Crafts: Projects for November 2010

Yet another lazy month for me... only managed to accomplished 2 pieces of crafts with my dear boy this month.  He has been more engaged in tracing mazes, alphabets and numbers for this month.  Also, this lazy mommy has been using pre-cut craft templates from craft books, and also letting him play with stickers. 


Thumb Print Apple Tree - I cut out a template of the tree and let Ian create the "apples" with his thumb.  A simple activity, but he enjoyed it a lot. 

Paper Plate Rabbit -  First, I drew a centre line across a smaller paper plate and let Ian cut the plate into half.  Then, I traced out 2 ovals on a piece of pink construction paper and let Ian cut out the shape (though I did help him to trim a little).  I drew the eyes and mouth on the bigger paper plate and let Ian stick the pompom on as the nose.  Then, I helped him paste on the chenille stems as the whiskers, and guided him to paste the ears behind the bigger plate.

Ian @ 2 Years 8 Months

Quick Stats:

Height: 97cm
Weight: 15.2kg

• Our little boy is getting more and more talkative, and likes to sing along with the radio or TV credits.  He also has the habit of repeating something he said until he gets our attention.  His tenacity sometimes surprises us.
• Ian is now able to unbutton his uniform when he is back from school.  However, he still needs some help when buttoning his shirt.  So far, he has been putting on his undies and pants without much help from us.
• He is now toilet-trained in the day, except for occasional accidents.  We are contemplating to start him in his undies for school as well, as he can differentiate his undies from a diaper and refuses to go to the toilet whenever he's in a diaper.
• Able to write a few letters and numbers though they do not look as pretty yet: "H", "I", "T", "L", "1", "2".
• He is also starting to show defiance whenever we ask him to do something.
• Learning to pedal a tricycle.

A Happy Weekend for Ian

Ian must have enjoyed this day a lot.

Firstly, we signed him up for a trial class at Abrakadoodle. The theme of the day was using fir tree branches and create a painting of snowy forest.  As much as Ian enjoyed doing arts and crafts at home, he enjoyed dabbing the paints on the paper.  At the end of the class, he got to bring back his framed artwork.

After the class, we decided to bring Ian to ride his bike at the Lower Seletar Reservoir.  We had been talking of visiting the place for ages, and this was the first time we realized our 'talks'.  There was a splash park but strangely, the people playing with the water were not kids.

Ian learned to pedal his bike on the wooden bridge...

The Maid #2

Our Scooba's long-awaited sibling finally reached us yesterday afternoon.  I had waited for a while to woot this sibling, who will be complementing the Scooba in house-cleaning.  Although it was not the model that I had desired, nevertheless, the price was too good to resist ($290) and almost half of the price I saw on eBay.

After charging it overnight, I set it off its first mission to vacuum the whole house.  See it in action...

These 2 siblings never fail to amaze me how much dirt they always find in the house. I have tried running the Scooba everyday for a week, and the water is always black. Perhaps, I should use the Roomba first to suck up the dirt, followed by the Scooba for a more effective cleaning.