Cousin Isaac's First Swimming Experience

Realized that I seldom post entries about my little cousin back home. Here's one about him.

Cousin Isaac (a.k.a. 侯 BB) had his first swimming experience last Saturday. My 大姨 and 小姨 brought him to the newly opened Sengkang Swimming Complex. There are several fun colorful water slides and jacuzzi-type pools. Looks pretty fun to me!

As it was his first time in the pool, they pat water on his chest first to get him ready for the water temperature. 小姨 wrote in her blog that Isaac initially did not like it and started to cry (hehehe, I was the same too when I went to the pool for the first time). But eventually he got over it and started to play and splash water around. They even took a video clip of him in the pool swimming 'frog' style haha. Cute 的咯！

Sengkang Swimming Complex

So cold! I don't want!


(Left) The 侯 family - 大姨, Isaac and Uncle Michael
(Right) Yours truly in Feb 2008 - check out the same unhappy frowning look on our faces!

See? It's not so bad after all right?

I'm beginning to enjoy myself 了! 呵呵。。。

The complete blog entry can be found here.

Some updates

1) I understand 'Bye Bye' and 'Clap hands' now. I do the actions when Daddy or Mommy says the words.

2) I am able to walk up and down little steps without holding to Daddy or Mommy's hands, but still need help on bigger ones.

3) I can hold onto the staircase railings and climb up the steps myself slowly.

4) I sometimes walk on tip toes.

5) I experiment with climbing up the dining chair myself.

6) I hug my teddy bears and kiss them sometimes. Daddy and Mommy got jealous because I seldom kiss them hahaha...

7) I like to put a finger into my nostril.

8) I eat more rice now than porridge and sometimes share the same dishes as my parents. I like to eat fruits such as peaches, grapes, bananas, kiwi fruits, apples. I also like yogurt...as opposed to eating my main course.

9) I like to open up cupboards and cabinet doors and explore inside.

10) I can open the safety covers of the stove knob that are used as part of babyproofing. Mommy should write to Safety 1st (the brand that we bought) and tell them that they should hire me as a "QA tester" for their babyproofing products, since I can "hack" them.

11) I wear mainly 18 months old clothes and I'm 14 months and 1 week old now. However, I did not gain much weight and remain lean overall.

12) I like to snatch away the camera, Ipod Touch or other gadgets that Daddy and Mommy are taking. That's why it's so difficult for Mommy to take my pictures these days. I'll get angry if I cannot get my hands on them.

Don't I look cute wearing my new F1 pit stop crew PJ? *wink*

Fall into Fall and beyond

The fall season is here (usually we know it as Autumn season). The leaves on trees are beginning to turn brown or fall to the ground. Weather's been a little erratic still. During the weekends, it can get quite cold and windy. But in the weekdays, it's usually hot and dry like summer. Daddy and Mommy got some new fleece pjs and long sleeve shirts for me from Old Navy and Target to prepare for this season and also for our end-of-year vacation.

My grandparents and uncles are coming to OC to visit us and we are planning to spend our December together. Mommy hopes that I can get used to them being around here with us, coz it's been soooooooo long since I really met them. I don't think I have much memories since I was still a little baby when I left Singapore (when I was 3 months old). But we always use skype to communicate during the weekends and I could see them and they could see me. Mommy thinks that initially I'll most likely be a little shy but as time goes, I'll warm up to them. No problem.

Our end of the year plans include visiting LA, Solvang, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon and some other theme parks like Disneyland and Sea World. We intend to travel these places by road (no domestic air travel). Daddy booked the hotels a few months back and a 12-passenger van to seat all of us. That way, we can all be together and they can take turns to drive the van along the way. Our trip will last till the end of December and we are gonna spend Christmas in Las Vegas hehehe...We are all looking forward to these trips as we have never travel together as one big family before.

Over the next 2 months or so, we are anticipating some changes too. Daddy is considering moving us to another place in Irvine when our lease here is up. Mommy's still looking for a job and can happen anytime if the right opportunity knocks. I'm taking my 2nd flu shot (did the first one last week) and my 15th month old vaccinations in November. Mommy's birthday is coming soon in November and she's always bugging me for a present :P My grandparents and uncles are coming to visit soon and all of a sudden, our small apartment will be filled with more people and they can all play with me. We are going travelling (on a big scale) and I will have to adjust to the different places, food and stuff. Mommy is also worried that I cannot sleep well without my own bed, or the trip makes me so tired that my normal routine goes haywire. The weather's gonna turn colder and so on.

But we all know that time passes real quick and before we know it, it's 2009.