Ian's 3 yrs and 11 mths old

1 more mth to the boy's BIG 4 yrs old....din feel it was such a big deal last yr when he was turning 4 but guess he's more aware and vocal now so he has been counting down since dunno how many mths ago and he knows after Jesus bday, its daddy, dayi and Seth gor2 then its HIS!!! Since we celebrated Seth's bday last Sun, he has been asking if his bday was today or tmr sigh....told him next mth but no concept of it yet and still asking but he had so much practice during dayi's bday as dayi was down so we had this walnut cake on chu yi and Ian was the one who sang the bday song, blew the candles and even cut the cake hhmm wonder issit a prelude to his bday already but he was surely VERY pleased to do it but just reminding him its just coz dayi was down else he can't do for anyone else =p

This was actually a bouquet of flowers for dayi from her friend when we went to dine our reunion dinner at Little Bali restaurant (nice ambience place for dinner at Lock Road) and this boy just took the flowers and captured this shot and we thot he looked nice hahhaa can use this pic for matchmaking hehehee guess he's really into mood to take pics these days but it can be swinging moods as we would usually ask him to take pics and he can flatly say NO or will tell u only 1 shot! That's how 'stingy' he is with his cheesy smiles!

This mth, he has learnt more games and we are glad its more interactive games like Uno(with Jiu2 and Aunty Lorr) and Monopoly(at ah maa's house when the kids are not ard) and must say we have a gd time playing with him as there are lessons to learn abt getting the concept of the game so we got Uno card games to play at home and for monopoly, we shld borrow from po2's pl soon else he has been asking for ipad coz that's where he plays with his older cousins and the ipad thingy has been on his mind that he is willing to exchange ipad for his Aust trip sigh....wonder what's the power of ipad, even he's not so keen on iphone these days....guess its a FAD and it shld pass huh, we have a ipad at hand and wonder how to introduce it to him so we are keeping it at bay for time being also

He has been most keen on lion dance coz of CNY and he had this chance on the drums at Roxy Sq hotel last wk and he couldn't wait and pound his hands on the drum and he was pleased to hear the boom sound and then he saw this man ringing bell (asking passengers to catch shuttle to airport) and his 1st instinct was Ice cream man hahaha and that uncle immediately turned to him and said that wasn't for ice-cream (jokingly) and for that daddy and mama wondered where he had this concept of bell for ice cream man coz we had never bought ice cream from ringing bell uncles (tho there are rarely such ice cream man ard now)

We have been pyscho-ing him to get rid of his milk bottle when he turns 4 and he has been bargaining it till he turns 5 hhmm wonder who will win coz the last we did agree upon Seth gor2 throws his, Ian will gonna throw his but he backed out and said he was younger so agreed upon 4yo and if so, another mth of bottle washing sigh

And these 2 weeks we see Ian being more aware of his dreams coz he can relate what he dreamt of (the other day was ah mu and mama arguing over some pram issue, another was seth gor2 taking a stick to poke him) tho the dreams are quite funny but wonder how come its more negative dreams....tho we do hear him laugh and giggle when he sleeps but he doesn't say what the dreams are abt but rather those he's more scared of when he wakes up and will tell us things like 'he's afraid of the things he sees in his eyes' and more assurances need to be given that the dreams are not real and its just some passing dreams he has in his sleep and we do hope they are not affecting his quality of sleep but he's sure a dreamer like mama coz mama also has her own bout of dreams almost every day hehhee issit in the genes??

For the boy who doesn't like to walk, it has been gd exercise for him to walk to and fro from sch and it has become easier for him as we walk daily and he doesn't complain so much abt getting hot and perspire and he doesn't request daddy to fetch him to sch tho there are still days when its so hot he will ask if daddy will swing by....anw we are enjoying the walks to sch as he talks abt what he sees and we could communicate more

Just the other day, Aunty SC came by to meet mama and then she was nice to offer to send us home, she's the 1st person (beside daddy) who came to pick Ian and when Ian peered from the stairs as he was coming down, he could recognise Aunty SC who was beside mama and gave those cheeky yet shy smile....guess he was just shy that someone whom he recognises was coming to pick him as well hhehee and he was so happy on the way home as he waved bye to his classmates, guess that was a treat ride for him =)

This chocolate lover has a soft spot for chocolate sigh.... and this CNY proved even tougher to restrict his intake of the sweet stuff or even all stuff he found this new love for Rocher and he has eaten at least 3 over the CNY period and he used to dislike it coz of the nuts on top but now he even loves nuts and all sorts of nuts, the other day he was so distracted eating peanuts and melon seeds that he gave up playing monopoly with daddy and mama well so glad CNY is ending but sure see this food lover is open to all sorts of food as he pinches on almost everything that is offered to him...sometimes ask him what is the food he dislikes, he can't quite name any except vege (but that is a must for him to take, he knows!)

He has become more choosy over his clothes as well but its easy to persuade him to wear any clothes that we think its nice coz he knows by pple praising him handsome means he looks GD! HAHHAA so he has learnt handsome is for boys (coz gim po kept saying he's handsome) and pretty is for gals hhhmm and he also loves wearing the same as daddy or mama coz chu yi he wore the same shirt as daddy and glad he doesn't complain abt the long sleeve shirt and in fact was still playing as normal with his cousins and he did ask why he doesn't wear the same as mama so on chu san we wore the same polo t-shirt and he was pleased to do that....guess he just loves identity with his parents huh

For the past mth, he had a couple of chances to wear this raincoat and he will be willing to wear them in fear of getting wet but the rain hasn't been too heavy for us to get really wet (or daddy will really swing by to send us to sch) so it was a cool walk to sch or taking bus so we won't get more wet and he's proud of his raincoat anw the rainy season shld be over soon we hope!

Yes, its quite strange for him to like flowers coz it has been some time since he declared that he doesn't like flowers but smelling the frangipani at the hotel the last mth made him change his mind and these days when he enters into lifts or malls where he loves the air freshener smells, he will tell us that he loves the smell hhmm guess he knows the refreshing smell does make him feel more cheery

Well well 1 more mth to his bday and tho we did plan for some surprise, more surprise came upon us and guess we had to do without the chalet surprise for him and he has been asking for hotel stay for his bday but guess that's too pricey for a stay and see what we could make do but till then, he will keep bugging us when his bday will be!