Whoop whoop!

Walking along Bedok, my son shouted pointing at something/someone: Sexy Lady! Whoop whoop!
Aiyoh. Dunno where to hide my face.

B's swimming

London Bridge is falling down

Doing the Humpty Dumpty jump

And again

Swimming to pick up a ring

Swimming to me 

The children in the bus go up...

Blowing bubbles through the ring

Swimming to the mat

Run and jump!

Loving swimming. All smiles every lesson.

Another Picasso day

Managed to get K into another painting session. She really wanted to do this so off we went again.

Here is Teacher Ee Lin showing the class what they would paint.

On her own this time, without the triplets but she was ok.

This time it's day time. :) Blue skies.

When we came back, she was drying her painting. My jaw dropped when I saw what she had painted.

Except for her frown from the glare of the sun, I thought this photo was fantastic.  Her painting was superb. Am so proud of her! Am glad I got her to go for another session. Now she is telling me that she wants more and to keep going for classes. 

Picasso day

These five behaved like they haven't seen each other in years! It's like everyone wanted to hold everyone else's hand. Little boy also wanted to have a che che hold his hand. And they started running five in a row! Luckily it wasn't too crowded. Couldn't take a decent shot of them at all. Ha.

Finally got a more focused shot of the four girls. Love the dress alike outfit. 

All dressed in apron and berets. 

Teacher for the day and a sample of what they are to paint.

Raring to go.

Little Picassos at work.

Pink sky because it is sunset. Actually it's because it's her favorite colour.

Drying her painting.

Finished product.

Four proud little girls. 

She had such a fun time she has asked for more and even wants us to sign her up for art classes! Hmm. Where in our busy schedule can we slot this?

The last day at MFS

It was the kids' last day at MFS. 

I had wanted it to be on 15 Dec but due to payment issues, it had to be at the end of a month so I chose November.

Rushed around to get as many errands done as possible. Bought some flowers and made some cards for their teachers. Had to get a friend who is a Chinese teacher to help me do some translation! Thank God for friends who are great at Mandarin!

This is K's Chinese teacher who taught her for three years. She followed K from Playgroup to Nursery and now K1. Very dedicated and gentle teacher. Pity I can't communicate better with her to truly express how appreciative of her we are.

This is a very badly taken pic of her English teacher who also followed her from Playgroup. Also very gentle and soft-spoken. 

We were on our way to deliver the flower and card to the relief teacher who was there for her in Nursery class and half of this year until someone decided as K1s, they were old enough to take their own showers and hence, another pair of hands in the class is unnecessary. 

One of her three teachers from Nursery days who dotes on K and manages to get the children to hydrate throughout the day and also took it upon herself to ensure they were clean and had their hair neatly tied up. 

Here is B giving a flower to the Chinese teacher. She is really nice but he only recently warmed up to her as the only words he knew before entering Toddler class was his name so he couldn't communicate with her nor understand her. But that didn't stop her from constantly talking to him. He actually comprehends her now. The other day when I went to pick him, he said to her, "Mummy 接." I was very impressed. She said she can't bear for him to leave. Aww.

This is a relief teacher who comes every afternoon and when I arrive to pick him, I always see her sitting next to him with his bottle and a spoon to feed him water. She also constantly tries to engage him with the puzzles.

This is his English teacher and his initial favorite teacher. Communication being the key in this relationship.

This is his current favorite. But because she also teaches at the infant class, she only goes over to B's class now and then. But she always tries very hard to come up with something to entertain the kids. B really likes her and would look for her in the mornings and want her to receive him. She also took really good care of K.

This is the other Chinese teacher. She also taught K and was largely responsible for her settling in and potty training her. I had hoped that she would be able to do the same for B. Unfortunately, she had to take the Playgroup in the afternoons so she spent a lot less time with B's class. She mentioned that of late, he had begun to call her. But no, not 刘老师 nor 老师. He called her, "刘" Lol.

How I would miss spying on them to see what they are doing in class, whether they are being engaged and how they interact with their peers. And taking photos of them! Definitely will miss having photos of their days in pre-school.

Strangely enough, I think I am feeling the most sentimental about my kids leaving the school, their friends and teachers. I definitely don't miss the admin bit of the school but the teachers, they (at least most of them) have been really good to my children. Thank God for them.

Excursion to NEX

K had her last excursion with her current school MFS. I have to eat my words. In my post Girls' Day Out, I scoffed at how students from another branch of MFS were at the Kidz Rainforest water play area getting completely drenched, fully clothed! I remember I said to P that I hope it would never happen to K.

Well, the consent form came. The teachers were going to bring the kids to NEX. They were going to watch The Rise of the Guardians, have a picnic lunch and then go to the water play area. Yes, fully clothed. I had to let her go. It was her last excursion with her friends and teachers. And it would be a nice way to end this chapter for her. So she went. And so did I with another mummy.

After the movie, they gathered at the water play area, supposedly to have lunch but it was way too hot. And with very little shade, the poor things could hardly keep their eyes open. Our lady like girl simply sat on her bag while she waited for something to happen.

Finally they were led indoors. They lined two sides of a corridor and ate their lunch. Hmmm. Some were innovative and used their bags like a table. At the end of lunch, there was enough food on the floor to feed an army of ants. But some of the little girls helped to clean it up.

Finally, after endless requests that streamed in to visit the toilet after lunch, they returned to the water play area. They were told to remove their shoes and stand in one line. They did very well, considering it was a class of 28.

Charge!! They were set loose.

Some went straight into the water and got completely drenched. Others were a little apprehensive about being soaked and had to look around to check how wet their friends were getting before taking the plunge themselves.

Going down the slippery slope.

Running wildly with one of the triplets.

Completely soaked but happy. 

This was where the giant pail of water poured down.

Myu watching the pail. 

Haha. Love the expressions.

Splosh!

Yikes! Run away!

That was fun. Must do it again.

Time to get dry and changed.

All dry now and ready to return to school. Happy but tired little faces. 

What an end to a chapter of her life! While we await the next chapter to begin, it will be more playtime with mummy and B.