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Spending time with Ezanne on her birthday

February 19, 2012 – 11:46 pm

As a parent, we will want to spend as much time we our children, especially on their special day. I remembered that I did not take any leave to accompany Ezanne last year, can’t remember if I did the year before but this year, I made it a point that I have to do it.

It was the first time she celebrated her birthday in school with her friends. Unfortunately, Ethan was feeling unwell that day and was unable to celebrate with her. Nevertheless, she had a good time in school and she like it very much because all the attention was on her.

After school, we brought Evan and her to Explorer Kids for an afternoon of workout. It was a weekday and there was just us when we arrived. Ezanne was not quite confident initially with the obstacles, but slowly and gradually, she built up her confidence and after 2 hours, she decided that she wants to continue playing and refuses to return home.

Ezanne is growing up and I’m glad to see her building her confidence. She is still as cool as ever and now I’ve got a new name for her, Ice Princess.

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Evan’s first steps

February 19, 2012 – 12:31 am

Evan has started to learn walking and we are at this paranoid stage. We are happy that he is learning how to walk but we are also unhappy that he is learning how to walk at such a young age, I mean at about 14 months. It is a Chinese belief that the later you walk, the easier life you will experience when you grows up in the future and this is why we are hoping that he will only start walking on his own probably a few months later.

Recently, he is not only learning how to walk but climbing up the sofa too. The more new things he learn, the happier we are but it also means that it will come with a new set of problems, but definitely, happy problems.

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The E’s Weight

February 12, 2012 – 10:07 pm

Its easier to get Ethan and Ezanne on the weighing machine because they are older and will get quite excited standing on it. As for Evan, its usually quite challenging. This morning, I decided to give it a try and ask Ethan, Ezanne and Evan to stand on the weighing machine, one by one, to take their weight. We took and the result is out. As of 12 February 2012, Ethan is 19kg, Ezanne is 11kg and Evan is 9kg.

Ezanne eat alot, but she seldom puts on weight. In fact, she eats more than Ethan but somehow, probably she’s got mummy’s gene, she is also petite. Technically, Evan is 22 months younger than Ezanne but he is just 2kg lighter than her. Anyway, weight isn’t really that important. What is most important is they will grow up healthy and happy.

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Evan at 13 months

January 27, 2012 – 9:52 pm

Evan is already 13 months old. How time flies, I still remember when he was baby whom we carried him around, at 13 months, he just learnt how to stand and is beginning to learn how to walk. He has been blabbering alot, probably due to the influence of his elder siblings who just keep talking non-stop. For now, Evan is addicted to me. I use the word addicted because sometimes their mood change and they might just want to stick to others. These days, the first thing he does when he sees me on the bed is to call, “Dad Dad”. Whenever he goes, he will always remember me and call for me. You might probably think that he gets bullied by Ethan and Ezanne and he will just prove you wrong. In fact, Ethan loves him alot and he actually bullies Ezanne (there have been instances when Ezanne actually cried).

We are looking forward to his next milestone.

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Evan and his new trick

December 29, 2011 – 5:36 pm

On Christmas Eve, Evan gave us a surprise. He was in his baby cot and suddenly, he was climbing out of it. Somehow, this is a happy problem for us. Its a happy problem for us because at least, we thought, he had mastered the skills of climbing but of course we got to think of a solution to mitigate this problem. So far, there isn’t any specific solutions yet and we will just got to keep a look out for him.

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Unwrapping the presents

December 27, 2011 – 12:03 am

24 December was probably the day which Ethan was looking forward to. With so many presents in front of him, he was really tempted by them and kept asking us when he can start unwrapping them. Our answer to him, Christmas Eve. In fact, we actually told him that he can only unwrap them on Christmas Day itself, but he simply can’t wait and kept pestering us for it.

On the night itself, he stood in front of the presents, hinting to us that he was ready to start unwrapping them. Ezanne followed him and to get them into the mood, I told them to do a countdown. When we said GO, Ethan immediately start taking presents and pass it to Ezanne and Evan and all 3 started to unwrap them.

Its pretty obvious who unwrapped the most. Ezanne was trying really hard while Evan was simply exploring, not really knowing what’s happening. Anyway, Ethan and Ezanne were really satisfied with the presents and will like to thank all uncles and aunties for the presents.

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LookBack 2011: Family

December 24, 2011 – 1:01 pm

Well in 2011, we did not see any new addition to the family and probably not from now on. Personally, I feel 3 is enough because its challenging to divide ourselves into 3 to spend quality time with all of them given our busy schedules.

In 2011, we focused on Ethan’s and Ezanne’s academic developments. Ezanne started attending childcare, at the same centre which Ethan is attending and over the past 9 months, we’ve seen the improvements that Ezanne has made. Ezanne now talks more and is more active and sociable. For Ethan, we started to put him on full day childcare on selected days. The idea was to prepare him for his Primary 1. Well you will say that its still early days but I thought, we can start preparing him progressively.

In addition to his childcare, we also started to bring Ethan for enrichment class and started with one on Saturdays. He is coping well now and we are seeing results.

As for Evan, he is now beginning to learn how to walk. He can converse with us in baby languages that we understand. I’m looking forward to his milestones in 2012.

I do hope that I can continue to spend more time to bond with the children and ensure that they have a memorable childhood.

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Birthday greeting from Ethan and Ezanne to Evan

December 16, 2011 – 11:30 pm

You might be confused but we are not trying to confuse you. Its Evan’s actual birthday today. We just celebrated his birthday earlier previously. 1 year ago, we welcome our 5th member into the family and like Ethan and Ezanne, he had brought us much joy. At 1 year old, Evan is cheeky and more sociable as compared to his siblings. I do not really want to compare him with them as we’ve noticed ourselves, 3 children had 3 different personalities. As he turns 1, we look forward to more milestones and surprises that he has for us and like Ethan and Ezanne, my wish for him is to have a memorable childhood. For now, I thought, he is already having one and lucky to have Ethan and Ezanne singing birthday song for him.

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Its teamwork. Ethan and Ezanne style.

December 11, 2011 – 8:31 pm

This morning, we had our breakfast at Changi City Point Toast Box. While mummy was eating, I took Ethan, Ezanne and Evan out for a walk. So we saw a Christmas Tree and I ask Ethan and Ezanne if they wanted to take a picture. Then they decided that they wanted to take and gladly pose for me (surprised especially when you see Ezanne pose).

After that, Ethan suggested that Evan should take a picture with me too. So he took my iPhone and Ezanne was standing behind him trying to get the attention of Evan and shouted “Di Di, Di Di” and was clapping her hands. So how did the picture look like?

I love this picture. Its not because it turn out better than I expected but the teamwork both Ethan and Ezanne put into which made this picture PERFECT!

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Evan turns 1

December 3, 2011 – 11:39 pm

Time flies pass us really quickly and Evan is turning 1 this December. Strictly speaking, he will only turn 1 on 16 December but we had an early celebration for him. As compared to Ethan and Ezanne, Evan’s 1st birthday celebration was much simpler. There was no buffet, just some cooked food that we bought and we took the opportunity to barbecue as well. My uncle was our designated chef for the night.

Evan’s birthday was also the first one which I attempted to update the day’s event on their dedicated fanpage. Something which I hope I can do for future celebrations for Ethan and Ezanne as well. Since Evan was born in the Year of the Tiger, we got a Tigger like cake for him.