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Bubbie Lim turned 4!!

Bubbie Lim turned 4 on 01 Sept 2018!!! It was a day that he has been anticipating!!

The Bub’s birthday celebration started early on 28 Aug, we have prepared goody bags that we purchased from Tfortoys and Qoo10 to distribute to all his classmates. and his teacher got everyone to sing him a birthday song.

On 29 Aug, Bub went on a school excursion trip to S.E.A. Aquarium at Resort World Sentosa, and he enjoyed himself alot. We brought him to the aquarium a few years ago but he was too young to remember anything from that trip. This time round, he came home raving about the hammerhead sharks,  stingrays and dolphins. He was also fascinated by the divers diving into the take to feed the fishes. As it was a school excursion, he could only stay for half a day. We promised him that we would bring him there again in the near future so that he could have more time looking at the fishes.

As Bub’s school was closed on 30 & 31 Aug for Teacher’s Day and Teacher’s Retreat, he went for a short staycation at Grandpa & Grandma Lim’s house as Papa & Mama Lim needs to work. He loves spending time with his grandparents as they shower him with lots of love and yummy snacks. Best of all, they love to bring him to the airport where he can watch the planes take off from the viewing gallery. Sometimes they would bring him to the many indoor playgrounds in the airport so that he can burn off his excess energy.

The Bub loves hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma Lim! 🙂

On 01 Sept, Bub went for his swimming lesson in the morning followed by another hour of splashing fun in the pool with Papa Lim and his usual Happy Meal Lunch after a shower.

Blowing bubbles in the pool!

Swimming like a boss nowadays!

Everybody loves ice cream!

We celebrated Bub’s 4th Birthday with at Grandpa & Grandma Lim’s house together with GuGu Lim, ShuShu Lim, ShenShen Lim & JiuJiu Tan. Grandpa Tan needs to work so he couldn’t join us but he gave a BirthDay Ang Pow to Bub.

1 month before his birthday, Papa Lim and I have been asking him what character cake does he wants.

The Bub had a customised 2 tiered Dinosaur cake from Baker’s Heart for his Big 1, an Angry Birds character cake from Polar Cakes and Puffs for his 2nd Birthday and last year on his 3rd Birthday, we had again got Baker’s Heart to customise a Tayo the Little Bus Cake for him. We really love the cake from Baker’s Heart, the cake is soft and the fresh cream is light and not too heavy on the palette. We received many raves about the cake from relatives and friends during Bub’s Big 1. Everyone loves the cake!

We are a happy family!

 

Group pic with Shu Shu, Shen Shen and Gu Gu Lim!

 

Cheeky Bub with Grandpa and Grandma Lim!

Bub has mentioned a few times he wanted a Paw Patrol character cake this year so we decided to order one from Bengawan Solo. They have a very good selection of character cakes and their cakes are nice too. We chose Pandan sponge and fresh cream combination which turned out great! The entire Limmies family chipped in to get him a few Hot Wheels toys to add to his growing collection of toy cars. A special shoutout to Aunty Cindy for the amazing presents too! I’m sure Kaiser will love them too! He was ecstatic to receive his presents and we can’t wait to open his presents and start playing with him.

The Bub loving his presents! 😀

The next day, the entire Limmies family went to Wild Wild Wet to have a crazy day out! We managed to book a cabana for Grandpa and Grandma Lim to lounge while the rest of us explored the waterpark. There were lots of child-friendly rides and the Bub had a great time exploring the place. The day passed quickly as we were running amok in the park and we were exhausted by the end of the day. The Bub was totally knocked out by the time we got onto the taxi and he slept soundly till the next morning. It was a great day out with the entire family and we look forward to more outings like this in the future!

Ready to have fun at Wild Wild Wet!

 

Cheeky little fella!

 

The place is huge!!!

It may have been an action-packed week, but we are glad that he enjoyed his birthday and we look forward to many more happy celebrations to come! 😀

Why Can’t the Bub Eat Chocolate? T_T

Like most children, the Bub loves eating chocolate. But just like his unfortunate Papa Lim, he suffers the side effects when he has too much of this yummy goodness. The both of us gets ‘heaty’ really easily when we take chocolate and more often than not, we will get a terrible sore throat and cough for the next couple of days.

CHOCOLATE MAKES US SICK! HOW SAD IS THAT? T___T

To make it even worse, both the Bub and I will get unreasonably high for a short period of time before we descend into an extended state of crankiness. That really sucks but that is how it is and I guess we will have to roll with it. 🙁

The Bub gets into a fight!

A few weeks back, I saw a familiar number appear on the screen of my phone while I was at work. It was the number of Bub’s childcare centre. My heart sank as I knew it was probably bad news if the childcare centre had to make a call to me in the middle of the day. Bub’s form teacher started apologising to me the instant I picked up the phone. She stated that the Bub got into a fight with his classmate and he suffered a bite mark on his chest as a result.

I was upset that he was hurt but I understood that the Bub could be at fault himself as he has a pretty short fuse just like me. We don’t really blow up, but if provoked, the both of us have a really shitty temper that cannot be quelled easily. I told his teacher that as long as the Bub is fine, I got no worries regarding the matter. I thanked her for informing me and I told her that I would pick him up from the centre at the usual time.

On my way to pick up the bub, I asked myself to find the best possible way to approach this incident with the Bub. Due to my tiny build, I have been an easy target for attacks from bullies and crazy folks in the past. Was somebody picking on him in school or was he the one dishing out the bullying instead? For selfish reasons, I hoped that he was the bully instead of the victim as I didn’t want him to be too badly hurt. But at the same time, I would not want another child to be on the receiving of my child’s bad manners.

As I walked up the driveway leading to the entrance of his centre, I heard his teacher call out his name and saw his little silhouette scurry quickly from the holding area to the entrance of the centre. When I got to the entrance, all I saw was my little baby boy looking at me with the most pitiful eyes. His hair was messy and his uniform was scrunched up. As I bent over to give him a hug, he started whining about the fight that he got into earlier in the day.

Here’s an excerpt of our conversation.

Me: What happened? Who did you get into a fight with?
Bub: It was J!
Me: What? I thought he was your best friend?
Bub: Yeah! But I was trying to sleep and he took his pillow and hit me many times!
Me: So did you tell the teacher?
Bub: No! He hit me many times with the pillow! So I was angry and I punched him!
Me: OMG…(I can’t believe he actually threw the first punch!)
Bub: After I punched him, he bit me on my body!!! So I bit him back also lor!
Me: Speechless…

So that’s how Bub’s first official childcare scrap went. I guess it ended up in a draw as both of them suffered bite marks on their chests!

I told the Bub that it was not right to punch his friends just because they were hitting him. Two wrongs do not make a right and I warned him that I would be very upset if he were to be throwing punches at anyone at school again, even if he was provoked. I told him that the best way to end any conflict is to walk away from the attacker and inform the teachers in charge.

I told him to make sure he apologises to J the next day and made him promise that he would not fight with his friends anymore.

That said, this incident made me consider sending the tiny Bub for self defense lessons so that he can learn discipline and some ways to defend himself from the bigger, badder kids in school.

The Bub is a Potato No More!

 

The little Bub has always been most comfortable speaking in English, and there were many times that he expressed his disdain for Mandarin. He used to tell us that he is an “English people” and not a “Chinese people” to both our shock and amusement.

At first, we thought that it was a phase, but we started getting very very worried when he was continuously rejecting all forms of communication in Mandarin. We tried exposing him to Mandarin songs to pique his interest in the language but to no avail. We made it a point to speak Mandarin to him every day but he just was not receptive to the language and he made a conscious choice to reply to us in English. We were somewhat relieved that he understood Mandarin, but we just could not make him speak it.

Then out of the blue, the little fella shocked both Mama Lim and I, by randomly spewing phrases in Mandarin. AND he UPPED THE ANTE BY SINGING MANDARIN NURSERY RHYMES!!! (O_O) We were both happy and relieved that he was finally able to embrace speaking his mother tongue. Lots of credit has to be given to his nursery teacher, Ms. Zhao for instilling the interest in Bub and we are thankful for her efforts. 🙂

Yay!!! The Bub is a Potato no more! 😀