OutSmarted by a 2 year old !!

Nigel loves Kiddy Rides at shopping malls but best of all, he love the Mentos machine! You put in a $1 coin and try your luck to see how many Mentos you will get. Nigel just love to see the Mentos being scooped up but he doesn't eat the Mentos at all. I always allow one Kiddy ride for Nigel per time, when he is really good, I will let him try the Mentos machine. He always accept my excuse, " Mummy has no coins" as a reason for not letting him play with the Mentos machine. But today ... I got outsmarted! He wanted to try the Mentos machine so I gave the same excuse. So later on, he wanted to ride the Mickey mouse Kiddy ride. I took out the $1 coin and immediately he said " Don't want car!". He got off the car, ran to the Mentos machine and ask for the coin !! And I can't tell him I have no coins !! ARGH !!!!!!

October ... Season of Changes

It's been a really long time since I have updated the blog. It is a really crazy 2 months. Our Sengkang home has been sold. Good Bye my Dearest Home. I have lots of memories here. Now we are all staying at my in-laws place. Currently, we just gotten a new house (not home yet) within 1km of Nigel's future school, Tao Nan Primary and rented it out in the meantime. As KS parents, we just want to make sure Nigel gets into a good primary school. Even though Shawn is an old boy but that school is really popular.

Nigel is now having home tuition with Ms Jo-Ann for around 2 months now too. He was a good student at first but now... Haiz...

Everytime he is asked to do writing .... He will say "I am so tired" ..... Today, he has started to pretend to cough !!! I think I will have loads of problems in school. So far, he has learnt to write, his art skills has improve and he has started to talk more.

Recently, he has learnt football from his grandpa which is my dad !

Also had an outing with Nigel's god brother, Andrew to celebrate Andrew's Second Birthday !!

Hockey or Golf ??

Snapshots !

Singapore Flyer !

Unlucky me has finally won something, tickets to Singapore Flyer !! But the downside is it is valid only on the 27th of June and it is family day so it is really crowded !! Waited at least an hour before we went up the Flyer. Nigel really enjoyed himself and there is another boy around his age. They had fun jumping around together !

In the Flyer Finally !!

Great View !

Daddy's 30th Surprise Birthday Party !!

4th July is Nigel's Daddy's 30th party. So I planned a surprise party for him on the 3th July. Just a small party with close friends and family! He didn't guess anything till the morning of the party !! (^_^)

Macho Daddy !

Wishing that He will win the next 10 million dollars TOTO

Yummy Oreo Chessecake from Chessecake cafe, donated by Uncle Clifton

Nigel and GodBrother Andrew watching cartoons on Tab

Huat Ah !

Uncle Clifton all red !

Happy Papa's Day !!

An Article by Asian Parents on Daddies. My entry was selected (",). My Pressie to Shawn

A toast to our Super Daddies!

By Meiling Wong Chainani | June 18, 2011

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This Father's Day, we celebrate the men who willingly and courageously practice active fathering.

While many Singaporean families still honour the traditional roles of mum as the main caregiver and dad as the main breadwinner, we see more dads taking an active role in parenting and caring for their kids. They may have heavy work responsibilities during the day, but once they are home, these dads roll up their sleeves and jump right on to the parenting bandwagon willingly.

Like these families, my husband and I practice shared parenting.  If I have work to do, he’s in charge of the kids.  If he has to travel, I take time off work to be at home.  I’m the disciplinarian in my family, while he takes his role as mediator and jester very seriously. But sometimes, our parenting methods differ.

Take last night as an example.  I wanted to finish work so I could celebrate Father’s Day this weekend, so I asked him to put the kids to bed. They usually read in bed before lights are turned off, so I was expecting some peace and quiet. But within minutes, there was a ruckus of tambourine bells, peals of laughter and loud singing coming from the room.

“What was going on?” I fumed, more mad at my husband than the kids.  He’s supposed to wind themdown, not UP.

I opened the door, all ready to yell, but was stopped short as my two munchkins rushed towards me and words tumbling out of their mouths, gleefully invited me to join them.   They had (with daddy’s help) created a new song and couldn’t wait to present it to me.

My kids exhibited such sheer delight as I watched the trio (father and children) belt out the silliest song about chicken rice being their favourite food; their gusto and laughter were infectious.  It may be bedtime, but the kids were having fun with dad.  My earlier grudges were replaced with gratefulness that their father could create special moments like these for the kids in spite of his busy and sometimes stressful work schedule.

And I’m not alone in my gratitude.  Read what some of our readers feel about their super daddies:

Joanna Tan says: My hubby Shawn & our 25 months old Boy. Shawn is more like his friend than father. He will go down to Nigel’s level and interact with him. For example, he will play “basketball” with him. He is also the soul of Nigel’s Fave toy, Mr Monkey. So the 2 of them are Best Buddies! Always the one Nigel runs to when I scold him. Shawn will make sure he will spare time for Nigel almost everyday to have at least 1/2 hour playtime to Bond. He is the one in charge of his night feeds till now still, as Nigel still needs night feeds.

Grace Miranda says: My husband is, maybe for me, an ideal dad to my kids. My niece told me more than 18 yrs ago that when she gets married, she will look for a guy like my husband or maybe he will grab him from me. Now my daughter is saying the same thing, she will find a man who is like his dad, who can carry himself well physically, emotionally and spiritually. She said when I get angry with her she gets upset at times, BUT when dad gets disappointed she just feel like “super-guilty”. Because he will talk to her in a very soft-manner and will not tell her that she is bad or what, but will talk to her in a very positive way. He is always there for them and mostly they can see that their dad loves their mom.

Joann Hernandez says: My husband is a very patient and loving dad. He takes care of my gals when he isn’t working. Before we all go to bed he will send my kids to brush their teeth and change to pyjamas. Even in the middle of the night he will bring them to the toilet when the kids need to pee. But the most touching of all is when the kids are sick, he is the one who wakes up at night to feed their medicine.

Happy Father’s Day to all the daddies out there!

SingKids @ T3

Airport Terminal 3 is Nigel's Fave playground! Loads of space to run around and carpeted floors to roll around too ! Plus it's air-conditioned ! Recently there is a new kids theme center there called Singkids. Shawn and I brought him there today to play ! But we realize Nigel is not as adventitious or as excited as the rest of the kids. As most of his teachers & the Prof from NUS commented before, Nigel sees patterns and relationships really quickly and he tend to be over-cautious and think a lot on how things work.

Nigel and Safety Lock ....

Nigel is really good at problem solving. He has managed to unlock 2 different type of child safety locks !! I need to buy a more expensive one..... Nigel can open doors too, switch on fans... Dangerous Baby !!!

OnSet of Terrible Twos

Lil Nigel @ his 2nd Fave Place, Daiso! Loads of "Toys"

Nigel is almost 2 weeks into his terrible Twos. The pace at which he is developing is at a surprising rate! He learnt new words really quickly now. He has started to point out objects and name them. He has become surprisingly sociable. Recently, we brought him to the airport. There was a 4 years old Lil Girl, he shook her hand and they started playing together !! Since then, he has been playing with other kids and he will start by shaking their hands. He has a preference for older girls... Like his dad ?? Hmmzz...

Visit to Dr Teoh... Art & Craft Day.. Airport !!

Nigel Been Playing BasketBall lately with Daddy for about a month now. 

He has made tremendous improvement !

Nigel at Dr Teoh... In His Cranky Self...

A very Busy Day today. Started the rainy morning with a vist to Dr Teoh for Nigel's scheduled 2 years old check up and another dreaded injection, his flu jab. As usual, Nigel went into his "Shell" the moment we entered into Mt Elizabeth. We had a hard time trying to measure his height and weight as usual. He just refuses to cooperate at all, just want to bear hug me all the way. Best estimate, Height: 88cm, Weight: 11.8kg. Dr Teoh commented that his growth is good, above average.

So Far, Nigel's been making tremendous improvement. He has learnt to speak in short sentences. He can argue with us now. His fave word, thanks to Daddy Yang "NO NO NO NO!". He has become a lot more sociable now. Like today at the airport, he was attempting to play with a group of kids! That's so unlike him.

Water Cooler ! Cold Cold !

Today is Nigel's second attempt at Poster colours. This time, i tried using the brush instead. Turn out a lot better than I expected.