Taking bus from school

Yesterday was Pb's first trip on how to take bus home by herself. She was so happy and keep telling me not to tell her the landmarks and let her find out by herself... I was so tickled seeing her juggling her extra bag, handphone, water bottle and bulky school bag all in her hands. 

I asked her, "How are you going to scan your ez-link card with so many things in your hand and how are you going to hold the poles?" 😝 

She just gave me a gigglish grin.

To help her assume her independence, I told her we will pretend to be strangers but I couldn't resist dropping hints like : don't put your bag on another seat, press the bell before you alight, take all your things, and the funniest thing is that, she wanted to alight at the front door when she was coming down from the upper deck 😄

Oh well! First time taking bus from school "on her own". We shall practice a few more times! 😄

The positive thing is that she's so confident and exclaimed that she wants to do it everyday! 😅 we shall see!

RAD Grade 4 Ballet Exam

I'm thankful that Pb has been consistently achieving Merit for her RAD ballet exam. Since she started learning when she was 3, she has been achieving stellar results in ballet, one distinction and all merit for the rest.

However, Pb has expressed that she'll want to stop her ballet lessons.

Next thread, I'll explain why. To be continued... 

Teachers' Day Pressies

We are crazy about sewing since the last workshop we've attended in the June holidays. 

http://thetiredmommysdiary.blogspot.sg/2016/06/a-sewing-workshop.html?m=1

Pb planned to make cushion covers for her teachers in PL. It was quite a project coz we took a few days to complete the process:

We went to Spotlight to choose and buy the fabric on Tuesday afternoon. These fabrics were selected after much deliberation because Pb was so choosy about the prints and she wanted to have a reason for each print selected. We also bought the ready-made plain cushions.

On Wed night, we cut the fabric into the desired size. We tried on the new rotary cutter and Pb was not used to it and cut her finger instead. It was a shallow cut though 😝 phew! So I did the cutting for her.

Last night, she spent quite some time pinning the parts of the fabric and sewing them up. She's not so used to grandma's sewing machine and the strings got tangled several times. I had to step in to assist her a few times... 

Finally, viola! The cushion covers were done! In total, she made 3, one for Mrs Ong, her form/ Science/ English tr, one for Miss Goh, her Math tr and one for 洪老师, her Chinese tr.

She told me that : the best part about giving trs the presents is, to see them smile!

Awww... My heart melted when she said that! Thank God for the good values Pb has learnt!