Family Day!

Whee.... yesterday was really an enjoyable family day. We started the day at Parkway Parade. We had lunch at Central. After lunch, we headed to Polliwogs at East Coast Park. Auntie E-Wen and Zac were waiting for us there at 2pm. It was my first time at Polliwogs and i was so happy. We went to the ball pit and i love it. I was laughing and making so much noise. I wasn't scare of getting myself buried in the pool of colourful balls. The other older kids were jumping into the ball pit and mummy had to be alert and prevent them from banging into me. After the ball pit, i climbed up the steps to the slide and mummy was surprised i could climb well and fast up the stairs. I enjoyed the slide the most and went up and down the slide many many times. Then we went into the other section where there are some tunnels and obstacles. I enjoyed myself too though i didn't really fancy the tunnel much. we spent 2 hours at Polliwogs before Zac got cranky and wanted to go home. After Polliwogs, daddy sent us to Plaza Singapura and we shopped around before walking down from PS to Orchard Ion to see the christmas lightings. By then i was pretty tired and didn't smile as much as earlier in the day. Occasionally, i would wake up to see the Christmas decorations along the streets and malls. The rest of the time, i was napping in mummy's carrier.

My separation anxiety

I finally get to understand what separation anxiety really is cos i experiencing it right now. It started 2 days ago. On sat, daddy drove me to grandma's house and when grandma picked me up from daddy, i cried. I wanted to follow daddy to work. Then it happened again this morning. Daddy drove mummy and me to grandma's house and when grandma carried me from mummy, i cried. I also wanted to follow mummy to work. In the past even when i saw daddy and mummy leaving after putting me at grandma's place, i don't even care. Sometimes i would even wave goodbyes to them. I guessed i'm older now and i am able to understand more things. I have always followed wither daddy or mummy around and i want to follow them everywhere.

Shopping at Ikea

Yesterday i went to Ikea Tampines with daddy, mummy and grandma. We had lunch at the Ikea Restaurant and it was packed with people. We waited for quite some time to get a table and waited even longer to find a baby chair. Daddy bought lots of food - chicken wings, salmon burger sets, spaghetti with meatballs and curry puffs. After lunch we went shopping at Ikea. I was so happy when mummy bought me to the kids corner. There are swings, pushcart and toys and i love to push the cart around. When it was time to go, i cried because i still want to continue pushing the cart around. Mummy had to distract me with something to stop my crying. Then daddy got the trolley and let me sit in it. It was fun and i start to feel happy again. After 1-2 hous of shopping, we left Ikea.

13 mths and beyond

At 13 months, i love to do the following:
1) Tilt my head to the side, smile and act cute
2) Shake my head when i don't want something
3) Babbling loads which both daddy and mummy couldn't understand
4) Opening and closing anything with doors (shoe cabinet, kitchen cabinets, wardrobe sliding door,etc)
5) Pressing the lift buttons
6) Getting in and out of bumbo seat by myself
7) Watch cartoon network
8) Climb all over daddy or mummy in bed
9) Snatch daddy's Iphone and mummy's itouch

Playgroup

I went to Caris and Chloe's playgroup at Kindercom today. Caris and Chloe seem to enjoy the class. There are mainly 3 groups of kids doing different activities. One group were singing and dancing along with the music, another doing art and craft work and a group playing with toys. The teacher also helped Chloe do her colouring by holding her hand and guiding her. I was crawling inside the room and was very happy and excited to see so many friends. I crawled to the group playing with toys and joined them. I was so engrossed in playing and didn't mind when 1 indian girl came over and touch me on my face. I was the youngest there and the kids ran up to me and tried to befriend me. Mummy saw that i was enjoying myself in the class and asked for more info from the teacher. However i'm still too young to join and i can't even walk steadily. Looks like the earliest is to wait till i turned 18mths.

Mini Me at Work

When mummy first bought the toy pony for me, i couldn't ride well. I will sit on it for less than 5 mins. Now that i'm older i appreciate the pony more, i can now ride it around the whole house.

After sending daddy off at the door for his soccer session, i decided to have some fun wearing mummy's sandals. In no time, i should be seen walking around the house in mummy's heels.

See? This is how you carry your handbag. I've been secretly observing how mummy carries her bags and tadah!! Do i carry my bag with style?

Fever Bug

It must be the eratic weather that made me sick. I was having runny nose on wed morning when mummy sent me to grandma's house. In the evening when she picked me up, my flu got worse. My nose was practically like a "running tap". I hate it when mummy tried to wipe my nose. I was feeling so uncomfortable that i didn't sleep well. I slept after 12 midnight and i woke mummy up several times from crying with my eyes closed. I was feeling miserable and mummy was also getting tired trying to coax me back to sleep. At 4plus, i woke mummy up again with my cries and she thought i could be hungry and made me some milk. After my milk, i didn't feel any better and was whining again. Then mummy realised i was feeling feverish and woke daddy up. As there was no fever medicine at home, daddy and mummy decided to bring me to TMC 24 hour clinic. We made our way to the hospital at 5am and reached home at 6.30am. By then i was so tired and i slept all the way home till 11am.

Birthday parties!

Today it a hectic day for mummy and me. We attended Yu-Qi and Claudia's 1st birthday parties at Jurong and Punggol. Daddy drove us to Yu-Qi's party. At Yu-Qi's party at Parc Oasis, there is a nice play corner with slide and see-saw. I went down the slide, it was fun and i kept crawling everywhere. Mummy was so tired pulling me back to prevent me from snatching Yu-Fei's toy and carrying me all around the function room to "entertain" me with the balloons. I saw Zachary and was so happy but he seems to forget me. He didn't respond to me when i talked to him. I kept reaching out to him but he just stay quiet. Well, maybe he will remember me later. After Yu-Qi's cake cutting ceremony, we rushed down to Claudia's party with Auntie E-wen and Zachary. We reached Claudia's place at 3.30pm and was just in time for the cake cutting ceremony. Phew! What a mad rush for us. Both Yu-Qi and Claudia's cake are Hello Kitty theme and they are so pretty and yummy. Auntie Sharon's house is really filled with toys. There are simply too many toys for me to discover and play with. I had a good time playing in the play room before daddy came to fetch us back home.

My Lunar Bday & Mee Sua

Today is a very special day because it's my lunar birthday, daddy and mummy's 2nd customary wedding anniversary and supposed to be mummy's estimated date of delivery last year. And... uncle Qing Feng and Auntie Shangjuan welcomed their baby boy Trevis today too! This morning mummy prepared a bowl of mee sua and 2 eggs for me. It's a chinese tradition to eat mee sua with 2 eggs for lunar birthday. This is the first time i'm tasting mee sua and i must say it is yummy. Mummy was so slow in feeding me and i made a big fuss. I just can't wait for mummy to cut the mee sua into smaller pieces. Every spoonful she put into my mouth was swallowed almost instantly. Delicious!

I love to eat!

The most happy thing about being a toddler is that i get to eat a wider range of food. Dr Ong told mummy that she can start sharing adult food with me when i turned 1 year old. Currently for breakfast and lunch, i am eating BabyNat organic cereal with fruits. Like mummy, i also love berries and mummy will throw in 10 blueberries to eat with my cereal. With the blueberries, i love my cereal even more. For tea break, i had yoplait baby yogurt. It was yummy and i managed to finish the whole tub. Sometimes, mummy will also give my gerber puffs and healthy times teddy puffs for tea. I also love my tofu cos i can get my protein boost from it and i can grow up healthy and strong. Rice grains taste good too and i often get to share rice with daddy and mummy during dinner. Currently my milk intake is about 400ml of formula milk in the day and a feed of breast milk at night. Mummy has bought baby pasta and tomato paste. I'm still waiting for her to cook it for me. Yummy yummy! The thought of it already make me salivate..

Angel or Devil

I'm growing up very fast. Mummy has caught me doing new stunts almost every day. Last week while i was on the train with mummy, i winked at the lady seated next to mummy to get her attention and it worked. She was smiling to me and i smiled back. Then i winked at her again and again. Mummy told the lady i was being cheeky. I also love to play peek a boo behind the handle bar while on the train. Each time i succeeded in getting the attention of the other commuters. I am also learning to make funny sounds. Sometimes i go "ay....", "Eeee", "ummm..." and i also love to yak to my toys or whatever that caught my fancy. Today i learned to suck in my upper lips and make this really grouchy face. I know i don't look adorable with that kind of face but who cares. It's fun! My temper isn't too good nowadays, if i wanted something i will grab hold of the thing tightly. Like today, daddy tried to snatch my plastic cup out of my hand and i held it firmly. My face was all red as i was using all my strength to hold on to the plastic cup and refusing daddy to take it away. I lost my temper and cried when daddy took it away from me. My grandparents also commented that i got a fiery temper. On good days i can be a sweet angel. Really!!

Happy Halloween .

31st Oct was Halloween. However we don't really celebrate Halloween in Singapore. Serene Yi Yi was telling mummy the other day that she could bring me to night safari to celebrate Halloween. The night safari has planned lots of interesting characters to frighten the guests. Mummy thinks i'm too young for it. Probably she could go with daddy instead. However it was raining the whole of yesterday and the plan was not put through. Anyway, we went to toy r'us at Vivo City the other day and had lots of fun there with all the Halloween stuffs.

Happy Full Month to Colleen

Today is Baby Colleen's full month and we went to La Casa to see baby Colleen. Baby Colleen is so sweet and she was sleeping throughout the whole event. That was exactly what i did for my full month too. We were there early and i have to wait for Caris and Chloe to arrive before we can go swimming. Uncle Adrian said i can go swimming at his condo pool and i was looking forward to playing in the water. Shortly after Caris and Chloe arrived, mummy changed me into my swimming costume and i played in the pool with my cousins. Mummy didn't join me in the pool today and i was glad Caris was pushing me around the pool in my wave rider.