My Cute Little Bee

I bought this 2 years back, supposedly meant for Nicholas. But that funny timid boy of mine refused to put it on and thus, it was placed in a corner of their wardrobe.

Yesterday, while unpacking and finding more clothes for little Ryan, he has outgrown most of his baby clothes, found this still in its plastic bag and decided to put it on for him before he can shown any objection.

See how HANDSOME he looks in this little Bee's costume!! Aiyo!!

Trip to Central Fire Station

Nicholas's school send out an email invitation to us parents a few weeks ago to bring our kids down to the Central Fire Station today. Its part of the school's excursion for the month. Little Nicholas was so excited when he learns that we will be going there today.

When we got there, we were about 10minutes late, so daddy dropped us at the entrance and he drove off to park his car (we are not allowed to park inside). Even before we got down, Nicholas saw the CPL (Combined Platform Ladder) and SCREAMED in excitement! He couldn't wait and pulled the 2 jiejies along with him to check out all the engines! Ryan was just as excited too seeing the Red engine. He kept pointing at it and making those "ah; er" sound.

BUT... excited he may be but my this little timid boy dared not try anything! Not even when he is being offer the hose to spray water!! An activity which he enjoyed most at home, pretending to be a fireman, spraying water with our garden hose at the flowers, pretending to put out the fire.

So he just ran round the place exploring the vehicles until daddy arrived and did with him.

We tried the CPL and my legs went wobbly as it goes up but have to act cool in front of the kids....How can I be nervous when even Nicholas is not!

Stayed there for about an hour and we walked over to daddy's old school's building and memories of his primary school days just came rushing out....He couldn't contained his excitement and told the girls where he used to hang out and what he did while waiting for his daddy (their grandpa) to pick them up.

"Hyper-active" sweat glands

Look at those BIG droplets of sweat flowing down his head!!

Photo taken after his breakfast (cereal) and the weather is not to be blamed too..its raining and the wind was howling....my dear boy... really can perspire!

Nicholas's School Update #2

This week, they did an expansion from last week topic revolving around "sea creatures".

The children were introduced to the characteristics of a shark, fish, jellyfish, dolphin, sea star and squid. They did a visual discrimination activity that required the children to search for fishes that were hidden within a large picture, they really enjoyed the activity and were so excited each time they found a fish lurking in the background.

They did some counting by making spots on the body of sea stars using some paint and the tips of our forefinger and making a jellyfish using half a paper plate and strips of plastic as the tentacles. The artworks are displayed on the staircase leading up to their class and the children loves watching it flutter in the wind.

They played "Tag" during outdoor play and instead of having an "It", they had "sharks" chasing the little fish around the garden, the children's squeals and shrieks could be heard from the back of the school!

He did "color swirling" science experiment too. The centre used a tray of fresh milk and put a few drops of food coloring into it. The kids then dipped a cotton bud into some liquid detergent and put the tip into the milk. The result is a swirling of the colors. The scientific explanation of it is breaking surface tension, but the children all thought it was magic!!

Happy 1 year old, Baby Ryan!

We did not have a big celebration for him unlike his siblings as mommy was so busy that I had forgot to inform our relatives about it. Only remembered it was his birthday yesterday! Terrible mommy, hor?

So cake was also bought off the shelf from Awfully Chocolate when I picked the girls up after their class.

Little boy was so excited when he saw the cake and "calling" us to look at the cake!

A family picture before we sing him his FIRST birthday song.

Usually, its the mommy that "cut" the cake with the baby but for my family, its the daddy..because, mommy has to be the camera woman.

My dear Charmaine is always so eager to help out. Little boy seems to know that he is the main attraction.

Grandma said must give the little boy a small bite of his cake and everyone (the kids) started feeding him!!

So, what do you think is his reaction to his very first taste of the cake?

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Hmm...Its delicious!! He Loves it!

hahaha...look at the mess on his face!

A very rare time some one help to take picture of me and him!

Rachel is such sweet jiejie! She bought this (Mr. Bump) with her own ang bao money (I have yet to find the time to go to the bank to deposit them) while I was getting the cake!

A Mr Bump for little Mr Bump!

Little boy likes his one and only present very much as it make a "boing" sound when he bang Mr. Bump on the floor. He laughed loudly when Rachel hit her head with "Mr. Bump" and he tried to do that to his head too.

So its just that simple! A simple birthday for my dearest boy!

Happy Birthday, Little Ryan!

Nicholas's School Update #1

Must start doing some update of what Nicholas was doing in school so he can read about it when he grows up...

Last week, the his class focused on the ocean animals theme and the children have learned many new facts about the various animals, such as the squid, orca (Killer whale), jellyfish, crab, lobster, clam, fish, dolphin, sea star, shark, shrimp and octopus as well.

And Nicholas had a fantastic time exploring the Easter theme in school. He learned about the Easter bunny and Easter egg. They even made some thumbprint chicks, an Easter egg basket and a bunny mask. And to top it all off, they had an awesome Easter celebration. during the curriculum time. They had an Easter egg hunt in the garden and each child had the opportunity to find the chocolate eggs that were hidden in the garden. Everyone went home with an Easter basket full of chocolates and candy that were donated to by some of the parents.

Random Pictures

Trying to stand up on my bed using the quilt as support

Happily sitting in his car seat, "dancing" even at times.

A terrible sleeper! He goes 360 degrees when he sleep!

Best shot! A kiss from the loving kor kor!

Another conversation with my darling...

Brought Charmaine & Nicholas out to get birthday present for Rachel today.

While Charmaine went around the shop choosing the present for her sister, the little boy saw this toy police car and pestered non-stop if I can buy it for him. Next he saw a train and asked again holding both the toys.

Me: Let me think first. If you behave, maybe I'll get for you.

Nic: ok mommy. Maybe we can get two.

And as we shop, he kept repeating this sentence, partially directed to me, partially trying to convinced himself that mommy is gonna buy both for him "Maybe mommy get two right, mommy?"

Since he was so well behave and the toys is very cheap, I bought both for him. While we was walking toward our car, we passed this popular fair and this little rascal saw this!

His immediate words was "OHH!! Look Mommy! Mommy, i bought the car and train for jiejie Charmaine. Can I have this, please mommy?" what a fast twist of words!

I admit I have a soft spot toward my dear boy. Mommy sayang the boys and daddy sayang the girls. That's why the saying goes : Mommy's boy and Daddy's girls.

Anyway, bought it too on the condition that he share it with baby Ryan and he promised. I am now training him to be bolder and thus gave him the exact amount and ask him to pay it at the cashier which he gamely did. (He'll do anything just to get what he wants)

He loves it so much he held on to the bag all the way the the car and even after we reached home. When he saw our helper, he told helper that he has to eat his food fast and be good boy then mommy will let him open the box to play with the truck. Isn't he a good boy? I didn't even said that to him!

Our Little Conversation

Nowadays, Nicholas likes to blink his eyes whenever he is being asked a question. Don't want it to become a habit, so told him to stop doing it.

Mommy: Nic, Can you don't blink your eyes?

Nic (tried hard not to blink): I cannot don't blink my eyes, mommy.

Mommy: Why not? You can blink but not like that (keep blinking)

Nic (after some thoughts): I have to blink my eyes, mommy. If I don't blink my eyes, it means I am dreaming. If I blink, I not dreaming.


Isn't that cute?! Found out later that he had learnt it from his teacher...hmm...my dear boy must be day dreaming in class.

Baby Ryan @ 11 months old

The past month had been a bumpy month for the little baby. Beside the scary fall, he had 2 more minor bump on his head, once was when he try to turn around while cruising along the sofa and fell side ward onto the hard marble flooring and the other time, he fell backward while trying to sit on the edge of a mattress on the floor.

Both time he cried loudly and enter into "shock" like the first time, no movement, no sound and lip turned white. The last one was really nothing (He actually went down very slowly using his stomach muscle to slower the fall and his elbow to cushion it) but he still enter into shock...hmm...has he turned it into a habit or was it a reminder of the bad fall that he did this even with the slightest bump??

What's New:-

He had started taking porridge just a few days back. Uses fish bone stock to boil the cargo rice and added fish and carrots in it too. All my kids ate cargo rice from baby to toddler.

Why I choose cargo rice?

The greatness of red cargo rice is similar to brown rice. Only the husks of the rice grains are removed during the milling process, retaining all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals intact in the bran layer and in the germ. It is a good source of Thiamin (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), fibre, iron and calcium.

His routine:-

In the morning, he will has his milk follow by cereal. Lunch and dinner will be the porridge and in between, he will have half an apple or one whole banana. Mommy's milk is still needed, even during the NIGHT!!!!! Yup! He is 11 months old now and still waking up for milk!!

His character:-

One word to describe it. TERRIBLE!! He is definitely born in the year of OX. Stubborn and insistence! If my mom was to read this, she will say he has my character.

His temper is horrible too! He is displaying the "Terrible 2" symptom at 11 months old!

If we take away the thing he is holding, he would screamed and cry and sometimes even throw his body backward if he sees us there ready to support him!

If we feed him his food too slowly, he will be angry too.

If he is doing something, like climbing up the stairs and we carry him away, he would kick his legs and cry! *faint*

He likes to throw things around too. He loves taking things out from their boxes or container and throw it on the floor. And if it does not land on the floor, he will pick it up and throw it again till it landed on the floor.

His favorite activities:-

He likes climbing... up the stairs, out of his baby chair, on me and everything that he can climb on....

His achievement:-

He is able to stand up on "his own" with minimal support from my finger.

He is able to stand totally unsupported for 10 seconds. As he is still not very stable, I usually hold on to his T-shirt just in case but he will swing or pull my hands away. My little show-off..