Watching the rain

On Thu it was raining heavily when we arrived for B's swim class. As there was lightning and thunder, we waited to see if the class would be cancelled. 

So we took photos. Photos of the rain.

Photo of silly faces.

Photo of mummy kissing baby.

Photo of mummy squishing baby.

Photo of mummy hugging baby. 

I will really miss these alone moments with B when he goes to school.

The rainy season

It has been raining everyday. And when we say 'rain', it actually means a downpour. Mostly, it rains in the afternoons and has been a nightmare in terms of laundry.

But the kids enjoy the weather cos it's cool for them when they sleep and we get to look for snails after the rain. They also get to jump in puddles of rainwater. 

We had dinner at the club on Saturday. It had rained so heavily the pool side cafeteria was wet from the rain. The chairs were slightly damp and there were puddles everywhere, much to the delight of the two of them. Clad in gum boots, it was just splish splash splosh all the way till the food arrived.

Yesterday, on our way home in the car, it started drizzling.

K (exclaims loudly): Wah Lao Eh!! Raining already. 


P and I stared at one another, speechless. Ok, time to watch our own exclamations.

Animal letter game

We are trying to get K to be more deliberate in identifying the letters with which animal names start with. We have started playing the animal letter game where K chooses a letter and we all try to name animals beginning with that same letter.

Here was a recent conversation in the car:

K: Let's name animals starting with the letter B
Me: baboon
K: Bat
B: My turn, my turn!
Me: (trying to be helpful) B, say "bear"
B: Dolphin ball!

Pasir Ris Park Mangrove Boardwalk (2)

During the Deepavali break, we took a trip to the Pasir Ris Mangrove Boardwalk again. We were there 2 years ago when B was but a wee one.

We saw different animals this time round. 

A small monitor lizard tanning.

A crab peeking out of its hole.

An eel. 

Gar fish. 

Crabs climbing up to escape from the incoming tide.

A jellyfish! How unexpected.

Kingfisher.

Whimbrel.

Grey Heron. 

A slithering snake.

B walked the whole way and tried to look for things that we spotted and pointed out to him.

A row of crabs. 

Love it when they get along.

Mudskipper.

Swimming away.

I remember the last time K asked to feed the pony but chickened out in the end. Am very proud of her this time. She actually did it. B, however,  had to be "coaxed". But he did say it was fun but ticklish. They both declined the pony rides which Faith and Sarah both did.

We meet the Chens there and had lunch. The kids as usual had a wonderful screaming and giggly time with one another.

Maisy obsession

B does not like to watch new shows. He doesn't like stories where someone is being hurt or threatened. It upsets him. So he prefers to stick to the simpler story lines, like that of Humf, Peppa Pig and Maisy. Recently, he's been asking to watch Maisy over and over.

This is K humoring me by singing the theme song.

This is B on his own accord with the video.

B in a suit

We borrowed a suit for B to try for size in view of the upcoming wedding in Dec. K will be the flower girl so we thought it'd be nice to have B dress up too. You can see the whole family in the reflection trying to get him to pose and stay still. Ha.

B says

Love how B is picking up more language each day but there are some hiccups which we absolutely adore and secretly hope he would retain for a little while more. It's simply so cute when he tries so hard to search through his vocabulary to find the words to tell us what he is thinking.

Here are some examples:
1) bantanana (banana)
2) yeth (yes)
3) theh theh (che che)
4) keeping dropping (keeps dropping)
5) want going backwards car (he wants his orange pullback car)
6) fi-gine nee nah nee nah (fire engine)
7) ambuance (ambulance)
8) teehouse (home)
9) sturb (disturb)
10) white? (right?)