30 October 2009
1st Try
Mummy: Adri, your birthday is around the corner. Your birthday is coming. Would you like a Barney or a Mickey Mouse birthday cake?
Adri: I want Mickey Mouse birthday cake.
2nd Try (Some 10 minutes later)
Mummy: Adri, would you like a Mickey Mouse or a Barney birthday cake?
Adri: No need, don't want...
Mummy: *shocked at her response* Then you won't get to blow out candles and cut the birthday cake.
Adr: ... *blinks*
3rd Try (later in the evening)
Mummy: Adri, would you like a Mickey Mouse or a Barney birthday cake?
Adr: I want a bear bear birthday cake!
Mummy: Huh? You don't want a Mickey Mouse birthday cake?
Adri: I want bear bear birthday cake!
4th Try (This morning, during breakfast)
Mummy: Adri, your birthday is around the corner. Your birthday is coming. Would you like a Barney, a Mickey Mouse or a bear bear birthday cake?
Adri: I want Mickey Mouse birthday cake!
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I found those short exhanges amusing.
Adri couldn't seem to decide.
So which should i get her? =D
Should a two-year-old be given a choice or will it be ultimately my choice? =)
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Adri @ 23 Months.
After some laborious few months, i finally found a way to get round (the absolutely irritating) Windows Vista and upload pics from my new labtop.
Here are some recent pics of my cheeky princess. =)
Noticed how she managed to wriggle out of the high chair?
Not too contented on her stroller.
Overjoyed when Daddy carried her.
At home. Posing for Mummy while Mummy explored with her new digi cam.
Love the pic @ the bottom right-hand corner! =D
Love her outfit,. In particular, her skirt! =D
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Weird Hairdo?
Friday, 16 October 2009
The electrician came to fix up the stove.
Mummy: Adri, can you say hello to Uncle Jimmy?"
Mummy was expecting Adri to either say "hello" or keep absoutely quiet like how she would behave whenever she was feeling shy.
Adri: Why your hair like that?
Mummy: Adri, what did you say?
Adri: Why your hair like that?
Boy, i was both amused and yet shocked!
She was amusingly rude!
Adri caught both Jimmy and I by surprise. We cracked up.
I was simply too amused to correct her.
To affirm that we weren't hearing things, Adri actually asked the same question for the third time when she didn't get an answer.
Nothing was wrong with Jimmy's hair.
It was just slightly long and standing (erm, perhaps he didn't bother to style it?).
Children are really funny. =D
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The electrician came to fix up the stove.
Mummy: Adri, can you say hello to Uncle Jimmy?"
Mummy was expecting Adri to either say "hello" or keep absoutely quiet like how she would behave whenever she was feeling shy.
Adri: Why your hair like that?
Mummy: Adri, what did you say?
Adri: Why your hair like that?
Boy, i was both amused and yet shocked!
She was amusingly rude!
Adri caught both Jimmy and I by surprise. We cracked up.
I was simply too amused to correct her.
To affirm that we weren't hearing things, Adri actually asked the same question for the third time when she didn't get an answer.
Nothing was wrong with Jimmy's hair.
It was just slightly long and standing (erm, perhaps he didn't bother to style it?).
Children are really funny. =D
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Past Vs Present Tense
Adri's been developing so well in her speech that i've kind of taken it as a given; I quit counting the number of words in the sentences that she utters or pay attention to the sentence structures. =)
However, something caught my attention late this week.
Adri was holding her set of Barney crockery.
A matter of factly, she uttered "Grandma bought for me".
I was impressed.
Adri has developed the ability to pick up past tenses!
I recall asking a colleague, who had two daughters and whose elder could speak and read really well, some months back if there was a need for me to deliberate use present tenses (largely words in their base forms) so that my little toddler who had just embarked on her journey of English Language acquistion would be able to comprehend what Mummy was trying to deliver to her .
I recall sharing with her the uneasiness i felt whenever i hear myself uttering ungrammatical sentences in my deliberate attempt to use words in their base forms. Sure, I could have restructured my sentences accordingly but at times, it just came out ungrammatical! =p
I must have dropped that conscientious effort by and by.
It was unpleasantly tough to be a bad model of the English Language to my daughter whom i've reckoned to have a flair for language, both EL and CL.
Adri used to say "Grandma buy for me one".
Now she says "Grandma bought for me".
I'm quite certain Adri is fully aware that "bought" and "buy" have a similiar sense.
Whenever she wants us to get something for her, she'll go "Daddy/Mummy, buy this."
Amazing.
I just cannot comprehend this.
While i fretted over teaching my little one tenses, she has in her own unique way, begun to comprehend and acquired the English Language in the past form! =D
Am proud of her. =)
Now, i'm looking forward to her repeated utterances of:
1) "This is mine" vs "This is my one"
2) "pass motion" vs "ngh ngh"
3) "can i do this" vs "...can or not?"
Awaiting more surprises. =)
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However, something caught my attention late this week.
Adri was holding her set of Barney crockery.
A matter of factly, she uttered "Grandma bought for me".
I was impressed.
Adri has developed the ability to pick up past tenses!
I recall asking a colleague, who had two daughters and whose elder could speak and read really well, some months back if there was a need for me to deliberate use present tenses (largely words in their base forms) so that my little toddler who had just embarked on her journey of English Language acquistion would be able to comprehend what Mummy was trying to deliver to her .
I recall sharing with her the uneasiness i felt whenever i hear myself uttering ungrammatical sentences in my deliberate attempt to use words in their base forms. Sure, I could have restructured my sentences accordingly but at times, it just came out ungrammatical! =p
I must have dropped that conscientious effort by and by.
It was unpleasantly tough to be a bad model of the English Language to my daughter whom i've reckoned to have a flair for language, both EL and CL.
Adri used to say "Grandma buy for me one".
Now she says "Grandma bought for me".
I'm quite certain Adri is fully aware that "bought" and "buy" have a similiar sense.
Whenever she wants us to get something for her, she'll go "Daddy/Mummy, buy this."
Amazing.
I just cannot comprehend this.
While i fretted over teaching my little one tenses, she has in her own unique way, begun to comprehend and acquired the English Language in the past form! =D
Am proud of her. =)
Now, i'm looking forward to her repeated utterances of:
1) "This is mine" vs "This is my one"
2) "pass motion" vs "ngh ngh"
3) "can i do this" vs "...can or not?"
Awaiting more surprises. =)
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Second Meet-up with Baby #2
01.10.09
I couldn't wait til Saturday. I brought forward my appointment with Baby.
The sharp abdominal pains that i had experienced from Monday to Wednesday left me feeling rather disturbed and unsettled. Although colleagues affirmed me that they too had a similiar encounter and all would be well, i still wanted that assurance from Dr Chen.
Deep within me, i fear that the history of cysts developing within my womb would repeat.
Of course, i didn't mind meeting Baby earlier! =)
Result of the check - All is well. The pain was probably due to constipation. =/
Baby's factsheet as of 01.10.09
Age - 8 weeks 5 days
Length - 2.23cm
i was rather tickled during the scan.
Contrary to the little greyish dot that measured 0.37cm during my last gynae visit, Baby had taken a human form. I could see Baby's head and limbs clearly and Baby has grown to be 2.23cm! What a stark difference for a mere 3 weeks! His/Her heartbeat was a lot more distinct and Baby was moving and waving his/her limbs! Young as he/she was, Baby was that life-like. =D
Even though this is my second experience of carrying a child, i still could not help marvelling at God's creation. The novelty has definitely not worn off and i am still absoutely thankful for yet another miraculous gift.
Next meet-up with Baby - 3rd Nov 2009.
Looking forward. =)
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I couldn't wait til Saturday. I brought forward my appointment with Baby.
The sharp abdominal pains that i had experienced from Monday to Wednesday left me feeling rather disturbed and unsettled. Although colleagues affirmed me that they too had a similiar encounter and all would be well, i still wanted that assurance from Dr Chen.
Deep within me, i fear that the history of cysts developing within my womb would repeat.
Of course, i didn't mind meeting Baby earlier! =)
Result of the check - All is well. The pain was probably due to constipation. =/
Baby's factsheet as of 01.10.09
Age - 8 weeks 5 days
Length - 2.23cm
i was rather tickled during the scan.
Contrary to the little greyish dot that measured 0.37cm during my last gynae visit, Baby had taken a human form. I could see Baby's head and limbs clearly and Baby has grown to be 2.23cm! What a stark difference for a mere 3 weeks! His/Her heartbeat was a lot more distinct and Baby was moving and waving his/her limbs! Young as he/she was, Baby was that life-like. =D
Even though this is my second experience of carrying a child, i still could not help marvelling at God's creation. The novelty has definitely not worn off and i am still absoutely thankful for yet another miraculous gift.
Next meet-up with Baby - 3rd Nov 2009.
Looking forward. =)
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