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The Following Happened on 1 November 2009.

Keatkeat’s 5th year was a year of achievements. My slower-than-most-of-his-peers boy finally can do what he should have accomplish when he was 4 or even 3.

Not much frustration on my part because I Understand and Accept my boy’s development speed. My frowning comes from the constant nagging from my hubby about how less independent Keatkeat is compared to his peers and even his younger brother, Binbin. *eyes rolled*

Next year, when Keatkeat goes to Primary One, not being in the same school as Binbin, their Chinese Teacher would also stop comparing how Binbin is significantly better than his elder brother.

And finally, I no longer hear this remark from Strangers, “Are they Twins? (I shook my head with a smile) Then this must be GorGor (the Stranger points to Binbin! Instead of Keatkeat.).“

They are 1.8 years apart, but Binbin’s  motor skills is much better. When Binbin can catch a ‘flying’ ball, Keatkeat still could not till about a year later.

Seriously, I do NOT see this as a flaw that Keatkeat is ‘less capable’ than his younger brother. I see this as a BIG BONUS, because I can train BOTH at the same time! *wink* With this, I do NOT hear complains from the boys saying, “Mommy, not fair! Why he can learn to do this and I can’t.”

So here’s Keatkeat’s accomplishment during his 5th year:-

November 2008: Bathe and Dress Himself PROPERLY

December 2008: Brush His Own Teeth PROPERLY

January 2009: Eat Spicy Food

February 2009: Colour Without having White Patches and Within the Given Area (When he is in a good mood)

March 2009: Able to Read Most common Words

April 2009: Able to Use  Scissors to Cut along the line, even if its a curved line.

May 2009: Pour Water and Find Food to quench his thirst and satisfy his hunger/craving on his OWN.

June 2009: Initiates to Wear Briefs

July 2009: Handles Money, in terms of knowing how much to give and how much change he should get back, if he had given more.

August 2009: Helps in the preparation of Meals and what he prepares, he eats and fast too! So those 3 BIG POSTS about his bad eating habits are but History now.

September 2009: Use Chopsticks

October 2009: Wash his own bowl after a meal for the first time

But there is something that Keatkeat is way superior compared to his dad and mom when they were his age. Of cos’ also exceeded his younger brother’s capability. >>>> He is a Mathematician! (I wonder if he inherited the genes from my dad)

We noticed he is good with numbers when he was 3. I wonder if its due to helping me at my stall 3 years back before I became a SAHM.

His ability to understand the logic and the versatility that calculations offer has increased tremendously during this 5th year. Its really impressive!

On this last day of being 5, he prepared his goodies bag;

had a birthday celebration with his grandparents, cousins and their parents;

unwrapped his presents from them;and had a great time playing sparkles before we left my in-law’s place on Sunday 1 November 2009.

MORNING

For the very first and last time, he celebrated his birthday at his preschool with his classmates and his little brother. We ‘borrowed‘ Binbin over to Keatkeat’s class for the mini-party.

Aaawwww… the feeling was so WONDERFUL for me!!! It felt like as if I was back to my Child Care Centre, having an Awesome time with High Spirited Children.

From a Birthday Party, one can always tell if the birthday boy/girl is popular in class and I am not ashamed to say that my boy is not. Some of Keatkeat’s classmate simply REFUSED to come over for the Birthday song.

During the English version, Keatkeat was ‘pushed‘ behind everyone else. The song went on, but the ‘STAR‘ was missing from the spotlight, hence Allan only video-ed the Chinese Version.

I apologise if my hubby had caused you to have a stiff neck. I tried for an hour searching for a way to rotate the video, but after trying out 5 different ways, nothing worked. I’m sorry, I gave up because we had to go out for the celebration already!

Just in case you were wondering if that ‘Adult Voice‘ was mine…. ITS NOT!

That was Keatkeat’s teacher, who hmmm… didn’t give any presents; unlike Keatkeat’s nursery and K1 teacher, who bothered to find out what the birthday child likes.

What made it even worse was Binbin’s Teacher gave Keatkeat a Birthday Present!!! (picture on the left)

Its either my boy is not in his teacher’s list of favourites or else, his teacher is someone who simply couldn’t be bothered. *eyes rolled*

AFTERNOON

We went to Kallang Leisure Park’s Peek-A-Boo for the very first time and we LOVED IT! Adults enter for free and children older than 2 years old, pay $12.00 per entry. You can play ALL DAY!!! Cool! Oh, remember to bring socks!

I love to go to such places during Mondays or Weekdays. It felt as if you have booked the entire place for yourself! Fabulous!

When I got disgusted having the NET and PLASTIC between us….

I JOINED THEM INSIDE!!!

Climbing that 3 storey tall playground and playing full-out was Awesome!

Ok, a word of warning for parents who want to climb in with your kids: You have to squeeze your way through some of the obstacles….so if you want to avoid having the risk of being stuck up there… you know your forbidden grounds *wink*

There was this period of Pure Family Fun for 45mins . Just the 4 of us conquering that Place. Whoo-hoo!

We stayed there for 3 hours before we head down to Suntec for Dinner……

EVENING

Few days ago….

Allan: “Keatkeat, where would you want to celebrate your birthday?”

Keatkeat: “I want to celebrate at Tony Romas, just like Mommy. Because I came out from her tummy. So I want to be just like Mommy.”

And so the birthday wish was granted.

If you had the patience to watch till the end of the above slideshow, here is the answer to Binbin’s big surprise for his big brother…

After dinner, we went to Toys R Us and Keatkeat could choose anything he wants and Binbin will pay for it from his piggy bank.

And THIS was Birthday Boy’s choice. (left)

(Look at how tired his eyes were from the whole day of Fun….)

Usually, the birthday cake is my present for him. This year was special, I found a Hot Wheels Car in the storeroom (by chance). As many of you know, I’m NOT A buy-toys Mommy, so Keatkeat was overjoyed when he received this from me. *Grin*

Allan bought his boy’s favourite Alien: XLR8. So you can imagine his glee!

My sis and her bf brought the boys out on Saturday to shop for his presents. According to my sis, this year’s present is the CHEAPEST of the 6 years! *giggle*

Happy Birthday, My Dearest Firstborn!