Clayton's progress

Baby is now 8 months old and has since started to understand what we tell him to do.

1. He knows how to pee when I tell him to "shi shi."

2. He will wave goodbye like how the prosperity cat waves its hand when being told to say bye-bye.

3. When he is being carried and asked to shake leg, he will swing his tiny legs back and forth in the air repeatedly.

My cute boy is becoming smarter day by day :)

My birthday @ Ming Garden Restaurant

The guests..

The food..

The cake..

The presents..

Random photos of Janice

Janice with her newfound favourite drink - Chatime

Janice is able to arrange the puzzle all by herself

Random photos of Clayton

Almost bedtime look

Just woke up look

Pay attention look

Before haircut look

After haircut look

Caryn's 1st birthday

We were invited to little Caryn's birthday party at her home last Sat with some homecooked food served by her parents. Dressed up as a princess, Caryn looked every bit cute and adorable.

Innocent little angel

Both are dubbed as lau nua king and queen

Caryn's Hello Kitty birthday cake from Ritz

Clayton is eyeing on the cake!

Janice singing birthday song

Caryn in her princess ensemble

Getting all excited

*bLoW*

*cUt*

*yUmZ*

Group photo of Caryn's aunties and uncle

Clayton and daddy

Clever way of capturing the smile of his princess

2 cousins' photoshoot session. Clayton @ 8 months vs Jayden @ 5 months. I say Clayton is overweight but now seems like Jayden is also quite a giant baby :P

Cutie little Jayden with so much hair

Janice's photo session begins:

She loves this panda

Relaxing on a hand-shaped chair

Special thanks to Teh for the gingerbread man with M&M's as requested :)

Posing with her beloved panda again

Elephant deco by the main door

Mini pond with a lot of koi fish inside

Our little gift to the little birthday girl

New toys

Janice has been bugging me to buy her rubber duck for quite some time and I told her in order to get new toys, she must behave herself and cannot bully her brother. Well, she kept her promise and I, at the same time must keep my promise too. So I bought her a rubber duck with some other animals collection too. She loves them a lot and always brings them into the bathroom when she bathes. She even put them by her pillow at night. That's how much she treasures her new toys.

Clayton watching his favourite cartoon

When this cartoon Special Agent Oso is aired, he will sit and concentrate and even laugh at times. Not sure why he only loves this cartoon, maybe the panda is as round as him!

Janice's progress at school

Janice is in Nursery 2 (N2) now and has been bringing back homework since after CNY. Daily homework includes writing of alphabets and numbers. While in N1, she was taught how to trace on dotted lines but in N2, she has to write everything on her own already. I have been guiding her on her homework all these while and she sometimes gets on my nerves because she simply scribbles and tells me "I don't know."

2 days ago, she gave me a big surprise. She finally managed to write 1 until 5 on her own, without me guiding her. Although it may not look neat and perfect, but she did it on her own. What a clever girl, I am so proud of her!

She will soon be having her exam. Yes, exam for 4 years old. I remember when it was my time, all I did at school was just sing and play. Now the society has changed, every kids need to be equipped with basic knowledge during pre-school level otherwise they will be far behind when they enter primary school. I got a shock when I heard that some parents even let their kindergarten kids attend tuition classes. I mean, come on, is there a need for that? If it is music class or art class then I can understand, but tuition class for young children, hello?! The will be no more room for fun time anymore. How I pity them.

Ok, academics aside. I will now be talking about fun time. Every Thursday, there will be water play at Janice's school compound. Teachers will set up the mini pool with floating toys inside where the kids can dip themselves in the shallow pool and have a great splashing time. When Friday comes, the school will organize something fun to do with the theme T.G.I.F.

I love the way her teachers balance the study and play session, like how the proverb goes "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." So far, Janice is showing positive sign towards her learning at school and is excited to go to school every morning. She loves to color and always requests me to draw things for her so that she can color. Besides, she also enjoys singing nursery rhymes and not forgetting dancing! She can dance and shake her butt when she is in the mood. Sometimes she can also do break dance on the floor. I don't know where she learnt that from seriously.

Ok, it has been some time since I have written such a long post. Gonna stop here. Bye.