independence
independence, giving someone control over their actions. and with more control, comes greater responsibilities. when it was just Ollie and me, it was kinda easy to allow Ollie to relish in more...
View Articlefriends & signing
At almost 2.5yo, Ollie has a playmate whom he regularly sees and loves playing with whenever D and I hang out. When he was younger, he had this older friend “worship” thing. He would offer his toys to...
View ArticleOllie speaks
These days, Ollie is starting to talk in almost complete sentences, using “I” & “me” appropriately, and verbalising his thoughts out, which results in quite random and funny statements from him. I...
View ArticleQT revisited
good grief, I haven’t written much about this child of mine, have I? It’s so hard to not write and then go, oh wait a minute, Ollie did that too. So meh. Is this what it is like being a second child or...
View Article6 months and counting
I can’t believe 6 months has gone by. And we are 4 months away from the end of the year. Yikes. Looking at QT now. gosh..his smiles are so infectious! Ollie was a smiley baby too, but both of them have...
View Article“but it’s so funny!”
Daddy Ting blogs! And yes, “it is so funny!” haha. Before I go into the post proper, I think it is time to introduce my two sons for easy reference. My elder son is Oliver (or Ollie for short) and my...
View ArticleBut mummy is happy
These days, Ollie alternates being super cheeky (in a bad way) and being really nice (in a wow-i-am-impressed way). To give him credit, he has been really nice to QT. Well..apart frm Monday where he...
View Articlemummy, can you play with me?
Today was just one of those days. You know, the day where patience is tested, torn between frustration and wanting to try and understand why the Ollie-monster was behaving a certain. That, on top of QT...
View ArticleSeptember
As QT snuggled against me to settle himself back to sleep earlier, I couldn’t stop staring at him and marvel at how quickly he has grown. How could it be that he would turn 8 months this Friday? Or...
View Articlethese days
these days, the business has taken up half of what’s left of our free time. the other half, we try to catch up with each other. I mean..we don’t want to be constantly talking about business right? But...
View Article恺
恺： 快乐，和乐 That’s QT’s name. 昭恺. And he is living up to it. With Ollie, we waited a long while before we heard him chuckling the way QT did. With QT, he was giggling at about 5 months. He would giggle...
View Article9 months
I can’t believe mini monster is hitting 9 months end of this week. This realisation only just hit me when I was having difficulty taking his top off for his bath. QT has gone from a tiny baby that...
View Articletaking a break
we’re on a self-imposed break for these couple of days, just to catch up on life, and the mad amount of household chores. And most importantly on sleep. We were clocking about 5 hours of sleep each...
View Articlethe not-so-extended break
seriously? It wasn’t intentional. We meant to take a short break, enjoy Donald’s birthday and then went back to working on our new business and the current one as well. But everything went downhill...
View Article180° about turn
For every day of this, …there will be a day of this, Just a reminder. So we managed to head out of the house for an hour or so. Grabbed groceries and stocked up on junk food for emergencies. Grabbed...
View Articlemain caregiver
funny how it seems like I actually have more time to write when the kids are sick (they’re a lot better now!) and when I am more exhausted. maybe having the outlet to write relieves me a little more...
View Articlethe one going to school
last week, I opened the letter box to find a thick envelope from Ollie’s kindy. Tore open the envelope to find notes on orientation, collection of uniform..etc. I got emotional on the spot whilst Ollie...
View Articlequiet of the night
the mini monster is sleeping on my chest. and I can only think, “for just one moment, let me think that you will not grow up and just be my baby forever” just as I finished that thought, he stirs and...
View ArticleThings Ollie says #1
1) I was talking to my mom whilst we were out at dinner and Ollie was trying to get my attention. “Stop stop mummy stop!” *grabs my hand* “can you see the aeroplane???” 2) Donald was getting something...
View ArticleSchool and being a yummy mummy..not
After being stuck at home for close to a month with no meet ups, I was definitely making it up by meeting up with friends this month. Lunches, high teas and what nots. It was good to get out. Although...
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