... Hello Dragon!

This is J's second Lunar New Year but really the first one that J is able to enjoy, remember and best of all, say GONG XI! It is very funny to see him perk up and dance to the new year tunes from commercial jigs. J is also quite good at passing any angpows he receives to us since he doesn't quite understand the concept of money yet! While the past 2 days of 'pai nian' seemed to have tire him out (which is great for us since he sleeps more soundly), he has generally enjoyed the past 2 days of visiting and there are still a number of gatherings lined up :)

May the Dragon year be a joyous and prosperous one for one and all! GONG XI GONG XI!

Our Family Portrait (J guarding his red packet from us)

J in his 'long' (dinosaur = kong long) outfit and his 'kum'

J still holding tight to his 'kum'

... all the way to his grandma's place

... and my relatives'

Hm... so many goodies... what shall I eat?

At the Sentosa Flower Show... second year in a row with J

Goodbye Bunny...

This is how much J (a little Tiger) has grown in the year of Bunny. It is amazing how much he understands now and is capable of. His latest achievement is to say 'help', 'please', 'thank you' (or 'xie xie'). Sometimes, he does so without prompting and its lovely to watch him remember his manners :)

And here's a pic to send off the Bunny (double rainbow spotted at Turf City)

Gong Xi Gong Xi

Being our first CNY with J, we were careful not to tire/over-stimulate him with too many visits. We stuck to visiting my grandparents and G's folks and ended up with only 4 places on chu yi. Here's a snapshot before we set off! J's wearing a stripey tiger top cos he's a little tiger at heart even though it is the bunny's year :P


J was rather cooperative on the whole and was his bubbly self even at night since we managed to time our visitations such that his longer afternoon nap was back at home. We had a good start in the year of Rabbit then! Yeah! ;)

On chu er, we had a family outing to Sentosa. Well, I wanted to see Sentosa Flowers so I dragged both boys out... as I blogged, both father and son are now catching up on their sleep! Despite the crowd, we managed to enjoy ourselves and had lunch in Resorts World. I had a yummy dessert (Hot Chocolate soup and Black Pepper Ice-cream) while G looked after J who was fussing since it was about time for his nap... as it were, he was lulled to sleep in the stroller after we moved off!

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In this Rabbit year, I hope that J will grow up healthy and happy and that he will bring us great parenting joy! To all you readers out there, Happy Rabbit Year! Hop along now!