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Ethan has totally perfected his swan pose…look how flexible he is:
And if we have any visitors, Ethan would very willingly demonstrate this pose to them.
To refresh your memory, he was actually doing the downdog pose when he was much younger. He learnt the swan pose from his music and movement class in school. And guess what? Hannah is actually doing the downdog pose now! 🙂
Last Sunday morning, we made it to Youth Park for some fun impromptu “soccer training”. It was also the first time we used the 1 on 1 soccer set we bought for Ethan. The kids had a lot of fun, as did the adults… I’ll let the photos speak for themselves 🙂
Ethan doing some warm-up exercises before *training*.
Hannah doing some light stretching too…
Run Ethan, run!!!
Ethan doing a mental calculation of the angle he should curve the ball before taking a free kick…
Hannah, preparing to shoot for the goal!
…and Ethan scores…from an EXTREMELY close range! (he could even do the celebratory hugs and whatnot!)
Ethan and Daddy, perfecting a *pass and score* sequence.
“It’s mine!!!”
…and…err…honing his goalkeeping skills.
Last week, Ethan was literally counting down to the weekend, because we told him we would take him out to play football in the field. You see, it’s quite hard to experience the Jabulani ball at its fullest potential by merely kicking it around the house, yes?
Even on Friday night, he was already telling me, “Mommy, tomorrow will be Saturday the 24th of July. I’ll go and play FOOTBALL!”
Yes, he was THAT excited. 🙂
So on Saturday morning (well…actually it was quite LATE in the morning), we packed his ball, his boots and socks and we headed off to the Esplanade field, where Daddy and Ethan could kick some ball. On the way there, while in the elevator, and in our apartment lobby, Ethan was eagerly telling every Tom, Dick and Harry that he was going to play football. He even told the apartment cleaning lady!
We got him into his gear when we arrived and he went absolutely crazy! He really had a lot of fun, running around and screaming GOAL!!!! everywhere… even though there was no goal post.
A Dutch family, who was in Penang for a vacation, happened to be there too, and coincidentally, the twin boys in that family were Ethan’s age. So Ethan had two new friends playing football with him.
Just look at the way he kicked the ball!
And here’s how you complain to the referee…”Hey ref! That was a FOUL!” Ethan said.
We have GOT to get him that makeshift goal.
Ethan experienced his first ever Sports Day last Sunday. He had been looking forward to it for many weeks now, and every day leading up to the Sports Day, he would report to us the preparations and pratices he did in school.
We arrived about 15 minutes before the events kicked off, so little Hannah had some time to roam around too…
First, they had a torch run and then the kids from all the classes did a march past. Look at my little boy, all grown up! 🙂
For the events, each class was split into two teams of different colors. For Ethan’s class, he was in the GREEN team, challenging his other classmates in the YELLOW team.
First they had to walk on a balance beam.
…and then weave in and out of the traffic cones.
Then, pick up a small coconut, aim and hit a row of 4 cans.
Pick up the coconut, arrange the cans back in order, and run back to the team to tag the next person.
Cheer as loudly as you can for your team!
It was a close fight, but at the end of it, Ethan’s green team won! … and parents of the kids in the green team cheered and high-fived each other! 🙂
Yay for team spirit! 🙂
The kids each got a medal and a goodie bag:
There were also events for the parents to participate in together with their kids.
I had not planned on taking part at first, because I had to care for Hannah, but one of Ethan’s teachers offered to carry Hannah for a few minutes, so I could participate.
And our team WON! Yay!!
All in all, Ethan really had fun during his Sports Day. In addition to winning his medal and prizes, he got to hang out with his friends after his event.
..and of course, he kept saying that he WON! 🙂
Ethan’s got new playthings! Check ’em out…
We finally managed to find a pair of football /soccer boots for Ethan in his size, and Daddy got him a Size 1 Jabulani ball in the Liverpool flavor too!
Ethan has been *scoring goals* around the house ever since, and he really can’t wait to break into his new boots too!
There was something else we are seriously considering getting for Ethan…we’re holding back only because it’s a little bit big on him…but what do you think? Should we get it anyway? 🙂
Precious one-on-one walk-training sessions from big brother to little sister:
I am often amazed at how much Ethan has grown, how much he is a big boy now, and the fact that he is starting to ride a bike makes me realize how true the adage “How time flies” is.
He will sometimes ask to be taken downstairs to the porch to ride his bike, and we’ll try to get him to do *something* first before we take him down, e.g. finish his dinner 🙂
Still needs a little fine tuning on the pedalling aspect, but he gets the bike to move anyhow…now, doesn’t Ethan look cool, bike, helmet and all? 🙂
Hannah has an excellent training regime to aid her in her walking. Superb trainer and the sessions are fun for both the trainer AND the trainee. Watch:
Here’s Ethan doing the downward-facing dog pose:
After promising Ethan for such a long time that I would take him swimming “when it gets warmer”, I decided to *take the plunge* last Sunday afternoon, when I saw that the sun was shining and the weather was warm. I could see a few people sunbathing too, and the pool looked absolutely inviting. The day before we managed to get Ethan a new swimsuit (shorts and shirt), so I was quite eager to see him in it too.
However, when we reached the pool, I put my finger in it to test the temperature and retracted it immediately! It was freezing COLD!! I asked Ethan to feel the water too, and he said, “It’s cold!”
So what to do? We decided to try the heated jacuzzi nearby instead. For months, we had seen people enjoying the bubbly jacuzzi, but we had not tried it ourselves yet. Pete switched on the timer on the jacuzzi and Ethan and I stepped in.
He said excitedly, “Look at the bubbles!”, and man, was the jacuzzi relaxing!
It was a win:win situation for all: Ethan had fun splashing around, and Daddy and Mommy experienced some therapeutic water massage!
