15 Months

sarah has become a 15 months old toddler.

what is she like at this stage of her life?

How is her character?
she has a very strong stubborn personality, she cannot be forced into doing something that she doesn't want to. when she wants something she wants it, she will snatch toys away from even older kids, she has done it to the older kids in school and done it to brian as well.

she wears a cheeky smile on her face, especially when she knows that she is doing something wrong or disapproved by her parents.

she is very attached to her mother. she will follow her around and can only be carried by her mother. she will kick, cry and scream if papa attempts to carry her when there is the mama option.

she likes attention and has this habit of putting her face right in front of us, literally forehead to forehead to force you to look at her, especially when either one of us is sleeping, facing away from her.

Whate are her hobbies
she likes to watch hi-5, she will swing her arms in the air and shout 'yeahhhh' whenever the theme music kicks in, she will then give a hi-5 to the tv. she is not even that excited to see her parents. her first love is barney, but she seems to have outgrown it already.

she loves eating food, all kinds of food. anytime when she sees us eating, she has to eat, even if she had just taken her meal. she would stop only when we stop, or the plates are empty. her current favourite food are braised peanuts and eggs. if we do not give her food, she would perform a wayang show, fake crying scene, enhanced with burying her face on the table for dramatic effects.

she enjoys trips to the playground and going down the slide, yet she is abit apprehensive, she would use her arms as brake to slow down the sliding. she prefers sitting on papa's lap and sliding down together.

we just discovered this yesterday, whenever she feels like going out of the house for a walk, she would go to the hall and point at her shoes which are on a table or sometimes in a container, then she would attempt to reach for the shoes. after taking down her shoes, she would happily sit down on the floor, awaiting for her shoes to be put on. once that is done, she would head straight to the gate, waiting for gate to be unlocked so that she can go out for her walk!

motor skills & speech
she is able to walk well and is getting faster and faster. when on the bed, she likes to stand up via pushing herself up with her head, then arching up her backside. i think she is going to run soon.

she is able to call out mimi and papa. however, eveyone she sees, she calls papa, for example, her grandparents and even our dog clubbie. papa seems to be everywhere. she is quite a talkative girl much like her mother and she can yak away by herself at the dinner table.

i am sick

i am sick, 我生病了.

sarah is down with diarrhea and cough, she was supposed to go for her vaccination jab last saturday, however due to her condition, it had to be postponed till she gets well again. instead we went down to the clinic to let dr lee access her condition, we had her weight taken as well, the scale tilts her at a good 9kg.

the poor girl's butt is reddish due to the constantly cleaning and changing of diapers. she has been given 3 days mc till wednesday.

this morning i brought her to the park for a walk and some fresh air, but the trip was cut short as she poo-ed barely 10 minutes after we reached the park, so i told her we had to go home, she seems to understand and allowed me to hold her hand as we walk home together.

Brian's Third Birthday

we were invited by brian to attend his birthday celebration at pasir ris park last sunday.

we got him a thomas and friends birthday cake as requested by the birthday boy.
some how, brian sees sarah as his competitor, he always wants to win when they are doing the same type, or just similar things. on this particular day, sarah was in her pram, brian was riding his tricycle. he was doing his best to be in front of sarah and peddled as hard as he could to maintain his lead. he was constantly overlooking his shoulder to make sure that sarah was behind him! what a competitive streak he has, the next rossi perhaps?

姑姑 brought along a bubble maker and the first bubble she blew landed right smack on sarah's head. sarah happily laughed along with everyone else, unaware of the bubble resting on her head.
even though this was his 3rd time celebrating his 3rd birthday, he was still very excited when everyone gathered to sing his birthday song.
his favourite segment, making his birthday wish. wonder what does he wants?

sarah was making noise in her pram, as she saw everyone else enjoying the cake except her!

after she got her share of the cake, she finally gave a smile to the camera.

but there is always room in her stomach for more food, there she is, stretching out to grab whatever food that is offered to her.

thats a happy brian who was about to open the present we got for him, a remote control car.

阿里山餐厅

made a trip down to mama's favourite taiwanese porridge restaurant along upper serangoon rd.

sarah had a good time as she got to eat food, food and more food. her favourite was the braised peanuts which she couldnt stop eating. she would 'nng nng' whenever she finished her peanut, signalling to her parents to quickly give her the next serving.

my hat

mama bought me a hat from korea! but i never wore it for more than 3 secs!