They've Grown So Much!

I chance upon this photo while updating our photos:


I supposed he sometimes do "regress" and act baby. Too bad, he's really outgrown the rocker (see how his legs sticks out). "Inspired" I went on to find the baby version of Zhi on this plaything. This is what I found:

When he was 8 months old:


And the best find: See how the two of them had changed and grown.

Zhi at 6 months, Ning at 2+ year old.

The Cheeky Boy

As Zhi outgrows the 'Terrible 2' stage and entering the 'Terrifying 3' phase end of this month, we find that this little boy is getting more and more fun loving and expressive. We used to say he's such a mild and quiet boy, very much unlike his sister. I guess we said it too early. Nowadays, he does demand his way with phrases like 'I don't want', 'NOOOO' etc. And he also comes up with a lot of facial expressions that never fail to make me laugh.

He has this thing about orange as the fruit as well as the colour. He'll tell you he likes the orange and brown macarons from Bakerzin and he likes orange. Hmmm.... such a feminine colour for a male.

In one of my previous posts, I mentioned he can sit at a corner and finish his orange. This is one of the consistent behaviour we've observed over the past one year. And of course, he added a dose of cheekiness lately. The half naked boy eating and playing with his fruit:


See... I'm so 'pro' at eating orange that I can go handsfree!

I don't know how he learnt about muscles and stuff. He started to act really 'cool' and strong when I put on the jacket for him once. And he walked around with the hood on his head going,"grrrhhh... I got muscles."

The Two Kids Praying Together

We really like this video a lot. Both of them so innocent and angelic (with some mischief on Zhi's side). And the sister acting like a real big sister leading the brother into prayer before their bedtime. I hope this will lasts forever...

P.S: You'll also notice how Zhi speaks his chinese with that 'slang'.



Praying Together

Zhi Getting Ready for School

Zhi's into his 3rd month of attending full day school. And in the past three months, he's grown to be more mature and independent. He's learnt to feed himself without creating a mess, button his shirt, wear his shoes and even carry his school bags and buckle the chest harness of his car seat.

Of course, speech wise, his vocab is expanding but he still speaks mandarin with an 'ang moh' slang which we never understood why since we've been conversing in mandarin with him since young.

He's just achieve the huge milestone of buttoning his entire uniform and I was so proud of him, I took a series of pictures. Here's to share:

Halloween 2009

This is supposed to be posted up half year ago!! But I thought, since there're pictures of Jared and Natalie that Auntie Chloe can see, might as well.

Annually, the residents here will celebrate Halloween by decorating their doors and the children will go round the estate asking for treats from those who wants to participate. Last year, we missed this event because we weren't prepared to dress the kids up and we've just moved in. This year, we managed to get them some props and off they went to collect their treats which I think amounts to a half year's supply.

This would probably be their last time celebrating Halloween here. So for memory sake:

Our "New" Maid

After I posted an entry on the new cleaning equipment we had been using, I got some enquiries on this brand, Enjo. If you guys are interested, you can email or leave a comment in this blog. I've agreed to help the distributor to sell during the poly's school holidays. Since these two months, I'm not really doing anything.

One of the product range that I like was their mop. Which saves me tonnes of water (the amount of water we needed to mop the house TWICE was the full bottle of the spray bottle) and I no longer have to carry buckets of water and squeezing the mop till I get blisters on my fingers. Even Ning was able to help me because the stick was adjustable to her height. And she gladly does it during those days we didn't have a helper. WF saw and he went to take a video of her "professional" cleaning style. I thought it was really funny since she was all so serious doing her cleaning job.



My new maid

Christmas 2009 II

This is so lame... CNY is already here and I'm still stuck with Christmass???!!

I actually did up the slide show some time ago. And there were some rather nice photos taken when our friends and their kids came over to celebrate Christmas with us on various days. So not wanting to waste it and also to share with them on this blog, it is still better to put up.

Of course, it also includes the presents Ning and Zhi received. Looking at the photos of presents just reminds me of how blessed these two kids are. With so many people loving them and caring for them... Ning's present from "Santa" (aka parents) was a jewellery box we bought in Switzerland. And somehow without ever to teach her, she did a pretty good job in organizing her accessories in the various sections and compartments. I guess this must be a girl's instinct? And of coz, for Zhi, its Thomas and more Thomas for him!

Here are the pictures: