about a boy

… or at the very least, have grilles installed.

Wouldn’t it be great?

101 uses for gaffers tape

Sometimes they act like…

I was searching for Christmas related shots on Flickr when I stumbled on this gem of a photographer (with two equally gorgeous girls). Jason Lee of JWL Photography took the above pictures and coupled with the captions, they bowled me over. And got me laughing hard.

Don’t you think that sometimes???!

More photos at his photostream.

So the little boy turned 21 months old (yesterday). 3 more months and he’d be (terrible / terrific, you decide) 2.

Since his birth he has grown considerably. Nevermind that he can actually STILL wear the Levis jeans that the Ongs got him at birth. Ok, it was for 3-6 months but still!

So 21 random notes about the lil boy would be the order of the day…

1. he was, and still is, a night owl: bedtime is still preferably past 12midnight thank you very much
2. liquid diets please: milk, barley and clear broths. Taint it with food and he’d leave it in the spoon looking very forlorn
3. active runner / climber: mischief maker number 1
4. can say “papa / mama / bye / ‘hi’ / 不要” (these are the clearest) and understand most things in English and Chinese
5. knows how to turn on the water works, and on cue
6. does ‘cute cute’ for fun randomly
7. still loves to wear my hairband
8. has outgrown his second pair of shoes!
9. lets almost anybody carry him
10. does a mean ‘dustangel’ (much to our regret)
11. loves grocery shopping (because he gets to go out): wants to carry his own basket
12. packs his toys away for the night
13. drinks milk with his bolsters at hand, one of each preferably
14. has a cheeky, impish grin that charms a lot of people
15. steals the kisses of everyone: he receives them but doesn’t quite give them out
16. loves Barney but not as fanatic as before
17. isn’t quite the brave one to sleep in his own room all the time
18. steals my soft toys and claims them as his own
19. is doted on by everyone, great grandmothers included
20. has 3 ‘vehicles’: Little Tikes car, mandatory tricycle and electronic scooter
21. still loves being a karang guni… the best things in life, are free

Reason #3238676 you want your kid to not be so mobile.

We headed off to the bank yesterday and stupidly thought not to bring a stroller. ‘We’d be driving! How difficult can he be in that short period at the bank?’ I thought. Big blunder.

5 minutes into the outing and he was wrecking havoc. He went to play with the dustbin lids, the drink dispenser, the security door pin numberpad and then took to lying on the floor creating snow dustangels right beside the queue.

I was just waiting to collect passbooks and free gifts and to scramble out the door into oblivion.

Hard at work shifting empty boxes around…

We are back and we took the boy out for a short jaunt in town. Daddy had work to do whilst Jayden was just charming everyone in sight. The movers who were tearing down the set up, the sales girls and whoever else was present at the time.

So much so he came away with a goodie bag and a feathered pen… which is kind of weird for a boy.

You got to admit, this is a lot more fun to learn than numbers!

Goofing around at Yoshinoya…

Anyone else feels that the food standard (ahem) dropped drastically? I thought it was rather poor yesterday. Anyway, we had a good time. Again, Jayden was on a liquid diet. A teeny bit of Miso soup, lots of water and milk. Oh well.

It has been quite a week. We went to visit a Uni friend for his baby girl’s first month and I think the lil kiddo was quite enjoying himself. Attention given and ‘playing’ with the girl. I think it was because he was on the bed to peer down into the playpen that he got so thrilled by. Heh.

Friday night was at Ellenborough buffet at Merchant Court hotel. Yums. And the atas boy ATE! Some cha soba. Goodness. As we were the last to leave, we let the boy loose from his high chair and he went to disturb the wait staff. They were busy preparing for the next morning’s service and the lil joker went to ‘talk’ to them.

And yes, the boy can say ‘BYE’ now. Complete with handwaving. Although it sounds a lot like ‘Pa!’, there’s no misunderstanding about the meaning. He probably learnt that fast because he’s always wanting to go out!

There is never a dull moment around here. Faxes to be sent, phone calls to be made. *sigh* Child labour! Maybe I should go online and check the number for MOM hotline… Or at least, request for a transfer somewhere. I mean, just because milk powder prices are increasing, and I’m taking more milk, doesn’t mean that I should work right?!

Where got time to watch Barney nowadays?!

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Truth is, we still watch a lot of Barney. However, thankfully, he is more receptive to other educational videos right now. He loves to ‘talk’ on the phone. Bambling into the handset in a language we are still deciphering, he looks pretty entertained. I guess the best things in life, can still be free.

When they say the ‘terrible twos’ do they mean age 20 months onwards or when the kid turns 2 years of age Jayden turned 20 months old (just 4 more months and he’s 2!) and has developed into a little tyrant of sorts. Quite a mischievous monster, the best thing that has happened of late is that he suddenly adjusted his sleping schedule to turn in before 12midnight.

Varying times although we have the same routine every day… he started at 10.30pm then adjusted it to 11.45pm. Whatever, it is still something we’d take any day. Or night.

And can I say, he has been most blessed? A little tikes car, a bicycle and now, a bike. (We didn’t buy them… ‘new old’ toys from friends and relatives.)