My first attempt at teriyaki chicken

Our simple dinner last night

I tried making my own teriyaki sauce for the first time yesterday... but it didn't turn out to be what I expected... rather disappointed... but it was still quite tasty - just that it didn't taste really like teriyaki sauce...

I was referring to this recipe for the sauce, but when I tasted it, I thought it was too salty so I started adding water since I saw another recipe which added water... maybe that was why it tasted different... hmmm... oh well. Will try again!

I referred to this recipe for the teriyaki chicken recipe.

The letter B (Part I)

I came across this cute craft idea and since I had a toilet paper roll on hand that day, I went ahead to make the butterfly for Alicia. The original idea is to let the child make the butterfly but since Alicia's still young and immature - she'd definitely tear up the butterfly parts even before we start pasting it on the roll - I decided to laminate the parts and let her piece the butterfly together (and take it apart too) by using velcro! She looked at it at first, took it apart then suddenly she realised that it was a butterfly and she started flapping her hands like they were wings and started saying "fu fu fu"... :D

Here she is, playing with stickers... trying to make a letter B. But she was rather grouchy that day... so we didn't finish the activity... besides, she's still really hung up on 'A'... haha...

Look at my pouty princess...

JG Mandarin PlayClub (19/2)

Alicia's still learning to cope with distractions in class ... but I think she has to learn that she is not allowed to misbehave even if others are inattentive in class. That's something she has to learn since there will be distractions in class when she starts going to school proper. Hopefully she'll learn soon - I've been talking to her about this issue...

For art and craft, Alicia played with dough for the first time and she was hooked and refused to do the other task for the day so I brought home the materials... I've yet to let her do it though as I think she's actually not mature enough to handle the delicate paper craft - she tore off part of the paper when I offered it to her at JG. She actually played and held the dough all the way home - even in the cab!