2nd day in playschool

This is my little girl's second day in school. I am not too worried as my mum is with her today. I am just anxious to know how she fare.

Grandma says she clings to her all the time, cry during bath time and eat very little. She must have realised that she will be in the same place everyday now. She's worried I believe. I am now very concern about addressing her fear. How should I do it? I just got to be careful not to handle it wrongly. She is so innocent and her fears are so genuine. This is probably mummy's first challenge in raising a confident child.

1st day in playschool

I took leave from work to bring my daughter to her playschool. It was her first day! It was quite an eventful day for her. She started the day at 9am. While I was busy with her registration, she started exploring the centre and came back to me with a biscuit in her hand. Seems like she has made some friends.

She was greeted with a stumbling hug by a young friend in her class. Her name is Magdeline and she should be 26 months old. Boy, was she excited to see Joelle. Now there are two boys and two girls in her play group! Fair.

There is Kieran, 27 months old. A very serious looking boy. Then there is Alexander, 22 months old. Always saying "No..no.." That made Joelle the youngest addition to the group. Ms Ang is their English teacher and there is another Lau Shi who teaches them Mandarin. As a parent, I am actually very pleased that there are only four children to two teachers.

Today was their water play day and Joelle, being a water baby, totally enjoyed herself splashing around. I decided to stay dry and kept a distance from her. Then it was lunch time. She impressed everyone by eating on her own... the first three mouthful. Then I had to feed her. So much of trying to look proud. She also enjoyed the shower time. There is a monkey and a giraffe in the shower area and she wanted to ripped them off the wall. Ms Ang told her to leave them there so her friends could see them when they shower too. When the other children fell asleep during their naptime, Joelle was still exploring the centre. I thought it was my presense so I left her for two hours. But to her, it was eternity. Ms Ang said she cried herself to sleep and woke up crying when she didn't see me. Well, that came as a shock. I realised I overlooked the fact that she is still a child. However she bounced into action the moment I step into her class. She screamed "mummy" and ran over to hug me. This time refusing to let me out of her sight!

She ate well at tea break. Three slices of pandan cake!!! She was smiling at everyone and totally enjoying the sit around tea time with so many little friends.

Although she did cry a little... that's fair since it was her first day in school but I can see that she is happy being there. There are way too many things and corners and faces for her to explore and get engaged in. I think she do like her first day in school.

Ye-low?

Dave called me at the office just now and I heard my girl shouting "Ye-low! Ye-low" in the background. Sounded so funny. Dave said she knew it was mummy and wanted to speak to me over the phone but I told him that she behaved like that everytime I used the phone. In fact she would run to the phone whenever it rang. That's why the phone is high up on the shelve now. Soon she will be screening my calls... I would not be too surprise.

Count your blessings

I never really realised how blessed we have been. Both of us were not born with a golden spoon. Perhaps I was but I never got to eat from that spoon for too long. However we were able to get married, buy a flat, have a baby and even own a car... all from our own pocket!!! For that we are proud. We ought to be.

Today, I count my blessings. And I thank God for them.

Good morning

Before I left for office, I sat on Joelle's bed and looked at how sweet and angelic my little princess looks in her sleep. When I bended over to give her a little peck on the cheeks, she stired and blinked her eyes. I watched her stretched... then she opened her eyes and smiled at me. Oh... that totally melted my heart. She is indeed my angelic princess. I felt so wonderful to be the mother of this charming baby girl. She made my day! The whole day!

Always keep your promise

Always keep your promise! Joelle proved this point to me very well one day. I was about to leave for work when she started hugging me and refusing to let go. I told her mummy needs to work so she can have toys and books. She looked at me seriously, nodded her head and repeated "toy". At the door, she waved goodbye and reminded me "toy". I nodded and promise to bring back a toy.

When I return home that evening, she greeted me at the door with a hug. I gave her a kiss and a big bear hug. Then she suddenly asked "toy"? I was shocked! I mean she is only 18 mths, I never expect her to remember our transaction that morning. I lied that the toy is in my bag, rushed back to my room and grabbed a new toy from the box of "spare" kept in my room. Thank goodness for those warehouse sales where I bought quite a number of toys and books to introduce to her slowly. That saved my promise to my little girl. And I can see that promise is very important to her.

Good news

Today I finally went "put-put" which is what my mama always worry about. I never knew moving my bowel could bring so much joy to them. Daddy's going out again and Mummy says he will be back five days later. I heard them mention 'pearl'. I wonder why Daddy is always not at home. Mummy says he has to work to buy me milk. Is my milk very expensive?