Look Mom! I Can Stand!

Hello everybody! You wanna know what mischief I'm up to lately?

I have been practising standing up on my own. You know, sitting down, lying on my tummy, rolling around on the mattress can get really boring. So my latest trick is standing up with the bed as support. I have achieved pretty good results. I am very proud of myself actually. What do you think?

Visiting Justin-didi

Today, Mommy and Daddy brought me to visit Justin-didi. I have not seen Justin before, he has just arrived not long ago. But I have met his brother, Jarrett. Auntie Michelle and Uncle Bryan have brought Jarrett to our house to play the other time.

Uncle Weng, Auntie Pauline, Uncle Patrick and little Alyssa-meimei were also there at Auntie Michelle's house. I had fun playing with Jarrett's toys and watching DVD with Jarrett.

Tessa loves to read

Since young, Tessa has developed a love for reading. We have been supplying her with all kinds of books.

Nowadays, she loves to tell us the stories that she has learnt - she will perform "Little Red Riding Hood" or "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" to us (the audience) along with actions and narration.

She is such a joy to have in the house.

Yesterday, she came into the room holding her box of Mother Goose books and told me that it's her computer bag.

Tessa (to me): If I work late today, I'll not pick you up, Daddy will go and pick you up, OK?
With that, she left the room (for work).

Soon, she returned to the room and said, "I'm very tired because I work so late. I'm going to take a rest now. Can you make me something to eat first?"

I was pleasantly amused and amazed by her. She has this gift of imagining, pretending and acting. I just hope she will maintain her level of curiosity and creativity all through her life.

Our surprises

We went to the airport this afternoon to pick up Daddy. Yeah! He will be returning with our surprises!

Look! These are the kimonos that Daddy bought for me and Dylan. I don't think Dylan like it very much, but I love my red kimono!

Daddy also bought me a Hello Kitty lunchbox and I can't wait to start using it. I can bring it to school with my favourite biscuits. Dylan received a special-designed bib as he is now eating solid foods.

Thank you Daddy for the surprises!

新工作新开始

2011年5月16日—我掀开了人生新的一页！

我向往全情投入新的工作，接受新的挑战，在事业上重新出发、冲刺！

我感觉仿佛把自己的事业冷冻了一、两年。最近的一、两年，在事业上好像交了白卷。当然，我也不是一无所获。最起码也结交了一些知心的朋友。

现在，我只想把过去放下，开心地向前看！

这一个星期下来，突然领悟到，原来，看风景真的也要看心情的。

之前在北京的那段时间，很容易就觉得周围的景物很美。现在想想，应该是因为当时的心情经常很愉快、很轻松、很自在。

如今，我每天上班时都觉得车窗外的风景很美。原来是因为上班的心情变美了。

9 months old!

Time really flies. Our little Dylan is now 9 months old!

He is now able to crawl really well.
He is now able to hold on to the bed and stand up on his own.
He is now beginning to talk. His favourite words now are: Nene, papa, baobao, bye-bye.
He is now beginning to communicate via hand signs. He will twist his hand to sign "no more". He will wave his hands to sign "bye bye". He will open and close his fist to sign "come come".
He will clap his hands when I break into the song "If you are happy and you know it".
He will wave his hands frantically when he sees Yeye (whom is his favourite) and says "baobao".
His two upper front teeth have appeared.
He still loves to chuckle when you play with him.

我爱做手工！

每当我上华语豆豆班的时候，我最喜欢的就是和爸爸或妈妈一起做手工。

今天，老师让我们在图画纸粘上黄色的碎纸以拼出香蕉的图案，真有趣！

你看，我的作品好看吗？

Bye bye Daddy!

Daddy left for Osaka, Japan late last night.

Mommy, Ah Mah, Dylan and I went to the airport with him to send him off. Daddy bought me ice-cream at MacDonald's.

Daddy promised to buy Dylan and me TWO surprises each! I can't wait!

Bye-bye Daddy, have fun on the airplane and in Osaka! See you soon!

Happy Birthday Yeye!

Today is our favourite Yeye's Happy Birthday!

Mommy bought Yeye a yummy chocolate birthday cake and I sang Yeye the birthday song very loudly.

We love you Yeye. Hope you had a great birthday!

Happy Mother's Day!

This is my fourth Mother's Day.

Tessa made me this beautiful bracelet in school, which she showed off to me so very anxiously.

Thank you baby. The bracelet is the most beautiful one I've ever had. I love you.

Daddy commented that he had not seen me in my raincoat. So today, Mommy took a photo of me in my Disney Princesses raincoat. How do I look?

LASIK-ed

Mommy had her LASIK operation on 4 May 2011 at Gleneagles Hospital. I am not very clear why she has to go see the doctor for her eyes. Her eyes must be 'sick'.

That is one of the reasons why all these updates have been late**. She needs to recuperate and rest her eyes after the operation. Mommy has to put on her sunglasses alot, and she also wears protective goggles when she showered Dylan and me to prevent water from getting into her eyes.

Mommy told me that this LASIK operation is a Mother's Day and birthday gift to herself.

Why Mommy? I will get you a Mother's Day and birthday gift. I have money in my bank! I will go to the auntie and tell her I want to take so many so many money from my bank, then I can buy you gifts for Mother's Day and your birthday.

** Mommy notes: The other reasons are we have limited internet access in Clementi and Mommy has been preoccupied with doing nothing. =)

Swimming

Kheng Ah Mah brought us to Seletar Country Club to swim. It is the first time that I am going swimming with Shihan-meimei and Dylan-boy. It's Dylan's first swimming attempt. We are all very excited and happy!

The pool at Seletar Country Club is very nice. It was a cool and nice Sunday morning to laze around, though I would wish that it had been a little more sunny. Dylan was just floating around in his "car" so very leisurely.

I am looking forward to my next swim with Shihan and Dylan!

Welcome Shijia!

We welcome Shijia to our warm, big and happy family on 21 April 2011. Shijia has chosen to arrive on Tessa's birthday!

I went to the hospital to visit Joanne Mommy and Shijia-meimei with Mommy, Daddy, Lao Ma, Lao Gugu, Ah Mah, Georgie Yeye, Kheng Ah Mah and Dylan. Pardon me for my messy hair, I fell asleep on the journey to the hospital and woke up with this weird hairdo. I am so happy to see little baby Shijia. She is so small and was sleeping soundly in her cot. I remembered Dylan sleeping in a similar cot when he just appeared out of Mommy's tummy. Babies are so cute. I love them.

Happy Birthday Princess!

Our little princess celebrated her 3rd birthday this year.

First, we had a little celebration for her in school with her friends. Yeye, Ah mah and Dylan also came along to join in the fun! Mommy and Daddy bought Tessa a yummy triple-layered chocolate Dora cake to share with her friends. Mommy also prepared goodie bags for Tessa's friends. In each bag, there is a lunch box containing cookies, chocolates and candies!

Tessa and her friends are all very excited about her birthday. They have been practising the birthday song since the day before!

The second part of the special day's celebration is heading down to Kidsamaze at Safra Jurong. This has become a birthday tradition for Tessa - Daddy and Mommy will bring Tessa here to play on her birthday every year.

The third and last part is heading down to Lao Ma's place to have a mini celebration with Shihan-meimei. Shihan's birthday is a week after Tessa's so Giam Giam Daddy suggested celebrating our birthdays together. We also celebrated the arrival of Shijia-meimei - who chose to arrive on my birthday!!!

It was a long and tiring day, but it was a lot of fun!!