The last Purple Parade was the beginning of more great blissfulness to the long school holidays, but before we know we are just days away from putting 2014 behind and welcome another brand New Year 2015 with the opening of new school term.
This school holidays had been great to him, he had some play time with cousins from my sisters's children playing bowling and learning new turn taking game on UNO Stacko. He enjoys so much playing it that I bought him one to let him engage us at home during his play time.
I scheduled him to complete his homework in between play, silent reading, shopping for grocery and his stationary items for his new school term.
During one of his revision, I was marveled at his special thinking when I mark one of his work book question, it left me with mix feeling of tears and laughter.
His first 2 weeks of December was engaged with 2 enrichment program namely Magical Beach Dance Camp and Speech and Drama. The first program allowed him to build up his stamina, train his eye body co-ordination and follow leader on the dance steps taught, we also had a chance to see what he learned through a dance performance and learn simple dance steps to dance with him after the last day program, we were glad he enjoyed himself. The second program taught him value & joy of sharing, what it means to share and how one feels to be able to share with others be it things or food. and that no one has become poor from giving.
During weekend, I will try to arrange time and encourage him to go for exercise on his trikke while I jog along. he is getting better to his movement with more practice.
We brought him for an outing at Garden By The Bay, his second time since last visit in 2012, we took more pictures this time with him as he posed at will and freely.
We also visited the Alive Museum to let him experience and explore his imagination.
On the social front, he is blessed to have make several new friends and rejoiced with them in simple party or celebration of Birthday and Christmas during his weekly play dates.
During the holiday, he had also learn to make Agar agar as part of his Discovery homework assignment.
Christmas day was another great moment to practice our spirit of gratitude and bonding among family members. It started with simple home cook lunch with my sister's family, thanks to my mum. He enjoyed playing WII game Super Smash Bros with his cousin, we had log cake for tea break and steamboat for dinner. We had gift exchanged right after group photo taking.
We headed to Sentosa for our first ever family staycation during Boxing Day, he was reluctant to go at first but we managed to convince him to step out of his comfort zone to go with us. Once there, he was delighted with the hotel, elevator, room layout and its comfort from bed to toilet to its wireless connection. He now knows what it means to stay in hotel and readily rejected my offer to send him home to sleep when I teased him jokingly that night after our dinner. We visited the USS during the afternoon, his first since its opening years back. The rain did not dampen our spirit as we managed to took some pictures, he had a ride at the merry-go-round and enjoyed dancing in the rain. He had his first great experience bathing in the hotel bath tub. We had breakfast buffet in the next morning, packed our stuff and spent some more time together in the room before checked out at noon.
These year end holidays had been a blessing for him and the family, profitted from several new experience, no wonder when mum asked him to make few different emotional expression after the staycation, we cannot see any negative side effect, guess he is still in state Flow and seems so happy at the moment. He will be looking forward to his first day of school reporting as we awaits for more challenges unfold to grow and progress his journey further in the NEW Year 2015 partnership with his special educators.
Winner's Statement
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