Dunch You Underestimate Me

Since birth, Pete & I have been speaking English with Chloe. We do speak the occasional Mandarin with her. As for me & Pete, we communicate mainly in Mandarin. I guess this is how Chloe got to understand what we are telling each other especially so that she is taught Chinese in childcare.

Just after dinner, while sitted on the sofa, I was having a conversation with Pete.

Me: 今晚宝宝睡那里？
(Chloe is supposed to be sleeping with Wati before Ethan's arrival)But we failed quite miserably for the past 2 days as Chloe will wake up & request maid to bring her back to my room.
Pete: 跟wati睡咯
Me：她昨天睡到半夜又爬起来你知道吗？不如今晚就不把冷气关掉， 看她会睡到天亮吗。
Chloe sitted between us replied: DON'T WANT. I want to sleep on mummy's bed.

This nearly threw me off my seat laughing out loud! Wahahaha..

Chloe's CNY Song

I was just thinking if I should teach Chloe a song or 2 during this festive season. I am not very good in Chinese songs, let alone teach her how to sing the new year songs. What came to my mind was only one song, but after I sang to Chloe did I realised that she already knew it from school.

I learnt from Teacher Cao that Chloe's class had just begun to learn CNY songs & only a handful of children were able to sing along. Just on Sunday Chloe only knew the 1st sentence..today she graduated to learn the other 4 phrases & she loves to do the actions of gong xi gong xi while singing.

Hopefully by CNY she is able to sing to gong gong? Hhaha...

Jigsaw Again

Chloe seems to be getting the hang of doing jigsaw puzzles nowadays. Especially so when she is away from school due to her rashes. She would ask me to bring out some puzzles for her to complete.

I enjoy doing the puzzles with her. Sometimes when Chloe has problems completing a certain part of the puzzle, she will get frustrated & tell me she can't do it. She would request me to sit down with her to guide her along. I am still trying to test her patience as we feel that Chloe needs encouragment in this area. Completing her puzzle really help boosts her self esteem as we would always cheer her on everytime she puts on the final piece.

Doing jigsaw not only tests her memory & patience, this educational activity also engages her & keeps her mind active. It teaches her problem solving skills, fine tune her motor skills. At least, I think it's better than watching hi-5 & Hello Kitty cartoons all the time when I am busy with my chores!