All About Your Child

Its NO LESSONS day today! The school is celebrating Children’s Day today in lieu of tomorrow.

This is the first ever Telematch for Keatkeat. He was excited and so was I! Seeing him in action with his friends is something that I could only visualize behind those closed doors and windows of the school.

Different ‘levels’ have different telematches. Nursery level had one of the easiest and Kindergarten2 had one of the most difficult hurdles.

So for the K1 it was challenging but far from what you may consider tough.

He is on the extreme left.

Balancing the green rubber ring on his head.

Then he needs to get through the hula hoop with the rubber ring still on his head

(of cos, all the kids cheated by holding on to the ring with their hands)

If I took this just 1second later, Chen Lao Shi would be blocking my screen completely! *phew*

Keatkeat nearly dropped his ring after the hula hoop…he was adjusting it in the picture….

*Arrrggghhh* My camera’s battery was so low…., if not you and I would be watching the video now instead of these ‘lifeless’ photos.

Oh how can I say that its ‘lifeless’?! Its my son alright?! Oh me and my self-talk…

Ok, let’s continue with the actions…..

Then he is supposed to jump over a box

(which I couldn’t get it into the picture).

And this is HIM! Completely satisfied with his performance! *laugh* Look at that full-of-pride smile! Ohhhh….how I missed that smile on camera.

He hardly smile like this on camera nowadays…he is always making funny faces everytime I hold up my camera.

And ONLY AFTER I give him the “smile-properly-or-you-will-not-be-in-the-picture” stare, before he is willing to smile ‘properly’ when I click the button.

But most of the time, *sigh* I just couldn’t be bothered…well, ‘monkey faces’ is what he is good at AT this age, so be it then…that’s why if you had noticed, I seldom put up his monkey faces photos other than the one in the Mid Autumn Post (which he stood with his cousins)……

And these were the presents he received for Childrens’ Day this year. Those presents which are not (labelled) from his teachers were given by the School.

School started an hour later than usual. Which happens to be Binbin’s wakey-wakey time.

So he was with me throughout the telematch having almost as much fun as his big bro.

He didn’t go home empty-handed too. *wink* I got this white balloon off the wall for him, as his Childrens’ Day gift. *laugh*

And tomorrow, my boys are going to have a super fun long day (that is IF it does not rain) with his cousins and if I don’t get back early to post for tomorrow, here’s wishing all Children of my blogger friends and All the Children in the world – A JOYFUL AND FUN-FILLED CHILDRENS’ DAY!

(off the topic…Announcement:

‘Pretty-Birdie’ died yesterday night. Nobody know the reason. My MIL called and said she has a headache now over what she should do with the birdcage and the birdfood which Allan bought….hmmm…

My boys’ FIRST reaction to the news?

Keatkeat: “How come Pretty-Birdie died?”

Binbin: “How come Pretty-Birdie lives one day only?” )

Ok, people who know me for years, know that I’m often as blur as a sotong…I did it again!

Oh well, I do remember that Teacher’s Day is on the 1st of September every year but I DIDN’T know that its a one week school break starting tomorrow…

Keatkeat told me while we were having lunch, that everyone gave Mdm Normah and Miss Chen (the Mandarin Teacher) gifts and flowers except him.

Allan and I was still questioning Keatkeat, “why did they celebrate Teachers’ Day today? It should be next Monday.”

Keatkeat: “I’m on holiday ALREADY! No school on Monday!”

Only then did we call up the school to double confirm and at the same time hope to be able to talk to Mdm Normah, because when we realised the blunder we made, it was more than 45mins after we have left the school.

Luckily, we managed to get her. She usually leaves the school 15mins after school ended.

Me: “Hi Mdm Normah, this is Cheng Keat’s Mommy, I’m sooooo sorry. I didn’t know it was school holiday for the whole of next week and that everyone celebrated Teachers’ Day today. And because of my mistake, Keatkeat is feeling very bad that he didn’t give you anything.”

Normah: “*laugh* oh don’t worry about it. Cheng Keat told me, “Mdm Normah, can I give you a present tomorrow?” I hugged him and said, “don’t worry Cheng Keat, its ok.” Then Cheng Keat pointed to my brooch, “I gave you this last year right?!” *laugh* “Yes Cheng Keat, you gave me this brooch last year and I like it very much, see I’m still wearing it.”

Me: *still very apologetic* “When will you be leaving school today?”

Normah: “Another half an hour”

Me: *thinking it will be too rush to get her a present* “Will you be coming to school next week?”

Normah: “Yes, Wednesday”

Me: “What time?”

Normah: “9am”

Me: “Good! I’ll see you then.”

Normah: *laugh* “Don’t worry about it.”

Me: “No I can’t, Cheng Keat is feeling terrible and so am I….ok, so I’ll see you on Wednesday…”

Normah: *laugh* “ok, see you then…”

So I’m gonna go make up for the BIG MISTAKE I’ve made…luckily its still can be remedied.

*sigh*