That's not Jeremy's towel

I put it the striped & colorful towel in his bag to bring to school for today because he ran out of his regular, plain color towel. He hasn't used that striped towel for a long, long time. The last time he used it was probably when he was still a toddler.

When I picked him up this evening, Teacher Rose told me how Jeremy was confused when he found that towel in his bag. He told his teacher that it wasn't his towel. He also told me it wasn't his.

I should have told him last night I was putting that towel in his bag.

Thank you for listening

We were on the way home this evening when Jeremy asked me to turn to the junction before the normal junction we take home in Likas. When I drove through that road, which he called the new flat road, he said to me "Thank you for listening, mommy." I told him I listen to him because he listens to mommy. I also told him to listen to mommy next time. He nodded his head and said "mmm." So sweet of him.

You drop it, you clean it

I was at work tonight when I received a text from Tracy. She said Jeremy's father was taking something from the shelf on top of the TV when he accidentally dropped some batteries. Jeremy immediately told his father "you drop it, you clean it!" Hahaha.. He must have picked that up from me and Tracy.

I drink water

Tracy was eating hot & spicy instant noodle for dinner last night. Jeremy asked her what she was eating. When she told him, he said he wanted to eat mee mee. She said it was too hot for him, he answered he would drink water. When he saw Tracy with putting noodle into her spoon, he quickly went to her while clutching his water bottle. Hahaha.

I told him I'm cooking mee mee for him, not a hot one. He answered back saying he wanted hot mee mee. I did cook curry noodle but didn't use too much of the curry seasoning. When I gave to him, he asked if it was hot. I said yes. After eating a spoon, he said a little bit hot only.

Rhymes Recital - Encore Performance

Late on yesterday afternoon Teacher Rose called me up to ask me to get Jeremy ready for encore performance on the 15th at Tadika Ria in case Adam doesn't want to do it. She said Adam might not do it when his parents are around. I told her I'll prepare Jeremy for it.

Early in the morning Teacher Rose told me Jeremy would have to do the encore performance because Adam wasn't going to the event. He wasn't feeling well - diarrhea, vomitting & fever. I told her we might not be able to make it either as Jeremy wasn't feeling either - vomitting & fever.

However, when I asked Jeremy if he wanted to go to Yayasan Sabah, he said yes. I made sure he had taken his breakfast before I got him ready. By the time we arrived at Yayasan Sabah it was already 10.30 AM. Thank goodness we didn't miss the prize presentation.

The prize presentation was only after 12 PM. In the meantime Jeremy went to play at the playground. I kept on telling him that he will say his rhymes again later. He nodded. I also recited his rhymes to him a few times.

When it was his turn to get his prize, he thought he had to say his rhymes then. So he waited on the stage until someone led him off the stage. He received a trophy and two books for the 2nd place prize. He was so happy to get his trophy. He happily told us he has two trophies now. I told him he will get many, many more in the future.

Only after all the prizes were presented the encore performances were held. He performed in front of YB Datuk Hajah Jainab Datuk Seri Panglima Hj Ahmad Ayid. At first they couldn't hear what he was saying because the mic was too high. So the YB asked the organiser to fix the mic. Once the mic was fixed he was unsure of what to do, he just looked at us. We told him to start from the beginning, from "Good Morning". It went smoothly from there. The audience was clapping and laughing when he gave them a flying kiss at the end.




Before the whole thing ended, we left because it was time for lunch and Jeremy looked tired. We dropped by McD for lunch. He had chicken nuggets & fries with Ribena.

Rhymes Recital Competition - Final

As usual during the Merdeka Month, Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah, Bahagian Perkembangan Kanak-Kanak organises the Bulan Membaca, Bulan Kemerdekaan & Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia 2009. Teacher Sofie urged Jeremy to participate in the Rhymes Recital Competition. I thought it would be a good experience for Jeremy, so I enrolled him.

The pre-competition was supposed to be on 31st July 2009 but it was cancelled due to lack of participants. So everyone went to the final, which was originally scheduled for 4th August 2009. However, due to Tadika having to temporary closed due to H1N1 infection it was postponed to 15th August 2009.

On Wednesday evening, 12th August 2009 I was informed that the final would be on the 14th. Only two days away. But no worries, Jeremy has been practising his rhyme in school almost everyday, twice a day with his teachers' help.

Teacher Irene and Teacher Sharifah were a bit concerned when I told them I'd be at the competition. They were scared that Jeremy would refuse to do his recital. I was worried about that too in the beginning, but I have told Jeremy that me and his father would be there to see him recite his rhyme. And he understood. Whenever I helped him practise at home, I tell him beforehand that I would be sitting in the audience while he recite his rhyme on the stage in front. He said 'OK'. The night before the final, we sort of had a full dress rehearsal to show him how it would be when both of us were in the audience. He wore the clothes that he'd be wearing during the competition. His father and I sat on the chairs and he went in front on the stage to do his rehearsal.

On the day itself, I went to Tadika Ria, Yayasan Sabah in the same care with Teacher Rose and the children. The other children were Adam, Hana & Danisya. Danisya participated in the Berpantun Competition, while Adam & Hana were Jeremy's fellow competitors.

We waited a while longer for the rest of the competitors to come. That gave us enough time to get the children to practise on the stage with the mic.

There were 7 children participating in the Rhymes Recital. Jeremy was the second competitor. He was quite unsure of what to do when it was his turn. He went to the stage and I think he was expecting his Teacher Rose to prompt him because he was watching her. Only when Teacher Rose started then he started. I think that may have cost him a bit of points. Once he started though he did very well. We were so proud of him.

There was a boy at the competition that was dressed and made up like a cat. He caught Jeremy's attention. Jeremy even took a photo of him and tried to talk to him. But the boy just kept quiet.

After the competition, I told Jeremy he was going back to school. He agreed. But once we were in school and after Adam upset him, he didn't want to stay in school anymore. So I brought him to my office first while waiting for Tracy to finish her classes. I gave him his lunch in the office while he was playing games on my colleague's PC.

We just reached home in the afternoon when Teacher Rose told me the good news. She said Jeremy won 2nd place. I was so happy. Although, as a mother I have high expectation of him and I wanted him to do his best in the competition, I wasn't hoping that he would win. But this was a great news!

When I told him that he got no 2 and Adam got no 1, he said "Jeremy doesn't want no 2, Jeremy wants no 1". Hehehe.

I'm so proud of him!

Fell off the bed

Most nights Jeremy sleeps on my right. But last night Jeremy was sleeping on my left, and to his left is the edge of the bed.

I heard a thud in the middle of the night. When I woke up I saw him climbing back onto the bed. He lied down next to me on my right and asked me to rub his legs. He must have landed on his legs then. He went right back to sleep after that. No crying.

If he had slept on my right, he would have fallen on the mattress on the floor when he fell off the bed. He probably would have continued to sleep on that single mattress.

Jeremy cannot think

It was my turn to do day-end processing tonight and I only got home at 9:40pm. Jeremy was already in the bedroom with his father. So I just took my time downstair, cleaning up the mess and sweeping the floor.

They both came down once to get the Naruto head gear. Jeremy was hiding from me by putting his face in his father's neck. Then they went up.

Half-an-hour later they came down again. This time Jeremy looked for me. He said 'Jeremy cannot think'. I asked him why. He answered 'Because Jeremy's head is sleepy'. Hahaha. I think he meant he was sleepy.

So we went up together. It was 10.20pm then. In the bedroom, no more playing as usual.

I looked for my face mask. I wear it to sleep in case I cough. I've been coughing for a few days now. Jeremy said he played with it. So I told him that he shouldn't play with mommy's face mask because it's dirty and he may get sick. He cried. I asked him why he's crying. He said 'because mommy doesn't let Jeremy play with mommy's mask'. I explained to him he could have mommy's clean mask. Then he was happy. I've got 10 pieces of unused mask and he thought he couldn't play with any of them. Poor boy.