Tweety Bird

Slept late(again) last night and felt super tired when I woke up at 7am+ to wait for the cleaner. Couldn't take it and told her that I needed to go lie down for a while, when she started to iron the clothes. However, not long later, our dear princess woke up and there goes my rest.

We went to Takashimaya(daddy wanted) and I guess probably due to the new Tweety Bird counter at the children's department, they have a real-size Tweety walking around. Some took pictures of their kid(s) with Tweety and when we were near them, they were walking away.

However, when we came back to the counter, there were people taking pics again and before I even thought about giving it a try, I heard the guy saying "ok, last one" and he signalled to one family, so I just directed Renee to the other way... Just then, a lady called after us "excuse me, would you like to have your pic taken?". Renee nodded yes and as I didn't have my camera with me, I had to make do with my hp's. Surprisingly Renee wasn't afraid at all!!! A nice pic indeed...

Saturday!

Nothing much but a little shopping at Vivo('cos daddy came back only after 5pm...but I finally got to utilise my vouchers!) and when back home, managed to get Renee to re-do her dance(though she didn't do it as enthusiastically so u can see the dance 'breaking' shortly, hahaha) so I can video just the 'lower body version' for your view! lolz :

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 :

Teachers' Day Gifts

The kid goes to pre-school but the mommy gotta do all the pressie work? Oh man! hahaha. Anyway, here are the gifts that Renee has selected for her teachers(we got the 'flowers' a couple of weeks ago hee):

Co-incidentally, we had both picked the same colours!!!

Even the colour that we 'appointed' to each recipient were also the same!(I did that according to their 'style' as observed so far and am surprised that Renee shared the same thoughts!)

Pink - Zhou laoshi, Orange - Mrs Anna Tan, Purple - Mdm Sok Huay

This is how they will be presented tomorrow...

Noticed one flower lesser? That's for Mdm Sok Huay but she's hospitalised now(so will keep it aside til she returns)

The blue checked wrapped gifts? Those are standbys, for the administrator, etc, haiz...

A relaxing facial

This is by far, the most relaxing facial(tried/was recommended a different treatment today) I've had since I've first commenced my package with Leonard Drake(or was it due to the 'mad rush' earlier when I had to cook her meal to school? lolz). Perhaps can go for the same treatment the next time heee.

Many must have read the notice yesterday 'cos I saw some 'mommies' conversing with the Principal but as there were simply tooo many cars, I couldn't spare the time to and went to fetch my girl home(before the class was even being led out, no choice, else will have a super hard time getting out of the compound 'cos I've to park in a corner). Hopefully will get to speak to her(it's quite a pity that she's leaving 'cos she's approachable and pretty flexible) tomorrow - another frantic day, with it being the marketing day and the school celebrating Teacher's day.

The school principal has resigned...

I was just about to leave the school when Mrs Tan rushed out to pass me my order of Scholastic books(which got me busy wrapping again lolz):

And this afternoon, checking on the volumn of water Renee's drunk, I noted a 'letter' in the TPC(Teacher-Parent communication) book and upon reading it at home, it's a notice given by the Principlal, announcing her resignation which will be effective end this month...oh man! No wonder she had appeared to 'want to talk' to me when I was leaving the school...

When I told daddy about it, his thoughts were : "well, that's life"...

Actually, he has a point. In fact, when I gave this matter some thoughts, I recalled the short 1/2 yr period we(Renee & I) had with Growing Up Gifted, there were quite a few rounds of change of teachers and am wondering if that had made Renee more adapted to changes(anyway, there's no guarantee that this won't happen in other schools, nor even the Pri/Sec schs).

Decided to cook dinner today and this(despite my fever temperature of 38.2degrees) was it :

I even hand-mopped the kitchen floor and clean up the stove! Tough, maybe some may say, but hey, it got my temp down to 37.7 without medication! :D

However, it was a good thing daddy helped to shower Renee...

As I will be going for my facial tomorrow morning, I was fretting about Renee's 'mini meal' after school when I suddenly remembered that it's 'chicken rice' on the school menu for tomorrow! That means, I would have to prepare her meal to bring there - this, solved the problem...

Artwork(drawing) Display

These are the drawings she did today :

This is done at school(if I recall correctly, this seems to be e 1st time they're allowed to brign their work back home on the same day. not sure if it's due to my telling the teachers that Renee is disappointed that she didn't get to do alot of 'hands-on' work, hahaha) - 'Monkey in a rocket':

Swimming, looks like it huh?

A boy throwing a ball into a net and the 'arrows'(dun even know she can draw arrows!!!), according to her, are to indicate where the ball had bounced to, haha:

Rainbow(the top one, obviously lolz) and the drawing below, she said it's the school gate:

Writing some alphabets all on her own again...

New shoes, etc!

Renee told daddy this morning : "daddy(now she prefers to call him daddy than papa), you have to bring me to school so mommy can stay at home, because mommy is not feeling well" and when I told her that I can still bring her there, she said : "why? but you're sick ar". Arrrh, soooo sweet of her...

The Principal approached me in the hall and though I was 'shocked' initially, I was told that there will be a performance by some students from China and we're invited to stay and watch. So, since I needed to pass the time before I can go collect my spree merchandises(the spree organiser said I'm to go ard 12pm :<), I stayed to watch for a while. To welcome them, the children were asked to sing their Kinderland school song(the mandarin version though) and this gave me the opportunity to 'listen' to its tune for the very first time. Hey, pretty nice :D

However, the performances were not what I would go for and just as I was prepared to leave, a boy began to perform with his violin and at that moment, I noticed Renee 'raised' herself up for a clearer view :D - she even told me about it after school.

Oh yes, Renee had also finished the food I prepared for her to eat in school('cos it's chicken macaroni for today).

The long waited stuffs, yeah!!! And although they're mostly still kinda 'too big'(except the 2 pairs of socks and the denim skort which has inner adjustable bands!!!) for her to wear now, I must say that these items are my 'best' buys soo far 'cos I really like the cut/design/material of the items!:

I simply love ankle socks!!!

The 1 with the hearts embroidery's(bought frm Gymboree looong time ago) still too big haha

With our old tv finally being transported to my FIL, we now have our original space back in the study/play room, and our hall is also free of Renee's car hahaha. And since the room has alittle more space now(cos the space is just being 'freed' a little as the car's also not very small), I can perhaps bring out the 'larger' game/acitivity set for her to play with...

Parent & Teacher Meeting Day

After getting Renee's lunch ready, I rushed off to the school for the meeting whilst she's eating it(daddy stayed home til I come back) and by the time I came back, Renee told me that she didn't finish her lunch(expected, since daddy wldn't be really 'watching' over her and she's watching the tv, haiz).

I guess my session with the teachers is one of the shortest, and I wondered why I even bothered to rush over lolz. Mrs Anna Tan, the English language teacher told me that Renee's performing well in these areas :

• Language
• Physical
• Social

Whereas the Chinese language teacher, Zhou laoshi added that she's very imaginative and could often think of 'stories' to play-out by herself.

Food-wise, Mrs Tan said that Renee doesn't like spaghetti - yes, she still doesn't like cooked food that are 'sweet' and tomato sauce somehow belongs to the 'sweet' side. However, this to me is already a big improvement for her as she really didn't even bother to try any of the food the school served her when she first started school early this year.

Both teachers confirmed that phonics and writing skills will only be taught from the Nursery level(they must have thought that I'm another KS mom 'cos I didn't tell them the reason I ask was becos Renee's been writing some at home).

Forgotten note - to check/double confirm on the temperature of the air-conditioner they would normally have during lesson.

Anyway, got home, changed Renee and we both went to the mall for a little 'walk' :) and went to 'exchange' the scissors we've got(forgot about the ones I've ordered for her from USA). Last Friday, when we were at the store, I got her to ask the sales ladies on whatever we were looking for. First, the sticker album :

Mommy : "Renee, go ask the aunty where can we find the sticker book"

Renee : "huh?... ok", "excuse me aunty, where can I find sticker book?"

Sales Lady1 : "what? sticker album you mean, ok, here..."(directing us to the correct section)

Renee : "thank you..."

Then, she wanted me to buy a pair of scissors for her and I told her to find out where are the children's:

Renee : "excuse me aunty, where can I find children scissors?"

Sales Lady2(was initially surprised, but later grinned at her): "oh, over here..."

Renee : "thank you"

Felt my throat beginning to sore when we got home and I started coughing with its irritation last night, arrrghhh! Too much cookies!

Finally, the shoes/hat/socks that I've ordered via 2 sprees are ready for collection tomorrow, hurray! As the place's not very far, I decided to 'venture' out to collect them instead of waiting til the weekend to meet the organiser at punggol plaza. From my friend, Karen's lot, I guess the sizes of the shoes I've ordered might again be too big for Renee but I'm nevertheless, still very excited to see them, hee.