It's the Sept hols. Signed the boys up for chess course in Goldhill Plaza. It is not easy as the course runs for 5 consecutive days. Today is only Wed and both Agnes and i are getting sick of United Square! At least the boys are enjoying themselves and can play a decent game of chess. After 1.5 hours of plying chess in school come home still want to play!
on an unrelated topic, I seriously feel it would be for the better if M does not come to HG as much! maybe from Wed to Fri? Hates it when she runs me down in front og my sons! makes me feel useless, incompetent, inferior.... no wonder I have no confidence in my coaching skills, in things that i do..she is DAMM BLOODY NEGATIVE! I AM GETTING SICK OF HER RUNNING ME DOWN! I do not feel I am the mistress of my house, everything I do is useless, I cannot mop my floor clean, cannot wash the boys clothes clean, they are not white enough, cannot teach the boys correctly, cannot control the boys..... I wonder what have i been doing!!!!DAMM SICKENING

Thank goodness A is better now. The family recently caught the stomach flu virus. for the whole of last week, Z, me, the boys and even mummy took turns for fall sick! thank goodness everyone's well now..and it all started with little Nat!
Z has been acting up lately..I supposed the TT( terrible twos, threes) He has been throwing temper at will, favourite being " i don't want!" and "go away!" Very trying times indeed. last night only had like 2 hours of sleep cos he had nightmare and refused to be pacified! have to pat him all the time! somehow do not remember the 2 bigger ones being like that! but Dom would said that they were like that, except the i have forgotten abt it! perhaps!
bought the 2 bigger boys to sentosa on B's b-day. Edna came along. It's been a long time since the boys went out with her and both were clamering for her attention! you wish there was 2 of her! poor thing! it must have been overwhelming! nonetheless, we all had a good time. the luge was the best! underwater world was a nice surprise with all the changes. expensive trip though...spent abt $130.
It was funny how B insisted on a b-day cake! he said that without it, the b-day celebration is not complete! He commented that we did not sing the b-day song properly, did not sing 'happy birthday brendan' in the song. but added that it is alright and we can make up for it next year!
on Sat, brought them to the newly renovated tiong bahru market. it is better than before, airy and more seats. B loved the chwee kueh, ate abt 3. both B and A ate 3 chicken wings..something new tt A discovered and loves! took them to the night safari after dinner1 it was a nice surprise for them.
all in all, after the horrible sick week, the weekend from fri onwards was nice afterall!

I am very and happy to say that Z is very settled in school, and that is, after only a week! He could tell me'bye, havea good day' to me when I send him to school. no crying at all! all the teachers were amazed that he settled down so easily. one other girl who was there 2 weeks before him, is still crying and either her maid or her mom has to be with her...till his day! not say i want to say....yeh Z!
A is up to no good recently. teacher gave him the 'model student award' for jul. there after for the whole week, he misbehaved in school and at home. first shouts when singing the national anthem, played in the toilet, refused to admit his mistake, got his name written on the white board (he would have less outdoor time as a punishment) and the last straw, urinated in his pants during computer lesson- and he did not bother to tell teacher, continued to sit on his pee and played on the computer! whatsup with him man! asked him why, he said 'i don't know'...can die boy!
hopefully things would be better from today onwards! I just think they(the boys) take turns to irritate you...sigh....

First Day of School

It was Z's first day of school today. At home, he looked forward to going. While I was bathing, he was already carrying his sch bag, asking if i am ready to go! hwr, when we reached sch, he did not want to go in and was very sticky to me. had to sneak out at 10. apparently he asked teacher :' is mummy coming later?'
went back to observe him after sending A to sch. he was having luinch. ate on his own...rather, 40% of it. saw him trying to reach out for a slice of apple (which was placed quite high in a container..teacher called him an apple thief!!) he hit and snatched for his classmate over some crayons...made her cry even more!(she was crying from the time she stepped into sch!)
i supposed he is not used to sharing as at home, his 2 big brothers tend to give way to him. he later snatched toys from some other bigger children...sigh....
anyway, see how tmr....

It's been what? 2 months? must be the holidays! too stressed out trying to entertaining them, end up not blogging!
got the boys, at the the 2 big ones interested in doing the HAMA beads. since then have spent about $200 buying the various coloured beads and and shapes! thank goodness for the GSS, there was a 15% discount, else might have cost more!
horrible as it sounds, got B into the habit of doing assessment everyday! poor thing one might think! he finishes one english, math and chinese assessment each in like half an hour! (only that i do not have the time to correct..or too lazy lah! but generallyt he gets it correct...)
B learning to get his bronze medal for his swimming. maybe he will take a year...but who is chasing him? thinking of sending Z for swimming lesson. thinks he might be able to do it.

Exams..exams...exams...

B just finished his english and chinese oral. his compo exam is tmr and written papers next week. freaked out last week when checking through his work and he told me he does not know 6-4 and 13 -5! help..... best part is, when i asked B what is 6-4, A told me the answer!
he has these sort of questions for exams(based on last year's paper) : fill in the blanks with + or -; 6_ 3 = 15 _ 6. sigh...how does one expect a pr 1 to understand the concept of = ? they are just learning + and -!
at least now he is doing some assessment books and even influencing A to do his!
last week, Z had red eyes, apparently viral infection. ok now. yesterday A had some red spot in the right eye which grew bigger this morning. doc said tt it cld be because he coughed too hard! and i think i am coming down with flu! must have caught it from the boys! better start eating Vitamins!

Toa Payoh being invaded

Helped B's teacher today when the class went to Toa Payoh for a 'learning journey' of the neighbourhood. Imagine 36 boys with only 4 adults! and that was only one class. for the past 3 days, 3 classes of P1 boys have been going down to Toa Payoh.
It was a riot, just having to handle one class. hats off to his form teacher!
First we make our way to NTUC. on the way there, we spotted a rat. the boys ran after it and wanted to catch it! at the NTUC, while the manager was trying to brief the boys, many were distracted. could the the poor man turning green! and B's class was the first class he briefed. imagine 2 more! the experience must have swear him off children for a while! theboys were given $3 to do some grocery shopping that the mum instructed them. however, seeing the things that they were supposed to buy and things that they want to buy and with a limited buget, many choose to ignore mummy's shopping list and buy their own things instead! does this reflect their future actions? ignore mummy and choose to do what they want instead. sigh....
at this point, it is abt it is only 10am and the 3 mummys are tired already!
after that, we had snacks and then was to go to HDB Hub to visit the HDB gallery. the air-con cooled us down, got the boys more hyper. while at the 'fabric of a nation' exhibition, managed to occupied the boys by asking them to look for various items on the fabric! thereafter was a walk around the town centre. of course these precious boys complained of the heat, tiredness, etc etc!
notheless, we made our way safely back to school, with dog poo(simeone accidentally stepped on it, causing the bus to stink!)
now teacher say Sept there is a trip to the zoo and she needs our help!...heeelppppppppp!