Monday Videos

Before a new day begins, here are videos of the children, taken today! Hehehe!


Nakayla was chatting away while I was working. The longest and loudest she has ever gone! But as usual, the moment the camera is out, things slowed down and became softer. Haha.



Blake came home with party favors, and he was so fascinated by this particular one! He found it so hilarious when I showed him how to play with it, but it was difficult for him to blow the strip out and make the sound. So he imitated the sound! Haha!

Blake’s 2nd Birthday Celebration in School

Ah! I’m finally motivated enough to sit down and blog out details of Blake’s 2^nd Birthday celebration in school, after what seemed like forever! Haha. It's the first time Blake ever celebrated his birthday in school! J

6^th September 2012 was the day we celebrated Blake’s birthday in school. It also happens to be the day his preschool was celebrating Teacher’s Day! And, I found out the day before that there was another boy in Blake’s class celebrating his birthday too. I won’t deny. I was not very pleased with that revelation. I wanted my boy to feel special cos it’s his birthday! I was hoping that Blake would be able to at least have one birthday party to call his own, 100%! Back home, we celebrate together with my mom cos they share the same birth date. Haha. Oh well, I’ll make sure to check with the school next year, and arrange in such a way that Blake’s birthday celebration in school won’t clash with his classmate.

Anyway, Sean was not able to apply for leave that day, due to his packed teaching schedule at work. A teacher’s responsibility to the future generation knows no bounds J

Luckily for us, Bryan from BLJH Photography was around to capture the beautiful moments, so Sean did not miss a thing!

I snucked into Blake’s class while his teachers were playing with him. He saw me, and immediately ran to me for a hug. We stayed this way for quite some time before actually starting the birthday celebrations as some of the children were still in a sleepy daze, having just woken up from their nap time not long ago.

I was also explaining to Blake why we were there, and why he was wearing a special number 2 shirt, which my mom bought from USA, instead of his school uniform J

Hmm, am I still one year old?


No! I'm two! J

Poor boy had no idea why there was a big camera constantly taking photos of him. He was still in a sleepy daze, and stayed that way till it was time to eat the cake. Haha. Yes, he takes a while to wake up completely.

His classmate had his birthday celebrated first, as Blake was still not fully awake, and somewhat clinging onto me.

But soon, it was Blake’s turn!

Blake was surprised when he saw his cake. He recognized the cartoon characters, and revealed a slight smile on his face. He did not rush forward, like his classmates did, to attempt to pluck out the cartoon characters though. Haha. He just sat at his seat and eyed his cake with wonder. It was quite a funny sight, cos while Blake was admiring his cake, the adults were holding the other children back to their seats to prevent the cake from being destroyed. Haha.

Once the children had settled, we begin singing the birthday song in both English and Mandarin. Then it was time to make a wish and cut the cake!

Cakes were distributed to all the children and adults in the preschool, and it was during this time that Blake seemed to wake up fully, and understood what was going on. It did not take long for him to be like his usual self again! Cheeky and all J I have a feeling he was in part sleepy, part in shock throughout the whole celebration because for the first time, the birthday song was sang for him!

Some of the teachers were telling me how much Blake loves eating cakes, and that whenever there was a birthday celebration, he will wipe out all the cake given to him, and might even ask for more. Haha.

Party favors were all made by yours truly, under my little home business Ribbons and Tape.
Read about the preparations here :)

After all the cakes and party favors were distributed, and the children have had their fill, the teachers started to clear the mess up (toddlers do eat very, very messily!) and it was playtime for Blake’s class!

This cheeky boy of mine ran and hid under the table the moment he finished his cake. A couple of his classmates joined him, and they were just sitting there, under the table, laughing. I have absolutely no idea what was going on, but their laughter was so infectious, everyone just laughed along with them.

In this photo above, Blake actually held the pose for Bryan before running off. Haha. Love!

Playing with his form teacher, Teacher Meng (蒙老师)

While he was running around his classroom, I grabbed him for a photo. Haha.

After the mess was cleared up, toys were taken out for the children to play. Look at what funny things Blake does to the soft blocks. Haha.

While he was playing with his friends, I spoke with Teacher Meng about Blake’s progress, and everything under the sun. I love how I can talk to her about anything. It's like we're old friends or something. Hehe.

He played a while more with Teacher Meng while I packed up, and soon, it was time to head home!

This boy returned home really happy, and was so high the whole evening!

After Blake’s birthday celebration in school, I took a break the next day. Sean and I brought Blake to the Civil Defence Heritage Gallery (read all about it here) as a mini treat before starting work on his birthday celebration at home, which was in 3 days time. More about the home party in the next entry J
For now, to end this post, I would like to thank Bryan from BLJH Photography for the lovely photos taken and edited. And also, to Lucille from Lea Vanilla Rosettes, for baking such a stunning and delicious cake for Blake’s birthday party in school! J

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Blake’s 2^nd birthday - Preparations

Blake's Ready for a Little Sister

There are some things that our children do that make us go, "WOW!", followed by a lot of laughter. Yesterday, when I brought Blake to Toys R Us, it happened.

We have been telling Blake that he will be having a little sister, and he has to be gentle towards her when she arrives. Besides the fact that girls are usually not as rough as boys, our baby girl will be really tiny compared to him when she arrives! So what happened at Toys R Us really amazed me.

When we stepped into the store, the first thing Blake went to were the capsule stations, attempting to turn something out at each station that's within his reach. He ventured a little further in on his own and found a little dolly sitting on a toy pram. He went up to the dolly, and started to touch its face and talked to it. He then moved to the back of the pram and started to push it to where he wanted to go.

It was really amusing cos he would push the pram to the girl's toys section (a section he seldom ventures to), and place the little dolly right in front of some of the toys, and started looking at some of the toys. As if he decided the toys were not good enough, he would return to the little dolly and whisk her away to another section, stopping again and repeating the process.

At some points, he would stop to check on his little dolly, and once, attempted to pull out another dolly's (in a box) milk bottle, like as if though he wants to feed his little dolly some milk. He could not pull the milk bottle out and was a little annoyed, went back to check on his little dolly and pushed her off again. It was a really funny sight!

Here's a short video of whatever I managed to capture of Blake with his little dolly before the crowd came in.

P.S. Blake abandoned the little dolly and pram when Sean arrived (after buying some stationary). Haha!

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Blake's Laughter

1 January 2011: The first recording of Blake’s laughter. We were swinging a red tiger plush that my aunt (his grant-aunt) gave to him after returning from an overseas trip. For some reason, it always cracks him up whenever he saw the red tiger plush swing! In my book, a baby’s laughter is always good stuff happening :)