Spice Market

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After the Penang Hill outing, Ern and Yan met again at Spice Market Cafe @ Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa.

Well, it was more for the mothers to meet and makan, rathan then for the little girls to meet!!! We went for the "buy 1 free 1" promotion.

Good food, good catch up for the mothers. And of course, the little girls enjoyed each other company too. See proof below, they even shared their coloring/exercise book!

Ern was doing Yan's exercise book! :-)



PS: free low of lollipop. That's why you see both girls had 3 in their hand.

On An Ordinary Day...

I just love the color of the wall..it brings out the effect that I want although photos were taken using my cheapo camera...haha...

Daddy and his Princess:


Ern and I:

1st Half School Assessment

It has been 8+ months that Ern started school. She didn't cry on Day 1 but the drama of 'cry + no school' happened 3 months after that, just 1 month before I delivered Sean. It was due to sibling jealousy and attention seeking.

The school organized a Teacher-Parenting session 2 weeks ago, to enable the parents to know how their children behave and learning development. I went alone to meet her teacher while leaving both children to Daddy. It was early slot they scheduled for me - 8.50am!

The moment I looked at her report card, I was happy with her progress because it was really what I expected. She didn't score any A but mostly B and C (The grading: A = Good Performance ; B = Average and C = Need More Improvement). I don't expect her to be able to master everything well. After all, my intention of sending her to school is to learn and have fun, especially at this age.

The comments that I get from her teachers:

- She showed the most interest in maths & coloring. She won't run around during this 2 lessons.

- She "dreamed" (her teacher used the term short concentration span) in class, especially on the lessons she has less interest.

- She needs improvement in her reading skill in all 3 languages - Mandarin, English & BM

- She doesn't like to write (i know this very well).

- She can't write the number and alphabet but can trace them very well.

- She is able to recognized numbers (1-10) and alphabet (upper and lower case)

- She hardly sing and dance but just sit down and watch their friends (guess she enjoyed to be audience than being a performer. LOL)

- She is playful and talkative in class.

- Her sensorial skill need improvement. She can't stag the ring or arrange things in the right manner (from big to small or tall to short).

I know right after she starts primary school, no more fun in school but just homework and exam. So, better let her enjoy now! hahaha...

Some of her work in school:

On Her Actual Birthday...

We celebrated at the school, together with her friends.


A day before that, I have prepared the goodies bags for her classmates (11 of them, including Ern) Nothing fancy but a small packet of Milo, Rockey biscuit, raisin, kit-kat and lollipop (i got this free)! I put them in the transparent box and tie with a violet color ribbon. I find this simple and nice. What's more, the mummies can re-use the container.

Coincidentally, there is another 4yo girl had the same birthday as Ern. So, both celebrated together.

The children is like a pro, they know what needs to be done. None of them run up to the table, trying to blow the candle or cut the cake. They just sit down, sing the birthday song real loud and clapped while singing. Then, all of them waited patiently for the teachers to give them a piece of cake as their morning snack. It's really well discipline and sometimes, we (parents) need to salute the teachers how they trained the kids.

I guess they have done it many times. Most children celebrated birthday in school because I often see Ern brought her goodie bags. Almost once every month!

Few Days Before Ern's Actual Birthday...

We had a GOOD dinner at the Chinese restaurant at Red Rock Hotel. We invited Sean's babysitter + family, My godfather and Brendon (the boy that my mum used to babysit when he was a bb but he is 11 years old now).

We ordered 8 course dinner since we have such a big group and all of us enjoyed the food every much. Ern took most of the dishes but what make her happy is her Bar*bie Doll cake.

A week prior to the dinner, we brought her to the cake house. Dear, she chose a bigger cake that will cost me RM150 (it's very nice actually). Luckily, I managed to coax her to settle with this Bar*bie Doll cake that cost me RM70.


The moment we presented her cake, I tell you, she was so thrilled and she smiled like from ear to ear!

She happily sang along on the birthday song and she blow the candles by herself this time. Last year, daddy has to help her a bit! Big girl liao, had enough energy to blow. haha

She finished 2 slices of cake and asked for more. We proceed back home since it was a weekday and she had school the next day.

Simple dinner but everyone is happy. The adults enjoyed the food while Ern enjoyed the celebration and her cake!!!