Happy Teachers' Day

Happy Teachers' Day to all teachers! Here's Jon with his nursery Teacher, Ms Midah. She is so patient with him and the other kids. She never fails to share with me the funnies or progress that Jon makes at nursery.


A close-up of the simple card I made for Ms Midah. Would have gotten Jon to help paste the alpha stickers if not for me doing this in the morning when Jon was at nursery.

If you are free and having your morning cuppa, read on as I share some conversations I have with Ms Midah or the other teachers when I pick Jon up after nursery.

Jon's love for toys
M: Just to let you know that Jon no longer snatches toys.
Me: What? Jon snatches from his friends? Did he push them? Were they frightened?
M: No lah. You know how kids are when they want toys and someone else took them first. Now whenever Jon's favourite toys are taken, he'd just look for other toys.
Me: Phew. For a while, I thought Jon snatches toys from other kids. (It has been four months since he's been attending nursery and we have told him to share the toys as they are there for everyone's enjoyment. & you never know what will happen coz Jon is the biggest size toddler in the whole nursery.) Ms Midah, you must let me know if Jonathan is up to any trouble, yah?
M: Oh no, Jonathan's fine. He's a good boy.
Me (expression of relief): (silent phew)

Jon's colouring
M: Jon is getting better at colouring and tracing the alphabets.
Me: Really? Doesn't he like colour the entire page with one colour?
M: He's using more colours now. You will see when you bring his file home at month end.
Me: But he still colours all over the page right?
M (smiling): Well, you can see he uses different colours for different parts of the pictures. So, that is a good improvement.

Which Jon are you referring to?
Me (to another teacher who's not in charge of Jon).: Hi Teach, I am here to pick up Jon.
T: Which Jon?
Me: Oh, there are more than one Jonathan?
T: Yes. Are you picking up the BIG Jonathan or little Jon?
Me: Hmmm, I guess my Jonathan will have to be the BIG one.
T (bringing out Jon): Jon, your mommy is here.
Me (smiling): Thank you.

Luckily, she didn't call him "BIG Jon, your mommy is here." You may never know what kind of inferiority complex or worse, arrogant pride that may arise if someone keeps calling my son "BIG Jon".