Little 时旭

Christmas is around the corner ,how time flies!! It is time to put up our christmas tree again.It make me relive our old day of celebrating our every christmas with this tree for the pass 4 years !

2005 - we bought our very first christmas tree and decorated our new house EXCITEDLY!
2006 - I was pregnant ,we decorated the tree togather (3 of us ! Shi Xu was still in my worm of course )
2007 - Shi Xu was 5 months old , we hosted a very first christmas party in our home with the decent christmas tree and LOADs of presents ! I definately miss that party.
2008 - Shi Xu down with Influenze A virus and just discharged from hospital ,so we just had a small celebration at home with our christmas tree .
2009 - This year Shi Xu can't wait to decorate the christmas tree by himself !He was more than thrilled to decorate it with bits and pieces,we have snow flakes , stars , angels, lights,christmas balls, presents etc .He likes santa clause , reindeer , christmas tree , christmas ball,jingle bell,christmas song ,presents ....every items you can name in christmas season . I think i could hardly find a kid who doesn't like christmas , isn't it ?

Meanwhile , i am busy sourcing for a special and meaningful presents for my love .It can be tough to find a perfect Christmas gift,however ,i have idea in my mind now hehe ...

**Shi Xu @ 28 months

Hari Haji fell on Friday , it was a long weekend . We had planned to go back to KL as my sister just delivered a baby girl .However we got to scrapped our idea due to daddy's passport is going to expire .So we got to spend our long weekend in singapore.

We headed off to East Coast in the morning ,cycling at the East Coast park ,playing the sand and collecting the shells .With the cool light breeze by the beach, the calm blue sea and the warm sands,we spent a lazy day at the shore .

**Shi Xu @ 28 months

Having our Sakura buffet @ Admiralty Park.
What made the father and son thumbs up happily? Were they impressed by the yummy food ? No!It certainly not .

In fact ,Shi Xu thumb up to his COLD soft drink and ice cream !With these food around , we can enjoy our dinner in peace (what a bad parents :P) .His face beaming with joy and happiness while he was drinking and eating all up to his heart's content (i still controlled and made sure he didn't go beyond my limit) .You could always hear "very good!" when he thumbs up to his favourite food . The savory sweetness definitely light up his day.Ice cream and soft drink truly can make the world go round .hehe ...

I bought a Samsung Camera in sample staff sales .The cameras and MP3 sold like hot cake !!Within 5~10 minutes time , all the sets are gone . Luckily i still managed to grasp one ->Samsung IT100 ,a 12-megapixel compact camera with HD movie capture ( this is the features impress me ).

With a 5x optical zoom, and 28mm wide angle lens(i love this feature too) , the IT100 also boasts a 3-inch TFT LCD screen, dual image stabilisation and high sensitivity up to ISO 3200 for shots in low light.

What feature i like the most ? It was "children" scene mode .With this features i am still able to snap a clear picture for my little Shi Xu while he is jumping ,running or moving around ( It is indeed an uphill task to keep him stay still to let you snap a nice photo ) .These photo were taken while he was jumping on the bed ! he was getting excited when we "doll him up" with funny costume ( The "hat" he was wearing was his pyjamas pant:P ) .I still able to see his toes and fingers clearly though he was jumping while i snapped the photo ,not like my previous Canon Ixus , the toes and fingers and even his face will all look blur if he jump or move around .

Anyway , i would say “money well spent “ ,it was just $140 afterwall (in staff sample sale) hehe .... I am not professional in photo shooting , with all these features , it is pretty enough for me .

Admittedly , children are becoming more tech-savvy nowadays because they are the generation born into a digital world.Without a doubt,they are digital content natives,seamlessly navigating digital sources of media without missing a step.

Just like big kids , my little Shi Xu is using my Mp3 player to watch his "little lamb" animation video .His eyes beamed when he watching his animation video .Technology devices are always never fail to occupy him for a couple of minutes.

**Shi Xu @ 27.75 months

Last weekend Shi Xu down with fever , cough and cold again .Haiz .. After sending him to childcare , the chances of him catching bugs are higher ,we average visit our PD once per month!!

As usual when he is sick , Shi Xu was neither crancky nor groucy ,he would be just on food strike (food strike again!!) due to his poor appetite .I could hardly feed him any food and drinks .Admittedly , i am a very impatient and hot-tempered person ,I lost my temper and scolded him when he refused to eat ,and I didn't bother him with just shutting up my mouth .

When we were about going out for dinner , Shi Xu said in soft tone "Can not make mummy angry ".Upon hearing this , my heart melt instantly and i went towards him to give him a tight hug.I was too touched that i could hardly speak a single word .On the other hands, i felt very sorry to him that i had blown my top to him though he behaved well but just refused to eat because he was sick ( sickness will cause poor appetite ,I know that! but i just lost my control and outburst my anger ) .I regretted badly i did such silly thing on him . I should look after him when he was sick ,I should coax him to eat , I should shower him with more love ,I should not lose my temper with him . Now he still need to humour me and bear with me and even said "sorry" to me . Yes , indeed , i feel very bad .

I should control my emotion and don't let it take over my actions and words next time . Shi Xu ,mummy should be the one who say "sorry " to you ,you are such a lovely and sensible boy , mummy love you !

In the journey of parenting , I am , of course , still learning to be a good mummy ....

**Shi Xu @ 27.5 months

Like father like son . This improper posture of study truly resembles his daddy .I always emphasize to sit up straight on chair while study but seem like my words are not convincing enough .

The scene does look fun to me though . ^_^

Betta fish (Siammese fighting fish ) was added in our pet list after the guppies and cricket died . We got it from QianHu again and they cost $3 each only.

The red color Betta was chosen by Shi Xu while the blue one was chosen by daddy .so here they go and have their own pet to manage ( Let see how many days the fishes can survive this time hehe ... ) .The fishes can occupy the father and son for hours,they enjoy seeing the Betta from time to time .

I wonder what's after the Betta fish ?Tortoise would probably be the choice because of its long longevity haha ...So next time if you see the tortoise in our tank ,you will know what had happen to their Betta fishes ^_^.

**Shi Xu @ 27.5 months

We made a trip to QianHu（仟湖 )fish farm last Saturday .There are so many types of tropical fishes there .My little boy was very excited looking into each fish tank and running around.

Qian Hu provides fish spa service and "longkang" fishing in its Agro education centre . Longkang fishing is something different which use small fish net to scoop the fish from the fish pond instead of using fishing rod .Longkang fishing is not free , it cost SGD5 per pax for 30 mins .It comes with a small fishing net and mini fish tank.The good thing is you can keep the fish tank and fishes that you manage to catch afterwards.

We had lots of fun with our first "longkang "fishing at Qian Hu .Shi Xu was busy scooping here and there though he failed to catch one .He is thrilled to no end with his fishing adventure there .

Finally we managed to catch around 15 guppies and they naturally became Shi Xu's first pets . He loves to see the fishes eating and swimming in his mini fish tank.He intensely engrossed in seeing the fishes swimming in the tank at ANYTIME,after his shower , before and after his nap,before and after his dinner ... . He just love them to bits .

It was too bad that they all died after one day (*sob sob*) ,perhap the PH of the water is not suitable for them . nonetheless , what matters most is the experience for the kid.

Qian Hu is definitely a place worth revisiting next time .Shi Xu is asking when is our next trip now . ^_^

How do get there :
Closest MRT station: Choa Chu Kang
Bus Service: free shuttle bus service available on Sat, Sun and public holiday from Choa Chu Kang and Boon Lay MRT stations.
Taxi: from Choa Chu Kang station, around S$8, 10 mins
Opening hours: 9.00am – 6.00pm (Monday to Thursday)
9.00am – 7.00pm (Friday to Sunday and public holidays)

**Shi xu @ 27 months

Sometimes Shi Xu will blurt out some words which not supposed to be spoken out from a 2 years old toddlers .That is funny !

Shi Xu:" Accident! Car car OVERTURN . 死了!"
He knows the consequences of an car accident .
Accident happen->car overturn->passenger die .Whew!

He used his finger to made a shape like flute and told me that "mummy ! You see! INSTRUMENT !" ( he was telling me that he was making a musical instrument)and he held a CD on his hand and pat it and told me that "Tambourine !" (he told me that he was playing tambourine)

I was watching <<学警雄心>>Hong Kong drama and that had one scene the police from Police Academy were marching through the field ,he looked so excited and told us "Marching!"

Shi Xu can differentiate "spill " and "splash " very well . Shame to say that daddy and i fail to do so .when were asked , we would also say "the water(in his bottle) splash out "(sorry for our poor English,hehe..)
However , Shi Xu can differentiate them very well .When Shi Xu enjoys his shower time and has his water play , he will say "splashing" while he splashing the water. however , when he is drinking water and he will remind himself don't "spill" out .

"Accident,overturn , die ,instrument ,marching ,tamborine,spill vs splash "the words that come out of his mouth truly set me in awe .



Shi Xu @ 27 months

Shi Xu has been enjoying finger play since last 2 months . He has lots of fun making different type of shapes like triangle , square , oval by his fingers .And he was delighted with the Incy Wincy spider finger play as well.

Since last month , he started doing more complicated finger play .He hold up his fingers in the shape of a gun by lifting up the thumb and point out his index finger and say to us "Gun!shoot you !, "Bang!died already“ ,"Police!Bang!" and sometimes we will just join in his pretend play by saying"Arrgh" and pretend is dead .

And recently , he like to use his "body language" to comment when he finds something is good .like as usual he only says "hmm, very good! ",now he also thumbs up by uprighting his thumb(sometimes he still fails to upright only the thumb but most of the time he can do that)

Now he is practising to make the V sign (victory hand gesture ) .He has great fun in his finger play .

**Shi Xu @ 27 months

Children will use the language they are exposed to and familiar with. If family members,friends and teachers use Singlish, he will likely pick up the rhythm and speech patterns that make up Singlish .

Shi Xu is one of the example . He has learnt to speak singlish . I have no idea he picks up from us or the teachers in school . Anyway I do feel that we should start our children off on the right path and teach them to speak proper English at this young age. We have to be more mindful of language now .

Here are some of his singlish
Shi Xu :"Where is my handphone leh ?"
Shi Xu :"be careful ah !"
Shi Xu :" Dont move ah ! "
Shi Xu :"Wait ah ! "

**Shi Xu @ 27 months