K turns 4

This year's theme is all about Peppa. K loves the character Peppa and her family. Here is the little girl opening her present while waiting for lunch with grandparents.

Peppa and her family figurines!

Papa and B watch on.

The cake. Also Peppa and her family but they look sunburnt.

Happy birthday K!

She is pleased with the cake. B can't wait to get his hands on the figures!

They huff and puff. B still eyeing the piggies.

Eating her cake. Oh, and here you see her Peppa top.

B smiling for the camera.

B giving big sister a birthday hug.

Birthday girl acting silly.

End of celebration #1.

Dinner that night at Urban Spoon, a newish place near our home. It serves really good food and plays very good music. K picked out her own dress which she calls "Bride / princess dress".

The two of them checking out the decor.

Cake from earlier.

K eating Peppa.

Laughing at Peppa without her snout, hand and ears.

B gets to eat George, Peppa's little brother.

He was not very pleased with how the earless and snoutless George looked.

End of celebration#2.

Celebration #3: School. This was the cake for her school celebration. Peppa with Teddy.

Her group: Red Apple.

With all her friends. All 31 of them! She was very uncomfortable about being in the limelight. I think she expected P and I to be next to her, not sitting by herself surrounded by her friends.

Her three teachers.

Serving her little friends cake.

Eating her own cake.

With her little friend with whom she has a love-hate relationship. She has known her for more than a year now and has always loved playing with her but also can't stop complaining about her.

The kids really loved the cake!

P was very impressed by this little friend. She was very polite.

Later that day we brought the kids swimming and she had some ice-cream as a treat.

On her birthday itself, we took her out. We went to the zoo. There were new exhibits. She loved the naked mole rats.

Tram ride.

Final cake. Agar agar.

Happy birthday sweetie. May you continue to grow in grace and compassion. May you love people and love the Lord. I pray that His blessings will be upon you all the days of your life.

Milestones for B

8 Nov 2011

B put on his own shoes! From time to time, when he passes the chest of drawers of shoes, he would take out his shoes and ask us to put them on for him. He tried putting them on himself today.

9 Nov 2011

I gave B a two-step instruction. We were going out and he was holding his bear balloon. I told him to keep the bear balloon in the playroom and then go wear his shoes. He walked to the playroom left his balloon on the floor, went to the shoes drawer, took out his yellow shoes and then put them on! Well done little boy!

Language development

On our way out, I was going to throw the trash with B. He put the back of his hand to his cheek and wriggled his fingers and said, "didi." Yes, indeed. Trash is dirty.

Kim was talking about going to her grandparents' place for dinner and she realized that gong gong is in the "hospital". Instead of her usual "hosapital".

Tooth Fairy

K has been very into Peppa Pig. She watched The Tooth Fairy video tonight.

She asked me if a tooth fairy would come by when her teeth drops and she puts it under the pillow. I said yes. Then she asked how the tooth fairy would know when her tooth drops out. I told her P would tell it to her. Heh.

So here is what P said.

There are many many tooth fairies. But there is just one queen tooth fairy who would assign the tooth fairies to the children. Every child has one tooth fairy whose sole (and very boring) job is to collect teeth from that child.

This tooth fairy is only two-teeth high. When she knows that the child has dropped a tooth, she would come stealthily and crawl under the pillow to take the tooth out in exchange for a coin.

The Weather

It is October. And it has been raining. So much so that I went to the zoo one day, only to turn back as it started to rain upon my arrival at the car park.

Today we saw some evidence of the wet weather. Mushrooms! P and I used to look for them during the rainy season and talk about how there ought to be Smurfs living in them.

B shares his apple

B was eating a slice of apple. When I expressed interest, he fed me some. One bite for him and one for me.

When he ate the last piece, I pouted. He looked at me and as if understanding, spat out the pieces in his mouth to give them to me!

My reaction? Both Awwww and eeewww. Haha. My sweet little boy.

B is 14 months

He has been very thrilled these days as we are able to understand some of what he wants to say.

He can sign:
Dog (at 13 mths)
Cat
Bird
Fish
Please
Milk
Sleep
More
Shoes
Ball
Aeroplane
Wind
Flower
Eat
Apple
Yes
No
Bye
Flying kiss

He attempts to say some words:
Mama (grandma)
Papa
Bor (ball)
More
Wowa (flower)
Fff (shoes, finish and fish)
Up

With his newly acquired language skills, he is able to make simple requests for what he wants.




He knows where his head, ears and nose are. He can also blink his eyes when asked.

He loves Chyna and laughs when he puts his face in her fur. Sometimes we catch him trying to eat her fur.



We finally managed to take this pic of ben lying on chyna. K had a similar photo but she was much smaller and lighter. B is much heavier here. Poor Chyna.

He enjoys music and after watching K perform a dance, he has picked up some steps. Now, everytime he hears a rhythm, he would be bobbing up and down and moving his arms. His latest favourite is Bad Romance by Lady Gaga.