Year 01: Balloon as a football

this month saw deng yun as being very active, very strong and very vocal! here's how he would treat a balloon and how he found the lost city of the "things-under-the-table":


"getting ready for the world cup!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Highlights for the fortnight

deng yun started his 2nd musical lesson today. and the highlights of these two weeks:

taking a dinner break from saving the world:


rare picture of deng yun laughing because it seems like only my mother can make him laugh and take a picture of it:


playing mega bloks on his own:


apart of all these, deng yun also knows how to repeat what you say 90% of the time and starts to sing on his own.

and the best part: when i say "bye bye xuan xuan" to him, he says "bye bye daddy" to me!

"toddler avatar is becoming an interactive, self-entertaining, tantrum-throwing, daddy-slapping little boy!" - TheAvt

Year 01: First musical lesson

deng yun had his first musical lesson today! what what i heard, the teachers play some songs and the kids either sing or dance or run around or just sit there with a blank look. luckily, knowing my son, he does not belong to the last group!

"no pictures as photo-taking is not allowed at the childcare centre..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Relaxing with a drink

after a long a hard day's work as a toddler, deng yun was relaxing at home with a drink of water:


"fast forward to 30 years... then replace 'home' with 'pub' and 'water' with 'some drink'..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Deng Yun feeding Daddy!

while there was no photo of deng yun feeding me (since i was alone at home with him), here's a photo of him feeding himself some apples, his favourite fruit:


"because 90% of all the fruits we feed toddler avatar are apples..." - TheAvt

Year 01: First trip to the Zoo!

deng yun went to the zoo today, and it was his first trip! but because we went there after 1pm, there wasn't much time to tour the place. so we took a round trip on the scenic bus and visited several places like the incredible boring car-ride:


the big map of the zoo with his maid:


the scenic bus itself:


meeting some distance cousins:


the statute of the late ah meng, and the still very much alive gorilla in human clothing, while sleeping:


some cardboard sea cow and penguins, while sleeping:


the most exciting part of the zoo trip was after the zoo trip, when deng yun was driving a school bus at IMM Building in Jurong:


"yeah! how exciting and boring!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Numbers in Mandarin!

yes, deng yun can count from 1 to 10 in Mandarin! then, we went to eat in a chinese-china-owned restaurant where deng yun always welcomes food:


"i think toddler avatar's Mandarin will definitely be better than mine..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Building Blocks Part 2

welcome to construct and destruct by deng yun. today, we constructed a... er... thing:


"no destruction for at least 15 minutes!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Clash of the Titans

yeah, ting yee and i went to watch the movie, "Clash of the Titans" while her sister looked after deng yun. before that, we had dinner at Kenny Rogers:


"toddler avatar was happy to see us after our movie!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Building Blocks Part 1

check out deng yun constructing blocks for the first time, with a little help from me:


then see him destructing them for the first time:


"now you see it, now you don't!" - TheAvt