Happy Birthday To Yi Ma

Different Parts Of My Face

About 2-3 months ago, Chloe was taught where is her ears (耳朵) by Gu Po. She has problems figuring out wat is 眼睛 then. Yesterday I tried to ask Chloe again where her eyes, nose, mouth & ears were. She was able to point to me correctly. Then I repeated in Mandarin & Chloe was able to point to me 眼睛/ 鼻子/ 嘴巴/ 耳朵 in the correct order.

Chloe enjoys being 'tested' by me or Pete. She would smile & clap her hands when I praised her for a job well done. She can even point to my nose when I ask her where is mama's nose!

Chloe Goes To Childcare

Decided to summarize Chloe's first 4 days in childcare in one single post.

Chloe started goin to Childcare on Friday 3 October. During the 1st 3 days, she is only required to stay for half a day, ie) till 12 noon.

Day 1 :
Pete brought Chloe to the cc @ 8.40am while I report to work. By this time, most of the children have reached the childcare. She proceeded on to her classroom where she played with toys, ate breakfast, playtime @ the playground. She was quite disobedient as Pete told me she roamed around in class while the teacher is teaching :P She pooed after her breakfast & Pete took the chance to go for breakfast. During this time, she was pretty ok on her own & even wearing her own shoes to the playground. It was only when Pete got back & Chloe caught a glimpse of him from inside that she cried for him to carry her.

Day 2:
My turn to be with Chloe. As usual she roamed around in class while Teacher Monica & Teacher Wei Wei is teaching. When teacher Monica is on the topic of Flour, Chloe refused to feel the texture of it when she was encouraged to. Instead, she was more interested in the loaf of Gardenia raisin bread that the teacher brought out for the children to try :P Chloe practised on her motorskills by picking up a piece of bread from the plate with a toothpick. During lunch time, Chloe almost finished the bowl of fish porridge given to her. I am quite pleased that Chloe is eating well in school. Overall, she was great on her 2nd day in school.

Day 3:
Neither Pete or myself turned up at the cc. I merely brought her there in the morning before work & left after her daily health check. When Chloe felt my hands releasing her, she cried immediately. Quick thinking auntie Zhen hastily took over Chloe & carried her into the classroom. I left immediately as I did not want to see Chloe crying for me. I called teacher Monica at about 3.40pm. Teacher Monica was very pleased with Chloe's performance. She described Chloe as a 'wonderful' kid, telling me that she is independent & understood her instructions. Chloe is sociable & got along fine with her classmates. Poor Chloe dozed off in the middle of a class & teacher Alice had to carry her away. At one point during nap time, Chloe woke up & teacher monica told her to go back to sleep. Immediately Chloe understood & went back to 'sleep' with her eyes open. Gradually she fell asleep till the lights were on.

Day 4:
I was instructed to bring more diapers to school from the communication booklet. Chloe cried again after I passed her to Auntie Zhen. She was okay after about 5 mins. Teacher Monica told me that after play Chloe was looking high & low for Gong Gong. Poor darling, she remembers Gong Gong was there the day before after play time! I noticed Chloe was exceptionally hungry by the time it was 6pm. I guess I have to look into this & maybe get someone to feed her another round of milk after her break time at 3.30pm.

In summary, Chloe is adapting well in school & I am glad she is making a steady progress.

Mama...LOOK!

We were walking past an accessories shop on a Friday night when Pete came across these cute winter ear protectors. Vain Chloe was very eager to try them on & kept smiling for the camera.

Papa ..Hurry! Say CHEESE!

Pete & I woke up on Sunday morning & were greeted with a text message from his cousin. The message said: Chloe is on papers! She is smiling with her bottle in her hand.

We looked at each other & grinned. The night before, we guessed if there could be a possibility that the photo would be published the following day. We were not sure.

In fact, Pete brought Chloe along with him to register for the newpaper Big Walk on Saturday. Coincidentally, a reporter was there & interviewed him. There you see my smiling hubby & daughter posing for the camera. By the way, when I questioned Pete what Chloe was wearing besides her yellow tee, his reply? Oh! Her Pyjamas! :P

More Family Pictures from Club Med

These were taken by the resort photographer during our 5 day stay at Club Med. I thought why not take the chance as most of the time, either Pete or I will be the one shooting & of cos, one of us will be missing from the shot with Chloe. For now at least, we have a few family shots!

My Passport Photo