Year 02: Bubble time!

check out deng yun with his bubble made by ting yee!


"toddler avatar had lots of fun with bubbles while washing hands and during bath time!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Singapore National Day celebration at home

ting yee had a gathering with her JC school friends, along with their kids, at our place. the kids stayed in deng yun's room and played with him and his toys, at the same time sharing some biscuits!


"yes, he was the only boy amongst the children..." - TheAvt

Year 02: First tricycle

ting yee bought deng yun his first tricycle today. and it was purple! so we "disguised" it so that it looks like a "Barney Tricycle" now!


"we test-drove the tricycle at night and toddler avatar had fun!" - TheAvt

Year 02: First time to Explorer Kids!

we went to Explorer Kids at Pasir Ris today, along with Darren and his family. here are some pictures taken there, starting with deng yun being crowned "Burger King":


then he was "buried" in a pool of balls:


here's a blur version of deng yun with alyssa:


and another blur version of ting yee hugging deng yun and some kid before going down the slide:


and finally deng yun and ting yee on the ferris wheel:


"toddler avatar sure had lots of fun!" - TheAvt

Year 02: More Arts and Crafts done by Deng Yun

deng yun does many arts and crafts at the childcare centre. here are just two of many of his great work: some box with two sticks:


some paper with a strap of paper:


"paint, create, display!" - TheAvt

Year 02: First time sleeping on his own bed

tonight, deng yun slept on his own bed for the very first time! there was no fuss from our little boy! check it out!


"rockabye baby, on his own bed! toddler avatar has grown up!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Xuan in the box and talking a lot?

no, nothing bad happened, but today, deng yun was taking out all the toys from his mickey mouse box, and he slipped in it to play!


and before going to bed, deng yun was saying the names of almost everyone he knew: from his schoolmates to his teachers to his relatives!


"maybe i should name him 'jack'... nah..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Ting Yee's ex-colleague's daughter's 1st birthday!

it was only a little more than a year ago that deng yun had his 1st birthday. today, it was baby adena's turn! she is the daughter of ting yee's ex-colleague. we went to pasir ris chalet to celebrate this joyous occasion.

and deng yun had the opportunity to don his swimming suit (along with a pair of mickey mouse ears):


and headed for a fun time with ting yee at the swimming pool:


along with a high five (or three?) while doing a "backstroke":


later, it was deng yun and big bird!


"whole day of tiredness..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Playground at our HDB estate

deng yun played in the playground at our HDB estate this evening. check out the "ups" and "downs", starting with climbing up the ladder:


and then down the slide:


"and then went home with grey shorts..." - TheAvt

Year 02: MESS!

deng yun made a mess in his room, throwing all the "Clifford" books on the floor!


3 days later, when i picked up deng yun, he asked me: "where's THE mummy?"

"at other times, toddler avatar asked: 'where's THE daddy?'" - TheAvt

Year 02: Polliwogs Again and Again...

we loved polliwogs so much that we went there again! this was before we got ready to go:


deng yun playing with the plastic balls again:


ting yee and deng yun down the slide:


and we ended it with "see-food":


"polliwogs is toddler avatar's second home!" - TheAvt

Year 02: First independent bed for Deng Yun

we decided to finally fix up deng yun's bed after having it in storage for a month!


however, he will still be sleeping in his cot until further notice from ting yee.

at night, we celebrated my mother's birthday in advance.

"to bed or not to bed... that's the ultimate snooze!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Playing with Train Set Again

this is a follow up on playing with deng yun's new train set. check out the happy look!


"the train on the tracks go round and round..." - TheAvt

Year 02: First Train Set!

Amongst the presents deng yun received for his birthday, there was a train set, and we washed and let him play with it. check out the amazed and intrigued look on his face:


"choo choo! i also love it!" - TheAvt

Year 02: "Evil-Machine"

right after his 2nd birthday, deng yun was having difficulty in breathing and ting yee insisted we used some "evil-machine" to cure him. poor toddler! check out the "evil-machine":


"this machine simply is a scaled-down version of what they use in the hospital. this is treatment for more serious case of bronchitis. some stupid inhaler crap..." - TheAvt

Year 02: 2 years old!

after another round of celebration with my family (my dad, mum, brother and sister-in-law, grandma, two aunties, and of course the three of us) yesterday, we had the actual day 2nd year birthday celebration for deng yun at our new place.

we had catered food and invited most of the people we know at this current point in time, along with their offsprings to celebrate deng yun's birthday.

check out all the presents he received today:


"full of toys, clothes and of course, money..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Birthday celebration at the childcare

today, both ting yee and i took the afternoon off from work to celebrate deng yun's birthday in advance at his childcare centre. and this was the first time we let him eat cake. this was what the cake looked like before all the kids and teachers devoured it:


deng yun getting ready to blow the candles:


and sharing the cake with his peers:


"get ready for sugar-pumped toddler avatar!" - TheAvt

Year 01: Packing the place to move to our new place

because we were going to move to our new place two days from now, we stayed up late to pack our junk. and deng yun helped us to move boxes! check it out:


"freelance mover..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Deng Yun had fever!

ting yee stayed home to look after deng yun, and eventually brought him to KKH where his temperature peaked at 39.8 degrees! but after medication, it fell to about 37 degrees.

"i suspect that it was due to playing at the zoo that toddler avatar had the fever, but we'll never know..." - TheAvt

Year 01: Visit to Zoo Again!

despite our last zoo trip, i went to the zoo to play with deng yun and ting yee at the kidz world at the zoo. all of us were wet! check out the ting yee and deng yun going down the slide:


deng yun walking through the water:


then we headed on to one of our friend's son's 1st year birthday, and then to my friend, darren's daughter's 1st year birthday.

then we headed on to Ikea to buy more things for our new place.

then we had dinner with ting yee's relatives.

then we headed to Carrefour to buy a 32" inch LCD TV to watch next week's world cup!

"then we all were so tired..." - TheAvt