1. Do more outdoor activities, such as Zoo trips, walks in the parks, camping by the beach and etc.
2. More arts and crafts activities when we are holed up at home.
3. Sticking to a regular routine and stay at home on Sun evenings to prepare for the week ahead.
At the time of this writing, we’ve only managed to achieve s/n 3. We are working on the rest.
Meanwhile, we’ve planned for 2 vacations thus far, a drive to Malacca with a 3D2N stay over the Good Friday weekend in April; and a 5D4N Bintan Club Med trip in June. The early vacation planning is not our style, but enforced due to the limited leave available to Daddy as an Officer-on-Course. We are so looking forward to our well-deserved breaks and quality time together.
About En Jun
You have reached another growing-up milestone. You are now able to stand on your own and straddle along the sides of the sofa or cot bed. Sleep wise, you are still struggling to sleep for longer periods and keeping Mummy up at night. However, I have taken over the night feed, this allows Mummy to have some rest before I get stoned and have to hand you back to Mummy.
There have been 2 accidents since the turn of the year and you were fortunate to escape from both incidents unscathed.
(1) I’m superman, I can fly.
You fell from the kitchen tabletop, head first, did a 180 degrees flip and landed butt first in a seated position on the floor.
You did not cry immediately. You were startled before your emotions overwhelmed you and you started wailing. I managed to witness this event ‘live’ before my eyes and I’ll be devastated if this will cause any life-long injuries to you. Nonetheless, we brought you to the doctor and you were assessed to be all well and fine.
At this moment, you must be wondering, how did this even happen in the first place. I’m entirely at fault because I placed you in the bumbo seat on the kitchen tabletop and went on to do my chores, albeit within touching distance. It was early morning; we were all getting ready for work and no one had the time to pacify you. Placing you on the bumbo seat with some toys was one of the many ways we thought of to keep you occupied.
Why didn’t I place the bumbo seat on the ground? Well, I’m still asking myself that.
(2) Its raining! Its raining Cappuccino!
We were having a family lunch at Nandos, Plaza Singapura. After our meal, Mummy suggested that we have coffee to round off an otherwise, excellent meal. The waitress was placing the cappuccino down and you reached for it, sensing danger with my spidey sense, I reached for your hand to stop you. Only for me, to knock into the cup instead and as a result, you had a freshly brewed cappuccino spilled onto the side of your face and body.
Fortunately, the cappuccino was lukewarm. Nonetheless, you screamed and had red patches on your body. Mummy was visibly upset, but still kept her cool. We bought you to KK Hospital and were greeted by an avalanche of people. Tough luck, so we moved on and bought some lotion for your body at the pharmacy. After some observation, you looked ok and all was well.
By dinnertime, Por Por, Mummy’s mum came by to check on you. How did she know about? Well, one kan cheong mummy was at a lost @ KK Hospital. She called her mummy for help. The kan cheong mummy’s mummy was equally kan cheong. (Pun intended) So the kan cheong mummy’s mummy spend her dinner with us over dinner.
About En Xi
I chanced upon an interesting Sat class for you. It was a ballet cum tap dance class by KinderDance. You always loved dancing and the class seems more about having fun than anything else. You thoroughly enjoyed the 1st class and that was it. Somehow, for unknown reasons up to now, you started to be uncomfortable with the class and didn’t want to change into your outfit or enter the studio. We suggested for you to stop the class, but you kept hinting that you like the class. We were like, “Huh?” This went on for weeks and you began wanting us to join you with the rest of the kids on the dance floor. At times, you would just change into your pretty outfit and sit in the studio watching.
We suspected that you were uncomfortable with the instructors, the environment or the fast paced routine. All suspicion proved to be wrong, you just wanted to wear the princessy outfit and stare at yourself in the mirror. Talking about being vain.
Always Suspend Judgment
Depending on your perception, you are either a persistent child (positive) or a stubborn child (negative). There was this night, where you came crying hysterically to me with a torn sticker, demanding that I fix it. I had a pre-conceived mindset and assumed that you are trying to be difficult again. You kept jumping and wailing; and I continued to threaten you with disincentives. It was clearly not working and the situation was getting worse.
Just then, Grandpa came by with the torn sticker. It was patched up with a simple clear tape. In that instance, you radiated with a smile. I couldn’t help myself and I hugged you giggling. You cracked up as well and we had a good laugh. In my mind, I was thinking how silly we were and was stupefied by Grandpa’s simple act.
After the incident and some reflection, I felt embarrassed. All you wanted was to fix the torn sticker. A simple sticky tape would have solved the problem. My presumptions clouded my judgment. I’ll keep them in mind in future. Always suspend judgment.
