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sabi ni sab

Little girl has been babbling a lot lately and at that age just like her ahia a lot of it is still alien to us. It amazes me that I’m writing this at the same points in their lives, both at 20 mos old (my blog post for E is here).

Here are some of what she’s saying:

ay skoo = play school (kiddie show)
a-pol = apple
bi-bid = big bird (of sesame street)
eh-mo = elmo
yogur = yoghurt
daa-daa (said with all sweetness) = dada
ah-ya = ahia (big brother E)
ba-ba (with matching wave) = bye-bye
i-fo = iphone
i-pa = ipad
akoo = octonauts (another kiddie show), I don’t know why but that’s what she shouts whenever the show comes on
tek yoo = thank you
popo = carry me
la na = wala na/no more
wa mo = one more

13 Jul 2011 0 0

velociraptor

At E’s school, they do news (show and tell) every week. Some weeks have assigned topics while some are free choice. For the last week of Term 1, it was free choice. Now, we’ve always struggled to get E to sit down and prepare something for news. We usually have to help him with what he has to say and I have to do the visuals for him. It’s harder with the set topics than with free choice though. The other night when I asked him about what he will do for news, he immediately told me that he wanted to talk about dinosaurs. Yes, he does have a fascination with it. What was a surprise was he asked for a sheet of paper, asked for me to get on a website and he buckled down and did the work by himself. This was what he did:

He was so proud that he did “research”, he even told one of his classmates as soon as we reached school. I was talking to his teacher that afternoon and she mentioned that he did wonderful on his news. She was pleased with how E was confident and proud when delivering his news that she will be giving him a merit award tomorrow. Music to our ears!

07 Apr 2011 / Tagged: collage, school 0 0

PS2011: January pt2

So I finally finished the other page for January from the 2 templates that SP provided. This photo was taken at the great barrier reef exhibit at Sydney Aquarium. It was E’s special request to go visit the aquarium on his birthday, he was keen on seeing the Lego on the loose exhibits there.

Credits: Project Scrap 2011 January template. Blush paper, heart, confetti & staples from An Affair To Remember by Shabby Princess. Papers from Hopscotch by Shabby Princess. January wordart from 2009 Wall Calendar by Zoe Pearn. Font: Myriad Pro Condensed.

And here are the two layouts side by side:

Project Scrap 2011 – Jan

Shabby Princess has a scrap project running, the goal is to make 2 layouts (with free templates provided yey!) every month and by the end of the year you’ll be ready with enough layouts for an album. Head on over to the shabby shoppe blog for more details and to grab your free templates.

And here’s 1 of the layout I made for January, still need to make the other one :p

Credits: Shabby Shoppe Project Scrap 2011 January template. Papers, denim stitch amd flower from Hopscotch by Shabby Princess. Circle stitch from Barefoot by Shabby Princess. January title from 2009 Wall Calendar by Zoe Pearn. Fonts: CK Ali’s Writing, Cheryl.

23 Feb 2011 / Tagged: project scrap 2011, shabby princess, zoe pearn 0 2

end of year

E’s class had their end of year party last Sunday. Everyone surely enjoyed the day from the kids to the parents. It was really nice to see majority of E’s classmates there. I can’t believe that it has been a year, it really seems like they’ve just started school. Today was their last day and they had a little send off for the year 6 students.

It was a good year in kindy and here’s to another good year in year 1.

Oh, and Shabby Shoppe Blog Challenge Seven is on till December 23, 2010. Hop on over to the Shabby Shoppe Blog to join and get your chance to win a GC to the shoppe.

Credits: Easy-As-Pie template (Shabby Shoppe Blog Template Challenge Seven) and Believe Kit. Font: Sprocket BT

15 Dec 2010 / Tagged: kindy, shabby princess 0 1

daddy and me

E loves the beach, two weekends ago we went to Wollongong for the weekend to celebrate I’s birthday. During one of our pitstops we stumbled upon this beach and father and son couldn’t resist exploring among the rocks.

Daddy & Me

Credits: Plentiful Kit by Shabby Princess. Ticket from Daditude by Peppermint Creative. Font – Myriad Pro.

22 Nov 2010 0 2

spare or strike

A fellow kindy mum suggested we take the kids to bowling. There was a short ad on the school newsletter about the after school special they had for students. So last Tuesday off we went to the local bowling alley. The kids were all excited even though they didn’t know what bowling was. After explaining what to do and helping them with the bowling ramp, each of them couldn’t wait for their turn.

After one or two frames, all of them positioned the bowling ramp and placed the balls by themselves.

I was surprised at how well E did. I had fun seeing him figure out where to place the ramp to get the most pins. The final score ..

.. which was quickly forgotten when we handed them the arcade tokens. Here’s to more bowling playdates.

11 Nov 2010 0 0