He's growing up and learning so fast. So many things happen over the weeks, faster than I can blog. Thus I have to compile everything, jot them down before I forget, then record them at one go in the blog. My little boy is reaching 2 yrs old soon....
Recently brought him a set of toy rackets. I think they are meant to be toy badminton (coz it comes with a toy shuttlecock) or tennis (coz it comes with a ball too) racket. He loves it, and the first day he plays it he used it to hit the big bola bola, and chase the small ball all over the living room. He screeched with laughter when I demonstrated how to hit the ball across the room with it. And it costs only $3.90 for the whole set.
His recent favourite DVD is the Brainy Baby ABCs that I bought from Tangs that day using our Tangs vouchers. I was amazed he likes it, and now he will actually ask for it esp if he sees any of us going near a dvd player or TV. He goes "abc, abc, ABC!" and if we responded by asking if he wants to watch the ABC DVD, he will nod his head enthusiastically. The longest stretch that he sat through the dvd was at Ma Ma's place last Monday, the day we returned from Banyan Tree. He actually sat through from A - Z with me beside him! At intervals he will try to repeat what the DVD said, its super cute listening to him.
Last Tuesday (24 June), he was very naughty when trying to put him down for his afternoon nap. He refused to sleep even after an hour of coaxing, and hubby and I gave up, and just lie down on our bed, with J in his cot turning left and right. 15mins later, J called to be let out, but we deliberately ignored him. I turned towards hubby and made a show of hugging him instead. Jovann started crying and yelling! Daddy took him out of the cot onto our bed, and we tried again by putting out arms around each other. Jovann cried and called "Mommy mommy....mommy!!", came towards us and tried to push Daddy away saying "go away!" and when I peeped up his eyes were filled with tears and he was looking reproachfully at me! I released hubby and Jovann gave me a hug and a kiss. It was so cute! heheheee....
He has also finally learnt to blow bubbles in the water. During aquaducks he refused to do it when the instructor asks, but instead opens his mouth to drink in the pool water instead. So hubby suggested I tried it in the shower. I used a small tupperware, filled it with water from the shower head, then blew bubbles in it making funny noises. J found it funny and kept chuckling. I encouraged him to try it and after 3 tries he managed to blow bubbles instead of swallowing the water, yeah! For the next few baths, he will request for me to blow bubbles, and we will take turns blowing and giggling.
Another thing he does before our nightly shower is pick up the small stool and place it in my usual position from which I bathe for him, and say "Mommy sit, mommy sit". awwww....so sweet.
As mentioned 1-2 mths ago, he loves to take the roll of mahjong paper, pretend to drum it like a guitar, and shake/nod his head with his imaginary music. So when I learnt that Auntie June had bought a nice toy guitar, I hunted down the shop when I was in near Clementi one day, and found it! That was the same shop I bought the badminton/tennis rackets from. The guitar is only $3.90 too! but somehow he didnt like it as much as the rackets. He "plays" it sometimes but only for a while. Last Saturday, Daddy tried to interests him by playing a few songs ("More than Words" and the jungle song) on his own guitar. I sang along and it was quite fun. Jovann appears to prefer playing with his Daddy's real guitar strings instead of his own.....hhhhmm.......
Just 2 days ago, I accidentally discovered Jovann can complete the songs we are singing. I never thought he could until I was singing with him the jungle song in the shower on Saturday. When I reached the part "...a great big crocodile washing his ___" he suddenly said "clothes"....and when I continued singing ".....thats the way he washes his clothes.." and the next part should be "Boom ba lee boom ba lee Boom ba lee SNAP!", he went "Boom boom Boom!". hehehe. I usually sing Twinkle Twinkle little Star when making him sleep at night. That same night, hubby called me into the room when he making him sleep, coz Jovann just completed each sentence of the song by singing the words "star", "are", "high" then "sky", though the "sky" was more like "dye". hehee...
Recently, although he refused to let Daddy bathe him (he only wants me to do it), he prefers Daddy to put him to bed at night. After his brushing teeth, when I was feeding him water, 9 times out of 10 he will ask for Daddy. I will tell him Daddy busy, Mommy make you sleep. He was say "Daddy" again. I asked him "Mommy make you sleep alright?". he will shake his head and say "Mommy, no...". Me : "you want Daddy?" and J will go "Daddy..." and nod his head. But many times, once I open the bedroom door, and J sees Daddy walking towards him in response to his calls of "daddy....Daddy!", Jovann will hastily close the bedroom door and say "close close...no no....", then giggle when Daddy peep around the door at him. Cheeky boy.
He is back to the car loving phase. Whenever he reach home, he will climb onto his FP school bus/car and zipped around the house, following me into bedrooms, kitchen, even attempting to enter the bathroom with it. When its time for shower, we will ask him to "park" his car beside his rocking house, Playskool car and wooden blocks trolley, then he will totter to the bathroom. Tonight (1 July) during shower time, is the first night he actually use a container to pour water over his own head and giggling happily. so proud of him. he has come a long way coz he used to scream and cry when we wash his hair. Even during Aquaducks when the instructor made to pour water over his head or dunk his head under water, he will gesture frantically and say "no no!". But if the instructor still do it, J will afterwards still good-naturedly respond to his "high-five" very loudly and forgivingly, hehee....
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