The Road To Wisdom Is Long And Winding

By Shannon's Mommy:

It's been awhile since I'ver updated Shannon's blog and with so many stuff happening, I think it's time I do this....

What's Shannon been up to? Well the most exciting thing is that she's started school, half day Childcare to be exact.

I know tons of people out there are going to be rolling their eyes when they read this, but hey, the road is wisdom is long and winding isn't it?

Anyways, we decided to place Shannon in childcare at this tender young age, NOT because we wanted to nurture a budding Harvard child genius ( though that wouldn't be a half bad thought, hmmm...), but because she gets soooo bored at home with me....

Everyday, I hear her grumble at me and telling me, 'Go Out, go out? Go Po Po house, Gong Gong house...'

And she loves playing so much with other kids, it looks like she's half deprived everytime she spots other kids running about merrily and starts chasing them in a bid to get them to play with her.

I dun blame the other kids for running away in sheer terror when they see this little laughing mananic bearing down on them, which is what most of them do when they see her heading towards them, poor thing! The children, that is.

So after checking out numerous childcare centres, we made our choice and sent her in on Monday.

I have to be proud and say that for a two year old kid, her first few days of school have not been too bad.

Sure, she wailed her heart out for the first time today when she saw me leaving, and still cries on and off when the chinese lesson is on, but for someone who's not been out of mommy's sight ever EVER, I think that's a great achievement so far.

Her English teacher laughingly remarked today that she returned her teddy bear after the heart wenching sobs stopped, and declared... 'I dun want my bear..' Way to go, Darling!

I'm impressed by the way she picks up things just after two days in childcare, and she is ever so much more chatty in front of strangers now. Whole sentences like ' I don't want to go school' (unfortunately...) pops out of her mouth with ease, and she started reciting the days of the week, 'Monday, Tuesday...'

And today, this mommy watched while she soaped and washed her hands, pulled a paper towel from the dispenser, wiped her hands dry, then used her feet to step on the dustbin pedal to open the dustbin lid, throw the used paper towel into the bin, and come out of the bathroom, all by herself....

Mommy's little girl is growing up so fast now...