Double Thickness Quality

Pleasantly surprised to find that the Living Room console has double layer frame. 

Her First Kiddy Friend

OO finally made a friend today. Previously all the older kids will ignore her. But today a 4 year old girl Clara took a liking to OO and shared a cracker. OO was bought over in an instant.

I need to teach her not to take food from strangers but oh well it just seems so innocent and heart-warming to see another kid welcome OO.

OO was practically inseparable after that. She would grab Clara's hand and followed her around. She even knows to call her "Jie Jie". Credit to Clara though, she was patient throughout.

I like how OO is making new friends. I was pretty scared she'll get into trouble with other kids when we put her into school but it seems she is sensible around others.

Rivet In Tyre

Just changed tyres a week ago ... And the rear right tyre has a big puncture from a rivet screw today. Sigh ...

Caught In The Act

OO found out how to open the door to the Living room tall cabinet. That was always a design dilemma. Do we build something for the short term where OO can't reach or open, or something more practical for the long run?

"Wah, what's this?"

"So many boxes"

"Let's take them all out, maybe I'll find toys!"

"Wah siao liao~!! Tio Laik!!"

20 months - Early Addiction To YouTube

OO has learned to ask for the ipad to watch videos. She doesn't know what a tablet is yet so she refers it as "star" as we have been letting her watch 'twinkle twinkle little star'. We have been warned that letting little kids watch videos on portable devices is detrimental to their development and creates a bad habit. But we are at our wits end when it comes to meal times. I sympathise greatly with Mama when she tries to feed OO.

So many ballball~ 发达了！

I can get up the master bed myself!

Welcome to Hogwarts~

So many pretty lights ...

I also have a sling bag like Mama

See, no holding~!!

Waaahhhhh, can I dive into the pampers?

Her First Bad Fall

Like every other kid, Emily has her share of falls. Hmmm maybe more than some ... she is a handful. Mostly bumps on her head or arms. Today's fall was another thing altogether.

I brought her to 404's playground for the first time today. I didn't scout it out so we only discovered that it is meant for older kids when we got there. Nonetheless there are slides where she can climb and play. There was another boy there with his grandpa. Emily seemed thrilled to have someone else to play with and kept following him, much to the boy's dismay hahah.

And because she was so engrossed in what the boy was doing she missed the slide's edge when she tried to land her hand and hit her nose instead. She immediately let out a terrible cry, one we recognise that she is in pain. I quickly picked her up and comfort her. Then about 30 seconds later blood started flowing from her nose!

OMG! My mind literally went blank for a second. How did this happen? I immediately ran for our family doctor whose clinic was across the road. When we reached, I discovered the doctor has not arrived so we made a mad rush to another clinic down the row of shophouses.

Thankfully there wasn't anything major. The doctor explained that Emily is still young and hence the membranes are softer and so the fall may have cause the blood veins to rupture. He did a touch test on her nose bridge and confirmed there was no fracture. 

Phew ... I cannot forget myself if any life threatening harm is to come to Emily. I used to think that it is normal that kids fall. But when your own falls badly your heart literally breaks to see her in such pain. Hopefully this is the last of the bad falls *cross fingers.