Tristan's Flash Cards

I am so proud of my son! This is Tristan's progress in school. Maybe I am biased, but I think he's a friggin GENIUS! :P

Nex

We headed to Nex during the weekend. They had a huge water play area for kids.. bb had so much fun getting WET!

Tristan goes to School!

I am one of those kiasu mom who can't wait for their son to go to school.. hee hee. Finally, today is the 1st day of school for him. We are doing it for a trial period of 2 weeks to see if he is fully ready. But between both of us, i am the more excited one.

We've got alot of support too from both po po n yi yi. Popo bought his frog school bag n yi yi bought us a 'big boy' water bottle and we are set for school! Thank you Po po n Yi yi!!

The 1st day was good. Brought him to school n stayed with him for a while. After he got warmed up with the teachers, i told him that i was leaving and quickly exited the classroom. Of course he protested and cried a little but as soon as they started the circle time with singing and dancing, he settled down, Phew! Throughout the day, he didn't cry at all but i must say the teachers played a big part by carrying n comforting him. :)

政耀

Bb loves water, I'll try to bring him for a swim once a week but if i can't, we'll have water play outside when it's a good day.

After going for mandarin class for half a year, bb can recognise his mandarin name 政耀 :P. Today, during snack time, when 老师 ask if he wants biscuit, he said 要, 谢谢.
There are simple moments like this where i feel a sense of pride seeing him
progressing so well. Good job son!

Farewell My Dogs...

Today, Kim and Emily passed away..
Good bye & thank you for being such good doggies..

谢谢

Most of the time i jus wouldn't know if bb is taking in anything i say to him until one day when he ask for shui (water) and when i handed his water bottle to him, i hear the golden words: "谢谢"... It just brighten my day. Although right now, he doesn't know the meaning of the words but it's really nice to know that he's copying the correct stuff instead of the occasional or accidental Sh** that i blurt out, forgetting he's there. opps... ha ha ha

Cheeky Monkey

Yi yi bought us a new set of PJs for CNY.. Thanks Yi...

My cheeky monkey threw a wooden block at his cousin today and she got a big bak lu ku plus a cut on her forehead.. Haiz :( I was worried and felt very sorry for her. But at the same time, i felt very helpless as this is the stage where he doesn't really understand anything even if i discipline him..
So in the end, all i could do was to say countless sorrys to her and her parents.. :(

What really upset me was not so much the injury but instead hearing someone say:" This boy.. haiz.. is terrible, someone should really disciplined him.. he's really terrible!!" My heart really ache hearing someone say my son is terrible.. I wanted to ask him.. how could he be terrible when he's only 16 mths old? It was an accident. I'm not trying to find excuse for what my son did but at this age, playing together could cause accident right? I guess, as a mother, hearing someone say my child is terrible, really hurt.. So for me now is to watch my son well and make sure accidents like this does not happen again..

Sara mei mei

Bb's most Beloved... Mei mei

Sara mei mei turns 9 mths today!! Happy 9 mths mei!!!!

Mei mei is progressing very well. She can now crawl n scoot around on her bum bum and her special ability.... STOP!- when u count while she's jumping and u say STOP!, she'll stop jumping!!! she has learned this at kampong play school!
Well done Mei!! She's such a Darling...

We are BACK!!!

It's been so long since i updated my blog n also visiting other blogs! Today, since my bb is with the inlaw's, i thought i'll do some updating..

BUT.... i've changed to an iphone in sept last year n some of my bb's photos is in my sony ericsson. With the sim card being so small now, i need a card reader and i couldn't find mine... haiz...

So will update photos later when i get organised and get hold of a card reader.

These past 9 mths have been really fun for me. My mom n sis moved to their new place in april last year and since than, i've been taking care of bb alone with the occasional help from my mother in law, over the weekends and some weekdays. He's currently taking music n movement classes at Kampong play school and Chinese classes at Bibinogs which i must say, he has learned alot.

With Janet's recommendation (& also thank you for the CDs, toys and books!), bb started watching my baby can read when he was 10 mths old. I highly recommend it! bb picked up alot of words just by watching them every day. His favorite words now are
1. daddy, po po, mei mei, yi yi, gong gong, ye ye, nei nei, ma ma
2. mow (cat), yu (fish), shu (tree), hua (flower), shui (water), deng (light), su (book), su (comb)
3. ball (anything that's round), there (pointing to where he wans to go), bow, bus, juice, banana, apple, camel, bird, pig, bear, chick, rabbit, sheep, goat, monkey, mouse, hair, clip, pegs (cloths pegs), keep (keeping his toys)
4. car, pants, shoes, keys, boa boa(pls carry me), hole man (his favorite soft toy), play, sit, star, milk, shake, beat (although i try to discourage), bei bei (piggy back), kick, hair, tap

Those words that he can't say them, he'll sign them to me or he'll make the sound that the animal makes:
lion (a deep growl), elephant (swinging arm, mimicking the elephant's trunk), dog (patting his hand on my knee, the correct version is suppose to pat his own knee), butterfly (flapping his arms), cow (moo), duck (action like duck quacking).
He understands simple instructions now which really made my life easier. Most of the words he understands in both mandarin n English but when it comes to expressing, it's usually in English cos i think it's easier to pronounce n pick up.

Tristan started walking with he turned 1. There were times i think it's such a blessing because i can get a lot more done at home but because he's such a curious n active child, i jus wished that he's still a baby n needs to be carried around. :)