Little Bun #2 is 20 Months Old!!

Another 4 months to go before Den-den turns 2 years old! My little cheeky sunshine turns 20 months and he continues to bring SO much joy into our family. I am happy to see how he is begining to bond and interact a lot more with his big brother. The first word that comes out from his mouth when he wakes up every morning is 'kor kor' (big brother), and that's also the last word he utters before drifting off to sleep at night. 

I love to see how he totters off in search of his 'kor kor'  in the other room every morning.. I love how he shares his snacks and feeds his 'kor kor' (basically stuffing them into his mouth regardless of whether 'kor kor' wants them!).. I love how he picks out 2 guns from the toy basket and then promptly hands one to his 'kor kor'. I cannot get enough of his hearty chuckles when I tickle him or blow butterflies on his tummy. 

Thank you for being just the way you are, sweet Den-den.. you are such a special little boy and mommy wants you to know we love you so darn much!

Happy 20 months!!

Den-den: Will you share the bun with me? Pretty please?!

Clearly the answer from little bun was a 'no'..

Den-den: Fine.. I have my own bun too!! **munch munch**

Hmmm.. how come little Den-den looks like the 'big brother' in this photo? There is a 17 month age gap between my boys, but they actually weigh the same now. Little bun is about half a head taller than Den-den but I think it won't be too long before his little brother catches up with him. Little bun has a small frame and bones (like his momma) and Den-den has a much stockier/ sturdier frame.

Den-den makes the funniest expressions ever, and I am glad I caught this one on camera! (I think he was trying to lick away the bath foam on his cheek.. 

Halloween 2014

A week before Halloween, little bun's teachers sent a note to all parents to dress the kids up on the actual day as they will have a small party in school (just wish they would give more notice to this sort of things because we have never been big on celebrating Halloween and I of course, didn't think of dressing him up). Anyway, I (barely) managed to pull something together and errr... ok at least I should get an 'A' for trying. Little bun was quite impressed with his Halloween-inspired cape and his ummm.. pumpkin cross bat head-piece. (On the other hand, my Den-den would not put up with the nonsense, he promptly whipped it off, threw it on the ground and gave me a disdainful glance before walking away). 

Some chocolate treats for his classmates..

I even managed to make these Rattlesnake Jellies for his class and teachers! (Stole the idea from the internet.. heheheh..)

We got around to buying them this little table (from IKEA) so that they have somewhere where they can create a mess draw/ color/ play with their Play-Doh/ watch their iPads. At least now the mess is confined to one area! Why didn't we think of this earlier??!

Yup... School excursion AGAIN!!! Have lost count how many excursions he'd gone to ever since we sent him to school in January this year.. kids these days are SO lucky!

This time the school brought them to a fish farm (I think mainly aquarium fish).. and then horror of all horrors!! Each kid got to bring home a small tank with 5 or 6 guppy-like fishes (no idea what they are). I totally was not expecting this, and do not condone it. From the educational point of view, I don't think giving 3 year old kids live pets is a good idea at all. It is not good to give anything that is alive as gifts!! NOT that they know how to care for the fishes (except how little bun over zealously tries to overfeed them). From the point of view of a nervous parent, how am I supposed to explain to my kid when the fishes die?!! Grrrr... I am sure it was done with no ill intent, but someone clearly wasn't thinking.  

Anyway, little bun was pretty excited about his new pets and I think he's named ALL of them 'Dorothy' (after Elmo's fish). 

My sweet baby boy has become a 'Finger Monster'!! He searches for my thumb/s whenever he feels like it, but especially when he is tired and wants to daze/ nap. He will just quietly walk to wherever I am and regardless of what I am doing, he will reach for my thumb/s (could be either or both, whichever option he feels like at that moment) and start rubbing in a trance-like way.

If I pull away or walk away, he will get really upset (which is a rare thing for him).

I caught him in the act yesterday evening... 

Dear Son, 

Momma would really like to have her thumbs back, pretty please?!

Errrr.. Is it me or does Den-den look bigger than little bun in this pic? (For the record, they weigh the same now.)

Little Bun is 3 Years Old!!

This lucky little boy has not one, but THREE birthday cakes for his 3rd birthday. 

His birthday fell on a Saturday so on the day before, we brought a cake and some goodie bags for a small celebration in his class. I think he was quite stunned and puzzled to see Mark and I appear in his class out of the blue.

On the actual day, we had another mini celebration at home with yet another Toy Story cake (slightly different from the one the day before) just before we headed off to our staycation. 

Funniest pic ever.. birthday born is yawning and his little brother is looking somewhat annoyed.

After that we checked into a hotel at Sentosa (it was a rather last monute decision to book a staycation.. I caved in cos he kept asking to 'go hotel' for the few days before his birthday. I suspect Mark put him up to it.) Glad we did it anyway cos the boys (Mark included) had lots of fun... 

The big, big bed and my 2 small, small boys

Little bun was happily rolling on the (artificial) grass at the private patio that is just outside our room. I think Mark thought it'd be funny to put Den-den on him to stop his rolling.. It worked!

A classic example of 'Monkey see, Monkey do'

Birthday boy competely knocked out at 7.30pm while we were waiting for room service to deliver his 3rd cake!! 

The father and little brother happily bonding - this is a rare moment cos usually little bun demands all of his daddy's attention!

 Shhh... don't tell kor kor!!

Next day someone woke up really early and FULLY charged.. continued his rolling on the grass and I have no idea why he placed that pebble on his forehead. 

Clearly this little boy is still stoning..

After breakfast, it is off to the pool! The boys' favorite activity these days. I have spent a mini fortune on swimming diapers..