All About Your Child

(Singing to the famous tune)
“This is the way I do worksheets, I do worksheets, I do worksheets.
This is the way I do worksheets, most of the time…”
*laugh*

No, no, no…. That is NOT the song he sang in the video, just that this song came to my mind when I typed the title down. *bleh*

Finally!
Yes!
Finally I managed to catch him on camera without him knowing.

Singing and doing school worksheets/homework at the same time!
Even moving his body a little as he sang…

When he discovered I was filming him, the ‘mobile phone tug of war’ began. *laugh*

So what made him agree to NOT delete the video and allow me to post it on this blog? 2 pieces of GoGos!!!
*faint*

Oh well, its a good trade-off, because its great to record such moments and be able to relive that moment again many years later… provided YouTube does not die on me… *fingers crossed*

So that is how he has been making his worksheet-time enjoyable. What does your child do to make his/her worksheet-time enjoyable?

This is the way I do my Worksheets

Wishing One and All a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

The kids had their very first Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner with their Yi-Zhang! *smile*

How to Make Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern
Ok, its the time of the year again to show the Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern, which my boy made this year.

Recall the Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern for 2011 and the Complicated Chinese Hong Bao Lantern in 2010.

Response for Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern was better than the complicated one, so this year, I shall continue to post another simplified Hong Bao Chinese Lantern-making steps.

Things you need for this Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern:

1. 5 pieces of Long Hong Baos
2. Stapler
3. 1 Piece Chinese New Year Decorative Ornament
4. 1 Red String

Step 1: You would need to seal up all the Long Hong Baos.

Step 2 : Place the Hong Bao Vertically and Fold the Hong Bao into half, but ONLY PRESSING THE TWO CORNERS.

Step 3: Place the Hong Bao Horizontally and Fold the Hong Bao into Half, but ONLY PRESSING THE TWO CORNERS.

Step 4: Fold the 4 Corners of the Hong Bao shown below, based on the ‘folded markings’ made in Steps 2 and 3. Repeat Steps 2, 3 and 4 for All 5 Hong Baos.

Step 5: Staple 2 Hong Baos together as shown below. Stapler as close to the folding line as possible.

Step 6: Staple All 5 Hong Baos together. Stapling as close to the folding line as possible.

Step 7: You would need to bend the structure a little when stapling the 5th Hong Bao.

Step 8: Now staple the Bottom of the structure in the same way as the above steps. You would need to bend the middle part of the Hong Baos a little before you could staple the bottom part of the structure with ease.

Step 9: Join the Corners of Each Hong Bao by stapling them together as shown in the photos below.

Step 10: Repeat Step 9 for 4 Hong Baos.

Step 11: Before you staple the 5th Hong Bao, Fold the red string to form a loop and tie a knot to join the two ends of the red string together. Staple the red string to one of the corners, in the way whereby the knot would act as a stopper to prevent the red string from sliding out of the stapler bullet when the lantern is hung.

Step 12: Now after the red string is stapled, you can now join the 5th Hong Bao’s corners together by stapling them.

Step 13: Staple the Corners of the Bottom of the Lantern in the same way as the Top part of the Lantern. However, Before stapling the Last Hong Bao’s Corners, staple the Chinese Decorative Ornament onto one corner first. Once that is done, you can now join the Last Hong Bao’s corners together by stapling them.

Ta-Da!
And its ready to be hung on your ceiling or wall!
Well Done Keatkeat! *clap clap clap*

And there you have it, my boy’s Simple Chinese New Year Hong Bao Lantern for 2012. Have Fun With Your Child! *smile*

How to Make Simple Chinese Hong Bao Lantern

Let’s be honest.

We love our children. However, despite so much love for them, there are always some imperfection which give us ‘sore eyes‘.

But the question is, “Do you see the ‘Good’ in every ‘Bad’ that you see in your child?”

I had mentioned in this post “Appetite Stimulant For Your Child?”  that I am unhappy with the rate Keatkeat is growing physically. I just measured my two boys’ height again. Being 18months apart, their height difference is only 2cm now. *pout*

The bad I see:

• Keatkeat is upset, when people ask me, “Are they twins?”
• Keatkeat is sad, when people ask, “Which one is GorGor?” (elder brother)
• Keatkeat is angry, when people point at Binbin and say, “Are you Gorgor?”
• Keatkeat is unhappy to be in the front row for 3 consecutive years in Primary school.

I kept telling him, “Eat more, jump more and stay happy. Eventually you will grow taller, MUCH taller than Binbin. But most importantly, you must be healthy.”

Well, he did all of that. He ate more. He jumped around and stayed happy, but this formula does not seem to be working.

Then I learned from my sister’s MIL that if I want my boys to shoot up in height, I should try her formula; and looking at her 3 tall boys, I think its worth the try. *wink*

She said, “Buy peanut roots. Put it in water with spare ribs. Boil it. Let the children drink them as soup. BUT the most important point to note is, only let them drink it during their PUBERTY period. Not earlier, nor later.”

Alright, puberty period eh? Hhhmmm….4 more years to go… I can wait. So in the meantime, Keatkeat would need to bear with the comments from others.

Because he is unhappy with his height, I am upset too and over time, I start to see it as a flaw and could not find any good in his small built, until last week….

Keatkeat was in a great mood that day when we fetched Binbin home from school. He said to his younger brother, “Binbin, you are tired after school, I ‘ko-ko-meh’ you (piggy back), you want?”

And he piggy back-ed the younger brother WITH HIS SCHOOL BAG as well! *faint*

We decided to take the heavy school bag away and then Binbin wanted to try to piggy back his elder brother. And they kept interchanging. *laugh*

I was too late to take out my camera phone to capture the moment when Keatkeat lifted Binbin first and could only start capturing when Keatkeat was on Binbin’s back.

What a waste! I was amazed at Keatkeat’s strength! With the weight of Binbin AND the weight of the school bag all on his tiny back. *jaws dropped*

Finally! I see the ‘GOOD’ in Keatkeat’s small size: So that they could piggy back each other! *laugh*

If Keatkeat’s built was the same as his peers, they would not have enjoyed this moment:

The ‘Good’ in Every ‘Bad’ that you see in Your Child