Almost kampong

Daddy brought us out for dinner. He promised it will be fun. He also told us to wear long pants in case we fall and scratch our knees. Look at how thrilled David was!
Hey, David! Wait up and hold my hand!
It's not just David who was excited. I was too. I tried hard to pump on the swing myself, but could not do it well. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it. As for David, he had many gos on the slide.

For dinner, David had his usual home-cooked porridge, which attracted lots of flies. Daddy and mummy were too busy swatting flies to take any pictures. I had my big-girl dinner: fat french fries with tomato sauce. Mummy tried to entice my Chinese palate to have some fish and chips and lasagna, but to very little success.

I think this is a fantastic dinner venue, but my mummy says that the next time we come, only adults will eat the junk food.

Conversation with daddy

My daddy surprised me yesterday by coming to pick me up from school. It is the 2nd time this week. I had this conversation with him in the car. It really tickled my mama.

Claire: Why are you here (again)?

Daddy: I finish work early, so I have time.

Claire: But I can take the school bus home. I am a big girl now.

Daddy: But I want to come and pick you up from school.

Claire: Mmm, ok. But can you only come maybe one time a week?

David at one

At one, David weighs 9.9kg and is 78cm. At birth, he was just 3.53kg and is 50cm. Boy, has he grown!

He has also progressed in other ways. Here's what he can do:

1. wave and say bye-bye

2. give a flying kiss (well, sometimes his kiss comes from his ears)

3. clap his hands

4. do the hand actions to Twinkle, Twinkel

5. break into a dance when I sing - this is my favourite :)

6. call Claire (and sometimes "Jie"), papa and mama

4. wobble many steps

5. objects very, very loudly when I try to snatch things away from him. (This is my least favourite because I always get into trouble when this happens.)

But, I am still very proud of you, David! I am sure papa and mama are too!

David's lunar birthday

Yesterday, we celebrated David's first lunar birthday. My Ah-Ma prepared many things for him to choose, just like what I did then.

First, he chose the $50 note.

Then, he reached for the red eggs.
He toggled between chicken, apples and oranges. He couldn't decide which looks more delicious.

Finally, he consulted the abacus.

My papa thinks that David is a practical boy. Don't you agree?

Stop sucking thumb stars

I have a very bad habit which my papa and mama have been trying very hard to get me to kick.

I suck my thumb. And I suck it so hard that I have a hard blister on it.

So my mama told me that for every night that I didn’t suck my thumb, I get a star. And when I have collected ten stars, I get to buy something of my choice. I made a card, with my mama’s help, to paste all my stop-sucking-thumb stars.

See this heart-shaped Mickey Mouse balloon? This is what I got for my first ten stars!

Survived

This is my first week at my new school. It is a school for big boys and girls. This is how it looks like.
It is far from home, so I have to take a school bus to school. My mama was worried that the ride will be too tiring for me.

In my last play-school, I took a very long time to settle in despite a successful first day. And my mama was worried that it will happen again.

My mama was worried that I don’t like my new school. My papa told me that she was so worried that she didn’t sleep well for nights.

My mama survived my first week of school. As for me, I enjoyed it tremendously.