She's TWO!!!

The Oh-not-so-little-anymore

The Little One turned 2 yesterday!
Ah, the lament of every parent, how fast the kids grow up.
Where did time flies, indeed!
But then again, little though she might be,
This Little One is one pretty accomplished lady.
Just look at her list of accomplishments:

• She knows how to play with 'putri malu' (touch-me-not plants)

• She can climb the ladder on the slide in the park.

• She can shop for 'health drink' and panty liners on her own.

• She can pick her own fruits, even though they are quite inedible!

• She can open the fridge herself and steal her favourite mango juice!

• She can tell Mummy to take care when Mummy goes out

Mummy, bring umbrella. It's the rainy season, it might rain!

• She can take the Dog for walkies and even scold the Dog for misbehaving!

Bad Dog!

• She can pose for the camera!

One, two... Hey Doggie, come here and take some pic!

And many more not captured in pictures.


Our Little One has grown up....

New Clothes from Eyangs!

A package arrived a few days back, full of new clothes for the Little One (well... plus 1 piece each for Ami, Nata and Mama).
I think we are all very happy with the new clothes, so here are the pictures of our 'happiness'.
(Some I have not manage to take, but... well.. you got the gist. Anyway, just enjoy!)

Umbrella for rain or shine... always ready

This is my favourite of the lot, love the model, even if I think it's a bit tight around the chest area.
It was quite revealing (how brown my baby is), so I put her in her old white onesie, and then I layer the dress.
I believe that she LOVES every part of the ansemble, from the dress, the sunglasses, the (slightly broken) umbrella, hahaha....
And of course, they all matched!

Look at the photo below, she looks as if she's starring in her own batik advertisement.
Any guess on where I took the pics?

The Orange Tee is perfect for bright sunny day.
I love the contrast in these 2 photos. She looked like a tai-tai just finished with her shopping on the left, while on the right, she's more of a shy model.
Hmm... Mummy has way too active imagination.

Oh, dear, she was soo happy with this particular dress, I couldn't get a clear picture of her.

It's still lovely, the dress, I mean.

Just woke up. Grouchy. Sleepy.

I love my new dress..z..z..z..z

Animals around

Penny was very fascinated...

Quite a couple days back, our Japanese neighbour confided that there was a mouse sighted in her kitchen, much to her distress.
The day after, however, I turned out that her husband decided to take the matter to his own hand, and used a mouse trap to catch the mouse.

And lookee what we found outside the house that morning.... a mouse in the trap, baited with a piece of ham.

Oh, dear, the Dog was soooo fascinated, she would not be tored of the spot, watching the cretin!
And she gave the mouse a terrible fright by sticking her nose onto the trap!
The mouse ran all over, but it has only the whole volume of the trap to itself.
I finally had to drag the Dog using her leash in order to get her away from the mouse.

The little one, watching her Mama shouting at the dog, of course did not want to be left out, and did (try to) exert her 'authority' over the dog by shouting at the dog as well.

To no avail, needless to say.

Still.. it was cute to see her shouting commands at the dog.
GO! Eany'i!

By the way, since we are on the topic of animals, these monkeys are a pretty common sight here in the complex. I think there's like a colony of them living around the complex, up in the trees, feeding from whatever scraps that they can find.

They are especially fond of this area, I think because the dustbins on this particular street are not properly covered, which translates to accessible food for the monkeys.

If I ever ran out of ideas, I can always start observing these monkeys. I am not too sure about their social dynamics, but I think there's an alpha male in a group, with a few female followers and male/female children and adolescents. There was one day when we saw almost the whole group, there were actually 7 babies hanging on their respective mothers!

I suppose they are not going extinct anytime soon then.

On a last note, just the picture below.
haha... I can't resist, I AM corny, I know. Enjoy!

Little One's and Mummy's activities

With the improved connectivity of Picnik, Mummy had become a very happy Mummy, twiddling with the photos she has taken. It helps that the Little One also complied by providing a lot of photo-taking (and hence, later, photo-editing) material.

WAwu wawu wawu....

So, for photo-taking material number one, Obsession with Flowers.
Indeed, our daily walkies have now become opportunities to collect flowers. It's a good thing that there are lots of frangipanis around the place. The trees readily shed mounds of flowers (and leaves) which the Little one happily picked.

Wawuu and ... plane?

Still on the flower obsession, these are more like a prettier version of grass, with pretty, small, yellow flowers. The Little One just started noticing it.

What's with the pointing?

Oh, an aeroplane flew by while we were taking those pics. I think she wanted to make sure it was not Superman or something. Kekeke....

Now despite all her new obsession with flowers, it's not like she forgot about her favourite pastime, playing at the swimming pool.  It was another photo opportunity. I simply can't resist.

I was so sure this thing was bigger in Mummy's hand just now. ???

And at home?
She is still her old, inquisitive, iseng little girl.
Look at what she did to my blue (well... green) tack. Hmmm....

Is this a new type of make up, Mummy?

Logic with the Little One

Inspired by something I saw on a blog I visited,
I decided to try my hand again at watercolor, and also come up with something like an alphabet list for the Little One
She does not have any, you see, and I have not found any that strike my fancy,
So I figure something Mummy-made should be fine.

And then I got stuck trying to find words that start with particular alphabet, hmmmm....

I guess I can always try to copy some fancy alphabet list rather than think of my own,
But the again....
In the end, I decided to just start with words that the Little One is already familiar with.
So... here are the three that I've made and scanned, with what the Little One 'read' written as caption of the picture.

Do note, READ the caption!

Baabbuu!

Waawuu!

Ami!

Hmmmmm....

Oh, and by the way, I know I have not used the blog for a long time, but I figure that this is a more effective way to tell THIS particular story. Don't you think? kekekekeke....
As usual, comments are most welcomed.

expressions!

They say a picture paints a thousand words
I say, a little baby makes a thousand expressions,
here are just some sample...

AA?

Leaders of the world, unite!

Ehmm... what am I doing here? Again?

Outings

This post has no particular story, simply to show that the little baby is such an easy going baby, especially when she is taken out. Most of the time, she'll sit nicely in her own baby chair and smile at people. We are just hoping that this will last throughout her childhood as well.

enjoy!

Ugh... that's a new flavour! Not sure if I really like it, Mamy!

Come to think of it.... gimme more!

Mamy! Don't leave me alone!

In Holiday Mood

Mamy, I am going on holiday! Won't I be needing a hat, Mamy?

Can I bring my toys too, Mamy?

Mamy, I want to bring this one too!

Don't forget my towel, Mamy! That one too!

hm? I can't bring ALL my toys?

want to bring ALL! waaaaaaaaaaaaaa! waaaaaaaaa! waaaaaaaa!

This little baby went to Thailand a few days later to visit her aunt. Mamy and Daddy did not come along. But thanks to Eyangs for taking her along to Phuket where she had lots of fun, we all like to believe, apart from a few insect bites and skin a shade darker than it used to. Photos of the holiday are still in the process.

DAY activities

This is what I do during the DAY:


First, I take a nap...

So that when I wake up,
I'll have enough energy to go around, explore the bed again

Look! There's Mamy's computer!

Hmm... wait a minute... there's something coming....

Ehhmmmmggghhh!!!!

Fuh, there's a pretty big one.
Hm? Why is Mamy rolling on the floor and laughing?

She's All Over the Place!

This little baby, has learned how to move around.
I woke up in the morning and there she was on the other edge of the bed!

Good Morning Mamy!

Mamy, what's beyond the pillow?
(AAA!!! Be careful! Don't topple over the edge!)

Ooooo.... Mamy still sleepy!