28 months old: Mummy, buy this one......

Josiah's vocabulary has increased tremendously and he is finally talking in short sentences. I just had to post to remind myself of this achievement. I define this a memorable milestone for any child as suddenly, they are part of our adult world - understanding, listening and giving opinions on all matters. Such an amazing experience for a first time mum :)

Vocabulary log

train tracks - Josiah see "train tracks" in any parallel lines on your clothes, on the side street, on building walls and any material with lines on sofas, table....etc! He'd then proceed to run Thomas over it, very roughly, hence the huge rip on my table cloth

orge - Josiah's most advance word learnt from watching the Little Einstein.

Thomas, Percy, Edward, Gordon, Spencer - he can tell these Thomas the Tank trains apart whereas I tend to call all blue ones Thomas and all green ones Percy.

A usual conversation which takes place at least 10 times a day....

Josiah: Mummy, train tracks is broken. Mummy, fix train tracks.

me: Okay, Mummy fix it for you.

Josiah: Mummy, play?

me: ermm...okay

Josiah: Mummy, train tracks is broken

me: I just fixed it, it's not broken.

Josiah: Mummy, train tracks is broken..

me: !!!!!!!!!!! geram........!!!!

Josiah: Mummy, train tracks is broken. Mummy, train tracks is broken, Mummy, train tracks is broken, Mummy, train tracks is broken............

Other frustrating orders from Josiah:

1. Mummy, sit/stand/play here!! (He'll pull you from whatever you are doing and would likely to burst into tears if you said no)

2. Mummy, buy this one.....car/bus/train/ball....etc

Luckily, he is still quite okay when I say no and take it off him and put it back on the shelf.

3. Mummy, watch Pocoyo/Wall-E/Little Einstein??

This is the first thing he asks for when he wakes up, right after, Mummy, milk...and Mummy, take off bag (sleeping bag). Exact same request. Every day. Same sequence.

4. Where is my "chow-chow"? We CANNOT leave home without it. On our recent Paris trip - even one chow-chow everyday was not enough, I had to wash them as they'd be soaked by night and I had to get him another one for the night.

5. Go to the park? Or Mummy go out?

Josiah loves going out except for times when he hates going out. So he is either asking to be out or crying when I ask him to put on his shoes!

6. See you later

A phrase he learnt quite early on because the porters downstairs the apartment always says that to him whenever we go out.

Josiah and his sunnies in Brussels

Posing with a huge gorilla (behind the glass closure) in Jardin Zoo, Antwerp, Belgium

Honey, I'm working late tonight...so am I!

Yes, we are back from a lovely holiday in Paris. We had 5 days there to slowly cover Paris especially with Josiah in tow. Will post about Spain and Paris soon....ermm....promise.....hehehe..


Anyway, back to laundry piles and normal routines. This morning started with this conversation:



S : Will be working late tonight.


me : Yeah, me too.


S : ??? Oh yeah....you do work late.....


me : In fact, I even sleep in the office and I never get a holiday - because even when I am on holiday, my boss chooses to come along!!! How irritating......that small fella.... :p



But don't tell Shaun that I am in fact in love with my boss!



Happy Tuesday to all















Here's my boss in front of the Notre Dame

Wordless Wednesday - Hello Swan!

More photos taken by Josiah

Here is how my hair looks like from behind! Quite shiny, huh... :)

A single "chow chow" amidst the toy area.

Josiah's crayon handiwork - luckily he took a shot of this since I tend to throw out his "artwork". Bad, bad Mummy!

His latest fascination with helicopter whom he uses as Rocket from the Little Einstein series.



Taken in Spain - Uncle Max and Teddy posing together. Will update on the Spain trip soon.