Thursday, February 02, 2006
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
Happy Lunar New Year!
It has been a hectic long weekend for all of us. We were out all day long for the first three days. Matthew's nap times were all messed out. But strangely enough, regardless of what time his nap was, he would start to show signs of sleepliness go to bed by 8pm. I think now he knows that when we close the door and switch off the lights, it is bedtime and most of the time he would be asleep in 10min.
On the first day of CNY, we brought Matthew to my parents' place for breakfast, before going to my in-laws' place and fed Matthew his lunch there. After that we were at Mike's grandparents' place in AMK. Matthew napped there, which made life easier for us, as we could take lunch in peace. By the time Matthew woke up, his young biao jiu and biao yi (Mike's cousins) were all there to play with him. Matthew no longer has stranger anxiety. He played with his jiu jiu and yi yi and had such a good time. I carried him around to gong xi gong xi to everybody.
On the second day of CNY, it was breakfast at my parents' place and we were off to Bt Panjang where Mike's aunts stayed. Matthew also had a good time, playing and exploring. Then we went to my parents' place for dinner.
Then we were out visiting friends on the third day. We were at Hougang. Matthew was not very co-operative, as he took a long long while to finish his lunch. Then he was cranky because he took a very very short nap of 20min in the car on our way to Hougang. So Mike brought him to walk around. As he was walking around in the void deck, Mike suddenly realised that one of our friends stayed in the next block. He was not very sure, so he decided to bring Matthew for a lift ride to the top floor where he thought was his friend's place. Bingo. We got to visit another friend, instead of making a second trip to Hougang. After that, we went to Willie and Jiayi's place for visiting. Matthew napped and hardly stirred despite all the noise from the living room, almost two hours!
Yesterday, I brought Matthew for a swim at Jalan Besar Swimming Complex with Chris, Tianfa and Megan. He had his milk late and napped only at about 4:20pm, singing away in the yaolan (sarong / hammock) at Tianfa's place. I had to wake him up at 5:50pm, if not I think he would continue sleeping despite the noise around him. By 8pm, he was already yawning and rubbing his eyes. But I only put him down to sleep at 9pm. He still woke up at 6:40am! *sigh*
Oh yes. I know there's no photo for the past few posts. I'll be putting up photos soon, so remember to check back for updates!
I just remember. You know how kids follow and copy what we adults too. We always exchange two kums (mandarin oranges) to signify good luck. Matthew was passing on one kum at a time to the recipient. This morning, he gong xi gong xi to Ah Ma (grandmother) with two kums, one in each hand!!! So cute! but no photos to show.
It has been a hectic long weekend for all of us. We were out all day long for the first three days. Matthew's nap times were all messed out. But strangely enough, regardless of what time his nap was, he would start to show signs of sleepliness go to bed by 8pm. I think now he knows that when we close the door and switch off the lights, it is bedtime and most of the time he would be asleep in 10min.
On the first day of CNY, we brought Matthew to my parents' place for breakfast, before going to my in-laws' place and fed Matthew his lunch there. After that we were at Mike's grandparents' place in AMK. Matthew napped there, which made life easier for us, as we could take lunch in peace. By the time Matthew woke up, his young biao jiu and biao yi (Mike's cousins) were all there to play with him. Matthew no longer has stranger anxiety. He played with his jiu jiu and yi yi and had such a good time. I carried him around to gong xi gong xi to everybody.
On the second day of CNY, it was breakfast at my parents' place and we were off to Bt Panjang where Mike's aunts stayed. Matthew also had a good time, playing and exploring. Then we went to my parents' place for dinner.
Then we were out visiting friends on the third day. We were at Hougang. Matthew was not very co-operative, as he took a long long while to finish his lunch. Then he was cranky because he took a very very short nap of 20min in the car on our way to Hougang. So Mike brought him to walk around. As he was walking around in the void deck, Mike suddenly realised that one of our friends stayed in the next block. He was not very sure, so he decided to bring Matthew for a lift ride to the top floor where he thought was his friend's place. Bingo. We got to visit another friend, instead of making a second trip to Hougang. After that, we went to Willie and Jiayi's place for visiting. Matthew napped and hardly stirred despite all the noise from the living room, almost two hours!
Yesterday, I brought Matthew for a swim at Jalan Besar Swimming Complex with Chris, Tianfa and Megan. He had his milk late and napped only at about 4:20pm, singing away in the yaolan (sarong / hammock) at Tianfa's place. I had to wake him up at 5:50pm, if not I think he would continue sleeping despite the noise around him. By 8pm, he was already yawning and rubbing his eyes. But I only put him down to sleep at 9pm. He still woke up at 6:40am! *sigh*
Oh yes. I know there's no photo for the past few posts. I'll be putting up photos soon, so remember to check back for updates!
I just remember. You know how kids follow and copy what we adults too. We always exchange two kums (mandarin oranges) to signify good luck. Matthew was passing on one kum at a time to the recipient. This morning, he gong xi gong xi to Ah Ma (grandmother) with two kums, one in each hand!!! So cute! but no photos to show.
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