Of being adventurous

Finally, I met her teachers during the Parent-Teacher-Meeting, my first one ever.
I'm glad to hear that Miss K is doing well and is rather advanced in her speech and motor skills.
I am now updated with all of Miss K's mischiefs, her social skills and the not-so-glamourous side of her when it comes to certain aspect of personal hygiene.

Miss K did not get a stellar report when it comes to being adventurous.

Here's what she did when they went to the fish pond. Note the distance between Miss K and the edge of the pond!

Refuse to play at the sandpit; would rather sit in her wagon and get friend to push!

Happy 22 months, Miss K!

This post has been sitting in my draft folder for 3 weeks!! Miss K will be 23 months in 12 days' time...I have no idea how I missed publishing this post!

FP Little People - Busy Day Home

I bought this super long ago! I think it was before she learnt how to crawl.
I totally forgot about it as the box was soooo bulky I hid it in a corner of her room, right in between the shelf, blinds and window, so it was conveniently forgotten until recently.

This is her favourite toy nowadays.
The 'Home' comes with A Mummy, A Daddy, A Baby and A dog just like our family (it also has a cat).
She will often sit in her play yard with these figurines and tells me stories about the Daddy, Mummy, Baby, and sometimes The Dog.

This was a conversation which took place a few days ago:

Miss K:

Bed time, K-K sleep, Papa and Mama sleep (puts figurines in bed)

 Gigi sleep.

No, no, swimming time!

Papa, Mama come on! COME ON! (puts figurines in pool)
Oh-O  (pool too small for all 3 figurines)

 Mama, help me please!!

Me:

The pool is too small, anyway, this baby is still small, she cannot swim yet.

Miss K:

No, NO!!!! No baby, is K-K!!! Swim!!! Come on, Mama!!

Me:

Alright, then, you go in and swim with papa, mama will stand next to Gigi. (Placed the Mummy next to dog)

Miss K:

NO, NO!!! Do-wan, No-wan!!! Gigi come swim (dog is actually stuck, not removable!)
Mama help!
Gigi and mama swim. K-K and Papa swim in pool!

Me:

Don't be ridiculous. Here, look (presses the phone) Papa is calling you now.

Miss K:

(Grabs her plastic toy phone in the play corner)
Hello Papa. Coming home soon?
Hello Papa, coming soon?
Papa.!!!! Coming home soon? (repeats like 10 times!!!)

Me:

Papa's getting on the aeroplane, he will be back soon.

Miss K:

I want to go on airplane. I want bus. No, I want airplane!
I want go airplane see Papa. AIRPLANE!!!!
(Runs to her shoe shelf, grab her pink shoes and Proceeds on to wear her shoes!!)

Me:

Come back here! its time for BED!

N.B. It took me ages to get her to bed that night! She was sobbing non-stop insisting that she needs to go ON the plane right then, so she can be with Papa on the plane!

Toddlers this age are seriously,.... hmmm, how should I put it....C.R.E.A.T.I.V.E?
Every night I will get a sneak peak of the Terrible Twos... God grant me strength!

Say 'cheese'

"Mama, say cheese"

What's with toddlers and this pose?

I have seen a few toddlers her age posing this way too. I did not teach her this pose; no idea where she got the idea from...but I have to say, they do look rather cute posing this way.

When J brings out his camera, she will immediately go into the 'recce mode'; gives a good look around the living room and runs to spot #1, starts to pose, then runs to spot #2, pose, smiles and screams "Mama, cheese", "Papa, look, look (me), say cheese".

And like many girls her age, she has dethroned me and is now officially our home's Miss Chatterbox - The Queen. I'm trying to get used to her queries on almost everything! 

This was our conversation as we walked towards the car after picking her up from childcare yesterday:

Miss K: "What's that, Mama"

Me: Its a bird. How many birds are there?

Miss K: one, two, tee, four, five, sis, sewen, ek, nine, ten!

Me: Ten birds? Are you sure? What are the birds doing?

Miss K: Hmmm. Yes. Ten Bird. Bird fly in sky!! oh, bird flyyyy away. Mama, look, clouds! Many clouds, CLOUDS!!!. Oooo....What's that?

Me: Yes, that's right.

*Walks towards car*

Miss K: "My car!" Walks to driver side "Mummy's car"

Me: Alright, let's get you strapped in.

Miss K: I want buckle. No, NO!! Buckle this way.

Me: *Gives fierce look, strapped her in and starts engine*

Miss K: Thirsty, mama, I want water. What's that? Mama, look! mirror! Mama, sing Baa Baa Black sheep?

Me: Alright. Can you teach mummy some songs you learnt from school?

sings a few songs while driving home.

Arrived home....

Miss K: Where's Gigi? Where's Papa? Mama, I want booberry, I want pear, no I want papaya

Me: We can only have one fruit tonight, what do you  want?

Miss K: I want watch Barney

Me: !%^&#$%^

My toddler learns to SHARE

I am glad that Miss K has somehow grasp the concept of sharing.

During the recent playdate, I was pretty proud to see her sharing her snacks with her friends. This somehow surprises me as she has been behaving rather spoilt lately.

Miss K sharing her alphabet biscuits with her friends

Then again, there was also a moment of  'Mine, its all Mine!!!!' behaviour which was captured by Koala.

Stuff'em in before they are gone!

Playdates does give my toddler an opportunity to share with others her age, especially if the todd is the only child.
I am also sure that her teachers at childcare have been infusing the concept of sharing with her everyday and for all I know, she could have been sharing with her friends at childcare, but its nice to be able to witness her sharing moments during playdates.

I find this article really helpful in reinforcing my idea of teaching miss K how and when to share, especially around toddlers her age.

All smiles

Miss K has finally 'mastered' the skill of smiling for the camera!
When I hold up my phone and say "smile for mama" she will immediately give me that humongous smile.
With that, all her naughty moments just got erased; only good memories remains...
Am a happy mum :)





Mummy's Little helper...

I can see the clean freak in me being manifested in Miss K.
I caught her playing with a piece of wetwipe one day...(she knows how to press the 'tab' on the pigeon wetwipe box to open and pull out a wetwipe)
And guess what she uses the wipe for!?
Take a look at the video.