TGIF - Teacher's day celebration

Last night, I suddenly recalled the reason why I've been having this thought for the whole evening that I should call Eileen and ask if she'd like to change her marketing to another day - Daddy's going golfing early in the morning and there will be no one home to watch over Renee!!! To bring her along would mean waking her up earlier which I do not wish to since she doesn't take afternoon naps these days... So, I had to wake up EVEN EARLIER, at 7am, to phone her to tell her(I could have just sent an sms but I was afraid that she might not read it on time and it won't be very responsible of me to do that anyway)... arrrrggghhh.

The school hall was surprisingly quiet when we arrived and I had thought that my effort in bringing her there on time was wasted but I was told that the assembly will only begin at 11:30am today,*phew*. Many parents, thinking that there won't be any assembly, left after bidding the Principal farewell...

It was raining and so I had to leave the bag of pressies in the car and return to get them after bringing Renee in. Her classmates crowded around her when I brought the bag to her in the class and she was sooo caught up in the 'mess' that she didn't wish the teacher "Happy Teacher's Day"(anyway, I didn't bother to teach her also) but she told me later after school that she did present the gifts to Mrs A. Tan, Zhou laoshi and the new aunty and they thanked her lolz(but as there was no big hoo ha made about this celebration in the school, we didn't give out the rest of the gifts prepared, 'cos it might seem too 'loud' if we were to do that).

The Principal was finally 'alone' and I managed to speak to her and gave her my well wishes. From our conversation, I got to understand abit more of the situation and apparently, the vice-principal will not be just 'acting' but the management will still be monitoring her for a while before confirming if she's capable to run the school.

Mommy Janice(whom usually sends her son there ard 12pm even though she also drives and stays nearby lolz. - she wanted to feed him first...) came early and didn't know about the 'celebration', she thought that she was not given the notice but fact is, there was no notice given - probably because the school did not want to 'pressurise' the parents to buy gifts for the teacher(s). In fact, the teachers even performed for the children instead!!! lolz - that's very nice, not 'demanding' to be 'entertained' lolz..
I knew about the celebration because I asked and luckily I did, 'cos I got to capture some nice shots and even a video of the school song(aiyoh, why mandarin version again hahaha) and our dearies performing a song - 'Hao Bao Bao'! So cute!!! 'cos they were the only pre-n students in the late morning session.

During the perfomance, Renee got 'distracted' at the music chorus and was just clapping her hands when her friends were doing the 'excercise act'. However, she 'miraculously' returned her gaze to the teacher when the singing resumed(even she knew it herself, 'cos when we were watching the video, she told her papa : "later when my friends doing excercise, Renee dreaming" hahaha). As commented by the school's music teacher(in their Progress Portfolio given by end of each term), she enjoys the music classes and can be shy at times - that's her and she proved it during the performance too! Those whom knew/had seen her dance will know what I mean(if u get to watch the video), lolz.

*I've tried many times to upload the videos but failed, perhaps they're too big to be processed here :(*

Went for a little snacking with mommy Janice after the performance and we had a nice chat :). Renee & I then went for our usual snack after school and I bought her this new stationary holder since the earlier one isn't able to hold up all her pencils, markers, crayons, colour pencils anymore:

And these books - gotta go back for book 1 next week, haiz...

The 'handbag' charm I've clipped to my carkey was damaged and the replacement 'piglet' charm's too heavy that its hook got crooked after a few days, haha, I bought these 2 when I happened to see them today :