Zinnia turns 7 today.
It is amazing to see how she has blossomed.
Clever idea to put the figurines on the cake! :)
"Happy Birthday, Darling!"
Miserable Week
1 day ago
Aunt Hazel saw me printing some notes and her immediate response was "Wah, are you printing money?" Haha! I really wish I have the ability to do so, then I will be rich! Hahahaha!
During C's enrichment class, she also gets to handle money because she has to buy items from shops for example. Sometimes, she would follow me down to shops to get things like a loaf of bread, or a packet of food so I thought it would be good to slowly introduce to her the concept of money.
I was racking my brains about how to do come up with resources and was even asking Aunt Linda andDaddy if their offices had colour printers to make copies of the currency. Yes, I know, that would really be counterfeiting. Then Daddy saved the day and I managed to come up with these.
And after some cutting and pasting,
C is going to have fun these days! :)
C's drawing has been improving and the pictures she is drawing are more detailed and elaborate now. And often, the pictures come with a story so this evening, she said she wanted to do some drawing and we made use of the easel.
The artist signed off...
Then we did some colouring, cutting and pasting.
C told me that she has a craving for pizza and she wasn't prepared to take her nap until I promised that we would have it for dinner. So like a doting and sometimes over-indulging mummy, I gave in. These past few days had been crazy and I had been running around that we hadn't been able to do much work in the evenings except for C's homework from Josiah.
So the guilt got to me and I said yes.
C was peering into the boxes and couldn't wait to sink her teeth in the pizza.
And of course to top it all, a little surprise arrived in the mail today.
Average Weather in Tokyo for December
Sunlight 5 hours a day
Coldest daily temperature 1 Celsius
Warmest daily temperature 12 Celsius
Coldest December temperature -7 Celsius
Warmest December temperature 24 Celsius
Wet days for December 5 days
Average Weather in Kyoto for December
Low temperature: 1 Celsius
High temperature: 11 Celsius
Humidity: 68
So this will be what the weather will be like when we are there next month.
Pack List: 5 degree celsius and below
- Layer 1:Long John
Tights
- Layer 2: Sweater / vest
- Layer 3: Down jacket / Suede leather / woolen coat
- Scarf
- Gloves
- Hats
- Ear muffs
- Socks
- Undergarments
- Leg warmer
- Thermal warmers
- Waterproof walking shoes
Essentials:
- Passports
- Credit cards
- Itinerary / maps
- Travel insurance
- Local and foreign currencies
- Camera
- Netbook
- Mobile and camera chargers
- Umbrella
- Air tickets
- Hotel reservations
- Adaptors
Personal Care:
- Body and face moisturizer
- Lip balm
- Cosmetics
- Tissue paper
- Wet wipes
- Toothbrushes / tooth paste / C's bath shampoo
Medical:
- Cold / Flu medicine
- Cheryl's nasal spray
- Lozenges
- Panadol
- Daddy's Clarinese / Actified pills
- Motion sickness pills
- Diarrhea pills
- Flu jabs / H1N1 vaccinations
This is what I have come up with so far... . Did I miss out anything?
Sunlight 5 hours a day
Coldest daily temperature 1 Celsius
Warmest daily temperature 12 Celsius
Coldest December temperature -7 Celsius
Warmest December temperature 24 Celsius
Wet days for December 5 days
Average Weather in Kyoto for December
Low temperature: 1 Celsius
High temperature: 11 Celsius
Humidity: 68
So this will be what the weather will be like when we are there next month.
Pack List: 5 degree celsius and below
- Layer 1:Long John
Tights
- Layer 2: Sweater / vest
- Layer 3: Down jacket / Suede leather / woolen coat
- Scarf
- Gloves
- Hats
- Ear muffs
- Socks
- Undergarments
- Leg warmer
- Thermal warmers
- Waterproof walking shoes
Essentials:
- Passports
- Credit cards
- Itinerary / maps
- Travel insurance
- Local and foreign currencies
- Camera
- Netbook
- Mobile and camera chargers
- Umbrella
- Air tickets
- Hotel reservations
- Adaptors
Personal Care:
- Body and face moisturizer
- Lip balm
- Cosmetics
- Tissue paper
- Wet wipes
- Toothbrushes / tooth paste / C's bath shampoo
Medical:
- Cold / Flu medicine
- Cheryl's nasal spray
- Lozenges
- Panadol
- Daddy's Clarinese / Actified pills
- Motion sickness pills
- Diarrhea pills
- Flu jabs / H1N1 vaccinations
This is what I have come up with so far... . Did I miss out anything?
C will be losing one of her teachers. Reiko Sensei is definitely one of her favourites and C is always singing the Japanese songs and poems that Reiko Sensei has taught her.
We bought the card last week but we only found time to work on it tonight.
C wrote her message, left her email address behind and then said she wanted to draw horses and flowers for Reiko Sensei. After she drew the horses, she went on to sing the song about Mother and Baby Horses that Reiko Sensei taught her.
C made a bus!
It came complete with lyrics to the song "The wheels on the bus" . Then she made another one on her own where she cut out pictures of people and pasted them over the window area. Ha ha!
C was singing the loudest, as she belted the Birthday Song! :)
"Happy Birthday, Grand Mother!"
Using the scissors is a great way to practise fine motor skills. Controlling the tool takes a lot of effort and then cutting the shapes to size is something C has to learn herself.
Luckily, they are "stars" and "flowers" , which happens to be one of C's many favourites so completing the task is easy. :)
Luckily, they are "stars" and "flowers" , which happens to be one of C's many favourites so completing the task is easy. :)
The final products! :) Not too bad. :)
C's homework. Recognising what the pictures are isn't the only thing C needs to do. She has to be able to pronounce the words and then decipher the spelling before writing them out.
