1st Oct Happy childrens' day

Ryann certainly still do not know what is children’s' day yet but I am sure he would enjoy it next year when he starts to go to childcare. Rhys came back with a bag full of gifts and snacks from the teachers. Of cos he refuse to share with Ryann, who can resist the big bag of gifts and snacks.

Rhys went for review with Doctor Tan today and surprisingly she remembers Ryann and got Rhys to pass Ryann a little ball as a gift for children's day.

A child always enjoys simple pleasures of life. Sometimes I feel we adults should learn from the kids. Be really contended with all things and enjoying every moment. Ryann is a smiling toddler and it is never hard to get him to smile. One video to show happy Ryann with his favorite Elmo playing pretends to eat.

30th Sept Actual dinner anniversary

Today is our actual day dinner anniversary. Nothing much on celebrations, we went to vivo for a movie . Hilarious movie. Then went back home for dinner. Hubby brought me a nice coat from G2000.

Time flies. Maintaining this marriage wasn’t easy. But I should say I am very blessed.
He does the laundry and house work during his off days which is on weekdays since I would be very occupied with Ryann on Sunday.
He is often very agreeable and easily contended person.
His favorite taglines are never mind, anything and ok lor. I am usually the disciplinary one for Ryann and his is the playmate. He will lose his cool at times that is when I will swap roles with him. I believe a marriage takes communication and a mutual understanding when dealing with situations. We need to have a silent connection to blend well in parenthood too.

I would say I know him quite well but still learning more each day, good and the bad points. Through him, I learned more about myself too. At the end of the day I thank God for him; surely he is a blessing to me.

28th Sept Teaching the correct values

Teaching the right values and manners is not an easy chore. It takes patience, lots of love and a forgiving heart. Ryann love to challenge and test my patience. At times I will even bring out the cane to discipline him and there were times when he even lift up his hands for me to cane him. Little Ah beng truly live up his name. At times when we said: “打你“”, he will do the action and say: “打 “.

Rhys who is 1 year older then Ryann is also getting more mischievous then before. Very smart boy actually. Whenever my bro-in-law or my sister scolds him, he will run to my mum for protection. Well, that is certainly not healthy, as my mum will always protect him. This some times will get my sister and bro-in-law unhappy.

There was once I brought him some books and I ask Rhys what should he say to me. Rhys just refuses to thank me for the books. So I jokingly told him that I will give the books to Ryann instead and that got him real mad but still refusing to say thank you. Seeing my bro-in-law trying to tell him to be courteous, I fade away so that I don’t interfere with his teachings. Of course Rhys started crying and whining. Naturally, my mum came to his rescue and that got my bro-in-law real mad. He immediately wanted to go home. Knowingly that my bro-in-law isn’t happy already, I told my mother that manners have to be taught. If you keep protecting him, he will not learn and will assume this kind of attitude is correct. Being grandmother’s gem, naturally protected by her, what could we say?

Today again, I came back from work and Rhys didn’t greet me at door. So I tried to hold his hands and disturb him with intention to play with him. But not only did he refuse, he swept off my hands and still insisted on ignoring me. I thought that was really rude. Usually I don’t discipline him that much unless necessary when my sister is not around. But this time I got to tell him that it is not right to do so. So I stomp out to the living room after he ran out and I ask him why he is behaving like that. He refuses to maintain eye contact with me. Worse still, he rolled his eyes on me. ARGH! I threaten to tell teacher Maggie (his school principle) then he managed to tame down a little bit by telling me he don’t want me to complain to her.

It is like the preludes of what Ryann is going to be next year as Ryann isn’t that tame either. Very often Ryann will snatch toys with Rhys too. Hopefully not, I prayed. Daddy God will give me the wisdom and patience I need to be a mother and Daddy God will teach Ryann to be a great child of God.

26th Sept Ryann call Yi Yi, Zang Zang and say cheese

For the first time, Ryann called my sister and my bro in law. That got my sister so happy as it is the first time. He would point to her and say:"Yi YI", then point to bro in law and say:"Dan Dan" Which actually meant zang zang (Yi zang)

Now i am just worried if it will be habitual for him to point whenever he greet us.

Ryann's progress updates

Ryann's speech has significantly improve quite abit. One most recent practice we had.

Me: A for
R: ple (apple)
Me: B for
R: Ball
Me: C for
R: Cat
Me: D for
R: Dog
Me: E for
R: Egg
Me: F for
R: (smile) cos he dunno. Been trying to teach him fish, he will say fi.
Me: G for
R: Go
Me: H for
R: Ho (for Horse but without the S sound) still learning

Ryann loves singing to LuLu's alphabet song too.
I caught him singing some chinese songs.
只要我长大 - He will sing the few words like 爸爸
打电话 - He will sing 娃娃
and one other song he will sing 妈妈

The journey to hear him talk or sing is so fun and i am enjoying every moment.
Will edit the video soon.

14th Sept Ryann's birthday party in school

More updates on Ryann's school party.

This special school visit confirms my decision of removing Ryann out of Talentplus. I will blog more about that soon. Let me just blog about happy things first. =D

Pictures to tell you more stories.

12th Sept Ryann and Rhys Birthday party

Just some quick highlights on Ryann's party, a small bbq gathering for all our family members. Since Rhys and Ryann's birthday is just few days apart, we decided to celebrate together.

Thanks to many gifts and ang baos from friends and relatives.

I will let the pictures tell you all about what we did on his birthday.

Ryann refuse to leave this area as he was busying counting the number of fishes inside. Once he lose count of them, he will recount again. =D

Ryann wanted to bring along his smelly pillow to swim. =(

Still thinking of his smelly pillow. Anyway, new swimming suit for him. =p




He loves water.

His birthday cake from Pine Garden.

Rhys's power rangers cake from Pine Garden.



Thanks to all the pressies.


Ryann seems so amazed by his toys.

This is his cake in action. =p

After the party, Ryann started having bad coughs and block nose. Must be the haze and the bbq. But i believe he enjoyed himself very much still. Thanks to every one.

More updates coming up..... stay tune.....

12th Sept Ryann is 2 =p

Ryann - Few days old

Ryann - 1 year old

Ryann- 2 years old

Ryann turns 2 today! Time really flies. From the first day I hug Ryann in my arms till today when he would run towards me and give me a big bear hug. The very first thing I always longed for after a hard day work.

Standing at almost 88 cm tall and weighing 13kg today, Ryann is a very active boy who loves music, singing, dancing and books. He owns his very own library section. Of all the many books he has, his favorite books are number books and the Disney ABC book.

At 2 years old, Ryann knows his A-Z and 1-20. He could say almost all the alphabets and he is able to say 1 - 13 and 18 without prompting.
Recently he even managed to spell his first word - STOP. All thanks to the many 'stop' road signs near our house.

Ryann's vocab is improving everyday. As I am a FTWM, I might not be able to witness every little first of his growth and improvement. However, Ryann never fail to impress me with new things he managed to learn.

These 2 years are filled with terrible times at times too. Ryann is really good at getting people's attention by crying his heart out. I always say his tears are free. He gives you freely. Every time when he don't get his way, he will scream his heart out. Painful to my heart as it is, at times I still need to stand firm so that I can teach and cultivate the right attitudes in life.

His favorite rejection method is 'NO NO NO'. He will stomp his feet like he is running on the spot or he will super 'sai nai'. Very strong character, he will not give in to you. (I smell terrible two's prelude)

Motherhood taught me many lessons and 2 years down the road, I realized that I am growing together with him. I have learned lessons of love, experiencing and understanding the love I receive as a child, understanding a feelings of my parents and most importantly, I have learned how to love again.

Blog temporary out of service

Blog temporary out of service for Ryann's birthday party preps.

Will come back soon. =p

3rd Sept Ryann call Ma Ma

Finally the day has come. Ryann call Ma Ma. Every one would be so happy for me but let me finish my story first. Ryann didn't do it willingly thou. =p I sort of trick him into calling me with food on my hand. Ha ha ha.

I ask him if he want to eat, he nod his head. I ask him to call ma ma, he said no no no. So i said no means no food lor. Then he shouted:"MA!!!!!!" Yes, it is really shouting. I tried a few more times later on and it works for a while. Ha ha. I am still patiently waiting for the time he willingly call me Ma Ma.