Doughworkz by PastaMania

Celeste attended the Doughworkz by PastaMania organized by the school. She got to experience hands on in making pizza and get to enjoy the "CHICKEN HAM & MUSHROOM" pizza she made herself. She didn't like pizza in the past, now she says she loves pizza! Pizza making is so much fun!

Celeste's Progress Report

Celeste Meets expectation in the following:

• General Behavior
• Hands in homework on time
• Returns worksheets requiring parents' signature on time
• Pays attention in class
• Mathematics Calculation & Application
• English Grammar and Vocabulary
• English Composition
• English Comprehension (can be more careful)

Approach Expectation 

• Writes neatly and clearly. (Handwriting can be better). She has the tendency to erase and correct, making the sentence v messy.

Personally, i think she is coping in school except that she is extremely careless in her school work, we are constantly reminding her to correct this habit. 

Chinese -> Progress seems good.

Maths -> Has improved but she is still weak in this subject, she doesn't seem to understand the question even after many practices. Somehow you just get boiled when you teach her maths! ha!

English -> Spelling is good but grammar is not as good. She needs more practice. 

1 Month Old ~ Xavier Lam

Here's my little cousin ~ Xavier Lam, he looks so adorable now!

Our Family Photo

I'm looking forward to a decent family portrait :-)

Here's one we took ourselves, went for a outdoor shoot today probably done by an amateur, result was not satisfactory, Caleb was not cooperative, its tough to have 5 pairs of eyes looking at the camera and smiling at our best. It was hot and tiring too. In the end, we did not take up their collection. 5 shots seem enough!

Caleb seems OK with Yi Po touching his hair! This happens only after we signed up a package with Curly & Spike, haiz. Hope he gets less fussy as he grows older. 

@ 20 Months

2 more weeks to 20 months, Caleb's vocab is getting better, he can imitate many words that we say, and understands many words that we say too. For an example, when i say, "Caleb please close the cupboard", he will close it. When he dirties his hands, and i say, "Caleb go take a tissue" he repeats after me, "tissue" and he runs and returns with a tissue paper from the dining table. He's trying to form short sentence, like when he sees Mark's slippers, he says " Daddy shoes". He listens well and responds well by nodding his head. He replies "No" more than "yes" at this time, he started learning how to say "ok".

Things that he enjoys doing himself now is feeding himself during meals, and he takes off his own socks and shoes when he returns home. He also knows how to pose for a picture. Here he is with a new shirt that we bought and he could stand there and SMILE...

No More Tu Tu

@ 20 months old, I managed to wean Caleb off his tutu! He obediently took his afternoon nap without it, he didn't throw a tantrum either. He's a very good boy and takes instructions well. I'm proud of him!

9th Aug ( Jae's birthday)

Celebrating Jae's birthday at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, with a fantastic view of the National Day Parade Celebration 2012. The best part is you could shower and enjoy the parade and fireworks at the same time! Caleb didn't want to stop his bath at all! All thanks to Jae that his birthday falls on National Day! Going home was a breeze too, we left just after the Fireworks!

#3 falling asleep

Trying to train Mr C to sleep on his own, and he's listening well...

Our 3rd!

We have cut back on our outdoor activities lately because the older two are engaged in enrichment on weekends. Its tough managing our time lately. We are left with little time in between their enrichment, so we could only hang around at shopping malls. We have been spending more time with Caleb recently, we bring him out without Auntie Rose. It's more tiring but its manageable! He's been a very obedient and good boy, he listens and takes instructions. He's so adorable in every little way and he never fail to amuse us! He sure brightens the hearts of everyone one at home :) At the same time, i'm feeling the heat of incurring higher expenses now. Having 3 kids mean we definitely need a helper in the house to help out with the chores, cooking and taking care of the youngest one. Caleb will be attending school next year, Celeste and Zenith are going for more weekend classes now that they are older. Inflation has increased the cost of living in all aspect, even the domestic helper's pay as risen by $100! Celeste's maths tutor just text us to inform us fees will increase by $60 a month, its ridiculous! Our salary has not increased much though. It's quite a headache!

Kimchi Land!

Looking forward to our gals trip in Oct! Whoo Whoo!

Our Little Boy taking the MRT

I think its Caleb's first time taking the MRT, we sent Jie Jie to her enrichment class at Bishan, and we took the train down to Orchard instead of driving. He's so restless in the train, can't imagine if he has to be confined in a plane for a few hours! no way!

The tay brothers, both super thirsty!

Cousin Jae

With cousin Jae who is turning 4 next month. Caleb at 18.5 months, he knows how to differentiate between "hot" and "cold". He is quick to say "hot" when he eats hot porridge, soup and "cold" when we offer him cold drinks! Smart little boy.

RC Cars

Caleb has his own too and he follows his brother liking cars!

Zenith's buddies in Learning Vision

Zenith has a few close buddies in school and they are inseparable. In the pic are Mingxuan and Zakris. I think Zenith's best friend is Zakris, the boys love exchanging toys and giving each other gifts. I personally like Zakris too, seen him a few times, he very cute and well behaved. I love these chubby kids, mine are all so skinny!

Caleb and his brother

This morning the two brothers were eating their bread while watching tv, and we saw Caleb moving closer towards his brother, he likes to be in company!

Celeste and Caleb

The two of them are very close. Celeste in her afternoon session,spends more time playing with Caleb every morning. Caleb looks out for his sis where-ever he is, he simply adores her and enjoys her company.

Sweet Celeste

I am sick and at home, Celeste did her home work quietly and watch her tv programme. She didn't disturb me, came up and checked on it, passed me a sweet note too. Caleb was very fretful, she didn't add on to his naughtiness. She help me with some errands and gave me some of her grapes before she headed for school. She is quite a obedient gal at home, no wonder Grandma dotes on her. She's quite sweet too. I must have been blinded by my 2 boys.

Our healthy Family Outing

The kids love to do this, and we could include Caleb for a ride this time!