Jay Chou wannabe

Yo yo yo yo

Don't disturb me...

Cool "guy" Melody goes to the zoo~ It was a happy trip this time cos we went straight to the children's playground, stopping along the way to look at the African animals and the Fragile Forest. She "took a bath" at the water playground, hence was all fresh from the heat! We left at around 11+ and had lunch back home in an air con food court, so everyone was happy :)

Didi went to mama's girlie gathering and let everyone carry him, giving mama a break to sing karaokay and play Wii! What a perfect day~~

Stand up for the champions

My brave little one is pulling himself to stand up :) Even though he can't even crawl properly yet. But he's reached that stage where you leave him on the matress and when you turn around, he's not there anymore, trying to stumble somewhere else.

He's starting to hold his bottle by himself, shakily :) And he's starting to clap too. He was sitting there yesterday, looked at one hand, looked at the other, than put both together and clapped a bit :):)

And he knocked my jelly out of my hand cos he tried to grab the plastic bag, naughty little curious boy :)

我生病了

Behold, the Kodomo Cooling Adhesive! Trusted and preferred brand of the So babies! (didi seem to have more forehead space to spare...shouldn't have cut it into half) Used by adults too~

Melody (6months)

Learning how to eat

失败乃成功之母。加油，宝贝！

Sit up

Proud of my brave little one~~ :):)

Active lifestyle

Primates have a tendency to climb, so does my little girl. She sits on our legs to watch tv and literally climb all over grandma esp during meals.

My swimming babies! Xuan used to fit into the black one. It fits did perfectly for his first swim!

He sulked and lazed in the huge float throughout the "swim". And ended up sick the next day :(

I'm lovin' my balloon!

And I can almost stand up!

Reach for the stars

And papa's favourite...the butt push.

No you, mine!

Evidence of Xuan's tyrany...

Poor didi so defenceless and innocent...

Catching Chicken Little (Colin version)

See Melody Version when she was 8months old :):)

Days of our lives

Borrowed from the neighbour! The "car" is parked outside their door and xuan goes "那是人家的" every time we walk by, but they lent it to us :):)

That day she hugged her Pooh Bear to her chest and froze, looking serious. I asked her, what are u doing? She answered, Pooh Bear 在喝我的奶！She is imitating me nurse didi!

She has also caught on "XX 在买东西吃" from us. That day she saw a stain on my mom, and said "外婆衣服脏了，萱萱买新的给你！" When I told her didi keep pulling my hair out, she also offered "萱萱买新的给你" So sweet. The way she calls "外婆~~~" recently with a broad smile and climbing all over my mom is quite heart melting. No wonder they say little girls can manipulate adults.

She doesn't like to kiss Papa So when he doesn't shave. She'd say "爸爸胡子刺刺的". That day we wanted to kiss her goodbye at the childcare, she pulled back and looked very carefully at papa's chin and said "爸爸没有胡子刺刺的可以kiss!". She told yeye to "刮胡子" today cos his chin was too prickly to kiss too! :):)

"Jiejie playing in the background...I can't play but I can watch :) When I grow bigger I will be strong enough to snatch it away from her while she screams the block down, and mama will be hiding somewhere inside the house."

Learning how to sit...He can pull himself to a sitting position now!

Eating Baby Bites (carrot flavour). His appetite seems to be quite big. Will be starting on porridege soon at infant care!

*melts mama's heart* Is it a mother and son thing? Babies are sooooo adorable~ With their Michellin(?) Man short arms and legs, plump cheeks and innocent eyes~~

I scolded him and slapped his thigh for biting me/pulling my hair that day, and his face turned from shock to mouth curved downwards in a second and was all ready to cry when I quickly hugged him close. Like that also cry! But his expression change was sooooooo cute.

Xuan and Pooh plays the trumpet

Drawing

I'm quite amazed to see her draw such a tiny circle nicely. Her control of her wrist is getting better. Time to start teaching her how to hold the pen properly :)

A lion is not scary...I am!

A lion with no hands and legs...and a crooked smile...not scary...*BITE!*

Butterfly

I wish I can capture more of the funny things that she says now. Kids do say the darnest things.

I did something new today, hooray horray hooray

I know I look sulky (Mama So finds this look irresistably adorable) but I actually did a lot of new things today...(p/s notice the saliva stains on grandma'a shoulder)

...like going for my first test drive...

...sitting on the high chair (no I can't really sit without support yet)...

...learning how to walk... I can lock my knees and stand really straight!

And taking out jiejie's old toy to bite, I mean play...

Grandma always make me do a lot of fun things :):):)

Sweeping the floor

Xuan has taken interest in housework and tries to help out when she can :):)

Happy Mother's Day!

My first mother's day card! :D:D I was quite thrilled to find it in Xuan's bag, but when I said "thank you" to her, she was too busy playing with some toy to talk to me :S:S Anyway, didi found it fascinating:

I believe that's her palm prints :):)

And that should be her "signature" beside her name :):)

Thank you teachers from My First Skool! I'll probably try to laminate it or something :):)

生活照~

大头照~

小美女~

爸爸教我弹钢琴~

怀念在妈妈肚子里头的姿势~

外婆喂我吃不好吃的橙~

看姐姐玩玩具~

姐姐夸我好宝宝~

超级可爱的父子~

咱们母女也不赖~

My little pianist

I pasted CDEFGABC on the piano keys to help her identify the middle C. A friend who's a professional musician once adviced me to have her learn piano for theory and stuff at 4 years old before letting her take up a Chinese Orchestra instrument at around 6 years old. (Probably erhu, pipa, or yangqin. Erhu for Chern maybe. Why not teach her dizi myself? Too noisy! Hahahaha :P )

Going outdoors...

...is going to be a problem soon cos of swine flu :( Her childcare has suspended outdoor activities so we try to bring her out when we can.

Cheering for Mama So at East Coast Park during the interschool aquathlon. Such a beautiful beach~ (Mama So got swept away by the current during the swim :S and got 6th)

First trip to the zoo!

"We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo, how about you, you, you, you can come too, too, too, we're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo~~"

VERY VERY VERY HOT. Started out happy, ended up spanking and crying. I thought she started her "terrible twos" half a year ago, but it's getting worse. She throws the things that she doesn't want and will demand (i.e. scream and cry) to eat something that has fallen to the ground. Doesn't help that didi is starting to be curious and touches everything, therefore intruding into jiejie's territory and resulting in her screaming "Ah didi don't touch jiejie book! Mommy you see didi! Naughty boy! Ahhhhhhhhh~~~~~~~!!!!!"

Sigh.

No regrets though :) Still think she's cute.