Dear Aidan,
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| I like Teacher Richie, Mama |
Early October has been a busy month of new activities and day-outs. First, Papa signed you up at The Little Gym after it was recommended to us by Aunty Glenda, Lana's mum. It's an indoor gym filled with gymnastics equipment and there are these teachers who are trained to help children build their strength and confidence through physical exercises. You're now at the Super Beasties class for 2 year olds and Mama and Papa are going to take turns to accompany you or sit by the sidelines to cheer you on.
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| Ready, get set, dash! |
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| Papa, can I take this home, please? |
Last Friday, Papa took you and Mama to watch a live football match between the Serangoon and Geylang districts. You're getting really good at football so Papa reckons he can brainwash you into picking up and sticking with the game. I'm onto Papa and his tricks for sure. But I'm going to relax and just make sure you get exposed to art, music and dance!
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| Papa, now I want the Blue Team to score! |
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| I know I'm wearing blue but I want the green people to score, too! |
It's quite commendable that you paid attention throughout the game. You only got up to get closer to the field. You also innocently wanted each team to take turns scoring, so you were a bit deflated when the blue team (Geylang) had less points in the end and lost to the green team (Serangoon, our district, yay!)
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| Whoa, it's balloons galore, Mama, Papa! |
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| Wait, little guy, I think we need to start the engine first |
On Saturday, Aunty Glenda, Uncle Ian and Lana invited us to join them at
SingKids, a gymboree-type place at VivoCity filled with rides, obstacle courses, climbing apparatus, flying balloons and giant balls. I'd say you practically went nuts in there and wouldn't have left if you weren't so hungry in the end. We then left for the food-court to have some yummy noodles.
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| Hey, Lana, be careful! |
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| Wheee! I think I'll just sleep here tonight |
On the book front, Mama has found a few folk tales from Popular Bookstore written simply for pre-schoolers. They have the same style of illustrations as your other Easy Readers collection. This time round, the stories come from Kashmir, Indonesia and Japan!
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| Tales Mama grew up with...now you can, too |
Now, I must write about the deterioration of
Kung-Kung's health. Mama found out just yesterday that
Kung-Kung's not responding well to the new combination of chemotherapy drugs. The scan after his 1st cycle
had shown a cessation in the growth of the tumour but water hadn't stopped accumulating in his abdomen. Dr. Christina had then left it up to
Kung-Kung to decide whether to switch drugs at this juncture and
Kung-Kung had said 'yes'. He's had 2 sessions now and not only is he losing weight, he's also purging and throwing up.
Poh-Poh says he has checked himself into the hospital for observation. So Mama will have to make a trip alone next week to see him even though Mama's developing a cold. I think as long as I don't sit too close to him, it'd be okay.
