Last Day Activity @Small Apple

Taken some pictures during our last day at Small Apple.. One of the activities we did - Pretend Play! :o) 

Featuring: SiuJing, Eryn, Jayden, YangJian

Cool faces except one cheeky

Monkey Jayden

Got 'em while they were busy

T-Rex Jayden

My lovelies.. 

Jayden @Hummingbird (August 2011) P1

Pictures say a thousand of words.. Showing some pictures taken at Hummingbird during their playschool session. I love all the pictures and continuously appreciate the teachers' effort to keep parents posted. :o)

Jayden @Hummingbird in July (Part 3)

I am very pleased that Hummingbird constantly takes pictures of the students from time to time. Recently, they added a few pictures of Jayden which was taken last week.. Without hesitation, I downloaded some pictures of Jayden of course.. Hehe.. :o)

All aboard!!!

Choo.. Choo..

Arrival!

Analyzing the designs..

Construction.. Focus!!

Busy Bee..

Robot Complete... Move!!

Jayden @Hummingbird in July (Part 2)

Today, Jayden is having a new friend joining his school.. Introducing Maximus!!! They have known each other since 1month old and whenever they are together, they snatchers are around... :P

But I am glad to find out from Teacher Meithin that they were playing together like they have known each other for a long time! :o)

Let's bury the choo choo train!

Great job!! :o)

Jayden @Hummingbird in July (Part 1)

It's the beginning of the second half of the year.. This is what we (Jayden & Friends) do in Hummingbird!!! :o)

Here we bake.. What we bake?? :o)

Cookies cookies cookies

Busy decorating the cookies..

Jayden @Hummingbird in June

Posting some pictures downloaded from Hummingbird.. Am so grateful that they take such precious pictures of my little boy.. :o)

Jayden and School Life

Though it is only Jayden's second day at Hummingbird Learning House, he has become more cheerful and vibrant than his usual self! I always caught him singing or humming song by himself these two days. He wakes up with huge smiles, happy laughter and delighted pitches! Oh, he even giggles and laughs so loudly in his sleep which he hasn't been doing for a long time! :P

Guess what, I can even use Hummingbird as a reason to get him to do the "do" and "don't" i.e. bath, sleep, etc. I always encourage him to use the words "please" and "thank you" but he always forgot.. Now, I don't have to remind him now cuz he uses "please", "thank you" and "welcome" at ease now! I also notice he is using some new words! Yay!

I know my decision never goes wrong when:

1. He keeps telling me he wanna go to Hummingbird;
2. He never cries when I leave him at school;
3. He doesn't run to me the moment I pick him up but engage in his activities or even if he does, he will pull me to participate in his activity instead of asking me to go home.

I am very sure I have chosen the best playschool for Jayden. Thank you Hummingbird, Teacher Meithin, Ms kelly, Uncle Jason, and all the others at Hummingbird! :o)

Puzzles Time

During the last hour at Small Apple just now, I let the toddlers have some puzzles fun. Jayden was surprisingly focused this time.

He had always been an attention seeker in putting the so-called complicated puzzles. I always believe he can fix them together by himself but he just wanted to grab my attention for some reasons.

Anyway, this time, he did put up the 12pieces puzzles all by himself!!! I am proud of him!! Not just that, he then took another set and put together all the 12pieces again!! Altogether, he had completed 3 sets of 12-pieces puzzles before we called it a day. :o)

Even though I believe he can do it by himself since few weeks ago, I am still very impressed. That's mommy.. I guess.. Hehehe.. :P

Narrator

Nowadays, Jayden will sometimes play by himself while I am busy with my works. Most of the times, he spends his time with his favorite and beloved trains - Thomas, Percy and Terence.

However, this favoritism "crisis" seems to be getting severe. He is so engrossed in his play that he disregards his sleep completely.

For the passed one week, he wakes up very early in the morning just because he wants to play them. He refuses to sleep at night just because he wants to play them. It is getting somewhat worrisome!!

I know at this stage of time, toddlers start to develop strong attitude towards their likes and dislikes. Perhaps it is really nothing to worry about... Hmmm...

Little Chef

While I was busy in the kitchen, this was what I saw when I turned my head around...

What happened was.. Jayden took out the blender from the cabinet; the oranges, pears and lemons from the fridge and put them all in the blender getting them ready to be blended and served!!

Err... you may think where was the blender cover.. After searching high and low for it, the cover was in the dish drawer and the small cap in the middle was in the fridge..

Muahahahhaa!!!! I was amused again!!!

Kid Fashionista

While on the way to the bank earlier today, Jayden found my sun glasses and decided to be fashionable. Here comes the new trend kid fashionista... dang dang dang dang....

My beloved cute fashionista..

Muahahahhahahahahaha... I am so amused by his creative way of wearing sunnies..

Swim Lesson 1

Jayden has a new breakthrough today!

At 9.30am this morning, Jayden attended his first swimming lesson. Sure enough, Jayden has gotten a shocked, nevertheless Mommy was shocked too!!!

Imagine I have to practically drown Jayden in the water, even though it was just for a little while.. Ouch!!! And there was like no chance for him to say NO, even though he kept saying NOooooo..

There were about 6 toddlers in the class and about 3 of them were wailing.. Jayden was one of them!! Gulping in a lot of chlorine water, lots of NO NO NO and wailing throughout the session.. :o(

Anyway, the lesson was quite an interesting one. We started with "blowing bubbles", it was an activities with some squeaky toys and we demonstrate to them how to blow bubbles in the water.

Then, we had some songs trying to settle the young toddlers in the water, particularly Mulberry Bush as a start to we can wash their faces and hair. LOLs... It was a nasty experience as the water was considerably cold this morning!

We also have The Wheels on the Bus to let them experience the movements of legs and arms in the water. And worst, we have Ring-a-Rosie where we slightly drown them for them to learn to "blow bubbles". Yicks!

On the other hand, we took turns to let the toddlers swim over to the instructor, it was about 0.5m-1m distant. Yup, face down in the water with lotsa drinking too.. Jayden was choking and coughing after that session! :o(

The easiest would be to have Jayden one-hand holding the bar, the other holding my hand, and asked him to release the hand on the bar and hold my other hand. Then Jayden has to climb up to the side of the pool and then jump into the water on the count of 3!! Apparently he didn't jump in until I stretched my hands around his arms. LOLs..

Hmmm.. I hope he will enjoy his next lesson more.. Hehehe.. :P

Wonderful New Year 2011

Happy New Year!!! Late is better than never.. Haha.. Let me highlight some of the interesting thing we did in the first day of the New Year. In fact, our New Year starts with a fun-filled day!! :o)

On the very first day of New Year 2011, we had a morning swim and splash session with our family friend Ong's family (Danielle, Jin and Maximus). We then proceeded with the best dim-sum in town for lunch after the swimming session in Uptown Damansara. Great Fun, Great Food, Great Peeps!!

In the evening, we had a great dinner @ Chilies with the Ng's (Donald, Adelene & bump) and Khor's family (Vincent, Carol, Ethern & Earnest). Again, Great Fun, Great Food, Great Peeps!!!

It is a day with great activities, great food and great people! What a great start of the year!! :o)

We didn't take pictures but I managed to get some pictures from those who took. Sharing some of them.. :o)

Jayden sharing his toys with Ethern GorGor.. I am surprised!!! Means that he likes him.. Hehehe :o)

Guess what is Jayden pointing at?? He actually told Mommy that he wanted the Fries (belongs to GorGor). Now you know why he is willing to share his toy with GorGor..

Happy Family!! :o)

Table Dance

Early this morning, about an hour after Jayden woke up in the morning, he insisted me to turn on his favorite Baby Noah DVD.. As a person who does not encourage too much movie time for young toddler, I ended up giving in after his persistent attempts.

Half way through the show, Jayden started clearing half of the table for some reasons. Then, he climbed on top of the table which was highly discouraged by me again, but this time I would like to see what he has in mind. So I asked him why he wanna climb onto the table as it was pretty dangerous to do so.

Then, the music was played (I think he can memorize the whole show) and he started dancing each time the music came by (there will be music everytime a new animal is being introduced). Without a camera in hand, I quickly grab my phone and here are some low quality shots of Jayden's table dance.. :o)

Puzzles Fun

Mommy falls in love with this puzzle at the first sight.. Without giving it a second thought, I bought this set of words puzzle for who else but my little son. :o)

It was quite disappointing when I gave this little present to him during his birthday because he didn't even wanna look at it.. Yea, I lost it to the forklifts and truck set gift from his fav GuGu (Aunty)..

But disappointment didn't last long! Soon enough, this puzzle set has taken precede and become his favorite after a few days time.. :o)

Now, you will find him spending most of his time with the puzzle set throughout the day.. Yup, he never gets bored of it which is soooo COOL!! Hehehe.. :o)

And guess what, even while I am blogging now, he is enjoying his puzzle time.. Hehehe.. :P

Playground Fun

Some recent pictures of the 2year old big boy having fun at the playground.. Playing can never be more fun than having neighboring kids around.. :o)

Shouting and communicating with other kids

Hanging on the bar.. :o)

Uh oh.. Climbing the high wall..

Smiling throughout the play

1... 2... 3... Slide!

Pool Fun @ Home

About few weeks ago, Mommy managed to find a 4ft round pool for Jayden. Jayden's first time playing in the pool was exhilarating and crazy! He went spinning, sleeping, rolling and splashing in the pool (of cuz the water was super shallow) with hell a lot of shouts and noises.. However, Mommy didn't get to take any pictures.. Forgetful Mommy! :o(

This is the second time we are playing in the pool, to be exact Jayden was in and Mommy was out of the pool playing with him.. For some reasons, Jayden wasn't as excited as the first time.. Perhaps due to a lot of kids noises from the playground that made him envious and wanted to go to the playground instead of playing in the pool..

Anyway, Mommy took some pictures this time.. :o)

Big boy in the pool!! :o)

Finding treasures from the pail

Going in..

Going out..

Big Smile :o)