Daredevil

We recently went to B's birthday party in an indoor play area and you were so excited you just ran in, forgetting about us.  You joined the big boys in the >4 years old area and was up and down slides etc.  There was this spiral slide that was to the ceiling of the building that you insisted on going in.  I thought the climb up to the beginning of the slide was quite precarious as you were not even tall enough for the height of the 'steps'.  But, you were very determined, pulling on the side safety net to hoist you up until you reached the top.  I am pretty sure you were scared when you reached the top as you shouted 'Mummy' but there was no other way down.. and I heard you 'AAAaaaahhhhhhHHH' all the way down :)  But, that only made your adrenalin pump more as you wanted to go on it again and again :)

Can you see hm on the left?

Soon to be 'Kor-kor'

I suppose as am approaching the 4th month of pregnancy, I can make it official that we will be a family of 4 in April.  At the moment, we're still not sure if it's a boy or girl but you always call it your baby 'sister'.  We'll be happy either way :)  We told you after my 12 week scan.  When we showed you the pictures, you kept asking, 'why is there a hole in mummy's tummy?'  I suppose anything black is a 'hole' to you?  Saying that, you have been very sweet as have been asking to 'sayang' the baby everyday.  Let's pray that it will continue to be like this after the baby is born. We're excited, but a little apprehensive about coping with 2 little ones.  Thank God for His strength and grace :)

3 Years Old

You completed 3 years of your life on 27th September.  How time flies!! 

Thankfully I was on nights and could get some time to see you have a little party with your nursery friends.  You chose your own batman cake (although some were shocked that I didn't make it myself since it was sooo simple ;))

With all your friends that spend most of your time with

For your party, we wanted to do something different, but at the same time did not have much time to plan for it.  Thankfully for the great many outdoor farms and play areas here, we all had an amazing party at Church Farm that weekend.  Thank God for the GORGEOUS weather!!  All we had to do was prepare the food and deco, and everything else was taken care of.  Thank you sisters for all your help!

Feeding the donkey

Barrel ride - your favourite

A giant swing with the girls

All aboard the tractor

Maybe men, you should be giving them a hand? :)

You always said it was going to be a Thomas cake

All eyeing the candle

An attempt at trying to take a family photo - This may be the best shot after numerous times

Spot the birthday boy

Thank you to everybody for your presents!!  I opened it all that night

Developments

It's not the easiest trying to get you to colour or do activity books for more than 10 minutes.  Why do kids have such short attention span (except when they are on the iphone or ipad)?  However, you do like joining numbers and love matching activities.  Lots of credit goes to gong gong and popo who were really patient in teaching you lots while they were here.  You can nearly write your name, count to 100 and do extremely simple addition like 1+2, 2+2.  Now that they have gone back, I need to try and keep up the good work, but it is difficult.

A week before your third birthday, you learnt to float on your own with arm bands!!  It was amazing watching you try to 'swim' without holding on to Ric or me.  Every time you let go, you would 'panic' a little by excessively kicking and moving your hands and Richard had to keep reminding you to slow and calm down, quite funny.

Last of summer - Hilbre Island

We tried to make the most of weekends before it became freezing cold.  So, a few weeks ago, a few familes including us went to West Kirky beach and we all walked across to Hilbre Island (about a mile away) at low tide.  Fun, but extremely tiring!!

The long walk begins

Finally at Hilbre Island

 

This is how we got you there ;)

Smart remarks

Richard:  Isaac, I am the fat controller (station master from Thomas the Tank)
Isaac:  NO!! You don't have a hat!
Me:  OK, Mummy is the fat controller then.
Isaac:  NO!! You are not a boy! You cannot be fat controller

After finishing the bread for feeding ducks in the park
Isaac:  There's no more bread for you now, ducks,  BYE!!
(we had quite a few smiles from passerbys)

After an episode of 'Octonauts'
Richard: I am a beluga whale
Isaac: You are not big enough!!

When we ask you to do something or when it's near bed time, your replies are:
'I'm not ready yet' or 'In a minute' or 'It's not time yet' or 'I need to do ___ first', coming up with all sorts of excuses.

A walk in the park is entertaining as you give us a walking commentary of everything that is going on, which really put smiles on our faces. 

The beauty of our own garden

There has been no regrets of moving to this home.  For one, it is MUCH warmer.  It is also amazing to finally have our own garden.  I did have great plans of wanting to have our own vegetable patch and grow flowers to teach Isaac some 'responsibilities' but all that has been delayed.  My excuse is that it is too late to start anything now as autumn and winter are on its way :)  The garden has however been put to good use with ball kicking nearly everyday, occasional water gun fights and cycling for you.