Not late...just delayed

Gaby's first day of school was delayed till 18th Jan because there was a slight delay in the school premise renovation.



When we arrived in school, he was still quite happy but when we entered the classroom, he started to tear and didnt want to sit down at the desk. I tried to talk to him and assured him that it'll be a fun day in school. One of his classmates, Hari, came out of the classroom and tried to hold his hand and lead him back into the room again. How sweet of Hari! I remember that he used to be quite a naughty boy last year cos Gaby always come home telling me that Hari had gotten into trouble with so and so or Hari bullied so and so and was scolded by the teacher. Somehow, we managed to get him back into class.

All was well after that... Gaby was very chatty when he came home from school. During lunchtime, we talked about his morning in school and I asked him why he cried. He told me that he was worried that his classmates from last year will not be there so he cried. But when he went into class and found most of them still in the same class as him, he was very glad. And there is this girlfriend of his that was previously in N1 but disappeared from N2 came back and attend K1 with him this year. Think the girl's name is Charmine... He sat with her in class on the first day cos he thought she'll be scared being in his class again. And i think he still sits with her in class after the first day. The only thing that he was a little upset about was that Megan wsn't as friendly to him since school reopens. Told him that perhaps Megan needs more time to warm up to him after not seeing him for 2 months.

Memory... Video in the head

Last Monday I brought Gaby to the Hollywood Dinos Park at Jurong Bird Park. He enjoyed himself so much that he kept asking me to go bring him there again. Will see how la. If he behaves himself well then perhaps I will bring him there again before they are gone in Feb.

Anyway, there is this dinosaur that he likes a lot. But too bad, I didnt take any short video of it, only photos. So he has been asking me why I didnt do it. And now that he wants to look at it to remind him of how the dinosaur is, there isnt any. So I told him that there is a little camera in his mind that has already captured it. All he has to do is to close his eyes and think about it and he could see the dinosaur again. So he did it and he was very surprised and happy that he can see it! Then he started to ask me questions about this "camera"... how come it can be in his head?? So I told him that this is "memory". Whatever things that he saw or did, it'll be stored in his memory. And when he wants to see them again, he could just closed his eyes and think about them and he'll be able to see them.

So yesterday while we were on our way home from the carpark, Gaby suddenly told me that he could see Xiao Ah Yi (my younger sister). He had his eyes closed. He said that he misses her and so he closed his eyes and he saw her. I hope he put this to good use ie, for learning purpose.

Long time no see...

Yes, yes, i know... i havent been blogging very frequently. Not that i dont have much to talk about. There were lots that i want to write abt but just that i kind of having mental blocks whenever i log in to my blog. I have been wanting to talk abt the kids, activities that happened during the school hols, inez and martin's visit, breastmilk, etc...

Anyway, am busy now. Have to wait for the boys to sleep then come back here again.

Baby dinosaur... where??

Gaby: Mum, look what's inside my basket?
Me took a look into an empty basket...
Gaby: How? cute or not?
Me took a closer look into an empty basket...
Gaby: My baby dinosaur... cute right?
Me: Yes, very cute.

Why you so like that har?

I really dun understand Alexius sometimes. Why must he be so difficult leh? I was supposed to go for training tonite. Was so looking forward to it. Even Gaby was looking forward to a nite's out meeting his doggie friends. We (as in Gaby and myself) had it all plannned out. We reached home early after getting his new MRT/bus card at Tiong Bahru so that I can feed Alexius his dinner early and then give him his milk earlier. All well planned. BUT... I really dun know what went wrong with this plan.

Feeding Alexius dinner was a bit of struggle. I had to entertain him with all kinds of things... toys, my purse, coins, switching on differnt tv programs... it took me almost half an hour to finish feeding him.

Then came milk feeding time. I nearly went crazy! He took 1 bloody hour and did not finish his milk. Then he mad me so mad that I started scolding him. And the scolding made him cried and cried and cried till he vomitted all the milk that he had drunk before. This made me even madder. Can u imagine this, spending 1 hour to feed and then vomitted out?? By now, I was so mad that I ditched the idea of going training. And anyway, it was too late already. By the time i reaached training ground, i think all my fellow trainees will be getting ready to pack up and go home!

So fed up! Why this has to happen? Formula milk really taste so terrible meh? And you know what? After resting for about half and hour, I gotten a bottle of breastmilk ready. The moment Alexius saw the bottle, he was so happy and was shrieking with joy "milk milk time!" Finished the bottle in less then 10mins!

How I felt about what happened? I feel really bad. Am so angry with myself for losing my cool and scolded Alexius. Am so angry with myself that we have to cancel training. Am so guilty that I after scolding Alexius, my dear little boy can still come to me with his arms wide open and telling me "hug hug mummy". But am so glad that Alexius seems to have already forgotten all the scoldings. At bedtime, he wanted me to lie down beside him... giving a few hugs and also telling me that "I love mummy".

Ho! Ho! Ho!

My boys are all ready for the xmas season!

Beware of my sons, they bite!

This is what happened...

Saturday
Gaby bit Alexius on the arm beos Alexius tried to snatch a toy from Gaby. I witnessed the whole incident... and to think that Gaby was so bold to do it with me looking on... Made me so angry! Anyway, Gaby was being punished for his act of biting and Alexius was scolded for snatching the toy from his brother. Gaby's punishment was a slap on his left palm because he bit his brother on the left arm. Actually, I would think that the slap was moderate... not too hard and not too light. but it made Gaby cried and complained that his palm was painful. I let him cried a bit and then told him to stop. And this was his response...

Me : Enough of crying.
Gaby : But you haven't told me something funny... how to stop crying? *sob*sob*sob*
Me : I am very angry now so how can I tell u something funny?

Sunday
Alexius bit Gaby on his right arm when both of them tried to squeeze under Alexius high-chair. And again, the incident happened right before my eyes. Actually, i was sitting in front of them trying to take some pictures of the 2 of them under the hair cos i tot they looked kind of funny. It was quite dark cos the i didnt switch on the lights. So from where I was looking, I tot I saw Alexius trying to push Gaby out with his head. Then suddenly Gaby was screaming in pain! When he managed to come out of under the chair, I examined his arm and saw that it was red and looked like a hard bite. Haizzz...
Alexius was punished with a slap on his right palm. But I think his skin is quite thick... did not seem to have any effect at all. And I oso took this opportunity to tell Gaby(not sure if he is really listening to me cos he was still crying) that his younger brother will learn whatever that he does.... monkey see monkey do... And after this I tried to comfort him a bit but Gaby being a drama king, couldnt stop crying. And Alexius kept wanting to help his big brother clean the tears away. Finally the crying stopped. Haizzz... but the episode is not over yet. When I was in my room trying to change Alexius diaper...

Gaby : Mummy, I was pretending to be a lion yesterday so that was why I bit didi.
Me : Next time dont pretend to be a lion that bites. I dont like lion that bites. Ok?
Gaby (started to cry again) : I am very upset that I cannot pretend to be a lion today. I can only be a frog becos I keep burping and having hiccups! *sob*sob*sob*
Me : ... ... (dont know wat to say. have to keep a straight face cos i nearly burst out laughing)
Me : why don't you go out and watch your favourite cartoon for a while. I will come and join you after I changed didi's diaper.

When I went to the sofa...
Me : darling, how are you feeling now?
Gaby (suddenly bursted into tears again) : My poor little arm!
Me : It doesn't look that bad now. I will put some cream over it after your shower.
Gaby : Mr poor little arm! *sob*sob*sob*