Little 时旭

School teacher feedback to me ,when she touched on the topic of occupation and asked the children talk about the work of their parents ,Shi Xu said his mummy is a nurse !

Well, the reason behind he said so is due to our flash cards and pretend play .
Few months back , I did flash cards on the topic of occupation and we also had pretend play of it after that .
He likes to be a doctor and always ask me to be his nurse and patient.Sometimes he pretends he is pilot and ask me to be stewardness to serve him drinks in "plane' .
we do enjoy our pretend play .
and now school touch on this topic again , that's the reason why he said his mummy is a nurse .(but I wonder why he never say his mummy is stewardness :P)

**Shi Xu @ 33 months old

27 April marked the 10th anniversary of our courtship.How time flies , we have been in love for a decade !

Needless to say , we celebrated this special day togather with our lovely boy for sure.In fact ,we did not go anywhere as daddy has exam on next day .(we postpone our day out to coming weekend ) .nonetheless , we still have a decent meal out at Marina Mandarin Hotel .

Daddy ate his favourite oysters to his heart's content (Gee...he ate >18 oysters ! )

Shi Xu enjoyed his chocolate

Do we look cool with our personalized family tee ?(Prince Shi Xu ,Daddy and Mummy)hehe ....

My little camera man was busy shooting photo everywhere (I pass on my old Canon IXUS camera to him .He was so happy and excited that he tried out different shots with it ) . He was indeed helpful to daddy and me when we need a camera man to take photo for us .Others found him hilarious when they saw a small toddler trying to be our camera man busy taking photo at hotel lobby and restaurant .

These are some of the photos taken by Shi Xu .Hey, his shots were surprisingly not bad (I mean he still managed to capture our faces but not floor or table only :P)

** Shi Xu @ 33 months old

Shi Xu start loving lego and never get tired of having fun at it .He is getting more creative now . Couple of days ago , I gave him a "base " and pieces of lego and i off to take my shower .

I notice that he starts understanding the concept of symmetry as well .( look at the orange color headlights on both sides , the dark blue and white color on both side of his car and the 2 black color backlights ) .That's amazing !

The other days , he made a gun by himself as well .

It doesn't stop here ,daddy had made 2 nice robots and this inspired him to make a robot by himself.It’s always interesting to see how far their imagination can soar.

This is Shi Xu's robot ..

and these are daddy's robot

whose robot is nicer and more creative ?

**Shi Xu @ 33 months old

Shi Xu :"mummy , i tell u a SECRET "
Mummy : "OK "
Shi Xu :(he whispered in my ear) " I put the goldfish in tank ,Clore feed the goldfish , BUT the fish never eat ,MAYBE the fish will die "
** is this a secret ??

Shi Xu : "I am very strong "
Mummy : "Why ? "
Shi XU : "BECAUSE i eat rice ! "

I was eating biscuit on sofa ....
Shi Xu : "Mummy , you can not eat biscuit on sofa ,later sofa dirty ,eat on floor . "
Mummy : "ok ! "
**I feel like i am his little gal .haha ...

It is fun to hear a 2.75 years old todder using conjunction like "maybe " , "because/因为" , "but " ,and "如果 " (I can't remember what he said using 如果 ).
How time flies , my baby has grown up to be a little boy who always talks as an adult !

I like to use various activities/objects to teach Shi Xu the concept of opposite/comparison and he enjoy learning them .

By now he know far/near , long/short , tall/short , clean/dirty , big/small , up/down , left/right , more/less , cold/hot , day/night , happy/sad , fast/slow , heavy/light ,wet/dry ,narrow/wide etc .

Sometimes I am glad to see him exercises with opposites in his daily activities .

"papa is TALL , Shi Xu is SHORT " ,
" mummy is BIG , Shi Xu is SMALL " ,
" i am FAR away , you can not reach me " or " I am NEAR now , you can reach me " ,
"this is HAPPY face " ( he makes a happy face ) , " this is SAD face " ( makes sad face ) ,
"this dudu (pacifier ) is DIRTY " ,after i clean it , he will say "my dudu is CLEAN now " ,
"papa' hand is LONG , Shi Xu's hand is SHORT"
When we are cycling , he will say " I am FAST , mummy is SLOW " ,
and the list goes on ,we make learning opposites easy and fun !

**Shi Xu @ 2.75 years old

Some weeks back , the father and son were pretty busy with their new "lego project" . They could occupy themselves with hours fixing up the lego pieces .Shi Xu loves vehicles , so they fixed up quite number of vehicles .
Here are some of them : farm tractor , helicopter ,ferry , fire engine .

And here is another farm tractor

Shi Xu likes this car most . The car doors can even be opened ! That is cool !

At the beginning , Shi Xu was just an "assistant" of daddy ,by now he can fix some small parts like wheels ,steering wheel , change the car's bumper and bodykit according to his favor .

The other day , i gave Shu Xu a lesson for his misbehavior and he was very unhappy with it .

Shi Xu : Stupid !
Daddy : Can not say mummy stupid !
Shi Xu : Mummy is butterfly, butterfly is stupid .
mummy & daddy : ..........

hmm .. he is using Algebra !
A(mummy)=B(butterfly) ,
B(butterfly)=C(stupid) ,hence
A(mummy)=C(stupid)

I was really impressed with his "algebra rule " ,but i was also quite disturbed by his rude manners .

**Shi Xu @ 32 months old

I just love these images of him ..

Adorable and infectious :

Bob the builder :

Fireman :

Yoda? :

Naive look :

Moto-racing driver:

**Shi Xu @ 32 months old

I have been doing flash card with Shi Xu for months and still keep it as our routine ( at least 2-3 times per week ) .Our flash card routine is not smooth sailing , he attention span is pretty short ,he usually get bored very quickly ,so this does not come easily for me.Often at time ,I have to take times to coax him to sit down and listen to me .

Some weeks back ,his mood crept up .He started to make sentences when i was flashing the set of cards " building and places "

Mummy:office !
(he stopped me proceeding to the next card ,to my surprise ,he wanted to make sentence for each card)
Shi Xu : mummy go to office work work
Mummy: School !
Shi Xu : Shi Xu go to school study
Mummy :Castle !
Shi Xu : Disneyland has castle
Mummy :Airport terminal !
Shi Xu : We go to airport terminal (see) aeroplane
Mummy : Post office !
Shi Xu : Aunty post (he meant aunty go to post office post letter )
Mummy: Playground!
Shi Xu : I want to play see saw (missing the word" at playground" )

The list goes on ...
I was glad that he could enjoy the flash card session with me and able to express what relates to the topic.I truly enjoy this bonding/learning time .It’s such a lovely day.

** Shi Xu @ 32 months old

I have never watched any 3D movie before , so is Shi Xu .
Last few days we finally got the chance to catch our first 3D movie - How do train your dragon
(Can see the difference ? my first 3D show is AFTER my 30 while my boy 3D show is BEFORE his 3 !! )
Well, that is the difference between my generation and his generation which born into this digital world !

Shi Xu kept telling me that he was scared when we entered to the theatre , but i still could see that he couldn't wait to watch the show . We were completely elated when we got our 3D glasses . What made me tick was at the moment we helped him put on the 3D glasses and the show started ,he was COMPLETELY STILL and never move at all (at the first 30 minutes) .I wonder he was too excited of the 3D effect that couldn’t keep his eye off or was frighten by the 3D animation .He truly looked fun to me ,especially when I look at his funny look -> SMALL face putting on a BIG 3D glasses ,I almost burst out laughing .

After 30+ minutes ,he was frighten by some scenes and requested daddy to carry him . He took off his 3D glasses and refused to put on again .Perhap the 3D effect made him feel like his is part of the movie and made him uncomfortable .

On the other hands , i was extremely enjoyable watching the 3D movie ,what i could think was "WOW!"when I put on the 3D glasses. I was over-whelmed by the realness of the scenes and it is totally awesome to me .Having said that it is a great experience .

This is our "souvenir" from our first 3D movie . hehe...

**Shi Xu @ 32 months old

2 days ago , Shi Xu asked for drawing . So i gave him a piece of paper and a pen .
Shi Xu : I draw a big circle . ( drawing the "head" )
Mummy : What are you drawing ?
Shi Xu : cat !
Mummy : ha?
Shi Xu : 猫 ! ( He thought i didn't get him )
Shi Xu : I draw small circles ( drawing the "eyes" )
Mummy : Does cat have nose and mouth ?
Shi Xu : Yes! ( started drawing the 2 lines for "mouth " and "nose " )
After the mouth and nose , he drew 2 more lines (outside the "head" )
Mummy : Then what are these ? ( pointing the 2 lines )
Shi Xu : Ears !
I thought it was done so i got my camera ready . Shi Xu was still busy drawing ...he was drawing the curly lines on top of the "head "
Mummy : What are these? ( pointed at the curly lines )
Shi Xu : Hair !
Haha......this is his "cat " (above ) . Oh well , i think this look more like human face than a cat , isn't it ?

so on the next few minutes , i was busy capturing his drawing , while i had finished the photo shooting , he had done the other drawing and he named it as "cat " as well .

I think this more look like Hello Kitty .


He didn't stop here , he did another drawing..... and guess what is this ?

Fish!
He is unbeatable cute .I was definately amazed that he get to draw animals at his young tender age .He makes me gleaming with pride .

Shi Xu @ 32 months old

Children are naturally curious about the world around them.

Last night Shi Xu looked up at the sky and stared at the Moon in wonder,he asked me why we can see the moon at night.I stumped by his question again . Daddy is always the person who will answer his question . daddy told him because the Sun’s light shines on it.But I think the answer is too brief!

It is not easy to explain the moon to a 2.5 years old toddler . After back home , we searched some information from internet and used his 3 different size of balls ( to be Sun , Moon and Earth ) and share with him how we can see the moon .I have no idea how much he can understand it but at least let him grasp a deeper knowledge about his world.

I am wondering what is the next question now .We are feeling the joy of seeing him make some amazing progress.His learning journey is filled with joy and fun and so we are .

**Shi Xu @ 31 months

lately we are bombarded with so many questions(or perhap answers ?) from my little boy.Sometimes we really need to think hard to answer his questions .But we truly enjoy the conversation with him .

Here are some tricky yet funny Q & A we had

Case 1 :
Shi Xu :爸爸，fish 有没有喝水？

爸爸： 有！ (**very confident answer **)

Mummy : ........

( i remained hesitant to answer because i do not know the answer ! )

Isn't it a funny yet tricky question ? I asked around and I got different answers. My brother said fish do not drink water but use their skin to absorb water , while my husband insisted that fish do drink water . Both sound logical .(then what is the correct answer? ) we stumped by the scientific question posed by my little boy .

Well ,my collegue got the answer from internet ,here is the explanation .

"Fresh water fish absorb water through their skin and gills, saltwater fish actually do drink water.
In saltwater fish, they have to drink because their body's concentration of salt is lower than the surrounding water. Therefore, they have to drink huge amounts of water every day to stay hydrated.
In freshwater fish, their salt concentration is higher than that of the surrounding water, and, as osmosis dictates, they absorb water through their highly permeable skin. To keep from bursting, freshwater fish actually have to excrete water, up to 10 times their body weight daily, unlike saltwater fish. "

Case 2 :
The other day ,we were chatting on the bed ..

Shi Xu : 爸爸 can not fly ,mummy can not fly , Shi Xu also can not fly .

Mummy : Why we can not fly ?

I expected he would give me the answer something like "because we are not bird ", however....

Shi Xu : no more wings! ( he always misuse "no more " as "don't have " )

He caught me by surprise!I was COMPLETELY shocked.Where on earth did he understand that we can't fly without wings!?

First , i would like to apologize to my little boy .

This morning , i got him changed a pretty baggy school uniform shorts and that time i still wonder would it slip down when he jump or run .But i still let him put it on. (what a bad mum :P )

And it really happened as i thought !
Here is our conversation after he came back from school ...

Shi Xu : 我的裤子掉下来，everybody laugh you know ? (he grinned when he shared this )
Daddy : 哦！你的裤子掉下来！为什么你的裤子掉下来 ？
Shi Xu : I ran to playground then 我的裤子掉下来.
Daddy : Who laugh at you ?
Shi Xu : Sarah , Cayen laugh , Ayden never laugh , Ayden happy ...(**fainted** )

I can imagine how embarrassed he was feeling that time .Would he find himself humiliating moments where his peers all laughed at him ?I hope he was not .( I think he was alright as he still can share this experience with grin ,probably he take it as a funny story to share with us ) .

Anyway embarrassing moments are something that every one of us will face also. Hope he can get over this.

**Shi Xu @ 30.5 months

After our visit to Hong Kong Disneyland ,city tour , Victoria Peak ,finally we made our way to Hong kong Ocean Park .


It has plenty of thrilling rides on the headland (more suitable for adults ) and interesting rides ,show and games for children at Kids' World .It never fail to impress us .

This is the latest ocean express ,travel from Ocean Park’s Waterfront to the Summit .It is thrilling and fun!

We got the chance to meet the Asia’s rarest animals including giant pandas and red pandas as well .

We also can see the expanse of the marvelous maritime landscape comprised of Atoll Reef, Shark Aquarium, Ocean Theater, Ocean Park Tower ,Jelly fish Aquarium and among others.

(Atoll Reef entrance )


(sea horse in Atoll reef )


(sting ray in Atoll Reef)


(Nemo in Atoll reef )


(pacifier pier )

We took the cable car down from marina land to Lowland Gardens .The cable cars take us on a very pleasant ten minute ride over two mountains.The ride is high (but not scary )and the views out over the South China Sea are absolutely breathtaking .

We spend a wonderful day in Ocean Park , it was an energy draining and yet enjoyable day .

The next day we were ready to go back to Singapore , overall our Hong Kong trip was so enjoyable and funfilled.We definately miss this wonderful trip !

**Shi Xu @ 30 months

It was about 10am in the morning,we walked along the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade ,the mists still blur the Hong Kong skyscrapers and mountains beyond.However it still offers a magnificent view of the Victoria Harbor.

(That's the Convention Centre in the background)

The clock tower is one of the oldest landmarks in Hong Kong ,it located at Kowloon (Tshim Sha Tsui ),next to the Promenade .

We took the star ferry across the Victoria Harbour , it carried us from Kowloon to Hong Kong island and we were ready to go to the Victoria Peak , the highest mountain in Hong Kong .

(Outside The Peak Tower )The wind was strong , we actually got a bit chilly but Shi Xu was deep alseep !

We felt good to step into a Pacific Coffee enjoying a cup of HOT coffee to get our body warm.It has panoramic views over Hong Kong Island and across to Kowloon through a huge window .

The Peak Tower also houses some amusement attraction as well like Madame Tussaud's .

In the evening ,we took the Peak tram down from Victoria peak . This funicular railway offers a stunning ride from Victoria Peak down to the city centre .

At night we enjoyed the Symphony of Lights live at the "Avenue of Stars" and the promenade (This multimedia light and sound show start at 8pm everynight and last for 14 minutes ) The symphony of Lights is simply stunning and beautiful .

**Shi Xu @ 30 months

We’re off for a bit of a holiday break between 23 Jan~ 28 Jan 2010 .
Finally we were here - Hong Kong Disneyland !!

The weather was cool and cloudy which made our trip a lot more enjoyable.But it could be chilly when the wind blows .


Shi Xu was so excited ,he couldn’t keep his eye off .He enjoyed himself immensely in Disneyland .


Fantasyland

It brings the magic and wonder of famous childhood stories to life.The disney characters, the lighting, the firework , the small small word, the cinderella carousel (his favorite) ,the spinning teacup, dumbo the flying elephant,sleeping beauty castle brought joy to him . In his world, it's all real and it's magical .


Magic had turned mummy to be a minnie mouse ! ^_^


and Shi Xu got the chance to take photo with Disney main characters - Mickey and Minnie mouse !! He was so excited to tell me that Mickey mouse hi-five to him and said goodbye to him after he took photo with them!


Tomorrowland

Shi Xu squealed in delight when he saw this racing car . He couldn't wait to sit in and "drove off " the car !



and mummy was busy "saving the earth " .hehe .. see how strong i am ..


Shi Xu got the chance to take photo with Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters as well .


Adventureland

We started our journey here by taking a raft tour in the waterways to get to Tarzan Island, climbed the branches of Tarzan's Treehouse and cross the suspension bridge.

We also took the jungle river cruise which is an adventurous journey through an African jungle where we could see elephants frolicking in water, quaking temple ruins, invading gorillas etc .Shi Xu was scared in the cruise .


The hotel we stay

We stayed in Disneyland Hotel .The hotel is gorgeous and Victorian elegant .The room is spacious and service is excellent . A highly recommended choice to families with very young kiddos.

The view at all corners of the hotel is just spectacular . We LOVE this hotel very much . (Shi Xu Kept saying that is "his house " )

That is the garden + sea view from our room .

We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at Sorcerer's Lounge and enjoyed the music playing in the background .

After many rides on the Dumbo flying elephant , carousel, spinning teacups and in & out of the small small world, it is time to say goodbye to Disneyland . It's not complete without trying the Disneyland Train . So we took the lovely mickey mouse train and bid goodbye to Disneyland .
**Shi Xu @ 30 months