Counting More Confidently

He is more confident in his counting with both languages. Now he speaks loud and definitely much clearer.

A Milder Tantrum....

If he wasn't too upset, his tantrum is much milder and can be very CUTE!
Loves his mouth when he says "no".

26 months update

Little chap now not only able to count but knows the meaning /concept of it too. He counts almost everything that he sees, especially those with only 2 numbers. He specially loves to count buses and cars. When he sees 2 buses, he will shout with an excited tone "2...bus!" if more than 2, he will goes "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" the maximum he can go and the rest, mummy will have to count for him.

Did further test on his mathematics skill by asking how many ears/ eyes/ nose/ mouth he has and he is able to show me his fingers and said the correct answer!

He enjoys songs with action too and sometimes will request for song even! He will show us the action of the song and asked us to sing for him. He will try to sing along and do the action with me too!

His favourite songs are:
1. The Wheels On The Bus
2. Skinny Marinky Dinky Dink
3. The Eensy, Weensy Spider
4. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
5. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
and many more....

So much for now on his good development and now update his "bad" areas. He started to hit people when he got upset. At times, he hits his brother so hard that even Nicholas felt the pain and cry. But once Ryan apologize (give a hug), the doting brother's heart will melt and hugs him back.

We assumed this behaviour is due to his speech development (mummy finding excuses for him). He still cannot fully expressed his unhappiness and thus hitting seems the fastest and easier way to express his unhappiness.

I do not condone such behaviour and so whenever I caught him hitting, I will tell him it's wrong to hit and get him to hug the other party. The school did the same too. But sometimes when he thinks he is not in the wrong because the other party had deliberately irritates him, he will refuse to hug that party. That's just how stubborn he is!

Ryan Starts Counting!!!

The school had been "teaching" them numbers 1 to 5 in both Mandarin and English and we revised with him at home too. The video was taken on the day he was able to count and link the number to the number of fingers shown. Apologised for the soft volume as he was still not very confident in speaking out loud.

This one in Mandarin!!! YIPPEE!!!

What is Nicholas doing at Chess Competition?!

Chess tournament?? Nope! He is still not ready yet but I brought him along when the 2 girls had their competition. Oh..did I mentioned that he is learning chess too? Its been quite a while..he started in December last year.

Its his first time staying throughout the entire day (he came along previously but only for a short while). When the girls played, he played too with his One and Only opponent... ME.

And once he completed the game, he got to play on the ipad. One K2 boy was attracted to his ipad too and wanted to play with him. They decided to have a game of chess..

More boys crowded around when he played other games on the ipad...

So what about Ryan? Hubby brought him to the Zoo and they had a wonderful bonding time there too!

Bird chase

Ryan gets real excited when he sees a bird or cat/dog. It amused us watching going after the birds, just like dog going after one in a playful way. Ryan went round the tree and under the table and bench just to go near it. Don't know what to say of that..to say he is cute and try to be funny or to say he is silly and straight...he could have just go round the obstacle instead of going under them.

We didn't allow him to touch the bird though as one never know what will be passed to him.

Got to put up 2 video clip here as I had no idea how to join 2 videos (taken from iphone) into 1.

Boys' Swimming Video

Video taken on our "Sports' Day"

Nicholas is more confident now with swimming without float though he prefer not to go without one.

"Sports" Day for the kids

Vesak Day....brought the entire family (including Parents-in-law and SIL) out to East Coast for 2 hours of cycling in the morning. The girls had mastered the skill of a 2 wheeler and was exploring the path with their aunt. Nicholas cycled with us on his trainer bike. The most relaxed person was Ryan. He had the "baby" seat and was enjoying the breeze while I cycled.

After lunch, went home for a nap/rest before going for a swim. Nicholas was able to swim without float for a good distant though he definitely needs to work on his stroke. Ryan was well "inflated" and he enjoys himself in the pool. He even tried to blow bubbles and putting his head into the water!

His First Horse Ride

The girls went for their classes and hubby brought the boys to the Singapore Zoo so that mummy dearest can have some "ME-Time". Been really tough coaching the 2 girls for their SA1 and now finally a break that I really look forward to.

Hubby had been very involved with the kids lately. In fact, every Saturday, he will take the boys either to the Zoo or for a swim. In the evening, he will bring the kids out for movie if there's any nice one...all this without me tagging along!

Photos taken by hubby while at the Zoo. Its the boys first horse ride and Ryan was either brave or ignorant. He just sat on t he horse without crying or struggling while Nicholas tried to find ways "escape" the ride.

Then later on, he went on the horse carriage thinking that hubby and Ryan will be coming along too but he was nervous when they didn't get on when the horse move. And after the ride, he tried to act brave too but hubby could see his nervous face.

2-In-1 Celebrations

Celebrated Mother's Day celebration + FIL's birthday today at Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant @ Turf City. The girls enjoys themselves with karaoke while the adults chatted. They had their last paper today and was happy to bid their school books goodbye for now.