Family Moments

Our Family at Jacob Ballas a warm afternoon in September.
Photo shoot both for Jov's 3rd and Jaz's 1st birthdays....

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I am still here

I am still here!

Its been 1.5 mths since my last post. The last few months has been quuuiiiteee crazy, draining up our time and energy totally. The marathon breaking down of our electrical appliances (fridge last yr…..TV this yr…..then washing machine last month) brought to mind the truth of a friends’s saying that electrical appliances are usually made to last 5 yrs. Well, the new TV does satisfy hubby’s desire to own a LCD anyway. Heeee…. Yep, we used to have a CRT as our first TV in our home. Why not? It works well, and our TV console is big enough! I have been refusing to let hubby buy a LCD or Plasma as I don’t see the need. But well, TV finally spoil, so what to do? heeeeee…

Then we lost our maid, exactly 2 weeks before Jaz’s 1st birthday bash. Imagine how busy I was, doing housework and planning for the party. For that 2 weeks, I slept at 2am nearly every night. Though its nice having the whole house to ourselves, and its sweet sharing housework, but lack of sleep is no joke. I look like an old witch at work, and colleagues commented I look haggard. I need a facial!!!!!

After Jaz’s party, we finally managed to find a maid. We thought we were lucky, and I gritted my teeth and paid up the $3K-$4K of loan for her. Then when the day comes to collect her passport (it took quite long for the passport to approve, for some strange reason), she decided she has that bad a gastric upset that she can’t walk and wish to go back home (she’s in the indo training centre but wants to go back HOME) to rest until she gets better. So….hubby says forget it.

Then, as if all this is not enough, our floor tiles in the living room, which has been sitting primly on our floor for the past 5-6 yrs, decided it had enough and started popping up. It started as a crack sound, then a continuous cracking sound across the entire centre of the living room. My dad thought something snapped in the kitchen and went to check. Within minutes, Jovann can play see saw on the living room floor and the sofa can bounce if you step on a tile 1 metre away. So……money again. Packing up our stuff within the weekend and moving to my ILs and my mom’s place, shifting and packing everything in the living room to squeeze into the 3-4 bedrooms so that the contractor can replace with new tiles we have hastily chosen over the weekend.

We have since moved back. That feeling is sublime when we stepped over the threshold of our home as a family. Bliss. We celebrated by ordering pizza hut that evening hehee and Jovann ate Chicken Ole baked rice....he didn't seem to enjoy it though, preferring the honey wings. :P

Will get my butt around to updating....really updating....the blog soon.....very soon!!! (I hope).

Watching theatre with him

Recently, I could sense Jovann's sibling jealousy, his possessiveness of my time, and his insecurity. And I started taking leave somedays to spend one on one time with him. In the past mth, have brought him to 3 theatre productions for children his age, and we had a lot of fun. Though his precocious 3yr old behaviour does still sometimes drive me up the wall hahaa.But I really enjoy those one on one hours with him.

18 August - Boom Bah by Windmill Performing Arts (Australia)
Its a picture book that comes to life on stage, in which children spend time with a cat, goat, pig and some friends as they create music from the spoons, cat food box, cup, chopsticks, washing, and other simple things found around the house. It was funny, and Jovann laughed out loud more than once. the actors were engaging, animated, and the entire perfomance was quite personal as the audience sit on the floor, on the same level as the actors.

Jovann waiting outside for the theatre doors to open.

After the performance, the "animals" interacted with the kids and let each of them try the various instruments in turn. Jovann zoomed straight for the violin first.
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8 Sept - The Little Green Frog by itheatre
Now this one is my favourite. Its adapted from a Korean folk tale, about a little green frog called Chung Gaygori,whom refused to listen to his mommy's wise advice and nearly got into big trouble. I like it for its educational value, and more so for its fantastic music, funny actors (I love that actress who did the mommy frog, she gave such a wonderful performance and hilarious washing up dance/song routine). It was interactive as the momma frog sought the little audiences help in hanging up her wash coz her little green frog did not heed her calls.

In cab with me.

This was held at the Drama Centre Black Box at NLB, and Jovann and me were so excited on the way there.

Jovann awed by the NLB surroundings

Playing with the leapfrog toys that latched onto the green frog theme to display their wares.

Admiring the view.

Brought him to the library of course, after the show. He took down nearly every book he touched and demanded I read it. We were through with almost 8 before I declared we need to eat.

After that we has an early lunch at the cafe outside NLB, and Jovann has carbonara spaghetti for the first time and didn't protest heeeee.

Being his cheeky self

The Boy who Cried Wolf (The Little Company)
This was a last minute booking, I decided to watch it and Joanne was interested so I bought tickets for the day after. I am glad I did. Jovann was near tears at the part where the big bad wolf was putting the 10 little sheep one by one into the boiling pot to cook. I was near tears from the laughing during the first few song and dance. All in all, its a wonderful show, albeit a bit lengthy storyline for a 3 yr old. But he sat riveted throughout. At one point, little Petey (the shepherd boy) was bored and asked the audience for advice what he should do to occupy his time. One shouted "blow the horn!!", and another boy yelled "Kill a Sheep!". goodness.

Breakfast with Reubern and Rochelle

Arrived at the theatre!

Jazreel at 10mths

My little girl is growing up so fast. She used to be quiet, sweet and good natured, but past her 9mths mark started showing her true colours. Now she's loud, fierce, supremely possessive of her toys, and is a doggedly determined little girl.

1. She started cruising around 9mths, and has 4 teeth by 8mths.

2. She likes baby crackers, and can munch one contentedly by herself, but usually will not finish. She started eating it for the first time on 4 Sep. She's still vomiting her food occasionally though.... :(

3. She don't dislike potatoes as much now, have not reintroduced parsnip though.

4. She chuckles out loud and laughs when we open the door to the masterbedroom and she sees gorgor and Daddy sleeping there.

5. She can't sit still, and is either crawling, climbing or exploring.

6. Since that time she called me mama 1-2mths back, recently she did it again at the dining table. Thereafter she don't do that anymore. But just last week, she yelled for my mom and called "Ah Ma!". quite a few times over the following few days...seems like not a fluke. needless to say, my mom was super pleased. Few weeks back, I even thought she said byebye when waving byebye to Daddy.

7. She hates it when gorgor or anyone takes the toy from her hand, and she will yell to make her feelings known.

8. Last mth, she attempts to catch our attention by waving her arms/hands in front of our face, but now she goes "ah! ARGHH!!" and points at us.

9. 16 Sept, climbed up the 15.5 inch high sofa by herself without aid, but grunting like a man in the effort. Aiyoh.

10. Hates anyone else washing her up for bed when she knows I am home. But she allows it if I am not home, but that only happened twice so far.

11. She is such a cia (fierce) char bor! Can't believe it. Hubby says that part of the genes' from me. HHmph.
12. She has this cheeky habit of sticking her tongue out of the corner of her mouth, giving her a very impish look.
13. Since 9mths, she's no longer quiet and contented on the diaper changing table. She wails and screams and struggles like I am trying to torture her, and most toys won't appease her. She also has strong abs, and can crunch herself into a sitting position from the diaper changing table without pulling/holding onto any support at all.

14. At 8mths, she gave the first deliberate kiss to me, then 2 days later to Daddy. Both on the mouth hehee.
15. After her bottom teeth came out, she likes grinding her teeth. she has bitten me many times so far! Jovann has bitten me only twice during the entire 15mths of TBF! One night about 2 mths ago, she bite me when nursing, and I said "Ouch!" and pulled away. She looked up at me...thoughtfully...then grinned and started grinding her teeth cheekily! ARrrggghhh! No way am I putting myself back in her mouth that time.

16. She's so used to sleeping in her own cot in her own room that on weekend nights I bring her to our bed, its like she entered disneyland. She will sit up in bed, chuckle to herself in the dark, grin at us and touch our faces, climb over Daddy to peer down enthusiastically at gorgor. End up more often than not we don't sleep well.
17. She's just not putting on weight very well though, its been a mth and she still just reached 9kg. She's no longer as chubby as she was before that croup episode in July. I miss that chubby face. Milestones and aggressiveness are secondary, coz there's nothing else I want more than to see her grow well and healthy.

Jovann before turning 3

Its been a rather long time since my last update about my two little darlings. Have been so busy with birthday party planning (for the 2 of them), ferrying them to their activities, keeping up with their busy social calendar, taking outdoor photoshoot (more of that later), and our recent sentosa stay (more of that later too). Whew...*panting*

Jovann has turned 3, he's such a nottie little boy with many silly quirks and also bad habits. He loves mei mei and always brightens up when he sees her but he still pushes her, snatches toys from her, and refused to share toys sometimes. But other times, he will get busy bringing her toys to her, and under my suggestion, try to coax her to return his toy by offering her other toys. Still have to keep an eye on them playing together. Sometimes I do feel a wider age gap would be ideal but at other times watching their innocent play together is very fulfilling as a mom.

All about Jovann

1. He dances wildly sometimes when he's the mood, both hands flailing all over the place, head shaking, throaty yell like tarzan possesed.

2. He is very sticky to me now, and wants me to bathe for him, makes him sleep, feed him, change for him, everything. I could tell there's still a anxiety in him of me not spending time with him. A couple of times he even has crying fits when I leave house for work, crying the way he used to when he was much younger.

3. He says funny things. Sometimes they are sweet. Just 1 night ago, when I was preparing to read to him in bed and I helped him do something (I forgot what), he said "Thank you Mommy, you are always the best!". Wonder where he learn that from.

4. He has picked up this irritating and rude habit of repeating Daddy's admonitions. When Daddy goes "Jovann, stop doing that!", he will repeat mockingly "Jovann, stop doing that!". Hhmph.

5. He hates bathing now, and will throw tanthrum and needs a lot of coaxing whenever bath time comes.

6. He loves black sauce chicken or soya sauce fried fish that I did for him recently.

7. He is really really into dinosaurs. His favourite bedtime book now is Harry and the Dinosaurs say "Raaaaah!". And I bought for him a small dino bitty basket to accompany that story, as the bitty basket contains the various kinda dinos and a small dino land too. He has a dino colouring book, dino figurines, dino pencils. He's also starting to like the new school scrapbook I did for him.

8. For many mths now, he loves spelling out words he sees on brochures, on signs, on cards, on anything. He knows what sounds does each of the letters A- Z makes. About 2 mths back, he was reading a book and managed to "read" the word "GUS", which is the character in the book. He went "G-U-S......Ger...Us...S.....GUS!" Heheehe! However, sometimes he sees a picture of a father, and he will read out correctly the letters "F-a-t-h-e-r" but goes "Daddy!". hahahaa.

9. Last month when reading a dino book to him, we were on the page of apatosaurus, when he told me that "those dinosaurs pushed him down, his legs pain, and people angry with he dinosaur, make dinosaur say sorry, then no pain already.". what an imagination.

10. Whenever our maid calls out to us to "makan", Jovann will cheekily tell her back "Bu yao gam!" (don't hold food in your mouth, which is something Ah Ma Ah Gong always tell him) coz it sounds alike.
11. He takes pride climbing onto the metal door frame and sticking the key into the lock, turning it, and opening the door for us. So much so that if we get there first, he will cry. So every evening when we reached home, he will be waiting for that chance to open the door for us and hear our praises heee.

The growing of his dino egg last mth.

Jovann Celebrates in School!

Birthday Song
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For some reason, he has always been squeamish about crossing rope or wooden bridges in playgrounds. Today is the first time he did both without batting an eye, and he did it to "save" me heee. And he did it again and again, even the rope bridge. Don't watch the video if you will be bored by repeatitive actions, coz he did it again, and again...and again...I lost count.:P
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Our 3rd year as friends

Sophie is in NZ, DN just became a gor gor the day before, and Arianne is sick. The 4 of us celebrated on their behalf. :P

The cake was massacred during the cutting ceremony, when 4 plastic knives (tied with 4 different colour ribbons) digged enthusiastically into that poor diary-free cake by ETA Sweets. The cake had the names of the 7 kids on it.

I don't understand......why some parents simply don't THINK.

I am skipping quite a few posts to vent my frustration here.

Both J's are sick, and my little Jazreel is having croup. She has hoarse breathing and a nasty nasty cough with lotsa phelgm. She's only 8mths going on 9mths and she is on nebuliser.

I am frustrated because I know how this happened.

Scenario
1. gor gor goes to school. meet with sick classmates who's irresponsible parents keep on sending to school. I even noticed 1 girl who sneezed out a bowl full of phelgm all over her face, the teacher just took tissue to clean, and thats it. There are even parents who claim they are "not free" to fetch their kids home when teachers call them to report their child having a fever and pls bring them back. There was a mother who was having a chesty cough and left her brain outside the classroom and enter the class filled with 20 young children, all the while coughing her nice germs into the air, without the courtesy of covering with her hand, turning away, or wearing a mask to protect the kids.

2. gor gor goes to school with these kids and gets sick too.

3. Before he shows sympthoms, he affectionately hugs meimei as usual in the morning, and puts his face close to hers.

4. Once he develops fever later that morning, we kept him from school immediately, and separated him from Jaz for the next few days. But, the contact on Tue morning already infected her. Sigh. She started a sudden phelgmy cough on friday morning, after a night of sleeplessness (awake from 1am-3am from some discomfort which I cannot sense). Saw PD that morning and as she's so young he tries not to prescribe too strong med, only probiotics, prospan (herbal), kaloba (herbal). He said however if she has high grade fever or green mucus to give her gorgor's antibiotics (gorgor tested negative for Type A and B influenza twice, so doc decides to treat it as bacterial). Her cough very quickly develop into this chesty sound when she breathes, and at times can see she has difficulty drawing in an unobstructed breath. that night itself she has 38.8 fever. :( So it gotta be antibiotics.

5. But her cough and phelgmy breathing got so bad I worried whether its wheezing so PD asked us to bring her down again. He diagnosed it as croup. So put her on nebuliser to help her breathing.

I just feel like ranting on and on, but I know it doesn't accomplish anything. We are parents who are careful with hygiene in order to minimise chances of cross infection. We are socially responsible and keep our kids at home if they are sick. And if WE are sick, we wear a mask out despite knowing we look wierd and are inviting strange looks from other folks. So why can't other people do the same? It doesn't take an arm or a leg, just some heart, a dose of social responsibility, a healthy sense of duty. What's so difficult?

I feel so heartpain for Jaz. Her gorgor did not even fall sick at all until he reached 17mths. And now she's barely 9mths and had 2 courses of antibiotics and already knows what's a nebuliser. All because of what?

People who think "it won't happen to me" or "fall sick fall sick loh" should STOP AND THINK. THINK - statistics are made up of real life humans like you or anyone else on the street. There's no such thing as "it won't happen to you". THINK - yes, YOU can afford to fall sick, but what about that poor 14yr old kid with epilepsy, what about that man with pre-existing illness? Everytime ONE SINGLE person falls sick, and KNOWINGLY goes out without wearing a mask, coughing left right centre on the MRT, is exposing someone else more vulnerable to risks. It can be a 6mths old, it can be a 60yr old, or a pregnant mom. Either way,these people do not have the kind of health he has, and may not be so lucky.

We happen also to learn from our PD that he has recently sent a 9mth old boy for H1N1 test. Its positive. Can you imagine what that family is going through???

They say the funniest things!

Tonight, when Daddy making Jovann sleep, Daddy was wearing a mask coz he's coughing.

Jovann: Hug me, Daddy...
Daddy: No Daddy sick cannot hug you.
Jovann: Did you see doctor??
Daddy: Never..(actually he did)
Jovann: Why never?
Daddy: (joking) no money.
Jovann: I got money...
Daddy: Where?
Jovann: Money outside (referring to his doggy piggy bank in the living room with some coins)
Daddy: ...
Jovann: I give you 1 money ok? One money...(how stingy).

He's been saying he has money very often lately. Just yesterday, he told Ah gong ah ma that he don't want Mommy Daddy to go work. Ah gong explained to him if we don't work no money to buy toys. He insisted he got money, and ran to get the doggy piggy bank, and said a lot of coins inside.

Childhood is wonderful, with all its innnocence.....

He often say "Ah HA!" nowadays when he thought he got the one-up on us. Example, when we pretend Daddy wanna snatch his food (to entice Jovann to eat it up first), and Jov managed to get there first, he will triumphantly yelled "Ah Ha!" hehehehee...

3 nights ago, on the way home from Mama place, Jov is as usual chattering nineteen to the dozen in the car, about everything, anything, under the sun that he can see and hear. Thats the way he usually is, talk non stop during car rides. Except when he knows meimei need to sleep, then with a tremendous effort he will keep quieter.

If I never write down what he said, I will forget them 5mins after I get out from the car. I will develop a pounding headache either through attempting to recall his rapidly switching subjects, strange comments or trying to make sense of it. Heee. Thus this post.

Jovann: (I was showing him the beautiful sunset and how colourful the sky is)....mommy, got Dinosaur! got dinosaur!
Me: where? ooooh yes, that cloud does look like a dinosaur, clever boy!
Jovann: (3 seconds later) We go zoo, then go home...mommy sleep with me..(note, he knows we will pass by the zoo on way home)
Jovann: (looking at passing trees) trees....green and white trees...
Me: where are the white trees? *scratching head*
Jovann: dark blue truck (a dark blue truck was passing by)
Jovann: Light sky only....
Me: Yes, the truck is dark blue, the sky is light blue.
Jovann: Yes..
Jovann: my card at home (referring to my green atm card)...look (holding out his empty hands), don't have.
Jovann: what you doing?....card under letter...sing duck in the bear.....later the monkey.....
Mommy: .....??
Jovann: (suddenly thought of Animal Mechanicals now) Mechana Gizmo!!!
(I turned to look out the window)
Jovann: Why you turn other side actually, tell me now.

We stopped to buy dinner for maid. Daddy brought maid to choose her food, leaving us in the car.
Jovann: Where Daddy go?
Me: Daddy bring Auntie Tursini buy food
Jovann: I don't want Auntie Tursini buy food (nowadays he's always going "I don't want" this, "I don't want" that...)
Me: (patiently explaining) Auntie Tursini need to eat dinner, else she will have stomach pain.
Jovann: Wait Auntie Tursini stomach-ache, got egg (ache) come out. Aunt egg. Egg actually is a ball...
Me: ........

Finally approaching our flat
Jovann: Oooh look, we are home! Everybody's home!

And I only managed to capture less than half of what he's saying during the car ride...

They are so funny now!

Having girls....

People has been asking me what's it like having a boy and a girl, any different?
Yes there are differences. Interestingly, Jaz is very girl girl when she's young now, and there's a marked difference between her behaviour, developments compared to Jovann at the same age.

* Her cognition is more advanced than her gorgor. Jovann in the first 3-4mths of my breastfeeding never looks at me during nursing, think he sees me as a mommy cow. Only at 4th mth did he held my gaze when nursing. Jazreel started gazing at me during nursing the day she turned 1 mth old. She held my gaze for very very long while I sing her a lullaby again and again. That evening was so sweet to me....
* Her fine motor skills are developed at an earlier stage. When she plays with my hair, she fingers it and plays with a few strands, instead of grabbing a huge chunk like her gorgor. But its still painful. :P
* Her gross motor skills however is slightly more relaxed. She don't seemed as eager or hyperactive as her gorgor in exploring/pushing her physical limits.
* Jaz is more manja, loves to lean her head on your shoulder in a sweet dependent gesture. And she does this very often when someone else wants to carry her. She will lean on you, and smile at the person a trifle defiantly yet with a sweet expression.
* She don't smile that readily at strangers, unlike J at this age is smiling at every uncle and auntie he sees. She's more reserved. But she will laugh unreservedly with people she loves. Ah Ma Ah Gong commented that she laughs as loud as me hehe.
* She's very obliging when having her pedis and manis. seemed to enjoy them. :)
* She is more contented and can play on her own for longer periods of time as a newborn compared to her gorgor.
* Sometimes you hardly know when she's hungry. Coz she don't outright wail for milk at all, sometimes just quietly sucking her thumb loudly, and talk to herself in the cot or rocker. Only when you pick her up and she started rooting when I prepare myself then I realise she's hungry. Many times she's like that in the middle of the night, wake up but quietly talk to herself in the cot. Its only when I sleep with her in room that I can hear that she's awake.

I count my blessings every day to have both Jovann and Jazreel. Both of them are so special in their own way.


On 12 June, her stats:
Weight 8.1kg
Height 68cm tall
Head Circumference 45.5cm

22 June She waved for the first time! Bringing her home from ma ma house, and mama was outside the car waving at her. She suddenly brought up her right hand and did a waving action, resembling her hitting the air in front of her enthusiastically. She's waving!! when we praised her, she's so pleased, she did it again. Daddy craned his neck around in his seat to watch her do it, she looks so cute doing it. We are so pleased. :)

23 June, really crawl for the first time. Got distinct, sustained and coordinated forward motion. Yeah! Daddy caught it on video (Tue morning) to show me. :)



Same day, at mama house, Jazreel was lying on the mattress when the rainbow fish CD is playing in the living room. She held up her hands in front of her and did "dancing motions". hehehee....


24 June
It seemed that she suddenly became harder to carry, and more restless and mobile when being carried. She started climbing up our chest when carrying her. hehehe...and struggles more now too. what happened to my sweet contented Jaz?


She has always been babbling to herself, but now even more of her own conversations than ever. with her cute little "ah....ah....babababa...." Daddy fancies that she's calling him when she says that. :P


The best thing about having a girl, is you can doll her up!!!






her Baby Gap swimsuit (2Y) , too big for her yet hehee.

Jovann's June updates

His new favourite toy. Bought it at Isetan after a high tea with some mommy friends. Coz before I left the house I promised Jov I am going out to buy him a toy, else he refused to let me know. Oh dear, the things I resorted to. So anyway,after the hightea, Auntie Grace insisted I MUST get him a toy, and she spotted this for me coz I was looking for excavators coz J is into green Rex from Animal Mechanicals now! Although Rex is not strictly an excavator...but try telling that to a 3yr old boy. :P

anyway, he loves this! and he assembled it himself. :P NOw he calls it the "yellow Rex". :P That first night he brought it to bed with him. And every morning when he wakes up he will play.

22 June

We were in the bedroom going through his current favourite book, the N-Z workbook I mentioned in an earlier post. We were doing the letter "X", and when I prompted him for what starts with the letter "X", he went ...." mmmmm.....eXcellent!!" hahahahaa..... so funny...

23 June

This is something he's been saying sometimes. Whenever we responded to a conversation with him and said "Me too!", he will cheekily reply us "Me three.....under the tree!".

??? He can make rhymes! hahahaaa....

That night, Daddy was busy working so I made him sleep. He has gotten so used to Daddy putting him to bed these few weeks that he kept asking for Daddy.

Jovann: I want Daddy...

Mommy: Daddy busy tonight ok, Mommy make sleep.

Jovann: I want Daddy make sleep. Mommy lie up there (indicating our adult bed. The person who makes him sleep will usually lie on the floor mattress with him).

Mommy: Mommy make sleep tonight ok?

Jovann: I dont want Mommy make sleep.

Mommy: (made sad face) you don't want Mommy already? *sad*

Jovann: You know I love you OK? BUT I (still) want you to sleep up there.

MOmmy: ??????

24 June

For some reason, he took out the Gymboree bubble blower tonight and ran around the house pretending its an Olympic torch, coz he shoved the blower in all of our faces, and yelled "Fire! Fire!"

Then he suddenly put the thing on his chest, thrusted out his chest towards me, and said "Mommy drink milk!"

Ah ma was looking for tissue, and J wanted to help, saying “我帮你拿tissue", but in the process hit his lips against the corner of the table and got a mild cut. He was so manja, and wanted all of us to sayang him. he even asked me in a tearful voice to hug him and sing twinkle twinkle little star, right there in the middle of the bright living room. I noticed he's been more in need of hugs and assurances laterly. I must be more conscious of this....

Some of the letters he traced on his favourite writing book. The more unsteady ones are his of course.

He wrote the "A" here himself. As he wrote, he muttered "Up....down....across" hehehe like Daddy taught him.

A morning with my son

Early June

Brought him to Jacob Ballas sand pit on a weekday morning, just like I promised him around 4mths ago.

Took a cab there, and I brought along his sand toys! The weather was hot hot hot, but he enjoyed himself all the same. We played, scooped, built, flung....yes he flung...flung some sand at some jiejies on a field trip. Hhmmm.....

Having fun fun fun....

Even the lunch was fun. Now that he chews rather well and likes fish, I was looking fwd to having lunch with him at this cafe. I ordered fish and chips, and a large cheese dog set to share. He ate like half of the huge cheese dog, and 1 of the 2 big slices of fish fillet, and some chips. I am very very pleased!

The photo of the butterfly on the table is taken by him.

Before

After

Jovann chasing birds after a satisfying meal. He even drank around 2/3 cup of orange juice, then asked for apple juice.

Later, on the way home in the cab....he was playing with my wallet, and asking me to take out the coins let him play.

Jovann: I want to play coins

Mommy: I am sorry but the coins are dirty

Jovann: (indicating my bag) got water, got water inside

Mommy: uh huh....

Jovann: take out water, use water clean coins...

Mommy: .....

Jovann: Then I can play.....