This is the second wedding dinner that we are taking Bryan to. The first one was when he was less than 1 year old and it was disastrous. He was crying almost the entire time because he could not tolerate the karaoke singing at the wedding. (actually me too!).
And since he is a bigger boy now, this one is way much better. He was very excited when he arrived there but soon got a bit scared as hubb took him around to introduce him to his relatives and family friends.
Bryan has not seen most of them before and was overwhelmed by the attention. So he preferred to stay close to us at the table than wandering around.
But halfway through dinner…he got attracted by the band on the stage and decided to join them as well.
Then he goofed around the stage until he got too bold and got really close to the band.
I do not want him to distract the band so I had to drag him off the stage. Besides, there are a lot of wires on the stage, so it is also a tripping hazard.
Yay! After months of wait…we finally received the keys to our new house. The house seller handed over the keys on Friday afternoon. And on Saturday, we took our in laws to view the house…the empty house.
The new house is very near to Charlotte’s house…probably less than 100 ft away. Definitely walking distance! And since it is so near, Charlotte & her mummy took the opportunity to drop by when we were there on Saturday afternoon.
Bryan was napping at my mother’s house after lunch and therefore we did not take him there. Otherwise, I am sure Bryan and Charlotte will have fun exploring the house together.
We took Bryan to the new house after his TumbleTots session on Sunday. As we turn into the house, Bryan started to say, “Hi wou-wou (doggie)” repeatingly. Then as we parked our car at the porch, he realized that there are no wou-wou. And he said “Wou-wou boh”
, you know why? He thought that we were taking him to Charlotte’s house. Charlotte’s exterior house design is similar to our house but she has a golden retriever at the garden. That’s why he was looking fwd to the doggie when we went to the house. Hehe…it is a matter of time before he figures out that Charlotte lives nearby and demands us to take him there.
I am glad that Bryan seems comfortable in the new house. Although it was empty he seems to enjoy exploring the place – all the rooms. Charlotte too was also quite comfy in the house the day before.
Hehe,..you know what some people say la…how comfy children are in the house is an indication of how “clean” the house is. Looks like the house is clean. :p
We have been teaching Bryan to wee-wee into a cup for more than a month now. However, he is still on diaper 24×7. We just have to keep reminding him to go wee-wee but if we don remind him, he will also not tell us.
Yesterday, after his afternoon nap, my parents took a bold step. They let him go diaperless after his afternoon nap.
I picked up Bryan around 9pm yesterday and to my surprise, my parents told me that there were no “accidents” eventhough he was diaperless the whole evening.
My parents reminded him to go wee-wee or if my parents don’t, Bryan will tell them that he wants to go Shee-shee.
I put on his diaper before we took him home in the car but as soon as we got home, I took off the diaper and let him wear just pants. I only let him wore diaper before he goes to sleep.
Looks like he knows that when he is not on diaper, he have to go toilet shee-shee but not when he has diapers on.
So, I am going to take the bold step of letting him go diaperless when he is awake and at home this weekend…hopefully there will be few or no “accidents”…
Scenario #1
Bryan just woke up from his sleep and hubb went into his room to play with him. I was just observing both of them together when Bryan said,..
Scenario #2
We went to a food court for lunch and I asked one of the stalls to cook meat porridge for Bryan without any additional seasonings. Bryan refused to eat the porridge. Since I have my food container with me, I tahpau his porridge and took him to the nearest McDonalds to feed him his lunch.
Since hubb and I already had lunch, we just bought some fries and soybean milk without ice. So there wasn’t much for Bryan to play with.
Bryan noticed that the table next to us has a lot of McD wrappers, boxes and he wanted to play with those instead.
P/s: There is a bug with WP 2.2.1 and I am not able to display Chinese characters in this blog. So I have no choice but to type the chinese charaters and then post them as photos…Anyone with solution, pls let me know.
Ever since we got the bubbles & pool session, a few of us mommies have been brainstorming on what to do for the next playgroup session – something simple to organize and one that the kids will enjoy (hopefully). So painting it is!
Since this is the first time that most of them will be trying painting, we want to make sure that the paint is safe in case they accidentally (or intentionally) ate them. Well, most of them are already past the stage of putting things in their mouth,…but we’ll never know.
So I made a batch of edible paint using food coloring – Blue & Red.
The paint is very easy to make. Just stir some flour in water and then simmer it to the consistency that you want. Add more flour / water as needed. Just make sure that u mix the flour in cold water before mixing it into the boiling mixture. You don’t want it too thick (like glue) and not too watery also. If too watery, it will not hold a lot of color and will be hard to paint. Separate the flour mixture into different containers and drop the food colorings into each. Don’t make too much because the paint will turn bad after 2 days or so….It is best to make them on the day or just 1 day ahead.
Coincidentally, Tesco was selling paint aprons, so we bought those for our kids as well as some brush and pallet. Now we are all set to go!
Each kid have their own piece of mahjong paper and pallet to play with. But Ethan thinks it is more fun to share Bryan’s pallet and paper.
But soon, Ethan lost interest and prefer to play with Simba the dog instead.
Bryan meanwhile seems to enjoy the painting activity. His piece of paper was the first to be filled with colors and soon, i moved him to another piece.
In fact, he got interested in painting and was painting the paper so hard, he tore the paper up with his painting.
Hmm..looks like mommy need to get you proper drawing paper next time…
A couple of weeks ago, Charlotte’s mother prepared something different for playgroup. Usually we will just meet and let the kids play together. But just before the playgroup meetups, I received a sms from Charlotte’s mommy to bring Bryan’s swimsuit. The kids are going to a bubbles + pool fun time.
We arrived as Charlotte’s mommy was filling up the inflatable pool at her porch. But unfortunately, it started to rain soon after that and therefore we were hesitant to let the kids into the pool. So we let them get started with some bubbles fun first.
Wei Xuan arrived later just as the skies were clearing. So we decided to let the kids into the pool. It is too cruel to let them see the pool and yet not let them in. Besides Charlotte’s mummy was so thoughtful to boil some hot water for the pool also…so the water is nice and warm.
In the pool, the girls happily learn and mastered the art of blowing bubbles.
Bryan, meanwhile was contented with his “teh tarik” game and playing with the toy fishes in the water.
Good thing also, coz we have only 2 bubble wands. so if he too wants to blow bubbles….there will sure be fights and cries.
Given that it is such a jolly good fun time, you bet that it was a struggle to get the kids out of water. Bryan was especially difficult. He was throwing tantrum and refused to get out of the pool.
After I got him out of the pool, gave him a shower, he fell in love with Charlotte’s new volkswagon toy car. He refused to let anyone else play with it and he refused to go home….
Given that it was late already and hubb is waiting for us at home, I had no choice but to forcefully carry a screaming baby away. And guess how to calm him down in the car…a promise of a meal at Mcdonald’s for dinner. *slap head*
Just like what we did last year, on Bryan’s actual birthday, we went for a simple dinner with my parents and sister. This is also a small token of appreciation for the love and care my parents shower on Bryan. I don’t know how I would manage without my parents. They were always there to help me no matter when Bryan is happy, sad, healthy or sick.
My parents absolutely adores Bryan and will do anything for him. For eg, he goes to one of the most popular PD in Penang. Even with appointment, it is on a first come first serve basis. The average waiting from the time we drop off the registration card to his turn to see the PD is 3-4 hours. So we normally make 2 trips to the PD. First trip just to drop off the card, and when it is about Bryan’s turn, make another trip to see the PD. My father would sometimes help to make both trips if hubb and I happen to be very busy at work. And my parents lived 30 mins away from the PD…so a return trip takes 1 hour.
Since it is so mah-fan to see the PD, why do we still go to him? Err…because we trust him. His diagnosis of Bryan had been very accurate so far. Whenever Bryan is ill, his PD is able to make very accurate “predictions” of how the situation will turn into, in the next few hours, days, etc before Bryan is on his path to recovery. If he tells us Bryan will take 1 week to recover, it will take 1 week. If he says 2 days… in 2 days time, Bryan will be well again. I guess his knowledge comes due to experience. Maybe that’s why even though he has such a long waiting time, so many people still want to see him.
Since his actual birthday falls on a Friday, we avoided a venue in town to avoid the traffic jam. Somehow, traffic to town on Friday evenings are usually very bad. So we went to Cherry Blossom Thai Restaurant at Sg Ara. We went there straight away after work. My parents took Bryan there to meet us.
And what’s a birthday celebration without a birthday cake? You’re right! I ordered another birthday cake for Bryan. This time it is fruit flan cheese cake. Since the crowd is smaller this time, Bryan was very happy when we sang the birthday song and in fact sang along with us. My mom has been teaching him how to sing the birthday song lately and he had been a fast learner. *smile proudly*
After the song, again he refused to blow the candle. But then I told him that he would be allowed to cut the cake if he blows the candle. He blew the candle right away.
So we gave him the plastic knife and allowed him to cut the cake without any assistance. He stabbed the cake instead of cutting the cake .. LOL! I had to rescue the cake in the end or there wouldn’t be any decent slices of cake left!
He enjoyed the cake tremendously! This time…no choking *wink*
When we got home, we let him open the presents, some newly received since his birthday party.
Here are some of the presents that Bryan had received for his 2nd birthday.
A lot of my relatives are very practical…they gave their presents in the token of angpow.
Cheers to another great year and many more great and healthy years to come!
Bryan, Family | Shooi | 
November 28, 2007 4:38 pm | 
Comments (4) 
, you know why? He thought that we were taking him to Charlotte’s house. Charlotte’s exterior house design is similar to our house but she has a golden retriever at the garden. That’s why he was looking fwd to the doggie when we went to the house. Hehe…it is a matter of time before he figures out that Charlotte lives nearby and demands us to take him there.
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