Year 01: Shapes!

after dinner, deng yun was able to recognise shapes, especially star (which he already knew a year ago!), circle, triangle, square, heart, and the most impressive one, hexagon! check out the video:


"that is why you have to read to babies as young as 6 months old! we are SO proud!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Scissors, Paper, Stone!

my mother, deng yun and i went to the airport to see my dad off to hong kong. during lunch time, deng yun and my mother played tracing art at changi airport terminal 3:


after that, while having a drink, deng yun played with a cold can drink by placing it against his face, along with my mum's face, my dad's face and my face!


back at my mother's place, deng yun and i played scissors, paper, stone:


"it is not that difficult looking after deng yun without my wife. i just need some ear plugs next time..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Pouring a drink

was that deng yun pouring from the bottle and drinking from the cap?


"monkey see, monkey REALLY do!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Good morning teacher!

deng yun's teacher told ting yee that he loved music and would sing and dance. He had been singing many songs too like "Baa baa black sheep", "Old Mcdonald had a farm", etc.

also, deng yun said "good morning teacher" and "goodbye everybody" at the centre! and when he walked back with ting yee, he carried her bag!


back at home, deng yun loved being chased around by his parents and squealed with delight! and check out deng yun SERIOUSLY playing his new toy rocket!


"toddler avatar is blasting off his childhood!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Outing with Mummy and Daddy

we had dim sum in the afternoon and deng yun was so happy playing in the restaurant:


and relaxing on mummy:


"can mummy carry me too?" - TheAvt

Year 01: Recognising Colours

on the way to the airport to meet up with my father, deng yun was able to recognise the different colours that we asked him to identify! red! white! black! blue! yellow!

when we met up with my father, he gave deng yun a new lamborgini toy car!


"and toddler avatar is 1 year and 9 months today!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Toy rocket

ting yee met up with her ex-colleagues for lunch and one of them, Haizan, gave deng yun a toy rocket! check it out:


"to explore new lives and new civilisations... to boldly play, where no one has played before!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Wednesday Night Fever!

don't worry, deng yun was not having a fever. but instead, he had dancing fever!


"future musician?" - TheAvt

Year 01: Mummy and Daddy eat!

during dinner time, deng yun started to say us "mother eat" and "daddy eat" in cantonese! this meant that we taught him some table manners!

then after dinner, there were more singing and more "Avatar" and "Warrior":


"more manners to come!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Castle of Blocks!

in the afternoon, deng yun and i were building a "Castle of Blocks":


which shortly after, was "destroyed" by him. then he played the "80cm drop" game:


at night, not only did deng yun know how to sing now, he also knew how to get off his cot!


"now we are SO worried!!!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Deng Yun is the Avatar and Warrior!

we went to have dinner with my mother this evening, and deng yun was playing a coin-operated car:


back at home, deng yun was the Avatar and Warrior:


"toddler avatar is an Avatar Warrior!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Bumbo seat fun!

check out deng yun playing with his soon-to-be-too-fat-to-sit-in bumbo seat:


"row row row your bumbo??" - TheAvt

Year 01: Hyper Deng Yun

all of us were sick today, but deng yun was one who was the most alert! he kept singing twinkle twinkle little star, and ABC song while we were both napping, on and off! check out one of his songs, ABC:


oh, and he had his haircut today too!

"children's songs... those are what we listen to these days..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Deng Yun did Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody!

and now, deng yun's version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:


"mama! woo woo woo!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Spoon drink?

we went to one of our favourite japanese restaurant and ting yee was feeding deng yun with a spoon. feeding him water that is:


"hmm... spoon with water... hmm..." - TheAvt

Year 01: First time saying his own name!

today was the first time deng yun patted on himself and said his name without prompting from us! and while watching the usual educational video, he started singing! this was perhaps the first time we saw him actually singing... in tune!


after dinner, ting yee and deng yun had a lot of fun and laughter "banging air"?


"more tunes and home videos to come!" - TheAvt

Year 01: First Day of new childcare centre

today was the first day deng yun started with his new childcare centre. there were no tears from him and he adapted very well!

"as long as there are toys and food to eat, toddler avatar can adapt to any place!" - TheAvt