25th May Chubby little Ryann

It is Monday tomorrow but I don't feel like I have rested cos I am still the 24 hrs mummy.

Today’s lunch – Mee sua with mince meat, egg, and white fish stick.
Ryann finished them all. It is amazing as we adults already feel full with one bundle and yet he can finish them all.

I brought Ryann to class myself, as hubby was not well. Before the commencement of the class, the colored zoo phonics flash cards caught my eye. Beautiful and catchy colors. Ryann can recognize most of the letters already.

Today’s class was unusually quiet. Only got 7 of them in the class. We learned abt Umber the umbrella bird, Umbrella, under and up.

Teacher Wei opens the umbrella while Teacher Russell started spraying water from on top. Ryann loved holding on to the umbrella. He also allowed teacher Russell to draw an umbrella on his arm.

2nd segment was very fun for Ryann as the kids were asked to crawl under the Table. Ryann succeeded and got himself a ‘good boy star’ on the other hand.

They played with water today again. Ryann refused to wear the apron and was struggling but he behaved well and was very patiently scooping water from the small cup to fill up the big bottle. Small simple activities yet can introduce words like sink, float and pour etc. I think I can start doing that at home too.

We ended our class with music segment when Ryann was so happy throughout the session.

My precious day has passed, Gonna miss Ryann tomorrow again.

24th May Taking care of daddy

Me: Daddy is sick, can we go home to sayang daddy?

Ryann: Nod his head.

Me: You gonna take care of daddy right?

Ryann: Nod his head.

------ Reach home -------

Ryann gave his biggest smile, ran towards daddy and touch daddy on his lap (to represent sayang). After which he started playing with toys already. I thought he so filial.... haha haha

22nd May Mummy's birthday

Sorry for the lack of posts. Was too busy and too tired. Some pictures to update about Ryann.

Ryann playing with Jamie's (neighbour) doll stroller and refuse to return back to her.

Ryann's blur blur face

Happy baby playing with tarepanda.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Big boy already. How time flies... Look at that chubby cheeks...

Ryann's latest pattern: WHERE?

Mum's 53rd Birthday! Happy birthday mummy!

Ryann's passport photo. Which is better?

18th May Timothy Tiger

Lack of post = super heavy workload
Been working over the weekends for Tampines Amore Living open house. This explains why I am having problems updating this blog regularly.

Just to recap about what has happened over the weekends.

Saturday after work, we went to Putien for dinner with sis, auntie Jannie, granny and mum to celebrate mum's birthday and belated mothers' day. Ryann finished up his fried rice with fish and tofu. Nowadays, I have to really keep the table in front of him all clear from stuff as he has grown taller and will reach for stuff like fork or chopsticks. While shopping, I learned from mum that Ryann like this damo cartoon and the best part is, I don't even know this cartoon existed.

And in case you are curious, Domo (full name: Domo Kun) is a Japanese cartoon character.. a large, squareish, friendly, brown monster that is hatched from an egg, which flies, loves TV & eating, and farts when he gets unhappy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da9X4tnW2o4&feature=related

I thought it was quite cute too. Hopefully can find its full series anywhere online.

Sunday was the first time I didn’t bring Ryann to GUG myself. Daddy was given the special task to bring him for class today. They were learning about the letter T. When they introduced the toothbrush, Ryann used it to brush the floor instead. They did some activities about smelling spices but Ryann simply not interested. Daddy ended up doing it for him. I am glad Daddy was able to handle him in class. Will get more info about the class soon.

One new thing that Ryann learned over the weekend, that is to know what is the phonics pronunciation of the letter 'T'.

One thing I have to say is the after so many terms of GUG, Ryann is starting to play and interact with others in his own way. During the 'Hello' song, he will go out to 'Hi Five' with others.

I still remember previously I was so worried when Ryann didn't interact with us and never maintain any eye contact too. At one time I was worried that Ryann might have mild autism. Really thank God for His blessings.

With such improvements, I have no regrets signing for GUG and talentplus playgroup (He is now always the first to dash into the class room).

14th May Playdoh for Ryann

Went to isetan private sales with sis and manage to buy Ryann his first playdoh set. All these while he wasn't given a chance to play with playdoh as we were worried that he might just put them into his mouth. He enjoys playing with the tools and that manage to keep him occupied for quite a while. Look just how attentive he was playing with them together with Rhys.

Managed to grab some crayola magic markers as well. Great 30% sales at isetan.

P/s: Today Ryann manage to say the word nine when being asked to do so. =p Although not really clear and I wasn't really that sure if he is just babbling or really saying but I am happy enough. He also manage to say 'nana nana nana' when he saw bananas. Hopefully those are signs of God answering my prayers.

13th May Taking passport photo

Been trying to take proper photo for Ryann's passport but i just cant seems to get it right. Any one can share some tips how to take a nice proper passport photo for online submission?

It is so hard as he is always on the move and he just cant stop fidgeting. Much of a struggle to pin him down too. Phew... The war starts again tomorrow. Wish me luck.

12th May Ryann is 20 months old!

Ryann is 20 months already. Time flies. Another 4 more months, Ryann will be 2 years old. Till date he hasn't even speak a word yet. Not even pa pa or ma ma. I know some kids do speak at a slightly later age but i just cant help but feel worried about his speech.

Every thing else are just fine. He is starting to show results from his GUG classes. He is able to do the actions for the letter A,D,E and H. He will know how to make the phonics sound of the letter H,M and S.

Today, he made an amazing improvement in school, he no longer cries before his class. This time round he ran into the class room without even looking back. I am glad he finally learned to be independent at playgroup. It took us quite some time for him to settle into his school.

Ryann loves playing with empty bottles

His artwork from his playgroup class : talentplus

He insisted on carrying his school bag and attempted to open the door himself so that he can go out. I wonder if he really like school so much as this photo was taken in the evening around 7.45pm.

I am enjoying every single day of his growth although there were lots of frustrations as well since he always have a mind of his own. =( And i thank God for his blessing on Ryann.

Happy 20th month, Ryann!

10th May Happy Mothers' day

Its mothers' day but it is no rest day for us too. It was still cooking, cleaning, babysitting and feeding for me. I cooked Mee sua with egg, meat and fish ball for Ryann and he finished them all. It is so rewarding when he finished all his food.

We went to his class as usual. Today we introduced the letter 'S'. As usual, Ryann was attentive during the first segment of numbers and when the Zoo bag is out, he started to become very restless already. In fact through out most of the words were introduced, he wasn't attentive too. We introduced snake, sun, swim, soap, slippery, seat, star, square and many more. I don't think Ryann paid attention to those words. He was practically struggling to break free so that he can walk around the class again.

But we had a huge progress when he walked over and sat on teacher Russell's lap, allowing her to draw a sun on his hand. He had never allowed any one to draw on his hands, this was really the first. Great progress, I am glad that he enjoyed the class. He managed well in tracing the letters as well. Only thing was when we introduced the sound of the 3 letters that formed HAT, He went to the front and pulled the flash cards down. He even helped teacher Russell to clean the white board. Cheeky boy.

After class we went ahead for our dinner at food republic wisma whereby Ryann enjoyed the glutinous rice.
I enjoyed the night even though it means a tiring day. Being with the family and seeing Ryann's happy smile is the most wonderful gift for Mothers' Day. Happy mothers' day!

9th May Happy birthday Daddy

Its PH and also Hubby's birthday. In fact we didnt really plan for anything. I only gave him a surprise with a tiramisu cake which i secretly sneaked in the house without him knowing. =p.
As we aged, I think birthday feels like just another day to us and the importance of Ryann's birthday is far more then ours.

We went to downtown east for a walk and for dinner. We are getting more adventurous with the choice of food Ryann takes. As we are preparing for a short trip to Malaysia next month, we must ensure he adapts well with the outside cooked food.

Anyway, just a quick question to all mummies , dogs bark, cats meow then what about donkeys?
And if a base ball hit the window pane, what will happen to the glass?
I believe some of you might say the donkeys eeyore and the glass will break. Actually the more suitable word to use is donkeys bray and glass shattered. And i got to know that when i went for a presentation in the Grolier showroom. They introduced some pretty interesting books such as the disney word series, one story a day and moral ed series. I believe you wouldn't want to know the price tagged to it. The whole series including some mini encyclopedia and some other series of books is more then enough to cover Ryann till 5 years old. A good $2500. Phew, that is really a little too much to pay for just books.

We managed to escape from the sales person and went for our dinner. Ryann had fried rice and he tried my noodles as well. We ended the day with a walk to pasir ris fishing pond and white sands.

Just another ordinary day for us but a wonderful family day. Happy birthday Hubby!

8th Apr First mother day gift from Ryann

Ryann's first mothers' day gift for me. Drawing which also wrote "Mothers are angels in training". Thats very sweet, i feel so touched.

A picture i happen to get from Mrs Koh's web portal. Ryann (fake) crying while trying to peek at the monitor showing Thomas cartoon. So funny. Want to cry yet want to watch Thomas cartoon.