Sunday fun....

Walking and hopping with mummy and daddy

Daddy and son

Sitting on the concrete balls

Happy boy...

Reese looks like daddy or mummy?

Yummy... doughnuts!

Enjoying his doughnuts...

The Eight Night....

A little disaster around 10+pm... Reese woke up coughing and vomited on the bed.... had to clean up the mess and then gave him some milk because he asked for it. He had fever again before bedtime. We gave in. :) Sick boy got exemption right?

I am very happy to say that he did not wake up after that but he woke up around 5.50am!!! He has been getting up at around 6am ever since we wean him off his night feed! How ah??

Poor me was coughing so bad that I didn't sleep until after 2am! and woke up around 5.30am!! I need to go see doc to get some medication... I had to sleep in the living room because it's just too much work trying to muffle my cough with my pillow.... and the air-con is not helping either.

Feeding Reese medication this time around is sooooo easy... just need to reason with him and tell him that the medication will make him better and he willingly take them with some of his favourite drink. Ah... no more struggling. He had to take 3 different medication. :(

The Seventh Night....

First of all.... yesterday evening we had to take Reese to the Pediatrician because my poor boy was down with fever, sore throat and very chesty. He even have an ulcer in his mouth. It's a first for him. He kept asking me to take away the 'dry skin' in his mouth. :)

Despite being sick, my boy slept through the night again! :) he did wake up at about 11+pm crying because of the cough and he was sweating! No more fever.... phew.. and we gave him a little bit of milk.

Still will wait a few more days before I declare him night feeding free! Ah.... can't help but feeling proud of my boy..... hehehehee.....

The sixth night....

*SMILES*

Reese slept at 9.30pm and did not wake up at all for night feed! Praise the Lord!! :)
Well, now is only 5.10am. I am can't sleep, I am not used to the new routine... hahaha.. The past few nights I kept waking up around 11/12 plus am and then by 5am I am awake again. I think I am just anxious whether Reese will wake up or not. :)

I am still not 100% convinced that Reese is totally off night feeds. Will monitor for another 1 week then only will I make it official! :)

Yippie so far.....

Fifth night....

Reese slept late again, at about 10pm and woke up super early at 6am! The good news is, he did not whine but roll alot on the bed (not sure whether it's due to his sore throat and phlegm) or because he did not have his usual dose of milk! Anyway... as usual around 2am, he woke up and ask for milk very nicely this time and I just told him no milk until the sun comes up and gave him a bottle of water... he took one sip and gave it back to me and went back to sleep. :)

Still not sure whether it is working or not but at least he has accepted that he will not get any milk in the middle of the night. Now the other problem is he sleeps later and wakes up very early because of the new routine.

I hope in the coming weeks he will get used to the routine and sleeps through the night. How much sleep is required of a toddler? On average Reese will have about 11 hours of sleep including nap time a day. On really good days, he will sleep about 12.5 hours. How long does your child sleeps a day?

Computer Skills

Reese was exposed to the computer when he was less than a year old. He likes watching whatever we show him on the computer. There is always a concern that children who are exposed to interactive stuff too early in there childhood will find it difficult to learn using more traditional method like books. They get bored easily and there are many books and research by experts that support this claim. Am I concern? Sometimes but I make sure there is a balance and somehow... Reese likes both. So I guess it's ok.

Reese's favourite gadget is of course the Ipod touch. Daddy downloads lots of free programs like virtual violin, drums, drawing program, some simple games, virtual pets and many more. Reese is an expert when it comes to using Ipod touch. He knows how to search for his favourite program and open it. He knows how to close the program that he doesn't like and he knows where to search for his favourite cartoon and play them.

When he is out eating with us, the PSP is his favourite companion. He will watch his favourite cartoon on it while we all eat in peace.

His latest skill is using the computer (MAC). He now knows how to navigate his favourite site starfall.com) by using a mouse and he is able to play the games too. We used to do all the navigating for him and he will just watch but now, he can do it by himself. It took him a couple of days to get used to the MAC mouse and the PC mouse. Now he will surf his favourite site both at home and at my mother's place. An additional activity for him to do! He can be surfing the site for a good 20 minutes or more on his own!

I think it's quite an achievement for a 2 years 7 months 25 days old toddler! :)

Fourth night....

Yesterday night was fast to get Reese to sleep because he did not nap and had played 3 hours at Kidspot! So by 8.30pm he slept. I was not well either so slept with him. At around 10+pm Reese woke and whine a little but eventually fell asleep. He didn't ask for milk. Then around 12+am, 2+am he woke and again whine a little and kicked about with his eyes closed. Again didn't ask for milk then finally at about 2+am he woke up asking for milk. So again we told him only when the sun comes up then only he can have milk... he whine a little and I got up and gave him some warm water in his bottle. He took a few sip and then gave it to me and fell asleep again.... :)

Now it's 6am. No movement from him so far.... Is it working? I don't know... I think it is still too early to tell... will have to wait for another few more days..... thank you for your support mummies.. will keep you updated.

Third night....

It's 3am and I can't sleep again. Reese woke up asking for milk about 15 minutes ago. Tried to talk him out of it but he started to whine and kick. Since we are all sleepy, I got up and gave him warm water. Guess what? He didn't complain at all! I thought he will reject the bottle of water...but.... he drank anyway but only a little and he went back to sleep... hehe.

He slept really late though. He slept at 10.45pm and he requested for more milk but we reasoned with him and he accepted that.

Will he wake a second time and ask for milk again? I don't know... what I am afraid now is that he will stick to his habit even though he is given water. As long as there is a bottle for him to suck on... mmm... hopefully not. Will update later.

Latest antic.....

Cheeky Reese... he looks like he is 4 years old!

Playing with the computer

Oops! caught in the act...

What's so exciting?

Clapping?

Ah.....dancing.... Reese loves to dance lately...

Doing a crazy dance....something like tap dancing.... :)

Second night...

Ah... it's 4.35am. I can't sleep. Reese woke up and ask for milk a second time in less than 2 hours. Daddy gave him a diluted bottle and he had no complain the first time. Finished and went back to sleep. Just now he woke up and whine and wanted to kick and shout...but I gently spoke to him and told him that there is no more milk till the sun comes up in the morning. He repeated the 'Milk not open yet' and 'now is night time'....After 5 minutes of persuading, he finally fell asleep. Phew! At least he accepted that.

Yesterday night again before bedtime I told him that he cannot behave badly and there will be no milk until the next morning when the sun comes up. He asked for a second bottle before he slept and I told him no more milk. Eventually he fell asleep. I told him if he misbehave mummy will be angry and daddy will put him in a room. I think after a few episodes of being put in a room or outside the apartment door... he is somewhat afraid of the consequences.

Tomorrow night, I will do the same routine again, only one night feed with very diluted milk and if it goes well, will take away the night feed and see what happens.

Slight Improvement...

After weeks of tantrums and multiple night feeds.... yesterday we had a break. I told my little rascal king many times before bedtime that he should not cry and scream and if he wants milk just ask for it. Well, he did not cry just slight whining and he asked for milk... 2 times and towards 4am... he asked for milk again twice and I kept reminding him that he already had his milk and that we will have to wait till morning when the sun comes out before he can have milk again. So after that... he fell asleep... took him sometime though but at least he did not throw tantrum... phew... will see how tonight goes. I also reduce half a scoop of milk powder for each feed yesterday night.

5X milk in a night.....

Reese is getting very difficult again (Could it be because he is down with runny nose? or could it be because he didn't have enough sleep?). For the past two to three weeks, he will ask for milk up to 5 times a night!! Imagine we having to get out of our slumber and make his milk. If we ignore him, he will keep asking non stop or he will cry and kick up a fuss!! He will throw himself on the bed, kick with all his might and cry and screams. It's happening so often that a few times daddy has to carry him and take him out of the room and leave him outside the apartment door (still within the inside grill) until he stops. We are going nuts really. Poor us not having enough sleep every night. Husband is the most effected since he sleeps late and once woken it's harder for him to fall asleep again. Not only he ask for more milk, Reese also sleeps late at about 10pm plus and gets up super early like 6.30am! His nap time is also irregular and at times refuses to nap.

He will also cry, screams and kick after a nap in the day. I had to shout and scream at him and put him in a room to get him to stop. One thing very irritating is during such tantrum, he will demand for something and when you give it to him, he will say he doesn't want it and when you take it away... he will ask for it again and throws his tantrum... this can go on and on and on.... it's so frustrating! I had no choice but to scold him and put him into the room and let him screams and cry until he stops and apolozises. I felt so sad when this happens but I really have no choice I even gave him a smack or two on his legs during one of the super bad day.

Yesterday after one of the episodes, I was patting him while he takes his milk...and I explained to him why mummy shouted and punished him and told him if he does it again, mummy will be very angry and go away. My poor boy gave me the saddest and fearful look...looking straight into my eyes and he said, " I want mummy, don't want mummy angry". *sigh*

I wonder when this phase is going to end. I really need to wean him off his night feeds. I think I will try giving him super dilutated milk and just have to brace for another few weeks of sleepness night and see whether we will be successful.

From my observation, he is not really hungry when he ask for milk. For him, milk is just some sort of comforter because he will surely ask for milk after one of his tantrums. Milk is his comforter.

Is your child like mine?

Blogging again...

Ah.... been busy with work, holiday plans and my rascal king. I guess I didn't have the mood to blog either. It happens once in a while. My mood is coming back and thus this post and many more post to update on my rascal king and me. Sorry if I haven't drop by your blogs or reply some of your comments. :)

Imagine, Imagine....

Some of the imaginative play Reese came out with. Can you guess what these are?

It's a rocket. Going to blast off!

It's the MTR underground train (Reese came up with this after our trip to Disneyland last year)

Obsession with lining up cups and bowls at the playgroup

Without fail... everytime we go to the playgroup, Reese will look for the cups and bowls to line them up.

Reese likes to play with little doors and windows or anything you can open and close and he will imagine them as doors. He loves it when we build a big house with steps and lots of windows and doors using Lego. Reese also started to play with little figures (Lego) and having them do all kinds of things. One of the funny ones is putting two Lego pilot figures together and said that they are kissing. :) (Reese learned this from us kissing him and morning kisses from daddy to him and mummy)

Sometimes he will feed us with pretend food and latest obsession is to line up trains/cars/blocks/cups/bowls in a straight line.

He likes to play with his Thomas and friends trains. He will take the trains to go up/down hill (sometimes on mummy's knees or thigh), go through tunnels (under pillows/bolster or our legs!) go on rescue missions (funny expressions coming from Reese like "Oh no!", "What happen to Mike?", "Rescue Thomas!"....

Another thing that amuses us is when he uses a tiny magnetic sticker with a magic wand on it or a long plastic strip and claims that it is a magic wand... he will go around the house and starts changing (with sound effect) everyone into a pumpkin or like last night, he turned mummy into Pocoyo!

I am glad my son is becoming more creative in his play.

Desserts...

Yummy doughnuts. He loves it when I deep my finger in the chocolate and he gets to lick it!


Ice blended coffee....

Ice-cream....

Ice Kacang....

Doughnuts....

Cheese cakes.....

Cream puffs....

Chocolate cakes....

Cupcakes....

Remember I used to rant that my son didn't like sweet stuff? Well, that has changed. I know it's good that kids don't take too much sweet things but I also want my son to enjoy what daddy and mummy enjoy! So whenever we have desserts, I will let him try and the past 1 month his taste buds seems to be changing. He had tried the above and his favourite has to be doughnuts and cream puffs! :)

It's nice to watch him enjoy the food! Of course we are not feeding him with these food all the time. Only once in a while and I try to keep it to the weekends only. On weekdays is strictly home cook food and healthy snacks only.

Mother's Day

Cheeky boy waiting for his food


Carbonara for Reese


Lamb Shank for mummy


Chicken Chop for daddy


Choc Fondant for all of us

It was a quiet Mother's day. We had brunch with my family and two aunts. It was to celebrate mother's day, sister's birthday and aunt's birthday.

Then we headed home and do nothing till evening. We took Reese to Tropicana City. Our first time there and went to this new eating place call Indulge. We like the food there. Fusion style and nice and comfortable surrounding.

Then we headed to the toy shops and then bookstore. That's how we celebrated Mother's day. Oh... Reese gave me a carnation (Courtesy of of Sister).

Great Children Music CDs

Over the past two years, I had come across many children music ranging from rhymes to popular children songs but was never really satisfied with the quality of the singing until I discovered Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes and Lullabies. It came with Reese's homeschooling program. At first I find it quite irritating because it not only contains songs but also a story to go with them. After listening to it for sometime, I began to love it. Reese learned alot of songs and rhymes from this CD. He will listen to it during our daily car ride. If you chance upon it, you should get it. It's wonderful. Recently I got another Wee Sing title: Animals, Animals, Animals (RM34+) from Kinokuniya at KLCC. This is a fun CD where all the songs and poems are about animals! This CD also includes fingerplays. I love it. Reese learns about animals from the sounds they make to some of their behaviours too. It's really a wonderful collection. Another great thing about Wee Sing is that it comes with a book that has basic musical notes and lyrics to each song in the CD.

About two weeks ago, I bought another 4 Wee Sing titles from U.S. and is waiting for it to arrive! Sad to say I can only find Wee Sing titles in Kinokuniya but the CD that I bought from them a sometime back was the last copy and I am not sure whether they will bring in more so I had to order from U.S. You can buy Wee Sing titles from www.christianbook.com (Highly recommended) where you get to enjoy great discounts too (after shipping charges, the CDs are still cheaper than here) and don't buy from amazon.com! their shipping is expensive and no discount.

I bought Wee Sing Around The World (they even have a song from Malaysia:Pok Amoi Amoi), Wee Sing Bible Songs I & II and Wee Sing Silly Songs. You can check out more titles at www.weesing.com. I also bought some books from christianbook.com for below USD1 each... Will tell you more once I got my CDs and books! Just can't wait....

Reese can spell!

My son can spell!

I was kinda surprised. I know he can read 3 letter words but spelling was not expected until I discovered his ability to do so a few days back. We were sitting casually in front of the Mac when Reese said he wanted to go to starfall.com. So we went and browse the Learn to Read section (He has graduated from ABCs section). We play the spelling game of 3 letter words by matching the alphabets. We have done this a few times a few weeks back. I am always the one that did the matching, this time Reese wanted to do it and surprise surprise.... he match all of them from 'at' to 'ug' combination. Then I thought could it be just from memory? Can't be, there were over 36 words to match and he did everyone correctly and so much so...he finds it boring just doing that..so now.. he will purposely take the wrong alphabet to match the word so that he can have a good laugh when the computer rejects the alphabet with a funny sound! So when I ask for the correct alphabet..he will promptly match it for me.

Ah... I am so proud of my boy. He is sure a fast learner. Hehehe....

**I have stop doing reading with him for a while because I have been busy and lazy. Maybe it's time to start again and do something fun with him.

Mix & Match

Aren't the bears cute? It's a game designed for toddlers and the generously thick cards and easy rules make it ideal young children. There are 12 picture pairs and the teddies are so cute. This game came with Reese's homeschooling program and only recently I took it out to play with Reese.

Too bad, he is not interested in the game but just arranging the bears and count them and we named each bear with cute names like 'honey bear', 'chocolate bear', 'biscuit bear'....

Fish Galore!

New fishes (There are a few types)

On Sunday we had breakfast close to TTID market. After breakfast we took Reese along to the market. While I went about buying meat and vegetables, daddy took Reese to the fish shop. Daddy bought 12 fishes (few types) for RM12. It's cheap as compared to shopping malls' pet shops. It's half the price actually!

Anyway...when we got home, daddy put the fishes into the tank, we went on to do other things and about an hour or so, daddy and Reese sat down to watch the fishes and suddenly daddy exclaimed.... "Girl, the fish gave birth!" (In hokkien). I was like huh? As I look closer, there were many tiny baby fishes trying to avoid being bullied by the bigger fish!! So immediately we decided to separate them. We were baffled as to how they came about... didn't notice them earlier and the fish can't just lay eggs and the baby immediately hatch right? So I guess it came with the rest of the new fish... Guess how many we manage to scoop out? 21 of them!!! Wow... pay RM12 and we got ourselves 12+21 fishes! (One baby died later in the day and one of the adult fish died the next day) Not bad huh?so now we have two tanks (later in the day we bought a cheap plastic tank and a filter pump) .... doubt we can keep all of them in the big tank...but for now... will let it be.... :)

The 2o babies

31 months

What's new? nothing much. Everything is on the up trend. Oh...one thing is on the down trend which is good. He throws less tantrum and is easier to manage. When tantrum kicks in, we just need to warn him about sending him to the room and he is somewhat afraid. :)

He likes doughnuts very much! Something new for him. He is also more willing to take cheese cake. Still not a fan of very sweet stuff. Loves chicken and potato rice.

Beginning to be more adventurous with climbing obstacles and slides. Loves to jump down from steps and sofas.

Loves to sing but totally out of tune.

Loves to substitute own lyrics in songs.

Getting more creative in his play.

Still wakes up for milk 1 to 2 times.

Still naps for about 1.5 to 2 hours daily and sleeps between 9.30pm to 10pm.

Uses diapers only during napping and sleeping time as well as when we are out. I think he is ready to go out without his diaper but mummy needs to practice a few more times helping him to use public toilets. So far, Reese did his poo poo 2 times in shopping malls and once on a highway restarea's toilet. The key is to make sure you have plenty of wet and dry tissues! So far the toilets we went to are very clean. :)

Personality? mmmm... not shy and friendly only when he gets to know you. Loves to play with other children. Not a sensitive boy and he is super cheeky. Doesn't like to be alone. Oh... very manupulative.

Learning ability: Very fast and has a superb memory. A few weeks ago, Reese started to count down from 10 to 0. He still love doing that. Now he attempts to count from 20 to 0...

Grammar, Sentence Patterns and Vocabulary

Daddy wants me to note these down because he finds it amazing. Reese's speech is getting more sophisticated. He understands certain rules in forming sentences. He knows how to use 'ing' in his sentences. For example, if we say "The door opens", he can say "The door is opening". It is also clearer for him now when to use pronouns like 'me', 'I' and 'you'. He also understand better singular and plural and most of the time he will add 's' when referring to something plural. Pretty good at using articles too. Sometimes in his sentences, he will use past tense! Well, not that he understand the concept but more in imitation of what we say...hehehe...

His pronunciation is also getting better. He can pronouce words like hieroglyphics and hipopotamus.

As for vocabulary, he is picking up many words from us, cartoons and books. He knows alot of instruments by name from panpipes to acordian, he knows China and Egypt, he knows what hieroglyphics means, he knows a number of sea creatures like scorpian fish to puffer fish, bowling to badminton and many many more. It's just amazing how much he can absorb!

Latin anyone?

Reese's favourite cartoon has to be The Little Einsteins. He watches them at least once a day. We have it on DVD and even on his PSP. Lately he likes to use a couple of Latin words he picked up from The Little Einsteins.

Allegro
Accelerando
Presto
Diminuendo
Moderato

He also pronouces them very clearly. He knew what each means. He also talks about musical notes, so perhaps I should introduce music to him? As in music theory... hahaha....

Food Marathon

What is great about Penang? Food, food and more food! :)

Thanks to parents in law, hubby and I managed to go eat, watch movie and do some shopping. It was really good. I checked my weight this morning and it was 2 kgs more! *sigh* Will have to ride the bicycle again but it's worth it. Hahaha....

Let's see, on the day of arrival, after unloading our luggage, we headed straight to our favourite 'Char koey teow' stall in Lorong Selamat. We had char koey teow, laksa, popiah and ice kacang. Mmmm...it's heavenly. Then went home for a short rest and off we go to have 'Ju char' (rice and dishes) at a seafood place at WeldQuay. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the shop but the food was not up to standard even though it is very famous. Next day, we had 'chee cheong fun' with really yummy sauce that has a hint of peanut butter in it. In the afternoon, can't remember what I ate but dinner was good. We went to Fettes Park for some really good western food hawkers' style. Believe it or not, after that we went to roam around and ended up eating Kimberly Street's Char Koey Teow and then discovered a nice 'Koay Chap' (Noodles with eggs, pig's intestines, duck meat and other stuff). Crazy huh? We were so stuff that we couldn't sleep!

Monday was another day of eating. We had our favourite Nasi Kandar at Campbell Street then we went for a movie at QueensBay Mall. In the evening, we went to have dinner at New Lane. Hawker food. We had 'Chee Cheong Juk' (Porridge with pig's intestine). Tuesday... hehe... another day of hawker food.... So as you can see... we really had a good time of eating, relaxing, shopping and some couple time. Thanks to my in laws for helping us to take care of Reese.

Lorong Selamat 'Char Koey Teow' - RM6.50

Laksa - RM4.00 (not the best but it was quite good)

Ais Kacang RM3.50 (The best is at New World Park)

Fettes Park Western Food

Oxtail Soup - RM7.00

Hubby enjoying the oxtail, it was good.

Lamp chop- RM13.00 (Quite good)

Chicken Cordan Bleu- RM9.00 (This is good with cheese and ham wrapped in the chicken)

Koay Chap stall at Kimberly Street

Check out the yummy food...

Porridge with lots of ingredient - RM5.00

Famous Chee Cheong Chok from New Lane

Our favourite Nasi Kandar Stall at Campbell Street

Their Mutabak is really good

Lots of dishes to choose

Our favourite is the Parsembor (not sure how you spell it) , fish curry and kurma chicken.. Sorry... forgot to take picture only remembered after we finish the food... hehehe... It's alot cheaper to eat nasi kandar in Penang

Cheese cake from my in laws. It was for our 5th Wedding Anniversary

A family photo with my in laws and brother in law and his wife

Blogging from Penang

Hi all,

Everything went smoothly as planned, I finally decided to bring my turtles to my mom's place and after having breakfast, we traveled to Penang. So far so good. From the day we arrived, hubby and I have been on a food marathon! Wait for me full report when I get back on Wednesday.... hehehe... been having a good time eating, eating and more eating. Reese was also enjoying his grandparents company while we get to go out roam around and eat without having to take care of Reese. Ah... abit of freedom... will be going for nasi kandar before heading off for a movie. :) Anyone one jealous of my freedom?? Hahahha.....

All's well....

Ah.... my new car came back and was diagnosed with a brake switch malfunction. Other than that, there were some minor defects on the car interior which I discovered and they will rectify them when I get back from Penang. I was so ready to shoot them and perhaps write in to the newspaper or even legal means to get a new replacement if my car problem not fixed by Saturday but later was told by hubby that the only way for you to get a replacement car is when you discover something wrong immediately you must ask for a replacement and not let them try to fix the problem first. The moment they lay hands to fix the problem, your warranty for the car kicks in and then it's not very lightly you can get a replacement unless something they cannot fix! So beware when you buy a new car. Not happy with it immediately demand for a new car before they attempt to fix it!

Anyway.... all's well and we are going to travel back to Penang on Saturday morning and be back on Wednesday. I am still thinking what to do with my poor turtles... forgot to bring them to my mum's place today. Should I make a trip to my mum's or leave them behind with alot of food? My little Reese is down with a little runny nose since yesterday evening... mmmm....

5th Wedding Anniversary

Happy 5th wedding anniversary dear and you know how much I love you and our little one. May we continue to grow in our relationship and to have many many more wonderful life experiences together until the day we go home to the Lord.

It has been an up and down journey the past 5 years and the best experience thus far is being parents to Reese and to really understand the joy of having a complete family. In our 5 years as husband and wife, we managed to travel, bought a house, a couple of cars, have a child, a complete change of lifestyle when Reese came about, watch countless of movies, do silly things, fight, cried, laugh, enjoy lots of good food and gadgets and many more....

It's quite an achievement! More to come baby....

*For those who are curious, I met my husband on the Internet on an American chat site. We were the only two Malaysians there. After chatting for a year or so, we met and fell in love. That was more than 11 years ago. We got married after 6 years of courtship.

New Car in the Workshop

*Sigh*

My Peugeot is in the workshop. There is some problem with the ABS problem and you know what? Apparently they have never encounter such a problem before. They had to contact their French counterpart in France for help! What luck I have. I hope I can get my car back before the end of the week so that we can go back to Penang as planned.

Terrible terrible. Hope it's only a small problem. I must say.... I really enjoyed my car this morning.... listening to some nice music and enjoying the drive. Agggrrr.... I want my car back.

I had a terrible experience with my second car a Toyota Vios. Hubby had to scream and shout and almost fight for a courtesy car while waiting for them to repair the new car then. My Honda Jazz was ok but now... my forth car... *sigh*

Spanking New Ride

Peugeot 407

I just got my new car!! But was so overwhelmed by all the features!! It's a Peugeot 407. My first continental car. It comes with a GPS cum multimedia system. I have always wanted a GPS and now.... my dream came true. When I went to get my car yesterday, it was really funny. The car is packed with so many features that even the sales person was having a hard time explaining to me and we ended up having 4 adults in the car trying to figure out some of the features. I guess it will take sometime for me to be familiar with the features. I think I will rely on hubby to figure them out and teach me. Easier for me! When I drove my car out of the showroom, I also had a hard time signaling because the signaling stick (not sure what you call it) is not on the right but left. So I ended up wiping my windows instead! (wiper stick on the right) Oh boy... really need to keep reminding myself.

This car has alot of automatic functions. These I like. :) Auto headlights, auto rain sensor and wiper will come on when necessary and a few other auto thingy.... can't remember. The best has to be the handling of the car and the comfort level. Ah.... I just love the car. Do I sound like a sales person from Peugeot? Hehehe... honestly... my best car ever. Before this, I drove a Honda Jazz which I loved very much but it's time to change because the car is beginning to give problems and each visit to the workshop will cost me between RM700 to RM1k plus... We are going to drive the new car to Penang this weekend. Looking forward to it.

The GPS system plus a bunch of buttons!!

Hot cross Pocoyo...

Reese latest version of Hot Cross Buns....

Hot cross Pocoyo,
Hot cross Pocoyo,
One the penny,
Two a penny,
Hot cross Pocoyo.

Hahaha... he is making up new lyrics every now and then... funny little boy.

I haven't recorded any conversations with Reese for a long time. Reason being, he talks so much that I just cannot remember all the great conversations we had!! People have been pointing out to us that he is very talkative. We are so used to it that we didn't realize it. Reese loves to imitate his favourite cartoon characters' dialogues and his English is very American and he has an American accent now. Too much Little Einstein and Mickey Mouse Club House? :) Oh well, will expect more American influence since his homeschooling program is American.

Some of his current favourite songs, poems and jingles that he recites:

Five Little Fishes (Fingerplay)
Five Little fishies swimming in a pool,
First one said, "The pool is cool."
Second on said, "The pool is deep."
Third one said, "I want to sleep."
Forth one said, "Let's dive and dip."
Fifth one said, "I spy a ship."
Fisherman's boat comes,
Line goes Ker-splash,
Away the five little fishies dash.

Three Little Monkeys (Fingerplay)
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more little monkeys jumping on that bed."

Did You Feed My Cow? (Call and Response Chant)
This is one of my favourite too because it's so funny to see Reese response to me with "Yes, Ma'am!

Mummy: Did you feed my cow?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: Could you tell me how?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: What did you feed her?
Reese: Corn and hay!
Mummy: What did you feed her?
Reese: Corn and hay!
Mummy: Did you milk her good?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: Did you milk her like you should?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: How did you milk her?
Reese: Squish, squish, squish!
Mummy: How did you milk her?
Reese: Squish, squish, squish!
Mummy: Did the milk taste good?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: As good as it should?
Reese: Yes, Ma'am!
Mummy: How did it taste?
Reese: Yum, yum, yum!
Mummy: How did it taste?
Reese: Yum, yum, yum!!

Songs
Sweetly sings the donkey
Tingalayo
Bingo
Six Little Ducks
Animal Song
Nobody Likes me

Car seats

In Malaysia, car seats for infants to children is not compulsory. And sad to say the percentage of parents using car seats for their children is still low but I definitely see that it's getting more popular. You can see many brands of car seats being sold at baby shops.

When Reese was born, we invested on an infant car seat cum stroller. It was worth paying the high price then because it was really convenient not to mention safe. Then when he out grown his little car seat, we again invested on a good car seat for toddlers. Never regretted it. He is going to outgrown this one real soon. And last week we bought another car seat for Reese to be use in Daddy's car. Since daddy is having a hard time to get him to sit still in the car and not playing around risking a bump on the little rascal's head! This booster seat is alot cheaper than his previous ones simply because we are not sure whether he will reject it. :) Now that we know he is alright with it, will get a better and more comfortable one when he outgrown his current one in Mummy's car.

I really want to encourage parents to use car seats not only for safety purposes but also it's easier to control the child and a really plus point when driving alone. You don't have to worry your child doing crazy things behind you!

First car seat (Maxi Coxi)

Second car seat (Maxi Coxi)


Third car seat (Graco)

A peaceful week...

Last week was a good week for us. Reese was his old self again. The good natured boy with minimal tantrum throwing. :) We were able to get him to shower too (with new bathing toys).

Saturday was a quiet one. Took Reese to one of the usual hang out, One Utama. We wanted to eat something other than fish and chips but we didn't managed to because Reese knew the way to his favourite Fish and Chips Restaurant. He ran all the way there and we couldn't stop him. Haha...

So after that, we went to Toys 'R' Us to check out the sale and got Reese a jeep (RM5!) and a Speed Racer car (RM30). I was tempted to get Technics Lego which was 30% off but... considering we just purchased something very expensive (to be revealed soon)... better not spent so much! So that was Saturday.

Sunday was relaxing too. We went to have Reese's favourite pork noodles and then to Midvalley. Hang around for a while and went home with some groceries. In the evening we had dinner at home and then went to buy a new booster seat for Reese at The Curve. Then we used it in daddy's car. Reese was comfortable in it. Phew.. we were ready for rejection...but thank God... he liked it. We then went to Giant in Dataran Sunway and Reese had a lot of fun at the playground. He no longer fear tunnel slides. Then we had doughnuts at J.Co and was surprised that Reese liked the doughnuts. So he had 1 whole doughnut with some ice chocolate drink. It was a great end to our weekend.

Looking forward to this weekend when we will be travelling back to Penang for a short holiday. :)

Bathing Solution...

Last two weeks was tough getting Reese to shower. He will cry like there is no tomorrow when we shower him. We don't know why he resisted showering because usually he loves his 'pom pom' time! So in order to stop him crying so pitifully... I went to Toys'R's Us to get a few bathing toys. It worked! Yesterday and today.... he did not really resist.... :) phew... wonder how long this is going to last.