Keira Scribbles

The past two months, all Keira wants to do is grab a pen or pencil that's laying around and scribble!!! Yes - scribble, scribble, scribble...

Although, I'm thankful that she does not draw on walls or the flooring or any other surface. She looks for paper and draws on paper - any paper she can find, whether it's a plain white paper or a namecard or a newspaper. 

Such a thoughtful little darling ain't she for not scribbling on the walls or floor! :) Nevertheless, my concern is still the fact that at her age, holding a pen and pencil would be much too dangerous so both Kevin and i are extra careful these days on where we leave our pens and pencils at home.

I did the next best thing... Went to the store the other day to buy toddler-friendly giant crayons and a drawing block so that my little girl may experiment with colors and expand her creativity. She LOVES it as the crayon is much easier for her to grasp in her hand and swirl around to scribble. And she holds not one, but multiple crayons at a time as well.

She takes the drawing block and crayons on the bed or on the floor (practically anywhere and everywhere!) with her, and while watching her favorite shows she scribbles to her heart's content until she tires out... Oooh, I can't wait to get her started on painting soon! :)

Checking Out St. Christopher's International Primary School

For months, Kevin and I have been talking, talking and talking about checking out possible local pre-schools for Keira. Yes, the keyword here is "talking", cos that was all we talked about doing just that, but no opportunity to take action.

Well, the talking ended this week when we took that first step and got a little early off work during lunch break to bring our baby with us for our visit to St. Christopher's International Primary School. 

I had called the school (my old school, yay!), located at Nunn Road, in advance and set an appointment with the Admin to meet and have a look-see of the place while classes were on. Although they have their special scheduled Open Days for such visitations, but the lady was nice to entertain my request and agreed to have us come by for a look-see.

I spent my early and primary years at St. Christopher's School, so I was no stranger to the place. Although it has changed alot since my days there (including the cost of the fees of course!), but it still feels the same when I stepped into the compound - warm, welcoming and, most importantly, safe!

We wanted to bring Keira along so that we can gauge her reaction towards the place (whether she liked it or not), and we were waiting for some sign from her along the lines of "this is it" or "I want to go here" kind of signals. But no such indication was given. She got excited when she saw the white kids running about during change of class, but she did not show any further signs of excitement during the short visit. Hmmm...

St. Chris is definitely not crossed off our list, but taking note on what the Admin lady said, we should look at get Keira enrolled into playschool first before transitioning her into the Early Years program, so that she gets accustomed to being away from home for a few hours a day... 

So, our hunt still continues... playschools!!!

If you have any good recommendations for playschools on Penang island (preferably English-speaking, with a good reputation of course), please share.