Santa at school

Santa came to school today. My mama said that Santa gives presents to boys and girls who have been good the whole year.

Yeah! Santa gave Claire-claire a present. He even posed for a photo with my papa and I.

Papa's new toy

My papa has a new toy. It is red in colour, just like Elmo! The best part of it....my papa lets me play with it. It has a long white tail, which my papa told me to put at my ears. Claire-claire did just as my papa told me and boy, did Claire-claire get a surprise! Music!


Claire-claire likes my papa's new toy.

Hand Foot Mouth!

It has been a boring weekend for Claire-claire. My mama and papa are not letting me out of the house till Claire-claire gets the all-clear from Dr Vanessa. This is because Claire-claire contracted hand-foot-mouth disease.

My mama was very sad when Dr Vanessa estimated at least twenty ulcers in Claire-claire's mouth on Tuesday. Claire-claire realised soon that this meant she could hardly drink milk, let alone eat my favourite food - fishballs and mushrooms. It was so painful that Claire-claire didn't even suck my thumb in the night!

Fortunately, Claire-claire recovered faster than expected. Today, Claire-claire ate all my porridge and even asked for an apple, a fig and an almond! My mama is quite pleased. My papa and mama told me that they are very proud that Claire-claire is a hardy and resillient little girl.

Hopefully, this means that Claire-claire can go out and play next weekend.

Claire-claire goes to playschool

We have been playschool hunting.

My papa brought me to the first one the previous Saturday. Claire-claire didn't like it. Neither did my papa. Yesterday, my papa brought me to another playschool. This time, Claire-claire enjoyed it much more. We learnt about the letter "M", monkeys and 猴子and all things related to it. Claire-claire also did some artwork and my papa took a photo to show it to you...


At the end of the class, Claire-claire sang and danced and was comfortable enough to venture away from my papa.

Claire-claire wants to be back next week. My papa and mama are glad that Claire-claire likes this playschool. My mama is especially happy that the hunt is over.

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

This is a garden built especially for little children like me. Here, my papa showed me a cave where bears stay, pity none were there that day. But, it's ok because Claire-claire was intrigued by the wet and noisy waterfall. Claire-claire had fun waving at my mama too!

After that, Claire-claire went to the tree house. There were tubes where Claire-claire can slide down on. They looked pretty daunting at first, but after observing the other children, Claire-claire did. Whheeeee!!!!

This water play area is another fun spot. You have to work the pumps before water gushes out. Claire-claire tried her hand at one of them and helped to water the grass around the area.

Claire-claire likes this garden. We will be back again!

Two Today

Claire-claire is 2 years old today and is now 89cm and weighs 14.1kg. The growth chart says that Claire-claire is on the 90-95% percentile. See how much Claire-claire has grown!

At two years old, Claire-claire can do a lot more things than before.

1. Blow out candles (my first time today!)

2. Zip and un-zip bags
3. Go to the toilet to wee-wee on my own (but there are ocasional
accidents)
4. Remove and keep my shoes on top of the shoes cabinet

5. Blow and clean my nose/mouth with a tissue

6. Run and skip faster than my mama

7. Help set up dining table during meal times

8. Bounce and kick balls

9. Dance to the beat

10. Make sure my papa and mama eat their vitamins daily (though sometimes, Claire-claire tries to get them to take them twice daily)

11.Blow a whistle

12.Help water plants

13.Give my papa and mama a massage (this is their favourite)

14.Collect dirty clothes and put them in the laundry

15.Strap, buckle myself in my pram, child seat

16.Feed myself using a spoon without dirtying myself (too much)

17. Love, pat and kiss my papa and mama.
18. Share my toys (some) with Caden.
19. Turn on my favorite CD/VCD/DVD
20. Keep my toys, CD/VCD/DVD after use.
21. Browse through five books in a row every night.

In the linguistics department, Claire-claire has made some progress too.

1. Knows my animal sounds
2. Calls "papa". And "mama" only in dire straits
3. Says Ice-ss- (for ice-cream)
4. Recognise some alphabets: A,B,C,D,E,R and O (my favourites are B, E and O)

5. Can tell you that B is for bus, bubble, Barney and ball (Claire-claire calls it Oorr)
6. Says uh-oh when Claire-claire is some kind of trouble

7. Says erm...(Claire likes)...EErm..(Claire likes a lot)...EERRMM (Claire likes it very, very much.)

Superlatives

After saying our goodbyes to our new animal friends, we started a long ride to a seaside town. Claire-claire didn't like it as it was boring and hot and the sun was mostly shining on my side of the car.

Things became better when we arrived at the seaside town. First, we celebrated our arrival with the creamiest honey comb ice-cream. Mmm..yummy..Next, we visited the playground and later, the miniature village where Claire-claire was intrigued by the train that went round and round.

The most memorable event of all was the chilly Indian Ocean wind. Before this, Claire-claire had no clue why my mama made me wore layers of clothes and kept telling me that it is cold outside. Until, we stopped by the beach after the rain one morning. Look at my wind swept hair! After this, Claire-claire became a convert to the liberal use of sweaters.

And the most fun thing we did was running in the large parks and playing with my new purple ball and sun-bathing in my thick woolies.

It is a new experience for Claire-claire to be in a cold place. Perhaps Claire-claire will remember this holiday when I'm a big girl.