FollowAlycia is really testing my patience to the limit. Since early last year up until now, she has been falling sick every other month. That’s when she first started attending pre-school. Alycia was a very healthy baby for the first 1 year of her life and never once fell sick during that year. Her immune…
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Training Alycia and Sherilyn To Be Real Chinese
A Not-So-Healthy Breakfast
Whenever my mil is back home from HK or NZ, Alycia and Sherilyn will stick to their mah mah like glue. That’s because mah mah is oh so patient with them, hardly scolds them and often spoils them with food. In this pic, Alycia was eating roti canai and kuih for breakfast. The gals rarely get…
Alycia Adores Baby C
Biscuit-free For 1 Month
Alycia is very prone to getting throat infection and ulcers in her throat and inner lip. I suspect that these are caused by eating too much biscuits and crackers. Though she drinks plain water like a camel, she is still very susceptible to sore throat and ulcers in her mouth. I have a friend whose…
Finally, Alycia Gets To Carry Her Baby Sister
When Alycia and Sherilyn were sick last week, we forbade them from getting near Baby C…..but still they tried every way they could to get near their baby sister and even tried to kiss her. Their hands were practically all over their new baby sister each time they see me breastfeed her. The 2 gals…
Ballerina In The Making
Here are some pix which I took during Alycia’s ballet class yesterday. Though parents are not allowed to go inside the class, I managed to discreetly snap some pix. The students lining up for their turn to walk tip-top, chest out, hands on waist and head raised, towards the teacher. Alycia is the second tallest in the…
Alycia Can’t Accept Being A Loser
My mum was teaching Alycia and Sherilyn the concept of addition and subtraction through playing cards when Alycia lost the game. She was so upset with losing the game that she cried and wouldn’t accept being a loser, though my mum explained to her that it’s ok to lose. When I tried to snap a picture of…
Back To School Again
Today is the first day of the second school term for school kids after a week-long school holidays. Alycia woke up early and reached school early today. Today is also the first day of Alycia’s computer enrichment class. School hours are also extended by 15 minutes because of the computer class. As expected, Alycia came…
Flashcards
Alycia’s pre-school gives tons of flashcards (English, BM and Mandarin) to students each week. For kids with busy working parents, I wonder if anyone at home ever flashes the cards to them. While it is really good to be receiving the flashcards from the school, the parent really needs to spend some time everyday to…
Vomiting Again
Though Alycia seems to have recovered from her recent bout of illness, she still puked once yesterday and once today. Yesterday, she kept telling me that she’s hungry. About half an hour before dinner time, I gave her a banana. Just before dinner, she told me that she had tummy ache and puked. I thought…
The Girls’ Appetite Is Back!
The girls have finally recovered from their illness, though not 100% as there is still phlegm in their throats. Their appetite is finally making a come back. For the past 2.5 days, Alycia has been talking non-stop about food…. telling me what she would like to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner…. non-stop. Two nights ago, she told me that she…
Mathematics For 5-Year Olds
Don’t you think this is a tad tough for a 5-year old (in Aly’s case, a 4-year old)? Or is this the norm? Alycia can only count and recognize numbers from 1 through 20+ but her pre-school is already teaching the 5-year olds in her class numbers up to 30. Alycia is the youngest in the…
Is This Too Tough For A 4-Year Old?
Frankly, do you think the word ‘xiao’ or smile in Mandarin is a tad too tough for a 4-year old to write? Though the meaning is straightforward, the word itself has so many strokes that even we adults find it difficult to remember to write, well at least for me, a yellow banana who speaks …
Abacus Calculation And Chinese School
Alycia’s pre-school is using the abacus method to teach the preschoolers Maths. Her pre-school is gravitated towards Mandarin and most of the preschoolers there eventually go to a Chinese school. Last week, Alycia brought home an abacus to be used for her Maths homework. When I taught her to use the abacus, she appeared lost. I had a tough time trying to teach…
Alycia’s First Ballet Class
Despite running a low grade fever, I still brought Alycia to her first ballet class yesterday. Thank God, she did not puke or purge in class and was enjoying every moment of the 1-hour session. While the teacher was teaching the kids dancing, Sherilyn and I watched them through the door outside the room. I am…