Are we too strict?

Recently i noticed that P is behaving differently.

Incident 1. She was having her breakfast at the dining table, and i walked to the room to get something. When came out, she had clean up. It was too fast, so i asked if she finished her breaky, she told me yes. But when i checked the rubbish bin, her breaky was there.

Incident 2. She came home with red paint on her sleeves and bag. I asked her what happened, she didnt reply (which is absolutely normal from her, which kinda piss me off). Later she told me her fren spilled paint on her, since her bag had spashed paint, and i suspect most likely is during shower time. After toking to her teacher in the morning, it is her n mayb with her fren playing with the paint n spilled.

I wondered if it because she is worried we going to scold her and she lied/ refused to tell us what happen? I did those when i was younger to avoid being scolded. Are we being to strict to her or are there something wrong with my parenting? I dont want to be in my parents' shadow.

I am at fault too, i m spending less time with P due to work, got super frustrated with her at time. I m afraid things will get worst, when the extended family is coming in 2 weeks time.

PTC Sem 2 2012

Went for P's PTC after her last Misulo class, it was sad that it had to close down. At the PTC, it is good to hear that she has improve in her skills, eager to learn new stuffs. But there is still things that we need to tackle, her super short attention span. I minimise her tv time as well as her time spend on the tablet. I hoped it will help. Perhaps it is my fault, at times i used tv n tablet as a mean of babysitting.

We can see that she is able to copy in sentences. She can recognise quite a number of chinese words. To me that is a very good progress.

The subject abt having no 2 was discussed as well. P is having this imaginary future baby sister according to her Teacher L. 陈老师 did feedback abt her character, which is due to being the only child. We will just wait and see if it will happen.....

Tired.....

End of years, always marked the busiest time for me..... P was sick for the past few days, we tot she gonna missed the last day of camp, but due to heavy rain, the trip was cancelled for the kiddos. On the first day, P was running a 38.8C fever but is still active. She ate her lunch and that was her last meal for the day. The next day, she started to vomit n slept all morning, complaining abt tummyache and asked for water in between. She even passed on her fav rebina. But somehow ard lunch time she woke up like her battery was fully charged, she ate like she had been starved for days, but had to control her intake incase she vomit. I m tired of cleaning up her vomit. During the 2 days, ATM n i have to take turn on leave. He went for his meetings in the morning and i will go to work in the afternoon and stayed till i finished my labwork.

My exam is coming next mth, both theory and practical. I havent really started studying yet as i had just finished with my assignment. Imaging trying to complete them in Chinese....

15 Days @ WA

In July, we took almost half a mth off to down under. July is a month of celebration, it is P's birthday and our wedding anniversary. All these just justify for a 15 days off. This was P's second time to Perth, her first trip was when she was 20 mth old, that time we went during autumn. This time round it was winter.

Enjoying the entertainment system on Qantas, this is where she was exposed to The Simpsons and fell in love with Bart.

We brought her booster seat over.

My favorite paparazzi shot

At Money Mia Resort, took us 2 days from Perth just to see the dolphins

Nice beach

She really enjoyed herself during the trip with all her favourite snacks

Having fun in the playground loaded with sand

At the Bussleton jetty, the longest in the southern hemisphere. Too bad the aquarium was closed due to low clarity. We always missed the aquarium and it was ATM third trip.

Train ride on the jetty

Isnt she cute? She has no fear at all eventhough she is standing at the end of the jetty

A must group pic whenever we are back, the kids really grow up fast.

Genting 2012

It has been in the draft for a long time...... We went to Genting in May together with my parents. We almost cancelled the trip as i was very sick for awhile.... fever and cough for almost 2 mth.....

It was P first coach trip, we took a morning coach as ATM dun like to travel in the evening. Since it was a 5 hr ride from Spore to Genting, i m more worried abt P's bladder. I make her go pee almost every stop. Mom got motion sickness on her way up to Genting...... P enjoyed herself in the children theme park. 

My legs are sleepy

Ever since the car went to the workshop, we have been taking the public transport. Since she is goin to school, we just leave her stroller at home. Plus it is so cramp in the train and bus, there is hardly any space for stroller. These few days, she went to the LH camp, lotsa walking today as they went to Sentosa. She was tired and wanted to be carried. She told ATM her legs are sleepy. It was so cute......

In the beginning of the years, when she took the public transport to school. I remembered Teacher L called n told me that she cried and fell asleep at 1030 in the morning..... Indeed she was tired, she walked 10 min to MRT station, then stood all the way on the bus to school. Poor thing......

Ashputtel

The CC brought the kids to the theatre for 'Ashputtel'. It is actually the story of Cinderella but with a twist. P told me the play was nice n funny. I asked whats the play abt. All she could tell me was they cut the toes and laughed. Well, i read from some parents' review, perhaps thats the highlight of the play, tt y P remembered it so well.... It is good that the CC is exposing her to these, else i would have to bring her (most likely i will not be able to enjoy).