Another year gone by just like that and the munchkin is 2 years old. Doesn't seem so long ago that she was crawling and doing baby-talk, and now we can have proper conversations with her.
She has a sense of humour and remains cheeky, but in front of strangers she's very shy and takes at least an hour to warm up. When she doesn't sit in the car seat sometimes, she'll imitate me and say 'I'm warning you' with a cheeky grin. Try forcing her into a stroller and she'll wail as if it's the end of the world. The other day at AMK Hub, I tried twice to strap her in but she threw such a tantrum that Nick caved and took her out. Each time he did that though, she would 'make eyes' at me and toss a triumphant smile...sneaky!
She can sing 'Twinkle twinkle little star' and 'London Bridge' in full, as well as the whole alphabet. She can sing along to other songs too, but the words are still distorted. She can also identify most of the major Sesame Street characters including new ones like Abby and Zoe.
She's curious about things around her. When she doesn't know the name of something, she'll ask precociously 'This what name?' like a Buddha painting at Pops' house and a roll of scotch tape but once she knows the name, she more of less retains the information and can even point out excavators at construction sites, and is starting to be able to tell the difference between palm trees and coconut trees.
She says 'yes' like Sean Connery i.e. 'Yesh', and when she poops, she scrunches up her face and goes 'Hmmpf, busuk'. She and Gigi are so cute when instructed to keep their shoes whenever they come back from somewhere. They will remove their shoes on their own and obediently (most of the time) walk to the kitchen and tip toe to place their shoes on the shoe rack. Keeping their toys though is another story...they never put back what they take, but Gigi will sometimes.
Gigi and her love playing 'Simon Says' and sometimes I use it to get things done, like 'Simon says open your mouth' (when trying to brush her teeth) or 'Simon says be quiet' but the moment doesn't last very long.
Everyday now she kisses my tummy and I think she can't wait to see the new arrival. Gigi has started rubbing and kissing my tummy too, though sometimes she aims for the boobs! They both have this 'old lady' walk that they started doing after attending a wedding last month, they must have seen a hunched old lady with her hands held behind her back for that's what they've been doing daily!
Nat has taken to flashing too, she'll lift her t-shirts or dresses and say 'Nat Nat shame-shame' and Gigi has started as well. Think they picked it up after seeing a can-can dance on an Elmo DVD.
Gigi is forming short sentences already at 17 months, like 'I try', 'Daddy sit down', 'Gigi sleep here' etc and she seems to add an 'oh' after each phrase, instead of 'lah' or 'eh' like the Canadians. E.g. 'biscuit oh', 'Nat nat oh', wonder if she picked that from Arlyn, who likes to say 'Oy' after certain sentences.
No progress on the teeth, still at 4. She can identify some animals and can say their names but chooses to make an elephant sound instead of saying 'elephant' whenever she sees a picture of one!
She has a sense of humour and remains cheeky, but in front of strangers she's very shy and takes at least an hour to warm up. When she doesn't sit in the car seat sometimes, she'll imitate me and say 'I'm warning you' with a cheeky grin. Try forcing her into a stroller and she'll wail as if it's the end of the world. The other day at AMK Hub, I tried twice to strap her in but she threw such a tantrum that Nick caved and took her out. Each time he did that though, she would 'make eyes' at me and toss a triumphant smile...sneaky!
She can sing 'Twinkle twinkle little star' and 'London Bridge' in full, as well as the whole alphabet. She can sing along to other songs too, but the words are still distorted. She can also identify most of the major Sesame Street characters including new ones like Abby and Zoe.
She's curious about things around her. When she doesn't know the name of something, she'll ask precociously 'This what name?' like a Buddha painting at Pops' house and a roll of scotch tape but once she knows the name, she more of less retains the information and can even point out excavators at construction sites, and is starting to be able to tell the difference between palm trees and coconut trees.
She says 'yes' like Sean Connery i.e. 'Yesh', and when she poops, she scrunches up her face and goes 'Hmmpf, busuk'. She and Gigi are so cute when instructed to keep their shoes whenever they come back from somewhere. They will remove their shoes on their own and obediently (most of the time) walk to the kitchen and tip toe to place their shoes on the shoe rack. Keeping their toys though is another story...they never put back what they take, but Gigi will sometimes.
Gigi and her love playing 'Simon Says' and sometimes I use it to get things done, like 'Simon says open your mouth' (when trying to brush her teeth) or 'Simon says be quiet' but the moment doesn't last very long.
Everyday now she kisses my tummy and I think she can't wait to see the new arrival. Gigi has started rubbing and kissing my tummy too, though sometimes she aims for the boobs! They both have this 'old lady' walk that they started doing after attending a wedding last month, they must have seen a hunched old lady with her hands held behind her back for that's what they've been doing daily!
Nat has taken to flashing too, she'll lift her t-shirts or dresses and say 'Nat Nat shame-shame' and Gigi has started as well. Think they picked it up after seeing a can-can dance on an Elmo DVD.
Gigi is forming short sentences already at 17 months, like 'I try', 'Daddy sit down', 'Gigi sleep here' etc and she seems to add an 'oh' after each phrase, instead of 'lah' or 'eh' like the Canadians. E.g. 'biscuit oh', 'Nat nat oh', wonder if she picked that from Arlyn, who likes to say 'Oy' after certain sentences.
No progress on the teeth, still at 4. She can identify some animals and can say their names but chooses to make an elephant sound instead of saying 'elephant' whenever she sees a picture of one!
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