Finger Print Art, Violin & Doll

Remembering the finger print art demo today, I decided to bring Renee over to the mall after her violin lesson. Last week, I've requested for her lessons to be on Fridays, even when school re-opens but that needed further confirmation, meantime, it's also Fridays, but at 11:30am. Yesterday, Ms Mok informed me of a situation at her end that required the lesson time to be changed to 12:30pm for today. Yet, before I even got ready to go over this morning, she text again that her next student couldn't make it and we could go over at 2pm if we like. I took the later slot but perhaps, due to the changes, I later mistook the time to be 2:30pm! Good thing we still managed a 'full' lesson despite being late even, and we also got a little chat on Renee's progress til my tummy growled and we had to leave, lolz.

Today's lesson embarked on 2 'things'. 1, is to begin on the 'hearing' training - 'Tonalization' which is to be done each time before she begins her practices and the other, a new song - 'Allegro'. The latter entails even more dynamics with new ones like Staccato = 'Detached' playing; Dolce = play Sweetly; Ritard(Rit) = Slow Down, a Temp = Back to Original Tempo; 'Drag'...

Since the songs had gotten tougher & tougher, Renee has been getting her passes from the 2nd week of practices recently unlike 1 for the earlier songs(hmmm, maybe I should push her further? Nah...I'll just vomit more blood if I do so, hahaha). With this song, Ms Mok said that it should take a longer time 'to get a pass' as it's not easy, especially for a young kid - oh no, this is just the beginning to the even tougher ones, oh man, what have I gotten myself into! :}

After our snacks at Mac, we headed to the bookstore for the demo. It was rather quiet at the demonstration stall and I'd almost missed it! However it was also good this way 'cos Renee got to try the stamp art a short while, guided, :). It seems interesting and with already an intention to get the stamp set to try, I took this pack instead, heee.

Then, as usual, I was led towards Kiddy Palace and there, I remembered daddy's words when I told him about our girl wanting a barbie doll and how I don't like barbie dolls, lolz... He had said "it's her who wanted it, not you, why don't you just get her?". Well, well, this is the same man who told me that times(economy) are bad everywhere and there...

Anyway, I had initially thought that perhaps a small japanese made one will be good enough to please her but she had claimed it to be too small, :p. I then showed her another doll(with eyes that could move) and she took a liking to it! But I have my eyes on the disney princess dolls, which are slightly bigger in size compared to the one she was holding and better manageable(not part cloth made) and I asked her to choose her 'princess'. I even bring down a few of the princesses in barbie doll style-made(skinny dolls, but still clad in their princess outfits instead of the fashion ones) and mind you, I even brought her to the barbie dolls section for her to decide(*crossing my fingers* though, lolz), but she finally made her choice on Cinderella in blue, :). The princesses also come in bigger sized sets, with mini mirror, brushes, etc and a press on their hands bring on a song and their jewels lighting up. However, unlike the last time we were there, they were now placed on the highest racks(maybe to avoid kids/customers pressing on the hands and damaging the dolls) and with no salesgirls in sight despite waiting for a while, I gave up and decided since she like this one then why bother to try and get a more costly one, times are bad afterall, lolz.

Earlier, when we were passing the dolls section, there was a family nearby and the mommy nursing her baby discreetly(thankfully she had a cape to cover) remarked that Renee's cute. Then as Renee was walking away to whatever she's looking for, I tried to call her back and asked if she'd like to have the princess doll and here's what took place :

Me : "Renee, come take a look, do you want this doll?"

Renee : (looking back) "Ok"
Me : "Are you sure?"
Renee : (pausing) "Ermmm, mayb I don't want"
Me : "....."
Renee : (looking back again) "I full of nonsense?". At this point, the mommy couldn't help but burst out laughing and she said "She is sooo cute" - ya, she hasn't seen the naughty side of her yet, hahaha.

When I was queing up to pay for the doll, I passed my mobile phone to Renee and asked her to get her papa's permission to buy the doll but guess what? She asked : "papa, we are at Kiddy Palace", "what time you coming back?" and she began to walk away...After I've paid, I walked to her and asked her if she's got her daddy's permission and she asked "papa, I want a Cinderella doll, can we buy it? Mommy already paid" - so much for asking...

Back home, Renee even forego her favourite apple 'cos I told her that she could only unbox the doll after she's had her shower and eating the apple will delay that, so..... And whilst waiting for her shower time, she kept going around the boxed doll, lolz.

Finally, it was unboxed and boy, just look at her :) :