Chloe's Visit (Day 2)

It's the first day of Summer Play School at Kidy Park in SM. And we have invited Chloe to join Benedict in attending a trial class there...at 9am, Marlon fetched Chloe & her Yaya from their Kauswagan home, and we all headed to SM for their 10:00 AM-12:00 NN class.

We were the first ones to arrive! Wow, what a great start...and immediately, the kids warmed up to the place...what with all the toys they have . They have tried out the slides, the see-saw...the ball pit...shooting hoops and running here & there, while waiting for the rest of their "classmates" and their activity. According to Teacher Jo (who happens to be a friend of mine too), they will have free play from 10:00-10:30AM, then at 10:30, that's when they will all go upstairs for their activities (which is learning the color "red" & "yellow" for that day), then snack break at 11:00AM then more activities (usually singing a song or nursery rhymes w/ the kids)...and it all ends at around 11:45AM. After which, they are still free to use the facilities and toys downstairs for more free play.

Both Chloe and my little boy enjoyed their first "trial" day at school...since they have participated in the coloring activity...with my little one dipping his fingers on the food color mixture they have used to show the kids how a clear water turns colored when a few drops of liquid food color is added...the kids were all thrilled to see it! Ah, kids..so innocent! I wish we grown-ups can be more like 'em . Then they had crayon activities...they were given a page with drawings that can be colored w/ red and yellow, respectively...

Then they were asked to go get their snacks and gather around the table for prayers. Teacher Jo patiently showed them how to make the sign of the cross...and prayed the grace before meals. Now the kids are happily munchin' on their "baon", Chloe loved her Yakult & graham crackers, while my Benedict wolfed down a jarful of Gerber carrot. That's his lunch na! After eating though, Chloe (assertive girl that she is) approached Teacher Jo and told her to pls. show her how to make the sign of the cross, which Teacher Jo happily obliged. Chloe was polite enough to say thank you right after the teacher showed her how-to. She is such a darling little girl and so smart too... Can you believe she speaks in English (grammatically correct too, at least most of the time)!!! And to think she isn't even schooled yet. She learned it from her educational videos lang! So I guess, tv is not all-harmful after all...

Now, after every kid has finished his/her snack and settled down, Teacher Jo started to sing "I'm a Little Teapot" to them. And most had gathered around her to listen. My friend here is lucky, except for 1 super-duper hyper kid, the rest of her class is manageable. After a while, it's time to go na...so Teacher Jo again taught them their "good-bye" song.

And since both Benedict & Chloe participated, at the end of the session, they both got a heart shaped stamp on both hands. Hurray!!! All kids were ecstatic with the marks they got. My proud little boy quickly went over to me to proudly show me his "heart" and to check mine...if I have it too...

They were allowed to play some more downstairs but since it's lunch time na for Chloe and her Mom & Dad are waiting for her na at Ketkai (they came from a doctor's clinic), we told them that we are going for rides at Ketkai. So, before chow time, we have to fulfill that promise. And to World's of Fun arcade we all went, where the cousins had the time of their life trying out all the rides available there. And we happily let them be...after all, they are only kids once. And it's not everyday that they get together.

My Benedict especially loved the experience. His Ate Chloe made him try a few new rides he never dared try before. Perhaps being bold enough to follow his cousin's lead.. It's really good to have the little boy exposed to kids his age.

We had lunch at Pancake House at about 1pm na, by then Benedict fall asleep in his stroller as it is his nap schedule. And we headed home agreeing to meet again later for swimming date at Apple Tree Resort.

Around 4pm twas pouring down but we still decided to indulge the kids and have a quick swim (and snack too)...but Ate Chloe is afraid of the pool. Benedict enjoyed "swimming" with Momm though...my tiny tike is a true-blue water baby! But when it started pouring really hard, we have to take the kids off the pool...so we headed home and spend the rest of the day in our place.

Both enjoyed the slides and sharing toys...I am amazed at how the two of them got along really fine. So much so, that the morning after...my little one quipped "A-chi...Tetet" perhaps looking for his Ate Chloe and confusing his Ninang's name for his cousin...poor boy!

'Til next time guys...we love having you over! God bless you Mark, Celeste & Chloe!!!