Mom's 6th Letter to you - Belated

Dear Ethan

I am confident you had a blast on your 6th Birthday as we spent your birthday with a few of mommy’s precious friends in a foreign country. It was something mommy had been waiting for.

Picking stones

K2 Communication book



Papa bear in 2013 yr end concert





With Tess

 

A happening & eventful year from losing my dad to being parent volunteer, P1 registration, Melbourne and year end concert.



February this year, I lost my father, your grandfather in an almost zero battle with GOD shortly after Chinese New Year. He fell & even left without bidding us goodbye. I was filled with hatred for my devotion towards GOD. However I am glad my father did impact on your life as even till this day you are telling me you remembered your last hug & last goodbye with him. REMEMBER Ah Gong will always remember you as one of his favorite grandchild.

Soccer Attire







Bowling





As we progress to the later part of year, you became very vocal & always have your own set of what you want & love to do. You began to challenge my instructions to you. Well I reckon this is part of the growing up process. I should be happy that you are behaving like a normal kid instead of becoming mommy’s “stereotype kid”.

You are excited about going to Primary School not because you love studies but given the thought that you will have pocket money to buy things. You became more sensible & sensitive towards my feelings. Sometimes I wonder if I had been too strict on you.



Roadsweeper







Your love for cook books, cooking shows & baking had motivated me to do more baking & cooking at home. You astonish me with your vast interest in this hobby. Every time we bring you to the bookshop or library, you will request either natural disasters or cooking baking books. You hardly touch on books that are suitable for your age.



Baking Class in Fidgets

Sulking at the airport

Family Photo











Sunburnt

  


Birthday Boy








Kissing Alpaca

Happy 6th Birthday! I really hoped your dreams & wishes will come true. LOVE YOU!!

Mom's 5th Letter to you

Dear Ethan

You are offically 5 years old today. My wish for you this year is to stay healthy & happy always. Be positive in whatever you are doing becos we believed in you.

This year you embarked in swimming lesson which you looked forward to the weekly Wednesday evening swimming lesson. To me it was a big deal as you managed to overcome the fear of water.



Holding hands with gf Marilyn



In school



Looking smart



@ the Barber



Wake up look

With best friend Ayden

Favourite place to dine in -- Pepper Lunch

Learning Chinese words



Like own siblings



Swimming lesson



SEA - hazy day

Barber barber again

Art Museum



Playing Lego



Cousin Valencia

Mom's Favourite Photo

Mid-Autumn Celebration in school



Too tired



Casualty - price to pay for not listening



Blythe & Bernice celebrating for you



2013 K1 Class photo



You seems to like things like volcanoes & earthquakes issuing revolving the nature. You enjoyed readings books on natural disasters. We are glad that your life does not revolves around just toys toys & more toys.

I tend to be a very strict & stern mom but believe in me whatever I do for you now is beneficial to you when as you grow older. Always remember you are surrounded by people who loves you dearly. Happy Birthday my dear boy !!

Another year older another year wiser :)

Mommy's 4th Letter to Ethan

Dear Ethan

Happy 4th Birthday !!

This is the second time you are celebrating your birthday in school with your friends. Whenever we ask you what you want for your birthday, you always request for balls, Balls & many more BALLS. You are really a ball-ah-holic. There had never been enough balls for you. Even the birthday cake you wished for was nothing more than a design of a ball. Again your wish was granted. Instead of a basket ball cake, it was a football cake this year.

Some photographs taken during the year :-

Nursery II Communication Book

Chinese New Year Celebration in School

Soccer-aholic

Mommy's Little Helper

Attending a Wedding Dinner

National Day Celebration in School

Water Parade in School

Every day you wished it was weekend so that we can bring you out & have fun. Occasionally teachers feedback you tend to be dreamy in class, I can only linked it to you having too much fun on weekends.

You are a simple boy with simple preferences when it comes to food & entertainment.

Favorite Drink – Ice Lemon Green Tea
Favorite Food – hamburgers / Char Siew Rice

Favourite Toy - Skate Scooter
Favorite Variety Show – Wipeout
Favourite Sports – Balls / Water

Simple words from you touched my heart. When I am tired you replied you are not tired. When I am sad, you gave me a hug. When I am annoyed with your naughty acts, you ran, hugged me & said “Mommy Sorry”.

Ethan, you are a blessed kid with lots of love from friends & family & you really mean the world to me. How can I not love you more & more each day?

With Love
Mommy
October 2012

Mommy's 3rd letter to Ethan

Dear Ethan,

First major milestone embarked -- you started school on 3rd January 2011. My son, you suffered from separation anxiety when I bid good bye to you & everyday for 2.5 months you cried. During that period I deem myself as a nasty devilish mother who brought so much misery to your life. With the support of close ones around me, I persevered & it paid off.


National Day Celebration

The bright side of attending school is he will amazes us with new bilingual words, songs, actions & skills you learnt in school. You also get to mingle & play with kids from other races & ages. Your always sharing attitude & courteous to the elders amazes me.


Mommy's little helper

We were at Ikea Tampines one evening, you were so excited to join in with the other kids at the playground. We relented & you were bullied by a girl the same age as you are. Came out of the playground with a huge bruise on the forehead & never even cried. You are a brave kid & you showed me how well behaved you are by not even pushing the girl back.


Bullied by a girl @ Tampines Ikea


Colouring


Acting like mommy

The down side is definitely exposing you to more viruses. Till date, you had fallen sick almost every other month or sometimes twice in a month. This is contributed by the always inadequate amount of water drank. The most severe was the Hand Foot Mouth Disease you got from “duno where” one day after your 1st Malacca trip with papa’s family. As such cousin Eu Young also got infected by the virus.

Consecutively 3 days, you refused to eat for fear that swallowing down the food will cause a lot of pain since there are so many ulcers in your mouth. Coaxed you with every means by offering your favorite food – ice cream, cold drinks & even chocolates but got rejected. We were desperate & helpless. Finally on the 3rd day night, you gave in when we offered you Hersley chocolates.


Role Play - - a patient


Reverse role -- a doctor now


With cousins @ Goat's Farm


Class Photo

This year we celebrated your birthday with classmates in school with a basket ball birthday cake & some goodies bags to share with your classmates. Hoped this had brought you tremendous fun & laughter & bridging your “fondness” towards school.





Happy 3rd Birthday to You, Ethan. We are blessed to have you in the family.

宇乐, 妈妈希望你健健康康, 快快乐乐.


With Love
Mommy