Little Bun is 3 Years Old!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to my pride, my joy, my everything... you are every breath I take, and the sunshine in my life. I love you more than I love life, and the very moment that I held you in my arms, my world is complete. 

Three years ago, you made me realize that some miracles do come true. We never imagined that we would be the lucky chosen ones until we had you. You are the reason we look forward to life with a smile, and you are also the reason we look back on life with a smile. 

爱你, 爱你! 

Starting the preparation work for the giveaways for little bun's mini birthday party in school.. Lucky for me, he has a small class so I can afford to put in some time and effort into the goodie bags.

The theme for his party/ giveaways will be 'Toy Story'.. not that this is his favorite cartoon, but he doesn't seem to have any clear favorites from all the cartoons that he knows (Shrek, Toy Story, Tayo, Pororo, Barney (this was an old fav which he's now outgrown), Madagascar, Dora, Mickey and friends, Monsters Inc, Pooh and friends, Minions, etc etc etc... lost track). Don't know how/why, but we settled on the Toy Story theme and I will be getting him 2 Toy Story cakes (one for school and one for home) and have bought some Toy Story themed giveaways to be included in the goodie bag.

My little boy is growing up. **wistful sigh**

Little Bun #2 is 19 Months Old!!

My 'baby' is 19 months old!! He has turned into a 'Pacifier Monster' of late and been reaaaally attached to his pacifier. Trying my best to wean him off this habit but sometimes I cannot resist when he looks at me and goes 'duuuu duuuu' (this is what he calls his pacifier). It also doesn't help that my mom likes to give him the pacifier as it sort of puts him in a trance and he becomes really easy to manage (not kidding). 

As he grows up, he is becoming more aware of his surroundings and in a way, more demanding. He now knows how to fight for what he wants (mainly the iPad) and wouldn't hesitate to 'tell his brother off' if the latter annoys him. In order to prevent sibling scuffle, I have relinquished the iPad mini which I received as a Christmas present from Mark last year. 

His vocabulary is also growing on a daily basis and just this morning, he was sitting alone on the bed counting from one to three (and when he reaches 3, he starts again at 1). He can also pronounce 'Hershey' really well and his favourite and most frequently uttered word is still 'kor kor' (big brother), followed by 'no' (insert vehement shaking of  the head). 

Cannot believe this baby is going to become a big brother in just another few months.. 

Took them to the park nearby again cos everyone was up early and begining to get restless. 

My little, little boy lost in the big, big playground..

Brothers at play.. (Den-den's head is bigger than little bun's?!!)

Crawled up/ through the tunnel all by himself!!

(Not that I didn't want to help but I don't think I can fit)

We made full use of every single minute of the 3 day long weekend by spending time with the boys. When the time came to go back to work on Tuesday, Mark and I were utterly exhausted and missing the boys badly.

Recently the boys have been quite obsessed about going to the pool, especially Den-den. He will run to where I keep his swim suit, point to it and repeatedly chant 'schwimming' in that cute gibberish way of his. Nowadays weekends normally include an outing to the pool (good thing the pool is just a 3 min walk away, otherwise such outings will be few and far between). 

The 2 exhausted boys being carried home by (the even more exhausted) Daddy.

This is a belated post on the recent Mid Autumn festival which we celebrated at little bun's school. His organised an event/ fair for the kids and their families and surprisingly, Mark was rather keen to participate cos he claims that the boys would enjoy it. So off we went!

I got the boys identical Barney lanterns so they wouldn't have any excuse to fight over them.. Little bun's lantern is the Barney with the blue shirt which we bought for him last year and Den-den's Barney is wearing the yellow shirt and this one was newly purchased. 

My 2 princes!

The event was like a little carnival within the compounds of the school and it was very nicely decorated with lanterns. Little bun got to enjoy his very own ice-cream cone that evening too! (To be honest, I am not sure if he really enjoyed it.. I believe he is the only kid I know who doesn't fancy ice-cream).

My little big boy on his way to school looking all grown up. So amazed that this cheeky impish boy was once a part of my body and we were inseparable for 37 weeks... just a few more weeks before we celebrate his 3rd birthday.

The below is very true.. What a wonderful and magical feeling it is to feel a life moving inside you, and I have been blessed and honoured to experience this many times! 

Life is like a seesaw ride, full of ups and downs. But whenever you are down, a good friend (or brother) willl jump on to other seat to bring you back up again!

My future artist?? Looking at the end result of his 'masterpiece', this isn't very likely.. Plus it is definitely not in his genes. (His dad STILL draws stick people/ animals - badly in fact).