An Assignment for the Tooth Fairy

Joann dropped her first milk tooth today! The front tooth has been a little bit shaky over the last few weeks and she seemed worried at times. Her tooth finally dropped this morning and she was very excited when we fetched her this evening. Another milestone in her growing up journey :-)

Just for info, the milk teeth is also known as the deciduous teeth, baby teeth or temporary teeth. These are the first set of teeth in the growth development of humans. The milk teeth are usually lost as early as 5 years old and replaced by permanent teeth thereafter. 

I read some interesting articles on tooth traditions around the world:

In North America such as United States and Canada, children will place their tooth under their pillow and the tooth fairy will take their tooth, replacing with money. This tradition is probably the one that we are most familiar with.

In France, Spain and Latin America, it's a little mouse that will replace the tooth with money.

In Central America, the tooth will be gold-plated and make into an earring for the child to wear. Quite a good idea for keeping the tooth as a memento.

In Mongolia, the baby tooth is given to a young dog. The dog is treated like some sort of a guardian angel there. The tooth is mixed with the food given to a dog. It is believed that when the guardian angel eats the tooth, the child will get new strong tooth.

Sounds very interesting, right? Guess these are some of the many ways that parents soothe the hearts of the little ones who lost something personal :-) 

As for Joann, she sealed her milk tooth in a little bag, as a memento for herself :-) 

Joann's First Day at PLMGS (Primary)

The day has finally come! Since the start of Dec 10, Aileen and I have been progressively preparing for Joann's entry into primary school - getting her school uniform, textbooks, stationary, school bag, coin pouch ready as well as preparing her psychologically for the big school (as compared to kindergarten). We can see that she is excited about her new school too! 

Meanwhile for Jayden, he is entering K1 in Faithland 1, Living Sanctuary Kindergarten. He is in morning session while his older sister is in afternoon session. He is going to miss her BIG time - no one to play with him in the afternoon like before and his Jie Jie is going to be busier in school :-P

Jayden ready for school!

Joann looks so lovely in her new school uniform... hehe :-)

Look how much she has grown... Still remember the time when she was born...

Ordered this bag (with her name embroidered) from Disney.com like 2 years ago. Finally she is tall enough to carry it.

Joann, together with the other P1 pupils, was led to the main hall after arriving in school. With some free time before the talks organised by the school, I took the opportunity to walk around the school premises.

Useful talks organised by PLMGS (Pri), for parents

Anxious parents waiting for their children's canteen break at 3pm (I'm one of them).

Each P1 girl is accompanied by a P5 girl during this period of orientation. There were so many pupils in the canteen that some parents had trouble locating their children even if there were designated areas for each class. Can you spot Joann?

The best picture of Joann, I took during the canteen break (after some simple editing)... Wishing that I have better zoom len.

Joann preparing to return to classroom after canteen break.

Supportive parents in action!

As a whole, Joann enjoyed her first day in school and made some new friends (she has some friends from LSK with her in the same class too). Praying that she will have an enjoyable 6 years in PLMGS (Primary) :-)

Joann's Graduation from Living Sanctuary Kindergarten

The children had their annual concert on 3 Nov 10. Joann has graduated from K2 while Jayden will be progressing to K1 next year. Seeing how the children love their school and have grown in knowledge and skills, Aileen and I are truly grateful to God for a great team of loving and dedicated teachers that impact the lives of the little ones in LSK. We are proud that the children are part of the LSK family. 

The concert was a great success as all children from Pre-Nursery to K2, put in a great performance that night! All parents were beaming with pride when they fetched their children after the concert that night :-)

Joann's Graduation from K2 (2010)

Counting Toes

Aileen and Joann were walking home one evening. Aileen was wearing her sandals while Jo was wearing her school shoes... 

Aileen: Jo, what's 6 + 7? 

Jo ( paused for a while) : Easy. It's 13.. 

Aileen: Well done! How did you do that? 

Jo: I've got 10 fingers. Then, I used toes..

Aileen (eeks): but you are wearing your shoes so how did you use your toes? 

Jo (wide-eyed, innocently) : I used YOUR toes...

 

Joann's 1st Day In Nursery

Today is Joann's 1st day in LSK nursery (Praiseland 1). She has been looking forward to this day since December though she changed her mind slightly yesterday :-P

This morning, her ma ma (my mother-in-law) came to our place at 7am to get her ready for pick-up by the school bus at 8.10am. Joann looked so grown up as she donned her uniform. Her ma ma changed her hairstyle twice before she was satisfied that her granddaughter looked her best for school.

At 8am, Joann was ready and we went down to the void deck to wait for the bus. My mother-in-law and I had a good chat before we started to panic as the bus had not arrived at 8.30am (School started at 8.30am!). I almost carried Joann to school (school is about 10 minutes walk away) before we realized that there was another group of parents waiting for the same bus at the opposite block.

The bus finally arrived at 8.35am. The bus was delayed due to traffic jam. My mother-in-law and I felt relieved as the "carriage" finally arrived to carry our "princess" to the "castle" for 2 hours...