We started Samuel on in-line skates. He is brave and able to manage on the skates, but needs lots more training to go about on his own. David is a good trainer.
Joseph is able to dribble the basketball and shoot while on skates!
Nike shop had a 30% sale, so Grace and YowCH got new shoes. Now the whole family has Nike running shoes.
Also bought for David (running shoes), Joseph (soccer boots) and Samuel (walking shoes).
We visited the Jurong Eco Garden on Saturday morning. Click here or on the photos below to go to the dedicated page:
After the Garden, we dropped Esther at Church and went for lunch at the nearby Formosa Delights, before visiting parents and Gene.
For dinner, we went to West Coast market area for curry fish-head and other Chinese dishes.
On Sunday, we had our usual swim, and then lunch at McD.
In the afternoon, David played friendly game against ACS Barker Road, wile Joseph had regular training with those under-10.
After football, David and Joseph joined some of their friends in the neighbourhood for a game of basketball.
YowCH was to be a spy for the church Juniors Camp publicity, so he tried two set-ups – terrorist spy and elegant spy:
The church of course chose elegant, without the Guinness, of course.
And David was helping with the games and cajon during the KFC session.
At home, David helped train Samuel in cycling, still a long way to go for Sam.
Joseph and Samuel also enjoyed playing Wii together.
On the Odyssey, sadly, YowCH grazed against the wall of a very tight carpark ramp at Spring building.
Didn’t look too bad after cleaning and touch-up. He also touched up the front bumper.
The theme for GESPS Children’s Day this year is Disney. Joseph is a Pirate of the Carribean.
Church had Children’s Day, and the theme was Toy Story. We made 3D masks – Alien for Joseph and T-Rex for Samuel.
Both won best costume.
On Sunday, we skipped swim and football due to rain, but we still had a hearty Oktoberfest meal at Alibabar.
Here’s a photo of Joseph and YowCH relaxing in the Sorrento pool.
During the week, David helped guide Samuel in constructing the 3D diorama of a T-Rex foam model.
On Sunday, we had friendly games for football at Clementi Stadium.
Here’s a photo of Esther, with her Deputy Head (Deputy head prefect in school) badge.
We took the Geotrax out for Samuel, and he really enjoyed the railway lines that we built. Joseph was very helpful to set up tracks for him.
Today, 7 September 2017, saw Esther, David and Joseph taking their distance swim test. Grace happened to be on off today and she joined them at the pool, with Samuel, too.
At 10:15am, they were briefed by the coaches/examiners:
At 10:20am, they took off:
Joseph was doing the 1500m (30 laps) test while Esther and David were doing 2000m (40 laps) test, all within 1 hour. They did their 800m and 1500m tests earlier in April 2016. While they were swimming, Grace had fun with Samuel in the pool.
After about an hour, here are the results:
Joseph was swimming breast-stroke along with 2 other boys who are 2 years and 4 years older than him. For 2000m, Esther was the only girl and David was the youngest. Esther took 5 minutes more than the 60 minutes (probably due to lack of practice in both swimming and running) while David completed the fastest (free-style all the way).
Last photo, very tired children after the long swim.
Last Sunday, Samuel swam an entire lap by himself, with no floats, and he did that twice!
On Saturday, 26 August, Samuel and Joseph performed 2 songs in church for the Sunday School teachers for Teachers’ Day.
The children performed “You Never Let Go” and “The Lord’s Prayer”.
Sunday, 27 Aug, West Coast Wolves played friendly games against Choa Chu Kang CSC. YowCH was referee for the under-8 games. Joseph played in under-12 and then the adults played against WCW under-15.
Joseph:
David:
YowCH:
We invited the Yongs over for dinner to celebrate Si Wan’s birthday and we had Western food.
After dinner, the cousins had fun playing with each other.
Grace was on leave from 14 to 18 Aug, and she managed to reorganize the boys’ room for new shelves. She took Joseph and Samuel to IKEA on 17 and 18 Aug, and bought shelves which the whole family helped in setting up, completing on Saturday, 19 August.
Joseph was the tallest allowable height to enter the IKEA play area, and Samuel at the minimum height.
Firstly, Billy book shelves:
And we made a loft play area under Samuel’s bed:
On Friday night, we had cell-group (BCG) meeting:
And on Saturday, Joseph had a dip with YowCH at Sorrento:
Followed with closing session of term 2 of KFC:
The children rehearsed for Teachers’ Day celebration next week.
