Monday
We started the day with Ancient Egyptian History (super bite size). We learnt about the Nile Delta and the Egyptian King with the white crown who defeated the one with the red crown and ruled the whole of Egypt. I think Sophie will forever remember that because she didn't get to make the white crown. To her, winning is everything and she was reluctant to let Alfee have the white crown although she preferred the colour red.
I don't really know if making the crowns help them remember the historical aspect of it. But I guess they had fun making the crowns and they are very aware of the cobra on the crowns. That should be enough for now.
Tuesday
I think I started feeling a little unwell today. My throat was sore and I was very tired. However, the kids need some outlet so we made plans with Auntie Adeline to watch a movie at Cathay (AMK Hub). I though Lego seems benign but it wasn't as good as I had hoped. Certain parts were a little to dry for the kids and the action scenes were too loud for my timid kids. However, the experience was still good. It was Alfee's first movie. Also our first experience at Mos Burger for lunch. The kids were happily chomping fish burgers and nuggets and washing the food down with peach tea.
After lunch, we went home. I felt a little apologetic about cutting the date short but I was really feeling very tired and we all slept most of the afternoon away. Sophie woke up much sooner if she had slept at all. Nowadays she reads too much when she's suppose to be sleeping. When I managed to gather enough energy, we took out the air dry clay and started on our next Egyptian project. The clay wasn't easy to mould and she couldn't do much with it. Well, I just have to get her to paint then.
Wednesday
We went on a field trip to River Safari with Auntie Marjorie and her 3 charming sons. It nearly didn't happen with so many obstacles hindering our plans. For one, Sophie was being such a pain from the moment she woke up. She refused to cooperate and insisted her way until I threatened to cancel the trip. Then the meltdown came and she was hopelessly out of control. In the end, I became overwhelmed with rage as well. It took us at least 2 hours to reset everything. Then it started to rain. Fortunately most parts of the River Safari is sheltered.
And of course, Marjorie's 2 sons and Alfee are not tall enough to take the boat ride. So we had to take turns to ride with her elder son and Sophie. I always admire mums who can manage their kids in a calm and patient manner. With Marjorie, I could feel her 'zen-ness' and I learnt to relax a little as well.
I'm so glad our kids can get along so well. Frankly, I am not sure how others regard my kids. They are overwhelmingly sociable and they can be very intimidating. With Marjorie's boys, my kids seem to be more at ease. I feel more calm as well, I dun worry too much about my kids misbehaving as they somehow understand what to do.
Although Marjorie offered to send us back, I chose to take a cab. I knew the kids super tired. They fell instantly asleep on the way home. Peace has been restored.
I made Alfee a notebook last night and he used it to draw some images he can recall from the trip. I must say he's really more spontaneous now than he has better fine motor skills.
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| boat ride (that he didn't get to go) |
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| view from the bridge (through the wire mash) |
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| beaver |
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| Papa & Alfee in the clouds (beatles inspired) |
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| Just clouds |
As far as our HS is concerned, this has been a short week for us. Technically we should break for the holidays but I didn't think we should slack off totally. Yet it's always hard not to let the kids have some enrichment activities during the official school holidays.
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