An afternoon at the Singapore Art Museum (7 June 2011)

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Angeline

We went to the Singapore Art Museum earlier this month and had an afternoon of fun there with Alicia. Visiting museums is part and parcel of a homeschooling curriculum so we thought it’d be great to start bringing her… Besides, it’s Children’s Season so kids below 6 get free entry and somehow I got free entry too… hmmm… 🙂

We started with watching a 30min compilation of short video animations (suitable for 2 years and above). After that we took a couple of videos of her ‘dressing up’ the pictures in the Dress Up Room and she particularly liked to put on (and take off) the decorations of the big ‘cake’ in the same room. (no photos of this unfortunately)…

There are a couple of hands-on activities we did there:

(a) making a 3D fruit:

Handicraft with daddy..

The glue was truly hard to squeeze out!

The 3D fruits visitors made (and exchanged for real ones)
 

After awhile, she got bored as the task was too difficult so she went to draw on the ‘trees’ in the same room while hubby and I busied ourselves putting the pear together…

Here’s the completed fruit:

Off it was to the next activity:

(b) stenciling/ colouring

This station offered two activity sheets: stenciling and colouring. She chose stenciling first…

then she bashfully went to ask for a second activity sheet… 🙂

It’s been a long while since we last went to the art museum… the last time we went was when I was pregnant with Alicia!

This is Alicia’s first trip to a musuem and we’re so glad that she enjoyed herself… coz just seeing and knowing that she is happy, makes our day 🙂

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Things to be thankful for… and updates

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Angeline

I’ve been wanting to write this post for a long while now and am finally getting down to it. 🙂

Things to thank God for:

(1) good health and strength to take care of Alicia while being pregnant
(2) strength to go about the daily chores and cooking for the family
(3) my hubby for helping out when he can
(4) my little God-sent angel Alicia, who is so understanding and sensitive to mummy’s needs now, always letting me rest when I need to while she plays or works on something on her own
(5) the right number of chromosomes present in little Alex (had to go for CVS in the 13th week as the blood test component of the Oscar test was not good)
(6) a good report for little Alex’s growth (just went for my detailed scan on 4/6) – all structures are in place and he’s an average-sized baby as of now 🙂

I have a low-lying placenta though this time round – it’s supposed to be fairly common for subsequent pregnancies. In majority of cases, the placenta moves up when the womb develops so I’m praying that mine will move up too – though I already do plan to have a C-section this time. The previous natural birth attempt was just too traumatising (which in the end ended up as an emergency C-sect), so I’m just opting to go under the knife – might as well!

As this pregnancy was actually an unplanned one, I was filled with lots of apprehension earlier on about how I’d cope with pregnancy and looking after a tot. I’m just so glad that I’ve been blessed thus far and how everything is working out fine. I think I’m most thankful for little Alicia, who is so sensible for her age! 🙂 In fact I was telling my hubby, if little Alex turns out to be as sensible as Alicia, I don’t mind having more children (alright, just one more)!

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