Learned To Climb

I'm not sure how it happened. One moment I was watching his every move. Then I turn my head to talk to OO and when I turned back, he was already up on the chair and reaching for something from the middle of the table.

Good gosh ... This kid has no fear. 小牛不实大老虎. Watching YY just became a whole lot more tiring ... you cannot look away for a single moment.

YY's First Haircut

The hair around the ears were irritating YY and he was scratching it regularly. Meimei and I were holding out after what happened with OO. We didn't want another tu-tu look for our baby.

This time I took to the cutting instead of asking Siti to do it. It didn't turn out as bad as OO's. Still looks a little weird since he wouldn't keep still. He was curious about the scissors running through his hair but thankfully we got through both sides.

YY @ 11 Mths - Walking On His Own

YY started walking on his own this month. Now he doesn't like being carried and would try to get down to walk any chance he can get. He has a funny walk with his right knee and ankle bended inwards. Hopefully he grows out of it.

He'll probably start saying words later than his 姐姐. He just goes 'en en' and points to convey his intentions. Works but sometimes we cannot get what he wants. Thankfully unlike OO he will not throw up a fuss that we cannot understand him. He simply gives a bewildered look like ... "how come you cannot understand one ..." and then move on.

过来给我一个抱抱！

My 不爽 look

Expert Stroller Pusher now

Yeah! Dine Out!

Happy New Year 2019!

I had to work on New Year's Day afternoon so the day was basically wasted for me. But that wasn't going to dampen the day for the rest of the family.

Meimei decided to bring everyone to Gardens By The Bay! And I was the chauffeur before I make my way to office. I could only catch up with videos and picture Meimei periodically send across. Looks like YY and OO had loads of fun!

Happy New Year Everyone~!!

Shy boy looking at Aunty Hazey

Hmm where OO learn to pose like that?

Much better pose than the one before

Said too soon!

No shoes!

Belated 2018 Christmas Gifts

I remembered Meimei has been hunting for a hands free headphone. And that she mentioned she prefers the apple headphone to the common rubbery stud type. Thankfully finance are a little tiny better this year, I decide to surprise her with a gift.

I had placed an order online for collection at the Orchard Apple store. I purposely arrived earlier so I can collect it and place it on the dashboard in front of her seat. Then I went off to window shop in Robinsons till she came down. I deliberately came to the car late to see if she noticed the apple bag.

Oh that glee and smile on Meimei's face as I walked towards the car .... Priceless ... she was beaming and grinning from ear to ear, pure genuine surprise. 

就为了一笑. Totally worth it.

Meimei also bought me a headphone for Christmas heheh.

Mignon's Steak & Grill

Sorta of a belated Christmas celebratory meal but that's ok. It's hard to find time for a date night meal so we appreciate any chance we get.

Meimei brought me to Mignon's Steak & Grill at the basement marketplace of Takashimaya. We had a monster of meal ... 1kg of T-Bone steak to share. Slurp!

Sheltered Playgrounds

OO behaved well yesterday morning so I rewarded her with a trip to the playground. We initially started at the 3 slides playground but it had rained earlier in the wee hours and she couldn't play on the slides. The only ones she could play were the climbing obstacles. She's fearless even on the tough ones.

She seemed disappointed after awhile as there were limited fixtures to play so I decided that we should go explore and see if we can find new playgrounds. We had previously driven past the area and saw playgrounds that were sheltered.

The first one we found was just off the road and was similarly wet due to the rain. We stopped for probably 5 minutes before moving to another. I rode further into the neighbour and found the first sheltered playground.

It had a nice tall roof and was relatively clean and new. OO had a wonderful time climbing up the different obstacles and diving down the slides. We spend a good half hour there before she was willing to leave. And that's only because I offered that we go look for another one.

It didn't take long for us to find the next sheltered playground. It was probably only about 200-300 metres from the first. OO was totally elated to play in the new playgrounds. She made me promise to bring her back here again before agreeing to leave for home.

Personally I was just as excited to find sheltered playgrounds. OO had been behaving well, sleeping in the afternoons the past month. But since it was December and the rainy season, we always end up disappointing her. So to find options for play and encourage good behaviour was a definite plus.

Christmas 2018

With 2 little kids, Christmas was always going to be a simple affair. We put up the tree but had to move all the ornaments on the top part so YY cannot go pulling on them.

We had a great dinner on Christmas Eve with everyone around the table including YeeYee and GX.

This is YY's first Christmas so Meimei has been very generous in dishing out all the toys for him. We definitely need to control the number of gifts as they get older hehe.

12 Chinese Zodiac Stuffed Toys

I'm guessing these probably belonged to Meimei but now they are somehow OO's. Either OO's gone ransacking in 406 and found them or Nyama might have been clearing them from 406.

Whichever it is, they are now in 405 and part of OO's collection of bed mates.

Pink Sand

OO has been pretty good lately so Meimei wanted to reward her with new play toys. So out came a bag of sand which she bought awhile earlier. OO has always been excited to play with sand. She even ask us to bring her to Gardens by the Bay's children garden to play at the sand pit.

A big applause to Meimei for the utmost patience and restraint in letting OO play with the sand at home. Hehe.

YY @ 10 Months - Standing Up On His Own

YY's starting to stand at 10 months. OO didn't start till she was close to a year old. But I guess each child is different and we won't be able to stop him from trying anyways. Meimei is worried he might have U-shaped legs if he started early but the only thing we can do is not to encourage him by holding him. If he does it on his own, he is ready I suppose.

护士，我又长高吗？

'Up To No Good' look hehe

I can balance on my own!

Hold my hand please?!

Hehe Papa washing my smelly poopoo!

Hillview Trip - Dec 2018 #2

Kids fight over anything and everything.OO says she doesn't want to go Hillview because she don't want to play with Gareth. But when we are there she is constantly playing with Gareth, chasing and running and getting into all sorts of arguments or mischief together.

Here you have the two fighting over the same seat during lunch. Hahahah. Joys of innocence and youth.

Queuing For The Other Kitty

Surprise surprise, the pale sister to the world's most famous kitty is getting her own limelight at McDonald's.

It's Thursday morning but Meimei loves MyMelody so I breeze walked to Bedok Mall in hopes of getting my hands on them.

I managed to get in line where they issued queue tickets to everyone and indicating the number each are buying. The max is 5 per pax but I only need 2, one for Meimei and another for OO.

I didn't expect so many people to be queuing at 7am in the morning. I think there must be at least 30 pax in front of me. I must also be the only one who isn't buying the full quota of 5. The cashier automatically charged me for 5 at the counter and gave me a weird look when I pointed out the error and requested for only 2. Hehehe.

"Papa, I don't want you to grow old"

I was driving OO to a playground she saw along the PIE on our way home from Hillview when she suddenly said "Papa, I don't want you to grow old". I didn't know how to respond to that.

I was keeping my attention on the road while starting to tear as I think about it. "Yes, Papa don't want to grow old too, I would like to be with you always" I thought. But that wasn't the right answer so I bravely told OO "Everyone grows old OO, it's more important how we spend the time with each other."

Thankfully, she didn't continue to say it. I was close to tears already thinking about it. It wasn't the first time she said it. The first was when I told her I didn't have the strength to carry her because I'm getting old. But this time it was different. She said it because I was her 'Best Friend' who could bring her to playgrounds and have fun together. And she didn't want that to stop ... and neither did I.

And yes, this gives me the drive to spend more time with Meimei, OO and YY. These are valuable years when we are still the center of their world. Enjoy it as much as we can before life takes over I say.

Hillview Trip - Dec 2018 #1

Meimei has her jujube gang gathering today so I brought OO and YY to Hillview. This week we brought the bicycle so she was taking turns on it with Gareth.

Gareth doesn't like to wear his helmet and makes sure everyone knows it.

With the older kids playing outside, I was watching YY as he rummages through the toy storage boxes.

He just kept flipping the cover up. I think he is learning how to open boxes through repetitive actions.