Year 02: Fell asleep for the 1st time from childcare centre

while ting yee was carrying deng yun back from the childcare centre, he fell asleep for the 1st time along the way back home. this could be due to the haze in Singapore at this moment.

"you want to see a picture or video of deng yun falling asleep? er... no..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Visited the Central Library

we visited the library and borrowed many books for deng yun today. here's a picture of him sitting down, reading a book:


"knowledge is power... power to overcome his parents!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Children's Golf Set and Thomas Train Set for Deng Yun

check out the golf set and new school bag that ting yee bought for deng yun:


although it was not the actual golf set, it was a starter set for deng yun for the time being. then, i helped deng yun set up his very first Thomas Train Set:


at night, deng yun performed his 5th song, that "spider song where it kept going up but was always flushed away by the rain...":


"watch out tiger woods!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Jacob Ballas Children's Garden Again!

we went to jacob ballas children's garden today, because ting yee hadn't been there yet! check out the cool deng yun running around with his gear:


and playing in the playground in the garden:


"just another relaxing weekend..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Dance like an Animal!

deng yun was watching this children's program called "New MacDonald's Farm", and he started dancing to the music towards the end of the program:


"nature born dancer!" - TheAvt

Year 02: What song is that???

deng yun with another song, titled, "Hey fiddle, fiddle":


and his famous, "i wanna see 'le' baby!":


"4th song by toddler avatar..." - TheAvt

Year 02: More songs by Deng Yun

performing more children's songs, in both english and chinese, here's deng yun!

old macdonald had a farm:


three tigers (in mandarin):


"2nd and 3rd song by toddler avatar..." - TheAvt

Year 02: More rides at Costa Sands Downtown East

because ting yee won some tickets for an art exhibition and some free rides in a lucky draw last saturday, we went back to Costa Sands again today! first, we went to the high-tech art exhibition:


then, we went on the ferris wheel:


then, ting yee and deng yun went on the merry-go-round for horses:


lastly, all of us cramped into the train that was designed for toddlers:


"nearly couldn't get out of the train!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Outing with Mummy to an Animal Farm

ting yee accompanied deng yun on an excursion organised by deng yun's childcare centre today. they went to an animal farm to feed the animals there. check out the deng yun standing behind the fence:


and feeding the animal:


on the way back home, deng yun started singing "Twinkle, twinkle, little star!":


"this is the 1st of toddler avatar's songs..." - TheAvt

Year 02: 2 days, 2 nights @ Costa Sands Resort Downtown East

we went to the Costa Sands Resort to celebrate the 13th anniversary of ting yee and i.

24th Sep 2010:
we arrived at the resort at 10.30pm. nothing to play, so we headed to our room:



25th Sep 2010:
we headed to Wild Wild Wet and played with all sorts of water activities:


had dinner and took a picture with Ronald McDonald:


played kiddie bowling:


and sat on a train ride:


and at night, we celebrated our anniversary by eating jelly cake:



26th Sep 2010:
today is the actual day of our anniversary. first thing in the morning after having breakfast, we headed to the Escape Theme Park and took many rides, like the kiddie go-kart:


the kiddie roller-coaster:


and the kiddie plane ride:


"unforgettable... because i also hurt my back today!" - TheAvt

Year 02: The Class of Fun!

check out the deng yun's class photo at the childcare centre. he is seated at the first row, first from left:


also, nowadays, when we say "Cows in the Kitchen" (the title of a song), deng yun will say "by June Crebbin" (the author of the song)! amazing!

"the year of fun too!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Mid-Autumn Festival at Bishan

we attended a Mid-Autumn Festival function at Bishan, where we ate lots of goodies and ting yee and deng yun went on a ride on some fake animal:


"mechanical animals are the way of the future..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Zoo again! Argh!

yes, we went to the zoo again. but this time, all of us had more fun because we played with deng yun at the water playground. but the memorial moment was when deng yun held the hand of "Ah Meng"...'s statute that is:


"zoo.. the final boring frontier..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Mid-Autumn Festival at Clarke Quay

we went to clarke quay to walk around for the mid-autumn festival and took a few pictures there from the logo:


to a full dragon:


to a representation of what appears to be a rat in the background because deng yun was born in the year of the rat:


"the trip was... interesting..." - TheAvt

Year 02: When Elmo Grows Up!

we went to the Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch "When Elmo Grows Up" live show:


"can't really see much from this distance though..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Pictures on Deng Yun's room and R/C car!

ting yee put up many pictures that her mother bought for her when she was a young adult, on deng yun's room. it varies from Disney characters to modern art:



then in the evening, after dinner, deng yun sat in a remote controlled car, controlled by me! check out the video:


"toddler avatar mobile!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Shopping at Central Square Mall

we went shopping at Central Square Mall and deng yun got to sit in those shopping cart attached to a toddler car:


"well, we didn't do much shopping, just eating..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Drinking Milk using a mug

deng yun started to play with jigsaw puzzle:


and he can now drink from a ceramic mug. check out the video:


"hmm... got milk?" - TheAvt

Year 02: 1st time to Jurong Bird Park

we went to the Jurong Bird Park today and it was the first time for our son, deng yun. he had so much fun from sitting on the cow of Ben & Jerry's:


to posing in front of the Jurong Bird Park poster:


"the bird park is much much MUCH better than the zoo or night safari!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Deng Yun successfully used the potty!

deng yun poo-ed for the first time using the potty yesterday (1 sept 2010)! this picture is just for show:


"finally!" - TheAvt