Meera: 5.25 years

Just a quick update on Meera. It's been awhile but things are pretty much the same as before...

Just wanted to put up a couple of things:

Schedule
7am: wake up, brush teeth get dressed for school

- we gave her an alarm clock and she was quite good at waking up by herself. She would still come look for me and snooze a bit with me before getting ready. But recently the clock stopped working so now I go in to wake her. Most mornings she gets ready quite quickly. Very rarely she will struggle with waking up.
 - weekends she tends to wake up early automatically. :( usually by 7:30am

7:30am: eat breakfast. Weet-bix (2 pcs with fresh milk and fruit and honey) or toast (with butter)
-I only mix formula if she has toast. 2 scoops with 120 ml.
-lately she started eating puffed rice cereal. With honey. And milk
-she also likes it when I sprinkle sugar (I use muscovado sugar) on her toast.
-although she doesn't really like sweet things she does like honey.
-She is starting to dislike eating Weet-bix (takes more than half hour to finish whereas toast is eaten within 15 minutes)

8:00am: leave for school
School is from 8:30am-12:30pm. After that she stays on for daycare. She has lunch then takes a bath then does homework. Has a cup of milk (2.5 scoops) then has a nap from 2:30-4:30pm.  After that she has a snack and then comes home (I usually fetch her home around 5 -5:30pm)
Wednesdays she has gymnastic so I fetch her around 2pm. We come home, she has a snack and we go for her class from 3:30 - 5:00pm. 
Fridays she has swimming so Jing will fetch her at 4pm (she takes a shorter nap). Swimming is from 4.30-5:30 pm.
Tuesdays (twice a month) she has Robotics in school from 1:30 -3:30pm.

6:30pm: Dinner

8:00pm: Bath
After bath we will either do some learning or she will play. She also loves playing Uno (which happens almost every night). And lately Jing taught her how to play Monopoly (Its a little complicated for her but she loves playing anyway)

9:30pm: milk (2 scoops). Sometimes she skips this. Get ready for bed (pee, brush teeth, story)
10:00pm: Bed (somedays its earlier if she didn't nap). Usually I read a book and sometimes I get her to read a bit as well.

She still does the 'hug, kiss, buddy-buddy' thing. And before I close the door I must say 'Goodnight, sweet dreams, I love you'
She also needs to have a night light. And 'Gigi' is still sleeping with her.

On weekends...she will sometimes skip her nap (if we are in the car she will usually fall asleep but if we're at home it's quite hard for her to sleep)

Reading
She is getting better at reading. She can read Dr. Seuss'  books (Mr. Brown Can Moo, Hop on Pop, One Fish 2 Fish)....most of the easier ones.

Big Sister
She loves her little sister. So far she is quite careful and gentle. Occasionally she does get over excited and  ends up hurting Misha but nothing too serious and she is very sorry afterwards. She is quite  mindful of keeping things safe for Misha. And is always looking out for her.

School
School is going well. She is doing quite well in most subjects. Malay is a bit of a struggle so I need to focus a bit more on this.

Dresses
Right now she loves wearing dresses...she'd wear one everyday if I let her. She also likes everything to match...even her underwear if she can!

Swimming
She started swimming classes and by the 9th class she was able to swim quite a distance on her own.

Gymnastics
She still enjoys it and is quite good at it.