Duet

Gor gor was practising his piano last night. Meimei pulled a chair and sat beside him to watch him play and imitate him.
Found them so cute so took a video of my children doing a duet:

My favourite animal

Clarence's tested show and tell topic "My favourite animal". Decided to get them to do it together.

Trying to skate

We woke up early to go to Bishan park for a picnic and skating. The original plan was to go to the newly opened MacDonald's in the park and buy our breakfast then have our MacDonald picnic in the park. However, we managed to find seats in the restaurant, so we consume our breakfast there instead. Clarence was complaining about not having the picnic in the park. Then I put on skates for the kids. This was Vincy's first time skating. She was so excited about it. She put on the guards and skates eagerly.

She was rather scared when she realised it was not easy to move around in the skates. She held on to my hands, refusing to let go.
The frightened gal taking a break after her first skating session:

When I'm alone with Vincy, I "asked" Vincy to stand up and balance before I agree to take off the gears for her. If daddy's around, he will nag at me for letting go of Vincy's hand cos his darling princess was scared. She can stand by herself:

Then I coaxed her to take a few steps and she did it!

Show and Tell

Clarence practised for his first show and tell. The topic is "My family". This is only a practice topic. The actual graded show and tell will be in wk 4 on a different topic.


I realised that while gor gor was doing his show and tell, meimei could also remember some of his lines. I was impressed! This shows that children learn subconsciously. She was walking and doing her own things while gor gor practised. We did not teach her at all. But she learned! Recorded her version of the show and tell too. Found that she started stammering recently. Clarence went through the stammering stage too. We were so worried then, we even took him to KK to see a speech specialist at that time. Luckily, the stammering went away after some time. Will observe Vincy and see if her stammering will go away by itself. Praying hard!

Vincy's first ballet class

Vincy went for her first ballet lesson 2 wks ago. My cute gal with her new ballet bag:

I have been telling her days before her first lesson that I would be waiting for her outside the class. However, she refused to let go of my hand so I had to go in with her. Inside the class, she glued herself to me and did not want to join in. She just sat aside and observed. After much encouragement and warming up, she then participated in the activities.
Supposed to pick up the feathers with her thumb and middle finger:

Playing mouse and cat game. Vincy was the mouse.

Lying down to pretend to be a sleeping cat:

This is the dolphin position:

They pretended to be different animals, like giraffe, alligator, mouse, cat etc. Hopping like a rabbit

They have to walk gracefully and pick up the feathers, aka "flower" to sniff. If the flower smell nice, they keep. If it does not smell nice then they throw away. Vincy ended up throwing away all the flowers. She found joy tossing them away.

Jumping over a line. Oops, she jumped queue to come to the front.

Kicking legs and doing head and shoulders, knees and toes.

Cinderella: They were given scarf and they were pretending to be Cinderella, cleaning the house.

Riding on a horse to find her prince charming. Look at the happy expression on her face while she was galloping around.

Forming a circle

Saying goodbye

She got a sticker after her class.
I am glad to be in the class with her for her first lesson so that I will know what she is learning and I can take pictures and videos of her. Found the class entertaining for little kids and was glad that Vincy could follow instructions in the class. However, she is more like a little monkey than a graceful ballerina in class. Ha ha! She was on her own for her second lesson last week. Good job, Vincy!

Sentosa Holiday- Luge ride

Bought tickets for the luge ride. Vincy went with me while Clarence drove the luge alone since he met the minimum height. This was his first time driving the luge by himself. Vincy in her over-sized helmet:

Where are meimei's eyes?

Daddy and Clarence took quite some time to reach. It was because Clarence's luge hit the curb and he fell off and was injured.

We took the Skyride back. Mummy and Clarence were a bit terrified of the height.

While waiting for daddy and gor gor to go for their second round, exhausted Vincy just fell asleep on my bag.

Injuries on his right arm:

I enjoyed this holiday very much. Really gave me a good break from work. Looking forward to our next holiday.

Sentosa Holiday- Swim with the dolphins

Day 2, signed Clarence up for Swim with the dolphins in Underwater World in the afternoon. The pink dolphin:

Attended a short briefing to understand more about the dolphins and what to do in the lagoon. All ready to go:

Touching the dolphin:

Feeding the dolphin:

The photo I bought from them:

Commanding the dolphin to jump:

Kiss from the dolphin:

Clarence held on to the fin of the dolphin and it pulled him around:

Commanding the dolphin to turn round and round:

The dolphin held a paintbrush in it's mouth and painted on a board which Clarence held.

The dolphin's artwork:

Clarence enjoyed the close contact with the dolphins. He wanted to go again the next day.
After the session, Clarence went to redeem his free drink and sandwich from the cafe. It was an air-conditioned cafe upstairs with a bird eye's view of the lagoon. So we sat down there comfortably to watch the dolphin's performance while enjoying our lunch.

Underwater World visit:

Clarence loves the place. He likes the touch pool cos he can touch the stingrays and fishes.

As for Vincy, she just put her hands inside the pool to play with the water. She dared not touch the stingrays inside.

Took picture with the jellyfish:

Sentosa Holiday- The Pools

Day 2: After breakfast, we went to the pool in Festive hotel. Managed to find a canopy tent to put our things.

It's splashing time in the water:

Take a break, relaxing in this covered deck chair:

We went over to the pool in Hard Rock Hotel to the man made beach pool covered with soft white Australian-imported sand.

The beach pool:

Vincy was scared of the sand. She started crying the moment my dear put her on the sand.

However, she was ok with the sand after a while.

Clarence trying to bury his toy in the sand.

Playing with sand together:

Asked Clarence to lie down so that we can bury him in the sand.

There is also a slide there. Sliding fun: