Last month was a blast. We had parties for Ryan, I won some prizes online and I joined the biggest online party- Ultimate Blog Party 2009.

I’m still trying to balance house and work and de-cluttering both the home and mind.

Thanks for another great month and your support forDominique’s Desk.  Thank you for your kind words and thank you for reading.  Enjoy these snippets of the past month if you missed it.

Celebrations

• Ryan’s 5th Birthday
• Ryan’s Birthday Celebration (Part 2)

Series

• Educating Junior
• Educating Your Child

Videos

• Ryan’s Piano Playing
• Ryan’s Piano Concert

Book Review

• Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads

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Ever since Ryan started pre-school I make an attempt to let him celebrate his birthday with his classmates in school. This is his 3rd year in school and he is a ” Pro” at cake cutting sessions after sitting through numerous birthday celebrations by his fellow schoolmates.

This year I didn’t have the time to personally make a cake for him as I did last year. We bought one from Prima Deli instead. Ryan loved it and the whole cake was finished within 15 min after cutting.

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Dealing with a preschooler is never easy. Facing endless questions and sudden temper tantrums can make you suffer a meltdown. This month I will be emphasing on how I cope with my boys behaviour.

Do you get this often from your preschooler?

” Mummy, but it’s too difficult, I just can’t do it!!!”

” Why can’t you do it for me like you do EVERYTHING for Roy?”

“I’m too [insert within- tired, hungry, sleepy] to do it now.”

Like my 4yr old we too try to look for the easy way out which would be to either ignore it in
bit that  the task will be completed magically by itself. [ Ie: Mummy gets so frustrated from repeatedly asking and does the task for him instead.]

Sometimes it is the case of him underestimating his ability or we as adults underestimating their ability. Some of us, parents, may give the excuse that the child is too young and the task is beyond their ability.

For me, my philosophy would be to let him try it out and if it proves too difficult for him to handle, supply him with the tools needed.

Most young kids learn best hands on as they are more tactile and visual learners.  They learn through repetition and constant practice.  This is the case for both my boys.

A little prodding and lots of encouragement can make your child excel at things which he never though he was capable of.

It can be simple as:

- Segmenting the task given ( taking the task one small bit at a time)

- Giving  specific praise to the child ( not just” good boy” but ” You are making great effort in taking the laundry out from the dryer to the couch upstairs. )

- modeling the steps required to complete the task.

Your enthusiasm at working together with your child to get the task done will make him more open to giving it a go and in the same time pick up new skills or knowledge. It will also make a better learning experience for both parent and child.

In the next few posts I will be touching on how I changed my mindset towards handling my kids outburst and get him to cooperate willingly with me.

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Last weekend Ryan attended his 1st pizza party. It was great fun seeing the kids piling up all their favourite ingredients onto the pre-made pizza base. While the pizza was being baked at the kitchen at the condo’s function room the kids were busy watching TV at an adjourning room. It was the 1st time that I have seen a fully functional kitchen which one could book for parties at a condo. What a great idea/venue for private cocktail functions or when you want to have a special sit down dinner without messing up your own kitchen.

Great -Grand Ma (4th generation yeah!!). Ryan & Roy are the fourth generation from this great  old dame. My grandma has 7 kids (1 boy and 6 girls)  17 grandchildren ,and  6 (+1 on the way ) great grand kids.  She is an excellent cook and I am in the midst of helping her compile her cookbook to share with the rest of the family as a christmas gift this year.

Earlier on this month I mentioned that her birthday would be the deadline for the July giveaway that I was running. That giveaway is officially ended. It didn’t go down that well as besides Angeline there wasn’t anyone else who left a comment on that post. Nevertheless I will try with other giveaways when I have established more traffic and popularity with this blog.

Angeline you want to claim your prize?

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As part of my new monthly resolution I am trying to get hubs more interactive with the boys on the weekend. We have decided to bring then roller blading or bike riding at the park.

Last weekend was a blast. We have been going to  different parks every weekend to spend a fun filled afternoon with the kids.  We are blessed to have so many different parks with a large playground section around. On Saturday we visited the Pasir Ris park as I wanted to let the boys go on the pony rides available there. We didn’t go to the pony section but ended up at the playground instead.

The boys went wild at the slides and swings. There were plenty other slides and even a 3 storey spider web to climb but they were for older kids and we had to give those a miss.

Being a park by the sea the view was breathe taking. It was a pity that I do not have a D80 or similar camera or I certainly be able to take nicer photographs.

How was your weekend?

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