littlegraffi

Moved !!!

2007-01-26T11:35:00.000+08:00

Hi friends,

We have moved back to http://littlegraffi.livejournal.com/

See you there :)

Airplane....

2006-12-06T09:56:00.000+08:00

Asked the kiddo this morning...he was lying on his beloved pillow, drinking his milk.....

"Cayden ..... do you want to take a plane to see Papa ?"

He immediately sat up and looked at me....so I asked him again

"do you want to take a plane to see Papa ?"

He nodded his head eagerly and said " ya......plane......papa..."

Awwwww.....so sweet......

Mama....

2006-12-04T23:41:00.000+08:00

When I picked up Cayden from the CC today, Amy told me that Cayden kept insisting "ma-ma...ma-ma". during the session where the teacher would talk and interact with the kids. And the topic for today was "Daddy-What do you like most about your Daddy".

Apparently, he ran up to Amy and force her to look into his eyes and said "ma ma" when the rest of the kids are talking about their daddy and how they pick them up from CC.

When I heard that, my heart broke. He is clearly affected by the absence of his father. And I noticed recently that when I asked him whether he wants to talk to papa, he would say "NO" very loudly and firmly. But when I turned on the webcam, he would ran to me and sat down in front of me and wait for his father to appear.

I dun know what to do but started a ritual for him. When I switch off the light and before he fell asleep just now, I told him "Papa said hug hug Cayden, Papa said kiss kiss cayden, Papa said I love you Cayden....." I could see him smiling when I hug and kiss him ..........

I wish I know what goes on in that little mind and how I can help him to make it easier and less painful.

Updates

2006-11-29T09:40:00.000+08:00

Since last entry, I have been very busy both at work and at home. There are just so many things to take care of. Nevertheless, here are some updates on the kiddo.

1. Cayden is quite a slow talker but he is beginning to pick up 2-3 syllbus words, like "ice-cream, hotdog, mickey mouse...."

2. Beside his love for his pillowcase, he has a new love now. A blanket which used to belong to my younger sis. It is a patchwork blanket with trains, ducks, cats.....guess I have to bring that along with me to US too !

3. He is more fussy about the clothes he wants to wear. It has to be either mickey mouse, thomas the train, pooh bear or doremon......or his school uniforms.

4. He had stomach flu two weeks ago and he puked once in Seiyu and once in Liang Court. Both times, he ended up only clad in diapers as we walked from the stores to the carpark. Along the way, there are lots of exclaimations over a naked baby :)

5. He was 11.5 KG before his stomach flu and 11.6 KG now though he eats like a cow. I dun know where did all the food go to ?!

6. Sometimes when he sees his father on the webcam, he would look very sad. Mouth turndown and eyes moist with tears.

7. Beside mickey mouse, he also loves Jojo-the circus clown and Dora. His taste in girls is quite consistant at the moment.

8. Brought him to the pool at Raffles Town Club last week, he was hanging to me for his dear life but he was very very excited when he saw the pool. He was pulling off his shirt while running towards the pool like how the hunks ran towards the beach in Baywatch. The pool has slides and water spraying from the sides and also water erupting from the center of a small pool (as if like water volcanoes). But too bad, the weather turn thunderous after a short 15 minutes dip.

9. His fringe which i accidentally clipped off too much is still not growing.....I felt so bad about it.

That's all at the moment. Will catch up on the photos upload soon.

Papa......I miss you.....

2006-11-02T10:02:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, when i picked him up from school, he was holding a photo of us which was taken in Bintan months ago. The moment he saw me, he pointed to the photo and said : "papa mama ..den papa mama ..den"

He held on to that photo tightly throughout the journey home.....

.....and occasionally kissed it....

Cayden and his Pillow

2006-11-01T09:54:00.000+08:00

Linus has his blanket, Cayden has his pillow.

I know that kiddo will attach themselves to something familiar and they will find security in it.....but Cayden's pillow is big and cannot be stuffed into a haversack !

He does not allow anybody to lie on it. Sometimes on a bad day, I was not even allowed to touch it. If I do, he will "no no no" and snatched the pillow away. That is how much he love his pillow.

Now I am in a dilemma...should I bring this pillow on board the flight to US ?

Teary Thursday

2006-10-26T09:38:00.000+08:00

Managed to have a webcam conference with Joash and the mic is working too. Cayden was very excited to see his father after a long time. He sat in front of me and kept calling papa...papa......It sounded so sweet and so crisp.

And as it was the first day of CC after the long holidays, I told him that I am going to change him into CC uniforms. He stared at me and said :"no no no there there" and pushed my hands away and kept telling me "there there". He was trying to ask me to go "there", meaning, go away...hahahahahaa.....
(BTW, Joash was on the webcam "helping" to pacify Cayden).

After the longest time, when we were all ready to go, I told Cayden to say bye bye to Joash. He got really upset and immediately went to my laptop and frantically trying to "touch" him and kept crying "no no no papa papa" He got this desperate look in his eyes when he tried to stop his papa from going away.

It was so heart-wenching..........

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I could only tell him:" Papa is going to have his dinner. We go downstairs and eat our breakfast oki?" Thankfully, he nodded his head.

Children are masters of adaptation. They are usually far more adaptable than adults.

I strongly believe in it......

Just Cayden and Mama......

2006-10-25T11:02:00.000+08:00

I haven't tried bringing Cayden out alone. It was always either with Joash or my mum or my sisters......Yesterday, I wanted to visit Jan who has just given birth to a baby girl (cute !) at TMC in the evening. As my mum and my sisters were not free, I decided to bring Cayden along and then planned a trip to United Square for dinner.

Just packed the bare essentials and his dinner, strapped Cayden in his carseat and drove off. Fortunately, Cayden is so used to sitting in the carseat that he did not fuss at all. Reached TMC in no time and met Matthew and his mum and dad at the lobby.

Went up to visit Jan and her new baby. WOW...it is a 1-bed private room.....NICE !!! The room has a plasma screen ...and it also have a small living area for guests...and on top of that, TMC serve really good confinement food....

(oki....no more free advertising........but WOW WOW WOW !!!)

Anywhere, we had dinner at United Square with Sandy, Mike and Matthew. Cayden finished his porridge, half my bowl of macaroni soup. And thanks Mike, who helped to search for a high chair and then stacked the chairs to confine my rascal..... :)

I wanted to see some winter boots for Cayden....but we ended up in Clifford...

Then we walked passed Toyrus. Cayden was hopping and dancing all the way to Toyrus. He was playing with the rows and rows of batteries.....I got bored...wanted an ice-cream....so I asked Cayden.." Cayden...you want an ice-cream ?"

He immediately dropped his pack of batteries, with eyes lit up, he pointed to his mouth and said "YAY YAY !" Hahaha....I did not expect such a excited response....

Overall, the short outing is pretty good as Cayden was quite co-operative. I got more confident now to bring that rascal out .....

Narrow Window...

2006-10-24T15:07:00.000+08:00

It has been two days since Joash reached Chicago.....he reached on monday morning singapore time at 5 plus in the morning. He gave us a call at 7 plus in the morning. For the whole day of Sunday, Cayden only occasionally asked "where's papa ?". But when he chatted with Joash over the phone on Monday morning, he was very upset after Joash hang up the phone. Cayden kept crying for Papa.....and I was desperately trying to activate the webcam and trying to pacify an upset kiddo......

In the end, it was his own image on the webcam which distract him......we "talked" to Joash for a while, as the mic is not working on yahoo messenger..... (WHY?) But the timing window for webcam conference is very small. It is not daylight saving now so the time difference is 13 hours. When it is 7-8am in the morning, it will be 6-7pm in chicago, which means that Joash might be on the way home or still in office. And when it is 8-9pm in the night, it will be 7-8am in the morning for Joash. That will be the only ideal time for Joash to catch Cayden on webcam......

But once the daylight savings kicks in, the difference will be 14 hours....which makes it even worse......When it is 7-8am in the morning, it will be 5-6pm in chicago, and when it is 8-9pm in the night, it will be 6-7am in the morning for Joash....

so....Joash ....please wake up abit earlier oki.... :)

Cool Dude !!!

2006-10-22T11:44:00.000+08:00

Mama :

My myopia is very bad. I have been wearing glasses since Primary 3 and the degree for both eyes are about 800-900 degrees each. So every morning, if i happened to sleep with my glasses on the night before, I would have to search for my glasses the next morning. Most of the time, I would dedicate this important task to Cayden.

Recently, he requested for his own glasses.......

PS : His nose is pretty flat so he kept pushing his glasses to make it stay in place......

A webcam called Papa

2006-10-22T09:58:00.000+08:00

Joash flew off today....

We have setup the webcam so that Joash can see what mischief is Cayden up to.....

So .... for the time being, this webcam is called Papa.....

About Us...

2006-10-20T13:26:00.000+08:00

So...it is all settled now....Joash is due to fly off on the 22nd Oct 2006. It is snowing in Chicago now....isn't it abit too early to snow at this time of the year ?!

We have moved out of the Parc Oasis apartment and moved to stay with my parents. The whole packing and moving stuff bits by bits into my parents's and parent-in-law's place took 1 month to finish. Also rented out our apartment for two years.

Joash did not want to bring too many things over but only the necessarities. This is also because of the voltage difference. So, in the end, he only brought his clothes, a few books, a travel cooker, a small rice cooker, laptop, mobile..and a few other small things. All these still come up to 2 hugh luggages, 1 cabin trolley bag and a haversack. That's it.....his life is a total of 55 KG.

We (Cayden and I) together with my younger sister plan a trip to US sometimes in DEC. We plan to fly in directly to Boston to stay with Jean and Joash will fly in during his christmas break. Fortunately, with all my flying, I have accumulated enough krisflyer points to get a 18 hrs Executive Economy direct flight into NY and from there it is only a domestic flight of 1 hr and 45 minutes into Boston. Cayden is still under 2 then, so it is not so expensive to get him a infant ticket. His domestic ticket is free.

So these few weekends, Joash has been spending lots of time playing with Cayden, swinging him like a monkey, making milk in the morning, took leave to look after him, and also carry Cayden alot.....so he dun have to sit in a stroller or walk.....

....and this is my favourite pic....

Mister Drama Mama...

2006-10-01T14:14:00.000+08:00

See all those balls in the background ?

We were at the Hong Kah Community Center, supporting my sister's youth cum children's day event. Cayden was in the middle of the field full of all these balls. He held on to one ball and attempted to kick another one. He had so much fun that he practically ignored us when we called out to him, saying that we were going home.

I made a bet with Joash. I bet that Cayden will not walk to us unless we scoop him up forcefully from the mass of balls.

So....I was wrong....Joash called him a few times...and he ran to us happily.....do you know why ? See the Yakult bottle in Joash's hand.........rascal !!! make me lose my bet !

Ya...he finished his drink, he had his fun.....he is tired now...and wants to be out of his car-seat ........

Drama !!!

Cayden is 18th month old today !

2006-09-18T14:42:00.000+08:00

Cayden is 18th month old today ! Time really sped past when you are enjoying yourself.....

Cayden is really a big boy now.....He had learnt a lot of things and also mastered lots of self-helped skills. I did not keep track of the words he said but for sure i have heard his first sentence : where ye ye ? while searching for his grandfather....

I love music......all kinds mostly.......and one of the things I am very happy is his appreciation for music. It could be any music....he would either hum along with the music or if it is fast tempo, he would swing his arms and start moving his head, his legs and his bum......be it his KinderMusik music CD, classical and yet romatic Chopin, my jazzy Michael Bublé, my chinese radio station, boys band on Power 98, 80s songs from 91.3.......and yesterday, he even hummed along with Andrea Bocelli.....though looking abit constipated....

Though I know that cheeky = naughty, I still do not mind that Cayden is cheeky because I like the way his eyes will light up and sparkle when he caught sight of something which interests him.....and I like the way he grinned when he thought he fooled you into thinking that he is full already and I like the way his face shows determination when he climbs up the dining chair, armrest, ikea cupboard, gates....:)

Joash flew to India yesterday night and we sort of celebrated his 18th mth by spending a day as a family yesterday. We went to Mac for lunch....and Cayden had a happy meal for lunch. (It is damn unhealthy....but how many more 18th month can Cayden celebrate ?!) and then went to Forum Toyrus to walk around. Spend most of the time at the outdoors section where Cayden climbed in and out of every cars, 4WD and motorcycles !!! I was good ...cos we walked out of Toyrus EMPTY-HANDED !

Then we walked to Taka, hoping to spend the taka vouchers....but there is nothing to buy !!! Had a relaxing tea-break at delifrance while Cayden slept in his father's arms. He woke up....and we started to walk all the way back to Wheelock Place where we parked our car. But along the way, we stopped for A LOT of times........three time cos he wanted me to carry....but i said no..........two times he was distracted with the poka dotted balls hung from the trees.....two times he stopped and danced to the music blasted from the roadshows.......until, the father cannot tahan........He was scooped up ... and reached our car in no time ! :P

So, that's how we celebrated his 18th mth :) May he continue to stay happy, cheeky and healthy!!

Cayden and his greens....

2006-09-15T16:29:00.000+08:00

Cayden has his share of good day and bad day when it comes to mealtime. When he is good, he would finish his chunky meat and finely chopped and camouflaged greens, oranges, yellows.....on a bad day, he would spilt out his chunky meat together with the porridge and also picked out all the green, orange, yellow and throw them onto the floor.....

I had a hard time trying to imagine how he would fit this eating habit in his childcare. I have seen his lunch months ago. It was fried rice, with bits of meat and whole peas and corns ! I was thinking to myself then...Cayden is going to throw out the pea and corns and maybe the meat and just going to eat the rice.....

Two days back, I had a chance to talk to his teacher. I asked her how is his eating habit cos he was always throwing away his greens and refuse to chew meat.....Mariam looked surprised....she said that he is a good eater.....would chew his meat and eat his greens like the rest of his friends...... !!!

PEER PRESSURE !!!

Look !!! With head resting on his hand like that, he makes eating seems like a chore !

Catching up !!!

2006-09-12T14:21:00.000+08:00

Cayden :

My Mum just updated my cute photos here !

Saturday at East Coast Park

2006-09-10T15:04:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, we woke up at six in the morning, preparing to set off for the X-country run at East Coast Park organised by Hewlett Packard.

We picked up Steve along the way and Cayden has taken to Steve almost immediately. Stev-vee is going for the 10km run whereas we are going for the 3km fun run/walk.

Cayden looked on when Steve start his 10km run.

We were resting in the hawker center waiting for Steve to show up from his 10km run.

When Steve came back, Cayden immediately pulled his hand and made him "ran" round the hawker center, trying to mimick the way Steve ran.....

Once bitten, Twice......also bitten.....

2006-09-07T13:56:00.000+08:00

Remember the last time Cayden was bitten in the arm by his friend ? It happened again !

I picked him up from childcare and I was just asking him
"Did you nap ?"
"Ya....nap...nap"

"Have you drink milk ?"
"Ya"

"Did you cry cry today ?"
Then he screwed up his face and show me his crying face. Anyway, I din think much of it cos I thought he was just responding to the word "cry".

It was only later then I discovered that there is quite a deep bite mark on his left arm. I asked him...
"Did someone bite you ?"
"Bite....bite " then he put his mouth to his arm, showing me the action of biting.

I asked the teacher the next day whether Cayden was naughty and snatched someone's toy cos he was bitten. She said that Cayden and another kid were playing and all of a sudden the kid just bit Cayden on the arm. They think that the kid is most probably teething....

To me, this incident is oki....kids are afterall kids. So, I dun want to make too big a fuss over this. But what is more important to me is to teach Cayden that biting is unacceptable.

Mr Vain

2006-09-03T14:02:00.000+08:00

Cayden always like to play with my hair rubber bands. Sometimes when he sees it, he would pick it up and pass it to me, asking me to tie up my hair. This morning, he saw the band on the bed. He picked it up and asked me to tie his hair. Then he asked me "nice ?" I was so amused. I took out my handphone camera and snapped a pic.

The band dropped cos Cayden got so little hair. Cayden asked me to tie again and then asked me "nice ?" and then he passed my handphone to me, asking me to take a photo of him. Hahahaha.......oki....Mr Vainpot.....Ya....talking about you !

Haircut !

2006-08-20T09:54:00.000+08:00

Cayden :

(Overheard)
Mama : I like it long.....
Papa : ...but sooooo ugly......dun want....cut it short !!!
Mama : but....I like it long....beside...it takes soooo long for him to grow his hair....I just want to see how he would look.....
Papa : i cannot stand the hair sticking into his ears......cut it lah...oki....
Mama : hmm....oki...we compromise......we cut the back short...and leave the front fringe......

So....this is me.....the end result of my parent's compromise.....

pretty ah beng right ?

King Cayden ...

2006-08-18T10:32:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cayden got gastric flu. As this is not his first time, we are pretty calm and cool about it. Expecting him to display the normal symptons of vomiting, diarrhea and fever.....but what we do not expect is the degree of fussiness and him thinking that he is the king of the universe and the whole world should revolve around him......

King Cayden demanding to be fed !

Cookie and Cayden....

2006-08-14T10:22:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cookie is my sis's maltese....He used to be afraid of Cayden when he(Cayden) was younger cos he (Cayden) was very rough with him(Cookie). But after a while, Cookie realised that that Cayden does not mean any harm....so they are oki together now.....

This picture below shows that they are enjoying each other company sitting on the same mini sofa......

...but...the truth is that...they are trying to squeeze each other off the sofa !!!
How loving is that ?!

Sesame Street Kid

2006-08-12T11:47:00.000+08:00

Cayden :

This is Big Bird .....

This is Elmo.....

This is Ernie ....

This is Me !!!

Ribena Buddy....

2006-08-09T10:48:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Do you guys remember the commercial from Ribena from ages ago....(when I was still a little kid).....

Two kids sitting back to back under a tree with school as the background.....
The girl is drinking ribena from her water bottle....
The boy was curious and ask the girl

Boy : " what are you drinking ?"
Girl : "Ribena...my mum said it is good for you "
Boy : "Can I have some?"
Girl : "Yes, but not too much"

Somehow, this pic reminded me instantly of this commercial ....

PS : For those who have no idea what I am talking about.....it is cos you are not as wise (old) as me....:P

Pre - National Day Celebration.....

2006-08-08T14:12:00.000+08:00

Joash's company had a open house cum family day cum national day celebration at their new office premises today.

My little rascal had a great time ! Although, it is just a office with tables, chairs, partitions....my little rascal manage to find thrills in playing Peek a Boo with me behind a glass partition.

This is like his trademark !!! His everflowing saliva !

BG again

2006-07-06T16:03:00.000+08:00

mama :

We met up with some of the mummies and their babies at Botanic Gardens last weekend. It was a long time since I have last seen YX and Iggy. They have grown so much and they are behaving more and more like tots.

YX is looking very sweet and demure unlike what her mummy always said. Aunti Folic is feeding her porridge and i find it so amazing that YX can stay within the groundmat till the end of her dinner. If it were Cayden, he would be running all over BG with me chasing behind him with a bowl of porridge.

Iggy looks like a big boy already. And he is a good talker ! I am so impressed with his vocal abilities. And he is a fast learner too. He learns how to blow bubbles, though one small bubble, but it is a great accomplishment for a small toddler !

Cayden enjoys the BG outing so much. He ran all over the field, kicked Iggy's bright yellow ball, tumbled over, picked himself up again...and continue runnning. Exactly like what Aunti Folic says " Energiser Bunny". At the end of the day, Joash and me were so so so tired from running and catching him.

~upload pics later~

Aunti(s).....we shall do this meetup at BG more often oki ?! It is really fun !!

Things to remember....

2006-06-30T16:44:00.000+08:00

Mama :
Recently, Cayden is more responsive .....Just want to record all these down so that when he become notti, I can re-read all these entries and be reminded that he was once cute....hahaha...

Elephant :
I have been showing what is an elephant.....and also doing the action of nose swinging of an elephant. All along, he has got either no reaction or just smiles and walk away. Yesterday over dinner, showed him the picture of elephant, he suddenly put his wrist near the nose and start swinging....wa....so cute....

Monkey :
Show him the action of monkey and even made noise likened to a monkey...but he bo hew me. Yesterday, right after the elephant trick, I asked him "How is a monkey like ? " He put his hands underneath his armpits and even said "oo...oo...aa...aa" cute !!!

Bus :
Brought him up close and personal to a bus at a bus stop. heehee....He has never been so near to a bus before. Anyway, he was so in awe.....and started to do the actions of the song (wheels on a bus go round and round).....I was not sure what it was in the beginning, Joash was first to realise....hahahaa

Toddlers class :
I went to his childcare earlier yesterday. I did not open the door immediately cos I wanted to spy on him. The teacher was having a story telling session. All the older kids were squeezing to sit right in front of the teacher (knee to knee). Poor Cayden could not squeeze in fast enuff and could only stood behind all those older kids. He was too short and every one or two seconds, he would walk around the older kids to get a better view. And he always put his hands behind his back when he walked around.....exactly like an inspector ! Then suddenly, he said "mumm...mumm" very loudly and point to the book.....the teacher was showing a pic of a bear eating an ice-cream.....

First Day....

2006-06-27T10:23:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Last week, he went to the Tots group a few hours a day to let him get used to the environment. Yesterday was Cayden's first full day at the tots group. He was very cranky over dinner, refusing to eat properly and crying at every smallest details. After struggling thru dinner, he refused to bath, screaming his head off. On the way to MIL's place, he was crying to be carried out from his carseat. Only settled down and stoned when I sang Baa Baa Black Sheep. When I switched to another song, he cried again cos he only wanted Baa Baa Black Sheep.....

When at last, we managed to reach home at 8 plus. He fell asleep at 9:20 only to wake up at 11 plus to fuss and cry. Struggled till 12 plus before he fell back to sleep again. I told Alice (my pantry lady who has babysitting experience) what happened and she told me that he probably played too much during the day.

And according to his activity sheet, he only slept 45 mins yesterday. So I asked the teacher this morning to try to let him sleep longer. Teacher W said that he woke up a few times yesterday during his nap and maybe this was due to the new environment. Hopefully, he will settle down after a few days.

Plus, my face is itching so much from the new facial lotion I only tried twice ......

Fast Food

2006-06-19T21:43:00.000+08:00

Mama:
Before Cayden was borned, Joash and I planned to introduce to Cayden the concept of Macdonald only at about the age of 5. When cayden was younger, Joash and I would sneak into some fast food chain hoping that Cayden will not know where we were.

Last week, we went to Long John Silver to eat dinner. Cayden had his first fries and he was eating like a PRO. It was then I decided not to frequent fast food chain with Cayden around.

We were driving home from my mum's place just now and we got stuck at the King Albert Complex traffic light. Cayden saw the Mac there....pointed to us and said "Mmmmm.....Mmmmm.....! Ammmmmph !" imitating the action of eating !

Gosh ! When did he know ?!!!

Night Safari

2006-06-17T01:48:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Joash wanted to go Night Safari and since we got 50% discount for the admission ticket, we decided to go. With so many failed planned trips to the zoo, I was not sure whether we could make it to Night Safari.

But.....we did. It was surprisely crowded though it is still World Cup season. We got onto the tram which will bring us around. Cayden was sitting very still on my lap cos it is dark. Cayden is fearful of darkness so I was thankful that he did not cry. We pass by deers and more deers....(I think different species of deers...)....The little boy was not excited. I can understand. I can hardly find the animals in the dark ! He only perked up when he saw the elephants. The elephants stood amazingly near to the tram track. It was just chewing his leaves, flapping his ears and staring at us. Cayden was so excited that he gestured the "come come" hand signs to the elephants and said " neh neh neh" still chewing on to the milk bottle.

After the 40 minutes tram ride, we took a 20 minutes stroll round the night zoo. Cayden was asleep halfway thru the walk.

PS : I packed everything which I thought may be useful for this Night Safari trip. I got food, drinks, baby biscuits, anti-mozzies lotion, long-sleeve tee, long pants, his bowl with spoon and fork......everything, except for the camera.......geez....

Baby no more.....

2006-06-16T01:30:00.000+08:00

Mama :
Last few week, Teacher Radi told me that she brought Cayden up to the Tots area to mingle with the toddlers a few times....I heard that he enjoyed himself playing with all the big boys and girls.

Picked Cayden up from BI this evening. The infantcare nurse told me that she would be putting Cayden together with the toddlers group when Cayden turn 15 mths which is couple of days later. Normally, only when the tots turn 18th month, they will be transfer to the tots group. She said that she could see Cayden is getting bored in the babies group and was behaving "babyish" to get attention. She thinks that it is best to move him upstair which has more stuffs to keep him challenged.

I am pretty worried that he will be bullied by the tots. They are afterall stronger and faster than him.

I think I will let him have a trial and see if there are any problems......

The Pianist

2006-06-11T23:47:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Although I learned how to play the piano half my life, I am not musically inclined and I am tone-deaf. By sheer determination, I managed to get to a decent grade. I do not wish that Cayden would play a instrument well in future but I do hope that he is not tone deaf. Hmm....dun even start to talk about HB...just know that when he starts to sing, I know he is out of tune. But I do have a sister and a cousin who is good in music...so Cayden still have hope.

We were at my cousin today. My cousin played the piano to entertain Cayden.....

Complain Complain

2006-06-09T00:07:00.000+08:00

I am making a long distance call to PoPo.....I want to complain.....I want to complain....
neh neh neh neh ....neh neh neh neh ....

Full Monty

2006-06-08T10:48:00.000+08:00

Mama :

I love these full monty shots. They are "artistically" taken too.

12nd June : His papa object violently to the full monty pics. :P

Grandma is on hols....

2006-06-07T13:43:00.000+08:00

Grandma will be on hols from this friday onwards till two weeks later.......
and this means papa and mama cannot just deposit me at Grandma's and go out without me....heeheee.....

wonder where they are bringing me this friday....hmmm.......

World Cup 2006

2006-06-06T13:47:00.000+08:00

In the spirit of World Cup 2006, Papa bought me a food tray.....

and Mama got me a limited edition World Cup Squeeze Ball......

ECP

2006-06-04T22:34:00.000+08:00

Papa brought me cycling at East Coast Park. We met up with Yi yi and her friend. We cycled all the way to the East Coast Hawker Center which is not very far away from where we rented the bicycle. We sat there for almost half an hour before we cycled back. Hmmm...not very exciting right ? I think i can do better with my tricycle !

Rummy Tummy at a PC show

2006-06-03T13:49:00.000+08:00

Papa wanted to buy a new laptop and as it is the last day of the PC show, Mama decided that we shall go there as early as possible to avoid the crowd. The PC show starts at 11am....and we arrived at 10:30am....and gosh.....!!!! there were alot of people standing outside waiting for the doors to open !!! It was so crowded that from where we were standing, we cannot even see the doors.....

I got this from a pretty lady when we walked past her booth. So sweet of her.....i gave a more than a few blow kisses....she looked so thrilled.......women are so easy to please....papa..you should learn a few things from me....

I fell asleep halfway thru the show....so boring.........can't wait to go Sentosa in the afternoon with my friends........but mama said i cannot go cos i had diarrhae....sobs...sobs...I only soiled my diapers 4 times in the morning....that's not alot .....:(

In the end, we ended up at Grandma's cos Papa wanted to setup the projector for World Cup........

Great Singapore Sale

2006-05-27T16:12:00.000+08:00

Mama:

The Great Singapore Sale is here once again...
We need to get some new clothes so we decided to brave the shopping crowd.....

We din buy much things....actually only a pair of Levi Jean for Joash...

Sigh ... cannot shop with Cayden around !!!

My two boys relaxing after a "hard" day works....

Narcissistic ?

2006-05-27T14:20:00.000+08:00

Mama:

Remember, I made these posters for his 1st birthday....I can't bear to throw them away, so I kept them on top of a shelf. Cayden saw these posters today...and actually climbed onto the sofa-bed to try to get them. And once he got them, he would blah blah blah to the poster and kiss the posters non-stop. Somehow, I think that he knows it is him.

Looong dinner

2006-05-23T11:11:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Whenever we go out for lunch or dinner with Cayden, it is at most a 1 hour affair. This is because Cayden's patience will not last very long.

Yesterday, we went out for dinner with mum, dad and my sisters for a steam boat buffet dinner. For the first 30 minutes, Cayden was sitting in his high chair eating his dinner, for the next 30 minutes, he was playing with my mobile, his gong gong's pen, my sis's mobile and lots of other things....still in his high chair. The last 30 minutes, he was on the floor playing with the highchair and lots of other things. And he picked up a piece of toufu on the floor which he had dropped it earlier and popped it into his mouth before i could stop him.

His gong gong is the kind of person who is very prime and proper when dinning out. So whenever Cayden shouted for food or toys, his gong gong would look elsewhere (as if pretending it is not Cayden who shouted).

Hehe...I wonder when will be the next time we are going to dine out with gong gong again.

By the way, I would try not to put a kid on the restaurant floor to play but in this case, i really had no choice.

UTI

2006-05-22T11:30:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cayden had finished two rounds of antibiotics for his UTI. I just received a phone call from Dr Heng telling me the result of his latest urine test. It is clear !! Yah !!!

and double Yah cos i dun have to collect any more urine sample. It is such a headache collecting urine from a super duper active kid. And on top of this, we have to collect his urine 2 hours before 11am cos the urine has to be picked up by 11am from the PD office to the lab. It is like mission impossible 4.

In the beginning, we used the urine bag. I would stick the urine bag over his penis and put the diapers over the bag. But after 3 rounds of sticking it on and peeling it off from his balls, Cayden would scream in protest whenever he sees me with the urine bag. To make it worse, I did not stick the bag properly in place during the 3rd round (the last round) so the urine leak out of the bag and into the diapers. Wasted effort !!! I was so mad with myself then.

I had no choice because I really have to get it out from him. So Joash carried him to the toilet and both of us strongly "encouraged" him to pee so I could catch the stream into the urine container....poor Cayden ....he kept on screaming and shaking his head indicating that he has got nothing ! We gave up ! We let him run around naked in the house hoping that he would feel the urge after a while.

After a while, i got a feeling that he was going to pee. I brought him to the toilet, wanted to take off his shirt. The moment i turned my head, he pee-ed ..... on the floor....Arghhhhh !!!!

Then i remembered, kids learn by example. So i asked Joash to show him how to do it. hahaha.... So the three of us ended up in the bath area, just waiting for the little prince to pee. 5 minutes passed...no pee.......another 5 minutes passed.....he pee-ed....but arghhhh !!! he stopped when I opened the urine container....another torturous 5 minutes passed....he pee-ed... and yah !!! i got it ..i got it....!!

Who dare to say that our weekend is not interesting :)

Swim Class

2006-05-20T11:07:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Today, Cayden went for his first lesson of swimming. Initially he loved it. He kept smiling and splashing ......until Jane carried him away from his Dad and dunk him. From that point on, he cried non-stop.

And he brought this fear into the bathroom too. He refused to step into the bath area.

Let's hope this will not last.

PS : 2nd lesson is worse. The moment he saw Jane...he started crying.....I had to jump into the pool in my Tee and pants just to sayang him.

Stay tuned for 3rd lesson.

So bad....

2006-05-17T11:03:00.000+08:00

Mama :

I felt so bad...I sent Cayden back to his infantcare today and I was told that there were 15 cases of HFMD. 10 in the tots areas and 5 from the crawlers area. I think that the 4 other cases of HFMD is infected by Cayden.

Luckily from what i heard, the other babies only have a mild case of HFMD.

Thank God !

HFMD

2006-05-10T10:17:00.000+08:00

Mama :

I take back my words !!! I am soo worried now.....he is not eating nor drinking. Whatever little bit he manage to eat, he will vomit it out within an hour .....

I tried fresh milk, ice-cream, jelly, juice...whatever.....he is not eating anything and keep pointing at his mouth to tell me that he is painful at the throat. He woke up every 2 hours at night, crying cos he was hungry and wanted milk....but once he started to drink he would cry again cos the sore throat is causing him so much pain.

He hates taking medicine. I had got no choice but to force-feed him. He was crying so hard and was so angry with me that he din want me to carry him after that. He push my hands away.....I felt so sad ! Wanted to cry but have to control myself cos certain things need to be done (like feeding medicine).....

And one thing for sure, i have a cry baby in my arms.

Old MacDonald has a farm, E-Ya E-Ya E-YA Oooooo....
and on his farm there is a Cayden, E-Ya E-Ya E-YA Oooooo....
and a cry cry here, cry cry there, cry here, cry there, cry cry everywhere......
Old MacDonald has a farm, E-Ya E-Ya E-YA Oooooo....

HFMD

2006-05-09T13:52:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cayden had fever suddenly in the middle of the night. It subsided this morning but infantcare called and said he has very high fever. I brought him to the PD and PD suspected it is HFMD. Cayden only has got high fever and sore throat. There is no spots yet but the pattern of the sore in his throats resemble that of HFMD.

Ironically, I will be relieved if it is HFMD instead of a new strand of bacteria in his urine.

*Sigh....

Hip Hop Dancer ?

2006-05-08T13:50:00.000+08:00

Mama:
He was very tired on the way home....
but once we reached home and when Papa started to hum him a catchy tune....

Bang !

2006-05-06T13:58:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cayden is very bang-prone....

At the infantcare :
Everytime, he sees us at the gate, he will scream and run towards us. Though i am happy to see this display of undying love for us, my heart always skip a step when I see him run toward us and towards the steps leading to the garden in the infantcare which is NOT the exit ! All caregivers will exclaim in unison :" Cayden, not there...here...the door is here...." but Cayden blinded by his love will continue to charge toward the garden via the steps, until one of the caregiver scoop him up. Phew !!!

Another incident. Similar scenerio. And this time, he charged towards the glass sliding door which is the correct exit.....but, 'BANG', the glass door is closed and he banged his head. He did not even stop to cry. Sigh !

Just yesterday, he saw us at the gate. Wanted to charge towards us.....and wait....the little bull suddenly stopped in his track. He turned around and ran towards the glass sliding door. And suddenly, there was clapping and cheering at the background. The caregivers were happily exclaiming :" He knows !!! He knows (where is the real exit) !!! Yah !!! "

Now the real test is to see whether he knows how to open that glass sliding door.....

Little Tikes Rocking Horse :
We borrowed a Little Tikes Rocking Horse from a friend - Hani aka Qdee. He was rocking happily and not very fast (read : safe). Reckon he got bored with it after a while. He got the horse, walked around the house, walked back to the horse, got on it, got off it, then hands holding the handles, he put his left foot on the saddle followed by the right foot and then start rocking. OH MY !!! HOLY COW !!! I nearly fainted, dropped everything i was holding and ran to hold on to him. And that rascal thought it was fun to let go of the handles and hold on to my hands instead !

My heart skipped two beats that day....

Little Tikes Junior Slide :
He thinks it is fun to slide down bum first ! Need i explain more ?! Sigh !!!

PS : Due to the danger of these acts, there is simply no opportunity to catch some of these on video.

weird face ...

2006-05-04T13:53:00.000+08:00

Mama:

Couple of weeks ago, we went to Miharu to have lunch. There was no baby chair so Cayden was trapped in the chair with the table in front of him and his diaper bag behind him.

Had a walk around the area and got a few shots.

Then we went to Isetan Scott to walk around.

Love the last shot. He was running away, escaping from Ronald MacDonald !

The whole world revolves around Cayden and his papa.....Thanks Goodness !!!

2006-05-03T13:50:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Recently, Cayden has been extra sticky to his father. Whenever, his father walks out of the bedroom, Cayden will scream and run after his father. He wants to follow wherever his father goes.

It is more evident when Joash goes out of the house to throw trash. Cayden will cry and run to the door and tries to bang the door down. Quite heart-wenching to see such pitiful sight.

But, on the other hand, I get new sense of freedom. I can just walk all over the house without a little kiddo shadowing and spying on me......yipee !!! I am enjoying while it lasts !

Cayden's new trick : He will put both his hands on his nose and tips his head backwards, pretending to sneeze, when I said "A-tis-choooo". Hilarious to watch !

BG

2006-04-30T13:43:00.000+08:00

Mama :
Cayden discovered speed..... He sped down the slope in Botanical Gardens a zillion times.....he rolled down the same slope couple of times.....and we realised that we have to train up our stamina to catch the little kiddo soon .....

time to hit the gym !

Wonder what the two kiddos are looking at !

Companion...

2006-04-26T17:20:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Cayden got this stuff doggy off my sis's bed and now it offically stays in Cayden's bed. He loves Woa Woa (He called it Woa Woa cos I think he was trying to say Woof Woof) so much that he will smile happily when he hug it to sleep every night and kiss it every morning....

Haircut !

2006-04-24T17:15:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Equipment : Philips Hairstylist Shaver
Hairstylist : Mama
Target : Cayden's standing hair

Before

After

Cost : PRICELESS

Monkey at play.....

2006-04-18T16:41:00.000+08:00

There are so many ways to go up a slide. Let me do a quick demo.....

I wonder....

2006-04-15T16:10:00.000+08:00

Mama :

I wonder where we will be one year from today......

Today is not a special day of some sorts.....but received news a couple of days back on possible changes.

This is a news which gave me joy in the beginning...thereafter, excitement. And a few days after that, anxiety and worries.......

I wonder......where will we be one year from today.....

Round and round....

2006-04-12T11:22:00.000+08:00

Mama:
Infantcare called and said that Cayden has fever. So, I went to pick him up and went to my mum's place. Was not feeling too well myself so I just put the Mother Goose DVD on for Cayden. He was watching abit and then suddenly he stood up and do this ....

Then I realised that Cayden was just imitating Mother Goose which is showing one group of children forming a cicle and walking in a big circle while singing...hahhaa......

Morning person.....

2006-04-10T11:50:00.000+08:00

Mama:
Cayden is not a morning person. Every morning, he will laze around in bed....turn and toss till he is happy to open his eyes.....

We had to change his diapers and into his tee and pants while he was still "pretending" to sleep this morning. And how do I know he was pretending to sleep .....cos when i said " Cayden, do you want to throw your diapers ?" He suddenly sat up, opened his eyes REAL big and said "..pers !...pers !"

hahahhaaa...i can forsee the struggles i will face in future when he start his oficial primary schooling for the morning session......oh no....

Change your clothes ... Cayden !

2006-04-09T11:31:00.000+08:00

Mama:
Recently, we try to involve Cayden whenever we need to change him.

Previously, whenever we tried to change him in/out of pajamas or tee/pants....he would scream the whole house down. It was even worse when trying to change him out of his diapers. He would keep flipping over and no matter how stern I "scold" him....he simply dun care....

So we tried a different approach. We do it the fun way......We will do peek-a-boo whenever i need to put a tee over his head.....and "Give me your left hand !" and " Oops....where is your right hand ?!!!" for the hands......yap...it is tiring just to wear his tee....but worth it, cos Cayden dun scream that much now....hopefully, it last......

As for diapers, he likes to pick up his soiled diapers and throw it in the bin. While changing his diapers, we will tell him that he will have a diapers to throw once he finish changing out of his soiled ones.

PS : He loves to do this so much that he always pulls out his new diapers from the pack and throw them into the bin too.

Aunti or Tai Tai Soh?

2006-04-05T11:16:00.000+08:00

Mama:
Cayden has a facination with bags now. He loves to carry his own school bag and also helps me to carry my tote bag sometimes. My sis is trying to train him to carry her bag for her whenever we go out together ......

Lazy Sunday......

2006-04-03T13:01:00.000+08:00

ring in the stick or stick in the ring ?

2006-03-31T13:45:00.000+08:00

Mama:
My sis got this "I'm Toy" for Cayden's birthday. He finally get to open it yesterday. (We are rationing his birthday presents so that his interests can last).

Children will love this colourful caterpillar. Your child will learn to count either by colours or by stacking the rings up. Each ring, likewise the caterpillar head, becomes a bead if diverts a play to lacing activities. The caterpillar wooden nose or tail can function as a lacing stick.

Cayden did neither the counting nor the stacking.......He pulled out every ring and stick and swept the rings across the room.....and then laughed at his own actions. The closest thing he did (as opposed to the intended purpose of the toy) was to pull out the stick and put it through the ring and start shaking hard with it.

so for the time being now, it is stick in the ring and not ring in the stick.

Specially for Papa

2006-03-31T11:30:00.000+08:00

Papa, these are for you .....dun miss me too much in Shanghai, oki? ....

Guess Who ?

2006-03-31T10:25:00.000+08:00

Guess Who ?

It is Cayden the Pooh .....of course......

Cayden ...... Drunk ?

2006-03-27T14:40:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Whenever we change bedsheet, something in Cayden will go TICK !!!

PS: gave up trying to rotate the video.......sighz.....

Do I look like a star ?!

2006-03-22T14:48:00.000+08:00

Mama:

I ran this photo in Myheritage.com .

Guess what...

Cayden looks 64% like Ibrahim Tatlises.... Duh !

46% like Shirley Temple ..... hahhaa...oh dear....those puffy cheeks !!!!

45% like Andy Roddick ...... thanks goodness, there is still hope for Cayden....

whereas for Joash....

63% like Haley Joel Osment.....ohhhh...so right !!!

56% like Matt Dillon......huh ? where got ?

and...this is how Joash will look like when he is much older......hahahahhaa......

*Fell off chair laughing...*

Thanks all for coming.....

2006-03-22T14:38:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Thanks all friends for coming to Cayden 1st birthday party. Hopefully, it is as memorable for you as it is for us !!!

Birthday Bash 3

2006-03-21T23:43:00.000+08:00

Mama :

We celebrated Cayden's Birthday (19th March) at the function room.

The decor

The Babies area

The cake

Cayden and Mama and Papa

With good friends

Birthday Bash 2

2006-03-21T23:15:00.000+08:00

Mama:

This is Cayden's Birthday party on the 18th March. This is held on the actual day and at my mum's place. We had such a great time !

Our Family

With Great-Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncles and Aunties

With good friends !

With Xiao Yi Yi's good friends !

Cayden cannot wait for the distribution of the cake. He just grabbed the "Y" cube !

Happy 1st Birthday Cayden !

2006-03-18T09:02:00.000+08:00

1 more day to go...

2006-03-17T23:41:00.000+08:00

Mama :

Thousands pics tell thousands stories......

Dog Fight !

2006-03-17T10:43:00.000+08:00

Mama :

"While waterplay, Cayden snatch a toy car from another child. The child bite him on his left hand. Cayden cried for a while and cold compress was applied."

Yesterday, Teacher Rati told me this when I went to pick up Cayden from infantcare. She looked so worried....
No worries !!! ....the little rascal got to learn to wait for his turn and not snatch from other pple.

And apparently, he learnt his lesson. We were shopping in OG orchard and he saw a gor-gor playing with Thomas the Train. He sat on the floor beside that gor-gor and wanted to reach out his hands to snatch the toy from him. I held his hands and said " wait....wait....wait for gor-gor to finish first. Then it is your turn. " He pulled his hands back and just looked at the gor-gor and waited patiently. He waited for a while more and again wanted to snatch the toy....I held on to his hands and repeat the same thing. He again pulled his hands back and waited for that gor-gor to finish. Until, another kid (a older kid who was playing with the same toy and saw what happened) volunteerily pass the Thomas the Train to Cayden.

See the bite marks on his forearms......three teeth marks.....

2 more days to go....

2006-03-16T14:05:00.000+08:00

Mama :

I had a C-section "delivery". The actual EDD was 24th March. I had to have a C-section because our dear Cayden refused to be engaged in position. (later discovered to be my fault rather than him....will blog that later)

And the date was chosen by my gynea who is a no-nonsense yet humorous old doc. I can still remember the scenerio. He flipped open his table calendar...."hmmm......oki !....18th March....nice number ! So...you like it to be afternoon or morning ? " And that's it....18th March...the big day !

and thus Celebrating our joy .....

Priceless...

2006-03-16T13:52:00.000+08:00

The last 3 weeks has been lots of wailing and crying at the doorstep of the infantcare. It was the peak (I hope) of Cayden's separation anxiety. Just say that I even had to restore to do my personal business (both big and small) with a kiddo sitting on my lap. Mondays were the worst because after the whole weekend with mama and papa, it was very difficult for him not to be with us on Mondays.

The first two weeks was still bearable for me. "It should be separation anxiety", I told myself. "after all, he stopped crying when he see his favorite teachers." By the 3rd week...when he cried at the doorstep every morning, my heart would break..."oh dear...how long will he be crying ? Should I call Babiesinc to check and ask how is he ? Is he not happy there ? Where is Violet – his favorite teacher ?" All these questions would be racing through my head. (Violet happened to go on leave…)

And on Monday (two days back), he cried a little....on Tuesday, he only whined....yesterday, he just looked at us.....and today.....he gave us a flying kiss......a priceless flying kiss.......

So for the first time in 3 weeks, Cayden did not cry.....not even a tinnee whinnee bit when we left him at the infantcare.

Smmmmmmacks ! Cayden, Mama kiss you back !

3 more days to go......

2006-03-15T15:22:00.000+08:00

Mama :
3 more days to go before it is Cayden's 1st Birthday. He has grown so much in this one year, not only physically but in all other aspects. I am just happy that he is a happy kid, most of time smiling, if not grinning and up to some mischief.

Being the first time mum and not knowing wat to expect, especially when this happened so suddenly, I am glad to say that it is still showing green on my report card. :) Though, there are still much to learn, much to trial and error, I am looking forward and enjoying each day with my little rascal.

Want to countdown by starting this photo medley "Celebration"....

kicking off is

Celebrating Birth....

I am just so glad and grateful that we have made the right decision this time.

Save the Earth - Don't Waste Water

2006-02-20T14:46:00.000+08:00

Please don't waste water.....
that's why...I am bathing in the basin.....

Hope that my big bums dun get stuck ....

More than a bundle of joy . . .

2006-02-15T23:43:00.000+08:00

Mama:

When Cayden is borned, he is like a small puppy weighing a mere 2.69 Kg. Joash always cradle him(tiny Cayden) against his body with one arm. But nobody told me that this small pup is a Jack "Rascal" breed !

When I picked him up from his infantcare two days back. One of the teachers was telling me that Cayden tried to climb onto a baby's bouncer and wanted to sit on it. I forgot to ask the teacher whether there was a baby on that bouncer !

When we were in Bintan, he was playing with the bedside drawers. The next thing I knew, he was trying to climb into the drawer.

He had already learnt how to escape from his walker and cot couple of months back. I do not want to put him in a playpen for too long, fearing that he will master the art of escaping it. I will only let him remain in the playpen when there is a need to.

I caught him trying to ride on Cookie who is my sister's bischon.
P/S Cookie will always try his best to avoid this Jack "Rascal". If Jack "Rascal" is sitting on the right, you will find Cookie on the far left. If Jack "Rascal" crawls towards Cookie, Cookie will immediately stand up and stare at the Jack "Rascal" most suspiciously !

He loves water and bathing time becomes his fav ! When he sees his bathtub placed on top of the sink, he immediately knows that it is time to bath. He will crawl toward the sink in top speed and will hold on to the ends of the sink. He will then try to climb up the sink and most of the time, he will hang off the sink like a monkey .....but...I do admire his determination to get wet !

Two days back, he was playing and crawling to and fro my room and my sister's room at my mum's place. When it was bed-time, I closed the door of my room. That Jack "Rascal" screamed at me and then flung himself face down on the floor and started crying. It really reminds me of those brats in the shopping centre crying their hearts out when they dun get what they want !

Having said all these, he is still our cute Jack "Rascal"....but I think it is time for some discipline.

Caught : Escapist in action...

2006-02-09T10:35:00.000+08:00

Needless to say more.....

East Coast Park

2006-02-06T22:56:00.000+08:00

Mama :
Joash always feels that it is unsafe for tiny tots to be on two wheels. However, after hearing that Matthew has gone cycling for a couple of times and enjoying them totally that he is willing to have a go. So we went to East Coast Park.

We reached there at 10am and rented the bikes for a couple of hours. We ride all the way from Mac's to a little beyond Bedok Jetty. Cayden enjoyed himself except after we reached Bedok Jetty, he got cranky cos he did not sleep since 6:30 am. We parked ourselves under some shady areas so Cayden can rest for a short while. I had Cayden sleeping on my chest and I was lying on Joash's thigh........What bliss !!!

*photos later.....too lazy !

Visit : Kieran ...

2006-02-04T23:04:00.000+08:00

Remember Kieran ? He was one month old when I last met him.....and now......

we have both grown !!! ...but ....still pretty bald !

CNY 2006

2006-02-02T23:12:00.000+08:00

This is my first Chinese New Year.....and I looked like a Kung-Fu master....... :)

At least, I got to R&R on the 3rd Day of CNY......Look at me, I felt so relaxed and happy !!!

Yiks.....Papa said I looked like a girl wearing "that" !!! (4th Day) .... hmmm.....and I am wearing "that" to school

PS : Mama and Papa exclaimed that my Ang Bao money is much more than both of theirs added together....but...how come I only get to play with empty Ang Bao ?!

新年快乐 !

2006-01-27T01:43:00.000+08:00

MyGym !!!

2006-01-26T01:53:00.000+08:00

Mama took soooooooooo long to upload these photos.....sigh......

I went to MyGym with my buddies on the 14th Jan 2006. It was fun ! There are more equipments than Gymboree and spacious too ! They even have swings !

I love it !

Nursery Rhymes....a closer look...

2006-01-24T14:42:00.000+08:00

There are a few all-time favorites nursery rhymes, which withstand the test of time and have been passed down from generations to generations…

However…. as I am singing them to Cayden, I feel that some of the rhymes are pretty violent!

Top 5 on my list :

1. London Bridge is falling down

Second stanza :
Take a key and lock her up,
Lock her up, Lock her up.
Take a key and lock her up,
My fair lady.

“Take the key and lock her up…” Does it sounds like Mills and Boon to you ? It certainly reminds me of those trashy romance fictions which I have read.

2. Rock a bye baby
3. Jack and Jill
4. Humpty Dumpty
5. Three Blind Mice

And another not so violent rhyme but worth mentioning is YiXuan’s current favorite:

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling

Lost my partner what'll I do (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling

I'll get another one prettier than you (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling

Now…..what is this rhyme trying to teach ?

Kakak....

2006-01-24T12:32:00.000+08:00

She is my favourite Kakak.......
I am always happy and excited to see her.........

Phew....

2006-01-23T13:02:00.000+08:00

Mama :
It is good to see him sleep so soundly..........we all have sleepless nights for the last four nights cos of his rollar-coaster fever.......and few times a night, he will wake up crying for attention......

..and as soon as the rashes broke out yesterday morning, the fever is over.....phew.....

10 Months Old !!!

2006-01-18T15:26:00.000+08:00

Mama :
Cayden is 10 month old today.....
and he woke up with a slight fever.....37.7 degrees....
so i took half a day leave, packed him in the car...and drove him to see Dr Heng.

Dr Heng said Cayden: "you again ?! How is your bum ?"
(visit him couple of days back cos of Cayden's bad case of diarrhea which then causes bad nappy rash....
Cayden : "dadadadadadadaaaaaa....." trying to rip out Dr Heng's ears by pulling hard at his stethoscope....

He will skip infantcare today and spend the day at my mum's.....hopefully, by tonight, his temperature will be back to normal.

Laundry Day !

2006-01-17T17:46:00.000+08:00

Mama.....Look......I am doing my own laundry today ....... !!!

Let me start with the spinning process.........

SE K750i

2006-01-16T16:25:00.000+08:00

This is mama's new toy.....

....Sony Ericsson K750i

and this is the first photo taken ........

Pretty good huh.....for a handphone camera !!!

West Coast Park

2006-01-15T15:41:00.000+08:00

Mama said East Coast Park is too far away.......
so we will go to West Coast Park today.......

WOW....WOW....WOW......there are so many different types of playgrounds !!!!!

I can't wait till I am tall and old enough to play.........

Taking the school bus....

2006-01-08T14:49:00.000+08:00

Mama told me that I have to take the school bus to school today.....so ......

How can it be ?!!

2006-01-05T22:27:00.000+08:00

Mama:
How can a big stomach like this and still be 8.5 KG (only 200grams from two months ago)....???

First Day in the infantcare.....

2006-01-03T22:30:00.000+08:00

I overslept today. It is my first day in the infantcare......Mama got to wake me up and change my diaper and out of my PJ.....but i am still sleepy.........zzzz.......yawn....

When Mama was changing my diapers, I pee-ed at her...hahaha....I did not do it on purpose.....IT JUST HAPPENED.....:P

When I reached the infantcare, I saw the standing bar and the training stairs.......WOW....I have to try it ....they look so fun !!!! "MAMAMA.....dun walk away...!!! I want to play !!!"

I had so much fun in the infantcare, I din really want to go home. Mama was stretching her arms out to want to carry me....but i just look at Mama...and then at the playground.......Mama.....I want to play .....I dun want to go home yet !!!

Teacher Violet told Mama that I am treating the infantcare like my playground, crawling in and out of the house, onto the grass, into the sandpit......and I actually pushed my friend around in a chu chu train !!!

Hmm....I am looking forward to tomorrow !!!

Ticklish Cayden

2006-01-02T12:32:00.000+08:00

Papa said : "Cayden...you can run.....but you cannot hide from .....
The BIG TICKLE MONSTER....Grrrrr....."

Grrrrr.......

Shampoo boy...

2006-01-01T22:52:00.000+08:00

Look Mama.....I am helping Papa to wash his hair..........
Yiks !!!......his hair is so prickly !!!!

My first weird post.....hmmmm......

2005-12-24T12:04:00.000+08:00

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Lunch Date

2005-12-23T22:12:00.000+08:00

Mama and me met Aunty Sandy and Matthew for the first time today.
We had lunch together at GWC ......Yum Yum....

We met up with Papa at Orchard Road. By then, I was so tired.....I cannot stop rubbing my eyes......yawn.....zzzzzz.....

Me and my amazing technicolor diapers......

2005-12-18T23:15:00.000+08:00

Look at me in my amazing technicolor diapers....

On Channel 12....Suria ....

2005-12-17T23:27:00.000+08:00

Today, I went for my last lesson of Tots Yoga at Babies & Cream........
and..... what a surprise !!!
There was a cameraman and a pretty presentor from MediaCorp Channel 12, Suria. Heehee.....I think I am going to be on TV !!! I put on my best behaviour and also my cutest smile for the camera......

The show will be aired in Feb 2006........watch out for it !!!

2005-12-13T22:04:00.000+08:00

Mama is not working today so we went to visit my great grandma.

My chin is getting heavy...and her hands are really handy.......
sigh.......feels so good !

Out of Bed....On my Own.....

2005-12-03T23:22:00.000+08:00

This morning, I woke up earlier than Mama and Papa (which is usually the case). I was not very hungry so I decided to crawl out of bed myself. I rolled the bolster away and made my way towards the door. I crawled from the bed to the floor.......and i was so thrilled that i shouted in glee.......oops...i woke Mama up. I can still remember the shocked look when she saw me !!!

heeheee........this is fun !