Xavier's first sports day

29 August 2015

attended Xavier's FIRST Sports Day and it was great to see so many other families there too, even though it was not a compulsory school event. The teachers and staff were very enthusiastic about the Sports Day and put in a lot of effort in planning the activities. 

The Sports Day was at Toa Payoh Sports Hall
glad that it was an indoor activities so everyone got to rest and relax while waiting for their games

Opening ceremony - NurtureStars Song 

PE Demo by Mr Takefumi Sugiyama 

Xavier always looking forward to his PE lesson on every Thursday

Xavier was standing his front of the PE teacher, I doubt you all can spot him! 
He loves the exercise and follow throughout 

Showing to parents what their children have learnt

Next, the start of the relay games

Tug of war - hubby participated

Our Community Helpers - children to sort the recycle material and put it into the correct containers

Captain Green to the rescue

After the kids had their class games, there were the parents-kids race

our memory Lane - a short race together with xavier

Hula Challenge - passing through 3 hoops without touching the floor

end of all games and waiting for prizes presentation

Many thanks to the teachers and staff for taking out of their usual busy schedule to encourage parents to be more involved in the kid's school life.  Great bonding time with the kid

Cultural Fun with Incredible kids

27 March 2014
2 weeks ago, Xavier's school hosted its 2nd Annual Cultural Day
The group of Singapore mummies signed up and put together a simple but yet informative 
presentation to all the kids and teachers
 Taking time to teach the kids about other cultures while they are young is such a valuable lesson. Very meaningful and memorable experience!

After weeks of planning and discussion... 
DADA~~  here's our booth 
presentation board, flag as souvenir and roti prata as local food for them to try

The following were the countries presented by other parents:

The kids were divided into groups... 1st group were the bigger kids
they were so attentive 
All thanks to Meiling for her creative presentation 

Roti Prata was a hit... most of the kids and teacher loved it so much
thumbs up!

Xavier trying his best to be attentive .... but I doubt he understood 

after the kids visited all the booth... they were all given a sticker on the passport

love it! 

Till next time :)

Xavier playing chalk

20 February 2014

Xavier's first experience with sidewalk chalks 
It’s such a fun activity and can let his imagination run wild

Xavier's 1st Scooter Experience

19 January 2014 

Brought Xavier for a haircut at Pro Salon after his hair was once again
ruin by his "Bu Si Xing" papa
Luckily, the hairdresser was able to salvage it and he looked so much better now 

papa took his super cute sleeping pose when he was drooling! LOL!

After a short nap in the car, we had some fun time at Toysrus 

Spotted a motorized scooter on display..

Xavier tried and did not want to let go for it!

He keep asking "Papa, push please"

Almost forgotten, I bought a radio flyer scooter at a super good deal sometime back 
So, we took it out and let him try
I spent a few minutes showing him how to push off with his foot and then he was off
I was shocked how quickly he got it
Time to get him a helmet!!!

A visit to Fort Worth Zoo

2 Nov 2013

Two weekends ago, we took Xavier to the Fort Worth Zoo and it was so fun!
Beautiful weather made for a perfect day at the zoo
This zoo is amazing! WAAAY better than Dallas Zoo

Here are some pictures from the day

Getting ready to ditch the stroller to explore the zoo

 

Checking out the monkeys

 

 

This cheetah was so close! He was pacing up and down along the fences

 

 

Checking out the rhino

 

 

 

 

 

The orangutans were so energetic...enjoyed doing tricks and acting kind of silly up and down on his climbing structure

Xavier watched him probably for 15 mins... he was totally fascinated  

 

 

 

I think this gorilla is pregnant... her belly is so huge!

 

 

Baby chimp was putting quite a show... swing up and down the vine

The chimp even stomp on the window when we stand close to the glass

 

 

Took a short break to enjoy snacks

 

 

We had lunch inside MOLA, the museum of living art

The crocodile café shares a window with the crocodile exhibit

 

 

Baby animals - elephants and giraffe

 



 

Xavier is getting a lot more independent day by day!

He loves walking together with us :)

 

 

One of the highlights of our visit was the show put on by the lion
We have never seen one awake, most lions are always asleep
but this one growled and roared for several minutes
It was incredible loud and intimidating

 

On to raptor canyon. This is a Harpy Eagle who was enjoying a meal of freshly  caught rat!

Feel so disgusted...

 

 

Now on to something more pleasant!

I loved the aviary cage in the zoo, which is filled with many parakeets and cockatiels

We purchase the food stick for USD 1

The birds will land on the food stick and practically eat right out of our hand

we waited for quite sometime finally a bird landed on our stick

Xavier has never seen bird up so close... he did fine and seemed to really enjoy it

 

 

There is just nothing like taking Xavier to the zoo

Yes, it can be exhausting to spend all day walking around a concrete path and looking at some stinky animals. But the joy and wonder on his face make it so worth it.

 

Till next time :)