Money making idea - a dilemma

Any amount of money is good. No one will refuse that. So, I'm contemplating to go back to school to teach, as a flexi adjunct teacher. C calculated for me how much I will get a month if I work 75 hrs for 2 weeks. Hmmm, that amount seems attractive. It can finance a lot of wants but it'll also mean that there are plenty of sacrifices. For once, the children will have to be in school by 7am so that Mummy gets to be in school for the singing of National Anthem. Shucks, I could never get used to waking up at this ungodly hour. Not before, not now. It's such a luxury to be able to sleep till the sun rises way overhead. Well, then after school, I've to rush to the centre to begin my work again. Well, as much as I can picture it, I know I'll be tired out. But the money's good. Like what Asri says, he'll be able to stay at home to be a househusband while the wife slogs hard outside...NOT..

My main concern is the kids. I'm not sure if they'll be able to succumb to waking up at such an ungodly hour. I just hope that I won't deprive them of sleep. Well, routines have to be re-adjusted again. I still have 2 weeks to plan and decide. Maybe I will try out for a month and see how. *sigh*

Cute Lil' Rayden

He's growing so fast, this little boy. He's attempting to stand, then he'll clap his hands and fall back down onto the floor/bed.



Independence! He is able to hold his milk bottle, though not all the time he's willing to do that.

Kyan's doodles

Kyan loves to write and draw. He doodles everywhere! Just yesterday, I brought him to Bright Kids to pick up Rayden. While waiting for his brother, he happily picked up the pen at the sign in and out counter and started filling in numbers in the boxes of the sign in and out sheet! Then we got home, I found out that he had also scribbled on Rayden's daily activity sheet for school! He's quite funny, this boy.

He learnt how to spell "fish" and he said teacher Nancy taught him how to draw one. (Note that there's scales on his fish)




His attempt at drawing stars and moon...

Rayden's progress

After being sick for some time, this little boy has gone down in weight. Poor thing.

• He dislikes drinking breastmilk from the bottle. Recently, we tried Promil Gold on him, he seems to like it. He's allergic to Enfapro cos when his eyes swell when he drank it on Tuesday.

• He loves to say "baa,baa, baa" and talks in his own baby language. Even Kyan seems amused by that and will imitate him.

• He cruises now, though not very confident.

• He loves to eat solid food.

• He knows that pencils/pens are used for drawing and would try to imitate Kyan to draw on paper.

• He puts everything he can reach into his mouth!

• He can clap his hands, wave bye bye and play peekaboo.

• He understands when you tell him "NO".

• He crawls pretty well.

• He is still clingy to me.

Kyan's progress

Kyan is learning so many new things everyday!

Just last month, while playing with his brother, he told Rayden, "Didi, gentaly, gentaly". I didn't understood what that was and it turned out to be "gently". He couldn't pronounce that no matter what. *LOL*.

Then he was building some stuff and when he finally managed to do it, he shouted,"Yay, I GID IT!" Haha, that translates to "I DID it".

However, when I asked his the other day, he could pronounce these two words clearly now. My little boy.

Well, he has indeed grown up a lot.

1. Words that he can recognise:

• Cat, bat, fat, hat (thanks to leapfrog)
• MRT station names -Pasir Ris, Tampines, Eunos (thanks to ah yi)
• His own full name, Rayden's, mum, dad (Once he told me that I am Mummy Julian Asri)
• East, West (from hey diddle, diddle)
• Bus
• Sun
• Car
• His friends' names - Ariel, Kyna, Joy, Eve

2. Numbers from 1 to 100

3. Timestable 10

4. Draws pretty well

Pic 1: Mummy carrying Rayden, Kyan, and Daddy (Dun ask why Mummy's so BIG)

Pic 2: Mummy's eating an apple

Pic 3: Our whole family again
(When my mum saw his pic 1, she told him that he must add more hair to the people that he's drawing. He remembered that and thus for Pic 3, more hair added was added to everyone!)

Time with Kyan

Yesterday, Kyan and I had some fun time alone. I really miss spending time with him. I've gotta bring him out more often.

We went to Downtown East for lunch at Burger King's. He had his favourite chicken tenders and fries. I had to coax him to try some tomato ketchup and he was hooked on it! Then we spent about an hour at Kids Explorer. Kyan is definitely not an "explorer". He doesn't dare to venture out to new places on his own. I had to take him to through the maze before he was confident to go on his own. I definitely have to expose him to more new things!

Then we took the train to Orchard to meet Asri there. We shopped for a while before heading back home. It was a lovely afternoon spent with my darling.

Bugged...

Everyone I know is sick. My whole family is sick. And I was sick the entire last week. When will this end? It's so frustrating to see our house turn into a mini pharmacy. I need to disinfect the house soon, get it rid of germs and viruses! Begone all you flu and cough bug, you are unwelcomed here!