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 !

A random trip to Sea Aquarium

We planned to shop around Vivocity but decided to make a fast visit to the Sea Aquarium since we were very near Sentosa.

This was the 3rd time we brought Reagan here .... and he is still afraid of the same camel. My mom was trying to keep him from struggling to escape.

 His fearful expression is quite hillarious haha!

Since Reagan is older now, he is much more responsive and shows more excitement during this visit. He can recognise some of the sea creatures , such as the sharks, seahorses, stingray, starfish and the dolphins ,and he enjoyed greeting "hello" and waving "byebye" to each and every of them.

Reagan surprised us when he suddenly pointed to the word "continent" on one of the description board and pronounced the word correctly, loud and clear. He knows how to read (using phonics to break up the words) but I'm sure my 2 years old doesn't understand what "continent" mean. 

Anyway this got my mom really excited and she tried to make Reagan read out a few random words/sentences as we explored the place.

Guess which is his favourite sea creature....the JELLYFISH! 

Even after we left the Sea Aquarium, he couldn't stop talking about the jellyfish we saw earlier, haha!

2.5 yrs old Progress Review & Term Report (Stamford & Happy Train)

Stamford Little Genius 's Progress Review

Parents were not allowed to bring back the progress review file so I've recorded down as much as I can remember during the parents' meeting session.

- Reagan is attentive in class but he is very soft-spoken.

- Math - Reagan can recognise numbers from 1-30 and recite them at home. However when his teacher tested him that day, he is only willing to recite up to 5 and refused to continue. Well, kids have their mood some days.

- Phonics - Able to recognise and say out the name of all alphabets during the test, got all of them right yeah! When the teacher tested him on the initial sounds that each alphabet made, he got all the sounds right but hesitate during the letter "Q", "V', "W' , "X" .


Happy Train 's Term Report

Comments from English Teacher:
-Obedient and participation in class
-Patient in fixing 12 pieces puzzles
- Excellent in matching shapes and sizes

Comments from Chinese Teacher:
- Enjoy fixing puzzles
- Focus and does his work well
- Does well in blowing exercise
- Fast at pocket memory game

Reagan missed out the comments from his Japanese teacher because he was absence during Japanese class that week.

1st visit to The Playhouse @ Rochester Park

This is the same place where I held my "Alice in Wonderland" garden themed ROM 4 years ago...and now it has turned into an open-air cafe with a connecting children indoor and outdoor playhouse! It brings me so much fond memories revisiting this place again, and on this relaxing Friday noon, I came back together with my Reagan boy.

Mini playground, waterplay stations and many rides-on scattered within the play area.

 Reagan hopped onto one on his own.

When the weather gets a little too hot, it's good that there's also an air-conditioned indoor play area  where he spent most of his time here building blocks and cooking at the pretend-play section. 

Reagan is so into buses and trains recently. He explored the entire indoor area with this "Thomas train" toy which he held on for quite some time. 

A little girl joined him in his cooking pretend play and it was really a joy to watch them interact and cook for each other, haha!

Lastly I shall end this post with a cute smile from my cheeky boy!

Kite-Flying @ Marina Barrage

Picnics and kite-flying at the spacious grassy roof of Marina Barrage is definitely one of the outdoor fun that you definitely have to try with your kids. 

Our Reagan boy enjoying the cheery sunshine and the lingering cool breeze...

To avoid the weekend crowd, everyone agreed to go off work early and to spend some time here on a Friday to celebrate my sis's birthday. Check out our snacks....cake, salad, finger food, cookies, sandwiches and fruits....very typical "picnic food."

Singing the birthday song for his aunt!

Everyone attempts to fly the kite!

Baby K had fun watching everyone in action too! 

Once a while Reagan would come over to "entertain" him

I can't wait for his baby brother to grow up and see the boys running and chasing each other around.

Reagan's first kite-flying experience.

Nailed it totally! That's my boy!

....well...it didn't take long for him to lose interest in the kite..

He dumped the kite back to daddy and continued sprinting and bouncing around like a rabbit on the open grass patch.