Thursday, September 9, 2010

My First Day at Big School

 It was our first morning in "Big School" today.  I tried to put Josiah to bed earlier last night hoping that he would be in a good mood today but alas - Josiah (the real Energizer bunny) tossed in bed for about 1.5 hours.  Well, at least he fell asleep because I did not.  Typical worry wart mum!

Anyhow, he was up and about, excited about school until the time we had to change him into his uniform.  Oh, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.  In the end, it was the only tears he would shed that day and I was so proud of him.  Some other boys were crying in class but he was happy to be in school...just make sure to strip him off his uniform the MOMENT we step back home and he is happy.

Big day, big boy and a big smile at pick up.

Why was I so worried?
Look at those tears...


In the bus - his famous smile is back!




Wednesday, September 8, 2010

How I love you

Obviously, I am going through some rough time leading up to Josiah starting school.  Somehow it feels as though I will be losing him to the rest of the world now.  He has always been my little baby and then my little boy and now he is going to be someone else's friend.  He's going to have to listen to someone else aside from Shaun and I.  At times like this, I really wish that I have the guts to say yes to homeschooling.  Unfortunately, with my lack of discipline and organisation skills - I fear I may do more harm than good going down this path.  Anyhow, back to me being soppy about him growing up - just wanted to post his latest quirks and sayings that makes it that much harder to let go.

I love it when he wakes up from his nap and is always in a bad mood, all teary, upset and wants to cuddle with me for a little while before he pushes me away :p  In those special 20 minutes or so, I get to smell his hair, kiss him, hug him and rub his little tummy with no complaints from him.  It is as if he is happy to be my baby for a little while.  It makes me so warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

I love the way the hates the way I dry his hair after a wash.  He is extremely concerned about not having "spiky hair" and will pat his hair down angrily.  So cute and so Josiah!

I love the way he checks himself out at any mirror or reflecting surface - he is so vain.  I have caught him checking himself out at the oven door, the shiny door knob in my toilet and have even caught him checking himself using a sunglasses on the dining table to check if his mouth is dirty.  So cute, so OCD and so Josiah!

I love the way he shudders when his fingers touches any squishy stuff like cream, chocolate sauce, sauces....
He has come a long way from those infant days when he cannot touch even grass or sand but I guess his little OCD about things touching his fingers have not gone completely.  So cute and so my Josiah!

I love the way he looks at me after he has done a poo and asks me if I am happy....my heart melts....I must have been quite the nagger back in those potty training days.

I love the way he gives me the cheeky grin - to try to evade a punishment, to make me laugh or just to make me heart him more.....you choose, because I fall for it every time.

I love our little ice cream game he plays with me whilst I am cooking in the kitchen.  Josiah would climb into my laundry basket and pretend to be the ice cream seller.   I love ice cream and I love Josiah :p

I love it when he says things like,
"You have milk here" whilst pointing to my breast.  When I explained that there is only milk in the breast when I have another baby, he replied, " That's okay Mummy, we can buy one tomorrow" leading to a discussion on how babies have to grow in the tummy and he quickly said that I have a big tummy, leading me to tell him that  his Mummy is just fat.  Classic Josiah.

"You come and play with me?" he uses both thumbs to point at himself whilst giving you the cheeky grin. Heart. heart. heart

"Mummy, you are just like Katy" - from his favourite children's cooking programme, "I Can Cook" on Cbeebies whenever he sees me in the kitchen.

"Can you open the banana skin for me?"

"I want some wallaa (water) please?"

I could go on but am guessing that most would have had too much of sweetness from this post for a sugar high.  So better just stop and let the pics speak for themselves.

Josiah only feeds himself when he is served fish fingers!

The Spider Man shirt that he wants to wear 24/7


Move aside Jamie Oliver - meet chef extraordinaire, Josiah Ow Yang


Uh, oh - cheeky grin....what has he done?  Try to ignore the flower hairband on his head :)


When asked who messed the living room, Josiah is always answers with gusto," Me, me, I did it!"


josiah + mummy = love

Monday, September 6, 2010

We love to jump!

This month marks the end of one chapter of Josiah's life - his carefree life as my little boy.  He will be going to nursery every day from 9am to 1pm from September 9th onwards.  He will be attending a boys' school near our house.  He has a cute uniform with matching hat and blazer.  The only problem will be to get him to wear it as he is going through his "I only want to wear ______ today" phase.  We go through his conversation multiple times a day when faced with clothes changes.  He wants to wear home clothes to church, he refuses to change into pyjamas at bedtime and changes about 4 times a day just because he feels like it (he just goes to drawer and helps himself).  Every time there is silence and he is not playing - you know he has gone to change his clothes!!  A month ago, he wouldn't have cared less if I had dressed him in a pretty dress. Go figure.


Jump ahead - he has his own opinions on dressing and is adamant that he gets his way.  Good luck to me this Thursday trying to get him into his uniform and to school on time.  The latter struggle would also involve nap and sleep time which has always been an issue for us.


I have also started my driving lessons after passing my theory test two weeks ago.  Big change for me too as I have not sat behind the wheel since 2007.  So far, I've only been allowed to drive in a straight line and turn left.  Hahaha.....it is really like starting driving from scratch.  But I am not bothered as I have always been a nervous driver and London traffic is no easy ride.


Jump in anticipation of change.....




Josiah still drools a fair bit for his age

Do not focus on my belly button!!


Pure Happiness




Notice the hands? Truly father and son jump team :)


Car wash

Do not be deceived by the photos below...

This scene is not done on a weekly basis...not even monthly basis :p

It's the first time the car has been washed since we bought it and left it in the basement in January 2009.

Shaun got his driving license in March 2010

You do the maths

Josiah does the wash

We love our car - she may be old and smell funky but she moves and so we love her.