Botanic Gardens

Since it was a long weekend, we decided to have a walk in the gardens on Monday which is the May day public holiday.

Before the walk, we had our late brekkie at Casa Verde. As it was a public holiday, the place was very packed. We queued up to order for half an hour and waited for another half an hour for the food to arrive. Luckily it was a good wait as the breakfast set is good and filling.

{taking a rest near the pond}

{the little one saying cheese with da-di}

{couple swans swimming leisurely in the pond}

{four women and the little one}

Sing Along

The little one loves to watch and listen to the children songs. So in the above video you can see him "singing" along to "London Bridge".

Curious as a Cat

The first thing that little one did after he woke up in the morning was to climb onto the dining chair and try out my headphones. I seldom use the earphones in front of him, so I wonder how he manage to know that they are meant to put on the ears.

Ever since after his 2 year old birthday, the little one seems to improve a lot on his speech. These days he is able to say quite a few numbers of words, for example the following:-

off - 'of'
milk - 'nuke'
sweet - 'sweeet'
fish - 'vish'
star - 'tar'
socks - 'socks'
shoes - 'shooes'
eight -'egg'
vitamin - 'min'
light - 'lite'

I think he achieved quite a fair bit of milestone. So the next milestone for him or rather the parents is to cultivate his learning. Time to hit the bookstores.

Scribbles

I was hoping the little one will not randomly scribble on the walls before deciding to get him a box of crayons. Luckly (under close supervision) he only 'draw' on the paper given to him.

{concentrating on his 'drawing'}

{'drawing' away}

{it is actually his 2nd piece already}

{he seems to like the colour red}

2nd birthday celebration No. 2

The little one had his 2nd birthday celebration with my family at Changi Airport Terminal 3. We had dinner at Earle Swensens and later retreated to Ya-Kun to cut his birthday cake.

{Ma-Me having shot with the birthday boy in the car, on the way to T3}

{the little one dinner}

{home baked oreo cheese cake by 姨姨}

{happy little boy to blow and cut his birthday cake again}

2nd Birthday Celebration No. 1

Since the little one's 2nd birthday falls on a Sunday, we bought him a birthday cake to celebrate together with his 表姐, 爷爷 and 奶奶 on Friday. So after work, I rushed down to Secret Recipe and got him a banana chocolate.

{the little one birthday cake}

{the little one looking at the cake excitedly, waiting to blow the candles}

{this is how he looked after eating his birthday cake}

TV Manic

The little one is a TV MANIC! The first word that popped out of his mouth early in the morning is "OKTO". Yes yes, it is the TV channel "OKTO". He says "OKTO" better than Ma-Me.

{this is how he look when he is engrossed watching the TV programme}

{this fav VCDs}

He loved the Sesame Street and Sing-along VCDs. He can watch them over and over again without getting bored. These VCDs were a big help to me last weekend. They got the little one glued to the sofa while I did my housework as hubby was outstationed and I was alone with the little one at home.

I am sure to bring these VCDs on board the flight when we go to Hong Kong this coming July.

Da-De & Jerold

Well I do not whether the little one is a daddy's or mummy's boy. On one hand he is sticky to me, on the another hand he addressed da-de automatically when husband and I came home after work. Or is it da-de is easier to pronounce than ma-me?

{love this photo - both of them smiling sweetly}

{taken at the post office while in queue}

{in the lift, on the way to have reunion dinner with my family}

Ma-Me & Jerold

In another 3 weeks time, the little one is going to turn TWO! That seems to have happened very fast to me. One year certainly passed by very fast. He just started walking one year ago and now he is going to be two.

I certainly loved taking photos with him. He is so photogenic. However it takes some skill to get him to smile and look at the direction of the camera.

At this point of time, he still do not address me automatically. I would have to tell him to address me "mummy" then he would repeat "ma-me". So sad.

{cam-whoring at home}

{early reunion dinner with family}

{初二visiting at 婆婆's place}

{ 初四visiting at 舅公's place}

{dinner at secret recipe}

Fun Morning

We went East Coast Park a couple of Saturdays ago. Lucky the weather was good and we set off around 10am. The little one had a fun time there playing with the sand and water. He was not interested in building sand castles but rather enjoyed playing with the sand with his bare hands and watering the sand with the watering can. We definately will be going back there again. But this time round we need to pack in sunblock!

{In the car, flashing his pearlies for the camera}

{at the beach}

{got the little one some sandcastle building equipments}

{saying cheese-part I}

{saying cheese-part II}

{my findings on the beach}

Passport Photo

As I am renewing my passport, I decided to apply for the little one passport too. It is really hard to get the little one to stand straight and smile in front of the camera. Lucky there is a function in the camera that is able to take mutiple shots at a click of the button.

[ take one - smile too big ]

[ take x - decided to use this shot and photoshop it ]

[ final product ]

Cheeky Boy 3

This little boy is full of mischief. Look what he had done with his toy bin. He practically emptied all his toys out and cover himself with the bin and walked around. Haha.

Gadget

Yes I am back to the blogging hemisphere after almost two months of absence. I kept giving excuse of losing the blogging mojo but I guess laziness was the main reason. Haha. Hopefully I would be more hardworking and post at least once a week.
Children are always curious with everything around them, my little one is no exception. His new interest or rather gadget is the iphone! I do not know how he manage to learn but apparently he knows how to slide the arrow across to unlock the phone. There were a few instances that he woke up in the morning and took my iphone and started fiddling with it. The results? He sms to my friend in some alien language and also called my in-laws place at 6.30am scaring the hell out of my MIL. Since then I decided to lock my iphone using the pin number function.

One of the little one's favourite application on the iphone is "Talking Carl". He loves to poke at Carl, tickle Carl and talk to Carl. He finds it rather amusing to have Carl repeating what he says. I guess Carl is the only one who "understands" what he says. Haha.

Being 19 months old, the little one is still babbling in his baby language with occassionally words sounding like "jie jie", "ah-ma", "por por" and "pa-pa". Are boys really slow in talking?

Drink or Play?

Recently the little one developed a bad habit. After drinking water, he would play with the bottle and let the water seep out from the straw. Knowing that he would perform such a act, I would take the bottle away from him after he had finish drinking. When I try to take the bottle away from him, he would start to cry and he would hold on to the bottle very tightly. Basically I had to force open his fingers to take the bottle. Hubby comments that the little one take after my short temper.

Family Affair

Had dinner with sis and mum last Saturday at Vivocity's 三盅两件. As usual the little one showed off his cheekness to everyone. He was exceptionally good during the dinner, did not fuss a lot. After the dinner, we went to do a bit of shopping then went back home.

Second Swim

We brought the little one for his second swim after Jovia's first birthday party last Sunday. The little one enjoyed himself very much. Initially he was just standing at the same spot playing and splashing the water. After 10 mins, he began to walk around in the baby pool, not scared of falling down. He also got his share of drinking the pool's water. Haha.

Happy 17 months old!

Another month passed and you are one month older! During this one month, you had been very playful and stubborn. You still only have 6 teeth and there is no signs that the rest of the teeth are going grow out. You are able to listen to simple instruction but sometimes pretend not to hear any of our words. You are still very clingy to your ma-ma and me. You will cry whenever we are out of your sight especially at home. You now taller than the dining table. You have learnt to climb up the dining chairs but please be careful as you might fall and hurt yourself. Love you! Smuck!

Zoo Zoo Zoo

Last Saturday, we made a trip to our Singapore Zoo with a couple of friends. We reached there close to 4pm and had only 2 hours to tour the whole place. Though it was a bit rush, it was still fun as it had been years since my last visit to the zoo. By the way it was the little one first visit to the zoo. Well he was not very excited when looking at the animals. He just stare at them. Haha. Guess he must be terrified by the animals. Haha.

[ $2 Singapore Zoo mineral water ]

[ father and son looking at polar bear ]

[ close up look at the tall giraffe ]

[ family 大头照 ]

[ petite penguins ]

[ clever and playful seal ]

[ in the tram, on the way back to the entrance ]