All About Your Child

I just realised I had not been posting the handicrafts which we had been doing. The last handicraft post was back in 2008 March! *Faint* Where I shared how to create an Easter Bunny using a handkerchief.

So today, the handicraft post is back. This time >>>> SNOWFLAKES!

The things you need…

First fold the paper into half as shown below… (see arrow)

Then fold the paper into half again….. (see arrow b elow)

Half it again, but diagonally this time… (see arrow)

Without turning or flipping your paper, fold it UP as shown below… So that the shorter side is inline with the longer side….

Snip off the extra pointy end…as demonstrated by Binbin.
(the boys INSIST that I mention which hand belongs to who.) *laugh*

Use a marker to draw as shown….

Cut along the line….

Slowly open it up and Ta-Daa…. there you have it > SNOWFLAKE!

Either use a bluetack to stick them on your windows
or poke a hole on one of the ends
and tie a string to it
so that you can hang them on your Christmas Tree.
*wink*

Have Fun!

This was how it started:

“Congratulations!
You have been selected to join the Parent & Kid Cookies Baking Workshop.
The details of the workshop are as follows:
Address: Genius R Us – 75B Tanjong Pagar Road (5 mins walk from Tanjong
Pagar MRT Station)
Date: Friday, 12 June 2009
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30PM
Cost: $56 for Non-Rec Club member (Please bring cash on the day itself)”

But because my sis was a Rec Club member, hence it was free. So instead of bringing her own kids (which she doesn’t have yet), she brought her favourite nephew with her – Keatkeat.

This was the summary my sis gave after they reached home at almost 11pm.

• Keatkeat wasn’t afraid or shy at all. He was very comfortable with the surrounding. He dared to walk around on his own and talk to the teacher and the other participants.
• Our team was the noisiest and the slowest. Keatkeat, being in Blue yesterday, was going “Behold, the Mighty Sasquatch!” (from the Animals Mechanicals) most of the time.
• Our dough was the worst too. Everyone’s was nicely done and fingers were pretty clean. But our fingers were covered with flour and butter.
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• But when it was time to squeeze out the icing, you can tell that his motor skills really need improvements.

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• Keatkeat was really good at decorating. Eg. the Gingerbreadman. He was the one who put a ‘smiling face’ and the other participants saw it and COPIED his idea.
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• Keatkeat folded the box all by himself.
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• Keatkeat was so energetic throughout the night. He refused to sit during baking time. He even suggested to fold up his chair. He stood the whole time. And after the long walk to the MRT station, he still refused to sit during the train ride. After we alighted at our stop, as we walked home, he complained that his legs were REALLY TIRED and that he would do nothing else but to sit down the moment he reach home to rest his legs. *laugh*

Now this was what Keatkeat had to say when I asked him if he had enjoyed the baking class:

“Yes….. But my fingers very gross! Got flour, got sugar, got butter… Eeeewwww…”

I couldn’t help but laughed out loud at his expression and the way he shook his fingers as if they were still in that sticky-horrible state. *laugh*

Seriously, the cookies were really yummy!

I’m glad he went for this. Again, opportunity will not be available without his favourite Ah Yee (Auntie). *wink*

My very first Mothers’ Day present from Binbin.

He stringed up the necklace and I wore it around my neck the whole time,  at home, after he passed it to me, on Friday.

The words on the heart-shaped were written by his teacher (Obvious).

Though my Binbin’s development is more advanced than his peers, its obvious that the words on the front of the card were written by the teacher.

So the only ‘personal touch’ was the colouring, the words INSIDE THE CARD and the ‘Me’ at the back of the card.

Binbin said I was winking, that’s why one of the eye is not black in colour…. *wink wink*

I’m surprised that there were nothing from Keatkeat’s class this year.

Anyhow, I’m still a Happy Mommy, ‘cos its the presence of my boys that matters, not their presents.

Happy Mothers’ Day to all Mommies!!!

Parents of preschoolers are given weekends assignments, since the beginning of the new curriculum this year and it was surprising that I am freed from it this week.

This was what I did WITH Keatkeat during the long Easter weekend.

These pictures were printed on A4 size papers. Keatkeat had to cut them out, pardon his cutting skills. After which, he will have to colour the pictures, backfold the papers into half, insert the pages accordingly into the cover page and staple them together.

He had 110% enthusiasm throughout the whole session though it was pretty tiring for his weak hands.

Still, because it was a project on VEHICLES, his favourite topic in the world, nothing was gonna stop him during the entire 2 hours!

Because the sides were not well-trimmed, the appearance isn’t as perfect.

But hey, who cares?! So long as the boy is happy and took pride in completing it all by himself.

Today marks the end of another school term and the boys will be having 9 days (including weekends) of wake-up-late-and-play-all-day. Ok, there goes my usual routine and my 3-6hours of me-time: 3hours when they are in school, another 3 hours when they are napping.

Anyhow, I foresee this would be a predictable sight for the entire week:

*the chinese words read: I will RUN and will JUMP.

An art piece done by Keatkeat using (cut-up) straws when he was battling with his Chicken Pox last month.

Happy ONE-week-holiday to all kids in Singapore!