Kyan's progress

Kyan is progressing so rapidly in terms of his word and numerical knowledge! He takes such an interest in words and numbers that he can remember stuff that he has seen quite accurately. I'm so proud of him!

To add on to the previous list:

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
• milk
• ice
• Asri and Joyce (Isn't that cool?)
• fish
• stop
• slow
• let, met,
  

2. Numbers from 1 to 100


3. Timestable 10

4. Simple addition and subtraction (although he gets confused over whether to add or minus at times)
e.g
2 + 1 = 3
5 + 5 = 10
4 + 4 = 8
3 + 3 + 3 = 9
3 - 1 = 2

5. HE KNOWS MY HANDPHONE NUMBER!

6. He knows how to read 2 simple storybooks by memorising the sentences on each page!

• My Camera
• What is it?

7. He knows how to write Chinese characters like "ren2", "xiao3"

• So he'll write "Xiao Rayden" or "Xiao Kyan"
  

Lil' Rayden

He is so vocal now! His best words are "baa, baa" and he can sorta say "bird", which he always points to when we are downstairs. He's such a happy baby and I just love to watch him play. I realised that he observes Kyan when he is playing, then imitates him. When given plastic plates and spoons, he'll act as if he is cooking. Just this morning, I fell asleep on the bed after I sent Kyan to school. Rayden was happily flipping thru the pages of Kyan's storybook. When I woke up, I realised that he had bitten off a corner of the page and was chewing on paper! This boy!

The tale of the saga continues...(Part 2)

I kept both of them at home on Monday. Their fever was subsiding but not cleared yet.

On Tuesday, both were cleared of fever. *YAY*

Then came Wednesday, Rayden had developed this rash all over his face, body, hands and legs. I didn't think very much of it as I thought was probably the after-math effect of the antibiotics.

On Thursday, Kyan's fever came back and he was coughing very badly. Rayden had more rashes and he looked like an alien baby! I remembered that Kyan had this sort of condition before. It's called "fake measles". I called Doc Sim and he said he can't confirmed over the phone but I was told to wait for 2-3 days to see if the rashes will subside.




Friday saw us bringing Kyan to Doc Sim as his cough was really bad. He was given more medication and inhaler. Doc Sim confirmed Rayden as having "fake measles".

Over the weekend, Kyan's cough was so much better and Rayden no longer looked like some alien baby-he has gotten his porcelain smooth skin back again.

I hope the saga stops here. My energy is running out...

The tale of the saga continues...(Part 1 )

On 29 Mar 2008, I was teaching when my sister told me that Rayden had developed a fever. Asri brought some medicine for him and his fever went ding-dong at 38-39 degrees. Throughout the night we were sponging him and checking his temperature.

The next day, his fever soared to 40 degrees and Kyan also had fever. His was 39 degrees and he didn't have any appetite at all. My mum and I immediately brought them to KK hospital. Without having to wait, we were asked to seek consultation at the "red"door as ours was an urgent case. The doctor examined Kyan and said that it was probable a viral infection. He was more concerned over Rayden because of his age. He sent Rayden for a blood test, x-ray and neubuliser puffs. He screamed his head off the blood test and x ray. Poor boy, my heart felt so pained. The doctor said that both of them probably were infected by the same viral infection. He said the fever will probably continue for a few days before it clears completely. They were prescribed a ton of medication. By the time we got out of KK, we looked as if we had gone shopping there with a big bag of medication!

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...