Story of Our Little World

 “Building Foundations for Creative Learning”

http://creativeartshouse.webege.com

***Art & Craft Classes for 3-12year-olds these holidays in Bishan***
(Mondays and Thursdays, Max 8-12 students per class)

Opening Specials

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[Class 1A] It’s Fancy Dress Time!  

Thurs 25 Nov

11am-12.30

(***Morning Class***)(Age 3-6years)(Max 8-10students)

Design a Hat/ Design a Mask  Get Creative with Collage on 2D and 3D surfaces (includes light snack & drink)

S$18 per child for 2 Projects

($15 for 2nd sibling, $12 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 1B] It’s Fancy Dress Time!

Thurs 25 Nov

2.00-3.30pm

(***Afternoon Class***)(Age 3-6years)(Max 8-10students)

Design a Hat/ Design a Mask  Get Creative with Collage on 2D and 3D surfaces (includes light snack & drink)

S$18 per child for 2 Projects

($15 for 2nd sibling, $12 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 2A] Jewellery-Making

Mon 29 Nov

11am-12.30

(***Morning Class***)(Age 3-6years)(Max 8-10students)

Design a Bracelet/ Design a Necklace or Key-Chain Learn to Follow a Pattern, Bead, Weave and Tie Knots(includes light snack & drink)

S$20 per child for 2 Projects

($18 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 2B] Jewellery-Making

Mon 29 Nov

2.00-3.30pm

(***Afternoon Class***)(Age 6-12years)(Max 10-12students)

Design a Bracelet/ Design a Necklace or Key-Chain Learn to Follow a Pattern, Bead, Weave and Tie Knots(includes light snack & drink)

S$20 per child for 2 Projects

($18 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 3A] Gifts for Christmas/ Family Keepsakes

Thurs 2 Dec

10.30am-12.30

(***Morning Class***)(Age 3-6years)(Max 8-10students)

Make a Decorative Picture FrameDesign Your own Hand-printed Gift Wrap

Printmaking and Stamping/ Mixed Media Collage /Using Found Materials (includes light snack & drink)

S$25 per child for 2 Projects

($20 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 3B] Gifts for Christmas/ Family Keepsakes

Thurs 2 Dec

2.00-4.00pm

(***Afternoon Class***)(Age 6-12years)(Max 10-12students)

Make a Decorative Picture FrameDesign Your own Hand-printed Gift Wrap

Printmaking and Stamping/ Mixed Media Collage /Using Found Materials (includes light snack & drink)

S$25 per child for 2 Projects

($20 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 4A] Master Art Class

Mon 6 Dec

10.30am-12.30

(***Morning Class***)(Age 4-6years)(Max 8-10students)

Design and Paint a Tile Masterpiece/ Learn to draw what you see with Expression

Sketching and Painting like the Great Masters / Observational Line Drawing

(includes light snack & drink)

S$25 per child for 2 Projects

($20 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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[Class 4B] Master Art Class

Mon 6 Dec

2.00-4.00pm

(***Afternoon Class***)(Age 6-12years)(Max 10-12students)

Design and Paint a Tile Masterpiece/ Learn to draw what you see with Expression

Sketching and Painting like the Great Masters / Observational Line Drawing

(includes light snack & drink)

S$25 per child for 2 Projects

($20 for 2nd sibling, $15 for 3rd sibling onwards.)

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Class Vacancies Are Limited and These Prices are a One-time Offer Only.
If you are interested, please sms or email me the following details.
 
~Your Name and Contact No’

~Your Child’s Name and Age

~The Class/es You’re Registering  For
 
To facilitate the purchase of materials, I request that registration and payment be made preferably 3-7days before the class.  Confirmation and payment options will be sent to you upon registration.
 
If you have any queries, please call or message me during office hours.  If I am not available to answer your call at the time, then I will get back to you within the day.  Please feel free to forward this offer to any of your friends or family members.
 
Thank you for your interest,
El

Little Hearts Meet @ The Creative Arts House

creative_arts_house@yahoo.com

http://creativeartshouse.webege.com

 

 

Happy Anniversary Darling!

(we remembered and then we both forgot!)

12yrs ago we started on a new journey together. we came from opposite corners of the earth, met, and fell in love. no-one could have guessed we’d make it together, but we did…and we now have 2beautiful kids to show.  it hasn’t always been a breeze, but we’ve made it through. let us grow our love, me in you and you in me. let us fall in love all over again… let us be wild and passionate. let us be as the poets said and ride like lovers do~  let us be one….always!

loving you now and forever,

your darling wife

xxx

Dear Kayla,

this last week kynan was in hospital, and you were shifted around like a parcel.  u spent yr days between 3places: the hospital with kynan and me, granny’s place, and at home with daddy.  you never once pouted nor cried nor complained about moving on at short notice, nor being left out of our plans.  you just listened to my instructions and followed them exactly without questioning.  it must have been pretty boring for you , but you never let on.  and inspite of all the late nights/ early mornings… being shunted here and there, not once did i see you grouchy.  what a big girl you have become! you really surprised me… and of course i wished i could see more of you!

mummy missed you sooooo much!

i just want to say a big THANK YOU for making it easier for mummy to take care of kynan in the hospital, knowing that you were somewhere with someone who cared about you…and more importantly: that you were happy!  

i remember that kynan was so cranky with you those 1st few days because he felt so unwell. u were upset by it because you missed being close to him, but he didnt quite get it. thank you for being a loving little sister, showing genuine concern for yr big brother… and just wanting to be near him. he loves you too!…so much!!!… just that it’s sometimes hard for him to show it! (he is a boy remember )

thank you for being so accomodating. you went 1 whole week without mummy putting you to bed. u were a clever girl to think to divide yr time between granny’s and daddy’s at night… what a good idea to get the best love and attention from both of them!

you made granny giggle so much about all the cheeky things you said about us all!  i know she misses you now, and when you chose to be with daddy…  :> so much so that she tried to convince you to go and sleep at her place instead   see how special you are to us all!!! mommy and kynan prayed for you every night that you would be fine, and it seems our prayers were answered!

daddy was very happy to have you at home with him those last few nites. i think the house must hv been way too quiet and boring without us all! so a big thank you for keeping daddy company… and ‘a big well done’ too for getting daddy to read you bedtime stories at night. u know he’s not done that in many many many years!!! i’ve even forgotten the last time …but it’s clear he’d do anything for a big kiss and a cuddle from his favourite daughter!

thank you for being so brave and strong without us there for you all the time. and thank you for being a good and sensible girl when you were far away from mommy! i love you more than you’ll ever know!!!

love & hugs,

xxxmummyxxx

my dear kynie, u are so precious to me. i know i dont tell u that often enough. then something like this happens and i’m staring fear right in it’s face, and i see that fear in yr eyes as u look into mine.

i’m sorry i’m not good when things get scarey like that. i wish i could do more. i wish i could just take it all away, carry u away and you’d be well. i looked in yr eyes as the tears fell and i cdn’t hide my own. what were you thinking? 

i’m so so sorry i cdn’t help you then.  i’d called and called all the ‘right’ people… i wanted to shout down the corridors calling for help but i cdnt leave you.  i remember now what they told me the last time (exactly 2weeks 2months back to the day) & that was to wheel you out of the ward if it happened again… take u straight down to a&e.  but u know what… i forgot all about that at the time… just too much was happening… u were so sick.  wen i called daddy, even he’d forgotten.  we were stuck in time and cdnt move forwards until the right person came to help us. and the right person *did* come.

i was praying so hard. do u know that u must always pray too… put everything out of yr mind, the pain, the cough, the battle to breathe…just put it right out of yr mind and ask God to be with you. you *must* trust in Him and know that He will take care of you no matter what! even if mommy or daddy is not there, you *must always* talk to Him and ask for peace…just like mommy prays every night… peace for yr heart, peace for yr mind and peace for yr body… because even if it doesnt look like it at the time…everything *will* be ok… because you are His child. He will take good care of you and He wont ever leave you.

now that u are home from the hospital,  i’m finally free to let my heart crack a little. (just a little…when nobody’s looking )   i luv u too much not to be upset when i see u struggling. regular kids just take it for granted that they can breathe all the time. no one who sees u wd ever know. (the aunty in the playroom heard your heavy breathing while weaving today and asked if ‘you were scared?’ /so scared to make a mistake that it was making u breathe so hard. )

 i had to smile… it’s so funny to think that, but really u were just breathing normally, or as normally as you do when yr sick with flu and asthma.  most of the nurses also cdnt tell wen u were up and wen u were down. they cant tell by seeing u or listening… even the younger doctors can hear less with their stethoscopes than mommy can hear with her bare ear.    i’ve been very well trained see…after all these years. you’ve given mommy lots of experience… :>  (even the family looked at you inbetween the scarey bits and thought you were fine!  “just send him home!”  :b

this time the family were a hard nut to crack. they seemed to say all the opposite things to what medical science has to say…or mb i was just too sensitive.  i know they’re just trying to be helpful/well-meaning, but it’s very hard not to be distracted and irritated with all the conflicting ideas.  so very hard for mommy to say sensible things in return, so mostly i just bit my lip.  it’s not bleeding yet, so that means avoiding them also helped ;b 

u must remember kynie to only listen to the things that have been soundly proven in life. people say all sorts of things which are their own personal beliefs…or things they have heard from others… but u should never believe anything in life without 1st seeing proper evidence, or largescale studies that have been done. this is especially important when your health is concerned. you are not anybody’s guineapig.  as you grow older, you must do your own research on these things. read widely and decide for yourself who’s advice you want to follow.

another tip: at trying times like these, it’s good to be around people who build u up…people who support your decisions/and the desicions of the people you trust. … avoid those who break u down, or make you feel worse than you already do. they will not help you get well.  yr doctor has known u for many yrs, and seen many other kids like you.  she also knows all about how doctors in other countries have handled kids with your condition, the good outcomes and the not-so-good.   i know it’s hard when everyone has an idea about the reason/s yr sick, and what u or yr mummy or daddy should do to make u well. 

you already know how it makes you feel… you get fed-up of all the negative talk.  it’s good that you let those comments go. don’t be upset by them. some people think very differently to us, and that’s ok. your mommy and daddy come from very different places. we were raised in very different ways.  even in my own family i’ve learend when i need to listen, and when it’s ok to let the words fly~  when you get married one day, you’ll also learn when to listen to the words more carefully and when not to. (whether it is the words of your wife or your mother-in-law )

take what you want to, and take what u think is helpful to you, then just let the rest go.  there’ll come a time in your life when u might want to make a stand for yourself, and you’ll be ready to decide how you want to be treated when your sick. for now mommy can help decide, because i have the same asthma problems. daddy has seen mommy be very sick too, like i have seen you… and he knows what helps me. 

 in the same way, mommy can understand your asthma problem. i know how fast it can come on. i know how scarey it feels. i know how the world stands still. how sometimes you can’t see anyone or anything. how you feel like u cant move anymore and the world turns black. i can help u through until the doctors come… cos i see that the same things that help me, help u too… a cold room:  aircon or fan blowing directly at you/ a sip of cold coke/ some cold water/ oxygen/ space to breathe and quiet shallow breaths/ a calm reassuring presence… and then ventolin inhaler or loads of ventolin nebs if that doesnt work. “stack them up” daddy was told. he reminded me then. it’s the only way to get u and me breathing again.

we all have different jobs in life, and that is where our strengths lie. yr asthma specialist is a very good doctor. (the registrar that night was a very good doctor too!_thank God!)  pls learn my boy, to always go to the right person for the job. (ie. don’t go to a baker to have yr brain fixed!… he might end up cooking it!!!)  u get the idea… you’ve seen it all already right?   so when yr bigger, always go to the highest trained professional u can find to get the job done properly. and of course for your heart and whole body, always take it to your God to oversee it all and guide you!

i’m glad u don’t easily feel down about all this. it’s like a part of your life already right… i cant let u go swimming tomorrow although you’d really love to!  yr a funny boy you know… wen yr sick in hospital u dont mope in bed looking sad and frail… instead yr up in yr regular home clothes… reading, drawing, puzzling over puzzles, making ramps for yr cars, flying planes, and all the other fun things that normal healthy boys wd luv to do. the only tell-tale signs are the hidden squeak and rattle in yr chest, the pale pale skin, and mb some sunken eyes and dark rings.

and these last couple of times you’ve gone rt off yr food. it’s been over a week already…  i know it’s hard to eat between all the coughs… but u know yr eating so much less than yr sister now!…and you’ve become so so skinny!  (yes, you’ll tell me u weigh ‘x-amount’, but that’s with yr heavy shoes on my dear…and yes i know yr ”soooo strong”… u dont hv to show me yr muscles ;))  but you go and behave like yr ok and make my heart skip a beat… yr friend came to visit yesterday, and i know you’ve not run all week… but there u went and raced him to the trees as soon as the door opened. i tell you i didnt even want to imagine …can u just give mommy’s heart a break ok~

you know how to be strong and turn even the bad things in life around for good. we can be sick, but we can still be happy right? we can keep ourselves busy and not notice the bad stuff. there is a lot of good to be found if we just look without noticing the bad.  this week you and i found a lot of good, didn’t we? …feeding the turtles, the birds and the yucky slimy fish, flying those whirly toys that daddy got us, drawing that wonderful masterpiece of yours, playing with kayla, staying up to play games with me…

mummy loved that i cd be with you 1-to-1 the whole of this week. i love who you are, the special child you’ve become. i love yr company. you’re funny, cute, fun to be around, and a great partner in checkers and chess. thank you for teaching me how to make those friendship bangles too… yr so clever to learn it on the spot~ and you ‘are’ good! you do things differently to how yr taught. that makes u a very creative person, an inventor… the world needs people like you to do things differently, to come up with new things and new ways of doing them.  you can call yourself a designer… and a much better teacher by the way, than the other lady!  (but dont tell her i said so! )

a big thank you for letting me read aloud those history novels every night. (i missed out on a lot of that stuff when i was young, but i find them so very interesting now)  i purposely bought you those books abt famous young men. men who left a legacy. even if they were small, or young, or old, or seemingly unimportant, they still did great things.  you can be anything you want to be. 

you are strong and you are smart, and you have a kind and gentle heart that speaks to people. you are a brave leader, and a good friend. you have been a great companion this week. i wdnt have chosen anyone else as a better  person to keep me company!  you must continue to see the bright side of life ok… when things don’t look so good, there is usually something precious hiding there… find it and use it to turn yr life around… find the good, and make sure it always comes out on top! 

right now you are a very precious and good thing in my life. it has been an absolute pleasure putting you right at the top of my list this week! thank you for a wonderful time getting to know you again, and for allowing me to share your company. (when i am old or sick, pls remember to come and play drafts and chess with me ok   … some craft work would be nice too! …and don’t forget to bring the grandkids!!!  :b

i luv u to bits my precious! and i pray that this time of ill-health will pass like dark clouds on a rainy day~  

luv & hugs to the most precious little boy in my life!   xxxmummyxxx

The kids’ v kind aunty from KL treated them (and me!) to a wonderful outing at Resorts World on Monday as a very special Birthday gift for them both. i’m not sure they realise how very lucky they are, as dh and i had already decided in advance that it wd be a no-go due to the cost.

it was a wonderful day. we took the free bus from bishan, and only had to miss one due to e full capacity on e first. our bus was still packed, with standing room only, but a gentleman kindly stood up so that the 2little girls cd sit safely.  Aunty J was also able to get a seat and put e littlest on her lap which was a relief.

the kids had seen the interactive online map early that morning, so they knew exactly where they wanted to go! and fortunately their 2cousins had exactly the same wish-list   and the mommies too!!!

the highlights of e day for the kids, was “e Shrek 4D show where spiders crept up our legs, and donkey sneezed on us twice!” another favourite was the waterworld show…particularly where the boats and aeroplane came in, as well as some of the stunts by the lead lady action hero. for me though, i felt there was too much shooting involved. they cd have done just as good a show with pretend punch-ups and all the associated high-rise falls etc minus the guns.   but thankfully what sticks in the kids’ memories is more the explosions and spectacular entrance of e boats/aeroplane.

one unfortunate incident was a technical fault on the rapids river boat adventure. we’d queued for 45min, incl leaving ky in the line while kay and i ran across the park to retrieve their shoes, (which were app needed to ride (though no notification of this on their website or any of the info boards onsite.) ah well, so as we were just a few metres from the front of e queue, we got the news that the ride was shut down due to a technical fault and they were unsure wen it mt resume. we were advised that we cd stay and wait in line, or leave. of cpourse we left…with only about half an hr b4 closing time. ky was v dissapointed as he’d been waitng 4 that ride all day. but there wasnt exactly anything we cd do abt it

fortunately we had received $5 retail vouchers each earlier on, so they were each able to buy a giant lolly. then at e end, we had 3x $5 meal vouchers to use up. it was 7pm and all the food places were closed, so we stopped by a snack van at the entrance and picked up a hotdog and 2 giant m&m cookies. 

everyone was veery tired, but we got ourselves to e monorail station and on to the tram to palawan beach… where we enjoyed a much-deserved dinner beside the fountains… and just a stone’s throw from e beach. e littlest one, just a toddler, was pleased to be able to wonder around exploring the flowers and pebbles, and had to be enticed away from the fountains just once or twice. ky did a good job babysitting the cutey-pie, while the younger girls ate their dinner at a more leisurely pace.  before we knew it, it was well past 9pm and time to head back to Resorts World for the last bus home. 

this time we each got our own seat and cd rest our weary legs. back at bishan we headed our separate ways, sorry that they all wd be heading back home to KL the very next day.  but of course with promises to go and see them real soon!

it was a real delight having e opportunity for the cousins and aunties and great-aunt to get together and just enjoy each others’ company… if only we all lived nearer together~