He is a tween!

My elder prince Chen Chen turns a tweenager today!   It was like yesterday when I had him in my arms.   Back then, we showered him with all our attention since he was the first child in our household. My parents, hubby, myself, my brother and sister in law, 6 adults gave him all the attention.   I spent a lot of time playing with him, reading to him,  teaching him.....  

He lost the total attention he used to get since his younger brother arrived.   No doubt, he exhibits the traits of a big brother and loves his brother very much.   Many a time, he extends his big wings and shelters his brother, especially when he brought his brother to play in the playground or theme park.   

My happy, lovely, easy going, sociable boy.   

We celebrated his birthday in his favorite Sakura buffet restaurant.   His forever love - ice cream

Forgetful me forgot to bake him cake.   The restaurant offered cake for his birthday but for consumption on the spot, not for taking away.   We decided to forgo it since we won't be able to stomach the cake.  My easy going lovely boy made do with a cup cake from the buffet counter.

My boys and hubby had table soccer game after the buffet dinner.

His birthday presents

Breakfast with Mom at Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem organised breakfast with mom before Mother's day yearly.   There was a delay this year due to electric failure before the planned date.

Same as last year, bee hoon was served for the breakfast.   Children presented  present to their mom before taking breakfast.   What a sweet thought by the staff of Carpe Diem.

Png Png eating the bee hoon and the present for me was next to him.

He said his teacher helped him to tie the ribbon on the box.

Png Png insisted that he opened the present for me.

See what did he make for me.

What lovely pendants.

Png Png's art work

Png Png's childcare centre engaged an outside supplier to conduct art lesson.   Initially, Png Png told me that he didn't want to join the art lesson when the director messaged me to check the responses for this art lesson.   When I received the registration form from the childcare centre, he told me he wanted to join the class.   

His first art piece was a chameleon. 

  The proud creator of the art piece.

I made a bento based on this art piece.

Last abacus class with Teacher Agnes

Tonight is the last lesson Png Png has with Teacher Agnes.    Png Png learned abacus from Teacher Agnes since he was 4 years old.   He likes Teacher Agnes very much.   I like Agnes too.    Initially, she was teaching abacus at block 569.  For some unknown reasons, she left the RC at block 569 and taught at block 741.  The number of student joining the abacus class at block 741 is very few.   This month, there is only 3 students left.   The outsource supplier, ie Agnes's boss decided to discontinued as the fees collected cannot cover the cost he incurred.   Sigh...... only if she did not leave the RC at block 569.
Png Png missed Teacher Agnes very much.   Teacher Agnes missed all her students very much too.   She took picture with her students.

Mother's day celebration

Last year, we celebrated Mother's day at Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant (莲心素食餐厅) in Quality Hotel.   My parents, hubby and Chen Chen love the buffet offered by this restaurant.   So, this year, I made a reservation for Mother's day celebration in this restaurant.   The business was very good.    They had 2 sessions for the buffet lunch.   I made a reservation for the 11:30 am session. 

However, the quality of the food dropped.   The food was not as good as last year.    The choices were reduced by a lot too.    The first upsetting encounter was the waitress gave us a table for 5 though I made a reservation for 6.   Probably only my parents and Chen Chen were present when they were ushered to the seat.   Hubby was parking his car and I brought Png Png to the wash room.   Even then, my parents told the waitress there were 6 of us and my reservation was for 6 people.   Hubby swop to another bigger table when he came in and found that there was short of one seat and the table could not accommodate 6 of us.   The waitress was unhappy when she found out we took the bigger table and asked my parents if we took the seats ourselves.   My mom told her that we were given a table which could not accommodate all of us.    She said we should tell the waitress.   My parents did but to no avail.    This really pissed me off.

Last year, Png Png disliked the food though all of us loved it.    This year, Png Png took the food better.

My boys reading their story books after they filled up their tummy.

My dearest parents

Mommy and me

Chen Chen joined in the 2 moms

My parents, my princes and I

Wire sculpture

Chen Chen didn't like arts since young.   Probably his school's art teacher last year taught arts differently and inspired Chen Chen to like arts.   Chen Chen requested me to send him for arts lesson.   I registered him for an art class in the RC opposite my parents' place.   He told me he didn't want to continue the art lesson after he came back from his first lesson.   I had no choice but to wait for the yearly intake by Nayang Academy of Fine Arts.    Luckily, there was vacancy for Chen Chen's level.   The slots are taken up like hot cake for younger children.

Today, Chen Chen brought home a cute wire sculpture.   He said he made an angry bird but I think it looks more like Grover.  

Mother's day

On Mother's day, I made bread sushi for my mom.

Chen Chen made 3 rainbow loom bracelets and a wired heart shape sculpture for me.

I asked him to make a rainbow loom bracelet for my mom, one for my sister-in-law.   He made this for my mom.

and this for my sister-in-law.

Png Png made these pendants for me, taught by his teachers in Carpe Diem