Day 3 of school

:)day 3 started at 9am today, one hour earlier than the 1st 2 days.

We dropped him off at school and when the teacher wanted to take him, he clinged on to me.. but luckily the teacher was quite patient and when she finally carried him, she whisked him off to see the xmas decorations which he was quite interested in. Then the crying stopped.. me and sari hurried off :)

Teacher Yati said that he was enjoying himself during the xmas party and had lots of fun but when it was time to go back to class, he cried again... its called the transition and guess its normal. Then he had lunch.. hmm, seems that he is quite adventurous when it comes to food but doesn't like fishball. Vomited a bit of his lunch out cos he was eating too fast.

Then we came by at 1pm to pick him.. actually he was ok but when the teacher said home time, he started crying again.. maybe he was tired cos he woke up at 6am this morning.

So far so good still..Hope he gets better!

Uncle Gav is in town!

Uncle Gavin is in town!

The Big One and Gavin are super close cousins.. in fact he was the best man at our wedding and of cos the Big One was the best man at his wedding too. They spent lots of time together in Adelaide whilst growing up and like the Big One would say, Gav is like his own brother :)

Uncle Gav and Aunty Karen stayed at our place for the first time and i would say that the Little One helped played host every morning...hahah.. by banging at their bedroom door and telling them to wake up!

It was a short one week.. but a week that was filled with lots of laughs and funny moments and of cos not to mention, lots of male bonding time for the guys and the food.. oh, don't even go there.. we have all positvely put on a few pounds thanks to all the dinners and extra meals!

Well, Uncle Gav is off to Hong Kong and left behind a set of beautiful photos that he took.. Here are 2 of mine favourites :)

The Little One will be missing you and yes, we will send him off to stay with you when he is older.. as revenge :P

Pictures from our Xmas outing at Orchard Road

Sari and I brave the crowds to bring the Little One to see the Orchard Road light up :) Since we went without the stroller, we had to take turns to carry the little One since it was pretty much too crowded for him to be walking around too. And Boy was it crowded!

First stop - Ion Orchard. A first visit for me, sari and little One since its opening. quite sua ku right?
The Little One was looking at the lights outside Ion Orchard..

Walking onwards towards Taka, we spotted this. The Little One was curious about the yellow lamb.

Hahah.. finally we arrived at Taka and in true fashion style, the Little One tot that the lights at LV were pretty interesting :)

Finally, our arms gave way at the big xmas tree at Taka :) Took a nice pic of the Little One and Sari and it was time to go home..

Photo from the 1st Day of School

:) A picture of him in his school uniform on his first day of school!! I got some more pictures on the hp but the rest are quite blury..well, at least there is this one. Doesn't he look handsome? Proud mummy...

Dear Little One, today was your 2nd day at school. We dropped you off at school today. You are the only one at school today becos the rest of your classmates were at a excursion at Hort Park. Your teacher, Hu Lao Shi spent the day for one-on-one time with you since you were the only kid in the school. You were crying for a while when we left, but Teacher Hu managed to pacify you and play with you.. she told us that you were throwing a tantrum on the floor, but when she took out the toys, you peeked at her playing and you soon joined in the fun!

You also ran around the classroom and played with the train set :) Teacher took some pictures of him using her hp and you loved looking at it! You also had fried rice for lunch today and even had a bath in school :)

We are so proud of you, Little One!! Well Done on your 2nd Day!

Love Mummy

21 Dec - First Day At Playschool

:) The Little One started playgroup class today at 10am.

Don't know who was more nervous - The Big One, Me or the Little One. At 9am, we went through the routine of getting him ready for school... first the school uniform, then the packing of the school bag, then the mandatory taking of some pictures of him in his school uniform (all the cameras, Hp cameras were whipped out!) then finally the putting on of shoes and off we went!

He was quite happy and went straight for a playslide and seemed a bit curious s to what this all was about. Then it was time for us to make our move... when we said bye bye to him.. he actually turned around to the teacher and said bye bye.. yikes!

Then the teacher said its time to get into class... and brought him in. No wailing yet.. but after we left and he was done roaming around the classroom, the teacher said he went looking for us and when he didn't see us there, that's when the wailing began. He was strong and fought with the teacher. Guess he was tired already cos after crying for a while, he fell asleep on the teacher's lap. She couldn't even put him down on the mat, and had to endure the 30min nap :)

After he woke up, the teacher manage to feed him a little of the lunch and he ate up .. then she changed him and it was almost time to go home. When she mentioned home, he cried a bit again.. but he was all smiles when he saw us ....

So far so good.. it doesn't seem that bad. Day 2 tomorrow :)

What Mummy has been up too

Being addicted to home interior blogs that is...

Ever since we decided to stay put in our current place for at least the next 10 years (don't ask me to explain the maths behind that) and hence have embark on our home renovation journey, i have been endlessly surfing the internet for home reno/deco ideas. So i tot i will blog about it and list down the few sites that i have been so so so in love with!

1. Apartment Therapy : www.apartmenttherapy.com - the pictures here are to die for! and i so so so love the ohdeeoh section which shows amazing children rooms. Giving me all the inspiration and courage to create something totally amazing for the Little One.

2. Desire to Inspire - the name of the site says it all isnt' it? www.desiretoinspire.net

3. Design public (www.designpublic.com) for oh so wonderful and modern furniture concepts

4.http://decor8blog.com/ - which shows such wonderful gallery pictures of beautiful beautiful rooms.. sigh..

Of course there are lots more.. but these 4 main sites is providing me with enough drool factor.. enough to surf through the hours of the night.. when i should really be sleeping! :)

The one about Fishes

Came back home slightly earlier today and had the chance to goof around with the Little One at home..

This boy is really getting more and more ah beng.. he was pushing his little red car all around the house, just deliberately to bang into people (meaning me and sari) and the furniture. Had to put a stop to it before my sofa gets more damaged then it already is.

Brought him upstairs to pay a visit to Matt and Mandy :) His favourite kid neighbours who are about 10 and 5 years told. (his favourite neighbour is still uncle ranjan and aunty pauline who just live next door to us).. Matt was showing the Little One his new guppies and the Little One was duely impressed! Kept saying "fish fish".

But what really suprised me was that when Matt was playing a computer game that had fishes on it.. the Little One pulled me away from the sofa and kept wanting to go to the fish tank. It didn't occur to me that he was trying to tell me that its both about fishes! Until about the 2nd time, was wondering why the Little One kept running to and fro the fish tank and computer that i realised.. Ohhh, so that's what he was trying to tell me! Was quite suprised that he could make such a co-relation. Hmm.. wonder what type of new developmental skill that is.

:) nevertheless was happy that i was around to see it today!

Pictures from our home reno outings

The weekends have been hectic.. with trips to Barang Barang and the ever lovely Ikea to check out the ideas..

Took the chance to snap some pictures of the Little One cos i realised i haven't taken shots of him in a while.. hmmm..

Here's him posing next to some necklaces at Barang Barang.. now, don't ask me why there are necklaces there and why he likes playing with them!!

Mummy.. am i posing right??

Muacks! I love doing a fashion shoot! :) Am i a super model yet?

Working on some puzzles at Ikea - this picture was taken after he, pushed someone off the seat.. tsk tsk tsk..

Mummy, see! I can finish the puzzle on my own!

At his last check-up, the Little One weighs in at 13.6kg.. getting heavier and heavier man.

The things he says

The Little One has been practising to talk! And OMG, he chooses to do it in the wee hours of the morning like at 3am. Well, in a way, i am happy that he is learning how to form phrases (but only 2-3 words long!) but last night i told him, can you pls do it in the mornings instead? :( giving me panda eyes...

Here are some of the phrases we have heard him say:
1. Fly away - As in the nursery rhyme "Two little dicky birds sitting on the wall, One name Peter, One name Paul.. Fly away Peter, Fly away Paul.. come back Peter, come back Paul". The little One can fill in the blanks at the fly away part when we sing this rhyme and do the action too!
2. Papa car - he says this when The Big One goes to get the car from the carpark
3. Oh no! -Yes, he says this with a big exclaimation mark too! Oh no... and he shakes his head
4. Come back - so far, only heard him say this once..
5. What to do? - hahah.. sari heard him say this when erhmm.. he was expelling some air..hhahahha..
6. Mummy mum mum.. Daddy mum mum - pls join me in eating
7. Please and "tsssss" - Okie, this means please and thank you.. not sure why his thank you is "tssss"
8. "Oh no.. oh..toka toka toka toka" - We still have reeally figure this one one yet
9. Close Door

:) last night, when i was putting him to bed, i told him that its cold and Mummy would like to have a blanket.. The Little One actually brought me my blanket and layed it on me :) quite sweet right? Well, this is one of his sweeter moments, amist the crazy monster ones that drive us nuts!

What we have been up too

.. sorry, long time never post...

Mummy has been busy at work and also busy doing xmas shopping :) The Little One still has not been sleeping well so i am still seriously tired. Am wondering how long this phase will last.

The 18th month sleep regression is the pits man.. i need some sleep!!

Dinner at Everything with Fries

Let me just say that we did not intend to go there for dinner.. but were trying to find our way around to Joo Chiat Complex. Yes yes, we do live in the East so it shouldn't have been that hard.. still we kindof got lost and we were hungry. Saw the resturant along the street and tot, hey why not just give it a try?

Food was so-so... the fries were good.. Perhaps becos it wasn't what we were craving for, it was just an okay meal for us. Decent prices though.

Tot this picture was so cute :) The Little One showing how he kisses his aunty sari... Awwww..

Reno in the House of Yongs

The Big One and I have been excitedly planning for a home reno project.. hence much of the space time we have is devoted to that.. so no time to post for now.

Hoping that it wouldn't take too long before we can unveil the changes!

A new frien :)

Finally, the Little One got a chance to see a new friend, Baby K!! She is a lovely little girl at 5.5 months old and look at the hair! The Little One was still quite bald at that age...

We had a great time that morning, playing with Baby K :) Thank for hosting us!

Mummy is tired

Yes, i am tired becos:
1. the Little One has been sleeping badly the past 1 week. Not sure why but he wakes up screaming in the middle of the night. Panda eyes again.
2. Decided to spring clean the house and found that there is just too much stuff and no where to keep it
3. Hence the tots of having to renovate and build some storage space is creeping on me yet again! Yes, like the Big One so rightfully points so, this bug hits me about once every 6 months or so..
4. Becos of the reno bug, we schedule a meeting with an ID to explore how we were going to do reno while still staying in the house
5. After that 2 hours discussion with the ID on Saturday, decided that it is not possible at all to do reno while staying in the house
6. What we wanted to do, thank to the size of our house, is going to cost quite a bit.... including a almost total reorganisation of the layout of our rooms
7. Tired.. becos of all the tots and plans and future plans...
8. Think i shall just go to bed early :)

My auntie got me a doggie!!

Dear mummy...

Because u said i can't have a real dog, your sister.. aka my auntie had to get me a pet toy dog. All the way from Hong Kong! I love my doggie very much and i like to play House and Cooking with him. I also like to run around to chase my dog but my dog doesn't run very fast.
Can you pls tell my dog to speak to me in English? Cos i cannot understand what he is trying to say.. mostly "bow bow bow". And can i play with my dog more often? cos Mummy, u keep the dog away most of the time cos u said that doggie is very noisy.

Thanks,
Ur little One aka Prince and Emperor of the Household, second to only the Lord who is the Big One

The Doraemon Lantern

Remember what i said about noisy little lanterns?

Here is a video of the Doraemon Lantern my mother got the Little One..

He enjoys running after the bubbles and catching them :)

Beach Outing with Daddy

Went to the beach on Sunday morning :) It has sort of become a regular thing for us.. having a late breakfast at the beach and letting the Little One run around a bit, play catch ball and like the Big One would say, check out the babes at the beach.

Here are some nice pictures that i took of our latest beach morning.. caught these shots while the Big One was explaining what waves were to the little one.

There was one big wave that crashed into the shore and that frightened the Little One a bit so he came running to me :)

Wish we would have more lovely mornings like this!

The one about Blow

:) We celebrated mine, my mother and the Big One's birthday on Sunday at Wah Lok. Guess this is one of the last birthday celebrations for the month.. so a good chance to pig out! Must say that the dim sum at Wah Lok was good but SRC is still better!

Will post the pictures of the family lunch later but what i wanted to pen down first (before my bad memory will allow me to forget) is that we taught the Little One a new word : Blow.

After singing the birthday song, the Big One tried cutting the cake. The Little One was screaming in protest about something. First thing that came to mind, was.. hmm, maybe he wants cake. So told the Big One to give him a piece of the choco cake. But the Little One's protests didnt end there. He was pointing to the table and in his usual insistent way, was trying to tell me that he wanted something. Finally, i realised that perhaps it was the candle cos it was quite colourful. Gave him the candle and he took it and stuck it on the cake and went "bllllloow.. blow" Eureka! The Little One wanted to blow out the candle!

The whole table started laughing and we sang the birthday song again and pretended to blow out the candle. The Little One followed suit! Blow blow!! We had to sing the song again to satisfy him but the smile on his face when he would blow out the candle, made it all worth while :)

Officially an Elfa Kid

The Little One is finally, officially an Elfa kid :) Sometime back i posted about our search for a playgroup class for the Little One. After seeing like 5 schools, we settled on Elfa for various reasons. The Big One really likes this school cos it is a house with its own big playyard and a waterpond which the kids could have a dip, and a big playground nearby since the surrounding area is a park. I like the school because it looks so cherry and thanks to the testimony of a few close friends, am assured that the teachers are a committed bunch and the mandarin programme is quite good.

Well, so what about the Little One? We told ourselves that his choice mattered a lot too and so during the school hunting exercise, we paid close attention to what he would do or his behaviours when we were in the school. For some of them, he refused to let go of us,and for some, didn't seem quite interested. Elfa, however... perhaps thanks to Joyce's kids who also go to school there, when they saw him visit.. they took his hand and told him "come follow me" and off he went.. without even a glance back at dear old mummy!. This was also the school that Sari liked a lot :) and yes her choice matters too.

I had booked a slot for him to start at next year's playgroup class but after discussing with the Principal, we are going to start him on a half day programme from late December. So, we trooped down, the Big One , myself and the Little One to the school one Saturday to submit all the formal registration forms and the payment.

Here were some pictures that the Big One took of him whilst mummy was in the office. I was very happy when we bumped into his form teacher on the way to school and when teacher Yati said "justin , hold my hand".. he took her hand and walked in :) wow..of cos we were not far behind .. but was saying to myself.. Hope that he would be just as brave on his first day in school.


The Little One was busy exploring the K1 class room cos his own classroom was being cleaned.

Seemed to be quite at home, helping himself to all the books and toys... It certainly helps that this school has a playyard full of his favourite thing - CARS!! Lots and Lots of Little Tike Cars.

Note to Little One - Hope that u will enjoy school with ur friends in Elfa :) and be happy and smiling always!

Cooking ...

Saw that he quite enjoyed playing cooking at A's place 2 saturdays ago. Even at home, the Little One is forever bringing out all the real pots and pans from the kitchen and mixing and stiring imaginative stews. Guess we all think that he wants too, to be meaningfully occupied whilst watching Sari cook?

So when i saw that a Kitchen Set was on sale at Toys R Us, i was super tempted. Ok, tempted enough to go out, with a toddler in tow,with my sister to brave the crowds at the store. The actual plan was to leave the Little One in my sister's care at her office whilst i go over to buy the set. Of cos that didn't happen cos he was refusing to let me leave, so told my sister, "errh, no choice.. i go first, then join u later."

The set i had in mind was from Mix and Match. Its a set that comes with a kitchen stove, an oven, and a sink. The good thing about this set is (other than its sale price), it allows u to assemble the kitchen in like 5 different ways.

Lugged it all the way back, with sister's help and had to wait for the Big One to get home to fix it together. And since the Little One was homegrounded thanks to his nose, we tot, why not.. let him play cooking.

This is one version which the kitchen stove joins the sink.

The Little One had lots of fun opening and closing the oven door and the "fridge" door. Keeping away all the cups and plates and even some food items inside. But what he likes best is the stove.. it has some light and sound when u turn it on.

Two days after we assembled the set.. the first day mummy and daddy went back to work.. and the Little One officially proclaimed that the kitchen set shall be in the real kitchen. He dragged parts of the kitchen into the real kitchen and started to cook!.

Photos from the Brunch at Spruce

Have heard and read so much about Spruce that when the cousins wanted to have brunch one day to catch up, and that the place had to be central (not in the east!!), immediately tot... why not let's try Spruce!

Situated at Phoneix Park, near Depmsey , it was the first time i have been there in ages. The Big One was on reservist that weekend so it was just be and the Little One. Caught a cab, lugging one heavy toddler and one bag containing his lunch and off we went to explore!

It was a bit confusing when we got there cos the taxi driver couldn't find the entrance to the resturant and it was starting to rain. Luckily managed to get to Spruce all in one piece and was the first one there too.. says much of my time management skills :)

Since the rest were on the way, i decided hmmm.. maybe just feed him his lunch first so that i wouldn't have too hungry a toddler to manage. It was good that i decided to bring his lunch cos the rain caused a temporary power shortage! OMG.... luckily i packed his meal.


Must say that Spruce is very child friendly, with all the high chairs, kids utensils. and even a small outdoor playground. One complaint that i have is that the service that day wasn't quite up to mark. Perhaps it was becos of the power situation.. some of the service staff were quite stressed up.

Luckily the power was restored by the time the rest of the cousins got there. The Little One had the chance to play a bit with his cousin LX, who is about 10 months older that him. Am playing babysitter that day was Jonanthan who the little One quite took too.. he brought him to the playground and the little one went without any tears!

Here's a cheeky photo of the Little One and Jonanthan.. think the Little One was trying to be cheeky when i told him to roar!

Wouldnt say much of the food except that the portions were big.. it wasn't as memorable as i tot it would have been, given the rave reviews. But we both enjoyed the time there with the cousins very much :) till the annual xmas party then!

Nose acting up again

Sigh, yet another sensitive nose attack. The Big One brought the Little One to the Pd today and she took one look at the tiny nose and said what we are already used to hearing, "hmm, his nose is acting up again". So some nose meds and he should be fine by the weekend. Thank goodness! Hopefully his whinyness will also get better as he recovers :) This coming weekend is big for the Little One cos its is school enrollment day.. got to send the forms to childcare and buy his school uniform :)

So whilst still on the thoughts of school, tot that i should blog down what words i think he can say (not very clear yet but getting there):

1. Belly button -more like berrry botn
2. Head
3. teeth
4. Go
5. Stop
6. Door
7. Take (chinese version of "na")
8. Door
9. Sheep
10. Dog
11. Cat
12. Pig
14. Clap
15. Shoe
16. Car
17. Fish
18. Clock
19. Tv
20. Flower
21. Sock
22. Pants
23. Bread
24. Milk
25. Water

So far so good :) Probably will pick up more while in school!

My Clingy Boy

Sigh.. tough day today.

With him having high fevers over the weekend, cos of the MMR jab that he took on Monday, it was tough looking after him on Sunday. I didn't sleep well the last 2 nights cos had to take care of him so when i woke up this morning, was totally tired out.

Never seen him had such high fevers before.. record was on Saturday afternoon when it rose to 39.4 degrees. Wow, panic man. had to sponge him down with ice water which made him scream his lungs out. Then made him take a bath to help bring down the temperature.. Luckily it did! And i think nerofen also helped a lot.

So on sunday, he was a winy, clingy, teary baby who refused to let me out of his sight and mummy had to do everything. and everything was a battle with him. It was tiring. wondering if it becos he is not feeling well? or its separation anxiety? cos he would go into bouts of crying and the next minute be totally alright.

Hope he gets better by tomorrow.

Now he is scared of No

Sari told me that she realised that the Little One now can really comprehen the stuff she has been saying to him. In the past, whenever we say, "no" or "cannot" , it was a hit miss most of the time with him, we think, choosing to disregard what we are saying. Now, he actually stops in his tracks when we say "cannot" to stop him from doing something dangerous.

He will call for milk saying "neh neh" when he wants to take his milk and go for his nap and will complain if Sari is slow in making the milk :) hahah.. quite funny i tot.. Sari says he will stand by the kitchen table where the milk is kept and keep pointing "neh Neh" and stamp his feet if you are too slow. Then once u have the bottle of milk in hand, he holds your hand and leds you to the room where he will climb on the bed and wait for his milk!

Think he is teething again cos the drooling tap is on already...thankfully he is still eating like a horse!

Wedding at St Regis

So the day after the laksa party, feeling all sinful and guilty.. we trooped down to yet another feast at TK's wedding at St Regis! Hahaha... weekend of food man!

Was minful that the invite stated a formal dress code. And had to translate that into little toddler style. Felt that since we were not the VIPs, a shirt and pants combo should suffice for the Little One. Didn't want him to be uncomfortable at the event too since it was probably going to be long and it was the first wedding event that he has attended! Thankfully it was lunch.. would have left him at home if it was dinner cos i seriously doubt he could survive through the night.. or rather should i say, dont think we, as parents would have made it in one piece.

A check with the Little One's wardrobe mistress, aka Sari showed that he was seriously lacking in the shirts department. Hahah... guess he has been outfitted in t-shirts for most of the times cos u know kids get into all kinds of activities that make shirts not so, errhm.. economical? Anyways, since he is all 1.5 years old now, figured it would be about time for his first shirt. So there - one short sleeve version, modelled by yours truely... pale blue with greenish strips, matched with the latest cream pants. doesn't he look cool?:) Hairstyle by mummy!

Here's a close up look at our super model who is trying to give a half grin....hair starting to go out of shape even before we leave the house.

With a toddler in tow, we made it just on time to the wedding ceremony. Missed the reception cos you know, its tougher getting us all 3 ready in time and out of the house. The Little One was super excited and kept blabbing about the lights and everyone around him. In general, he was a very good boy and well behaved. Except that we had to take turns to bring him for walks around the ballroom and at the foyer.

Here's one with The Big One who wore a brown suit to match his son's cream pants! Does that even make any sense?

And here's one with mummy :) After we took this picture, the Little One threw up a bit cos i think he drank too much water. So he had a fashion changed just like the couple. Sorry no pictures cos the 2nd outfit wasn't as matching as the first and yes, he went back to T-shirt and berms!

Well done Little One, you were such a good boy and was a joy for that 4 hours wedding lunch!

Granddad's birthday

Welcome to the month of October :)

its quite a special month for us cos its the birthday of 4 members of the family:

1. My Dad

2. My Mum

3. Myself

4. The Big One - on the same day as my mum!

Growing up, only my sister had a different birthday month so she got the individual party whereas i got the group version!!

So this year, i was wondering, hmm, how could i make it more interesting? then realised that October is also the Little One's 18 month birthday! He is now officially big enough to go for playgroup class :) and is also now 1.5 years old. Hurray!

To celebrate, Sari and I decided to throw a small home laksa party.. yummy! We bought some good old prima laska mix and made up a few bowls of this steamy delight!

It was just us at home.. minus the Big One who somehow had a mobilisation exercise the day after he just completed his 3 weeks reservist. Anyway, more cake for us!

It was fun celebrating at home! Happy Birthday to all of us :)

Yes, No, Please, Thank You and Go!

The past few days, the Little One has been practising these new words..

Now, he can sign Please and Thank You but only when you do it along with him or when he really really wants something.

He shakes his head and says "No no no no" sometimes continuously.. quite funny at times and says, Yes , when he wants something.

But the new word for yesterday was "go go go go go".. he was "go go going" everywhere in the house. :)

Sunday Obstacle Course

Most of you know how crazy the Big One is about the Army. Always tell him that i think he is the most "on" reservist ever. But did u know that he is training the Little One at Home for the army already? Every Sunday, he builts an obstacle course for the little one at home, courtesy of my now very old and torn up and beaten up sofa cushions. Its like a play heaven to the Little One, something that only he gets to do when daddy is at home. Except that last Sunday, the Little One decided that "attacking" his father would be a greater challenge!

Recent Pictures

At The Merlion :)

At Pasta Waraku:

At Chinese Garden during Hari Raya:

Happy Children Day

:)Its the Little One's 2nd Children Day and i decided to take child care leave to have a fun day with him.

First stop, to the doc review where he was given the all clear.. the bad weather lately, with the bad haze and erratic rains caused his sensitive nose to act up. Luckily his blocked nose didn't get worse. Was reminded that he was overdue for his MMR jab but discussed with the doc and decided that we will get that done in about 2 weeks time, once he is all well again.

Then it was off to Aunty Susan's house again! Ginger, her dog wasn't at home cos he was off for a grooming session but the Little One still had loads of fun climbing up and down the steps and of cos, peering into the dog house to look for the dog! think he was a bit dissapointed that there was no dog this time around. He had some fun with the fountain and even went to Aunty Dorren's place for a short kids party.

Noticed that The Little One is quite comfortable at Aunty Susan's place, no doubt cos he is quite a regular there :)and am happy that he did not show any fear. Hopefully he will continue this when he starts school next year.

With his aunty..

Recently the Little One came down with another episode of blocked nose. And it had to happen last Friday when i was super busy with the F1 event. Had to choice but to make an emergency call for help to my mother to bring him to the doctor while i was at work. Had a important meeting that i couldn't reschedule. So the Little One's grandma came down that Friday plus over the weekend cos i was away at work for quite a bit, more to help entertain a grouchy toddler so that Sari could get some work done.

My sister had to get roped into the action too :) After the weekend with my mum and my sister, i must say that the Little One's collection of lanterns grew by erhmm.. quite a bit. Must find a chance to post a picture of his Doreamon one which emits bubbles! Quite cute but sigh, makes a mess of the floor at home.

Sister took a picture of the Little One - realised that he looks so grown up in this shot!

Trying to look cute in his silly face action again!

He has since recovered from his blocked nose episode - after some awful lot of mucus that we had to suck out of his nose and some sleepless nights. Last night, Sari told me that he has mastered the art of climbing onto the kitchen chair, with the aid of the table, stand on the chair and help himself to a chicken wing! And tonight, he repeated the act to reach for some vegs. What a monkey!

The Big one is away

In reservist.. again. But this time The Big One made us super proud when he got Gold for his IPPT :) yippy!!

So in this 3 weeks, i have to entertain the Little One at nights, with the help of Sari of cos :) So far he has been good.. woke me up at midnight last night to talk to me...after some "conversation" i was really all zoned out. Had to get Sari's help to put him back to bed. Am still recovering from my F1 weekend of work.

More updates on this again.. tonight am going to crawl into bed early.

New word this week

Noticed that the Little One started saying another new word "door".. or rather "dorrrr"

Tonight as i was putting him to bed and he was doing his usual going around the room to "check"(as in he would touch the cupboard "check", touch the door "check", touch the bed "check") he was saying "dorrr" when he was banging on the door.

The Little One was amused by the noise that he made when he was banging on the door and kept doing that a few times.. then he decided to bang on the wall, and eh, there was no sound. But he still said "dorr" :) guess it will take him some time to learn the word "wall".

Videos from the Long Weekend

At Chinese Garden and at Pasta Waraku at Changi Airport T2 :) Must listen hard to the background music in the 2nd video.. its very "retro".. we had to endure back to back songs from Michael Learns to Rock.

Chinese Garden

Ok, so the Little One is a Chinese Ah Pek wannabe... :)

For the Hari Raya long weekend, sari had planned a picnic with her friends at Chinese Garden. Yes, the Chinese Garden that is err. so super far away from bedok. Asked her why not have the picnic at East Coast.. she said Chinese Garden is cleaner. Well, i guess there must be a reason.

So, we decided that we will join in the fesitivies and bring the Little One along, to the Garden :) its the Big One's 2nd time there, in his whole life since he was like 6, and for me, i think the last time i went there must have been in primary school. Can't remember much about it, except some photos taken during my last trip.

Took some pictures and a video of the Little One running around.. he had lots of fun with us plus like a whole kampong of helpers which turned up for the picnic. Had so much fun that he KO-ed in the car on the way home and continued his nap for another 2 hours. :) grins.. happy mummy.

Verdict - Its clean but still very ulu!

Will post the pictures and video soon.

About rides

Nowadays, he loves rides, especially those that come in a shape of a car. he goes "car car car" and wants to climb up all by himself!

Here's one showing the Little One on a plane ride at Funan.. had to keep him entertain while the Big One was shopping at DVDs. Thankfully, he doesn't need for the ride to actually move.. just having the steering wheel and being able to turn it round and round, satisfies him for now! Otherwise mummy will start going broke.

Yakking on the phone

The great grandma and sari told me today that the Little One has been learning how to yakk on the phone :) Perhaps its because my grandma does chat on the phone with my aunties and uncles quite a bit, so he might be imitating! Since our cordless phone is placed on a low counter next to the TV, the little one has been helping himself to the phone, picking it up, pressing all sorts of buttons and yes, talking (or rather blabbing) away.

The two adults decided to hide the phone away, somewhere unreachable so that he would not see it. Guess what he does?

Press the "bell" on the phone cradle set.. it makes the phone beep away.. louder and louder.. and he goes searching for it! :) i guess the hiding tactic didnt quite work after all!

Some new words

Noticed that The Little One is pronouncing some new words today:
1. Book -a bit more like "bbbbk"
2. Shoe - "sssho"
3. Bear - "bah"

Sari told me that while he was watching some Chinese gongfu drama serial this afternoon, with my grandma, the Little One was imitating the characters fight scene.. He was making all the "ggrrrr" noises and shaking his hands and legs and turning round and round! See, he is truly a Chinese Ah Pek in the making.. tsk tsk

My grandma is here to stay with us for the next two weeks :) the Little One has some company! and oh yes, Sari's friend, Amy came over to help give him a hair cut. Now he looks much more boyish.

Fire Station @ Hill Street

Was told by a friend that the SCDF fire stations conduct a free open house every saturday from 9-12noon. Thought that it would be an interesting place for the Little One to visit and of course, the fact that its free, was a big plus point for us! Already running out of places to bring the Little One to these days.. so off to a fire station we went! The Big one thought that if we were going to visit one, why not the one on Hill Street, which coincidentally was celebrating its 100 years birthday this year. So here's a funny picture of the both of them, doing the "STOP" sign.. cos we must give way to the fire engines. LOL

The fire station had all these fire engines that the members of the public could try ou. The Little and Big One tried their hand at driving one of these :) Its really high so daddy had to get into the seat first, before i lifted the Little One to him. Clearly, the Little One was having a lot of fun just trying to move the steering wheel around... vvrrroooommmmm...

They also laid out all sorts of equipment for us to touch.. like this safety hat that had a very cool visor.. doesn't it make him look a bit like Darth Vader? I tried it on too.. but it got kindof stuck. Maybe my head is too big??

Then we went over to the Ambulances.. again, the Little One was crazy about the wheel and kept trying to move it and move the gear stick too! and even pressed the horn. There was a photography club at the station also trying to take some pictures. According to the Big One, there was a lady who was trying to take candid shots of the Little One. So, we decided to let him give all that he had in him! Go movie star!

It resulted in this rather strange looking shot of him :) ok lah, at least it shows that he was in a real ambulance!

There were other activities like trying to put out the small fire with the fire extinguisher, and trying the water hose. Even getting a ride on the fireman's ladder. but i think the LIttle one was a bit too young for these activities so we went to the museum for a look see and... here's a picture of him trying on the fireman's hat :) small size just for kids! He still doesn't like having stuff on his head so errr.. it was kindof tough to get this shot.

After about 1.5 hours, the Little One's tummy was protesting so we had to leave. Not forgetting to take a picture with the friend firemen who were the most gracious host to us :) We will be back again!