29 Oct 2009

At the Marina Barrage

Decided to bring Ash to the Marina Barrage yesterday morning. The way in was thru Marina South, but with the IR and Gardens projects going on, Marina South had become a major contruction zone with lorries everywhere. When we finally got there, I was a little disappointed to see that many schools had arranged for "educational" trips there as well. There were students at every corner and they treated the place as a playground.
Anyway, the weather was initially hot and sunny, I could see that Ash wasn't enjoying it very much, she's someone who's not much for the sun. Thankfully, a little later on, rain clouds came in and at one point, it looked like it was going to rain.
Ash is the timid kind in new places, it took some coaxing to convince her how much fun it was in the wading area, but once she went in, all her timidness just disappeared.

20 Oct 2009

A feeling of inevitability

Received a SMS from school this evening - 2 confirmed cases of HFMD and 1 pending confirmation from Ash's class. One kid was already down with it since the 15th, so he hasn't been to school since then, so he wasn't at the party. Another was confirmed this afternoon, but he only stayed a while at the party. The kid that's pending was however at the party all the way. Although I'm hoping that she will be alright, I can't help feeling that it will be inevitable.

19 Oct 2009

Dylan's Birthday Party

Ash's class was invited to Dylan's birthday party at Fidgets over the weekend. She had been looking forward to it for the longest time. The moment the kids arrived, they went wild, running all over the place. While the kids played, us parents chatted.

10 Oct 2009

The Transformers - Creepy & Crawlie

They were learning about caterpillars and butteflies last week. As part of the lessons, they were given two caterpillars and a stalk of leaves to bring home and hopefully witness the transformation. So they were named Creepy and Crawlie. We were given instructions to change the paper lining daily because these fellas were gorging themselves and as a result, they pooed A LOT. This was in preparation when they coccon themselves for the transformation. One fresh leaf was to be given to them twice a day. By the 2nd day, they both stopped eating and started anchoring themselves to the mesh. By day 3, they were already cocooned. On the day 9, both started emerging, unfortunately, only 1 made it while the other appeared to not have the strength to emerge fully from the cocoon.

4 Oct 2009

Cousin Joshua

Cousin Joshua was born on the 3 Oct 2009. Ash was so excited to see her new cousin and to be a big jie jie to him.