Gorilla

Melody imitates the gorilla! Buts she's so cute, looks more like a baby monkey! :):)

Reading

Reading has become such a big part of our everyday routine. Though she doesn't concentrate on the words, she would try to identify names of pictures that she knows. We have a stack of Chinese and English books that we keep underneath the table, and she knows it. Evernight, we spend about half an hour I think on flipping through all the books. She started with saying "nah nah" and reaching out towards the table to signal that she wants a book, but now I would ask her "你要什么？”(What do you want?) and she would answer“书”(book). Sometimes, I say “你自己拿”(take out a book yourself) and she would crawl over to take a book out.

I think we have about 15 books under the table but recently she chooses only the book she wants to read. If she sees a book that she doesn't want she would ask for another one. The teachers at the infant care also commented that she can concentrate quite well on books :):)

At the playground

The 3 poles are for step up exercises, I think? but my girl would want to sit on it and swing her legs. When I carry her up I always make a "yee-yah!" sound so she imitates me whenever she exerts :):)

Sitting down

We don't have any push carts for our toddler so she pushes the little chair instead. By the way, the yellow chair was Mama So's baby chair as a child :):)

Notice how she climbs up onto the chair first before turning around to sit down. I'm not too sure why, maybe because she can't really judge the distance if she backfaces the chair?

I like the way she swings her legs after she sits down :):) So relaxed, so contented, like the“怡”in her name-怡然自得。

Falling asleep

A video hard to get by, cos usually she's sleeping at the infant care, or if we're at home we make sure the room is completely dark, with Piano Spa music playing lightly in the background. Can't take pictures or film her sleeping time cos there's no light.

Quality sleep is very important. During my pregnancy I slept with (the same) piano spa every night. Too lazy to change the cds. So Papa So has been listening to the same tracks for about 2 years now :P Mama So usually fall asleep by the 4th track so I don't really know the later tracks heehee. Now little boy (baby no. 2) also get to hear Piano Spa in my tummy cos I'll be lying down with Xuan and I usually fall asleep before she does :P:P:P Her sleeping time is around 9+ 10 at the moment.

So You Think You Can Dance

"I'm going to Hollywood!!!!!"