"Go bishhaan"

Boy muttered this even before he opened his eyes!!!!! Hahahah..... And woke with the sweetest smile!! :)

Then continued... "See mmmrt trains"!!!

"Eat watermelon"!! I was like.... Huh??!! What?!!!!! Ahhahahaha....... 

19/9/13

Think I reached maximum...

.... storage space for this blog??!!! Not able to post with photos.... Hmmmm..... Till I figure what's happening!!!!!!

Playground day!!

We did a mid-morning walk at the park around our estate today. We were stuck at the sidewalk for a while.... Cos our dear babe found some unidentifiable seeds and was really intrigued by them!! 

He picked them all!! Pulling some out from the sides of the drain cover!! Put them together... And was just "studying" them, with his hands behind his back, like an ah pek!!!! Hahahhaha..... 

Then boy decided to put some seeds in the little hole at the handle of his bike!! Hmm.... (Good thing we stuffed the hole with some sponge, so he wasn't able to put in many... Haha)

We finally left the sidewalk when babe saw the uncle sweeping the grounds... he kept saying "uncle uncle" and walked over... To give him a seed!!! Hahahaha.... Quite funny!! The uncle was quite amused too and accepted his seed with a smile... Hahahah.... 

He then trotted to the playground quite contentedly!! Charged up the stairs to the top of the slide as soon as we was there!! His latest "skill" - swing from the handle bar above the slide!!! Hahahha.....  (Much to his grandpa and Papa's dismay hahaha) He's rather firm in his grip... :) but yes papa, of course I will still keep a watchful eye.... Tsk!

Went home when it got a little too hot. And we had some tv and play time before lunch...

He is getting more curious about how things actually works and will "experiment" for long periods of time... turning the knobs or lifting things up to see the process. (Yay! pockets of free time for mama to do online shopping! hahaha) He was "working" on the garbage truck today. And it was really cool to just watch him in his serious mode....

After nap, we took a long walk to the faraway playground. He really likes this playground! Was smiling as it emerged when we walked up the slope!! Bounced on his favorite car while mama did the bouncy horse across him.... Then it was time for the numerous climbs up the frame with the scaredy cat mama following closely behind... Just look how far the slopey plastic 'plank' is off from the ground!!! (Above lukey in the picture) And this boy will just climb up, step down many many times!!! Couldn't stand stepping down so I insisted he go down the slide instead!!! Hahahhaa..... Which he did after much persuasion! But we did this cycle at least 6 times today!!!! 

What a playground day!!! Hahahhaa.... We stopped by our (estate's) playground on our way back!!! Cos all our little friends were there!! :)

A great new place to go!!

Bishan park!!! Haven't been to this part of the park before!! It was great fun!!! And the best part was... it's really convenient to get there by bus! And there's a McDonald's within the park which was great for an iced cold drink after our hot, sweaty walk.. (enroute to the bus stop back)!! :)

Mama spotted some forget-me-not leaves at the 'entrance' and asked babe to join me to tap the leaves close.... He did after watching me do it.... But used his legs!!! O_o It was only after much coaxing before he went down and used his hands to tap them!!! A little too careful perhaps?!! Hahahaha..... 

As we walked on, they were some old-school swings in pretty colours scattered here and there... And we hopped on to the first one we came across (or rather I hopped on haha)..... And of course, Mr watch-what's-happening-first-before-joining-in babe was quite hesitant going up the swing initially... He came on eventually but refused to sit.... So there he was, standing on the wobbly centre panels, swerving from side to side cos mama's weight was moving it and almost immediately wanted to jump off!!!! "Go down go down", he screamed!! Hahahha... Silly babe..

We moved on to the play area next. The equipment were quirky new takes on old-school play things (sort of like abstract versions hahaha)... With some new innovative play things..... Blended very nicely with the environment and on sand!! :)

I am pleasantly surprised when he climbed up this merry-go-round play equipment and was enjoying it when I spun him round and round and round and round!!! Hahaha.... He was hanging from the frame and balancing himself at the centre before moving on to the next frame - all these while it was in motion!! hooray for my little scaredy cat!! Hahahha 

One of my favorite - a fun, working and easy to use excavator!!!! Still a little heavy for babe to operate on his own but I'm sure he will be able to do so in due time... And he already loves it!!!!! Spent the longest time here!!!

Just before we left the playground, we had a little fun playing peekaboo around these little holes on the wall... Haha

Babe chose to walk over the bridge when I asked him "which way should we go?" (a line taken from one of his books hehee)... We spotted a tortoise in the little stream below and there were lots of fish too!!!! He made a u-turn and wanted to head down to see the tortoise!!! "No babe!!! Can't go there!!!" - a flustered mama had to run after him to hold him back!!

It was a good choice to walk across the bridge to the blocks of flats, to make our way to McDonald's - in the shade!!!! It was getting really hot as it was almost 11am!! 

Ahhhhh.... Enjoying an iced milo and a little snack before we walked to the bus stop to head home!

An enjoyable morning!! :)

The start of mid-Autumn festivities!!

We had a family party last night to celebrate the festival... However, babe had the "what's-the-fuss-all-about" face when all his cousins were eagerly waiting for their lanterns/lightsticks/sparklers... Hmm... He didn't want to carry the lantern... Nor hold a lightstick... Overwhelmed? Scared? Nonchalant?? Geez...... We went up to have mooncakes, cakes and grass jelly instead!! Hahaha.... 

And we seemed to have a delayed reaction to his sugar high today!!!! Grrr.... Bouncing up and down, from the supermarket to the playground to having lunch, refused to be carried and spitting up almost every mouthful of porridge!!! Whining and throwing a tantrum when things don't go his way!!! Haiz.... Hope his afternoon nap will help reset his mood! Bahhh!!

Look what we found in the garden!!

.... 2 cocoons hanging on the frame for the pot!!!!! We are beginning to feel like butterfly breeders!! Hahahahha.... And lukey is more than happy to show them to whoever who asked to see them!! He will also check on them every other day!!!

And guess what?!! He found one more hanging from the cactus two pots away!!!!! :)

* farmer Luke doing his rounds....

Oh, we haven't been here for months!!

It was a cloudy, breezy morning... And what better way to enjoy this wonderful weather than to take a stroll in the park... We walked to a faraway playground (that's probably the biggest in this whole estate) - Somewhere we haven't gone for the longest time!! The huge play equipment with a number '6' bouncy car!! :)

* enroute, we stopped by the row of fruit trees to satisfy farmer Luke's love of fruit trees.. Or so his mama thinks... Hahaha.. The mangoes are so in season now!!! 

Mama pushed the stroller up the treacherous slope and before she could catch her breath, the son grew impatient and wanted out the stroller like-right-NOW!! His tone of voice was going higher and higher.... Put him down and he immediately darted to the bouncy car!!! 

And loving it!!!

* doing a variation of play on the bouncy car!

We spent a long time there... Working up a sweat even in this cloudy, breezy morning!! Little Boy again made his mama climb up the frame - stepping up behind him on a 'bridge' or rather a bumpy slopey plastic connector with no handles and dangling way off the ground!!! Holding him with one hand and the other hanging on to dear life!! hahahaha.... We went up and down 3 times!!!!!! My fear of heights may be cured soon if this goes on....... 

On our way back, we had to stop by our usual playground at babe's insistence and hung around for a while.... Babe found a little mango on the grass and was really happy!! And we could finally go home after that!! :)

Once home, farmer Luke quickly went to the box of mangoes we have at home and pulled some mangoes out to compare with his 'little mango'....... Hahahhah..... 

It has been a 'fruitful' morning!! Hahahaha.... ;)

A fun evening at AMK playground!!

.. with the jie jie and kors kors!!! Literally beaming when ah keem came to pick us with all the children in the car!!! 

Kai sheun kor kor brought his gigantic dump truck and excavator, much to babe's delight! And he was playing with them for a good half hour without moving from the very spot I put him on!! Hahaha.... 

Then it was time to study the dump truck.... Turned it over to examine the big wheels!! Hahahaha.... Roll and roll and roll....... 

Dig and dig and dig.....

Digging for kor kor's toes can be a lot of fun too!!! And he definitely needed his excavator for this massive job!! Hahaha...

Then it was time to hit the playground equipment!! Making his breathless mama climb up and down the frame!! (Closely following the son, so no photos! Haha) He went all the way up to the tallest slide (which made my legs a little jelly as it's about one storey high?!) and very bravely slid down.... Had to scream for jie jie to catch him at the bottom!! Hahaha.... He looked a little taken aback by the speed and steepness midway... But that didn't deter him from going up again!!! 

We were there till the sun set.... And ah keem sent us home for dinner. What a delightful evening!! Even Kai ma and papa were at the gate to greet us when we reached!! :)