you never stop worrying when it comes to kids

the past few weeks have been tough when it comes to sending the younger boy to school.

he kept insisting that he will wake up with nightmares after his afternoon naps and wont stop crying.

at first, he didn't know the word "nightmare" and could only tell the teacher that his head hurts in relation to the "monsters" that he thought of..

and when the teacher called to inform the clueless mummy at work, she was scared out of her wits thinking did he have a fall or has he fallen sick.

by the time I rushed to my mum's place (she went to fetch him straight after the update by the teacher), she had managed to decipher the "headache". @_@

 

and the saga didn't end there.

when we dropped him to school every morning, he would start crying hysterically saying he was scared of school and the nightmares. :(

it would be so heartbreaking for me to see him in tears and sweat before being brought in by the teachers, half cajoling half carrying.

he is 4.5YO, this shouldn't be happening when he has always been happy to go school in the past.

 

it took us a few days and lots of incessant questioning before we got to the root of the problem - he was actually afraid of his form teacher.

why? because she disciplined his friends and him by sending them to the "naughty corner" in the principle office. zzzz.

 

it took us another 2 weeks of talking, persuasion, bribery (using M&M) etc before we convinced him (almost) that school is good to attend, his form teacher is keen to be friends with him and perfectly right to discipline him since he was play-fighting with his friends in the first place.

 

since the start of the week, he has stopped the tears but you can see that he is still apprehensive of attending school.

but there is no longer mentions of the "nightmares" which im glad to some extent its just an excuse for his fear of his form teacher.

we have talked to the form teacher and she has been reaching out to him in her own way and we find that he is more eager to talk about her now than previously.

 

this episode came as a surprise to me for I've always thought YZ to be the more sensitive and fearful one of them two.

so from now, I've to remind myself that YR is really just a 4.5YO little boy who needs more attention and effort at times too.

 

motherhood - you never stop learning for sure.

 

my little baobei

jul and aug - the dry months of a year.

when they are over, it will feel like we are hurtling towards the end of another year again.

jul is almost over sadly, so what can I look forward to in the month of aug?

2 public holidays so I better think of something to do with the boys - nothing fanciful but hopefully enjoyable for them.

oh, im excited about a concert too! im going to exo's concert! LOL

but those who know them, you will know them.

for the uninitiated, you wont appreciate my decision anyway. :P

but im excited, I think it will be an interesting and entertaining concert! :D

 

some outfits for the week:

left: dress from warehouse

middle: top from gg5, skirt from zara

right: top from zara, shorts from topshop

oops i did it again!

yes, the ng family nov family trip is decided and I have booked the air tickets and accommodations tonight! *woohoo*
early start again, huh? a good 4 months ahead - not as bad as it sounds?
in any case, the cash savings more than justify the *kiasu* early booking. :P
SQ is having promo and the available seats are getting lesser and lesser by the days (yes, I did monitored) and the usual prices are atrociously high if you miss the deal now.
the prices for our family of 4 is $1.6k(!) cheaper if you book now vs the usual prices - which is pretty much the whole of Dec month...
so we are having our family trip during the last 2 weeks of nov which is also the school holidays but much much cheaper as compared to going in Dec.
the savings can go into better accom and other stuff I guess.

im getting excited doing up the nov itinerary now but I guess I should start the planning for the upcoming sept trip instead! @_@
apart from air tic and accom settled, I have no idea what we are going to do/where to eat for the 5D4N trip...
2014 is a good travel year for me - HK in mar, Bali in Jun and upcoming trips in sept & nov! :D

another week...



it has been a busy week for me at work..

though my boss is on holidays, I don't have an easier time at work contrary to what others think.

in fact, I think things will be easier if she's around..

and it was a tiring week as well.

I went for a jog on Thursday - 4.2km at 33m @_@ - and fire drill on Friday had us walking down 47 floors!

oh well, hectic week is over and I think the coming week should be a slower one.

 

met up with the gang for tanny's bday lunch.

brought YR along and he was pretty good for the few hours. :D

some of us adjourned to Candice's house to visit her.

2 months old Shayne is really adorable. ahh.. I miss holding a baby in my arms. :) 

hubbi & YZ came fetched me at 6pm and we had a lazy evening watching tv at home....

 

 

taken by tanny

peeps were amazed at how ready he was to pose infront of the camera. tsk tsk

 

some outfits for the week:



left: top and shorts from zara

right: cardi & dress from zara

zara should pay me commission....

weekend with the boys - stuff we do apart from bursting my blood vessels

it has been a good working week for me this week.. :)

last closing (hopefully, fingers crossed) for me as I take on more tasks for the new role.

 

friday was a cheery day especially as hubbi came to fetch me from work with the boys!

the ng family was heading to great world city for T4 movie event organised by the husband's company.

we were looking forward to it for the longest time as we were all huge fans of the first transformers trilogy.

but sadly, the latest installment is a total crap wasting 2.5 hours of my life. pui.

incoherent plot, cheesy lines and totally senseless!

i actually lol at the later part where it was all chaos with lockdown hunting down the autobots AND that old man was still lurking around trying to take out mark wahlberg's character!?!?

totally nonsensical!!!

the boys enjoyed it still though its pure torture for hubbi and me. @_@

 

and tonight we decided to head out to 85 market (despite my late night supper there just yesterday!) for dinner. hehe.

bad planning and we ended up taking 20mins to look for a parking space.

by the time we had a table and proceeded to make orders, we were told by all stalls that we need to wait at least 30-40mins!

I don't mind that much feeling its all worth it for the good food but the husband's patience was running out by the minute..

it was 9pm when we finished our food haha.

but I think the boys enjoyed the yummy food - carrot cake, otah, bak chor mee, porridge etc- and so did I!

though the next time we should reach the place early like 530pm to avoid the crazy crowd....

 

and its youth day tomorrow so I've taken the day off to spend time with the boys.

hmm.. where should we go?

 

some outfits for the week:

 

 

left: top and cropped pants from zara

middle: top from zara, jeans from 7 for all mankind

right: top from bysi, skirt from zara

steph sun concert!

yeah, attended steph sun's concert yesterday.

my first time attending her concert and I must say im quite surprised with her performance.

it was good.

though I would have prefer her to sing more slow songs, it was still an energetic and good 2.5hrs performance put up!

 

and it seems like the whole world was there as well from all the FB posts. LOL.

I guess most of my age group peeps were there. hehehe.

 

next concert: Mayday @ F1?

 

top: with Alvin and jt!

and of cos after a concert, famished us have to head out for supper.
it was onwards to 85 market at bedok!
nothing beats pipping hot bak chor mee at midnight. :P