Pics from our spain trip

Destination : Barcelona - Part 1

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

 





Most comfy and artistic seat which I've come across. It literally sinks and take the shape of your butt when sat on.





 

Spainish Village





Barcelona Fiesta









nat at school

Natalie had been super good today! She was participative and interested in the learning delivered by her teachers. She helped lao shi keep the toys as she sang "hei yo hei yo keep your toys!"My little girl has grown and is ready to take on larger responsibilities.

Teacher Eliza brought out a tank of insects and she was not afraid of the crickets at all! Waited in anticipation as the tank of crickets get passed around and she even offered to help Teacher eliza hold the tank! What a brave little girl! Some little ones squealed and squirmed as the teacher handed them the tank. It was fabulous to watch Natalie make the initiation and this was definitely a major milestone as she overcome the fears and cries to start enjoying and participating in the course. Of course pre-preparation of the topics beforehand does play some part in calming the nerves as well.

Attached are pics of her enjoying her snacks (I believe it's her fav part of the day as she savoured her food slowly and insisted on finishing every single piece! )

Trip Pics

Wanted to upload these photos whilst touring but didnt get a chance to as hubby's pc couldnt read the SD card.. Anyway enjoy..

We are back!

We've been away from Natalie for slightly more than 2 weeks. Been travelling around Spain and Paris.. missed our daughter so so so much! However we both know that she is definitely in good hands! My little girl has been well taken care of by her Granny and YiYi who helps ferry her to and from classes over the weekends. She has grown so tall and matured so much over the past weeks! I felt like I've missed a huge chunk of her development. Yiyi who plays with her over the weekend sends pics of her via email and I was so shocked to see the resemblance of myself in her! She is starting to look so much like me.. Ok may be a bit like her daddy too. =) She gave each of us long hugs when we reached home and showed us all the new toys and gadgets which she had received whilst we were away. The flowering plant with planting tools seems to top the list (purchased by popo). She is also now so skilled with legos, she could arrange, stack and return the pieces back to the storage box. It's so amazing how she self taught the skill of packing her legos without assistance from the adults. At this time it's just legos, but I am sure we could somehow cajole her into returning the rest of her toys into the designated places in time to come.

Missed her weekend lesson. Was told by granny that as usual, she hated removing her socks and kicked up a big fuss for having got to do it else she would not be allowed in class. She wanted to keep her toy animals when the teachers asked all to return them.... Anyway, last week she was taught one of her favourite animals - Frog.

FYI She has a medium sized out-door pond setup just outside grandparents' place where she keeps frogs and tiny gold fishes. She visits them every morning and each time she would say/ Hi to the frogs in the her babyish voice pointing to her "frog frog frog!". So saying frog is not an issue for her. She amazed and aced through the class with her proclamations of 'FROG'. Granny mentioned that she said frog for every paper frog she paste on her drawing block! Eliza, the only teacher whom she has allowed to hug her... was amazed with her speech ability given that she is the youngest in class =).

See how much actions I've missed that day !