Cny 2 (II)

after we played her birthday game.. we got changed

it was off to Ben & Jerry's to have her 1st ice cream... as promised by Daddy T

creamy vanilla.. I love their vanilla coz it has heaps of fresh vanilla pods... not essence like most places... but then again I think I'm the fussy one..

YUMMY!!!

DD T ordered fries for her since her birthday lunch was a flop... so she gets 2 treats!!

then the father decides to teach her to eat fries with ice cream!!! but she held her fries in a wrong way..

I WILL BE BACK!!!

Oh well its only the birthday that she gets the treats... am so slowing her intake of sugar as this child is already so active... Coz I realised that she doesn't take her nap if I give her treats like raisins, cranberries, apricots and fresh fruits and her biscuits.. totally charged up!! There was this time all she had was a 1/2 hr nap for the whole 12 hours awake!!! Not forgetting my gal is the over achiever as she will keep her practicing whatever she is planning to achieve, so on normal days its already bad can you imagine her with sugar??

Then slowly the family realizes it themselves and is too helping me not give her sugar... so its either fruits OR dried fruits OR what ever they intend to sneak her. I believe they too get worried when the little one don't sleep.... coz this little one can go on and on and on and on...

her 1st angbao

she woke up.. we gave her her 1st angbao of the cny and......

CNY 2 day

her lunar birthday falls on the 2nd day of CNY....

Since everyone was free and there wasn't any visiting, we decided to celebrate for her...

waiting for her birthday meal
her mee sua with egg..
chicken drumstick
she decided to feed the drumstick to the dogs and ate 2 bites of her mee sua = flopped birthday lunch

in the end we had to feed her our foods.. so its bua keluak with rice for lunch, which we were surprised coz she actually enjoyed it.

Then since we started the day with such a chinese manner.. we continued with the birthday game... (the power of forum coz I never knew such things exists, coz none of us celebrated lunar birthdays) anyway, just for the fun of it right?

GUESS WHAT SHE CHOSE??

Birthday Game

抓周准备的物品清单（每条只须一件即可）以及每项物品所代表的职业与意义：

1. 字典或词典 ( dictionary)：代表文学家或科学家，有知识的人才。( Scientist, someone of knowledge)

2. 书、笔 ( Book, Pen)：具有制定意味，代表书法家、文人、文职工作( Writer, Clerk)

3. 尺( Ruler)：具有尺度的意味，代表律师、法官、革命家。( Lawyer, Judge)

4. 计算器、算盘 ( Calculator, Abacus)：代表商家或生意人。 ( Businessmen)

5. 金、钱、信用卡、玉、钻( Gold, Cash, Credit Card, Jade, Diamond)：代表富有之意，日后可成为银行家、善于储蓄的富翁或有钱人。( Rich Person, Banker)

6. 印章 ( Stamp Chop)：代表官位或官权。 ( Political Person/ Government)

7. 彩色纸、彩色粘土、水彩盒、彩色笔 ( Colour paper, Paint Brush)：代表艺术家。( Artist)

8. 毛线团、布料 (Roll of thread, Cloth)：代表服装设计师( Fashion Designer)

9. 乒乓球拍、网球拍、高而夫球 ( Golf Ball, Tennis Racket)：代表体育相关职业。( Sports career)

10. 笛子、CD、录音带 ( Musical Instrument)：代表音乐家。( Musician)

11. 筷子、铲子( Chopsticks, Wok)：代表厨师、饭店业者。( Chef, Hotelier)

12. 小鞋子 ( Shoes)：代表旅行家、探险家( Traveler, Explorer)

13.听诊器、棉签、纱布 ( Stereoscope, Syringe)：代表医生、护士类。( Doctor, Nurse)

14.鼠标 ( Mouse)：代表IT业 ( IT line)

15.润肤霜、口红 ( Moisturize, Lipstick)：代表爱美，在乎自己的容貌 ( Beautician)

16.玩具汽车 Toy Car)：有车族、司机 ( Driver)

17.手机 ( Handphone)：代表通讯 ( Communication career)

18.螺丝刀 ( Screwdriver)：工程师、工业 ( Architect)

we obviously didn't put all... coz when the last time I went to trim my fringe at my in law's neighbour, she told me she chose a comb and she became a hair dresser *--* of course she is a rich hairdresser boss but in the end we decided to keep the game simple. haha

then as I'm writing this post I just remembered... gotta pick 4 D numbers right? The result of no gamblers in the house... k if i can remember to do so this saturday since its a big birthday bash for all right? so the birthday luck still stands.. stay tuned to the numbers!!!

CNY

here are some photos from her 1st chinese new year visiting

pretty in pink..
before our start of visiting.. nice and fresh
bambam with her ang bao
we went visiting 6 houses...
her 1st lo hei
wondering what the hell was going on
the last house at 10pm... drained and fat from the rubbish we have been getting.. oh and bloated not forgetting the amount aerated drinks we had...
her 2nd lo hei
trying the crackers
her collections
and the bua keluak for supper... the one that triggered mummy flo's labour last year...

So I never liked CNY and was never around for all of it when I was working except for the year after my wedding "to show face" then the next I didn't have to go as I was due and this year to "show" BB[V] off.. CNY has become more taxing as there is the extra logistics-VICTORIA there was the meals, naps, weather to take in consideration and by the 5th house she was all cranky and upset... and we were all cranky and upset.. haha

but overall she behaved well and she had fun (I think) .. next year is terror two, and I wonder how to deal with it.. holiday perhaps??

12 months

she is 8.5kg and 73.5cm

She has come to "adulthood" like toddling around, eating our foods, shaking her head spitting things she dislikes and nodding her head when it tastes real good. Since birth it has been the one kind of character; the full of shit one.. so as she grows its has been an increasing increase of her nonsense though everybody tells me she is damn cool that her personality is so distinct.. (eh cool? not so for the parents) We can't lie to her, anything you know... she watches us intently at the things we do, can't hid food or go disappearing... so its real tough for everyone.

There was this time in the restaurant, Grandma Ng was drinking cranberry juice and so we allowed her to try a little. But she decided to drink a good 1/4 glass of it and so Grandma took the glass away and hid it behind a drink menu placard... her eyes were looking at what was going on and when daddy T adjusted the placard a little.. she knew it and started to kick up a big fuss .. IN THE RESTAURANT

She clearly communicates her likes and dislikes.. like if is watching her DVD and doesn't like the part/song she will grumble or even throw up a fit... she totally hates sudden brakes, too fast a turn or those spiral carparks that is endless... I must pre emp her emos... very taxing manz... We were in KKH for her review for her eye and spent 2 hrs cause a simple checkup that can be done easily in 5 mins had to take 20 mins. The Dr tried all sort of gadgets and means to check her eyes but all failed, though the Dr and nurse was very impressed by how smart she was - coz she had one eye closed and the other one open big to see the gadgets and toys they were trying to attract her with. I was shagged by the time the completed all the tests...

Its impossible to leave her alone for a while for she creates havoc

Happiness is when DD leaves the tissue box on the bed.. and MM is in the shower

and ransacking my own bag to find my greatest love.. wet tissues.

or doing SPA when mummy leaves a bowl of strawberry yogurt lying around while she goes to take my water bottle

There are alot more nonsense just that there wasn't a camera readily available or that I am in no mood to capture it.... If ONE years old was like that, what is terror two?

Lunar New Year (reunion dinner)

this is her 1st lunar new year... n she gets the best leg in da house!

Ms Waddle

Birthday party photos

here are some photos from her 1st birthday party...

cause and effect

I have notice new things....

She is growing logic sense.. literally... I mean its not that she doesn't have but she is showing it now.

You know how we adults tend to "hit" the floor when the babies fall down or whatever item that irritates them.. please don't ask me why I do it just that it was solves her crying when she gets upset and it makes her laugh... I guess it was "passed" down from generation, I mean most people I know do that right? (I think)

So that day she was playing around the TV as usual and pulling DVD's, magazines from under the DVD player.. she accidentally hit her hand and shouted "EH", so when I approached her, she lifted her left hand to me, looked at me, used her right hand to hit the table continuously and obviously grumbling as usual ... I was darn amused by her actions you know, (coz a small little thing communicating to me in the most adult way), kissed her hand and guess what she stopped lar!

Of course it didn't stop there... there was this incident of her walking around in the kitchen and she tripped over her own feet and fell... while lying there on the kitchen floor, she was holding on to her feet telling me it was her feet that made her fall!! quite the drama queen I tell you...

Which got me thinking real hard.. she finally got the grasp of what is cause and effect and is portraying her knowledge of her sense of control over her environment real clear here.

Honest, I'm not expecting such actions from a 1 year old. Or am I in denial here?

who's prettier?

isn't she getting prettier?

and of course nurturing her can be of many forms....