BEFORE.....
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Lil Tinkerbell's drawing
Today, Lil Tinkerbell came back from kindy with a very impressive drawing of herself! hahaha..and i must say i was very amused. Firstly, she is an Asian so she has black hair but in the drawing, the colour of her hair was yellow but she told me it was because there was no black crayons around.
Good effort for a first timer..hahaha..am sending this to her grandmother now for keeps.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Something to be proud of..
I was thrilled to receive an email from the Talented and Gifted Children's Association of South Australia to learn that Lil Tinkerbell has been granted provisional membership. They will assess her further through Saturday workshops and from there inform us on their decision to convert the membership to full.
I found it very flattering at first when her kindy director pointed out that she has been reading and the fact that she is the only child who can read in kindy astonishes them. Not only can she read but her conversational skills are exceptional as well as she has a tendency to sound very adult'ish'.
For instance, we were crossing the road one day and i told her to cross carefully as a car was approaching us. She immediately ran to the other side as the car swerved our way and told me.."that was a close one mummy!"
Lil Tinkerbell also loves doing substractions and additions at home using the abacus and her favourite cartoon is The Simpsons! She can actually laugh at some of the jokes but we have to sit in and guide her that some languages are not appropriate to be used.
One thing i realised too is that when we go to the Zoo, she is not only just looking at the animals but she runs to the board and reads what animals they are too. Same thing will happen in a shopping mall when she sees a directory board, she will run to it and find out where we are located in the mall.
The question is I don't know whether she really is gifted or not because I tend to question, is giftedness acquired or innate? I am tempted to have her tested but at the same time, from what i gather from websites, it is still too early to have her tested until later so I guess we probably will wait. The only test I have ever done on her and what I could find was a reading test online which would determine her reading age based on the number of words she can read out and based on that, her reading age is of a 7.5 years old child. (she is only 4 years old)
A summary and quick reflection of her milestones achieved:
(This may or may not sound like a normal child motor skills but I am just writing them out from what I have observed in her)
Started walking by 1 years old.
Started reading by 2.5 years old.
Started sleeping in her own room and stopped wearing nappies at night by 3+
Knows how to switch on and off the computer to play her computer games at 3.
Assembing 15 pieces, 25 pieces, 30 pieces jigsaw puzzles in 15 minutes.
Assembled 48 pieces jigsaw puzzle within 30 minutes and now we are giving her a 60 piece and 100 piece to work on.
Hmm..would be interesting to see how she progresses later in life. It could just be a growth spurt for all you know..i wonder..
I found it very flattering at first when her kindy director pointed out that she has been reading and the fact that she is the only child who can read in kindy astonishes them. Not only can she read but her conversational skills are exceptional as well as she has a tendency to sound very adult'ish'.
For instance, we were crossing the road one day and i told her to cross carefully as a car was approaching us. She immediately ran to the other side as the car swerved our way and told me.."that was a close one mummy!"
Lil Tinkerbell also loves doing substractions and additions at home using the abacus and her favourite cartoon is The Simpsons! She can actually laugh at some of the jokes but we have to sit in and guide her that some languages are not appropriate to be used.
One thing i realised too is that when we go to the Zoo, she is not only just looking at the animals but she runs to the board and reads what animals they are too. Same thing will happen in a shopping mall when she sees a directory board, she will run to it and find out where we are located in the mall.
The question is I don't know whether she really is gifted or not because I tend to question, is giftedness acquired or innate? I am tempted to have her tested but at the same time, from what i gather from websites, it is still too early to have her tested until later so I guess we probably will wait. The only test I have ever done on her and what I could find was a reading test online which would determine her reading age based on the number of words she can read out and based on that, her reading age is of a 7.5 years old child. (she is only 4 years old)
A summary and quick reflection of her milestones achieved:
(This may or may not sound like a normal child motor skills but I am just writing them out from what I have observed in her)
Started walking by 1 years old.
Started reading by 2.5 years old.
Started sleeping in her own room and stopped wearing nappies at night by 3+
Knows how to switch on and off the computer to play her computer games at 3.
Assembing 15 pieces, 25 pieces, 30 pieces jigsaw puzzles in 15 minutes.
Assembled 48 pieces jigsaw puzzle within 30 minutes and now we are giving her a 60 piece and 100 piece to work on.
Hmm..would be interesting to see how she progresses later in life. It could just be a growth spurt for all you know..i wonder..
Monday, May 11, 2009
Happy Mother's Day
It was Mother's Day yesterday and the kids made a special Mother's Day card for me. My first handmade card from them and I am thrilled at it. It may not be a work of Picaso and it may not have cost alot but the results were just as amazing to me!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MUMS!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MUMS!
Friday, May 8, 2009
After 2 years..and still waiting
2 years ago, I decided to take the biggest step in my life and that was to migrate to Australia.
With my husband's blessing, I went alone initially to a state called Adelaide and decided to make it home. I left behind my hubby and two growing babies back in Malaysia.
Initially, coming here wasn't exactly my ideal situation because I wasn't prepared financially and emotionally. Thankfully with God's blessing, I managed to stick around and complied with my 2 years condition stay here. It was a struggle because we couldn't afford to have our kids with us in the first year itself so they had to stay back with their grandparents but we pulled through and finally during our second year, Ironchef managed to get a job and everything fell into place including our kids.
On the 5.5.09, we finally submitted in our application for a full conversion of our PR and although there is another 3-6 months wait before we are able to get it approved, at least we are able to now get a Medicare card each. All Australians have a medicare card which allows them to see a doctor for free or admit into a public hospital for free.
We on the other hand were only able to get our hands on them recently. Well, it was worth the wait and i hope we get news of our PR soon..
With my husband's blessing, I went alone initially to a state called Adelaide and decided to make it home. I left behind my hubby and two growing babies back in Malaysia.
Initially, coming here wasn't exactly my ideal situation because I wasn't prepared financially and emotionally. Thankfully with God's blessing, I managed to stick around and complied with my 2 years condition stay here. It was a struggle because we couldn't afford to have our kids with us in the first year itself so they had to stay back with their grandparents but we pulled through and finally during our second year, Ironchef managed to get a job and everything fell into place including our kids.
On the 5.5.09, we finally submitted in our application for a full conversion of our PR and although there is another 3-6 months wait before we are able to get it approved, at least we are able to now get a Medicare card each. All Australians have a medicare card which allows them to see a doctor for free or admit into a public hospital for free.
We on the other hand were only able to get our hands on them recently. Well, it was worth the wait and i hope we get news of our PR soon..
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Getting back into the routine
It has been a week full of adjustments. My Lil Tinkerbell officially started going to kindy last week and she now attends kindy four days a week from Mondays to Thursdays last week.
Monday & Tuesday - 12.15 - 3.00pm
Wednesday & Thursday - 8.45 - 11.30am
Having to adjust to those weird times of the day proved to be successful so far and I managed to also fit in my workout schedule to coincide with her timing.
The only challenging bit is The getting up from bed early in the morning because my kids like me are nocturnal kids. They are very quiet and relaxed doing their own thing during the day but once the sun sets, once the moon is up.. that is when they start screaming and jumping and gosh..my whole house is awake at night and only at night!! Come visit my house during the day is like visiting a museum but come at night..it is a different scenario altogether!
But i miss having my girl at home though, watching her say goodbye to me at kindy while she walks to her classroom alone, I am waiting for the hour to pass so i can pick her up and hug her again while she chatters away about her day makes me realise how big she is already and next year when she finally steps into the real world going to school..omigosh..the thought of seeing her in her school uniform..i don't know..my heart wants everything to stop right now. I don't want things to go so fast.
Even lil rascal is going to start kindy next year. My lil rascal, the boy who only knows how to say "NO" to things..the boy who refuses to sit in the potty, the boy who is soo loud but loves to sing and his favourite songs are "Papa, don't go home" and "Papa, don't kill spider!" is finally going to be a big boy himself!
Sigh..how time flies..
Monday & Tuesday - 12.15 - 3.00pm
Wednesday & Thursday - 8.45 - 11.30am
Having to adjust to those weird times of the day proved to be successful so far and I managed to also fit in my workout schedule to coincide with her timing.
The only challenging bit is The getting up from bed early in the morning because my kids like me are nocturnal kids. They are very quiet and relaxed doing their own thing during the day but once the sun sets, once the moon is up.. that is when they start screaming and jumping and gosh..my whole house is awake at night and only at night!! Come visit my house during the day is like visiting a museum but come at night..it is a different scenario altogether!
But i miss having my girl at home though, watching her say goodbye to me at kindy while she walks to her classroom alone, I am waiting for the hour to pass so i can pick her up and hug her again while she chatters away about her day makes me realise how big she is already and next year when she finally steps into the real world going to school..omigosh..the thought of seeing her in her school uniform..i don't know..my heart wants everything to stop right now. I don't want things to go so fast.
Even lil rascal is going to start kindy next year. My lil rascal, the boy who only knows how to say "NO" to things..the boy who refuses to sit in the potty, the boy who is soo loud but loves to sing and his favourite songs are "Papa, don't go home" and "Papa, don't kill spider!" is finally going to be a big boy himself!
Sigh..how time flies..
Friday, May 1, 2009
My Wish List..
I decided to come up with a My Wish List so that for Mother's day, I have options for the kids to choose from..hahah..i know i sound mean but i can't help it. Hey, i didn't invent Mother's day :P
At first, I thought it would be easy to come up with a list but it is actually not as easy as i thought because each time i thought of something, i would have a reason for not wanting them..so it becomes more of a "i want than i need" urge. Nonetheless, i still decided to write the list together with my reasons beside them.
1) Iphone - will be getting it in August this year but i still thought i would write this in.
2) Ipod - don't really need em now since the Iphone will have Ipod functions.
3) 10" digital photo frame with built in MP3 and movie features
4) Wii - Although i don't really need them now cause the kids are still too young and i don't want them to be addicted to it and that goes the same for the big kid in the house as well.
5) A big big HOLIDAY..
and the list ends...see not as easy as i thought. The thing is, i don't know what else i could need or want. I got my video camera last year from Ironchef and I got my electric toothbrush this morning so both are now eliminated from my list.
Hmm...any more interesting gift ideas??
At first, I thought it would be easy to come up with a list but it is actually not as easy as i thought because each time i thought of something, i would have a reason for not wanting them..so it becomes more of a "i want than i need" urge. Nonetheless, i still decided to write the list together with my reasons beside them.
1) Iphone - will be getting it in August this year but i still thought i would write this in.
2) Ipod - don't really need em now since the Iphone will have Ipod functions.
3) 10" digital photo frame with built in MP3 and movie features
4) Wii - Although i don't really need them now cause the kids are still too young and i don't want them to be addicted to it and that goes the same for the big kid in the house as well.
5) A big big HOLIDAY..
and the list ends...see not as easy as i thought. The thing is, i don't know what else i could need or want. I got my video camera last year from Ironchef and I got my electric toothbrush this morning so both are now eliminated from my list.
Hmm...any more interesting gift ideas??
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