Huaihao has grown significantly in the last quarter ! always tell him I cant believe my baby who is just 2.3kg at birth is now such a big boy!

And he loves Lego to bits and of late, Roblux. I chide him for not drawing and here is his version

On weekends, we have been missing our usual walks and brunches due to chinese new year and birthday celebrations and the kids make an excuse to skip. But I cant wait to go back to this. This day we had a walk and then headed to Decathlon, where the kids had fun monkeying around

And before we knew, Chinese New Year approached. This is Huaihao’s first time celebrating at Ngee Ann

And Chinese New Year Eve is all about feasting and reunion . This is our first year at Marine Terrace and everyone came over for dinner. The kids played with Gengyan jiujiu to finish up food and Huaihao and Qinzhi had their first taste of goose web and braised dried oyster

On the first day of Chinese New Year we headed to ah hui ah yi’s where we had popiah, steamboat, curry and ngoh hiang.

But before that, its the kids doing their customary bai nian to us parents, then grandpa and ah mei ah yi and gengyan jiujiu and karyn

Then as soon as Chinese New year came, it left and we looked forward to Qinzhi’s birthday. And this is Huaihao’s handmade card to Qinzhi

Huaihao is lazy when it came to learning spelling. This weekend I had him in fits when I worked with him on chinese spelling. He was upset and cried , and i could see his emotions literally choking him. He said he had chest pain afterwards and I soothed him slightly. Went for a shower and came back to this, complete with doodling! How cute!

One night at bedtime, I asked Huaihao,”Am I more like boy or girl?”

To which HuaiHao replied: “half half, you are like girl the way you dress but otherwise the way you act is like boy.”

I probed, “Is it like when I carry everything myself, always push for the highest standards, everything also do myself?”

Huaihao: “exactly”

I asked again, “So am I more like girl or boy?”

Huaihao: “you are more like mommy and that’s all that matters”

Huaihao is so good with words saying by that he is a wordsmith is even not reflective of what he actually is.

One other day I rushed back and got Huaihao at his school. And he says, “You are boiling with happiness”

Another day at dinner and I asked if he would like some XO sauce with his noodle and he said. “ XO sauce is combustible in my mouth.”

I wish you love Huaihao, and light of course. There is nothing you cannot do, as a powerful creator!