Same flight different experience

We were on the way to Australia and E was all excited. The last trip was made when he was barely 10 months old. He was curious about everything and anything on board the aircraft, ranging from the remote control to the lavatory and the passengers around him. He was fascinated by all the little gadgets in the lavatory - the orange emergency button and the water tap and the air flush etc, so much so that he claimed 25 toilet trips within a span of 7.5 hours, out of which 10 were "droplet" efforts :(


The remote control kept him occupied for a good 15 minutes before he started getting restless. He climbed up the seat and looked back at the passengers and he pointed out,

E " Mummy, that man is having a fever. He is using a fever pad " ( haha, the man was resting his eye mask on his forehead...it certainly looked like a fever pad)

Throughout the flight, Nicole was putting up her best behaviour. She enjoyed every bit of the meals and the in flight entertainment. She was so used to SQ flights that she got an "unpleasant" experience on board QF flights when we moved about in Australia. When her meal was served on QF, she exclaimed ,

N " Mummy, is this what you called a meal? It is just a sandwich and it is cold!"

(haha, well, welcome home sweetheart! You have been away for too long. Sandwich is the way to go here....)

A time for everything

I believe God has a time for every fine detail in our lives.

Recently, Nicole has been writing a fair bit, both English and Chinese. Relatively, she is stronger in English than Chinese. That said, she is able to write many Chinese characters with the correct sequence of strokes. All these traits were not quite visible 6 months ago. She used to “draw” the words according to her own liking. I would say, she is able to write between 150 to 200 chinese characters now though she is able to recognize a lot more. It just goes to show one thing – practice makes perfect :)

Polite yet crystal clear

Ethan loves to eat those multivitamin gummy bears. For his age group, he should be given no more than 1 a day but this little boy would persistently request for 3. So, the trick is pretty simple. I just cut the tiny bear into 3 pieces. He counts them and happily confirms that he has been given 3 gummy bears :)

Lawrence “ Ethan, may I have one gummy bear please?”
E “ Sorry Papa. NO WAY!” (running away from papa with his 3 gummies in his little plate)
Lawrence “ Ethan, can Mummy have one gummy bear please?”
E “ Yes”

Haha, Lawrence pulled a long face over it :)

Wet trousers

It has been quite a number of weeks since we last had dim sum for lunch and so we decided to have one. Nicole had her favourite custard buns – all 3 of them!!, on top of the yummy Ee Fu noodle and scallop dumplings.

Time at the table for the kids was surely short, 15 minutes at best. Thereafter, they went running about at the hotel second floor lobby where there was little human traffic. N was having so much fun chasing after E, so much so that she forgot that her bladder was very full. She rushed to the toilet but it was too late. She literally wee-ed in her trousers.

Rose “ Oh no. Nicole, you are all wet! Your shoes too”
Nic “ Ya. I can just stand in the car later. I won’t sit”
Rose “ You can wear Ethan’s shorts. I have it in the bag”
Nic “ What? Boy’s short?”
Rose “ Ya, it is better than wet trousers. Come on”
Nic “ Do I really have to? Ok ok”

When she got out of the toilet, I was surprised to see N in that cute little pair of shorts. She was very embarrassed and kept hiding behind popo. She was conscious that people may be looking.

All of us had a rib-aching laugh without her knowledge. Otherwise, she would have broken down to tears, knowing how prideful she is. J J Hahaha

Church experience

It has been quite a while since I last brought Ethan along for a Church service, for fear of him creating a scene as he gets restless. Well, I thought of giving it another go last Sunday as Nicole was performing at the service.

E gave me almost 100% cooperation without making a fuss. Other worshippers sitting at the back row were helping to entertain him as he made faces at them. He was very curious as he entered the main hall. It was a typical church with long wooden benches which resembled the seats in the bus, in little E’s creative mind.

E “ Mummy, big bus! So many passengers!”
Me “ No no, Ethan. This is a church and these are worshippers, not passengers”
E “ No mummy, this is a bus. So many passengers! Hahaha” ( showing the cheeky side of him)

E “ Who is that man?”
Me “ Oh, he is the pastor”
E “ Pasta? I want to eat pasta. I want to eat him. Ump ump!”
Me “ hahaha, no Ethan, he is a PASTOR, not pasta”
E “ Eat pasta, eat pasta. Yummy!” ( I just gave up….:)

As we lowered our heads, with eyes closed to pray, E was observing.

E “ Mummy, the uncle is sleeping”
Me “ Shh…no, he is praying”
E “ oh…now his eyes are open. He is awake!”


Isnt E a fun little toddler?

Naughty E

Ethan kept asking for snacks. Biscuits, cheese, ice cream, you name it. I had to put a stop to his request.

E “ Mummy, one only. One chocolate biscuit only” (showing me his pointer with a pleading look)
Me “ No, Ethan. You had enough for the day. Now let’s read some books”
E “ No no, I want chocolate biscuits. One only”
Me “ No”

E “ Mummy, I want to eat grapes”
Me” Grape? You changed your mind now? Ok. Let’s get some”

E quickly ran ahead of me and positioned himself in front of the fridge door. As soon as I opened the door……

Me “Here, I will wash some grapes for you”
E “ No, I don’t want grapes. I want chocolate biscuits” (He grabbed the packet and ran out of the kitchen!!!)

Man! I was tricked by a 28 month old! All he wanted was for me to open the fridge where the chocolate biscuits were stored!

Milk teeth

Nicole recently discovered that one of her incisors is loosen. She is very much amuzed by this sudden development, so much so that she has been "shaking" them everyday.

Me " Nicole, don't put your fingers into your mouth. You may get sick cos your hands are not clean"

Nic " I am just trying to see if my teeth are going to drop off soon"

Me " At the rate you are shaking them, you will be left with no teeth by the time we visit Ah-Ma in Australia"

Nic" No way! I still have plenty " (she was annoyed by my statement and stopped shaking the teeth. At least, it served my purpose! heehee)