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In the company of friends

November 11, 2008 · By ·
It has been a busy and tiring weekend. I have been feeling the fatigue since Saturday, as I got up at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning and made my way to my friend place, as I was one of the ‘sisters’ for the wedding. This will probably be the last of the weddings that I will be one of the ‘sisters’. I am glad that dh and I never considered going through that fussiness of the wedding customs when we got married in ’04.

It was K’s 2nd wedding dinner in a month and this time, he had more fun with Alex’s company. The two tots were walking up and down the stage, sharing the limelight with the bride and the groom.

He got a chance to pose with the bride and was only too eager to flash his cheeky smile…

(Face of bride have been blurred in respect of her privacy)

Even got to hold a professional photographer’s SLR camera and view the pictures that were taken.

He definitely enjoyed himself at the wedding dinner, judging by his reluctance when it was time to leave with dh. For sure, I will want to schedule a PG soon for Alex and K to meet up in the next few weeks, since they both seem to enjoy one another’s company. Especially since this sociable boy loves to be in the company of his toddler friends.

It was PG tuesday this morning, but it was more like a playdate, since we only had the company of Ben Yi and his mom, as the rest of the moms and tots could not make it today. K and his friend spend some time at water play, along with some snatching of toys, tugging and pulling of one another’s t-shirts. The toddlers did not exactly got along the whole time, but I am quite sure K enjoyed Ben Yi’s company.

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Art and the cooking craft

November 5, 2008 · By ·
Dh was baby-sitting K last night and when I returned home, he showed me this pic that he took of K’s chalkboard. He has gladly contributed to the chalkboard by drawing 3 more items that starts with the letter ‘S’. According to his interpretation, the other letter S words are…

‘Si Kuay’ – Watermelon in Hokkien

‘Sio Kway’ – Roast Chicken in Hokkien

‘Sio Su’ – Want to bet? in Hokkien (although I question if it is even necessary for a toddler to be learning about making ‘deals’ with people).

Dh is quite original with his methods of educating K and he is definitely a better artiste than I am. Well, for sure K will get to learn some of his dialect roots from him.

As for my latest ‘craft pursuit’ these few weeks, I created this Pizza learning activity for pre-schoolers to learn numeration, counting and matching. The crust is made of recycled cardboard from a box that I got from the deep-fryer. The various toppings of cheese, onions, salami, mushrooms and tomatoes were cut-outs from coloured felt.

Some of these toppings are not very good depictions of the real thing; the onions ended up looking a little like calamari rings, and in real life, no one leaves the green stems on the tomato.

This is my version of the homemade pizza. Unfortunately, I don’t have any interest in cooking, unlike other mummies who are able to post delicious pictures and share recipes of their gourmet creations.

Maybe it is time to seek tutelage from the grand mistress of her kitchen, K’s Nana, since K is starting to show signs of boredom with my recipes.

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‘Mr. child actor’

November 3, 2008 · By ·
K is looking so grown up nowadays…it is hard to believe that it was barely a few months ago when he just started to walk. He even knows how to pose for pictures, I was surprised when dh showed me this photo that he took of K yesterday, when we were preparing to go for cousin C’s wedding.
It’s interesting how dh and I can have this little boy that is so sociable, when his parents are not extroverted or sociable people. K loves to perform his ‘tricks’, especially in front of an audience, pose for pictures then demands to see his pictures from the camera, dance and show off his various facial expressions. Our helper, Bel calls him ‘Mr. child actor.’ He does the most dramatic imitation of ‘choking’ by pressing his throat and then coughing, when we tell him that he is not suppose to put certain items in his mouth, as he might get choked by it.

There is never a dull moment with K. He is a funny little person.

We made a little excursion to the airport this morning. Dh wanted to create some anticipation for K’s first flight on an airplane to HK in December. While we were at the viewing gallery, K did his ‘inspector’ pose, complete with both hands placed at his back, when he was looking out to the airplanes.

Then exclaiming loudly when he saw the airplanes, gesturing with one hand and with the other hand still placed behind his back…

This evening, when I described to Nana (without demonstrating) how he posed while looking at the airplanes. Mr. child actor flashed me a cheeky grin, demonstrated his ‘inspector’ pose in front of Nana, while trying to look at himself in the mirror. He obviously loves it when we talk about him.

I am only reminded of his age when he starts to talk. His communications skills are still limited by his verbal and language abilities. However, I wonder what Mr child actor will be like when he turns 3?

Victory dance

K’s victory dance with hands placed behind his back

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