Arms growing longer.....

Tapigu

Ah Mah: YY, 要去洗手间小便吗?
BY: Don't want!
..........a short while later, a puddle forms on the floor...
Ah Mah: YY ! 你不听话...要打屁股.
......and before it actually happens, ...
BY: Ouch! ouch! ouch!!!

Unignorable

That's you. Impossible to ignore!

In the mornings, what normally starts out as a grumble turns into a loud protest and then ultimately, a full blown tantrum worth 100 decibles - equivalent to a garbage truck - in less than 10minutes.

This morning, too exhausted to get up, I imagined in my dreams that your Papa will wake up to make your milk. Likewise I think, after having only arrived back from an overseas work trip yesterday, he 'dreamt' that I was the one making it.

Your grumble escalated into a tantrum sure enough and then you had the both of us up on our feet. Your Papa tried to calm you down with all sorts of distractions but you will have none of that. I was desperately trying to mix the correct amount of water with hot water & milk powder, with my eyes half shut! Finally, I hand the bottle to you. What a brat! With the bottle in your mouth, you had a complain still one more time, "arhhHHHHHHHHHHH, KARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR@!!!" before settling back to bed with it. Aiyoh-ah baby, don't like dat leh.

By the way, prolonged exposure to any noise above 90 dB can cause gradual hearing loss do you know that?

Salty, oh Salty!!!!

Mommy: .........salty, spin us another one, .........salty, sing us another one, .........salty, one more story will do.....salty,
BY: .....oooooooohhh salty!.........
Mommy: We'd always follow.......
BY:.....Yooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuu!!!

BY: saltysalty!!
Mommy:... again??
BY *nod nod*
Mommy *sigh*

.......and here we go again..... for the 28th encore..!!

hello

Hey, had this conversation with your Papa a couple of days ago... I asked him if he remembered the first word he said to you on the day you were born...and he looked at me blankly. Hahhaha. I really don't think I expect an answer...it was more of a poser, so that your Papa can question me back and I'd have a answer!!!

So, what was my answer? It was the world's most commonplace greeting. It was, "hello". A very gentle one with no exclamation, no caps.

What's my point huh? I think the significance of that is that at your arrival, I've already recognised you as an individual and not something that I possess.

I do not, for example say... "I love you!" because that would have been pretty empty. Not untrue but it sounds silly when all you had was hours of labour pain and massive discomfort the weeks before leading up to the BIG day... so saying that must be a reassurance of sorts to only yourself. Like the poser earlier, "l love you" would probably demand a "I love you too!" in return. Hmmm....not likely since all the little purple person can do at that point is wail as loud as he can to fill those lungs of his with air.

Neither did I say..."You're so beautiful!" because I knew already quite early on that you are a boy... nor " Don't be naughty okay!" because that'll be a threat..and that's not very welcoming don't you think?

So, "hello" there dear little fellow. You are already allowed to become you before you even knew how to say "Don't want!".

CHEERS!

Mother's Day

...was spent at the beach with a very cute little boy who looked like a peacock in this picture...


...who enjoyed pouring sand into water and water into sand....




...and who basically had loads of fun with a tiny excavator, some buckets, a mini lego wheelbarrow and a borrowed spade from a 6 year old boy playing nearby.

Mummy was on this plane today!

Passport

You don't have a passport yet do you know that? Mummy experimented with taking your 'passport' photos this morning, putting you against this wall and that wall... don't think you were very amused by it.

Eh, I think you are like 2% esotropic. You right eye focuses well but not your left...so if anyone asks you about it in future, you can give them any one of the 3 reasons below:

(1) My Mummy worked in advertising and rejected one too many talent who was cross-eyed !?!
(2) It's genetic. My Papa is cross-eyed too! My Mummy's not though. That's why only 1 eye affected...
(3) My parents love me so much, they spend a lot of time staring at me when I was a baby. I had no choice but to stare back so that strained my eyes a little...

Up and away!!!

Ah Gong: Papa zha na ni?
BY: Papa qu zhou fei ji...Up Up UP!!!!!

Twinkle Dumpty

Mummy: Twinkle twinkle little ...
BY: sTTTTTTTARRRRRR
Mummy: Up above the world so
BY:HIGHH
Mummy: Like a diamond in the...
BY: sKYYYYYYYYYYYY
Mummy: Twinkle twinkle little....
BY: STTTTTTTTTTAR!

Mummy: Humpty Dumpty sat on the....
BY: WALL
Mummy: Humpty Dumpty had a great
BY: FALLLL
Mummy: All the king's
BY: Orsers
Mummy: and all the king's
BY: MAN!
Mummy: Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together.....
BY: "MOR???" short form for shen mo "what" in chinese
Mummy: again!
BY: AGAIN!!!

Mummy & BY: YEAH!!! CLAP CLAP!!!

Playmobil Fire-fighting equipment - IT'S FOR REAL!

WOW!!! You can actually add water into the pumps and make the hose spray water!!! I'm soooooooooo impressed when your Ah Gong told me so and that the both of you spent quite a bit of time watering the plants in the garden with this tiny tiny tiny nozzle. Amazing!

Kisses

Recently, you decided that kisses are meant to be planted on lips and so, when we come home from work, you'd first give us THE BIG HUG and then THE KISS ON THE LIPS. I find it very strange to have you kissing me on the lips and I think your Papa feels the same, just more so by the expression on his face everytime you do that. I think it's just a passing phase because soon you'd go into the 'yucks that's gross' phase and then I'd regret not ever collecting as many kisses as I can from you now. Hahhaaha....

SpiderBoy

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Sweaty Boy

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