Yummy in my Tummy

Tapas galore!

MEAT! MEAT!! MEAT!!!
I forgot to take any pictures of the delicious bbq meat and dipping sauce :P

A case of T2

Not Terminator 2 but maybe close since it feels as if terrible two has started before J turns 2 in Aug... I have been informed (or complaint) by his teachers that he beat/push his peers when the teachers are not looking.  While he is able to say that it is wrong to hit others, he hasn't been able to keep his promise :(

G says at least he's not bullied but it is not exactly an ideal situation either... hoping for things to become better as he outgrows this phase (fingers cross).

Positive Psychology

While J's in school, his teacher heard him mutter to himself, "妈咪等一下就来带我了"

After calling out (uncle, uncle, uncle) to our neighbour who didn't acknowledge (what a bummer), J consoled himself by saying "Uncle 没有听到"
Actually, this makes me rather furious since it doesn't take a lot of effort to acknowledge J. I'm glad his wife is more friendly towards J.

Unconditional love

Unconditional love is...

• cleaning shitload off bottoms and putting on clean diapers (even in wee hours when my eyes are bleary)... and then X poops again!
• pacifying crying toddler, in the middle of the night (why??!) when he calls for mummy
• playing the same games (kids love boring stuff) over and over again until I am ready to tear my hair out
• singing the same songs and doing silly actions for J to laugh/giggle and to say 'one more time'.  This golden phrase means he really loves the song.
• holding off your own needs to pee/poo/shower/eat etc so that the kids can pee/poo/shower etc FIRST
• strolling/pushing J in his stroller to look for pussy cats in the morning/afternoon/evening and sometimes in the middle of the night (G is the one who spoils market this way)
• to say NO when kids are misbehaving (I have no problem with this) 
• also about forcing down meds into J despite his protests/screams/cries  :(
• really just about being there for the kids (simple to say but not easy to do)

Sweet X

Must say that X seems to be rather cheerful and it makes my day when he flashes his smile. He may do that after a feed or when he's just happy!

Brotherly love

Some little acts of brotherly love from J:

• Upon returning home, asks 'where's didi?'
• Plays music for X on his rocker, helps to switch off rocker vibration
• When I rub J's tummy, he points to X's and says 'didi also'

Nonetheless, there's still some jealously that's apparent in J when he says mummy don't carry didi or when he yells outside my room cos he knows I am breastfeeding X inside... hopefully these will come to pass eventually :)

Conversations with J(6)

P: 老baby
J:  老婆婆!


G: Cheeky boy boy
J: Cheeky papa *grins*


When playing with cars,
Me: What colour is the lights?
J: Green man
Me: So the cars have to ...
J: STOP!
Me: so that people can ...
J: cross the road!
Me: When boy boy is in the car, you have to ...
J: WAIT!
After a while,
J: cars can go now!