Milestone for Jed - Officially a 2 wheeler

Well... it happened yesterday when I was able to come home early.

Decided to bring both kids down to "cycle"...

Doris was home early too so she was able to take care of Jadyn while I coach Jed.

Well... he was first cycling with 2 training wheels a couple of months ago... which I later decided to take 1 off to let him learn to balance at least 1 side. The wheel was also tilted slightly so that if he were to depend too much on that side of the training wheel... he'd be cycling at a slightly tilted angle.
This kinds of forces him to "cycle" at an upright angle... if you know what I mean.

Anyway... it took me quite some time to find the time to continue coaching him again... due to work commitments... etc etc... well.. kinda...

Anyway... couldn't ask Doris to teach him to cycle cos I dun think she can cycle that well herself...

Anyway.. decided to take the last training wheel out with Jed's approval and tested things out...

Initially... I had to still support the seat and handle bars...

Then... only the handle bars....

The I tried teaching him how to "Move off"...
You know... one paddle up... the other leg to kick off and start paddling like crazy...

Well... after a couple of tries... when he was more confident...
I showed him that I was able to let go of the handle bar for a couple of seconds...

He was unstoppable after that...

I took a break but he went on...

He started using both legs to kick while sitting on the bike to practice balancing...

Soon... he was also paddling...

Viola...

He was riding on his own!



I am so proud of him!

But he still needs works on the steering / direction department...

The kids love this show called fingertips

It's basically an art and craft show.

Jed and Jadyn cannot seem to get enough of it.

But Jadyn has another fave show... Teletubbies.




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iPhone

Just got my iPhone a couple of days ago and I have not showed the kids the gadget yet...

And because my office has blocked so many sites, it's no longer a problem now.

I can
Twittwer
Facebook
Blog
Gps
Read news
Find food
Etc all from 1 place...

Cool.


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Milo Addict...

Jadyn is a Milo addict!

Day in... day out, she'll ask for Milo...

Worst of all... she refuses to drink her regular formula milk.

But instead of giving in to her addiction... Doris and my mom changed her "formula"...
1 scoop of chocolate milk powder + 3 scoops of regular milk powder.
:)

Well... @ least she is drinking right?

Anyway, too much Milo is not very healthy... too "heaty".

Jed is Cycling

Had a slight change in my role in the office...

The good part is... I'm not as stressed out a I used to be... and I can knock off slightly earlier too... for now...

Been trying to spend more time... or make up for the time loss over the last couple of months with the kids...

Bought a bike for Jed for the longest time... took off 1 wheel back then and yet to got started with him again since...

Anyway, made damn sure I MADE time to teach him how to ride...

Although it was a less than 1 hour session...

Jed got used to 1 training wheel in a matter of mins... well more like 10 to 15 mins...

Soon... I took off the other training wheel as well...

First I asked him to go in circles in one direction... then the other direction after a couple of mins...

Made sure he was going faster to get the balance... and off came the training wheel... But on came daddy's hands.

The first 5 mins...
1 hand was on the handle bar and the other hand was on the seat.

next 5... just one hand on the handle bar...

next 5... just on the seat...

Well... till now... he's able to ride a couple of meters with me "supporting" him slightly @ the back...

Won't be long before he'll start riding on his own...

But that's what we did so far... looking forward to him riding on his own soon.

Daddy's proud of you son.

Flash back...

I wonder if God felt this way every time we trust Him and learn from it...
e.g. Leaning on His strength and finally breaking a bad habit / addiction...
Was He or would He be this proud of us??

Sleeping early

Last year, Doris & I have been hitting the sack after 12mn... usually closer to 1am.

Honestly... it was taking a heavy toll on me physically...
I was usually deprived of sleep and was always in a foul mood because of that.

However, this year... Coz Doris is sending / walking Jadyn to school @ 8am in the morn... she's hitting the sack @ 1030pm too.

:)

Woo Hoo......

But this means that I have to readjust too...

But having said that...

With the early to bed regime... together with the cycling.... hope to become more healthy this year too.

:D

Allowed to make own choices or to conform??

Allowed to make own choices or to conform??

Jadyn wanted to wear her "Hello Kitty" rain coat to school even though it was not raining.

Doris tried to convince her that her friends may laugh at her??

But I think she wanted to wear it because she felt it was pretty....

(Picts coming up soon)

Also, Jadyn does not like the "pretty" dresses that Doris chooses for her for Church in Sundays....

So...

1. Make her conform to what we want of our kids cos we know what's best??

or

2. Let them decide even though it may be the wrong choice or that there may be a better way to do it??

Misc 2010 Jan Picts

Some picts taken in Jan 2010 with the new cam.
:)

Terrible 2 comes late....

Some people claims that kids are the worst when they are 2...

Jadyn's terrible 2 came late...

It came when she's 3...

Crying is her weapon of choice....

You'd be surprise how she combines these attacks with Coughing and Vomiting...

Doris and I need to be more consistent with our punishments like "Time out" with her...

God help us....

Bible stories...

Doris bought Jed a kid's study bible not too long ago...

Work has been hell for me over the last couple of months....

I admit to being a lousy dad.... to a point of letting them rot in front of the computer @ times....

But Jed has been pretty faithful with his bible reading.... well... he is definitely more consistent than me recently...

He has been reading a passage daily and telling me the story when I get back.

Well... I did use a little carrot for this... 1 point if you could remember the story... which = to 50 cents aka his allowance.

Well... he may not fully understand the passage... but one thing that is for sure... neither did I when I did my bible study when I was in SJI...

But as the years passed.... @ different stages of my life.... these stories comes back to me which were stored in the back of my head....

Hope this will benefit you when you grow up to be a fine man Jed.