch Keatkeat from school
• Come Home
• 6pm fetch Binbin from school
• Rush off to another appointment.

*panting*

Thursday: As the kids did not have homework, we went hunting for stuff right after school till its bed time. *faint*

Friday: Keatkeat started his first swimming lesson conducted by the school at 3.45pm

I have to admit that I was pretty worried about him going for this swimming lesson. Though he has passed his SwimSafer Test, I still feel uneasy leaving him to a coach, who has many students to look after. You never know what will or can happen in the waters….all it take is just a split second…. *heart beating faster*

I have no worries about him bathing himself and keeping his things well, because he is already capable of doing that every Saturday when he go for his private swimming lessons.

So instructions after instructions were given repeatedly, so much so that Keatkeat said, “Mummy! Stop! You don’t need to tell me, I TELL YOU!……” and he rattled on what I had instructed him to do without missing any points. “Don’t worry, I am a big boy already, I will take good care of myself.” he assured me.

Well, he came back in one piece, what more can I say?! *clap clap clap* Yeah!

“Mummy, it was so funny! Most of them kept asking, “Where’s my pants? Where’s my pants?!” *laugh* They could not find their pants after they had bathed and did not know which one is theirs, ‘cos most of them wore back their school PE attire. They did not bring their home clothes.”

 ”I love the swimming lesson, it is different from Coach V.’s swimming lesson. I learn new things, but the coach kept pinching my backside.”

Me: “Huh?! Why?”

Keatkeat: “I kept playing with S.Y.. Most of us get pinched on the backside….”

Me *laugh*: “So do you still want to play so much during the swimming lessons and get pinched on the backside?”

Keatkeat: “No.”

That night, he was so exhausted, he fell asleep fast and talked in his sleep!

Saturday: Went for our last round of Chinese New Year visiting. Every year, my CNY visiting will end at my auntie’s house. The auntie who took care of me since birth before I was brought back to my own family at the age of 5. The family that I feel closest to. A total of 4 Lo-Hei for this year’s CNY! Cool!

Sunday: Our weekly ‘spend-the-day-with-the-in-laws’.

So little time for kids’ homework.
So little time for housework.
So little time for what used to be routine-chores…..

Ok, CNY is finally coming to an end. Its time to gear up and clear up the ‘long-overdues’ and to do what truly needs to be done.

And did you realise?
ITS ALREADY FEBRUARY!!!
What happened to January?!
Did it not come?
Time passes so quickly when you are happy! *wink*

How has your week been?
Mine has definitely been a Mad Rush Week!

Its A Mad Rush Week!

Yes, my boys are back to their yearly ‘Lion Dance Chasing’. So long as the sound of the drums and cymbals are heard, they would shout, “Papa! Lion Dance! Lion Dance! Go see…Go see!!!”

They were lucky that their doting father is also one who appreciates Lion Dance. So even if he needs to change his course of direction, he would, which was exactly what happened after swimming lesson today.

However, sad to say, none of the Lion Dances they saw in year 2012 so far was comparable to how much this Lion Dance (below) had captured their hearts.

What can I say? The lions danced to my boys’ favourite song!

Guess, in time to come, all Lion Dances might evolve into such…..

However, the potluck dinner with my neighbours ended late, so by the time we packed up everything and bathed, we were too late to go to our favourite spot-to-watch-fireworks. Everyone was having a great time sitting at the corridor, munching glorious food, chit-chatting and laughing that no one wanted to end the mini-party early. *laugh*

Although we were at a ‘lousier‘ spot. We still get to watch the 2012 New Year fireworks with our arms over each other. *Thumbs Up*

My happy children with dazzling fireworks at the background, enjoying their very first few minutes of 2012…

Here’s wishing everyone 12 Months of Happiness, 52 Weeks of Fun, 365 Days of Laughter, 8760 Hours of Good Luck, 525600 Minutes of Joy and 31536000 Seconds of Success in Year 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Now, 2 years later, in December 2011, we are getting ready for BOTH kids… busy busy busy….

Binbin is all Cool about entering Primary One next year and I am so sure that he will be A-OK! *smile*

Is your child ready for school too?

Getting Ready For School ReOpens

It had been raining heavily for almost two hours before their test and we were hoping that it would stop when the test began. But it did not. It merely ‘reduced its intensity‘ that’s all. *sigh*

Throughout the test, Keatkeat and Binbin kept complaining, “Mummy, I’m so cold…Very Cold…” *heartpain*

Anyway, the entire SwimSafer test ended well. Though Binbin made that mistake, the examiner assured us that they have passed the Swim Safer test. Yeah! *clap clap clap*

It ended on an even higher note when my children’s coach (the other man in blue at the background of the second video) gave them a Christmas present each! *Grin*

Thank you coach Vincent!

SwimSafer Test