Few days ago, En en suddenly started memorised some lines she learnt in school. At first, Mummy didn't know what she said, thought she was mumbling some nonsense (yes, she does that at times..*roll eyes*)
However, she said that few lines again on a later date, and I realised...oh...the words actually made some sense! :P Sorry, Mummy didn't learn that Yong Er Poem, didn't know! :P
Her 1st Tang Poem : 咏鹅
鹅，鹅，鹅，
曲 项 向 天 歌。
白 毛 浮 绿 水，
红 掌 拨 清 波。
Her 2nd Tang Poem : 春晓
春 眠 不 觉 晓，
处 处 闻 啼 鸟。
夜 来 风 雨 声，
花 落 知 多 少。
Monday, December 28, 2009
Our Bangkok Trip 2009
Riding on Papa's shoulders...
Ryan also likes it...
En en and Mummy @ Fuji Japanese Restaurant 
Papa copycat, followed Ryan's new favourite pose. 
This is my latest pose. 
The pose is so popular that En en also did it.
Wow...sweet drink...and Winnie the Pooh plate.
I am a big boy, I want to eat on my own. (even though I make a mess)
En en was happy watching the fountain.
The 2 siblings took a photo with the fountain as their background. But the boy was already quite tired.
My signature pose...
This is my precious moment milk bottle cap...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Ryan is starting to talk
We have always heard others saying, "Boys will learn to speak at a later age as compared to girls". True.
Ryan is only starting to say 2-different words recently. But Papa said he picked up other things more quickly than Enen. Last night, he picked up the air-con remote control and pointed at the air-con and said," Leng leng... Con" I wonder where he learnt it from. We don't turn on the air-con at home. He may have seen it in school or Popo's house I guess.
I think my favourite is what he asks "Shui?" whenever he sees us talking on the phone or typing sms. :p Plus his genuinely kay-po-turned-cheeky look when he says that, as if he really knows who I am talking about. No matter what our answer is, he will give his cheeky grin and walk away having satisfied his curiosity.
His favourite toy seems to be Papa and Mummy's keys. He will keep saying "Do Der...do der" till we give it to him. What's so fun about keys I don't understand. He just likes to hold it and try to stuck it into the keyholes...sometimes when he is playing with the keys, he will try to find any hole and try to "open".
He can sing too, when he is in a good mood. Though I don't know what he is singing.. :P Once when Enen is singing Ni Wa Wa.. he will sing " Ni ni ni (same high pitch) and Wa wa wa (same low pitch)" and keep repeating lor. :p Once in a while, I can make out a few other words like MA..." haa... I remember when En en starts singing, she can only sing the last word of every phrase. Ryan can entertain us (and himself) with his off-tune, off-beat and cannot-make-out-what-lyrics singing.
His ostrich-syndrome comes from his Jiejie I believe. Whenever Papa starts to scold him, he will either cover his eyes with both hands or hide his face against the wall/bed/whatever furniture is nearest to him. He can stay at that position for few minutes without moving! Amazing! For someone who cannot keep still! :P
Ryan is only starting to say 2-different words recently. But Papa said he picked up other things more quickly than Enen. Last night, he picked up the air-con remote control and pointed at the air-con and said," Leng leng... Con" I wonder where he learnt it from. We don't turn on the air-con at home. He may have seen it in school or Popo's house I guess.
I think my favourite is what he asks "Shui?" whenever he sees us talking on the phone or typing sms. :p Plus his genuinely kay-po-turned-cheeky look when he says that, as if he really knows who I am talking about. No matter what our answer is, he will give his cheeky grin and walk away having satisfied his curiosity.
His favourite toy seems to be Papa and Mummy's keys. He will keep saying "Do Der...do der" till we give it to him. What's so fun about keys I don't understand. He just likes to hold it and try to stuck it into the keyholes...sometimes when he is playing with the keys, he will try to find any hole and try to "open".
He can sing too, when he is in a good mood. Though I don't know what he is singing.. :P Once when Enen is singing Ni Wa Wa.. he will sing " Ni ni ni (same high pitch) and Wa wa wa (same low pitch)" and keep repeating lor. :p Once in a while, I can make out a few other words like MA..." haa... I remember when En en starts singing, she can only sing the last word of every phrase. Ryan can entertain us (and himself) with his off-tune, off-beat and cannot-make-out-what-lyrics singing.
His ostrich-syndrome comes from his Jiejie I believe. Whenever Papa starts to scold him, he will either cover his eyes with both hands or hide his face against the wall/bed/whatever furniture is nearest to him. He can stay at that position for few minutes without moving! Amazing! For someone who cannot keep still! :P
Thursday, November 26, 2009
I Need More Patience
I guess I am expecting too much from Reyanne. Recently, I get easily frustrated with her when she does not follow my instructions immediately. Every morning, getting her to get up, change out of her clothes, go into the bathroom, let me brush her teeth without getting scolded is really hard. She likes to lie on her bed after waking up.
I think I am too used to pupils following my instructions immediately and I expect that from her too. Come to think of it...she is only three years old...Maybe because she is now jiejie, so I expect more from her. :P
Okay... mummy will try to be more patient.
I think I am too used to pupils following my instructions immediately and I expect that from her too. Come to think of it...she is only three years old...Maybe because she is now jiejie, so I expect more from her. :P
Okay... mummy will try to be more patient.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
My girl is like me... :D
Today, we went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner. As usual, I ordered my favourite salmon sashimi don. We ordered the kids' set for two of them. (But the waiter came back to tell us there is not 'cute aeroplane-plate' or 'train-plate' to hold the food. Why !?) Papa ordered Unagi fried rice (very nice) and a Kaisen Miso Kaninabe... yummy!
I let En en try a bit of the Salmon Sashimi and she likes it! Kept asking for more. Haha... my girl's taste is like me.. (she doesn't eat chilli too) Ryan doesn't like sashimi though... his taste is like Papa, he likes spicy stuff. En also likes the rice in the Don set, sweet and sticky. What I didn't expect is..she even likes the 'deco' veg that always comes with Sashimi...white raddish or whatever, I don't really know what it is. Papa brought Ryan to take the car, so we stayed a few minutes longer to finish the food. I was about to go when En said she wants to eat that (white raddish?). Thinking that she will not want it after the first mouth, I was wrong! She said it's nice and finished the whole chunk.
Last night, we were on our way home. We all squeezed in the front seat, with Ryan sitting on my lap and En sitting on the storage box between the 2 front seats. She turned her head around and accidentally hit against the metal grill (not very hard.. just a light bump.. luckily). She burst into tears suddenly, at first I didn't know what happened... thought her hand or leg got stuck somewhere. Then she told us she hit the metal grill. Still wailing, she said, "没有牙齿了".
I quickly pacified her saying "有啦，有啦，牙齿还在".
It was only then that Papa inferred from my answer what she said early and started burst out laughing non-stop! I got to keep assuring En that her teeth are still there while trying to control my laughter... so bad...but we couldn't help it... her respond was so funny at that time.
I let En en try a bit of the Salmon Sashimi and she likes it! Kept asking for more. Haha... my girl's taste is like me.. (she doesn't eat chilli too) Ryan doesn't like sashimi though... his taste is like Papa, he likes spicy stuff. En also likes the rice in the Don set, sweet and sticky. What I didn't expect is..she even likes the 'deco' veg that always comes with Sashimi...white raddish or whatever, I don't really know what it is. Papa brought Ryan to take the car, so we stayed a few minutes longer to finish the food. I was about to go when En said she wants to eat that (white raddish?). Thinking that she will not want it after the first mouth, I was wrong! She said it's nice and finished the whole chunk.
Last night, we were on our way home. We all squeezed in the front seat, with Ryan sitting on my lap and En sitting on the storage box between the 2 front seats. She turned her head around and accidentally hit against the metal grill (not very hard.. just a light bump.. luckily). She burst into tears suddenly, at first I didn't know what happened... thought her hand or leg got stuck somewhere. Then she told us she hit the metal grill. Still wailing, she said, "没有牙齿了".
I quickly pacified her saying "有啦，有啦，牙齿还在".
It was only then that Papa inferred from my answer what she said early and started burst out laughing non-stop! I got to keep assuring En that her teeth are still there while trying to control my laughter... so bad...but we couldn't help it... her respond was so funny at that time.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
What a 3-year-old girl would say...
It has been one whole month... and I had been so busy that I didn't update my blog ! Gomenasai!
It's last day of Term 3...will be going to school for a few hours later...so I thought I could come here and leave a note...
Nowadays, I always like to 'chit-chat' with Enen...
It always seems so funny to hear what she answers... :P
Roy was away in Bangkok few days ago... that night, there were only the 2 kids and myself. After all of us had taken our baths... we sat down on the mattress...hang around till it's time for them to sleep.
En took a comb and came over...she asked if she could comb my hair.
Fearing that she would be 'rough' (kids don't know how to control ma...), I said, "ok... but you got to be gentle..." Happily, she started her 'hair-styling' practice.
As I speak to her in Mandarin... I would try to type in Chinese our actual conversation... :P (*sweat*)
妈咪：你很大力。。。
恩：要大力才好。（once, she said I tied her hair too tight...but I told her...must be a bit tight...then it will look neat and nice...so I guess that's why she thought '大力才好）
妈咪：你梳好了吗？
恩：还没有 （过了一回）
妈咪，我跟你梳，就美美了。
然后，你睡觉，就乱了。
（she even emphasized that LUAN le, with exaggerated tone and action)
妈咪：恩，你很忙啊？
恩：嗯，我很忙。
妈咪：你在忙什么？
恩：我在忙你的头发。。。
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妈咪：今天在学校有没有乖乖？
恩：有。
妈咪：你说要给朋友糖糖，有没有给？
恩：没有
妈咪：为什么？
恩：我在忙Ａｒｉｅｌ不要哭 （ｓｈｅ ｍｅａｎｔ．．ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｂｕｓｙ ｔｅｌｌｉｎｇ Ａｒｉｅｌ ｎｏｔ ｔｏ ｃｒｙ）
妈咪：为什么Ａｒｉｅｌ哭？
恩："Hor Yi" (所以）玲欣打她 (she meant 'because'...but she can't say as Suo Yi.. anyway wrong usage...)
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妈咪：谁要喝nen nen?（ｍｉｌｋ）
爸爸：我！ (daddy likes to tease her... because she really likes milk)
恩：不是！不是！你是大人了，大人没有喝ｎｅｎ ｎｅｎ的。只有小人可以喝的。
（mummy and daddy couldn't stop laughing... she meant XIAO HAI...but dunno why she said XIAO REN that night)
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Once, I just bathed Ryan and put him on the bed to dry and dress him. En was beside us.
恩：妈咪，弟弟有尾巴ｈｏｒ．．．
(mummy nearly fainted... if you could guess what she was refering to as the 'tail' ...)
It's last day of Term 3...will be going to school for a few hours later...so I thought I could come here and leave a note...
Nowadays, I always like to 'chit-chat' with Enen...
It always seems so funny to hear what she answers... :P
Roy was away in Bangkok few days ago... that night, there were only the 2 kids and myself. After all of us had taken our baths... we sat down on the mattress...hang around till it's time for them to sleep.
En took a comb and came over...she asked if she could comb my hair.
Fearing that she would be 'rough' (kids don't know how to control ma...), I said, "ok... but you got to be gentle..." Happily, she started her 'hair-styling' practice.
As I speak to her in Mandarin... I would try to type in Chinese our actual conversation... :P (*sweat*)
妈咪：你很大力。。。
恩：要大力才好。（once, she said I tied her hair too tight...but I told her...must be a bit tight...then it will look neat and nice...so I guess that's why she thought '大力才好）
妈咪：你梳好了吗？
恩：还没有 （过了一回）
妈咪，我跟你梳，就美美了。
然后，你睡觉，就乱了。
（she even emphasized that LUAN le, with exaggerated tone and action)
妈咪：恩，你很忙啊？
恩：嗯，我很忙。
妈咪：你在忙什么？
恩：我在忙你的头发。。。
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
妈咪：今天在学校有没有乖乖？
恩：有。
妈咪：你说要给朋友糖糖，有没有给？
恩：没有
妈咪：为什么？
恩：我在忙Ａｒｉｅｌ不要哭 （ｓｈｅ ｍｅａｎｔ．．ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｂｕｓｙ ｔｅｌｌｉｎｇ Ａｒｉｅｌ ｎｏｔ ｔｏ ｃｒｙ）
妈咪：为什么Ａｒｉｅｌ哭？
恩："Hor Yi" (所以）玲欣打她 (she meant 'because'...but she can't say as Suo Yi.. anyway wrong usage...)
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妈咪：谁要喝nen nen?（ｍｉｌｋ）
爸爸：我！ (daddy likes to tease her... because she really likes milk)
恩：不是！不是！你是大人了，大人没有喝ｎｅｎ ｎｅｎ的。只有小人可以喝的。
（mummy and daddy couldn't stop laughing... she meant XIAO HAI...but dunno why she said XIAO REN that night)
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Once, I just bathed Ryan and put him on the bed to dry and dress him. En was beside us.
恩：妈咪，弟弟有尾巴ｈｏｒ．．．
(mummy nearly fainted... if you could guess what she was refering to as the 'tail' ...)
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Ryan's 1st Month in Childcare
Finally, little Ryan seemed to have settled down in the childcare. We sent him to Childcare on 16 June 2009. In the first week, I accompanied him as it was his first few days. He would cry whenever I tried to walk away. The scariest part for mummy was to see him cry till his lower face and mouth turned purplish black as he cried and held on to his breath till he was out of breath. On his first day, I left too early (around 11am) because poor mummy didn't have breakfast, so I left centre to buy some food and stuff. I thought he would be fine if he had food (centre's lunch time is 11.30am). However, he cried and refused to eat when the teachers fed him. They tried to give him milk, but he didn't take it too. So teachers called me, I was already on my way back to the centre, thinking that I could put him to bed before I go home. I fed him the beehoon, after which he could still drink the milk. However, he was too tired from all the crying and become very grouchy. In the end, I brought him home to take a nap. His papa said I could bring him back to centre to play for a while after his nap. So I did. He seemed fine as long as I was around.
On the second day, I spent the entire morning with him. I left only when he fell asleep at 12 plus. I returned at 3pm to see how he was, Teacher Dorothy said he woke up at 1 plus, whined a while but was fine after that. Since he didn't see me, I left the centre again. :P
On the third day, it was about the same. That ended Ryan's 1st week in Childcare.
On the following Sunday, Ryan was down with fever. It came back on Monday afternoon, so I got to fetch him to doctor. He was sick for the whole week and didn't get to attend school. He got lung infections and high fever. It was also a tough week, got to bring him to the doctor a few times to review and check. At 1 point in time, the doctor said if the new antibiotics didn't work for him, we got to send him to the hospital. Luckily, the new medicine worked and his fever went down. Phew..
So...after 1 week of absence, we got to start all over again - getting Ryan used to the school routine. At first, he would cry very dramatically when the teacher carried him in. (Mummy could not accompany him in anymore since it's not his first few days... and because of the H1N1 situation, no parents are even allowed to step inside the centre.)
Whenever we go to fetch him, we would hear his teacher's feedback. He kissed a girl in Enen's class... pulled Enen's and her friend's hair.He seemed to be scared of the centre supervisor - Jasmine. Whenever he cried, the teachers would pretend to call for Jasmine, he would stop crying and looked around , as if to see if Jasmine is here.
Basically, his morning cries became lesser, but still cried, whenever he went sent to school. After 2 weeks, he seemed to be familiar with the routine, getting used to it. Last Thursday 16 July, it happened to be Teacher Dorothy on duty at the centre entrance. He didn't hide behind my legs or clung on to me tightly. He walked to Teacher Dorothy who carried him and put him on the chair to remove his shoes, check for temperature and so on. Only then, he started to cry...but only for a while, when he was carried in, he stopped crying. On Friday 17 July, it was not Teacher Dorothy at the door, he hid behind my legs and peeped at the teacher, and decided to sit on the chair outside the centre. Teacher Dorothy came to receive him, when he heard her saying, "Hello Ryan.." he turned and immediately came down from the chair and went in on his own! He tried to take off his shoes. Amazing thing was he DIDN'T CRY at all that day!
WELL DONE! Hahaha...
Reyanne took 1 whole month to get used to the childcare centre. Ryan took only 2 weeks! ( since his 2nd week was spent at home)
Hopefully he will do the same from now on :p
On the second day, I spent the entire morning with him. I left only when he fell asleep at 12 plus. I returned at 3pm to see how he was, Teacher Dorothy said he woke up at 1 plus, whined a while but was fine after that. Since he didn't see me, I left the centre again. :P
On the third day, it was about the same. That ended Ryan's 1st week in Childcare.
On the following Sunday, Ryan was down with fever. It came back on Monday afternoon, so I got to fetch him to doctor. He was sick for the whole week and didn't get to attend school. He got lung infections and high fever. It was also a tough week, got to bring him to the doctor a few times to review and check. At 1 point in time, the doctor said if the new antibiotics didn't work for him, we got to send him to the hospital. Luckily, the new medicine worked and his fever went down. Phew..
So...after 1 week of absence, we got to start all over again - getting Ryan used to the school routine. At first, he would cry very dramatically when the teacher carried him in. (Mummy could not accompany him in anymore since it's not his first few days... and because of the H1N1 situation, no parents are even allowed to step inside the centre.)
Whenever we go to fetch him, we would hear his teacher's feedback. He kissed a girl in Enen's class... pulled Enen's and her friend's hair.He seemed to be scared of the centre supervisor - Jasmine. Whenever he cried, the teachers would pretend to call for Jasmine, he would stop crying and looked around , as if to see if Jasmine is here.
Basically, his morning cries became lesser, but still cried, whenever he went sent to school. After 2 weeks, he seemed to be familiar with the routine, getting used to it. Last Thursday 16 July, it happened to be Teacher Dorothy on duty at the centre entrance. He didn't hide behind my legs or clung on to me tightly. He walked to Teacher Dorothy who carried him and put him on the chair to remove his shoes, check for temperature and so on. Only then, he started to cry...but only for a while, when he was carried in, he stopped crying. On Friday 17 July, it was not Teacher Dorothy at the door, he hid behind my legs and peeped at the teacher, and decided to sit on the chair outside the centre. Teacher Dorothy came to receive him, when he heard her saying, "Hello Ryan.." he turned and immediately came down from the chair and went in on his own! He tried to take off his shoes. Amazing thing was he DIDN'T CRY at all that day!
WELL DONE! Hahaha...
Reyanne took 1 whole month to get used to the childcare centre. Ryan took only 2 weeks! ( since his 2nd week was spent at home)
Hopefully he will do the same from now on :p
Monday, June 22, 2009
Ryan goes to school!
Hard to believe, little Ryan actually starts attending school... hmm...ok...childcare centre. :p
I can accompany him for the first 3 days. On the first day, when I was around, he was quite good, played with the toys, ignored whatever the teacher was doing, just walked around as if it was his house...messing around with the toys. There are altogether 8 children in the Toddler Class, with 2 teachers attending to them. 2 girls and 6 boys. Ryan is the youngest (only 17 months). Little Keefe gorgor seemed to like him a lot, he kept wanting to hold his hands, hold Ryan's bottle to let him drink, and even ran to pull out a piece of tissue to wipe his mouth.
The first morning, when it was around lunch time, I thought I could sneak away for awhile to eat...(mummy was hungry...without breakfast since morning). I left the centre for about half an hour to take my lunch and buy a bit of groceries (I planned to go home, thinking that he should be alright). However, teacher Dorothy called me to say he kept crying non-stop, refused to eat when they fed him. I went back to feed him. Then I thought must let him try bathing in school. That's when he gave me a shock. I let the teacher bring him in, he cried and cried, till he was almost out of breathe and his mouth and face turned purplish black !! The teacher quickly pat him and carried him back to me...and he could stop almost immediately. Teacher Dorothy said some kids will do that.
- - to be continued - -
I can accompany him for the first 3 days. On the first day, when I was around, he was quite good, played with the toys, ignored whatever the teacher was doing, just walked around as if it was his house...messing around with the toys. There are altogether 8 children in the Toddler Class, with 2 teachers attending to them. 2 girls and 6 boys. Ryan is the youngest (only 17 months). Little Keefe gorgor seemed to like him a lot, he kept wanting to hold his hands, hold Ryan's bottle to let him drink, and even ran to pull out a piece of tissue to wipe his mouth.
The first morning, when it was around lunch time, I thought I could sneak away for awhile to eat...(mummy was hungry...without breakfast since morning). I left the centre for about half an hour to take my lunch and buy a bit of groceries (I planned to go home, thinking that he should be alright). However, teacher Dorothy called me to say he kept crying non-stop, refused to eat when they fed him. I went back to feed him. Then I thought must let him try bathing in school. That's when he gave me a shock. I let the teacher bring him in, he cried and cried, till he was almost out of breathe and his mouth and face turned purplish black !! The teacher quickly pat him and carried him back to me...and he could stop almost immediately. Teacher Dorothy said some kids will do that.
- - to be continued - -
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Our Family 'Outing' ? - Buffet
These are the photos taken during our Buffet lunch at International Seafood Market and Restaurant. I am the one taking photos....so no Mummy in any photo :(
But...where is Popo ??
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
En en's 3rd Birthday
These are a few photos taken for Reyanne's 3rd Birthday Celebration. We cut three cakes in all! One for actual day with Yeye and Nainai (and 2 cousins). One for her school with her friends and teachers. Last but not least, with Gonggong, Popo, Gugu and Ahyi (and Lao-Ma). :)We went for buffet on Sunday to celebrate Belated Mother's Day, Father's Day (in advance) and perhaps also Reyanne's Birthday :P 3-in-1
Thursday, May 28, 2009
On 28 May 2006...
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Three years ago, baby Reyanne arrived... till this day, I could still remember every detail (though my memory of other things seemed to fail me...) I think I want to jot down what happened exactly... on the day, my little princess came to the world :)
That was 2 days after school closed, a SUNDAY...my 1st Sunday in June 2006. My gynae Dr WK Tan said my due date is 060606, 6 June 2006. I thought it was a wonderful date... but then little Reyanne couldn't wait till 060606, she decided to come out on 28052006. :)
That morning, I jumped up from bed at 9am because my water bag started to leak...as it was my first experience, I didn't know, at first I thought it's... shhh shhh.. haha. then I realised, it's different...I couldn't control it at all...
We had planned to go all the way to the West to get some accessories for her, but this unforseen circumstances made us change our plans. We were halfway to our destination when we decided to head for Thomson Medical Centre. We reached there at about 11am, did the registration and they pushed me in to what's-that-called? 'waiting ward' or whatever...
Had my sandwich there...and happily waited. Roy sent mum back (as she was with us in the car) then he made his way back to the hospital. This Papa-to-be happily set up his laptop and did his work while poor Mummy-to-be lied on the bed in pain, as contraction began at 1plus in the afternoon.
After sometime, I thought I had already reached the limit, couldn't tolerate the pain anymore, then I requested for the Epidural. But, it seemed to take forever for that guy to reach the ward to do the injection. When he reached the ward, he still chatted with the nurse on duty and time seemed to move by sooooo slowly... I was in so much pain that I was actually scolding him for taking his own sweet time. And, guess what, the epidural didn't take effect on my whole body. Half of my body was numb, but the other half could still feel the pain. The nurse said,'maybe it didn't 'flow' properly.'...whatever excuse or reason given, I couldn't help thinking why I was unlucky !
Anyway, I waited till 5pm when Dr Tan came in to check on me. She said "ok, ready to deliver!"
Initially, I thought I had to push for a long long time, then bit by bit the baby would come out... but it wasn't that way! Dr Tan asked me to get ready and followed her cue to PUSH... ok... I think I was a pretty good student, baby Reyanne came out at the third push ! Reyanne came out at 5.26pm that day.
That was 2 days after school closed, a SUNDAY...my 1st Sunday in June 2006. My gynae Dr WK Tan said my due date is 060606, 6 June 2006. I thought it was a wonderful date... but then little Reyanne couldn't wait till 060606, she decided to come out on 28052006. :)
That morning, I jumped up from bed at 9am because my water bag started to leak...as it was my first experience, I didn't know, at first I thought it's... shhh shhh.. haha. then I realised, it's different...I couldn't control it at all...
We had planned to go all the way to the West to get some accessories for her, but this unforseen circumstances made us change our plans. We were halfway to our destination when we decided to head for Thomson Medical Centre. We reached there at about 11am, did the registration and they pushed me in to what's-that-called? 'waiting ward' or whatever...
Had my sandwich there...and happily waited. Roy sent mum back (as she was with us in the car) then he made his way back to the hospital. This Papa-to-be happily set up his laptop and did his work while poor Mummy-to-be lied on the bed in pain, as contraction began at 1plus in the afternoon.
After sometime, I thought I had already reached the limit, couldn't tolerate the pain anymore, then I requested for the Epidural. But, it seemed to take forever for that guy to reach the ward to do the injection. When he reached the ward, he still chatted with the nurse on duty and time seemed to move by sooooo slowly... I was in so much pain that I was actually scolding him for taking his own sweet time. And, guess what, the epidural didn't take effect on my whole body. Half of my body was numb, but the other half could still feel the pain. The nurse said,'maybe it didn't 'flow' properly.'...whatever excuse or reason given, I couldn't help thinking why I was unlucky !
Anyway, I waited till 5pm when Dr Tan came in to check on me. She said "ok, ready to deliver!"
Initially, I thought I had to push for a long long time, then bit by bit the baby would come out... but it wasn't that way! Dr Tan asked me to get ready and followed her cue to PUSH... ok... I think I was a pretty good student, baby Reyanne came out at the third push ! Reyanne came out at 5.26pm that day.
After my gynae 'finished' the rest of her 'work', I was already busy sms-ing people at 5.45pm :)
Haha... hard to believe someone who just delivered could look so energetic... (how lucky am I)
ok..that's my 'recollection' of Reyanne's arrival... and now she is already 3 years old!! Oh my goodness...how time flies... :)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Reyanne...vain ?
Already 1 hour past Mother's Day...well we just returned from Cousin's wedding, so can't be in time. :)
Reyanne is a vain girl. ( my fault ?? :P)
She has been choosing her own dresses, shoes to match, which colour hairclips to match with her clothes, and even socks (whether the socks will be seen if she is wearing that pair of boots)
Sometimes, when we are not in a hurry, I will try to find something to suit her preference for the day. But when we are in a rush, I get frustrated easily. When she doesn't want to wear the clothes I pick, (and if I decide to shorten the time for her to make decision), I would only give her two choices. I would be firm and said it's either this or that...if not no more! It works all the time.
Once, she suddenly picked a pair of sandals that she seldom wears. Didn't really ask her the reason...but it's Papa who said, "Oh... there are fish on the sandals, so can match the fish-shape hairclip she chose that day." (Mummy just rolled her eyes)
We bought this pair of white boots for her sometime ago. Her feet have grown bigger, so I think it's time to wear that pair of boots. She wore a pair of lacy socks which are above ankles that day, so the lace could be seen - pretty. Few days later, I pick another pair of socks without lace , and a bit shorter than the lacy pair. After putting on her boots, she told me,"Mummy, this pair of socks...cannot see...want to change." (Ok...fine...change)
Not only once, she told me, "Mummy, 我要好漂亮的衣服。”
Mummy can only answer, "Mummy 给你穿的都很漂亮的啦。”
Girls are girls.... will want to follow what mummy does.
She wants to apply the hair moisturiser / hair cream I use.
She likes to hold the lipstick I put on the dressing table.
Once, (longgg ago) she could play with a small box of jewellery (shiny stones) for more than half an hour without losing concentration / without disturbing us...
Today, she saw me putting make up and curling eye-lashes.
She kept staring at me and kept asking "Mummy, 你在做什么？”
She wanted to apply my eye shadow..I said little kids no need to apply.
After I finish my make-up, she was so cute...she said, "Mummy, 你很漂亮，快点给爸爸看。”
(er... you mean... when Mummy doesn't put on make-up....Mummy is ugly ???)
Her favourite colours are pink (for clothes) and green (for sweets).
Once she commented my black T-shirt is not nice...so I ask her what colour is nice.
To her, green is 好漂亮 and pink is cute. (yeah... she likes pink...just like me)
Reyanne is a vain girl. ( my fault ?? :P)
She has been choosing her own dresses, shoes to match, which colour hairclips to match with her clothes, and even socks (whether the socks will be seen if she is wearing that pair of boots)
Sometimes, when we are not in a hurry, I will try to find something to suit her preference for the day. But when we are in a rush, I get frustrated easily. When she doesn't want to wear the clothes I pick, (and if I decide to shorten the time for her to make decision), I would only give her two choices. I would be firm and said it's either this or that...if not no more! It works all the time.
Once, she suddenly picked a pair of sandals that she seldom wears. Didn't really ask her the reason...but it's Papa who said, "Oh... there are fish on the sandals, so can match the fish-shape hairclip she chose that day." (Mummy just rolled her eyes)
We bought this pair of white boots for her sometime ago. Her feet have grown bigger, so I think it's time to wear that pair of boots. She wore a pair of lacy socks which are above ankles that day, so the lace could be seen - pretty. Few days later, I pick another pair of socks without lace , and a bit shorter than the lacy pair. After putting on her boots, she told me,"Mummy, this pair of socks...cannot see...want to change." (Ok...fine...change)
Not only once, she told me, "Mummy, 我要好漂亮的衣服。”
Mummy can only answer, "Mummy 给你穿的都很漂亮的啦。”
Girls are girls.... will want to follow what mummy does.
She wants to apply the hair moisturiser / hair cream I use.
She likes to hold the lipstick I put on the dressing table.
Once, (longgg ago) she could play with a small box of jewellery (shiny stones) for more than half an hour without losing concentration / without disturbing us...
Today, she saw me putting make up and curling eye-lashes.
She kept staring at me and kept asking "Mummy, 你在做什么？”
She wanted to apply my eye shadow..I said little kids no need to apply.
After I finish my make-up, she was so cute...she said, "Mummy, 你很漂亮，快点给爸爸看。”
(er... you mean... when Mummy doesn't put on make-up....Mummy is ugly ???)
Her favourite colours are pink (for clothes) and green (for sweets).
Once she commented my black T-shirt is not nice...so I ask her what colour is nice.
To her, green is 好漂亮 and pink is cute. (yeah... she likes pink...just like me)
En en can read few Chinese words
Few days ago, I bought 2 books for En en. There are 2 languages - English and Mandarin.
I was reading the book to her when suddenly she pointed to the Chinese character 小 and read it. Though surprised, I think I remember her Chinese teacher mentioned once that she was able to recognise the words learnt the day before, but I didn't really put much thought into it.
So, to prompt further, I asked if there are any other words she knows. She looked at the words and pointed to 一 and read it too. Therefore I took out a piece of paper and write a few more simple words, she can read 一，二，三，四， 下雨，小 and 大。Mummy is so glad she is learning things in school. :)
Good girl, keep it up!
Ryan, when's your turn?
I was reading the book to her when suddenly she pointed to the Chinese character 小 and read it. Though surprised, I think I remember her Chinese teacher mentioned once that she was able to recognise the words learnt the day before, but I didn't really put much thought into it.
So, to prompt further, I asked if there are any other words she knows. She looked at the words and pointed to 一 and read it too. Therefore I took out a piece of paper and write a few more simple words, she can read 一，二，三，四， 下雨，小 and 大。Mummy is so glad she is learning things in school. :)
Good girl, keep it up!
Ryan, when's your turn?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
When kids cough....
These few days, the house has been quite....smelly. Not because mummy didn't clean. Because dear Ryan had been coughing recently and he vomitted his milk onto the relatively new carpet in the living room... ARGH...
After drinking western medicine, it doesn't seem to sooth his throat. Therefore 3 days ago, I gave him 'adult's medicine' - Sea coconut cough syrup...and I think it is working. At least now, at night, I don't hear him coughing in his sleep.
If he is having cough, I will decrease the amount of milk at night, just before sleep, for the same reason - vomitting. Surprisingly, for past 3 nights, he has been sleeping THROUGHOUT till at least 6am. WOW!! Good boy! Please let mummy concentrate on marking at night... Keke.
Ok, mummy got to go for level meeting...
After drinking western medicine, it doesn't seem to sooth his throat. Therefore 3 days ago, I gave him 'adult's medicine' - Sea coconut cough syrup...and I think it is working. At least now, at night, I don't hear him coughing in his sleep.
If he is having cough, I will decrease the amount of milk at night, just before sleep, for the same reason - vomitting. Surprisingly, for past 3 nights, he has been sleeping THROUGHOUT till at least 6am. WOW!! Good boy! Please let mummy concentrate on marking at night... Keke.
Ok, mummy got to go for level meeting...
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Difference Between Girls and Boys
Having a boy and girl really makes me realise the great difference between the 2 genders.
Though they are both our children, why are they sooooo different???
1. Development
Ryan's developments so far have always been faster than his sis, like turning, crawling and walking. The only slower part would be speech development. En en could call everyone by 12 months, say duplicated syllables (da-da, yang yang...) around 18 months and simple proper sentence before 2 years old.
2. Activeness
Since Ryan learns to turn/flip, it has NEVER been easy to change his diapers! Even till now... whenever I need to change his diaper, it's like having a war with him. He would turn over before I could tape that diaper, or stand up and try to get away! Sometimes, giving him a toy or distraction helps, but NOT ALWAYS! I wonder what's wrong with lying down for that FEW SECONDS! En en on the other hand has never given me this problem. She would even lift up her buttocks for me to slide the diaper under her.
En en could sit still and let us read a book to her since 1 year old, that's why she learns a lot. This boy will sit there...maybe for 5 seconds....and starts to move or do other things before I can finish reading one page.
3. Courage
En en has always been timid. She used to be afraid of any unknown noise/sound (people pushing furniture, motorcycles, even dogs... when she still didn't know what sounds they were). She would rather not go into a dark room alone. At home, she would want to see mummy around, if I walk away, she would find me. If she went into the wrong room and couldn't find me, she would complain "I cannot find mummy" (to me when she finally saw me!) There was once when she went into the dark kitchen to drop her milk bottle into the sink and came running out looking frightened. She said there's some sound! It's the sound of her dropping her bottle into the sink!!! We tried not to laugh... hee. When young, she would be frightened when we say 'Ga-ga'...or whatever insects. The boy doesn't seem to be afraid of those things! Today, I killed a lizard, with its tail broken off and still moving. When I went to take the dustpan, he crawled towards the half-dead lizard!
4. Waking and Sleeping Habits
When Enen wakes up and doesn't see me, she would cry for me. (especially when she was younger, but think she is much better now). Sometimes I heard her whined for Mummy in her sleep. The boy wakes up and starts to go exploring about. It's his best chance to touch and meddle with anything within his reach! That's the time when he would mess up the room, whatever is within his reach, would be at a different place when I wake up.
En en needs to touch my arm when she is going to bed. This has been since she's around 1 year old. The minute we lie down, I feel her small hand moving up and down my arm, sometimes it feels good, sometimes itchy. Once when we were in Bangkok hotel, the aircon broke down, no moving air and no fan in the room, I could feel her WARM hand around me, I almost went crazy... her palms and head are exceptionally warm. We always say she is a mobile heater, maybe the heat radiating from her head can cook an egg.... Think her sleeping pattern is more like me, I USED to take a long time before I fall asleep. I need to lie down very long before I become unconscious...sometimes even FEW hours.
Ryan is JUST LIKE DADDY. Daddy can be awake this second and asleep the next. Ryan has not reached that 'level' yet. But he took much shorter time to fall asleep than En en. He would just tossed a few times...find his favourite pose (on his side and head facing 'upwards')...and fall into dreamland.
5. Obedience
As mentioned, En en has been very obedient and follow our instructions. She passed the 'put-everything-into-mouth' stage very very quickly. This little boy seems to do things on purpose, even knowing that he would be scolded or beaten. Climbing up the tables, putting things into his mouth, messing my drawers, pulling his clothes off the racks, touching drainage holes, using the table and sofa as his playground (flipping over like dolphin), using the bed as his racing track... and the list goes on. We think he knows he cannot do it. BUT he still DOES IT!! So... got beaten by daddy... cry for a while...and maybe pretend to be guai for few minutes/hours...
6. Eating Habits
Ryan, though smaller and with fewer teeth, will try to take AS BIG mouthful as he can...no matter what food it is...be it bread, fruit, biscuit and any stuff that we put forth to him. En en is the so-called 'xiao jie', taking small bites. Ryan seems to be able to take spicy food (like daddy)...he has eaten curry rice, otah, bit of chilli... En en doesn't even dare to put anything spicy into her mouth (haha..like me...no...I am slightly better)
I believe I will see more differences in the years to come ...
Moral of this post : Same factory doesn't guarantee all the same products... HA!
Though they are both our children, why are they sooooo different???
1. Development
Ryan's developments so far have always been faster than his sis, like turning, crawling and walking. The only slower part would be speech development. En en could call everyone by 12 months, say duplicated syllables (da-da, yang yang...) around 18 months and simple proper sentence before 2 years old.
2. Activeness
Since Ryan learns to turn/flip, it has NEVER been easy to change his diapers! Even till now... whenever I need to change his diaper, it's like having a war with him. He would turn over before I could tape that diaper, or stand up and try to get away! Sometimes, giving him a toy or distraction helps, but NOT ALWAYS! I wonder what's wrong with lying down for that FEW SECONDS! En en on the other hand has never given me this problem. She would even lift up her buttocks for me to slide the diaper under her.
En en could sit still and let us read a book to her since 1 year old, that's why she learns a lot. This boy will sit there...maybe for 5 seconds....and starts to move or do other things before I can finish reading one page.
3. Courage
En en has always been timid. She used to be afraid of any unknown noise/sound (people pushing furniture, motorcycles, even dogs... when she still didn't know what sounds they were). She would rather not go into a dark room alone. At home, she would want to see mummy around, if I walk away, she would find me. If she went into the wrong room and couldn't find me, she would complain "I cannot find mummy" (to me when she finally saw me!) There was once when she went into the dark kitchen to drop her milk bottle into the sink and came running out looking frightened. She said there's some sound! It's the sound of her dropping her bottle into the sink!!! We tried not to laugh... hee. When young, she would be frightened when we say 'Ga-ga'...or whatever insects. The boy doesn't seem to be afraid of those things! Today, I killed a lizard, with its tail broken off and still moving. When I went to take the dustpan, he crawled towards the half-dead lizard!
4. Waking and Sleeping Habits
When Enen wakes up and doesn't see me, she would cry for me. (especially when she was younger, but think she is much better now). Sometimes I heard her whined for Mummy in her sleep. The boy wakes up and starts to go exploring about. It's his best chance to touch and meddle with anything within his reach! That's the time when he would mess up the room, whatever is within his reach, would be at a different place when I wake up.
En en needs to touch my arm when she is going to bed. This has been since she's around 1 year old. The minute we lie down, I feel her small hand moving up and down my arm, sometimes it feels good, sometimes itchy. Once when we were in Bangkok hotel, the aircon broke down, no moving air and no fan in the room, I could feel her WARM hand around me, I almost went crazy... her palms and head are exceptionally warm. We always say she is a mobile heater, maybe the heat radiating from her head can cook an egg.... Think her sleeping pattern is more like me, I USED to take a long time before I fall asleep. I need to lie down very long before I become unconscious...sometimes even FEW hours.
Ryan is JUST LIKE DADDY. Daddy can be awake this second and asleep the next. Ryan has not reached that 'level' yet. But he took much shorter time to fall asleep than En en. He would just tossed a few times...find his favourite pose (on his side and head facing 'upwards')...and fall into dreamland.
5. Obedience
As mentioned, En en has been very obedient and follow our instructions. She passed the 'put-everything-into-mouth' stage very very quickly. This little boy seems to do things on purpose, even knowing that he would be scolded or beaten. Climbing up the tables, putting things into his mouth, messing my drawers, pulling his clothes off the racks, touching drainage holes, using the table and sofa as his playground (flipping over like dolphin), using the bed as his racing track... and the list goes on. We think he knows he cannot do it. BUT he still DOES IT!! So... got beaten by daddy... cry for a while...and maybe pretend to be guai for few minutes/hours...
6. Eating Habits
Ryan, though smaller and with fewer teeth, will try to take AS BIG mouthful as he can...no matter what food it is...be it bread, fruit, biscuit and any stuff that we put forth to him. En en is the so-called 'xiao jie', taking small bites. Ryan seems to be able to take spicy food (like daddy)...he has eaten curry rice, otah, bit of chilli... En en doesn't even dare to put anything spicy into her mouth (haha..like me...no...I am slightly better)
I believe I will see more differences in the years to come ...
Moral of this post : Same factory doesn't guarantee all the same products... HA!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Happy Reyanne, Happy Mummy
Reyanne was in a really good mood today. Whatever she did, she seemed so happy and looked so cheerful. It made mummy so happy just to see her being so happy! :)
I wonder what it was that made the little princess' day.
Was it starting school early?
Was it having nice breakfast in school ?
Was it...having enough sleep or having great fun in school?
I remember on her way to school this morning, she told me she wanted to look for Ariel to play.
She is her best friend now I guess. I saw her hugging Ariel and giving her a kiss when the little two kids met on one of the days. Then I asked her which teacher she wanted to look for.
She mentioned Teacher Lim (her 'form teacher'), Li Lao Shi (chinese teacher) and Dong Lao Shi (another chinese teacher who always tie her hair). The next sentence brought a pleasant surprise to me... She said "They (teachers) are my friends".
I laughed and tried to tell her..they are her "teachers".
She insisted they are her friends... and MY (mummy's) TEACHERS! *faint* (girl ah...please get the relationship correct soon)
This evening, I went to pick her up as Roy had to go for RT. She no longer threw little tantrums of wanting Daddy to pick, instead of Mummy because I told her it's the same. And most importantly, I told her it made me very sad if she always insists on having Daddy to pick her up. She said she wanted mummy to be happy, so I guess I put my message across. :)
I brought her to buy dinner and came home. Tonight, she also ate a little more than the past few nights (she ate very little and said she's full...giving us a hard time feeding her at my mother-in-law's place).
Even during her bath, she was so happy being able to play with water. She pretended to wash a toy kettle, pressing from an imaginery detergent. She said she 'was going to boil water' so that she could 'make milk' for Didi later on. To play along with her, I requested her to 'boil water for me to make tea'. She happily agreed, but told me firmly that she would 'make milk for Didi FIRST, then tea for me'. I had no problem with that priority... haha :)
After her long bath, I opened a box of finger-paint art materials I bought for her last week. I spent time teaching and doing art with her. She loved it! When Gong-gong and Po-po sent Didi back, Gong-gong also played finger-art with her. Thanks to her good mood, she read a whole storybook to Po-po and Gong-gong. Of course, she does not recognise the words, she remembered the pictures and made use of the repeated sentence structure -- "I can paint ... "
At 10.30pm, we decided she had to go to bed. The first thing she said was not asking for her milk, she said "I haven't kissed Papa!" (bit jealous...haha... but Mummy will get her share when she puts her to bed later on)
Hope my little girl is always this happy! :)
Little Ryan has become better too! No more crying in the night... he could even wait quietly for me to go into the room (after he 'signalled' to us that he's awake...hee). Good sign... :)
I wonder what it was that made the little princess' day.
Was it starting school early?
Was it having nice breakfast in school ?
Was it...having enough sleep or having great fun in school?
I remember on her way to school this morning, she told me she wanted to look for Ariel to play.
She is her best friend now I guess. I saw her hugging Ariel and giving her a kiss when the little two kids met on one of the days. Then I asked her which teacher she wanted to look for.
She mentioned Teacher Lim (her 'form teacher'), Li Lao Shi (chinese teacher) and Dong Lao Shi (another chinese teacher who always tie her hair). The next sentence brought a pleasant surprise to me... She said "They (teachers) are my friends".
I laughed and tried to tell her..they are her "teachers".
She insisted they are her friends... and MY (mummy's) TEACHERS! *faint* (girl ah...please get the relationship correct soon)
This evening, I went to pick her up as Roy had to go for RT. She no longer threw little tantrums of wanting Daddy to pick, instead of Mummy because I told her it's the same. And most importantly, I told her it made me very sad if she always insists on having Daddy to pick her up. She said she wanted mummy to be happy, so I guess I put my message across. :)
I brought her to buy dinner and came home. Tonight, she also ate a little more than the past few nights (she ate very little and said she's full...giving us a hard time feeding her at my mother-in-law's place).
Even during her bath, she was so happy being able to play with water. She pretended to wash a toy kettle, pressing from an imaginery detergent. She said she 'was going to boil water' so that she could 'make milk' for Didi later on. To play along with her, I requested her to 'boil water for me to make tea'. She happily agreed, but told me firmly that she would 'make milk for Didi FIRST, then tea for me'. I had no problem with that priority... haha :)
After her long bath, I opened a box of finger-paint art materials I bought for her last week. I spent time teaching and doing art with her. She loved it! When Gong-gong and Po-po sent Didi back, Gong-gong also played finger-art with her. Thanks to her good mood, she read a whole storybook to Po-po and Gong-gong. Of course, she does not recognise the words, she remembered the pictures and made use of the repeated sentence structure -- "I can paint ... "
At 10.30pm, we decided she had to go to bed. The first thing she said was not asking for her milk, she said "I haven't kissed Papa!" (bit jealous...haha... but Mummy will get her share when she puts her to bed later on)
Hope my little girl is always this happy! :)
Little Ryan has become better too! No more crying in the night... he could even wait quietly for me to go into the room (after he 'signalled' to us that he's awake...hee). Good sign... :)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Grouchy Boy
For two days and nights, Ryan has been extremely grouchy. At first, we thought it was because of his fever that made him feel uncomfortable. Then we realised, maybe he could be teething again as his saliva keeps flowing, signs of fever might be due to that too...
He couldn't stop crying almost the whole day! Even after he was bathed, fed, carried.... nightmare...especially last night, he woke up a few times just to cry cry cry cry cry...
Around 3pm, he cried again, so I thought he was hungry this time. After drinking 4oz of milk, he SEEMED to be contented. But after lying down, I saw him trying to 'scrape' his tongue, as I tried to stop him, he vomitted. Alamak !
Luckily, his hair was not dirty (last few times he vomitted while sleeping...and dirtied his face and hair too... I got to bathe him quickly then...after midnight), so this time I just wiped and changed his clothes anyway. But he became AWAKE!!! Midnight 3.30am you wake up... then mummy no need to sleep lor.... So he stayed in the living room with daddy working on his computer and mummy sitting around doing 'nothing' (because he would whine and cry if I try to do other work). After 45 minutes, Ryan seemed to be 'tired' enough to be coaxed back to sleep. Luckily, he did....then poor mummy can also sleep.
Today, we brought him out to a friend's house, he only slept for 1 hour plus in the afternoon so he was pretty tired on the way home. He fell asleep the minute we started the car. I thought he would sleep throughout...or rather, sleep till he became hungry around 3 or 4am. He woke up around 12am crying again....
No matter how I coax...'threaten'...'scold'... he would still cry cry cry...
Papa went to the kitchen and came back with cold water in his milk bottle.
Surprisingly, the cold water satisfied him! He actually went back to sleep!!! *phew* That's why I can come here to blog... haha
He couldn't stop crying almost the whole day! Even after he was bathed, fed, carried.... nightmare...especially last night, he woke up a few times just to cry cry cry cry cry...
Around 3pm, he cried again, so I thought he was hungry this time. After drinking 4oz of milk, he SEEMED to be contented. But after lying down, I saw him trying to 'scrape' his tongue, as I tried to stop him, he vomitted. Alamak !
Luckily, his hair was not dirty (last few times he vomitted while sleeping...and dirtied his face and hair too... I got to bathe him quickly then...after midnight), so this time I just wiped and changed his clothes anyway. But he became AWAKE!!! Midnight 3.30am you wake up... then mummy no need to sleep lor.... So he stayed in the living room with daddy working on his computer and mummy sitting around doing 'nothing' (because he would whine and cry if I try to do other work). After 45 minutes, Ryan seemed to be 'tired' enough to be coaxed back to sleep. Luckily, he did....then poor mummy can also sleep.
Today, we brought him out to a friend's house, he only slept for 1 hour plus in the afternoon so he was pretty tired on the way home. He fell asleep the minute we started the car. I thought he would sleep throughout...or rather, sleep till he became hungry around 3 or 4am. He woke up around 12am crying again....
No matter how I coax...'threaten'...'scold'... he would still cry cry cry...
Papa went to the kitchen and came back with cold water in his milk bottle.
Surprisingly, the cold water satisfied him! He actually went back to sleep!!! *phew* That's why I can come here to blog... haha
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Enen starts to open up more easily
Enen used to be very very shy. She would keep quiet whenever she sees a stranger, even when she sees us talking to these so-called 'strangers, sometimes nieghbours or friends or not-so-close relatives. Even in school, her teachers used to comment that she is very quiet, she doesn't even dare to sing or dance in class. (think even now she is also too shy about that) I guess she has my genes in this area :P But at home, she is totally different! She would talk almost non-stop, telling us this and that...asking questions...and so on. Her 'talk-button' would turn on automatically from the second we step out of her school. Her teachers were amazed to see her talk so much when she stepped out of school compound.
Now, her teachers say she would talk to them, tell them things and answer their questions. That's good to hear. Even during gatherings with friends, she would warm up more easily and start to play with and talk to adults.
Sometimes at home, she would even learn to use our tone when we 'scold' her.
"Mummy, 要乖乖的."
"Mummy, fold your arms, close your legs" ( what teachers told her in school)
There was once her papa playfully hit me. She became protective and angry with her daddy.
"可以打mummy吗?"
"say sorry mummy" (to her daddy)
Because sometimes we reprimand her by asking her questions first. Like, "Can you do this?"
She also likes to ask questions now.
Mummy, 这个是谁买的？ （mummy买的）
mummy买的har
谢谢mummy!
There was once she finds it funny and keeps asking the same questions above in sequential order...and I think she repeated for...7 or 8 times...
Whenever I brush her teeth and change her clothes, she would ask
Mummy,去哪里？（sometimes to tease her, I would say '带你去Garang Guni lor')
Sometimes, she would ask me to keep certain things...
Mummy, 快点收这个，等一下弟弟来咬 (even when Didi is not at home, she would also say this)
Shopping = Taking Aeroplane
Some time ago, I was preparing to bring en en out. To get her full co-operation to get changed quickly (she will be very slow, or doesn't want the dress I pick for her or choose the colour of the rubberbands...), I ask her "do you want to go shopping?"
She looked at me happily and asked "我们要坐飞机啊?" (We flew to Bangkok to shop in December) I laughed and said, "没有没有，今天坐车"
Bangkok = Shopping
Her daddy needs to travel to Bangkok quiet frequently for work. During one of his trips, En en misses her daddy and asks 我的爸爸lei?
I told her 爸爸今天坐飞机去Bangkok.
She got so excited and asked 爸爸去shopping har？
没有，爸爸去Bangkok做工。
It was fun to hear what the little ones got to say.
I wonder what will happen when Ryan can also talk.
Now, her teachers say she would talk to them, tell them things and answer their questions. That's good to hear. Even during gatherings with friends, she would warm up more easily and start to play with and talk to adults.
Sometimes at home, she would even learn to use our tone when we 'scold' her.
"Mummy, 要乖乖的."
"Mummy, fold your arms, close your legs" ( what teachers told her in school)
There was once her papa playfully hit me. She became protective and angry with her daddy.
"可以打mummy吗?"
"say sorry mummy" (to her daddy)
Because sometimes we reprimand her by asking her questions first. Like, "Can you do this?"
She also likes to ask questions now.
Mummy, 这个是谁买的？ （mummy买的）
mummy买的har
谢谢mummy!
There was once she finds it funny and keeps asking the same questions above in sequential order...and I think she repeated for...7 or 8 times...
Whenever I brush her teeth and change her clothes, she would ask
Mummy,去哪里？（sometimes to tease her, I would say '带你去Garang Guni lor')
Sometimes, she would ask me to keep certain things...
Mummy, 快点收这个，等一下弟弟来咬 (even when Didi is not at home, she would also say this)
Shopping = Taking Aeroplane
Some time ago, I was preparing to bring en en out. To get her full co-operation to get changed quickly (she will be very slow, or doesn't want the dress I pick for her or choose the colour of the rubberbands...), I ask her "do you want to go shopping?"
She looked at me happily and asked "我们要坐飞机啊?" (We flew to Bangkok to shop in December) I laughed and said, "没有没有，今天坐车"
Bangkok = Shopping
Her daddy needs to travel to Bangkok quiet frequently for work. During one of his trips, En en misses her daddy and asks 我的爸爸lei?
I told her 爸爸今天坐飞机去Bangkok.
She got so excited and asked 爸爸去shopping har？
没有，爸爸去Bangkok做工。
It was fun to hear what the little ones got to say.
I wonder what will happen when Ryan can also talk.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
A New Look!
It's Priscilla who gave me the idea to change the blog skin. Found other nicer ones, but there's problem with the code! Too bad... :(
On Monday, En en's childcare was closed so she stayed at home with me and Ryan. Luckily she was at home. She helped to entertain Didi and at the same time help me monitor Didi. I told her, "Don't let didi bite anything...must tell mummy if he does that." While cooking in the kitchen, I had to pop my head out to check on him. At other times, Enen would 'report' any misconduct of her brother - putting things into his mouth! I don't know when he will STOP doing that!
Tuesday, I brought him out to have lunch with my colleagues (supervisor giving us a treat). I think it is the FIRST time ?? I actually brought him out ALONE without any other family members to a RESTAURANT for a meal! At first, I thought I would not have a peaceful meal, got to find things to entertain him or worried that he would not want to be buckled to a baby-chair. In the end, it is not as bad as I thought. :) Before the meal, I even brought him to school to attend a meeting (haa). He actually SAT on my lap QUIETLY throughout and finally fell asleep for 1 hour.
I am bringing him out to Popular Fair tomorrow. I hope he will also be good in his stroller. *pray*
People said he is a good baby. I said he is very active at home, and also curious about things he sees, studying things with his mouth. He has bitten and still is biting books (hard cover book), comb, powder, toys, controller, phone, strings...and the list goes on and on. He bit the edge of Enen's Barney storybook...it looked like it was bitten by a dog! No joke! I wonder how much cardboard he has digested!
He would pick tiny things up from the floor and explores it with his tastebud. He would attempt to escape when he was caught red-handed. I read from YoungParents that it is very common. Over 200 cases of children swallowing foreign objects are being treated in hospitals every year. I read that one even swallowed an AA-size battery!! *worried*
Fortunately, Roy and I see that he has been doing that (putting things into his mouth) less often. Hopefully he will get over this SOON!! I don't wish to see any more plastic chips in his soiled diapers again. Yes, I saw them TWICE (quite long ago though). Yes, they went into his mouth and came out.
He seems to be trying to talk. Sometimes, he would make sounds like 'na...na' when he wants to take something. He can initiate play with others, turning his head to the side and 'cha' then laugh happily when people followed what he did.
I like to tell him 'Sayang mummy' then he would inch his head towards mine and snuggle :)
When will you start talking to me, Ryan ? :D
On Monday, En en's childcare was closed so she stayed at home with me and Ryan. Luckily she was at home. She helped to entertain Didi and at the same time help me monitor Didi. I told her, "Don't let didi bite anything...must tell mummy if he does that." While cooking in the kitchen, I had to pop my head out to check on him. At other times, Enen would 'report' any misconduct of her brother - putting things into his mouth! I don't know when he will STOP doing that!
Tuesday, I brought him out to have lunch with my colleagues (supervisor giving us a treat). I think it is the FIRST time ?? I actually brought him out ALONE without any other family members to a RESTAURANT for a meal! At first, I thought I would not have a peaceful meal, got to find things to entertain him or worried that he would not want to be buckled to a baby-chair. In the end, it is not as bad as I thought. :) Before the meal, I even brought him to school to attend a meeting (haa). He actually SAT on my lap QUIETLY throughout and finally fell asleep for 1 hour.
I am bringing him out to Popular Fair tomorrow. I hope he will also be good in his stroller. *pray*
People said he is a good baby. I said he is very active at home, and also curious about things he sees, studying things with his mouth. He has bitten and still is biting books (hard cover book), comb, powder, toys, controller, phone, strings...and the list goes on and on. He bit the edge of Enen's Barney storybook...it looked like it was bitten by a dog! No joke! I wonder how much cardboard he has digested!
He would pick tiny things up from the floor and explores it with his tastebud. He would attempt to escape when he was caught red-handed. I read from YoungParents that it is very common. Over 200 cases of children swallowing foreign objects are being treated in hospitals every year. I read that one even swallowed an AA-size battery!! *worried*
Fortunately, Roy and I see that he has been doing that (putting things into his mouth) less often. Hopefully he will get over this SOON!! I don't wish to see any more plastic chips in his soiled diapers again. Yes, I saw them TWICE (quite long ago though). Yes, they went into his mouth and came out.
He seems to be trying to talk. Sometimes, he would make sounds like 'na...na' when he wants to take something. He can initiate play with others, turning his head to the side and 'cha' then laugh happily when people followed what he did.
I like to tell him 'Sayang mummy' then he would inch his head towards mine and snuggle :)
When will you start talking to me, Ryan ? :D
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Pull Your Ear !
Wondering what she is doing? Ask Gugu!
See my cute Du-Dou! 
Reyanne with Po Po
Happy New Year... pull your ear... :PWishing everyone good health, peace and happiness!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Reyanne's Modelling Day
I am one who doesn't mind second-hand clothes for my kids. Thanks to my mother-in-law's good friends, who have grand-daughters who have grown up, I always receive bags of clothes for En en. That night, my mother-in-law asked En en to try a few dresses and some traditional 'Du Dou'. (those things that women wore underneath their clothes in the past) She looked quite cute..haha. She wasn't that willing to put them on initially. Then, came the food-as-reward strategy of my mother-in-law... *sigh* So, there she was , in her 'new' clothes.
Among the bag of clothes, was a pretty pink dress which was too small for En en. I thought it would be fun to let the boy wear it. Haha...yes, the little kid in pink dress is none other than my boy, Ryan. :P
Happy 1st Birthday, my boy!
It seems to be a long time since I last updated. School has reopened, so I was too cropped up with school work.We celebrated Ryan's birthday twice. Once on 17th, with Ye Ye and Nai Nai, once on 18th with Gong Gong and Po Po. Both cakes were delicious. :)
Luckily there was no one 'disturbing' our celebrations.
Ryan looked really happy on his actual birthday, 18th Jan. Reyanne Jiejie on the hand, didn't seem too happy. :p But she still enjoyed the cakes. Hahaha.
Meanwhile, we were also busy rearranging furniture at home. I like the new look! But I have yet to finish tidying 2 more rooms. Because of the rearrangement, we managed to clean up (75% of) the house for Chinese New Year! I think that's a great start. :p
Now, we have shifted our computer to the living room, to free up that 'ex-computer-room' either for one of the kids' room in future, or as an entertainment room. (daddy's idea one fine day). I think it is a good idea, because we can still be working while watching over the kids (say...when Ryan can really sit on his own and not disturb). And I can do work on my computer and still be able to watch my drama series at the same time.
The coffee table was pushed to a corner, still haven't decided whether to throw or keep, to allow bigger room for kids. I do not need to live in fear that one day the boy will suddenly knock against the table edge while climbing up and down. Old carpet was replaced as well. Warm and cosy, no more food-stain.
Yes, our 4 and a half bookshelves played a big role in this 'new outlook'. They allowed Roy and I to put our books, files, boxes and whatever-not. Initially we didn't buy the bookshelf doors, but realised they collect dust so easily even with shut windows. Thanks to Ikea, which sells things separately, we bought 2 doors to cover up, in order not to tire out poor mummy. However, the doors are not fixed yet. I wonder if the doors will end up like that mirrors we bought 5 years ago, bought but kept in store room and never get to see sunlight!
Oops, I think I was too carried away with the new furniture of the house. This is supposed to be children-related blog! But then, it is also the house of the children right... Kekeke... :P
That's all for now. Will upload some new pictures asap. :P
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