Travis' School Year End Party

Travis and his classmates performing the song - "Mami, Mami, I Love You" waving the paper hearts in their hands and dancing to the tune.  The LMM seemed to know all the moves and was happily singing along.

The school's principal handed Travis a paper bag with his photo on it. Inside the bag was a CD of all the wonderful pictures he took in while in school!

No party would be complete without the hotdogs, sweet drinks, cakes and biscuits.... here's a picture of

Brennan and Travis enjoying their party fare in a little corner...

Spiffy Dresser

I like dressing him up.  I take pains to make sure he's well co-ordinated from top-to-toe to go to school, to the library, to the malls, to where ever we take him.  The clothes really last a long time as we usually get him stuff for bigger boys, and let him grow into them.  It's different for shoes though.  Too big and he'll trip over them, too small and we worry that he'll get blisters.  Feet really do grow a fair bit at this age.  Come to think of it, it's probably time to buy him shoes again.

Travis Cooks a Chicken

2 year old little milk monster enjoys role-playing. His favourite past-time seems to be cooking. Wonder who bot those girly toys for him...hm....

Anyway, this morning, he wanted to cook a chicken dish for Papa.  

LMM : "Papa, want eat chicken?"

Papa: "Yes"

LMM: "Wait arh..." (Singlish!?!?)

Papa: "Ok"

LMM takes the plastic chicken part and puts it in the pot, covers the pot and starts shaking it hard. He then opens the pot's cover and exclaims,"Wah!"

He transfers the chicken from the pot to a plate using a ladle (that yellow one in the picture without the handle!) and tells papa:"Wait arh..I make hot".

He walks over to his imaginary microwave and places the plate of chicken on the table," Tee Tee Tee...ok..."

Then he asks Papa,"You want CHILI??"

September is the Month of Birthdays!!

As the year trudges along, I always look forward to September.  The 22nd day is Papa's birthday and the 29th day is the LMM's birthday.On 22nd Sept, we celebrated Pap's birthday at Fort Canning's Jewel Box - a treehouse styled Chinese restaurant named Empress Jade. Food was fabulous. The LMM helped Papa blow out the candle as a dry run for his own birthday a week later.

On 26th September (Sat), we held a kids birthday party at the breakfast patio of our home.  With unstructured toys and games strewn all over the party ground, the 2-3 year olds had a lot of fun chasing giant bubbles, getting in and out of the castle and farmhouse, fishing from a pond, taking ballon animals for walks, eating children's fried rice, biscuits and cakes.  The adults have a hearty local meal of mee siam and chicken wings. (photos to be uploaded later)

In play school, Travis had yet another celebration on

 his actual birthday 29th Sep (Tue).  

More cakes!!!

And finally, we had a small party in the evening in the comfort of our home to celebrate the LMM's birthday AGAIN!! =)

The Little Milk Monster's New Den

And so we have finally moved to our new place.  The LMM certainly has more running space now and even has his own room.  He couldn't sleep on the first night we moved in (1st Aug).  He fussed around until 1am. And then it was mami's turn not to be able to sleep. It took us couple of days to get used to the new place. 

It's Mine!!

Like Mami, Travis also loves shoes. He's got better taste tho! This time, he picked daddy's Ferragamos to wear during his Uncle's wedding.

Fascination with Mirrors 21 months

 People say he takes after daddy.. some say he takes after me. I think the pictures tell you the truth. Ha.  The LMM loves the mirror. When he dresses up with a new cap, or ...erm frog... he race to the mirror to check out how he looks.  And after appraising himself, he may even say,"mei!" (*Pretty*)

I like Mama

The 20 months old LMM finally said something really touching yesterday...

I came back from work and he hugged my legs, then said to me grinning,"I like mama.....Tian Le like mama"
Hearing those cute little words come out from his mouth really made me feel like crying.

Mami Bel

Words and Counting....

The LMM started stringing words together a couple of months ago.. maybe at about 16-18 months.
He particularly like words like Big, Small (yes, he can differentiate sizes), Cut, Make, Cook, Knock, Mama, Papa, Ye Ye, Nai Nai, Milk, Duck, Fish (he also says Yu...). So he form sentences like:

"Cut Fish Cook Nai Nai"
"Cut Duck Cook Nai Nai"
....erm he actually means Nai Nai cuts and cooks the items.

LMM : "Big Yu"
Mami: "No, Travis, say Big Fish ... Da Yu..."
LMM: "Small Yu"
Mami : "sigh..."

Pointing at my pillow, he says,"Big Orgh Orgh..." and pointing at his pillow, he says, "Small Orgh Orgh"

And on his method of counting, hm..i really don't know. He skipped pure numbers and jumped right into algebra: "One, Too, Four, Oh, Bee, Five, Aee..."

Then, when asked "who did this????" (something bad like mess up the table, drawing on the sofa, spitting saliva on the floor)
The LMM never fails to reply,"Ye Ye"

Mum Got Left Behind!!!

Yes, I must admit that I haven't been blogging for so long!! Blame it on the on-going renovations lah... Just thinking about the selection process for the tiles and laminates is enough to set off a spinning headache.

The key reason why I'm blogging tonight is because the funniest thing happened today.

We drove to KBG MRT station, parked our car and took the train to Tampines One (our first sua-ku trip there). After an hour at the place, we took the MRT back to KBG to pick up the car and bring LMM back to Grandma house for lunch.  It was an absolutely HOT day, so Mami and the LMM walked to the sheltered bus stop while poor Daddy walks a further distance to get the parked car.  When he arrived to pick us, I put my bag in the passenger seat and then the LMM in the car seat while Daddy came out to put the pram in the boot. In the HEAT of the moment, after hearing the car door slam (that was mami closing the door after packing the LMM in the car seat), he... drove off!!!! 

"Hey!!! Hey!!!" cried out poor mami Bel.

It was so hilarious I broke out in laughter at the bus-stop, amidst the weirdest stares.

As it happens, in the car, Daddy was asking Mami (who wasn't in the car) whether the aircon is cold enough or not. Not getting a reply, he looked at the back seat and realised to his horror that Mami wasn't there!! He asked LMM,"Ma Ma where???" The LMM said, "Ma Ma no more..."

And they drove back to the bus stop to pick mami up.

When Mami got on the car, both the LMM and the papa were laughing hysterically. Hilarious.

mami bel

The Zoo! The Zoo!

This time, we went PREPARED! Mami Bel even made a list of things to bring the night before:

1. Coleman filled with ice cubes and water
2. Bread for a hungry baby
3. 2 Huge Packets of Rice with Chili Sotong, Mussels, Beef Rendang, Long beans.
4. Travis' Milk
5. Travis' lunch 

Travis eating the bread in the trolley (available for rental at the entrance S$15)

Travis pictured here with Mami Bel

....and here with Daddy.

Things we must bring (also) the next trip:

1. Mosquito repellent

2. Umbrella and Hats

3. Swimming costume and Change of Clothing*

* We kinda knew that there was a new wetpark at the zoo but it completely slipped our minds to bring swimming costumes or even another set of clothing. This wet park beats the IMM one in size and variety. We'll be back with a vengence!!! 

Travis the Fish Monger...

We have bought the LMM numerous toys and none can compare to a simple masak masak set which we got from Kiddy Palace for less than S$20.  It comprises of a knife (see the above), lots of food which are pre-cut and joined together by a velcro tape.  When  you slice the food item using the knife, the velcro gives you the crisp cutting sound. Quite realistic if you ask me.  So here we have the LMM cutting fish early in the morning while waiting for Mami to make him his milk.  He always shouts with a smirk on his face:"FISH! FISH! CUT! CUT!"

Belated 2009 CNY Photos!

Yes, it's March and I'm uploading CNY photos..hahaha...

Better late than never.

Enjoy!

He Talks!

Verbal communication with the LMM has moved to a higher level.  

Morning:

Travis: "Murk! Murk!"

Mami Bel: "It's Mi-elk, MILK, not Murk!"

After milk....

Mami Bel: " You want Oats? Oats?"

Travis: shakes head and says "Cheeze! Cheeze!" trying to pry open the fridge persistently

After eating Oats (Mami asks for fun. He always has to eat his oats anyway.)...

Travis: "Papa!"

 Mami: "Papa is sleeping dear."

Travis: "Papa!" ignores Mami and walks to the bed and tries to climb into it

After everyone ate breakfast

Travis: "Park! Park!"

Mami: " ok, pack your toys"

Travis: walks over and puts his things into the toy box, places the storybooks on the side table

and then heads to the shoe cabinet to look for his shoes

Amazing!

The Playground (aka by LMM as "Park!")

Every weekend morning, we'll take the LMM to the park to give him a good workout.  He climbs the steps, sits the slide, chases the birds, picks up the leaves and talks to the other children at the playground.  

This is the only way to tire him out without tiring ourselves out for now. 

Mami bel

2008 Day out with Grandpa and Grandma

We started the afternoon with porridge at Maxwell Market. 

Then we went to Vivo City. Travis pictured here with Mami and Grandpa. In case you are wondering where in Vivo is this.. its Toys'R'us... where else????

Tired of pulling toys out of the LMM's hands, we went for a coffee break.

Then the LMM feel into a deep slumber...

Like this......snore.....

And we cheered....!

Grandpa posing with a Zara scarf with Grandma ;) How sweet....

Reported by Mami Bel

This post was meant to be published in Nov last year (pardon the huge lag in updating this blog!!!)

Grandma's Birthday

We celebrated Grandma's 55th Birthday at Crystal Jade Suntec on 15th Feb 09 (Sunday).  The LMM called everyone by their "hokkien ranks" :

Edmund - "GuGu"

Chris - "YeeYee"

Grandma - "MaMa"

We feasted on pig's liver & kidney, the 3-egg spinach, wanton shrimp noodles, roast pork and soya chicken, siew mai, har gao, etc.

LMM's Trip to Hort Park

Pictured here with Mami Bel

One advise: Bring lots of water and go at 5 pm when the sun is setting.  It can get pretty hot.

The Hort Park offers children numerous pockets of play areas and playgrounds with different themes.  We spent most of our time at this windmill garden because the LMM was mesmerized by the spinning flowers.  The playground opposite this garden also proved to be a lot of fun. The LMM showed us that he can play on the slide all by himself this time!

The LMM on the slide

IMM Water Park

Auntie Vernice and Uncle Eujon highly recommended this water park but warned that we will all get SOAKING WET.   Undeterred, we brought the LMM to IMM armed with an extra sets of clothes for all of us and a large towel.  And the verdict? HOURS and HOURS of GOOD, WILD, WET FUN!!!!!!!