Kiddie K's Flip-Flop

Kiddie K is wearing his Thomas The Tank Engine flip-flop today. He looks so cute with his bermudas and the mohawk hairstyle. I must say this is running in the family, he's like all of us - very outgoing!

My Favourite Chicken-Flossy-Bun

How sweet!! My nephew, Kiddie K, bought me this chicken-flossy-bun (my favourite) from his favourite bread-shopping trip.

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Baby K's K2 Birthday

How times flies. My nephew Baby K turns 2 today. Recalled how anxious we were outside labour room two years ago. His K1 birthday theme was Mickey Mouse when he was 1 yo. This year, Baby K chose the theme of his birthday cake, and he chose Thomas the Tank Engine.

It's fun and educational to have a child around at home. Going from zilch knowledge on babysitting, I can declare myself as expert now from child-proof our house to what's the latest and best dust-free baby powder around :)

Brunei's Kampung Ayer

Baby K loves to see boats. So, we took him to see boats this afternoon at Kampung Ayer. He was very excited to see many passengers & tourists travelling across the river using the water taxi.

Children's Pop Culture

Baby K currently loves this song. 

I love you. You love me. We're a happy family. With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me too? 

I love you. You love me. We're best friends like friends should be ...

So Cute ...

I love this poster (from Hallmark - Baby Products), it reminds me of Baby K and my two siblings (of course, they are both in their thirties now and still look cute. Haha ...). 

Baby K's First Drawing

Baby K's K1 Birthday Cake

Meeska Mooska Mouskatools

Oh Tootles, Meeska Mooska Mouskatools. 

Everybody says "Oh Tootles" 

Baby K loves Mickey Mouse, from his birthday cake to his feeding bottles are all with Mickey Mouse theme. His current favourite dance song is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse's Hot Dog song. 

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

We bought two different types of mooncakes to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival this year: baked mooncakes and crystal mooncakes. It's difficult to choose which is better; crystal's looks good but baked's tastes better. 

To teach Baby K some knowledge on traditional festives celebrations, we bought him lanterns and we had steamboat (which Hokkien dialect called Wei Lo, meaning get together around the stove to celebrate) for dinner. 

Baby K Fashion

Should I register the copyright for the nick "Baby K"?? Haha, since my sister and I started to call our nephew Baby K, we seem to notice many of our friends giving Baby K nick to their children too - coincidence?? Unsure. I was even more surprised to see the coincidence when I saw MotherK (Care) is going to launch the Baby K fashion range on 26th September 2008, interesting-coincidence!!

Everyday Is A Learning Day

Sunday now is our Family Day. We don't want Baby K to grow up in an inactive environment looking only at the two square boxes ie. tv and pc. So, every Sunday now, we will wake up early, show him around seeing and learning new things. Two weekends ago, we had Japanese meal and we went shopping for his new shirts. Last weekend, we took him to Empire Hotel and Country Club again, because he really loves the water fountain there. We noticed that Baby K really enjoys seeing water fountain at this stage. Baby K is learning new concepts and new things every day. 

If You Think You Can Win, You Have Already Won Half Of The Battle

Baby K is learning fast, and now he demands to sit at dining table like grown-ups and he wants to drink from his own cup. 

I am telling my brother and my SIL, we have to be careful with words we use, and tv programmes we are watching. He is like a piece of new paper, and it's the family's role and responsibility to make sure the good moral and good values are drawn on that piece of paper. I am not allowing guns and knives on our tv screen now, and I am forbidding all silly teenage dramas which fetch no value. I'll let Baby K watches them, but not now, not at this stage when he can't differentiate right or wrong, good or bad. 

A friend asked me last week, what's the first thing on our mind when Baby K was born? It's "Faith", especially on my brother's mind I must say.

We were panicked when my SIL was in the labour room for about 7 hours without food or water, when she didn't feel she was in labour at all due to the epidural. I had no experience of child birth. But, a decision needed to be made, so I told my SIL, "You have to go for the c-section. The water broke too many hours ago". 

We were all so panicked. Thinking back, I couldn't even recall what I said to my brother before he went into the labour room with my SIL. All I knew we should all have faith. Have faith that God is with us, to guide, light, lead and guard us.

An hour after Baby K was born, my brother called Woofhams and also told my mother and myself that, "A person must have faith. Without faith, I wouldn't know how to cope with the time when my wife was in labour. I felt so helpless initially until I decided to have faith in myself, in my wife, in my son, in the doctor and in the hospital". 

It is indeed true of his words. 

"If you think you can achieve it, you can achieve. Faith is necessary tool to Achievement"

"If you believe you are the best, you can be the best"

- adapted from William Hazlitt, English Essayist (1778 - 1830)

"If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory"

I Smile Like My Pancakeism Aunt

Baby K likes to pout these days. He also likes to say "Boooooooo" when he wants attention. I wonder whether all babies do this at this stage. He also loves to pull my hair, I have counted, to date, - he has pulled at least 15 strands of my hair. May be I should wear a shower cap next time when he wants me to carry him, haha!! 

I spotted these two designs in MotherCare when I was there yesterday afternoon thinking of adding more varieties to Baby K's wardrobe. Aren't the designs cute, especially the blue jeans and the little vest. 

Weekend Special

When we were younger, we loved Sundays. Of course, who doesn't love Sundays, except the thought that it would be Monday the next day. When you were kids, you lived in the moment, you didn't think much of the next minute or the next day. This is one good living skill that I am still working on to revive. 

I recalled when I was in primary school, my parents loved picnic outings. They took us to picnic at nearby beach on most Sundays unless there were family functions. My father packed many things in his white Mazda the evening before, and my mother cooked a big pot of curry which we later ate with big plates of fried rice or bread on the day of picnic. Music were non-stop where my aunties played songs on their cassette player such as The Bee Gees's "How can you mend a broken heart", Brian Hyland's "Sealed with a kiss", Everly Brother's "All I have to do is dream" etc. Back then, many of my aunties (my mother's siblings) were staying with us. My father taught us fishing, my mother chased the waves with us. Aunties taught us to collect seashells. Time passed so quickly that I didn't even bother I had calligraphy and maths homework that were waiting for me in my school bag. 

We took Baby K to Empire Hotel last Sunday. I initially thought every Sunday (between noon to 5 pm) would be Family Splash Day at Empire Hotel which I later learnt I was wrong. So, we just walked around with Baby K in his stroller. Baby K was excited with everything he saw, from grass to fountain and the parachute. I was excited with the kayaking. I tried canoeing twice when I was in Brisbane, but was advised to polish my swimming skills before I joined the class further, haha!!

Nursery Rhymes

Babysitting can be fun if you know at least 5 nursery rhymes. Although I love singing, remembering lyrics has never been my strength. I have been acknowledged by many that I could sing since I was at the age of 18. However, almost 20 years later, I face one of the biggest challenges to my singing hobby today and the referee is my nephew Baby K. 

My SIL needed to go out this afternoon and I volunteered to babysit Baby K. I expected the babysitting task as no much hassle especially she has promised me to feed and change Baby K's nappy before she went out. But, having no parenting experience myself, I have neglected on the aspect of baby's afternoon nap. 

Baby K loves music, and his mother sings when he is ready for his afternoon nap. This afternoon, Mama advised me to sing instead of playing the nursery rhymes cds for him. After 5 minutes struggle with which song I should sing, I chose "London Bridge is falling down". I started blaming whoever wrote the rhymes of London Bridge - "Why can't s/he write it longer, so I have time to think of which song next". So, having no time to reflect more, I picked my favourite song "500 Miles". The minute I sang 500 ...., Baby K looked at me with puzzling expressions as if to remark: "Eldest Aunt, you can't sing a proper song!"

HaHa!

Mama said to me: "Sing a kids' song, not a grown up song"

I thought to myself: "Kids' songs, nursery, nursery rhymes, yep rhymes!"

I started to sing "Old McDonald had a farm". It went ok, both Mama and Baby K seemed to enjoy my singing UNTIL ... I forgot whether dog's moo should come first or duck's quack, or whether pig's oink should come last after horse's neigh. 

When I was thinking seriously like a student sitting for examination, Baby K started to make grumbling sound. HaHa, so I decided to lip sync like Ashlee Simpson with a cd playing in the background. How embarrassing!

I've promised myself that I must brush up my nursery rhymes, and by tomorrow afternoon, I should be able to sing a better, complete version of "Humpty Dumpty" :-)

Btw, for "OMHAF" nursery rhyme, it's dog's moo, follows by pig's oink, duck's quack and horse's neigh.

So, a tip for will-be parents and will-be aunties and uncles, don't forget to brush up your nursery rhymes and good ones to start are "Rain, Rain, Go Away" (especially post-Euro 2008 effect) besides "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". 

New Father

Two nights ago, there was huge thunder around 11ishpm. Unlike when he was only 4-5 weeks old, Baby K now is very sensitive to surrounding sound and noise. Worrying the thunder might wake and scare him, I went to check on him. As I have expected, Baby K woke up, looked at his surroundings and fell asleep again when he realised his parents were besides him.

I smiled to myself on the way back to my room, and I thought to myself, "my brother has grown up and fully adjusted to the father's role".

If we were to rewind my memory to six months ago, there was a similar thundery evening. My mother and I were worried that Baby K would be scared by the sudden lightnings and thunders, we stormed respectively to check on Baby K.

We saw my brother standing at the hallway looking outside, so we asked him: "What are you doing here?"

Brother: "I think I'd better check on Bobby (our pet), he might be scared with all these sudden thunders."

Needless explain further, you know how he was lectured by our Super Mama: "You should take care of your baby now, make sure he's not scared. Not your dog, excuse me!"

HaHa!!

Unbeatable Fashion

Baby K is 20 weeks old today. He has shown more personality than when he was younger. He doesn't seem to take after his parents' personality, hobbies, general likes & dislikes, except he and his daddy like lions. Sometimes he has this expression on his face which says: "I love it this way. This is my life, and stop telling me what's right from only your own angle." My Mama and SIL have started to take him out shopping. His first shopping field trip was last Friday, and now Baby K wants his daily outing trip as soon as he has showered. When he's out, he will make loud noise when he sees things he likes. Babies these days are adorable. Mama told me we only mastered giggling and no specific personality traits were revealed when myself and my younger siblings were at 20th week old. Baby K loves orange and dark blue colour. He likes one-piece suits, preferably with stripes. He knows his likes & dislikes, and he will show instant disapproval with his dislikes. His favourite bib is the one with green rim that says: "I love my grandma, my grandma loves me." HaHa ...

Aren't these Baby Gap clothes cute?

Note: Actually I don't approve of this photo above. Children shouldn't be allowed to carry sharp objects.

I bought this Baby Gap polo with stripes one-piece suit for Baby K, because it doesn't come in Baby K's favourite colours.

I love this Baby Gap Safari design one-piece suit, but South East Asia doesn't seem to carry this design.

I'm sure my brother would like his baby son in this Baby Gap body suits, but it has sold out when I was looking for it.

Baby Expressions

Baby K is such a handsome-cute little boy, and he is full of facial expressions. When he looks at me, he always has that "I'm Happy" expression. He can turn on his own now. He can differentiate day and night. And the most interesting part is, he will listen attentively whenever I teach him a new word or explain some new concepts to him.

Yesterday, my mother bought him a new nursery rhymes cassette (there is a long story behind this cassette. In the nut shell, it was sold at half the price to my mother, and it has all our favourite nursery rhymes. The minus point is, it's not cd and difficult to rewind to Baby K's exact favourite rhymes). We discovered something very interesting yesterday. Baby K loves British accent nursery rhymes! Whenever the British accent little boys and girls talk or rhyme, he will give that (1) "I'm Thinking", (2) "That's Interesting" & (3) "I'm Happy" expressions.

Guess what I discovered this morning before work. My SIL loves watching Jamie Oliver cooking on Asian Food Channel!

Lovely Baby K

A for Apple
B for Bee
C for Broom Brooom Brooom Car
D for Dog

Baby K loves it when I read these alphabets from Mothercare's "My First Alphabets Book" to him. He is now able to pronounce on "a" slightly. When I say "a", he would respond by saying "ae-ae-ae-aaa".

Baby K likes loud colour such as red and orange, and he loves the first page in the Alphabets Book where it displays many red apples!