Jigsaw

I know it's too early for you to do jigsaws but as you now love trains too and this was a bargain, there's no harm in letting you 'play' with it. Surprisingly, you're very patient in learning to piece it together.

Badminton at home

'Sam yi' bought a set of toy racquets and it may be sooner than we think that we can start playing badminton again

First Home BBQ

It was the weekend that we were supposed to have gone camping but had to cancel as a friend broke his ankle. So, the alternative was a BBQ in our 'private garden'. It was also the first time we hosted a BBQ, something that I've wanted to do since coming to UK, but didn't have a chance to. It was great!! Superb weather, good fellowship and as usual, lots of yummy food :)

Chefs in action

Trying to 'kow lui'?

2 men vs 2 boys

Chilling under an apple tree is NOT a good idea when football is played nearby. I suppose apples are smaller, and not thorny, compared with durians :)

Crying 'wolf'

I've not formally or whole-heartedly tried to potty train you yet, but have been telling you what 'poo-poo' and 'wee-wee' are, which you understand. We have actually been quite successful with 'poo-poo', as we have not needed to clean dirty nappies much anymore, but is nowhere near the 'wee-wee' yet.

Unfortunately, you have also learnt that when you say 'poo-poo', you get my immediate attention, which you take advantage of. For example, one morning, I tried to get a few more minutes of sleep and asked you to play with your cars. After a while, you said 'mummy, poo-poo', and of course I got up to get you on the 'throne'. But, after a short while (and no poo), you cheekily said 'no more poo-poo, finished' and then wanted to get off.

However, you took it to another level over the weekend by saying 'mummy, poo-poo' 3 times while eating in a restaurant. After being 'cheated' twice (to toilet, undressed, sat a while, then wanting to get off), I was quite irritated, as knew you 'abused' this command to wander around. So, with the 3rd 'mummy, poo-poo', we ignored and distracted you. Then when home and during your bath, this happened:

You: Mummy, poo-poo
Me: Again? Isaac, don't bluff, finish bathing first..
Sam-yi: NNNOOOOOOooooo!!! (within seconds)

Yes, you 'pooed' into your bath water!!! A lot of it in seconds.. Ming and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it was hilarious. How in the world am I to toilet train you? How do I know when it is real, and when it is an excuse to get attention? Thankfully you don't 'abuse' it very often.

Learning to jump

Another milestone, but not perfected yet.

Tired after all the exercise

Little dare devil?

You LOVE slides. But, I was a little surprised that you kept asking to go on the giant slide when we were at a family day last weekend. I thought you would be scared of it. You squeeled in delight and wanted to go on it again and again. After the 3rd or 4th time, I got too tired climbing up. If only we could be lifted up, we would have been on it endlessly. I enjoyed it too.

Own bed

This is written very much in retrospect. Moving home gave us the perfect opportunity to move you to your own room. However, it was tougher than I thought.

We started by continuing with the cotbed which you were used to but ended up with a mattress by it as your daddy and I got too tired running up and down the corridor in the middle of the night as you occasionally awoke hourly. When you realised that we were sometimes actually sleeping on the mattress, you refused to sleep in your cot, and wanted to sleep on the floor with us. Hence, the decision to remove the cot-sides. There's still the mattress on the floor (with lined pillows just in case you roll off), but at least we could squeeze in the bed with you to put you to sleep, and you learnt to sleep on the bed. The whole process of sleepless nights took about 2 months. Thankfully, you are now settled in your own room, in your own bed and sleeps through the night again. I still do sometimes find you on the floor (mattress) in the morning, but you 'fall' without waking up which is fine :)