Sarah, 4 years update

My sweet baby is now a little lady!

School. Sarah started Creche (Nursery) at Fairview International School right after her 4th birthday.  Her school is right in front of our apartment, very convenient!  With her singing and dancing skills, she has been chosen thrice to perform for the school celebrations of Chinese New Year, Sports Day and Learning Program.  Stage mother me is always there to record her school performances :)

Favorite toys/shows. My Little Pony, Paw Patrol and Sofia the First. Still into the Frozen fever.  Recent addition is Cinderella!  Still enjoys wooden blocks, clay, building blocks, scooter.

OCD streak.  Sarah has shown tendencies to have OCD.  She dislikes spills on her shirt, on the floor or on the table.  She would quickly clean it up otherwise the cranky monster will come out.  

She possesses a happy disposition.

Milk and food.  Milk consumption has gone down to 2 cups a day, still on Pediasure Complete.  Favorite foods include wan tan mee, mac and cheese, fried rice, chicken noodles, red/white sauce pasta, pizza, chicken burger. Fave fruits include blueberries, strawberries, mangoes, apple, and watermelon.  She likes fruit smoothies as well.  Enjoys baking cupcakes.

Reader.  Sarah's not reading quite yet. Ravi and I don't want to rush her although she can already read a few words.  She has a deep love of books and loves being read to.  She's currently enjoying a map of the world sticker book.  When it's not reading night, she loves watching 'learning videos' as she calls it.  She would ask how teeth grows and we would watch videos on it.  Other topics she had asked to do the learning videos are on planets and the solar system, dinosaur stuff, how blood flows into the body, how rainbows come about, etc. 

Entertains herself with drawing and coloring.

Arts.  My collection of her drawing is steadily growing. Give her color pencils and paper and she'll whip you up with drawings and matching dedication "For mama.  Love Sarah."  Every time we're out (and when Reena's around), we bring along art supplies to while away the time.  This is especially handy when restaurants don't have kiddie stuff for kids. Recent favorites are sparkly gel pens!  Sarah's art also makes their way into our apartment walls and on body parts as tattoos!  It's all good as she learns to express herself through art.

Cranky mode.  She eventually comes around when she's ready.

Emotions.  She's a bundle of emotions especially when she's cranky.  There have been misplaced frustrations with huffing, puffing, stomping, and major cries! Sarah will break away into a corner, arms crossed and bawl away. I let her be though, telling her to come to me when she's ready.  Sure enough, she'll come running and says she's ready.  That's the time we talk about what happened.  A tickle, cuddle and a kiss and everything's sunshiny once again.  Sarah's generally a happy person, singing her thoughts out loud, dancing in and out of the house.  Ravi says she has the happy genes of the Filipinos :)

Mature.  She prefers to talk to grown ups instead of kids her age. I've seen so many times how she chats up older kids and adults instead of playing and talking with kids her age.  When asked, most of the time she'll say the boy/girl is too shy and does not talk so she talks to the bigger kids.

She's my favorite girl in the world! :)