Category: Brat Stuff

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Preparing For Easter

Chloe is preparing for Easter already – she is all over her Easter egg hunt and even asked to buy the bunny ears when we were at the dollar store. She was all dressed up today to show us how an Easter bunny looked like – and she did it all by herself. This kid of mine – aims to please and she is such a sweetheart and has a heart of gold. She takes my health seriously and tries not to upset me because she knows I have high blood pressure and taking medication for it. She doesn’t ask for much nor does she throws a tantrum when we don’t get her what she wants. She eats her candies in moderation and never ask for a ridiculous amount of candies and yes, she wants attention and wants someone to play with her but that’s normal eh. At 6 yrs old – she is definitely at her cutest!

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Different Kids Different Pace

Chloe had been in her new school for 2 days now – so far so good – crossed our fingers. She claimed that there were no orange cards nor red cards like her previous school – I think this is making Chloe a lot happier because there is no stress there. Before, she is afraid of everything in her old school. We asked her – what about the naughty kids in class? what does the teacher do? Chloe claimed that there were no naughty kids thus far and we were not the least bit surprised because Chloe’s old school did have a reputation for naughty kids (kids comes from different background and brought up differently – we guessed).

This year – we also noticed how Chloe loves to write – previously – she just wouldn’t wanna recognized words nor attempt to do anything with them. This year – she writes a lot better – even better than I .. hahhaha!! so yes – different kids have different pace and as parents we need to know that and not get pushed into something the school wants of our kids when they are not ready.

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Choosing The Right School For Your Kid

As parents we all want to give our kids the best – back home – we search for a school as soon as our kid turns 2. During my time, my mom had to sleep overnight at the school grounds just to make sure we get a place in a good school. I used to go to a Convent school back home and yes – that school had high standards – while the rest of Singapore had to score 50% to pass – this convent school requires that we score 60% to pass. Choosing the right school is not as easy as choosing mens ties, as parents – don’t make the same mistake as we did.

We wanted to have faith in the teachers and principal at Chloe’s school and even though the school has a reputation, we were very gung-ho about putting Chloe in the school. Hell! we even donated an LCD projector to the school – that was how much faith we had. But as you all know – there was a little boy who keeps bugging Chloe and even though he moved away in December – he returned last week and of course – the teachers didn’t see it such a big deal to keep Chloe and him apart. The kid was still lining up behind Chloe and Chloe was really frightened.

And like any good parents – we didn’t see a need to traumatize our kid any longer – and since the school/teachers didn’t see it as such a big deal – we saw to it to see the teachers/principal’s boss instead. A meeting with the school board was set up immediately and after a brief meeting the Superintendent offered a transfer right away. We can only keep our fingers crossed this time and hope that this new school is the right choice. It’s not easy being parents but we all do try and do the right thing. So moral of the story – if the school has a history – don’t be as gung – ho as us.

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Growing Up With Chloe

I sometimes read some of the other bloggers’ going on and on about their kids and think about my own. I count my lucky star – that Chloe is unlike some I’ve read and come across personally. Sure, she can be a brat at times – but she is afterall a kid eh? so you can’t expect her to behave any other way – even adults throw tantrums and misbehaved.

But growing up with Chloe has been a joy – seriously ! she is so sensible in so many ways – just like yesterday – she helped us fold the laundry – sure it wasn’t done the best but hey! she is only 6 yrs old! She even tried to fold the tuxedos and was pretty gung-ho about doing it right. Some parents tend to compare their kids with others – and I sometimes slipped and do the same – but we have to stop ! like right now! and enjoy our kid as they are. Nevermind, if your best friend’s kid can read the entire book or spell like 100 words at 3 yrs old – it doesn’t matter ! what matters is your kid is happy and carefree – and most importantly healthy! So moms !! enjoy your kids ! and embrace them ! embrace every inch of them and how their quirkiness.

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The Fussy Eater

By now – you all know that I have a very fussy eater on hand. Unfortunately, for us – the school do not seems to understand how fussy our lil’ brat is – therefore, we try to order lunches for chloe from school – when we see something that she might eat. And if she doesn’t – we hope the teacher will see it and understand why we have to make a trip to school everyday to bring her food.

So this week, they had ham and pancakes but Chloe only ate like half a pancake for lunch – that’s not good at all but at least she was honest about it and told us the truth about how much she ate. Anyhow, PB was joking that no more lunches from school – that way he doesn’t have to give up his Padron for the brat’s lunch. But seriously, I’m not gonna fret about it – i used to – but for now – i’m just gonna count my blessings and be glad she is eating fruits – tofu, noodles and rice.

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School Rules

Chloe came home from school today and apologized for not drinking her apple juice but she also mentioned that she did finish her water though. So i asked her – how come she didn’t drink her apple juice during lunch – in which she replied that her teacher asked her to choose between the water bottle or the juice bottle. I tell yer – this school certainly makes me wonder what is going on – if this nonsense carries on – i would be needing a hair loss cure. Why? because i cannot understand why my daughter cannot bring the apple juice and water into her cafeteria..?? Anyhow, i’m keeping my cool and wait to see what happens within the next few days – in the meantime, I told Chloe that i can put her juice box into her lunch bag – but she said she didn’t wanna upset her teacher *slap forehead*. So you tell me lah.. how come the teacher can upset my daughter .. and my daughter is still so thoughtful and don’t wanna upset the teacher? where got meaning right? “steam rising from my head”

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Kid’s Allowance

So I’ve been wondering of late, should we give Chloe an allowance to help her understand the value of money just like we women need our women vitamins, it will come sooner or later. But at what age is the right age? as of today, Chloe had never asked for an allowance, neither had she talked about money too – nor begged for anything to be bought for her when we are out shopping. We definitely lucked in on that – that’s for sure.

She has a pretty good head on the shoulder too, because just last week when she lost her tooth and got a $5 from the tooth fairy, she only spent half of it – and put the other half into her piggy bank for her college fund. Yes, she said that herself – muahahahah!! We rarely spend a lot of money in front of Chloe nor do we make known to her that we can afford a lot of luxuries – maybe that’s the reason why she never asked for a lot. She seems like a pretty self – contented girl. So yes, which comes back to my question, since she never asked for an allowance – do i start her on it – just because we wanna teach her the value of money and give her a headstart?

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The Kid and The Man

Every mother would agree with me – that whenever they look at their kid – it is nothing short of a miracle. Till today – 6 years after giving birth to Chloe – it never fails to amaze me how God makes it possible for the woman to carry the baby for 9 months in our belly – growing from a size of a pea .. till she is ready to come out. And that may be the reason why mothers are never harsh on their kids – they can get away with just about anything.. but not the spouse.

Are you like me…?? always picking on the spouse but never the kid..?? I’m guilty .. that’s for sure – the spouse cannot raise his voice at the kid.. nor can he ignore the kid.. but it’s alright the other way round.. well not the raising the voice part.. because Chloe is taught better. But when it comes to buying things – it’s the same way.. anything for the kid.. but nothing for the man – if the kid needed a lcd monitor – zoom i would be out there getting her a new one.. if hers was broken.. but if the man’s monitor was broken, i would tell him to make do with a used one from the store.

Everything for the kid – needs to be new or fresh to eat – the spouse and myself.. we can eat leftovers .. no biggie…?? what about you ..?? are you this way..?? or is it just me..?? I know of some mothers here who would be all dressed up .. and make up .. and their kids gets their clothes from Salvation Army – a bagful for $10. But i couldn’t do that.. if anyone would to wear .. anything from Salvation Army… it will be me.. not the kid.

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Family Bonding

I never had much of a family if you didn’t know by now. My dad was never much at home – maybe once a year – not even during chinese new year – and my mom well – she was very much into the boys/brothers. So when I met PB online – he used to comfort me and said .. his parents will be my parents – that was very sweet of him eh.

Chloe is a very loving girl – in fact the older she gets – the closer she is with her grandparents – which had been my plan all along. Family bonding is very important to me for Chloe – more important than PB getting use to the project management software he just bought and playing constantly with. I have to constantly remind him and myself that Chloe isn’t gonna be this young forever because I remember how much i used to envy my neighbour’s family or my school mates ones.

If I had to drop everything to be with Chloe – I would – no doubt about it – if you don’t think it will affect them you better think about it .. because till today – i still think about how little time my parents had for me. It’s a constant regret for me.. that I never got to know my parents well enough nor give them enough hugs because they don’t practice nor encourage it. Therefore, with Chloe – she is a totally different story. What about you and your kids..?? don’t let them grow up thinking that their parents didn’t care too much about them eh.

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Learning Words

Chloe came home with a list of words she had to learn weekly – we had known about it for a few weeks now. And a look at her list – we realized that we didn’t get Week’s 1 list – and since some of Chloe’s classmates parents shop at our store – I of course, quickly called and asked them for the List 1’s words. But one of them couldn’t remember where her list was and another didn’t call back. And another one who happened to be at our store in the evening – didn’t even know that her kid had words to learn *slap forehead*. Anyhow, that evening – I lay away my auto insurance quotes and started to teach Chloe her words – 2 at a time – I figured for the weekend.. and 1 each for the weekdays.

So lets get back to these other parents – well, as you can see – how challenging it is for Chloe’s teacher with this kinda attitude *shake head*. As for us – I hope we can be diligent parents and help Chloe move ahead with every standard she is promoted to.