Jianna at 17 Months

Jianna turned 17 months old on 30 August 2013. Here are some updates:

• She now has 12 teeth.
  
• She can now say "amen", and when asked "What's your name?" she'll respond "Yanna".
  
• She's been eating quite a lot, sometimes as much as nearly a full Chinese rice bowl of rice with some meat and vegetables. For fruit, she loves bananas.
  
• She's slowly taking a liking to books, especially her brothers' Thomas boardbooks.

[Jianna has started stacking]


[Jianna in a sarong]


[Jianna and Daddy on the organ]


[Jianna's ticket to ride!]


[Jianna scraped her nose after a fall on the road. Ouch!]

Julian at 75 Months

Julian turned 75 months old on 28 August 2013. He is progressing in his swimming with some doggy crawls.


[Julian on the computer]

Sedim Stayover

We had an overnight stay at Sungai Sedim Recreational Forest from 14-15 September 2013. This time we were with a group of friends. Similar to our trip last year, we stopped in Lunas for roast duck/pork lunch at Tan Kee coffee shop.


[Swollen river during the rainy season]


[Our room at the resort]


[Second go at the tree top walk]


[Family photo]


[Water fun in a side stream where it's not so swift] 

On the way home we stopped by a floating restaurant for lunch. The kids enjoyed feeding the fish :-)


[Kamunting Lakeview Restaurant]

Justin at 49 Months

Justin turned 49 months old on 25 August 2013. Here are some updates:

• At bedtime, he often says he misses Ah Kong and Poh Poh.
  
• In our apartment lift, he can now reach the button for the floor where we live.
  

[Justin]


[Justin enjoying a sundae cone]


[Justin pretending to play at the arcade]

In a recent trip back to Ipoh, we took a drive through Ipoh's Little India. As we drove past, we highlighted that there were many things Indian there such as Indian food, and Indian clothes. Justin appreciated the information and added, "... and Indian toys...".

KL with the Kids: Day 4

On the morning of Day 4 (12 April 2013) of our KL holiday we hopped onto the LRT to KLCC. First stop was to visit Petrosains. The kids were quite keen to try out the exhibits and it was overall quite fun. They liked the digger exhibit as well as the sand machine with conveyor belts and pulleys.


[Off to KLCC on the LRT]


[The boys have always been facinated by fountains]


[Justin transferring charge from the plasma tube to flourescent tube]


[Mirror, mirror, on the wall...]


[The boys filling the bucket with sand]

After lunch, we visited Aquaria. The visit this time was better than our previous visit three years ago. Timing was good as well because we caught a fish feeding session. The kids also enjoyed the acrylic tunnel.


[Wow! So many fish!]


[Jianna's close encounter with the catfish]

After KLCC, we braved the after-office-hour jam to have dinner with friends at Setia Walk in Puchong. A great way to end our KL holiday.


[The boys exploring Setia Walk]

It was back to Penang the next day (13 April 2013).

Jianna at 16 Months

Jianna turned 16 months old on 30 July 2013. Here are some updates:

• Her top left molar is out while her bottom right molar and bottom left incisor have erupted.
  
• She can drink from a cup, and can hold and eat satay straight from the skewer.
  
• She shakes her body when she hears music on the radio.
  
• She seems to be able to complain that her brother has wronged her.
  
• Says "doh doh" (koh koh - elder brother), "popo" (Koh Po - grandaunt), "nana" (Jianna, banana), "pah" (Grandpa), and "mah" (Grandma).
  
• When asked, "Who is Jianna?", she will pat her chest.
  
• She has certain 'favourite' songs, to which she can participate in the singing.
  

[Jianna]

[Let's have a wink of tennis]


[Jianna and Mummy]


[These ain't big... they're my brother's!]

Julian at 74 Months

Julian turned 74 months old on 28 July 2013. We were recently informed that his concentration at kindy is improving, something we are happy to hear. He has also recently been having his swimming lessons at the apartment pool.


[Julian]


[Julian in the pool with his swimming coach]

Bayview Beach Stay 2013

We were at Bayview Beach Resort for another hotel-stay from 26-28 July 2013. We were last here in September 2012 with Angie's parents. This time around, we were here with my parents and Niq, Chui Ying, Gabriel & Rosalie. We also took the opportunity to have a belated birthday celebration for Justin.

This time, we booked the family room instead of the suite. It was spacious, and unlike the suite which had a separate room, the family room was one large L-shaped room.


[The grands]


[Julian's dead beach-find]


[Justin's hand sand art]


[Jianna and her bucket]


[A group photo]

Justin is 4 Years Old!

Happy Birthday, Justin! Justin celebrated his 4th birthday on 25 July 2013.

At kindy, he had a celebration with his friends on 19 July. We specially made him a white butterfly sponge cake upon his request. It was decorated with colourful Smarties candy. On the actual day, we had a simple celebration at home and made do with some cupcakes. We also had a belated celebration for him with the extended family on 27 July during our recent beach holiday (more on this in a separate post).


[Justin's butterfly sponge cake]


[Celebration at kindy]


[A simple celebration at home]


[Belated celebration at Bayview Beach Resort]

Here are his updates:

• He recently enjoys drawing cute and fat airplanes. He would then want to write the names of the airlines and this is when he would ask for some help with spelling.
  
• We learnt that he often resisted doing writing exercises in kindy. This resulted in him getting homework to do.
  

[Justin licking a homemade ice lolly]


[Justin during a recent kindy event at Queensbay Mall]

Jianna at 15 Months

Jianna turned 15 months old on 30 June 2013. She now weighs 9.1kg and has grown 4cm (78 cm) since her last clinic visit 3 months ago.

Here are some updates:

• When we say "good!", she would raise one hand trying to mimick a thumbs-up.
  
• She's quite possessive of things she wants and especially of Mummy. She gets jealous when her brothers cuddle up to Mummy and she would push them away or even attempt to hit them.
  
• She says "mor-mor" (for no, more, or the sound of a cow).
  
• She's getting better at sitting in the car seat while Mummy's in the back seat with her.
  
• She can feed herself with a spoon with some help and when we're in the mood to allow her to make a mess.
  

[Jianna has caught on her brothers' love for airplanes]


[Jianna in her car seat...]


[... but sitting on Julian's lap is more fun!]


[Bottoms up!]


[Jianna feeding herself]


[Diddle diddle dumpling, our daughter Jianna, went to bed with her shoes still on... no that didn't sound right :o)]

Julian at 73 Months

Julian turned 73 months old on 28 June 2013. We have started teaching him to wash up after passing motion with some degree of success.

A recent conversation after Julian noticed a funeral nearby our apartment.
Julian: There's a funeral over there.
Daddy: Yes.
Julian: Someone passed away.
Daddy: Yes.
Julian: He's gone to heaven to live with God...
Daddy: Yes.
Julian: ... in a coffin.
Daddy: ?!?!


[Julian loves reading]


[Julian loves watering plants (or playing with water)]


[A Father's Day card that Julian made during cathecism class. It reads: Dear daddy... I love you very much... I am at work now... I am writing a card for you... Love, Julian]

Justin at 47 Months

Justin turned 47 months old on 25 June 2013. Here are some recent photos of him.


[Justin the air traffic controller]


[Justin reading with Mummy]


[Justin]