After getting scolded by mummy for monkeying around in the backseat...

Jae: I want mummy love me...*sobs*
Mummy: Jae Jae naughty, mummy don't love you!
Jae: Jae Jae not naughty....sobsob
Mummy: Then who's naughty?!
Jae: ......Daddy.......

.....

Elephant grass

Daddy: I don't like you.
Jae: I don't like you also.
Daddy: I don't want to bring you to the playground tomorrow.
Jae: I like Daddy!

My giant elephant grass.

Jae to mummy: "Mummy you like me?" Mummy replied yes.
Jae to daddy: "See, mummy like me. Nobody like you daddy."

:(

We were window shopping after dinner when mummy sat down at a cafe, to rest her feet for a while. The little one came up, looked at mummy and said, "you want to eat AGAIN?!"

Jae's picking up all the lahs and lehs from school. Maybe that's where they should start the Speak Good English campaign. LAH!

Little missy peed in the ball pit. Every kid got to get out. Playground closed. Massive cleaning.

From cot to baby bed to now single size bed. :)

Just after daddy bought her a new toy, Jae smiled and said, "I ike mummy, I don ike daddy." Happy Father's Day.

The little one held my face, look into my eyes and said, "daddy close your eyes okie, everyone sleeping already okie." Ahh..she's definitely back to her kaypoh self again.

Time Did Not Fly.

No it didn't. The last three years were some of the most difficult years of my life. They were also some of my most rewarding years, seeing Jae grow from a little pea to a running jumping kid. I'm glad we passed the stage when Jae needs constant milk feeding and attention. She's a big girl now, able to poo and pee in the toilet without much fuss.

In another 3 months or so, we'll be expecting Number 2. It'll be all hell break loose once again. It'll be easier but not easy for another 3 years. I hope there's a way to fast forward but then again, we would have missed the precious 3 years of watching Number 2 grow up.

Then there is always the problem of Jae adjusting to her new role as the big sista and come to terms to having less attention from daddy and mummy.

To me, Jae will always be the special one. The one who changed my life for the better. The one who truly given me a purpose. Right now, I can only hope Jae learns to share her toys in time.

Back to Kampong Day!

Her new found shoe!

Night Terrors

The old folks always tell us not to let the kids play too much during the day. Their theory is if the kid is over-excited during the day she'll have nightmares at night.

Loads of bull I thought.

Not anymore.

We had a few bad nights of night terror with Jae. At first we couldn't understand why she was screaming for mummy in the middle of the night when she's just beside her. She'd be crying non-stop for an hour, unable to calm down before she became too tired or too hungry to continue. Some night we had to walk her out of the room and see what exactly she need. Still no clue what she wanted.

Then I recall reading something about night terrors, which is different from nightmares. Most of the symptoms matches, the crying, shouting for mummy when mummy is right in front of her, totally unable to express herself or calm herself down. And the remedy; don't over-tire the kid during the day.

Perhaps there's a change in the sleeping time in school. Now we make sure she get to bed by 10pm everyday.

One Year

So much difference in just one year...




...When she just learned how to walk..