Off to the Botanic Gardens

We went to The Botanic Gardens on 14Jun. Actually, we had wanted to join in a picnic with some other mummies. Smart aleck me thought I knew where the meeting point (Jacob Ballas Children's Garden) was. I thought it should be not too far away from the main entrance.

HOW WRONG was I!

It took us ages (1hour?) to walk there from the main entrance! I never knew the Botanic Gardens is so huge... Imagine walking from the Tanglin Rd end to Bukit Timah Rd end...

When we finally reached the destination, it was time to give Lele some food. We fed him and he started fussing to sleep. So we decided to let him take a nap while we took our lunch. When he woke up 1 hr later, we went into the Jacob Ballas Children's garden. Though we did not stay there very long (we even miss the waterplay I had looked forward to) because it was pretty hot and Papa needed to get home quick, we all had fun. Most of all Lele! Above are pictures of Lele playing with sand at the treehouse...

Dimsum, anyone?

Lele has finally bothered using his pushwalker, which was bought by mama to aid Lele in walking. It's an irony that Lele did not dare use the pushwalker much when he was still crawling. Even after he started cruising, he showed little interest in it. The moment the pushwalker moved forward, Lele would get on all fours and crawl away.

Now that he can walk, Lele seemed to enjoy using the pushwalker! He looks like the dimsum seller!

Helpful Lele

Lele and mama were playing in the living room when Lele's grandpa arrived at doorstep. He had returned from getting dinner for all of us. Mama said to Lele,

"Look who's at the door, Lele!"

He looked and saw his favourite grandpa standing at the door. So mama said to him,

"Lele, please take the keys to yeye (grandpa) to open the door. Yeye needs the keys to open the door. Otherwise he won't be able to get in."

So Lele started walking towards the kitchen where the keys were placed. Mama handed him the bunch of house keys and asked him to give it to his grandpa. Instead of moving immediately, Lele stood on the spot fidgetting with the keys. Thinking that he might have been distracted by a potential play toy on his hand and changed his mind about giving the keys to his grandpa, I repeated the instructions a few more times.

Finally he held out a black-handled key and gave that key to his grandpa. Grandpa and mama broke out in laughter. They were all amazed that Lele actually selected one key from the bunch of keys to give to his grandpa, even though mama and grandpa did not tell him to do so. And he actually chose the correct key as well.

It reminded mama of an advertisement mama saw quite some time ago. In the ad, a daddy was "teaching" his son to say the word "hua (flower in mandarin)" by pointing at a picture. The boy remained silent. The daddy repeated several times with "hua" but the boy remained silent. The daddy's face started showing signs of impatience and anxiety when the boy said,

"bu, shi hujihua (No, it's an orchid flower)!"

Who's teaching who?

Active Lele

Wonder why Lele is so active...

Yesteray during the Kindermusik class, he was the most active toddler in the class of 12. None of the activities seem to be able to capture his attention for long. He seemed to enjoy walking and socialising much more than lessons. Well, Lele has always been quite active in class, but yesterday he was just SO active.

I wonder why.

My in-laws were standing outside the classroom to observe the lesson for the 1st time.

Could his active (and fussy) behaviour be due to their presence? Or is it due to familiarity with lesson and so he is abit bored with things? Or perhaps his behaviour is just a passing phase? Afterall, he had just started walking confidently 1 week or so ago. It should be understandable if he finds it a terrible waste to be seated at mama's lap when he could be explorin with his newfound walking skills!

Whatever it is, I am glad for an active child. Being an active monkey of a person myself, I guess I would be at a loss if my child is very shy, withdrawn and quiet.

I don't have anything against quiet children. Just that if I'm not very good with quiet adults so I figure I won't be able to handle quiet children very well too...

Life as a SAHM...

Eversince becoming a SAHM 4 days ago, life has been pretty busy tending to the little one, house and lotsa whatnots. Perhaps it is still too early to tell but I seem to be coping quite okay, if I can say so of myself!
I am really thankful to be granted my wish to become SAHM and have the full support of my husband, ILs and all around me...

Roadrunner Lele!