Sky started his playgroup today.




Posing in his uniform.




Jie jie giving moral support. We had arranged Sky to take the school van & the sister insisted on follwing him in the van. Dh had to drive to Yew Tee CC in order to pick Shan to school.





Sky cried immediately when he was being put up in the van. He seems to sense that this arrangement isn't something fun. Was still very clingy to me when we reach the school but opened up when the teacher started the lesson via multimedia & particpated in some activities. It's good that I'm allowed to stay with him for the full 2hrs & I understand how they run their programme.


Sky peeling off bannana. (Their theme for the week is Food)

Hope he would have less separation anxiety on wednesday.

Sky is going to start his daily 2hrs playgroup in 1.5 wks time. Can't imagine my little mischief "baby" is going school.

It seems just yesterday when Shannon attended full day CC promptly at 18mths in view of the arrival of Sky. She practically cried for 2wks & for the 1st mth, she had Bronchitis. It was a trying period and we almost wanted to pull her out. I'm glad that I survived that 2 wks and since then, she enjoyed going to school.

This time round, I'm better prepared (for the crying that is to come). Has been praying that he will settle well into the new environment with no hiccups. Friends, do pray for him as well :p

Sky's taste bud is surely different from other children. He loves chinese medication & drink as if he's taking some yummy delicous soup. Hence, to save the hassle of forcing or persuading" Sky to take the western medication who often spit out in the end, we now simply put him on chinese medication if he's just having common flu.

Ah-Ma brought him to Eu Yan Sang for treatment of phlegm recently. I cringed my nose at the smell of the sachet of powder. Sky, on the other hand, will readily drink the brown pasty mixture which really smell "yucky"!

It's a tough nut to crack for Sky's toliet training. This prove to be a daunting experience for us. He will either say "no no no" or tried to run away looking distressed that we tried to pull his pants down. But within secs, he will pee on the floor & look at us innocently. And yet, whenever we asked him where should he pee & poo, he will promptly point to the potty.

Finally, for these few wks, he's able to go potty now to poo!! This is considered a big milestone for him or US.. :)

It's cute when you see one willing to help & another one obliging & taking instruction.

Sky's current favourite word is "NO". This is all too familiar for me as Shannon went thru this stage before. Today, our helper related a funny incident to me.

Aunty: Sky! Eat your lunch now.
Sky: No No...Wait...later
Aunty (pleasantly surprised that Sky can string words together) : who teach you to say later?
Sky: Jie Jie

Obviously, wrong things are learnt fast.

Both baobeis always fight over this Pooh Bear that we have bought for Shannon when she was a baby. Sky especially seems to like the bear very much. Finally, to stop this fight, we have finally buy another Pooh Bear for Sky.

Sky with jie jie's bear


Sky with his bear & he has been faithfully bringing it along with him most of the time.


wonder why this boy like bear so much :~)

For about 2 weeks, Sky has been down with flu & lots of phelgm. From Saturday till Tuesday, his fever has been wavering at 40 deg. For the first time, Sky need to take an x-ray to check infection in his lungs. Finally he's up & running again! Actually, despite he's sick, he can still be active.. so the doc assured us that he should have no problem. Thank God for his healing.

I have been waiting to hear "mummy" coming out of Sky for long. On & off, Sky called out "ma" or "mi" but i can't be totally sure that he's calling me. He has called everybody in the family & even our helper except me! Yes, called his beloved papa & jie jie affectionately & our helper, nana so sweetly. EVERYBODY BUT ME!

Unexpectedly, today, he called out to me "ma-mi" & gave me a wide smile! I wonder if it's his milestone or my milestone. He seems to know that I'm overjoy as i kept throwing him up in the air. For that moment, he kept mumbling meme, ma-mi & mama.

It has been long since we have time alone with Sky only. We decided my birthday would be a great time to spend with Sky since jie jie need to attend school.

Having hear that The Line at Shangri-La had good sumptuous spread, dh brought us there for a buffet lunch on my birthday. I must agree that the food spread is indeed wide. It ranges from western to India cusine. Food is good & we leave feeling very full & extremely satisfied!

Sky had a good time exploring Shangri-La too.




Though it's my birthday, dh bought the cake more for Shannon. When I told Shannon that it is my birthday on Monday Morning, she immediately questioned in a bewildered manner where the birthday cake is. To her, it seem unquestionable that a birthday can be celebrated without a cake. I guess kids at this stage enjoys cake-caking & blowing candles.

Poor mummy & daddy has been sick after coming back from Bali. Both of us are down with flu & even fever in the beginning of the week. As Sky is easily prone to sickness, we decide to let him sleep over at ah ma's place. Boy, he was so upset! He has been crying to go home every night! Especially when he see aunty and jie jie leaving, he gets hysterial!

We felt much better today and brought him back. He ran around, jumped around, played with his toys, hug his jie jie & sat on daddy's lap. This must be his happiest night of the week!

Zero Cost, Maximum Fun

Water Fun

Both Sky & Shannon are sick again! Shannon was having fever over the weekend out of the blue. We were quite worried as her CC reported 2 cases of HFMD. Today, our fears are confirmed when teacher Neela called to inform that they found ulcers in her lips and tongue. DH rushed to bring Shannon to GP for check. The GP on the other hand advised that it doesn't seems like a full blown HFMD case but suggested Shannon to rest at home for a week.

Sky is not any better. He's having the running nose, phlegm and fever again. He's sprouting more teeth at the same time & this seem to worsen the situation.

This happen at a bad timing with the maid not around and poor Ah ma has to juggle with the two grouchy baobeis.

God, pls heal them fast!

Sign..my dear Sky is so stoned after the sleep in the car. The nurse is trying to excite him with ball, food & games but nothing interest him at all!! He stand there looking stress & wonder why he was suddenly being put thru series of "test". After a while, he let out a a distress wail..Oh well.. there goes this mummy's chance to winning some "milk $$" :p

Boy's hair can really get long v. fast.
Just within 2 mth, Sky's hair is long again.. He's sweating so much tat Aunty Siti can't help but to tie his hair up!

The kids' beloved Ah Yi brought their pics to Portrait Workshop for a caricatures sketch when they were 1yr old. Ah Yi was saying 2yrs ago when she brought Shannon's pic to him, it took the artist 3hrs to complete the sketch. The business has since grew and when recently she went to him for Sky's sketch, it took him 2wks to complete.

Sky is at this stage of throwing things on the floor, putting things in his mouth and throwing things in the bin. Y'day evening, he gave us a great fright.

While Dh was changing his diaper, we noticed that he was playing with a 20 cent coin and almost putting it in his mouth. Guess our reaction is too big when we saw it and caused Sky to open his mouth wide enough for the coin to go in. He choked on it and immediately, his face and eyes turned red and you could see his blood rushing up. We turned him around and I was banging his back real hard. It's a relief when the coin finally dropped out of his mouth after a few secs. It took a while to calm him down too.

What a close shave! Thank God, I really can't imagine the worst.

Sky turns 1 today!

Yesterday, we held a party for him but i'm pretty sure he's clueless of what's going on. Several Aunties & Uncles came with their well wishes.

Playing the Pinata.
The pinata had a slight glitch. Must tell Aunty Alice that she had secure it too tightly :p We had to tear open for the candies to come out. But I'm sure the children had enjoyed themselves very much.


Chaotic Room


Thomas the train Cake


Cutting cake cermony..with Shannon "ma jiam" the birthday gal.. she gamely sit right in front of the cake!