I took him shopping at Riot! Carousel for plasticine, different types of clay and other sculpting paraphernalia earlier this year. What he's done was he sculpted a rough idea of what he wanted to make, and fashioned it out of Blu-Tack.....

 

 

Notice the 2 tone? The "underbelly" was made out of newer and cleaner Blu-Tack while the rest of the shark was made out of his dirty piece of Blu-Tack which he kneads with his feet against the floor.

 

First he used the reddish brown plasticine to make the body...

Then he used the red one to make the gums....

The white plasticine for the teeth... it was a very tedious process to make 1 tooth at a time... Sharks apparently has hundreds of teeth...

This was how he did it.... bit by bit, tooth by tooth....

White plasticine for the underbelly....  it's still unfinished at this stage but you get the picture...

My Son, The Sculptor....



I woke up this morning to find Bryan's Goliath beetle dead on the dining table.

Being a child with Autism meant Bryan was slow in most milestones.... when he was 3 he still couldn't quite talk yet when other kids his age chatted away, he didn't and still can't catch a ball with his hands because some of his gross motor skills are still shot, he hates writing and can't really hold on to a pencil for long because his fine motor abilities are still playing catch up. Whatever he couldn't or still can't do, he makes it up with something else... his has an excellent memory (he is my real-life GPS device) and he loves sculpting. No, not with Play-Doh, which he dislikes (and thinks they're for kids)... but with Blu-Tack.... Hard, tough, putty. He loves the kneading pressure which calms him. He takes a big lump with him, rolls it out into a big elongated piece... with his foot and the Blu-Tak against the floor before he starts his sculpting.
He still takes it to Catechism and to church and without looking at his piece of dark, grey and dirty piece of poo (I'd like to call it that), he'll create figurines and fantasy creatures. As a parent, I never thought much of it until parishioners come up to me after mass and said how intrigued they are of his special "skill".
Who knows, maybe one day, someday someone will notice him and hopefully he'll be able to see his weird but wonderful creations made into plastic toys!

 

Man At Work

 

We women, do we put goggles on when we cut onions up? No, we don't. Why? Cos we are tough! Meanwhile over this part of the world............

I Feel Like Doing A Madonna... HOLIDAY! ..... CELEBRATE!

It's been 4 years since we last went away for a holiday. Seriously! When FlyScoot advertised their AUD88 dollar deals for return flights to Singapore, we grabbed 4 tickets... Guess how much Bryan's ticket costs? AUD33! What a bargain!

On top of that, I managed to get SGD40 deals and SGD21 return flights to KL. Sunway Lagoon, here we come!!!! This is where we will be putting up for 3 nights.... Can't wait!!!!! Counting down......

Happy 13th Birthday my Dear, Sweet Caitlyn!!!!!

Since I can't bake it,

I'll just cut and paste it.

 

May you continue to be a wonderful, patient, thoughtful, generous, caring and compassionate girl who, before my eyes have blossomed into a mature young lady. God has blessed me with you and I thank the Lord. You have made me so proud throughout the years with your achievements. I love you, my K-Pop Krazy Kid.

Have a happy and wonderful 13th birthday.