Breaths of our sweet lives - Wayne and Amanda!: My twelve month

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Hello LX3!

After 2 weeks of being camera-less, we got a new one! We decided on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3! Mommy's so excited, cant wait to explore the camera and capture beautiful pix of Wayne Wayne!!

The LX3 has this old school look to it, which HK just loves.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Good news! Mommy is in sg still!

Yippee! Volcanic ash in Amsterdam has allowed mommy to stay behind in Singapore - meeting is cancelled! Can't fly! =D

Packed my clothes and 5 hours before my flight, it was decided that the meeting would be cancelled due to closure of air space above Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

This is a piece of last minute good news for mommy & Wayne Wayne!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Fernando Alonso watch out!

Nothing beats driving a red hot car - Wayne had such a blast on this car! Totally enjoyed 'driving' and 'changing gears', as he laughed away together with mommy, daddy, grandma & grandpa!!

See you on Saturday, sweetheart

Mommy will be away on a business trip yet again, I will see you this Saturday k, Wayne?

This time round, mommy doesn't feel so terrible. Maybe I'm used to it or maybe having gone through it before, mommy knows there is nothing I can do about it so I have to just make best of it. Or haha, maybe its because the Euro is so weak now, mommy is planning to get a bag for myself there? =p

Anyway, mommy knows you will be in daddy's good hands. Mommy still remember how I could tell that Wayne Wayne has grown closer to daddy after daddy looked after you for one week while mommy was in Amsterdam. So this time round, you'd be even closer to daddy k? You are daddy's precious boy too and daddy loves you so very much.

See you sweetheart, be a good boy, dont give daddy any problems k? Love you lots. Mommy will bring you swimming when I am back on Saturday!

The Shichida Method

Related to my previous post, we just registered Wayne for lessons at The Shichida Method today. The Shichida Method is all about developing a kids right brain. Which supposedly has innate abilities best developed between the age of 0 to 3 years. Photographic memory, computer-like calculation abilities etc.. Well, again, like I mentioned, we certainly don't hope for Wayne to turn out a genius or something by attending such classes. Just wanna give him some exposure, help him in his learning and development in a fun way, and build up his confidence through interactions with other kids from a young age. So, yep, hopefully Wayne would find this real fun!

And, such a coincidence, while we went there to register, we bumped into Baby Chloe!!!!! Aunty Shimin and family were there too!! Happy to see u there babe!!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We know wayne has grown up...

.. when we find ourselves searching for that pre-school for him. Its really fast. Wayne is almost 13 months now. And you know, in Singapore, its so competitive, that even signing up for a pre-school has to be done WAY in advance. Which is gross right. Kiasu syndrome. And we are just suck into it. Sadly.

We plan to send Wayne to school sometime when he is between 18 and 24 months. Not to stress him to have a headstart among his peers or anything like that. But more for the interaction with other kids and for him to have some fun with his friends. Of course, he’d learn a lot along the way – I have many friends who have told me their child had developed so much once they started school in terms of language, expressing themselves, mixing around with strangers etc. Which is good. And he’d probably learn to share, having to play with other kids and be more confident when hanging out around strangers ( = less sticky to mommy).

Well, we also think he’d be bored staying at home the whole day with his grandparents. Mixing with some kids his age should do him some good?

Anyway, back to the kiasu syndrome in Singapore – apparently, signing up half a year in advance isn’t good enough, you’d be on the wait list. Which means its time NOW to start hunting for that pre-school for him. Not sure how true it is, but I'll soon find out when I start visiting schools and enquiring.

We'll probably search for a pre-school near our work place, drop him off in the morning and pick him up after work. Hopefully we can find a pre-school with a nice open compound where the kids can run around and get some fresh air. As compared to those pre-schools in a building without a garden.

Anyone with any good pre-school recommendations?

Bite my toes, mommy!!!!

Wayne is really funny these days, love playing with him!

Lately, all he wants is for mommy to bite his little toes! Okie, its my fault to begin with cos there was one day while playing with him, I bit his toes and since then he's always asking me to bite his toes. He finds it so amusing, each time I bite his toes, he'd laugh. And when I don't, he'd 'eh eh eh' at me and lift up his leg to try and stuff his toes in my mouth. And sometimes, I'd purse my lips together to tell him "No, mommy does not want to bite" and he'd quickly put down his leg, and use his fingers to pull my lips apart then quickly try to put his toes in! But of course, mommy is too fast for him! =p

So anyway, to distract him these days, when he does that, I'd say "Wayne wayne, go and ask daddy to bite your toes!" and off he'd quickly crawl over to daddy. Hehe.

I love biting too!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Bye bye camera

Mommy feels so lost without a camera!!!!! Have been snapping pix of Wayne so often that now without a camera, I feel so lost.

Water leaked out from Wayne's water bottle and our camera was placed in the same bag, so that got wet too. So now its SPOILT and its time for a new camera!! I'm secretly happy actually, considering our camera was already 4 years old. And it has really served us well, going with us on many holidays and special occasions. Hehe. Now mommy can start looking around for a nice camera. Yippee. Mommy's actually kind of a photo whore. I just think its important to take as many photos in life cos these are memories you can look back on when we grow old. And seriously with our memory failing us more and more each year, 20 years later how in the world are we to remember what went on in our lives now, much less how we looked like.

So till we get a new camera, mommy has to make do with my iphone, so bear with the photos which are usually a bit blurred. =p

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Mother's Day

Its been one year and 20 days since the birth of you, little Wayne. Mommy has truly enjoyed every moment being with you. Each day spent with you is a new learning experience, a new journey, a new discovery for mommy. Each day, mommy puts in my best to take care of you, to understand you, to make you happy. And I'm sure Wayne Wayne can feel all mommy's love!

Its Mommy's Day today sweetheart. Mommy loves you. Kiss.

Thanks for the flowers, MVE. =D

Cheeky playful Wayne

Wayne getting cheekier and more playful by the day.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

It feels like time has fast forwarded and the Terrible Two years has arrived

You know how we always hear about the Terrible Twos? Wayne is barely 13 months old, and seriously it feels like time has fast forwarded and the Terrible Two years has ARRIVED. For the last two weeks, he has been extremely difficult to handle. Meals outside with just hk & i seems impossible. He can barely sit down for 10 minutes before he starts to scream, make a fuss & throw everything he gets a hold on. Car rides are a nightmare too. While in the past he'd just sleep while I am driving, now he'd scream. All the way. And if daddy is driving and mommy is beside him at the back seat, its an even worse nightmare. He'd be screaming AND pulling my hand at the same time. And he wont give up. Even his caregivers have been complaining.... Basically, the problem is that he has over the last 2 weeks, turned into a SCREAMER. Almost all the time. He'll scream to show that he wants something and he'll scream even louder if he doesnt get it. So the house has been really noisy of late. And mommy & daddy's patience running thin. Is this just a phase? Mommy really hopes so. =(

But you know having said all these, he's at this really cute stage too (ok - when he is NOT screaming). Apart from being a screamer, he's also a COPYCAT. Haha, he loves to copy what we do now. When daddy tickles mommy's tummy, he'd crawl over and do the same. When daddy places a toy on his head, Wayne would do the same too. So its been pretty funny. Just 10 minutes ago, as I typed away, Wayne got hold of his baby wipes and started pulling out the pieces of wipes. At least 10 - he was really fast. And of cos mommy went "WAYNE!!!!!!!!!!"... and started putting the pulled out wipes back into the package. And Wayne seeing mommy do that, also started putting the rest in. And when there were no more wipes on the floor to put in, he started taking his toy bricks and tried to stuff them in too. It was hilarious. Haha.

So anyway mommy is now reading this book that Aunty Jean gave mommy : Children are from Heaven. Hopefully I'd find some good parenting tip here. Meantime.. Wayne, please behave yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Birthday Special VI - Precious heartwarming messages

As Wayne turned one years old, Mommy really wanted something special for Wayne to remember by when he grew up. Not just from mommy & daddy, but also from all those close to us who loves Wayne so dearly and who have, together with mommy & daddy, watched & contributed to Wayne's growing up years.

Therefore mommy had thought what would be most meaningful would be precious messages from all those close to Wayne so that when Wayne grows up, he can read back on all these messages though now he does not understand.

So everyone had a piece of paper to pen their birthday messages to Wayne - in Wayne's moo moo cow theme! Together with all the photos taken during his one year celebration, Mommy will keep all these precious letters in a scrapbook for Wayne. From yeye, nainai, Aunty Florence, Aunty Lena, grandma, grandpa, da yi & uncle terry, san yi & uncle ken, fei yiyi & of course, mommy & daddy too.

Happy First Birthday sweetheart!

Birthday Special V - Just US on your actual birthday: Daddy, mommy & wayne

After the big & exciting birthday celebration we had on Sunday, it was now time for our small little private celebration with Wayne - just mommy & daddy & Wayne Wayne! Mommy & daddy took leave from work, so that we could bring Wayne out to Sentosa!!

Mommy had planned a day out at the beach - a small picnic and lotsa fun time playing with the sand and water! And the weather was perfect!!! We went to Sentosa in the late afternoon and the weather was so cooling and windy! Not much of the sun - yippee!!

Salad, watermelon & strawberries!

The tablecloth we used for Wayne's party served as our beach mat!!!

Mommy & wayne wayne! The weather and scenery was just perfect!!

Wayne having his share of the salad too!

The little birthday cake mommy bought the day before, topped with the little moo moo cows!!

After our tummies were full, it was time for some fun on the beach! Wayne Wayne loved playing with the water!! While mommy & daddy carried Wayne and ran around on the beach, Wayne kept chuckling away!!!!! That made mommy & daddy really happy. Cos although Wayne doesnt know what a special day that was being his first birthday, he sure had lots of fun!!!

Look at how happy Wayne looked in the photos!!!

Birthday Special IV - Presents & more presents!

We waited till Wayne's actual birthday on the 20th before opening up all the presents & red packets that Wayne received for his birthday! Mommy loves the excitement of opening up presents!!! So early on 20th morning, the first thing we did was to open the pressies!!!!

All ready, waiting to be opened!!

Family photo before opening them all up!

There were so many lovely presents!!! There were all kind of toys, clothes, shoes, books and more! Yeye and nai nai bought a car seat for Wayne, grandma & grandpa bought a remote controlled jeep for Wayne, dayi bought little Scout and clothes and an anklet for Wayne, san yi got Wayne a super plush blanket all the way from Barney's in New York (and a wooden spoon for disciplining Wayne!=p) and fei yiyi got Wayne a tricycle!

And guess which turned out to be Wayne's favourite???? The little wooden spoon!! It so defeated its purpose. The moment he got hold of it he refused to let go, crawling around hitting everything with it! So now, mommy has got to hide it for a while, then when he is naughty - out it will come - to use to spank Wayne Wayne!!

Absolutely loving it!

Muffin!!!!!!!!!

Everytime we ask him to love Muffin, he'd do this super endearing action! Warms mommy's heart all the time!

Yay!!

Favourite!!!!!!!!!! Look how happy he is!!

And funnily, wayne kept trying to put his leg in this toy and sit on top of it! ?????

Mommy's favourite!!! The blanket was so plush and soft and mommy totally feels its a waste to let super rough Wayne use this!!! He'll destroy it!!! Suits mommy more!!!!! Suri Cruise has this too you know??? Wah!!!!!!!!

Little Scout to teach Wayne Wayne many stuff!!! And look at that cool looking shirt - we'll wear that at Hokkaido!!!!

Wayne's very own jeep! Horn horn!!!! Wayne loves to DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

Another favourite!!! This has been so useful when bringing Wayne for walks! Thanks feiyiyi!!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for all the presents!!!!! Wayne Wayne love you guys!!!!!!!

Birthday Special III - More photos of the PARTY & the guests!!

Here are some photos of the party - mommy realised we didnt manage to take photos with everyone!!! But still, these photos that we have, they will always form precious memories of Wayne's first party! When we are old and wrinkly, we'd still look back at these photos and remember the happy times!!! ENJOY!

Family photo