The outing that got mommy worried

Another fun Sunday where daddy went for football & mommy brought Wayne down the road to Polliwogs for some fun and morning breakfast. It always feels especially nice to wake up early and head to East Coast. And, if you've been to Polliwogs before, you'd know how crowded it usually is. Few times we've headed there and turned back as it was just too crowded. But on Sunday mornings, mommy & Wayne are usually one of the first to be there! That means having the whole playground to ourselves!

Well but after 30 minutes or so, the crowd started coming in, and that's when 'fun' kinda ended for little Wayne. He started feeling scared, and got all clingy to mommy. Which is the reason for this blog entry title. Cos Wayne seems to get increasingly timid and thats really worrying mommy.

You see, he was happily playing in his favourite pool of balls.. until this boy came along and dived in. Which resulted in Wayne scurrying over to mommy as quickly as he could.. and for the rest of the time the boy was inside the pool of balls, Wayne was relegated to standing outside watching him play - no matter how many times mommy encouraged him to make friends with the boy and play together.

And when the other areas of the playgroud got invaded by more and more kids, Wayne chose to play with stuff no kids liked to play with.. like this door lock.. ****sigh*** .

Is this the often mentioned "separation anxiety" phase? Perhaps.. but mommy does hope Wayne Wayne will grow out of this phase soon and not grow up being a timid boy. Wayne is afraid of so many things! Funniest was when we were at Paragon and there was a message through the intercom and Wayne burst out crying. Since then, he has been scared of microphones and all things related.

So you see this photo below.. *BIG achievement* cos Wayne went down the slide all by himself a few times!! All the past times Wayne went on a slide, we had to be by his side supporting him. But this round,*whee* Wayne went down himself and enjoyed it!! Okay, I know he looks terrified in this photo, but really, he had fun going down this slide!! =p

*Clap Clap*

Beep beep.. Wayne goes driving!

This was fun! Xiao yi stayed over at our place and early Saturday morning, grandpa and grandma came over and brought us to East Coast Park for some fun driving Wayne's little jeep!

The jeep's too big to be placed in daddy & mommy's car so we can only go to ECP with the jeep when grandpa comes. Time to change car, daddy?? =p No, daddy loves his car so much I think he'll keep it till Wayne's grown up and pass it on to you Wayne darling. 21st birthday present. Hehe. Oh but, da-yi promised Wayne a BMW too when he is 21, he'll have two cars then??! Yay! Mommy can drive one!

Well, for now, Wayne's contented to drive his cute little jeep, which grandpa & grandma bought for him for his first birthday. Yes, Wayne has a driver's license!!! He can control the steering, change gear, beep the horn, switch on the signal and entertain his passengers (who are walking) with some music!!! With the help of xiao-yi of course.. who was controlling the jeep with the remote control, as Wayne sat in and enjoyed the cruise!!!!!!!!!!!

Xiao yi controlling Wayne's jeep

Enjoying the seaview. Wayne changing gear.

Dancing

Wayne's "problem solved" action (from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song =p)

Wayne's "pretty girl" action

Hurry up oldies... oops... i meant grandma & grandpa!! Hehe.

Thanks grandpa, grandma and xiao yi - this was fun!!!! Come again next weekend!!!!

Wayne visits horses!

Read on another blog of this horse stable at Pasir Ris and decided to check it out since mommy & daddy were on leave today! It was a small stable, with about 8 horses, tucked away in a corner at Pasir Ris Park. A very nice quiet place! Just last week, we had brought Wayne to the Bukit Timah Saddle Club, unfortunately we were not allowed upclose to the horses. This place was much better – we could get really close to them!


Well, Wayne got really excited upon spotting the horses from afar but once we got nearer, our little boy clinged on to mommy’s leg refusing to walk around by himself! Horrible da-yi is going to call Wayne a wuss again…. Hehe! But Wayne’s really such a timid. Sigh. Monster at home, little scaredy cat outside…Big boy, big boy, you must grow up macho and brave y’know?

And, mommy must have had her retribution for always scaring Wayne with lizards (Elaine : Be careful! =p). .. got such a scare when I knelt down for a photo beside Wayne when I felt this horrible thing ‘jumping’ against my legs. It was a gross lizard trapped under my legs. Scared the hell out of me. Darn lizards.

Oh, back to the stable, we also realized that place was really nice for a cycle… East Coast Park is way too crowded! Another place to add on to mommy’s “to go” list for December!!! Plus, we can visit the horses again!!!

Jacob Ballas Children’s Playground

Finally, a trip to this famous playground!! The last time we came here, it was closed for the day (it was a Monday)! This place is really cool in a sense that it is only open to children. Adults without children aren’t allowed in, which ensures the place isn’t overly crowded with the Botanical Garden crowd.

It was quite a large garden, with many play areas as well as educational corners. There was this area explaining photosynthesis.

And an area showing how this wooden instrument could make music..

.. which was all cool, but mommy & Wayne were more interested in the play areas!!!!

First, we played at the playground, all equipped with Wayne’s sand castle tools. Stepped onto the sand, and our little boy’s reaction? “Eeiiii… mommy, my feet is dirty!!!” “Rub it off, rub it off!” Look at his expression!! Good thing that lasted only for 5 minutes, after which he forgot about it and started digging at the sand with his rake and played like how a boy should. Phew.

Next came the water area… We came all prepared, with extra clothes for Wayne so that he could play at the water area. Alas…. Our little boy didn’t dare to play with the water!!!! Hahahaha…. After all mommy’s excitement at the thought of playing at the water area with Wayne, Wayne Wayne didn’t even dare to touch the water… mommy was so disappointed. Hahaha.

And so, after a hot 1 hour in the sun, which by this time Wayne's fringe was 'plastered' to his forehead, it was time for some cool ICE CREAM!!! Yum yum, Wayne is starting to know how to enjoy ice cream! *I want more!!!*

Hooray! Dad’s back!!

… With presents for Wayne & mommy!!

Mommy & Wayne waited patiently for daddy to appear at the luggage conveyor at T2.. Although it was past Wayne’s bedtime, today was an exception cos daddy has been in Hong Kong for the past 4 days and mommy & Wayne Wayne misses daddy lots!

Sleepy Wayne was all quiet & glum while waiting for daddy.. until he saw daddy through the glass window and immediately broke out in a grin!! “My daddy’s HOME!” And when daddy was out & pulled Wayne’s present from his bag.. Wayne gave such a BIG BIG smile cos it was DONALD!! Wayne’s favourite Donald Duck! Another one to his collection!!

We’ll add Minnie, Daisy & Pluto and Wayne’s collection will soon be complete!

And that’s not all that daddy brought back for Wayne! There was also a Mickey Mouse themed water bottle which Wayne so loves!

As for mommy.. hehe.. mommy had a figure hugging dress.. wow.. daddy bought a dress for mommy! And it fitted perfectly! *Impressed*

Thanks Daddy! Do you want to go away on holiday again? =p

Wayne's photo albums are still empty!

Embarrassingly enough, these albums have been lying under the table... empty.. for at least a year now. Meant for Wayne's photos, mommy has been unbelievably lazy and has not developed photos of Wayne till now... *utterly ashamed*...

And the longer mommy procrastinates, the harder it is to do so cos there are just too many photos now. Month 1 : Day 1, Day 2..... till now Month 19 : Day 22.. Shucks.. How is mommy going to even start combing thru all the folders and choose photos to develop??

Another one to mommy's "To do list" for December.

Growing up well @ 19 months

At 19 months, Wayne took his Hepatitis A and 5-in-1 booster jab. Mommy never knew there were that many jabs to take in the first 2 years! Wayne must have had at least 8-10 jabs so far since birth???

Wayne is now 83cm tall and weighs 10.6kg. Wayne's now at the 5oth percentile, up from the 25th percentile he was in. Good job, Wayne!

Hmm, at 10.6kg, mommy's back is already on the verge of breaking.. mommy wonders how those other mommies with kids at the 75th-100th percentile cope with the weight????

Reading is fun!

Reading is really one thing mommy & daddy hopes Wayne would grow up loving! This morning, after our healthy breakfast at Cedele @ Wheelock, mommy & daddy brought Wayne to Border's where there were rows and rows of storybooks for Wayne!

What caught Wayne's interest was of course the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse storybooks!!

Wayne really enjoyed this book. There were buttons on the book, which when pressed would play songs from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon. Whenever Wayne pressed the "Oh Toodles" button, he'd do this 'shouting' action, just as how Goofy does in the cartoon!

Wayne would do his funny shaking action (his way of dancing) whenever he heard this opening tune..

Wayne says... kla & bo!!!

We have been encouraging little Wayne to speak by asking him to say the word out when he asks for something. For example when he wants his milk, he'd always do the drinking action with his hands, so now we'll ask him to repeat the word 'milk' after us. Wayne still can't really say any words clearly... but he is making some good progress by saying...

...the words 'BO' for BALL and 'KLA' for CLASS!!!!!

And he says the words with such gusto, our little drama king!!!

Wayne has ramen!

Since Wayne turned a year and a half, mommy & daddy has been more lax with the food that we let him eat. While in the past, we tried to give him only organic food and absolutely no 'outside' food, now we have been letting Wayne try bits and pieces of 'adult' food.

Like today, mommy & daddy went for dinner at Marutama (yummy!) and Wayne had his share of ramen as well. Mommy ordered plain ramen for Wayne plus a bowl of meatball soup.. which was rather delicious!! Wayne ate two meatballs plus lotsa ramen!!

Was that yummy, baby??

Meeska, mooska, Mickey Mouse!

Wayne's all time favourite character is Mickey Mouse (with Goofy coming in a close second!).. and one day, while watching his Mickey Mouse cartoon, Wayne Wayne started getting all fidgety, pointing to the TV screen, shaking his head vigorously.. and finally bursting into tears!!!

Mommy & daddy got all worried and quickly went over to him, and guess what Wayne was getting all upset about?

It was Pete, the bad character, disguising himself as Mickey Mouse!!! Hahaha, mommy thought that was awfully cute!! Wayne was getting protective over Mickey.

The next time we played this particular episode, even before we got to this scene, Wayne already started shaking his head and crying. So, for now, the episode's banned. Hmm, I wonder what his reaction would be if mommy wore a Mickey Mouse suit? Or daddy. Haha.

Cute.

Come & play hide and seek with me!

Eversince grandma and grandpa moved into their new home, Wayne has found himself a new game to play.. Hide and seek behind the curtains!

Can you spot the little rascal??

Everytime you shout "Where is Wayne Wayne?", he'd quickly run out from his hiding place laughing away...

Quality time.... finally!!

After the past 3 months of slogging hard at work, finally work is slowing down (I hope so!).. just in time for the year-end holidays.

Mommy & daddy will be taking leave from work a few days on and off till the year-end so thats something to look forward to! Havent been having much fun time with Wayne, either mommy was too busy at work or mommy was just exhausted from the late nights. Sorry Wayne! Daddy have been really understanding & thoughtful this period, helping with caring for Wayne at night, fetching Wayne to and fro nai nai's house each day, bringing Wayne for class & all.... & all the while, not complaining at all. Thanks Daddy!

So now, mommy is going to plan a few fun places to bring Wayne to! Look forward to it darling! Yay!!!!