Quick Summary of Oct

October is coming to an end and here's a quick update of this month.

-Reagan is still in love with trains and is the first and only toys he ever demands from us. His Dada and his grandma are definitely supporting his obsession by getting him more and more train sets to add to his collection. I've already gave them the final warning not to buy him any more because it's taking up too much space!

- I bought some bento-making tools online and tried to create some cute-looking meals. Hope to encourage him to show more interest in his food. 

- A couple of weeks ago, both the boys were sick from fever, flu and cough. Reagan passed the virus to baby Kyrian and his phlegm became quite serious till we had to make a trip down to KK hospital and use the nebulizer on him. Poor baby boy was literally screaming his lungs out. He lost quite a bit of weight too because he was coughing badly till he vomited almost every feeding out. I was praying everyday for him to recover asap.

During the last week of the month, we took Reagan on an overseas trip to Bangkok. Well, I shall leave that to my next blog entry....

Exploring Singapore like a tourist..

This has been an overdue post and with my time occupied by a baby and a toddler, blogging and napping have became a luxury, and most of the time I chose the latter haha..

So here goes...

Reagan has always been very fascinated by the Singapore Flyer. Every time when we were on the highway, he never fail to spot the Flyer and always yell out in excitement. Therefore on a random weekend, we decided to take him on a ducktour and a Flyer ride together because we were definitely sure he was going to enjoy it.

Reagan recognizes a long list of vehicles types but have yet to come across this one that can go on both land and water. 

Reagan as usual, has this serious expression on his face as he listened attentively to the tour guide introducing the famous icons of Singapore.

When we entered the capsule, Reagan showed a little fear and clung onto Dada tightly.

But it didn't take long for him to warm up. Initially we thought he has a fear of heights and will not even attempt to look down, but we were wrong. Reagan LOVES the magnificent view down from the capsule! 

He was so excited to show us everything he sees from the top! The highway, the cars, the sea, the ship...etc

There was a few moment when he just leaned against the glass and just stared quietly, mesmerized by the breath-taking view below.

Or else he would run around inside of the capsule, laughing hysterically in joy.. His response was way above our expectations. We never knew he enjoys the Flyer ride so much !

I think Reagan has a pretty good photographic memory too. Later in the evening when I was printing a new set of flashcards on the Singapore Icons he saw today, he was still able to recognise them and even remembers the name, such as the MBS, the Merlion ,the Esplanade , The Fullerton Hotel ,and of course his favorite of all, the Singapore Flyer.

Sept review

This month has past by like a quick breeze. We have to bring the kids on a few short trips this end of the year, therefore I've temporary stopped his enrichment classes for now.

Some of the new activities that I've been doing together with my 2 years old these couple of weeks...

-Mandala
I've printed out my own mandalas and practice with him at home.

 Not bad for his first try :)

 -Puzzles
Reagan is showing more interest working on puzzles, especially after HappyTrain made them practice on the 12pcs ones. He is able to focus and complete 4-8 pcs puzzles with my guidance.

- Poker/ IQ/ Spelling game
I began to use poker cards to teach counting and sorting, still thinking of more new ideas on how to use the cards. I bought a sequence cards game which was a little too easy for his age, so we only played once and then chucked it aside. The spelling game was another good buy of mine (only 5 bucks!) and Reagan simply likes to do this activity with me. It comes with many letters chips and pictures cards to be spelt. First I ask him for the name of the picture, then I spelt the word for him. After that he will pick up the letters to make the word and spell it back to me again. I'm not sure whether how many spelling words he can really absorb, but it's definitely a very good input and most importantly, he's enjoying this game very much.

-Phonics story book

I've bought a couple more phonics story books for him and this time I'm moving on to the letters blendings. 

 Reagan's new interests this month

-Loves to ride on the bus and taxi so much that everyday without fail, he'll be pleading me to take him out to ride the bus AND taxi...

- He is obsessed with railway trains, trucks and bus now and able to recognise the type of heavy-duty vehicle on the road. There was a couple of times when he surprised us by pointing and yelling out "cement-mixer" and "excavator"  when we passed by a construction site. My helper explained that Reagan has a book on trucks and he has memorised all the types of vehicles in that book! (I don't even remember buying him that book on trucks!)

- His daddy bought him a wooden train set recently and he fell in love with trains! I took this chance to introduce him Thomas the Train and Chugginton ....and yes he is now a big fan of them and also turning into a train set collector himself! Now I know what theme he can choose for his next birthday !