29 months old : A Snapshot

I remember thinking that people who sit out in the sun must be crazy. Why sit in the sun when there is shade?? After two years in a country that basically only sees nice weather for about 6 months a year......I am living in the park

Yes, routine with Josiah goes like this on a lovely warm day.

1. Wake up

2. Breakfast

3. Pack up bag

4. Walk to park

5. Sit/play/eat in park

6. Nap in stroller

7. Come home only to cook dinner & shower

8. Eat dinner & sometimes visit the park again!

9. Sleep

10. Repeat above every day, soaking up all the sunshine London can offer

Downside to this is obviously the mess in the house from lack of housekeeping. But who cares....the sun is here, enjoy it whilst it lasts.

Plus, I love to see Josiah is shorts and t-shirts, and here he is enjoying the outdoors

Josiah at Ethan's 2nd birthday

Climbing up the big slide

Peek-a-boo

Watch out Simon Cowell

With parenthood, you always win some and lose some....when baby is young, it is boring routines of feeding, nappy change and nap. Then as they need less frequent feeding and less nappy change, they start to nap less.

When they cannot move around, it is not as fun as when they are crawling or walking but your house is neater and there is less danger of them hurting themselves.

Finally, when they cannot talk, you can only guess what they want but once they start talking - you cannot control what they are going to say or how loud their voices will be!

You win some and you lose some.

me : ***singing 'If you are happy and you know it...'*****

Josiah : Stop, Mummy, stop singing!!

me : Okay.... *hurt feelings*

Simon Cowell, you have a replacement here! *Presses buzzer*

When he is not criticizing my singing, Josiah spends his days with Thomas the Train.

Check it out.

p/s: Warm weather is gone, rain is here. Everyday. Since last Friday. Sigh. Cabin fever

Happy Tuesday all.

Mummy is an alien

I am the type of person who enjoys my "me time" whilst getting ready in the morning and dislike it when Josiah is around asking questions or poking around the toiletries. But since becoming a mum, I have had to share this precious time with him.very.reluctantly.

The upside to this is he gets to learn a few things about getting ready like brushing teeth, washing face, applying moisturiser (he calls it cream and always asks me for more cream for himself) and putting on my contact lenses.

So I guess I should not have been surprised when he said to me this morning

"Mummy, put on the eyes?" then proceeds to hand me my contact lense solution

.....hmm.......

Watch out for alien Mummy near you......

Happy Tuesday all

p/s: did I mention the weather spiked up to 25C this week :) Happy days.........

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.