Let's Play Domino

Got this from Lovelymummy.

Rule: Copy the entire list and add your name at the bottom. And tag at least 5 friends. (But you can tag as many as you like.)

Thea is {bloggerhappy.com}, Childstar, Mike, My Scrappy side, AbieAggie, Alpha, Apple, Apols, Jacqui. Jane, Jody, Joy,Kelly, Mich, Peachy, Jenny, Nyumix, Rose, Agnes, Hazel, Lovelymummy, Slavemom

You're next: Jacelyn, Sharine, Bryan's Mama, Ling & Anggie
(pretty pleeeease and thank you!)

New Interest

CE has developed a new interest the last few days. He'd ransack jie jie's new shoes (take out from the box) and walk around in them. He usually won't be able to wear them himself so he'd come to me or Kakak. He'd shove the shoes to us and expect us to wear them for him. Then he'd parade around the house in the over-sized shoes. We'd have to follow him closely to make sure he doesn't walk too fast or jump. Coz very easy to fall down. So far, he's not 'played' with my shoes. Probably coz it's beyond his reach. Funny that he's not too interested in the shoes outside the house. Maybe he only fancies new ones.

* small feet + big shoes = funny boy *

Pass It To The Front

Thank you for this simple tag, Judy.

Here are the rules:
* First copy and paste it.
* Do not remove any content.
* Just add One word related to your blogs.
* If you don’t like the concept Pls! say no?
* Our main goal is we are going to circulate our number of friends.
* The more people join the “pass it to the front” the more links we generate.
* Lastly write only one word “short” for your blogs.
* Keep it simple and short, I know some of you have more than one blogs.
* The color is only black, gray, or white plssss avoid using any color okies.

Let me show you:
1.Filipina, 2.Darling allen, 3.Abroad, 4.Halfway, 5.life, 6.culture, 7.interracial, 8.pinaystories, 9.pinaysinglelooking, 10.health 11.Miscellaneous 12. Children13. my experience 14.family 15. milestones 16. Home 17. shopping18. wonderland 19. memories 20. bliss

Let's pass it on :
Wen
Health Freak Mommy
SueSue

50 Questions

A very long tag but luckily an easy one from Wen. Eh, how come some of the numbers are missing? Good also... coz it'll be less than 50 questions. :D

Now it’s time we get to know one another a bit better and these 50 questions will help!

Just copy the questions and put in your answers and tag some blogging friends. Let’s see how well we can get to know each other. Here I go!

1. Last person you had a deep and meaningful convo with? hubby
2. Where was the last place you went? organic shop
3. If you could be with your first love, would you? at a different time, different space, maybe
5. Who was your first crush???? a guy from badminton tournament in secondary school (as far as I can remember)
6. What was the last thing you highlighted? definitely not my hair
7. Who is the last baby that you held? my boy
8. Do you know of any twins with rhyming names? no
9. Are you ticklish? not really
10. Have you ever worn a crown? nope
11. Last time you saw fireworks? yesterday night (although CNY's over already)
12. Who is the last person you hugged? CE
13. Do you have a black dog? no
14. Do you have a little black dress? no
15. What are you wearing right now? t-shirt and short pants
16. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? hubby
17. Do you like coffee? no
18. Are you missing someone? no
19. Reason behind why you last cried? watched some soap opera
20. How much cash do you have on you? less than RM50 (quite broke hor)
25. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed? only using digital camera now
26. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to change a regret? a million bucks, anytime :D
27. What’s on your mind right now? crabs (slurp! slurp!)
28. Do you have a deep dark secret? shhhh...
29. Do you wish you were with someone right now? more ME time would be nice
30. Who was the hottest teacher you ever had? don't think there was any
31. What was the last thing you ever got grounded for? don't recall I got grounded for anything (good girl leh?)
32. What was your childhood nickname? don't have
33. Do you have any strange phobias? fear of falling into a big pail of shit
34. Have you ever played naked twister? never
36. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? ghosts or monsters, I suppose
38. Is there anybody you just wish would fall off the planet? none
39. Do you crack your knuckles? no
40. What’s one thing that can always be found in your refrigerator? chocolates
41. What color are your bed sheets? brownish
42. How many kids do you plan on having? 2 is enough for the moment
43. What did you do today? watched tv serials
44. How would you like to die? peacefully
45. Have you ever been in love? of coz
46. When is the last time you went out of the state (province)? during CNY
49. Do you judge people? seldom
50. Generally, in life, what makes you happy? when my loved ones are in good health

Would like to know you better Dora, Sting and Jacelyn.

21 Months Old

Statistics
Weight - about 12 kg
Height - didn't measure since last month

Diet
Still the same (3 x 8 ozs of milk, 2 meals of rice, fruits for teatime, and he's snacking on biscuits more).
He's really determined to feed himself. If we don't allow him, he'd rather not eat. Or he'll make a lot of noise and cry.
He can be very particular on certain things. For example, when eating fruits, he must poke the fruit with the fork himself. If we did it for him, he'd cry and make a big fuss. :-|

Sleep
Naps once a day. But he takes them quite early sometimes. He'd wake up from a nap at 2+pm and only knock off at about 10pm. Isn't that a rather long stretch?

Verbal
He's shown a big improvement this month. At least he's willing to follow or repeat the words when we teach him. Here are some of his vocabulary :
hoe = hold
bore = ball
hak = hug
keee = key, hanky
tay = okay
tense = thanks
pooo = pooh
hot = hot
lou = hello
hiyee = hi! (greets people while waving his hands)

He can also call most of the close family members like :
jeh jeh = jie jie
pa pa = PaPa
ta ta = Kakak
deee deee = didi (referring to himself)
ye ye = Ye Ye (my FIL)
po po = Po Po
jig jig = chik chik (my BIL)
hg hg = sen sen (my SIL)
chu chu = chiu chiu (my brothers)

And how about me? He calls me paaaa (dragging the a) or maa. I don't know why he's having difficulty in calling me. He can pronounce 'm' already but when asked, he'd still refer to me as paaaa sometimes. After he called me correctly and I asked him to repeat, he'd go paaaa. Hmm... is he doing it on purpose? Well, never mind, as long as he knows who Mummy is. :D

He's quite fast at responding when asked about his body parts. He's very familiar with eye, ear, nose, mouth, teeth (showing the brushing teeth action), tongue (poke his finger into his mouth), hair, head, face (pinching both cheeks), stomach (pulls up his shirt to show his tummy), hand, fingers and leg. When he's in the mood, he'll try to pronounce these words.

He likes to say pu zhi tao which sounds like 'I don't know' in Mandarin. I doubt he knows the meaning but he'll say it as and when he feels like it, which is quite frequent.

Others
He likes to choose what to wear. He prefers his newer clothes (going-out clothes) than those worn-out home clothes. Sometimes, he'll take the clothes out from the drawer himself. If I'd taken another one which he didn't like, he'd refuse to let me wear it for him.
Likes to bully Kakak (well, more like bullying me). Sometimes he doesn't want Kakak to accompany him or feed him. When he's doing his big business in the toilet, he'd cry his lungs out wanting me to sit in front of him, instead of Kakak. When we're out in a restaurant, suddenly he'd refuse to eat while Kakak's feeding him. But if I feed him, he'd continue to eat again. Now I can't eat in peace anymore. So he's actually bullying me, not Kakak, right?
When he's unhappy, he'd slap his face and head with his two hands. And he's developed a bad temper too. He'd shout "Ei!" when he disapproves of someone or something. Yup... he's just imitating us. :(
He's very interested in what others are eating (in other words, greedy LOL). When he sees us eating something, he'll come near and give us the sweetest smile. And if we ignore him, he'll shout and point at the food, indicating that he wants his share. Too bad he's prone to allergy, so most of the time, he doesn't get to taste whatever we're eating. I know it's very normal for him to be curious (even for food). Hopefully he'd have some food freedom after reaching 2 years old.
He used to like us to cover his eyes with his hanky (folded into triangle shape) when we put him to sleep. But now he likes it under his chin, just like when he's having his milk. He'll give us his hanky and expect us to know what to do. This li'l boss just wouldn't do it himself. Weirdo.

Chap Goh Meh '08

Yesterday was the last day of CNY (also called Chap Goh Meh in Hokkien). PaPa bought some fireworks and Pop Pop the day before from the Chinese medical hall. We wanted to let the kids play with it before CNY is over. And we invited BIL and family over so CH can join them too. As we wanted something different for dinner (quite bored with home-cooked meals everyday), I asked PaPa to buy pizza and KFC on the way home.

After dinner, we let the kids play with the fireworks. CH and CE were not afraid at all. They can hold the stick but the adults have to hold on to their other hands coz they like to grab the sparks. The kept saying "stars" coz the sparks were in the shape of stars. It was quite a fun way to end the CNY.

Extra Large Ang Pows

On CNY eve, XY got a deep cut on her left knee at PIL's house. We were inside the house and suddenly I heard XY crying loudly outside. I knew something terrible must have happened. Rushed out and found her sitting on the floor with a bleeding knee. There was quite a lot of blood as it was dripping when she stood up. Brought her inside and stopped the bleeding before cleaning it with dettol. Then MIL gave me some aloe vera cream to apply. She was sobbing all the while. I'm not sure if it's out of pain or fear (seeing so much blood or getting scolded).

Later we found out how she fell. BIL just got back and XY saw him downstairs (garage is at the basement). She ran down the stairs to the grille door to greet him. She must have slipped and fell forward. Then knocked her knee at the grille door. That was how she got the cut. So she got her first ang pow in The Year of The Rat and she ushered in the new year with a bandage on her knee. Tsk tsk tsk... Hope it wouldn't leave a very big scar.

~ XY's almost-healed knee ~

As for CE, he's got two bumps on his head. Yup, you read it right. He's got TWO now. Here's what happened. We went to BIL's house for dinner on Sunday. They've also invited some friends over, who used to be PaPa and BIL's housemates. Finally, I got to 'lou sang' that night. I think that'll be the first and last time to 'lou' for this CNY.

Ok, back to the story. Before I went upstairs to bathe XY, I told PaPa to look after CE. When I was in the bathroom, I heard a loud thud, followed by CE's wails. My heart almost stopped coz he sounded quite near, which meant he wasn't downstairs anymore. I ran out of the room and saw him at the top of the stairs. PaPa also ran up. CE was still crying and we could see a bump on the right side of his forehead. Sigh... he bumped the left side on Friday. So now he looked like a li'l devil with 2 horns. hahaha.

We don't know how he knocked his head but we're very relieved he didn't fall off the stairs. That's a real scary thought. We need to be more careful next time. PaPa thought I brought CE upstairs with me while I thought he was being looked after downstairs. Thank god nothing serious happened.