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[lvkt]

thanks Tinkerbelle,

it's a good idea to give goodies bags only too, yes, it's very personal to hold a celebration at school or not, sigh..still thinking...:?

Tinkerbelle:

lvkt:

Tinkerbelle and all,
do you know the details of celebrating birthday at school? how does it go? i didn't know if we can hold a mini birthday celebration at school during recess until DD brought back a goodies bag y'day so i was wondering can we do that? coz DD's b'day is coming up, sigh...need to prepare 29 goodies bags and a cake, is it?

TIA

Hi lvkt,
Usually for birthdays, some parents will give out party bags, some parents will invite selected kids (usually better friends) to a birthday party out of sch. Some will do nothing. It's really a personal choice.... it's not compulsory to give party bags or bring a cake in.

However, some parents choose to give party bags to share the joy with DDs' classmates. The party bags will be distributed to the classmates and they will sing a birthday song to the birthday gal. No birthday cakes allowed in the classroom. If you want to bring a birthday cake, let your DD's FT know in advance so she can gather the kids at the canteen during recess.

Recently, for DD2's birthday, I didn't bring a birthday cake in. I just delivered 30 party bags (DD wanted 1 for her FT as well), packed with lots of goodies.

[lvkt]

oh hi fmastuki, i didn't know we have daddy joining in too, haha..i must tell DH too...


btw, is your DD at P1 Gratitude? same class with my DD? thanks for the b'day cake and goody bag to my DD, she finished it all and only left the packaging to show me, sigh..this big eater will finish everything u give her.

I'm thinking to order cup cakes, save some time to cut the cake and can sing b'day songs altogether then just grab and eat, ya?

anyway, thanks for sharing indeed...

fmastuki:

Hi lvkt

It was my girl's b'day on the 28th Feb. My wife wrote in to her FT and stated our intention. We were advised to bring the cake to the canteen during their recess time.

Both my wife & I took leave yesterday and we also brought in the goody bags with us so that my daughter didn't have to carry anything.

It was quite an experience for us on Monday. We had loads of her classmates & other children from other classes who gathered around the table and they all sang her the birthday song. Then came the chaos......heaps of children gathering round for the cake and the goody bags. :?:

We really didn't mind giving the cakes away to other children but we only had enough goody bags for her classmates and I couldn't tell, for the love of God, who are her classsmates....LOL.

All these had to be done in about 20 mins as the children had to have their proper meal and get ready to go back to class.

I later discussed with my wife that should we do it again for her next year, we'll send the goody bags directly to class just before their recess time and we'll pre cut and pre plate the cakes in the disposable plates before the kids come out for their break. We'll have a smaller cake with candles just for them to sing and for her to blow out the candles and thee children could go on with their cakes right after.

You might wanna consider this as an alternative in case you intend to do something similar. :idea:

[lvkt]

cantbearit2,

beat me, i don't really know, got advanced stage? haha..her programme will be finished by this march which i gave one month notice and she will finish this programme by then we don't want to cont'd, too much spelling and reading and answering questions, even me got enough.

cantbearit2:

lvkt:

cantbearit2,
yes, very true about ICR programme, i just withdrew my DD from ICR too, she joined ICR when she was 5 plus already but i could see the improvement as independent reader as well as spelling too. During the pre-school was still okey as no homework or less work to do but since we started primary school, every nite is like in a battle, especially we put our DDs to GSSC so no morning time is allowed to prepare for any test/spelling/HW that we'll have to finish it all at nite time, so i really want to rest over the weekend, we (DH and i) don't want to spend weekend to push her to do HW/spelling to prepare for her weekend enrichment classes, feel so pitiful for her or DH and i can't take it anymore too, haha..

lvkt, which stage of ICR did yur DD stop? My DD1 is ending her advanced stage around May/Jun this yr. Aft tat, we will not continue wif their Pri sch prog.

[autumn82]

cantbearit2:

autumn82:

My gal's bdae is at end of Nov, so to celebrate with her classmates, we usually celebrate advance like the last day of sch.

End of Nov not sch holiday meh???!!! :? My DD1's b'day oso end Nov leh.

Ya, its hols, that's why we usually celebrate in advance for her, which is celebrate on last day of school.. So everyone super relaxed, waitin for hols nia. :lol:

[lvkt]

jesyeo,

i work from home too, i work full time and only go office for meeting biweekly, like today i went office for meeting this morning. i know it's hard to balance both work and family but i still prefer to work and this job giving me flexibility to work from home so it's great.

jesyeo:

cantbearit2:

[quote=\"jesyeo\"]Haha..actually I am in the midst of resigning. I will consider being a home-based maths tutor ..haha

R u for real???? Thot u quit 2b tai tai. Hee.... :lol: :lol:

hmm..I just feels very tired having to handle the kids, household chores and work together. That's why decided to quit. My circumstances is a bit different from most of u. I work from home :). So morning till 1pm, I will do household chores, cook lunch, tutor DD and prepare her for school. Then I start work from 1pm to 5pm at home. AFter that will cook dinner, bring the kids back, make them eat, shower, homework blah blah.

I have tender but my boss wants me to stay on for a few more months till he can find a good replacement. Just tot of going back to work as a freelancer after I resign. But if really got kids wants me to tutor them, then I can also consider. hahaha..flexible.[/quote]

[autumn82]

Tinkerbelle:

autumn82:

Tomorrow is the killer sub for my gal.. :!: Can't do much revision with her coz tmr CCA in da morn.. :lol: :lol: :lol: Gd luck to all gals!!!

Hi autumn82,

Tell your DD 加油!!! :rahrah: Last paper already. :ugogirl:

Good luck to everyone too. :celebrate:

Ya, she also very hardworking.

Last nite she threw up her dinner. Then this morn down with high fever. So this morn, I quickly brought her to the doc. Doc gave her 2 days MC, but she insisted she was feeling alright, except throat pain. Other than that is fine, so she missed her CCA but went for school.

She wants to go school to finish her test.. Tsk tsk. So I told her if after test or feeling unwell, give me a call. So far, no news from her yet.. Hope she's feeling better.

[lvkt]

i agree, we (women) should pamper ourselves well too, now i understand why there are so many school holiday, it may not mean for kids but for us (parents) to take a break too.

cantbearit2:

jesyeo:

hmm..I just feels very tired having to handle the kids, household chores and work together. That's why decided to quit. My circumstances is a bit different from most of u. I work from home :). So morning till 1pm, I will do household chores, cook lunch, tutor DD and prepare her for school. Then I start work from 1pm to 5pm at home. AFter that will cook dinner, bring the kids back, make them eat, shower, homework blah blah.

I have tender but my boss wants me to stay on for a few more months till he can find a good replacement. Just tot of going back to work as a freelancer after I resign. But if really got kids wants me to tutor them, then I can also consider. hahaha..flexible.

I understand wat u mean. Sometimes IM juz so tired. :?: But u sound like a supermum. Tink we have many supermum in this thread. Ladies, on 8 March (三八妇女节), we shld gif ourselves a pat on the back. Hee.....

If u can work fr hm, Y do u still wan to quit? My DH oso works fr hm, gif him some flexibility.

[funkymonkey]

Hi all,

Am soooo glad that the exams are over!!
Hope all our gals did their best :celebrate: :celebrate:

I'm not working from home like lvkt and jesyeo or can'tbearit DH but i find it super super tiring too and i don't know how you guys can do while working too!!!! :salute: :salute: :salute:
Morning i'm up at 5.45 prepare breakfast and things needed for lunch,do ironing, then send No1 to school then wake no3 get her ready and send her to school go home,wake no2 get her ready and send her to school on the way back fetch no 3 then no 1 home,lunch, clean up ,prepare stuff for dinner, do hw with no 1 and \"study\"with no 3,make dinner,bring no 3 along and send no 1 for tuition
and fetch no 2 then on the way back fetch no 1 from tuition.dinner,bathe,hw,read kids in bed by 9.30 LATEST or else i'll start going crazy :frustrated: :frustrated: then clean up kitchen, do laundry and folding and mopping and bathe and in bed by 10.30
friday evening we all go to aunts place and sleepover till sunday back home....weekends are HEAVEN nooooo cooking and cleaning haaaaaa :love: :love: :love:
so i super salute you all who have to work also!!!
Goodness gracious HOW did you ever make it work???I'm always snoring away when my DH try to \"talk\" to me in.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

cantbearit2:

Finally, today DD told me they had \"maths exam\". Thot she still blur blur dunno wats gg on.

Hi cantbearit.

How did your DD find her \"maths exam\"? Hope it was easy peasy lemon squeezy for her, ya. :celebrate:

aiyo, she said she noes everythg. haha....!!! Kids being kids still have no fear of exam lor. I juz keep my fingers crossed and

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

cantbearit2:

[quote=\"autumn82\"]
My gal's bdae is at end of Nov, so to celebrate with her classmates, we usually celebrate advance like the last day of sch.

End of Nov not sch holiday meh???!!! :? My DD1's b'day oso end Nov leh.

cantbearit2, last day of the sch academic year will be on 18 Nov. If your DD really wants to celebrate, you can celebrate earlier for her. Alternatively, you can have a party at home for a few of her closer classmates. Don't forget to invite all of us here, ya...keke. (No shame hor, :oops: )[/quote]Then we prob won't b celebrating for her liao. Prob juz distribute goodie bags in advance. hee.... When she's older & we hold party, will definitely invite all of u. Then we can have a KSP party as well. :boogie: :boogie: :boogie: