Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

This is a garden built especially for little children like me. Here, my papa showed me a cave where bears stay, pity none were there that day. But, it's ok because Claire-claire was intrigued by the wet and noisy waterfall. Claire-claire had fun waving at my mama too!

After that, Claire-claire went to the tree house. There were tubes where Claire-claire can slide down on. They looked pretty daunting at first, but after observing the other children, Claire-claire did. Whheeeee!!!!

This water play area is another fun spot. You have to work the pumps before water gushes out. Claire-claire tried her hand at one of them and helped to water the grass around the area.

Claire-claire likes this garden. We will be back again!

Two Today

Claire-claire is 2 years old today and is now 89cm and weighs 14.1kg. The growth chart says that Claire-claire is on the 90-95% percentile. See how much Claire-claire has grown!

At two years old, Claire-claire can do a lot more things than before.

1. Blow out candles (my first time today!)

2. Zip and un-zip bags
3. Go to the toilet to wee-wee on my own (but there are ocasional
accidents)
4. Remove and keep my shoes on top of the shoes cabinet

5. Blow and clean my nose/mouth with a tissue

6. Run and skip faster than my mama

7. Help set up dining table during meal times

8. Bounce and kick balls

9. Dance to the beat

10. Make sure my papa and mama eat their vitamins daily (though sometimes, Claire-claire tries to get them to take them twice daily)

11.Blow a whistle

12.Help water plants

13.Give my papa and mama a massage (this is their favourite)

14.Collect dirty clothes and put them in the laundry

15.Strap, buckle myself in my pram, child seat

16.Feed myself using a spoon without dirtying myself (too much)

17. Love, pat and kiss my papa and mama.
18. Share my toys (some) with Caden.
19. Turn on my favorite CD/VCD/DVD
20. Keep my toys, CD/VCD/DVD after use.
21. Browse through five books in a row every night.

In the linguistics department, Claire-claire has made some progress too.

1. Knows my animal sounds
2. Calls "papa". And "mama" only in dire straits
3. Says Ice-ss- (for ice-cream)
4. Recognise some alphabets: A,B,C,D,E,R and O (my favourites are B, E and O)

5. Can tell you that B is for bus, bubble, Barney and ball (Claire-claire calls it Oorr)
6. Says uh-oh when Claire-claire is some kind of trouble

7. Says erm...(Claire likes)...EErm..(Claire likes a lot)...EERRMM (Claire likes it very, very much.)

Superlatives

After saying our goodbyes to our new animal friends, we started a long ride to a seaside town. Claire-claire didn't like it as it was boring and hot and the sun was mostly shining on my side of the car.

Things became better when we arrived at the seaside town. First, we celebrated our arrival with the creamiest honey comb ice-cream. Mmm..yummy..Next, we visited the playground and later, the miniature village where Claire-claire was intrigued by the train that went round and round.

The most memorable event of all was the chilly Indian Ocean wind. Before this, Claire-claire had no clue why my mama made me wore layers of clothes and kept telling me that it is cold outside. Until, we stopped by the beach after the rain one morning. Look at my wind swept hair! After this, Claire-claire became a convert to the liberal use of sweaters.

And the most fun thing we did was running in the large parks and playing with my new purple ball and sun-bathing in my thick woolies.

It is a new experience for Claire-claire to be in a cold place. Perhaps Claire-claire will remember this holiday when I'm a big girl.

The Little Farm-Hand

My papa and mama brought Claire-claire to a farm. It belongs to Uncle David. This time, unlike my earlier rural adventure, was much colder. And we had to take an aeroplane to get there!

Claire-claire tried to be helpful on Uncle David's farm by supervising my mama as she feed Bob, the horse. Well, Bob is really big and tall, and Claire-claire is a little frightened of him.

The sheep and black alpaca were less intimidating, so Claire-claire was brave enough to feed them dried grass and even patted them! Claire-claire also had a chat with the friendly goats.
By the rabbits' turn, Claire-claire was a seasoned farm-hand and could feed them all by myself.

It's not all about animal feeding on the farm. Claire-claire also learnt how to use the fire hyrant.
And some tricks of wine bottling.
To round up a busy day, my papa cooked us a healthy and delicious dinner. Look at the big bowl of broccoli, meat balls and mushrooms; well, it was all gone at the end of the meal. Thanks, papa!

Claire-claire had an enjoyable time at the farm feeding the animals, kicking pebbles and running around. When it was time to go, Claire-claire felt a little sad, but thankfully more fun awaits. Tell you more about it soon.

Singing Barney Lantern

A couple of weeks back, my Ah Ma bought me a Barney lantern. Claire-claire likes it very much because Claire-claire chose it.

At first, my mama did not like it because the Barney lantern sings very badly. Thankfully, my papa saved the day by turning off the bad singing permanently. Then, we're all happy again!

Two or Three?

According to the lunar calendar, it's my birthday today. We shall not go into how old Claire-claire is according to the lunar calendar. It is very confusing. Even my papa was not sure whether Claire-claire ought to be two or three.

No matter, two or three, Claire-claire get to enjoy special birthday noodles made by mama. Yummy!!!

Longans on a swing

Longans on a swing are a great treat on warm, sticky mornings. Thanks third grand uncle. Claire-claire enjoyed them very much.