Another Day With Daddy

Today, Nanny had to take another half day off as she needed to go to the hospital to do another blood test at 10am. Daddy decided to take another day off to accompany me while giving Nanny a full day off instead.

Full Dress Rehearsal
I will be starting school on next Thursday (01/02/07). Mommy thought that today was a good day to do a full dress rehearsal. Mommy dressed me up in my school uniform and I left with Daddy and Mommy for school early in the morning. We even dropped by the hawker center for breakfast (Mommy complaining about me taking away her only couple time with Daddy… =P).

Me in my school uniform

When I stepped into the school, the playground outside caught my attention immediately. I wanted to go out to explore the area but it was raining and I couldn’t do so. There are many toys in the school too. Mommy wanted to bring me to see my teacher, but I wasn’t keen. I saw too many strange faces around and it scared me. I refused to go into the classroom and decided to hang around the gate instead.

Finally, Mommy managed to convince me to go inside to say “hello” to my teacher after 15 minutes of sweet talking. I saw many kids around my age inside the classroom (they are my soon-to-be classmates). We hanged around for a while before saying goodbye coz Mommy got to go to work. Mommy promised to bring me back here again and I said “ok”.

After that, Daddy brought me back to office for a short while just to check that things were in order before heading home.

A Trip To The Library
With nothing to do, Daddy brought me to the library to kill some time. And we ended up in Bukit Merah Community Library. We were there slightly before 10am and had to wait for 5 minutes before they opened for business.

Searching for books to read

They had a row of books for toddlers there and we spent around 45 minutes there before making our way home. Within that 45 minutes, I made Daddy read 10~15 books to me… =P.

We stayed at home for the rest of the afternoon as I took an unusual 3 hours long nap.

Breakthrough In Toilet Training
I had a breakthrough in toilet training today. Daddy read me this book “The Toddler’s Potty Book” (by Alida Allison) while we were in the library. I was so motivated by it that I requested Daddy to bring the potty out when we reached home. And for the very first time, I managed to pee into the potty. It was a pleasant surprise for Daddy coz I only managed to pee on the floor in the bathroom and I never like to sit on the potty so far (I usually fussed big time when Mommy put me on the potty). Mommy was delighted too when Daddy told her about this… =).

“The Toddler’s Potty Book”