The Alphabet Song

Its so hard to capture Kyrell singing and talking on the video, esp now that he's older, he seem quite shy about it. He will looked at me warily when I am holding my cam...purrrr


He likes to sing but its mostly impromptu, while we are walking or in train/bus etc.. sometimes, he will sit and sing but I will be without the cam! So I tried to use food (in this case, chocolate) to make him sing for me.. not much success though....haha...

On The Way Home

Many a times, our journey home were prolonged due to Kyrell's constant stop to snack.. he seems to be real hunger even though the school had just gave them snack at 6pm+!!

Here are some vid and pix taken earlier this month :)

10 Mar 10

11 Mar 10

He don't usually carry his own bag but today, I made him do it and he did, for about 5 mins :p

Nobody Nobody But You!

Made famous by the Wonder Girls in Korea!

Kyrell only sings "Nobody Nobody But You", not the whole song though but its amusing enough haha... He 1st heard it over the radio, I heard him humming "nobody nobody" and so I taught him the sentence. Then with abit of actions... he catches it right away!

This boy, he really likes to sing & dance :)

Here's him doing his thing at my brother-in-law house, the girl in the vid is his elder cousin, Nicole

Chloe's Birthday Party

Kyrell's classmate Chloe (from France) invited us to her party at the Botanical Garden today! It was at an open space near the Orchid Garden.

She actually turned 3 in end Feb but due to her daddy's work time, the celebration was postponed. Her lovely mum Cindy made us some delicious muffins (3 different types-with apple, banana and mango bits), she also brought along some toys/games so that the kids can merry themselves with :)

Kyra and Daniel from their class came too but left just when we arrived. We were there later because Kyrell had ran into high fever (39.3 deg) the night before!! He was having fever (38.1 deg) when we picked him up from the centre on Fri, the poor boy was crying badly when teacher Sara tried to put cold compress on his forehead. In the end we had to cancel our Ikea dinner trip with Kim. We were intending not to let him come to the party today because he was recovering but seeing him well this morning, we decide to let him sweat it out :P
And he did, and very happy to be running around in the park!

Kyrell with Chloe (middle) and her friend

The girls wanna blow some bubbles and Kyrell looked on..

Hubby came to watch over them and told them not to put it in their mouth
Demonstrating...

Taking turns to blow hee

Kyrell's turn and he looked away to laugh :p





Chasing bubbles!!



See how happy Chloe is!

That's the little boy of Chloe's friend, cutie!!







More kids from surronding mat came over hee...

A lot of kids....!!

Suddenly, everyone was playing with bubbles and the parents/caregiver were chasing after and snapping photos haha...

After that is dinner at Tanglin Mall food court, the did-not-have-a-nap Kyrell is finally beaten.. so tired yet do not want to sleep.. his eyes were all swollen.

Here's a pix that I really love!

Can see his tired eyes..

Getting cranky

And finally, throwing tantrums :p

TV Addict

As much as I hate to admit it, and despite my intial determination to minimise Kyrell's number of hours of watching TV, Kyrell is but a TV Addict!!

If all started when he started coming to my workplace in Jul'09, because watching VCDs was a good way to keep him occupied and quiet for a while when I get on with my work. I bought a portable disc player couple of days after he started coming. He was watching Elmo and Wheels on the bus VCDs then - More educational and age appropriate. Of cos, by Aug, he got quite restless watching them.

Then in mid Oct, while doing some packing at home, we took out the 19" TV which my father has given us, brand new, and we placed it in our living room. Before that, there was no TV for a few months. So after work when we reached home, I will placed Kyrell in his playyard and turned on the TV for him while I do my chores. He would be watching Elmo VCDs.

In end Oct or Nov, we bought UP and showed him, he loves it and always asked to "play again" when it finished, in tears!! This goes on and on.. everyday.. for weeks. On weekdays, we only let him watch in the bedroom, not everyday but close. On weekends, if we were home the whole day or early in the night, we will let him watch.. time and again.. it could be as many as 3-4 times consecutively in a night!! Now, don't be too alarm, it is usually the 2nd disc that we replayed because the time is shorter (usually less then an hr or slightly more) and more exciting. But still, it is getting too much eventually.

So we introduced him to Incredible and Bolt in Dec. He likes them but not as much. He will still asked for "Peh Peh" (aka Mr Fredrickson character in UP). Meanwhile, in Nov, he was also watching Charlotte's Web in the living room, everday, after we are home. He likes this too so when the disc finished, he will cry to watch again, I will replay the 2nd disc for him. This was his 2nd most watched disc following UP.

We all know watching too much TV is not good but that aside, there are some good things that actually came out of it all. Kyrell learnt new names and words, he can speak in sentences on what he watched, he can even hummed the music of UP!!

Some words/names that Kyrell has picked up since watching these disc...

1) UP
No of times watched : between 40-50 times or maybe even more (most watched)
Names : Mr Fredrickson, Russell, Kevin
Words : Skeleton, brush, set fire on the house, blimp, construction site, angry
Songs : able to hum the song

Dialogue
Kyrell : Oh no Peh peh (old uncle) house ..
Mummy : What happened to peh peh house?
Kyrell : Float up to the sky...
Mummy : Where did it float to?
Kyrell : Paradise Fall

Kyrell : Peh peh house is on fire.. burnt
Mummy : Who set the fire?
Kyrell : Bad guy...naughty (sometimes he will cont with "ask policeman catch")


2) Charlotte's Web
No of times watched : at least 30 times
Names : Charlotte, Wilbur, Templeton

3) Bolt
Names : Bolt, Penny
Words : Hamster

Dialogue
Kyrell : Oh no Penny...
Mummy : What happened to Penny?
Kyrell : Bad guy catch Penny
Mummy : Then what happened?
Kyrell : Bolt save Penny


4) Incredible
Words : Incredible

5) G-Force
Words : Guinea pig

6) Night At The Museum ((part I and II)
Words : Cupid, Giant Octopus, Dinosaur

7) Transformer (part I and II)
Names : Optimus Prime, Bubble Bee, Megatron, Autobot, Uncle Sam

Able to sing "Transformer, robot in disguise" haha...

The most commonly used words that Kyrell says in almost all of these shows are "bad guy" because there is at least one character in each of it who potrays as being bad and will try to hurt the good guy/animal :)

And because there are were or some actions which is deemed not appropriate for kids (or even adults), Kyrell also uses alot of this sentence - "cannot do that, very dangerous" :)

Get Together @ Mrs Toh's House During LNY

This year, the turn up @ Mrs Toh's is a HIT!! I am so happy!!

It has been years that the number of attendees are dwindling, everyone's busy with their own activties, some were overseas or has visiting at their family/relatives place etc...

Except for one year that we did not visit/get-together (I think its 2007?), I am proud to say that I (and Peipei) am always there, without fail, year after year.. since 1990/91!!! Our friendship has gone back since Sec 1 and although we do not meet up often, I am sure that deep down in our hearts, we do have a place for each other and be there for one another when in need.

To all SSS classmates who are reading this, I love you all and may our friendship last eternally :)

Those who came today (19 wow!):
Peipei
Hui Hui & Jinhua and their 2 kids
Hechang & Yvonne and their son Joshua
Meiqing
Weiquan
Liyun & son
Meiyu & Steven and their 2 kids
Me & Quenton and Kyrell

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Kyrell loving the feel of walking on the carpet grass!!

See, he loves it so much that he's lying on it! :)

The gang!

My darling

The kids

Look out for Kyrell, he is full of tricks haha... its so difficult to get him to sit down and pose!!

Trying to "escape"

Put him back

Kyrell getting up again...

and daddy put him back to his position, again!

Off he goes again... phurrrr...

Everyone getting listless :p

The girls!



Now with the boys!

I think we still look the same, but better!