Smoking hot

J was playing with his cars and trucks in the living room. He picked out a white truck and said to me:

J: Mama, this is for you!
Me: No..I want a hot car.

Looking at his toy cars, he picked out a red model with flames printed on the side.

J: Mama, this one is very hot! See got smoke!

Mooncakes

J's teacher left a note last Friday to remind me to pack a lunchbox on Monday (Mooncake Festival) so that J could bring his self-made mooncake home.

So on Monday morning, I spent some time nagging him to bring back the mooncake so we could see what he's doing in school.

At 5.30pm, the little one called.

J: Mama, can I watch DVD?
Me: Ok. Did you bring home the mooncake?
J: HUH? What mooncake?
Me: The mooncake you made in school today.
J: No...NO Mooncake!
Me: But Tr. Catrina said you would be making mooncakes in school today.
J: Oh.......that mooncake. We had a party in school today, Mama, and I ate it!
Me: WHAT? But I told you to bring home and show me. I just want to see what you have done.
J: Oh Mama, it was so ugly, so I had to eat it.
Me: ..................................

J's first movie

For the first time, in 3.5yrs, J was treated to his first movie. Sure, he has watched stuff on TV, like Ice Age etc, but never at the cinema. The little kiddo was so hyped up about the whole thing. He "invited" the whole family and even his "gf" from school, though we only had 3 tickets. It was quite adorable to see how excited he was.

The days before the movie treat, he did (almost) everything we told him to do. He brushed his teeth with no fuss, drank his water when asked, he was practically a little angel, all because he wanted to see PANDA!

On the "big" day, we picked him up at 5 from school, had an early dinner and found our way to Suntec Eng Wah to collect our complimentary tickets (from our very nice financial advisor), got the pop corns and got seated. Figured out we should get him settled down first. The little guy was munching quite happily on his popcorns while waiting for the movie to start.

10 mins into the show:

J: I am not ok. I am not ok at all.

Mama & Papa: Why? What's wrong?

J: Why are all the lights turned off? Why is it so loud? I don't like it (pouts)

Mama & Papa: Errm...but it's like this in the cinema. You'll get used to it. Shh....don't disturb others ok?

5mins later:

J: I don't like it. It's too loud.

Mama: Eat ur popcorn.

half way into the show, with no more popcorns.

J: I want to go home now.

the scene where panda's Mama got killed:

J: ah.........(brawls) sob sob...........I WANT TO GO HOME

Papa & Mama: WHY?

J: Cos Panda lost his mama....sob..sob...sob...sob...

Papa: Ermm..why don't you close ur eyes and sleep.

J: OK! (snuggled up in Papa's arms)

So it wasn't so great, the experience. J didn't enjoy the movie, hated how loud it was in the cinema and got really upset with how Panda lost his real parents (he had a nightmare that nite). I guess there will not be any movie treat any time soon. LOL

my ABC

Jarrett reciting his ABC....

J: A for Ant
J: B for Banana
WX & I: Good job Jarrett!!
J:C for Crocodile
Wx & I: (thinking wow..so smart, used to be A for Apple, B for Boy, C for Cat)
J:D for Dick

WX & Me: Err................................
We swear we are always very careful of what we say when we are around J, no idea where he pick this up from.

Meet the Parents' Day

We attended our 2nd Meet the Parents' Day at J's school on Thurs. Seems like the little one has been doing very well in most aspects. We are very pleased with his progress thus far and the teachers seem very impressed with his development too. So it was a happy meeting, everyone was all smiles. Us smiling like idiots with so....much pride, and the teachers no doubt smiling with pride too, pleased with their nurturing skills. Haa...

In the report we were given:
1) J is the only one who can write in class, despite the fact that he's the youngest.
Awww.....we are so...........proud.
2) J's in the advanced stage of reading. Only 3 children in the class can read, as in they can recognize words and read books by themselves. Most of the other children requires much more assistance. The other 2 boys are the oldest in the group. So J's reading skill is really not too bad.
3) J is very bossy. He likes to hang out with the girls and boss them around. According to the teachers, it's quite likely bcos he's the youngest boy and the older boys will talk back to him when he gives his orders. So he has learnt to hang out with those who will listen and look up to him. (Hahahahaa.....)
4) Loves to eat......he is quite possibly, the easiest kid to feed in school.
5) Very impatient with his food.
6) Loves his Speech & Drama class, and is showing quite abit of potential. His form teacher has taken a video clip of him for a commercial audition.
7) Very helpful, to the point of pissing off his friends. There was once where they were all asked to bring their favourite fruits to school. J named most of the fruits before the children can do their "presentations". One of the girls got so upset that she burst into tears...oooppsss..
8) Listen and follow instructions very well. ( I think this special skill is reserved for school. We usually have a hard........time screaming at him to follow our instructions. )
9) Can do his work very well without much supervision. He usually finishes his work much faster than the other children and........end up doing his friends' worksheets.
10) Knows how to pacify his teachers when they are upset with him. He'll strike his signature pose (fingers pointed at his cheeks with a wide smile) or he'll start singing and dancing. The principal said she just can't stay angry with J for long.
11) Gets along very well with all the children. He has quite a few good friends among the older children. Some of them takes good care of him.

So it's been a fruitful 9 months. J has learnt much and seems to be well loved.
We'll post some of the pics the teachers have given us soon.

to the doc

Mama: Jarrett, mama's not feeling well.
J: Mama go see Dr. Yap
Mama: Can you bring me to see Dr. Yap?
J: Ok. I drive the car.

Hee...har......my little cowboy

my little grown up boy

Mama: J, do you want to join Papa and Mama for dinner tomorrow?
J: Ya, Sure!
Mama & Papa: ..........................................

my blood

I was sitting in the car with Jarrett in his car seat, waiting for Wx. Took out my wallet and pull out some notes.

J: That's money!
Me: Yes, that's right.
J: Jarrett takes some money.
Me: Why do you want some money?
J: I want to buy bag!

At 2yrs, he's showing very positive sign of sharing my obsession with bags.

Baby can read & write!

At 25mths, Jarrett is able to write, unassisted, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and alphabets E, F, L (O not counted right?).
He's also able to read a few books by himself. I have no idea how many but his teacher was telling me she's running out of books for J. He's also able to recongnize and count big numbers, his favourites being the 30s series...dunno why.
I have not consulted my parenting books, so I have no idea if this is the norm (probably is, after seeing some of the kids in his class) according to the age development but I am fairly bursting with pride. LOL. My little baby is growing up!

Cheeky Jarrett at 2

Scene 1: Mama really really angry with J.

Mama sitting on the bed, Jarrett standing in his cot facing Mama.
He started combing my hair with his fingers and.......

J: Wow! Mama so pretty!

How to stay angry with this kid?

Scene 2: On the road, heavy traffic. Mama doing a turn.

J: Mama...........be careful!

Awww.............

Scene 3: Eating breakfast - Oatmeal with banana.

J: Good morning banana! Banana go take MRT

His fascination and obsession with the MRT.

Scene 4: Reading a book about a boy named Micheal who is learning how to use the potty.

J: Micheal, where is poo poo? (page 1)
flipped a page
J: Micheal, where is poo poo? (page 2)
flipped another page
J: Micheal, where is poo poo (page 3)
and the same thing for the all the other pages
J: Micheal, where is poo poo (last page)
J: The End!

LOL, he just rewrote the whole book.

Scene 5: Fresh from the shower, papa trying to wrap him up in towel.

Papa: Ok, u want to be Alibaba (wrap head) or Sexy Baby (tube dress style)?
J: SEXY BABY!

2nd birthday - part 1.5

No party on his actual birthday due to the illness, so we tried to make it up with birthday presents.

Opening the present from mummy
Waiting for the train to go thru the tunnel

So happy the train's finally here

Again!

and again!

and again!

and again...on another night. the train has since expaned to multi-levels, multi tunnels, with bridge etc.

the boy's in heaven playing Gorzilla!

thomas goes to bed

Scene: 11pm, in the living room, playing with his new train set.

Mama: Jarrett, the train is tired.
J: Thomas is coming! Choo choo...................................... (jumping up and down)
Mama: Thomas is tired and he wants to sleep
J stood quietly and watched the train
Mama: Let the train sleep ok?

After 5 seconds
J: Bye bye thomas. Thomas go sleep (we r still working on the grammer)
he bended down and picked up the train and walked into the bedroom.
He then attempted to put/throw the train onto the bed, but failed.

J: Mama.....Thomas sleep (tugging at my hand)
Mama: Ok......

I took the train from him and put it on the bed. He went over and patted Thomas a few times.

J: Sleep.
and bounced off to the living room.

Awww....heart melted.

After a week of holiday

This morning, in the car, on the way to school.

Mama: Is Jarrett happy?
J: No. Jarrett Sad.
Mama: Why is Jarrett sad?
J: I don't want to go school.
Mama: But school is fun!
J: Go Bali!

Followed by sobs at the school gate again....

Why I can't afford to have no. 2

J's first grammatically correct sentence:

"I WANT RICE!"

It's just too expensive to feed these Ngs.

Pictures of J!

First day of school, in his new uniform.
Having fun painting with his new friend.
Chinese lesson. The teacher trying hard to get his attention.
Party on the 3rd day.

The boy's in school.

J officially started school, or rather child care last week. After months of searching, shortlisting and so on, we finally decided on a school for him. We went on the trial, like what we saw and J seem to like it. Asked if he will like to go to school and he said "Yesh!".

The first 2 days, he went on half days, as advised by the principal. So it was all really fun, mixing with the children, playing with all the new toys, blah blah blah. I was with him, so he felt really secure and confident enough to explore by himself while I sat in a corner with a mag. The real test came when he started on a full day by himself. The first day was easy, cos he didn't expect me to sneak off, so all was well, with the occasionally "Mama, Papa", a few sobs which was easily smoothed with hugs and kisses from the teacher. On the 2nd day, again, not much problem. He went in and mingled with the other kids, who seem to like him, and it helps that there are a few older kids who like him enough to look out for him.
There's this cute little boy who asked me "What is his name (pointing to J, and then proceeded to squeeze next to us in the tiny bathroom)?" "Jarrett." "Oww.....I like him, he's so cute!" Ah..this boy, won so many brownie points with me. Hahahaa...
So anyway, when I picked him up early on the 2nd day, thinking not to stress him out so much, the little one was crying and hugging his teddy at the door. Aiyoh..my heart broke.

On the 3rd morning, while putting on his uniform, he told me "Go Ah Ma! Ah Ma! Ah Ma!" He apparently wanted to go grandma house instead of school. Needless to say, there was much crying at the school gate. I swear my heart broke into a thousand pieces when he tried to reached out to me, crying when the teacher tried to carry him away to class.

Today, which is the 4th day by himself, still a struggle. Poor boy...I hope he gets used to the routine soon.

Pictures later, busy with work...

Happy Father's Day

J got Mama as his "assistant" and made Papa a father's day card! Both grandpas got their cards too.