The Little Negotiator...

Travis seemed to have grown up very quickly. He is only turning 3 years old next month.

During dinner, when offered a bit of water, he would try to gulp down the entire glass. We wouldn't let him for fear that he might be too full from the water and would not have appetite for the food. His response:"Wait I fall sick how? I don't drink water I will fall sick you know?"

He loves to use papa & mama's toilet bowl.  We want him to use his own.  There was once, I smelled cigarette smoke in his toilet (must be from the neighbour upstairs) so I quickly pulled him out of the toilet and offered him the use of my own toilet.  The next day, when he wanted to go to the toilet, he headed straight to my toilet.  When I asked him to use his own toilet, he said,"Got smoke leh! Got smoke how?"

Oranges are his favourite.  He would declare loudly,"Mama, I have no cough." When I nod my head, he continues,"So I can eat orange?"

He is also a druggie so he loves medicine.  He saw his grandfather's medicine on the dining table once and he started to cough very loudly. "I sick leh...I need to take medicine."

When we slap his leg for being disobedient, he would examine his leg very carefully before whining,"I need to see doctor. Got blood already. I am injured."

Daddy's Mini-Me

I particularly love this series of photos. Both of them really look like versions of each other.

Let's Fly Kites!

Its been ages since I flew a kite. I almost forgot the joy of getting the kite up in the air and the

pleasurable challenge of flying the kite higher and higher, that we'll want never stop til the string finishes.

Saturday Evening 5:30pm. Sengkang - the land of kites.

When we reached there, I was astounded by the breathtaking view of hundreds of kites flying in 

the air. There were fish kites, bat kites, smile face kites and this giant sotong kite which was more than 6 storeys tall!

Travis tugged and the strings and watched in amazement as his kite took off to the air.

"What's this.....?"

Questions.


We've always wondered when the LMM would enter the Questions phase. We always thought of Questions he would ask and how we would answer and how he would ask "Why?" again to that answer.

The Questions have started.

The LMM would now ask us Questions in the same manner we ask him Questions. He then answers his own Questions. He is asking for the sake of asking.

For example, when the LMM sees the housekeeper Marilou washing the dishes, he asks,"Who wash the dish? Who? .... Auntie!"

When he sees a new toy,"Who buy this? Who? ..... Mami buy!"
When he sees something he knows,"What's this...? Phone, yes? Phone!"

Soon. Soon we'll get the WHYs from him.

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??"