Letters to Jarrett

What happened to your eye?

06 September 2009

Everywhere you look nowadays, you can spot a kid playing with a yoyo, the fad is back again. A few years back, it was Yomega yoyo, now it’s Super Yoyo. All thanks to an anime titled, “Super Yoyo” that is showing on Okto on Thursday and Fridays. We got both of you a yoyo each, just the beginners version which is $9.90 each. Strings were cut to your height and both of you have been playing with it on and off, especially after catching an episode. In some episodes, they did some fancy tricks with the yoyo and naturally you wanted to try but you have yet to even do a basic move. So you will pretend, and just hold up your yoyo and do string tricks, sometimes to a point of entangling the string. I have to constantly remind you not to do that and just focus on the basics before moving to those tricks, but you still do.

Yesterday, we went to Jospin’s place to celebrate his birthday and one of the goody bag gift was a yoyo. This yoyo lights up when it’s thrown. As usual, I helped to cut the string to your height and you happily tried out the yoyo. When you threw the yoyo too hard and it broke upon hitting the ground, I tried putting it back and it did not fit properly. Maybe I should have just kept it or throw it thereafter because, while we were not looking, somehow you threw the yoyo and it hit just below your eye. You came to me and told me your yoyo hit you on the eye, I checked and you still looked ok, so I just give it a quick rub and send you back to play. When we were about to leave Jospin’s place, we noticed the red bruise under your right eye.

This morning, it was more obvious. It looked like someone punch you in the eye. Mummy helped to apply the Zambak, hopefully, it’ll help. Please be more careful when you are playing the yoyo. Master the basic and the rest will follow easily, it’s the same with everything else in life. A solid foundation is very important.

Tomorrow got no school, tomorrow got no school….

02 September 2009

You said,
“Tomorrow got no school
Tomorrow got no school
Tomorrow got no school
Tomorrow got no school
Tomorrow got school”

...while you were sitting at the back passenger seat. Mummy was driving, with Gorgor at the front passenger seat, we were wondering what are you talking about. Later when we picked up Daddy, you said the same thing again. But the difference is that Daddy saw your action, you were closing each finger when you say, “Tomorrow got no school” till you reach the little finger, you said “Tomorrow got school”.

I guess the teachers must have told you about the school closure on Monday and Tuesday and had everyone count down their little fingers from the thumb referring to Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday no school, till it reaches the little fingers there’s school on Wednesday.

Next the funniest part is that on Saturday, you said,

“Today got no school
Today got no school
Today got no school
Today got no school
Today got school”

Hahahaha…

What are you trying to do?

25 August 2009

I think earlier’s episode, you cried for nearly an hour. It all started when you asked to take the story book from your bedroom while Gor Gor was doing his homework. You insisted to have 3 of the piggy books while Mummy took only 2. Mummy said she will read the 2 books first and to take the 3rd book later but you started to throw tantrum, you just stood there and sulk and said you don’t want Mummy. When Daddy finally finished with Gor Gor, getting him to do his homework and a bit of break time with the iPhone, we went ahead with our bedtime stories. Usually, you will join us but today, you just stood there. Soon we were finished and I could hear Mummy shouting at you. The reason for it was you were using your tongue to lick our spare handphone which you took from our drawer. Eeek…. What were you thinking? Mummy tried to get you to gurgle water but you refused! That’s where it started going downhill.

Mummy gave you the option to 1) gurgle water or 2) brushing teeth/tongue or 3) using the hanky to wipe your tongue and teeth.  But you said no to all. In the end she had to force it using the hanky to wipe your tongue and warned you not to bite her finger cos there was once you bite her thumb real hard that she screamed! 

Next we tried our best not to talk to you and get you to calm down. It didn’t work! Arghh!! Finally, I told Mummy to let you stay with me in the room. You continued crying and was getting destructive by throwing things onto the floor and even tearing up a piece of paper. I repeatedly told you to stop, once you stop crying, we’ll look for Mummy. Since your cries was so loud, I had to close windows. To make sure you get the message that I am ignoring you until you learn to calm down, I even turn on some music on my mac. Finally, seeing that we’re not giving in to your cries, you calmed down and promise not to cry anymore but that was after crying for an hour. I let you out to Mummy. She talked to you about your behaviour and you said sorry and you understand what went wrong and what you should do and should not do.

Why you behaviour this way…. we don’t know. Maybe it’s because our neighbour jinxed it by saying that you were good boy when he saw you this morning?!?! I hope you have learned the lesson.

Surprise!

04 August 2009

Yesterday evening, we had a surprise for both Ethan and you. Guess what it was?

Wearing socks to sleep

25 July 2009

Since you are a baby I always help you to wear socks to sleep, but ever since you know how to remove the socks yourself, I was never successful in getting you to wear your socks to sleep. I think that was when you are not even one year old.

Recently, I started to get you to wear socks again after one morning you woke up to see a huge mosquito bite near your knee cap. It was swollen so badly that I have to bring you to see doctor. The doctor also had a shock to see such a big and swollen mositque bite.  So you were given anitbiotics and medicine for anti-itch and a cream to apply.

That night I told you because you didn’t wear your socks that why the mosquito bite you. You happily let me help you to wear your socks. Subsequently, you even initiate and wear it yourself. But sometimes, you took it out in the middle of the night. That didn’t last very long and you refused to wear socks before you sleep again, not unless I threaten you that no Wii game or to take away your favourite toys, like Transformers, Bakugan, super-yoyo or cannot play Daddy’s iphone. Sometimes such threat has no effect at all. So at night I will try to help you wear after you have fallen asleep but very often you will take it out and you can even place it nicely on the side of your bed!

So why do I insist that you have to wear socks to sleep? You may get the answers from here:

Transformers @ Taka

14 June 2009

Yesterday, we went to United Square for the Ben 10 Show as mentioned in Ethan’s Blog. Today, we decided to continue the Mall hoping to catch Transformers! You love Transformers! Not the animated series but the movie. It’s the most requested DVD at home! We know you are not too keen in watching it in the cinema because of the loud sound but at home on the DVD, it’s fine.

So after Gor gor finished his swimming class, we looked the time and decided we’ll head straight down so we can catch the 1pm show. Half way there, Daddy realised I forgot to bring along our camera!!! After discussing with Mummy, the plan was to let all of you down at Taka and I’ll drive home to get the camera. Since we are staying in the North of Singapore, it’s 30 minutes to reach home and another 30 minutes to rush back. It was pretty tight, but I managed to be there in time for the Meet and Greet photo session.

When I arrived, Ethan was very pleased that I made it but he told me you are not too keen to pose with the characters on stage. You had that unwilling look, not smiling look. As the queue moved on, soon it was your turn. Surprisingly, somehow you were ok to take the photo, and we were so happy with the photo as both you and Gor gor had great smiles with Optimus and BumbleBee. After you left the stage, it was back to that sulky look. Hahahaha. :D

Heard there is another character show at Jurong Point, Madagascar… should we go for it?

Hatching an alligator

10 June 2009

This is an interesting toy. Daddy remember playing with something similar when I was young. It comes in various forms like a fish, frog, I think there was a crocodile too, but we didn’t have the egg. Just a spongy material which was supposed to dropped into water to expand it many times its original size. Now, you have an egg, with a alligator inside. The principle is still the same, drop it into water and watch it grow. But having an egg shell outside, makes it more interesting.

Obviously you are very excited to hatch this little alligator when you came back from school. It was one of the party pack gifts from your classmate who was celebrating his birthday. After dinner, Mummy found a big container for you to fill with water.

The results are not instantaneous. As stated on the box, it’ll take 24-48 hours to hatch the egg. Here’s the “hatching” over the last few days…

Dino trail

02 June 2009

When we decided to bring both you and Ethan to Plaza Singapura for the Dino Trail, we were crossing our fingers hoping that you will participate in the activities since we know you are scared of the BIG T-Rex at the Science Centre. We even forbid Ethan to mention the word dinosaur so as to give you a surprise.

As expected, when we were at the show floor, you didn’t want to go near because of the dinosaur. Mummy had to carry you. But soon, after digging in the sand for “fossils”, you warmed up and was ok to move around. When it was time, you joined Ethan in all the activities, was glad they closed an eye as some of the activities was for 7 and older.

As mentioned in Ethan’s blog, we bought something for both of you to bring back. Here are some of the photos of what you did.

Slowly does it…

We’ll continue to look out for such activities since it’s school holdays.

Almost vegetarian

24 May 2009

As you have been coughing quite badly for the last few weeks, I told Teacher Vicky not to give you chicken, after I got the confirmation from Xu Yishi at Yuguo that one should avoid chicken during cough. It was also during one of those visits to Yuguo that I realised you are allergic to egg white! Egg white will cause you to have eczema. Since then, I have not been giving you egg white but I forgot to inform your teacher. When I told her not to give you egg white, she said you are almost a vegetarian if you are cutting these food because since they already don’t serve pork and beef. Seems like you can only eat fish!

Actually it’s not easy to cut down on egg because this is one of your favourite food. Whenever I buy yongdaofu, you will take only tomato, hard-boiled egg and tofu and you love their sweet sauce.

Ironically, you don’t really like vegetables :( I realised that you only eat vegetables in school because teachers said it’s a must. You also eat vegetable at Popo’s place. Also, I have to sneak the vegetable in by covering it over with rice. That’s part of the reason why I have to feed you instead of you feeding yourself.

Then I have no more…

16 May 2009

As mentioned in Ethan’s blog, we opened a savings account for both of you. So to start of your account, Daddy brought along some of the money both of you have saved in your saving “envelope”. When you hand over yours to the teller, she poured out the coins and counted them, a total of $5.80. We confirmed the amount and told her to go ahead. She proceeded and handed over the empty bag to you. Your reply was “But then, I have no more…” hahaha, guess you haven’t grasp what it meant to save in the bank.