Half naked

Don't know why recently it was quite hot. So whenever Ethan comes back from school, mother takes out all his school uniform and only left the underwear. He is doing his homework half naked as mother found him sweating a lot when doing his homework. Mother doesn't want him to sweat a lot as he needs to take a bath after he finishes all his homework.

At first, mother is a bit worry whether he will get sick in this situation since he is never naked like this at home before. So far so good....

Our sunday

Today we went to Eastin Hotel to attend one of seminar organized by one of the branded milk Co. This is the first time we attended this kind of function. Since the event started at 2.30pm so it means that Ethan cannot take his nap time but we asked him to take a short nap like about one hour but he didn't. Both parents fell asleep while accompanying him. He was the alarm clock for us as he woke us up saying that it was 2 o'clock.

We arrived at the Hotel at about 2.15pm and we took the escalator to Level 3. A lot of parents had already arrived and we registered ourselves. The staff gave us a piece of form to fill up in order to get the goodies bag from the milk co. We went to the children corner to let Ethan have some fun. We had been offered by the staff to take care of our kid when we go for the presentation in the other room. At first Ethan refused to let go so we just informed the staff and we would think about it before letting them know. We let Ethan colored the "Doraemon" and asked whether he wants to stay here with the other kids or not. Yes was the answer then daddy went to register him. When the presentation started we informed Ethan that we will go to the other room and we will pick him up at 4.30pm. He said bye bye to us.

Half way through the presentation, daddy went to take a look at Ethan whether he was ok or not. Daddy found him eating the muffin and playing with the toys. The staff walk towards daddy and asked daddy whether is this kid his son. Yes and the staff informed daddy that Ethan was a very independent boy. He even asked the staff to bring him to the toilet. Daddy saw that most of the kids were accompanied by their parents or grandparents. Seems like we are the one who left Ethan alone in the children corner. After the talk, we went to pick Ethan up and he was happily playing in the room. We had some refreshment before we left the hotel.

Ethan slept early at night.....

Eye problem

Recently we had noticed that Ethan is having an eye problem. He will consistently blink his both eyes. Seems like that was something inside the eye. Last time he had this problem too but only for a while but this round he has persisted the situation for few days already. We planned to bring him to the eye specialist to inspect his eye.

We hoped that after the inspection he could recover from this.

Need a discplince

Mother wants to discipline Ethan on his day to day routine. Basically the two main concerns are his homework and the nap time.

Homework:-
Mother wants to set a timetable on his homework like he only has 15 min to finish his homework on one subject. We need to train him or else when he enters the primary school that time where got ample time for him to finish all his homework with his current attitude.

Nap time:-
Last time he takes his nap starting from 1 o clock but recently after his homework and reading session, we actually delayed it to 2 o clock. He can take his nap time until 6 something in the evening. Well, cannot persist with this situation anymore because after he wakes up late from his nap time, he actually only can sleep around 12 at night which causes him not really can wake up early next morning. Mother wants to set the nap time from 2 to 4 then in next year he only entitle one hour nap time. We need to gradually adjust it because we were afraid he will attend the afternoon class when he is in primary one.

After adjusting this two main issues then he got spare time to play. Let's hope the plan can work. Mother will start from today.

Washed the plates

We did not expect him to help us to wash all the plates in the sink. At first he self fed himself with the multi-vitamin then he wanted to wash the spoon. But he was not tall enough, so he moved the chair to the sink and he started to wash the spoon. Then he continued to wash all the plates and stuffs in the sink. We were pleased with his action even though we have expected that we might have to rewash again all the plates.

Shopping center.....

This is first time mother and Ethan went to "Time Square" in Penang. We had our lunch at "Swensen" after visiting the hospital. Sometimes mother just felt like we are actually out of date. Normally when new mall opens in Penang , we will not pay a visit after the opening ceremony. Like Gurney Plaza, mother's first time visit there was because of company team building and the first visit was after the plaza had been opened for more than one year. Even QBM nearby the place we stayed but we only pay a visit to the mall after the mall had been opened for more than half year....

Not yet

Sometimes daddy will on and off bribe Ethan with the electronic gadget if he gets good result. Mother always protest about it. Daddy said want to have a electronic dictionary for Ethan but mother does not agree with it. Mother wants him to start with the traditional way, find the unknown word in dictionary book. You can say that mother is out of date but she just wanted Ethan to learn from the basic first.

So far mother also did not feel Ethan needs an electronic dictionary because he is too young and mother still can teach him the words. Will plan to teach him to search the dictionary when the time is right. Mother thinks that the electronic dictionary will be the last source if Ethan really cannot handle the situation.

Sweet action

Everyday when we bring him to the kindergarten, he will wave good bye and kiss us before we leave the kindergarten. Sometime we forgot this step and he will run all the the way out from his classroom to stop us in order to say goodbye and kiss us. So sweet the action.

We don't know whether other kids have done the same thing or not. However, whenever his does this action to us, his classmates will look shock and stare at his actions.....

Bribed him

Yesterday was the final of the 无敌状元 competition. Daddy asked him whether he wants the "Besta" digital dictionary or not? He wants it. Daddy told him that he will entitle for one if he gets Number 1 again in the next exam. Mother said daddy tried to bribe the kid....

Follow one by one

Recently Ethan was hooked on the Android 'Fish food game" ever since daddy introduced to him. Ever night after his dinner time, he will request to play the fish game. But hold on! Not so fast as he haven't finish his homework yet . Today he woke up at 6 evening and we went out for dinner so he did not manage to do it before dinner time. Mother told him that he should finished his own responsibility then he only get to play it.

Below are our conversation:-
Mother : You have to finish the homework first. Follow one by one (一个接一个)
Ethan response: Can I finish two by two so can get to play it fast?
Mother asked: How to finish two by two?
He just laughed and followed mother to the room to finish his homework while mother went for her bath.

After he had finished the homework, he immediately walked down and asked for his favorite game. Mother went up to the room to check on his homework, yup he really finished it and kept all the books, pencil box and color pencil into his school bag.

His homework

Mother wants him to have the habit of "今日事今日毕" on his homework no matter whether it is Friday or holiday in the next day. So far so good even though he will bargain with mother to do it later especially when come to writing the Chinese character. He will bargain with mother that after nap time then he will continue to write it. Seeing that he wrote in snail mode and totally loss of concentration then it is better to let him rest.

What mother is pleased is that he really kept his promise and maintained his self discipline. Mainly because he will inform his mother that he wants to finish his homework even though mother wants to bring him out from the room after he wakes up. He will finish all his homework then only walk out with mother. So shame on mother.

Video capture

Every night Ethan will request to view back the photo or the video that we have taken since he was born. When he was born we actually did take a lot of video but gradually reduced it. So we promised him to take his video so in future he can view it back.

Today itself mother already captured two videos of him but unfortunately the SD memory card does not have enough disc space.

Revisited the Public library

Today mother asked daddy to drive us to the library again. We have stopped borrowing books since April month. Few weeks back mother started to read again to Ethan so it is better to borrow some English books to him instead of only reading Chinese story books to him.

Yes, Ethan is back again as himself. He likes to listen to the story again. Few days of nonstop reading did restore back his interest in the books. Following days will be the busy day for mother because mother need to check the dictionary again for those new books....

His toy

Daddy said that Ethan's toy is simple and easy to find. We did not spend much money to get them. Past few months he was interested with time. So he will bring along the digital clock given by the bank with him. He learns how to read the time in analog and digital. Recently he is interested with the calender, we just provided him the paper calender that we received from grandpa. He learned the month like in Jan got 31 days, Feb got 28days and every 4 years Feb month has got 29 days and etc. He even know today is what date better compared to us. Everyday when he wakes up he will tell us today is what date.

What we can say is that his toy is free of charge and we can find it in our normal life...Now let's wait and see what will be the next toy for him....

Recent routine

Ever since we let him walk on the trade mill, he wants to exercise on this machine everyday. If his wakes up late after his nap time, he will insist wanting to have it even though it is already 8 something at night. We know that he will not give up and will do it even after his bath. We let him walk on the machine about 10 to 15 min before we bathe him.

We did not restrict him from doing this. Mainly because it is an exercise for him since he is not really good in physical movement. We hoped that with this he will improve in his physical strength.

Special note

You see, mother got accumulated the dust on those Chinese flash card ever since we bought it. Mother seldom use it because Ethan doesn't show any interest in it. So in order not to dampen his interest on learning the Chinese word, mother only read the Chinese story books to him instead of asking him to recognize the words.

Few months ago, mother did successfully let Ethan learned the 9x9 multiply table or 3 words chant on the way to school. So mother got the idea that why not try this way too with Chinese. Mother started with a small note for him. Greeting word for him before start learning of Chinese words. Mother wrote down 5 new words for him to learn on the way, whether he likes it or not still a question mark but at least under non forcing and relax situation. Hope that this method can work.

Time before he sleep

This was another bonding and learning time for us. At night when we switch off the light, mother and Ethan will have some spelling game before he actually falls in sleep. He will request mother to ask him how to spell those words. Sometime we switch the role, he will ask back his mother how to spell.

With this, he learns the spelling fast and he is happy with his accomplishment. Sometime mother wants to stop the game because of sleepiness but he insisted mother to ask him more. Mother has to bargain with him in order to stop the game by promising to ask him another two more words....

Today.....

Today daddy brought him to the barber shop to cut his hair. Back home, he brought along this Chinese comic book. According to daddy he was reading this book while waiting for daddy to cut hair. The barber shop uncle lent him the book since he insisted wanting to finish reading it.

Now the book is still with us, we hoped that next time when we bring him to cut his hair, he will return this book back....

Lamb hat ...

He likes to wear this hat when we were back in Kedah.

When...?

Ethan sat on the staircase while mother was mopping the floor. He asked when can he mop the floor? Mother said to wait until he grows up a bit. He asked again is it 6 years old? Mother cannot give him a particular time frame but just promised him that he can start with lapping the cabinet or book shelves first.