Sunday, 20 December 2009

Cieran's 1st trip to the Zoo


I have always been wanting to bring the children to the zoo, especially now that Cieran takes more interest on animals. He especially adores elephant and monkey...thanks to the picture on his pull ups. Haha! After much 'convincing' made to Jeremy, we decided to make a trip on Dec 31. It was a wonderful weather that day! We arrived at the zoo entrance at around 10am, and the process of making the zoo pass was fast and efficient. Instantly we got the annual pass and proceed with the exploration in the park. With the map, we headed towards our first animal show-Sea lion performance. Along the way to the theatre, we passed by parrots, otters, flamingos, orangutan etc. Cieran gets excited over the monkeys on the tree tops. The theatre was crowded with tourists and unfortunately, we did not manage to find any vacant seats. We parked the stroller on one side and have to carry the children to let them have a good look. The performance was entertaining with sea lions amusing the audience. Cieran enjoys the performance as much as Ashley. Next, we move on to watch Elephants at Work show. Cieran gets excited when I mention 'elephants'. We are lucky to have found a front seat for the show. The 2 kids walked all the way to the front, standing, to have a better glimpse on the elephants of Asia. It was a marvellous performance, showing all the elephants' talents-such as using their truck to hold huge logs, piling the logs, splashing of water..etc. After the show, we went to the Australia outback for children to get in touched with Emu and Kangaroos. We went to visit hippos, white tiger, and watched the 'all animals play back time' performance before we hop on to the tram ride. We cant be missing the white tiger... Ashley's favourite animal... moreover it's tiger year next year...haha! (what a reason!) Cieran was tired and he slept during the performance. Our last stop is KFC! We are all hungry from the walking, and also coz it was rather late for lunch (around 3pm). We had hearty meals and the family members had really enjoyed a fun trip at the zoo. On our way home, the children smile happily without any sign of tiredness... (Coz Cieran had taken his nap earlier)

Cieran's Xmas Party @ GUG

Cieran has been attending classes at GUG since he is about 10months plus. Through the many lessons, I witness his learning progress. He took longer time to 'warm up' compared to his sister, but I understand that every child learns differenttly. I have nothing to complain when I see that he has benefited from the numerous lessons and it's money well paid for. ( I feel). From a little shy boy who always 'stick's to me, now he learns to be more independent. He is able to walk up to the front of his class on his own to satisfy his curiously, than having this mummy to keep encouraging him and pushes him forward. I am relief and happy to see such progress. This day, Dec 19, Cieran will be having a Xmas party in his class. He happily knots his head when I ask if he wants to dressed as Santa. This little boy, not sure of he knows what is Santa... haha! Nonetheless, he knows he is having some fun in class. The craft lesson was in the theme of Christmas. The children are to make their own Xmas card. Cieran watched attentively at teacher doing a demonstration. Cieran enjoys gluing and didn't want to stop. Mummy has no choice but to hide the glue away from him. After the usual lesson, the party starts. Cieran has been waiting..... when the teacher is trying to lay the table with food, this little boy was already standing, eyeing on the food. He doesn't care less about the gift exchange that is on going at the other side of the class room. When finally the party starts, the children happily found a seat, enjoying the food that parents bought. There are too much food for all of us... chicken nuggets, cakes, fish balls, biscuits, crackers etc. The prawn crackers seems to most popular among the children. Cieran took a fancy on chocolate wafers. He keeps asking for more.