Week 3 : Weekend Learning

Saturday

In the morning after piano lessons, we went to Bishan Park for some skate scootering. Read about it here. We have always supported the Kidsfest! Singapore and our first show this year was "What The Ladybird Heard". This was also the first time I took Alfee along with us. Although he has gone for several shows before, this was his first attempt to sit through a stage performance. I was quite happy that he was attentive and able to understand the show.

Before the start of the show, the kids went to the little book stall set up by Kookaburra and browsed through the books. Although Alfee can't read (under pressure to teach him), he was keen to look at the pictures. Hopefully he was trying to figure out the stories.

I must say I am a little disappointed by the show especially since the tickets were expensive. However, I think it's always good to expose the kids to different sorts of performing arts. In this case, Sophie was kept intrigued by the way the story was presented and she was quite a critic. 

I didn't buy tickets for Papa because I wasn't sure if Alfee could sit through the entire show. Thus, he stationed outside just in case I had to take him out. After waiting for an hour, Papa was pretty glad to see us all smiling when we left the theatre. Then we found a pub and got ourselves some fries. 

It was Alfee's lucky day. Usually I would stop him from playing with the ice cubes in Papa's ice water. Today, the kids were given special permit (thanks to Papa) to drink ice water and play with the ice cubes with their bare hands!!! Papa said they had been wanting to do that for so long, it was time we let them explore as they please.

The Wise Guy

Sunday

We did a little kirigami while Alfee was taking his nap. I basically got Sophie to draw and cut out a horse. Then we pasted the two flowers we had done earlier this week onto a piece of drawing paper together with the horse. She then added the chinese characters. We got the idea from Craftiments, unfortunately I am not that creative. 

In the evening, we went to ECP for some cycling. And today, Sophie learnt to cycle on a two-wheel bike! Read about it here.