Lego play

Colin enjoys imaginative/ interactive/ role play now.. he builds more sensible things with lego these days.. here are a few of his creation!

He is able to narrate his own story and hold 2 sides of conversation himself. :)

Colin moments - 大便

Colin decided someday that he doesn't want to get his butt washed after pooing.

Past conversations...
Me: Colin, go and wash your backside..

His responses to my command:
- Don't worry about my 大便 mummy!
- Don't talk about my 大便!
- Later...
- I'm not done yet~
- *hides from our line of sight*
- *pretended he never hear*

Our conversation today...

Colin: Mummy will you play with me?
Me: I won't play with you until you get your backside washed.
Colin: It's okay. I can play with myself.
Me: .....

After awhile.. he asked for help tk seperate 2 lego pieces.

Colin: Mummy will you help to take out?
Me: I won't help until you wash your backside..
Colin: All right... *continued to play by himself*

Then he wanted to show me the big lego house he built.

Colin: Mummy, look at the big house!
Me: I'm still waiting for you to wash your butt before I play with you..
Colin: Finally gave in and went to get his butt washed!

After he got his butt washed..

Colin: *flashed his backside at my face* I washed my backside mummy!!!
Me: Oh yeah! Now I can play with you!
Colin: *Big smile*

Ahhh... what a tough nut to crack.

Father's Day 2015

Colin was unwell during the last week of school and didn't manage to make father's day gift. So I decided to make something for our awesome father while he napped...

Colin was  very excited when I told him that we were going to make something for daddy.

Things Colin says...

Me: Colin, where is meimei?
Colin: In your tummy. Why you trap meimei inside?
Me: (^_^')

Me: Colin, babies can't talk. They only cry... so meimei can't talk yet when she comes out okay?
Colin: What's wrong with meimei?

Dad: Shall we go get your hair cut today?
Colin: No!
Dad: Can grandpa cut your hair?
Colin: No.
Dad: Grandma?
Colin: No!
Me: Mummy?
Colin: No.
Me: So who can cut your hair?
Colin: ...... Nobody!

Dinosaurs Exhibit at Plaza Singapura

It's  school holiday and that means bringing the boy out more often during the weekends! Many shopping malls held dinosaur exhibits in conjunction with the launch of Jurassic World movie on 11 June. It's  perfect for Colin cause he loves dinosaurs! I asked him a few times if he wants to see dinosaur (OneKM) or dinosaur bones (Plaza Singapura). His choice was the latter. And so we went to Plaza Singapura!

He spent at least 15 minutes in the sand pit digging for fossils. Was surprised the fussy fingers him didn't mind the sand! :P An overall enjoyable experience for him (and us).

Discharged from NDC

2 years after your fateful fall, you're finally discharged from National Dental Centre!

Your dentist, Dr. Lai Wen Pui Bien, handled you very well.. Glad she left the decision making to us when deciding what to do with your joker slit at the left corner of your mouth.

Pleas take good care of your remaining milk teeth!

Colin's 3rd birthday

COLIN TURNS THREE!

Yes! Happy 3rd birthday to our dearest Colin boy! Time flies! Mummy made the banners for your and daddy helped to put it up!

You requested for triceratops birthday cake which was impossible to buy off the shelves. Mummy had to order a cake and specially requested for the cake toppings to be removed. Went to the toy store to buy little dinosaurs to place on top! :) You were very happy when you saw your cake!

You were a little apprehensive when everyone started singing birthday song for you...

Then started to enjoy the attention and got cheeky!

After the song finished, you went forward to blow the candles without prompting. We didn't even had the chance to ask you to make a wish! The flames went off in a single blow..

Our precious cheeky boy with his cake and new dinosaur toys by the side. Oh, mummy got your a dinosaur shirt too~ ROAR!

Just you and mummy while daddy gets the knife.

You and cousin Alexis mei mei. It's amazing to see how you 2 like each other so much. You will ask mei mei to drink water and take good care of her. Is it a big brother thing? :D We hope you will be this nice to Louise mei mei too!

We got you 2 matching sunglasses! So adorable!

Group picture with mummy's friends who babysit you pretty often. We are glad you like them too!

As you enter into the 4th year of your life, we hope you'll continue to grow up healthy and happy. These are the 2 most important things in life..

Birthday trip to the Zoo!

As usual, you requested to head to the zoo when we asked you where you would like to go. We got there at 10 plus in the morning and let you decide what you wanted to see that day. You picked rhinoceros, hippopotamus and elephants. We saw the crocodiles, zebras, lions, sea lions, white tigers and animal show along the way. Since it was your birthday trip to the zoo, daddy let you ride the pony and the carousel!

You were really excited to go for the pony ride, so excited you ran off to the ticketing counter yourself to buy your pony ride ticket. I had a hard time managing you while waiting for your turn to go onto the pony since patience is not something you’ve quite mastered yet. You hopped onto the pony without hesitation and went for your round. Daddy and mummy are still very puzzled why you were more afraid of kiddy rides. Isn’t a real animal more scary?

On our way out you wanted to ride the shark on the carousel, we managed to persuade daddy to let you go on the ride. Again, you ran off by yourself to the ticketing counter to buy tickets. You decided to sit on the dolphin in the end though! It was very difficult to spot mummy when you went round and round and round.. haha

You were a happy boy until the ride ended. Not because the ride ended, but because you realised there was your favourite dinosaur triceratops, and you did not get to sit on it. Too devastating for your little heart to handle. A passerby asked you why you were crying and your brushed her away rudely said “Go away!”.

You managed to cool down after a while.. in fact, quite a while… and the happy boy came back! We didn't manage to see the Koalas cause the queue was about 45mins, plus you've already seen koalas in Taiwan Zoo.

You slept on the way home and woke up just in time for your favourite food - cheeseburger from McDonald’s!

 Dear Colin, not everything will go according to your plans/ways/wants in life. We hope that you will learn to balance your expectations and deal with disappointments when it comes. May you grow up strong on the outside (already are) and inside!


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Singapore Zoo tops our 'to-go' list cause it's a big area for Colin to run around, look at the animals. Sometimes we just head straight to a particular show and back, other times to the Kidzworld for Colin to interact with farm animals and play at the water playground. We signed up for membership a year ago and have been visiting the zoo every month!

Mother's day 2015

Colin 'made' this for mummy! :)

Naughty Chair

One very fine day.. Colin told us about his day.

Colin: Teacher Margaret made me sit on the naughty chair today.
Me: Were you a naughty boy?
Colin: Yes.
Me: What did you do?
Colin: *silence*

After another school day..

Me: Did Teacher Margaret make you sit on the naughty chair today?
Colin: Yes.
Me: Do you sit on the naughty chair everyday?
Colin: Yes.
Us: *laughs*

This kid. Seriously funny! :D

Colin takes pictures

My dad gave Colin a cheap camera to play around.. first he asked me to take pictures of him...

Cheeeeeeeeseeeeeee!

Then I asked him if he would like to take pics of mummy too. Taught him to take pictures with my old phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) and here's his master piece! :D 

By Colin Chang

His winning picture!

Mummy Kam @ 32 weeks with little Louise

Brainy Juniors Kindergarten (2015 Term 2)

We are so glad that Colin enjoys his school. The school fees may not be the cheapest but definitely worth our money! I chose this school mainly cause it was closest to my parents' place (which also meant savings on school bus/ transport!).

I like the curriculum cause there's GymKidz programme for the active little one, music lessons and lots of crafting time apart from the normal language and literacy (Engilsh: Victoria Carlton Literacy Programme - Jolly Phonics/Grammar, Chinese:乐中学) classes. Colin comes home singing new songs, dancing happily and bugging me to do painting/anything hands on with him. That's a good sign right? :D

Curriculum aside, the teachers are very dedicated and caring (probably a result of the low student:teacher ratio). They will email me to ask if Colin was okay when he was absent from class for long period. The teachers were the first one to inform us when Colin is 'heaty' or had ulcers in his mouth. I remember I didn't plan to accompany Colin for his first lesson since he will stick to me like forever.. but the principal advised me to stay on so he would be able to settle down emotionally. Glad I did cause it took him only slightly more than a week to settle down in school; no fussing at the entrance when we drop him off for class. :) I liked how his teachers were able to handle him peacefully instead of raising their voices.

The thing I love most is seeing pictures of what's happening in class! :D So this is him doing his stuff in school!

Colin was able to tell me that he played xylophone! I was trying to figure out what this was?! hah

His class has 11-12 students. :)

Matching letters to pictures.

Tracing!

Louise 妹妹

Me: Colin, 妹妹's name is Louise.
Colin: Goopy!
Me: Louise...
Colin: Toby!

Lols. This boy is too cute.

Regarding Louise..
Went for gynae appointment on 29 Apr '15 and found out that I gained 3kg in a month! I ate as usual... and some chocolates.

Dr Paul did a scan and said bb Louise's estimated weight was almost 2.5kg, 1kg gain since last visit! She was in breech position and has long legs... chances of her hitting 4kg is high. Oh man.

Things Colin says

My parents came back from breakfast with Colin and asked Colin to wake me up. He went..

Colin: Time to wake up mummy! Popo  got you something to eat!
Me: What did popo buy?
Colin: French fries (he meant McDonald's)! Don't you eat French fries?

Oh man.. his language at 34 months. I don't know what to expect when he turns 4 or 5 years old.

Some of his favorite phrases now:
- Are you kidding me?
- What????!!!
- May I go to the farm?
- You are naughty!
- Did I tell you not to ... ..
- I don't want you!

30 months and counting

This was how Colin welcomed us home today.

To daddy: Hug
To mummy: Hug and an "I love you"

Daddy was jealous so he pretended he was sad to get his "I love you".

Here's how it went..
Daddy: Colin, I'm sad.
Colin: Don't be sad ah? Don't be sad. (In a very singaporean way)
Colin: Stop it. Stop it!

We broke into laughter when we heard him saying "stop it!" cause that's the exact same tone we use whenever we wanted him to stop doing something.

Some other funny phrases he said...
I so very sad.
I so very tired.
Papa is princess.
I want to jump you.
I want to hungry.
Hey! Wake it up mama/papa (when we laze on bed)

He also surprised me some days/weeks back with...
I am angry with you mama!
I don't care!
It's okay.. (tells himself after he falls)
Mummy is princess.
Breakfast/dinner time.
'Cuse me mama/papa!
I drying my hair (while standing in front of the fan).
Hey, wait a minute!

Starts asking us questions we asked him...
Is this is dog?
Where is the puppy?
What sound does a dog (or any other animals he know) make?
Do you want to read a story?
Are you okay?
Do you want to see doctor?
What's wrong with you?
May I... ?
Will you....?

This boy is growing up so fast.

At 30 months, he can converse with us like a little adult.

● He uses -ing and past tenses correctly most of the time. 
● Expresses his emotions and wants (he asked me for a kiss on his left cheek before tucking in bed)
● Shows concern for others
● Jumps anywhere and everywhere

The list is endless! He learns much faster than I can blog.

I'm sure he'll be an interesting big brother. ♥

Toilet

Colin has a thing for toilets. It's where he goes for swims (baths), pees on the floor, washes hands and feet and plays with water when no one notices.

But something different happened today. My mum told me that Colin took a dump on the toilet bowl! He needed to go but wasn't wearing diapers. So he climbed onto the toilet bowl, turned around carefully, sat comfortably and there he went! First dump into the toilet bowl!

Bravo!!

Colin moments

Summer Cat was standing on top of the cat tower.. and Colin said to Summer: "Come down, little guy!"

Some other things Colin said to the cats:
"Tmeed!  You naughty boy! "
"Don't hide!"
"You wanna play ball?"
"You wanna eat?"
"I put you inside (the dryer)"

Fiesty one

Daddy wrapped himself in a blanket (which Colin claimed was his) when he went out to greet the cats in the morning.

Colin returned to our room and saw daddy using his blanket. He immediately shouted, "My blanket! My blanket!  My blanket! Hey!!! 'cuse me!" and proceeded to snatch the blanket away from daddy.

Poor daddy. Hahhaa.

Colin cares

I've been feeling tired and sleeping much earlier these days.

Colin found me on the bed today and asked me to go outside (living room). I told him I was tired.  He kept asking me, "What's wrong with you?"

Our son is starting to care for us.. awwww. So sweet.

Little requests

Colin started stating his requests at a very early age. Usually to ask permission to have adult food and sweet treats, watch Barney, head to kiddy rides or playgrounds... basically neverending requests. We usually fulfil his request (sometimes delaying the approval) since it's nothing outrageous. 

Today, he made a request to drink milk on the sofa when I informed him we should head to the room for milk and afternoon nap. He arranged the cushions and laid down, all ready to drink his milk after saying: "我要睡这边." I agreed let him have his milk. My reward? A happy boy who drifted to dreamland towards the end of his feed. His first time dozing off on our sofa.