2 years old

Daryl finally turns 2 years old today. When he woke up, we change him into this new outfit which I bought from Kidz Cottage. Btw, I don't recommend purchasing from Kidz Cottage. I find that their stuff are more expensive than Little Tots Closet & their service is not as personalized as the latter.





















































Daryl holding his 1st ang pow from Ye Ye. Kel's dad gave him the ang pow last night before Daryl slept. See how happy he is.

After opening his ang pow, we went out to the living room so that Daryl have his breakfast & open his presents from us & Auntie Eileen.



























Daryl posing in his new Adidas shoes which was a gift from Kel. His current shoes are kinda of tight already, thus Kel thought of buying a new pair for him. I am amazed at how fast his feet had grown as we bought just his current shoes during CNY. At the rate that he's growing, I think we would need to 'upgrade' his shoes every 6 months already.





















Daryl with his birthday presents. From left to right - Auntie Eileen's present, the Sesame Street board books which I bought for him, the remote control toy car which Asty bought for him, his new Mickey Mouse sandals which I bought for him & the Mega Bloks Farm Set which I bought for him.















































Daryl with Auntie Eileen's present. Thanks Auntie Eileen, he loves it...

There's a Chinese tradition which states that the birthday boy / gal has to eat eggs on their birthday. Therefore, Kel the doting dad asked Asty to boil a hard boiled egg for Daryl. Then he has the 'honour' to feed the birthday boy.













































































































After Daryl's sumptuous breakfast, it's time to play with his presents. I think that Kel is more excited than Daryl in opening up his presents & playing with them. This shows that there is always a child in every adult. :p































































































In the pics above, Kel is helping Daryl to open up the Mega Bloks farm set. After opening it up, Kel & Daryl had a great time playing with it & the rest of his toys. They only stopped when it's time for lunch.

Daryl & Daddy

Daryl can be such a Daddy's boy at times. Tonight, I managed to capture a vid of him in 'action'.

Daryl has a habit of reading his books or book book as he called them every night before he sleeps. Tonight is no exception. As Kel had an early golf game tomorrow morning in JB, he was home early today so that he can sleep early. Thus, tonight is 1 of the rare times that he accompanied Daryl when he's reading.

In the vid below, you can see Kel teaching Daryl some new words. The funniest thing is, when Daryl managed to say the correct word, he would lean over to Kel so that Kel can give him a kiss. This went on for a long time. I was laughing when I saw it & couldn't resist taking a vid of it.

No Need

Kel taught Daryl a new word today. But I don't know whether it's a good idea or not. :p

When Daryl woke up this morning, Kel & I went to play with him on our bed. Kel was telling Daryl that he have to wake up & bath already as mummy is bringing him to have lunch with mummy's friends. However, Daryl was still lazing on the bed as he was enjoying the playtime with Daddy. Then Kel told Daryl that he has to be a good boy so that mummy will bring him out more often. I retorted that if he don't need me to carry him all the time, then he's a good boy already. Thus, Kel told Daryl that he's a big boy already, so he must walk by himself already & don't need us to carry him anymore. Then Kel asked him, "Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you anymore?" Daryl didn't answer him. However, he's got this cheeky look on his face. Kel then got a thought. He taught Daryl how to say "No need". Daryl followed. I must say that we are quite impressed as his pronunciation is very accurate. So the conversation went...

K : Daryl, do you need mummy to carry you later?
D : No need
K : Do you need mummy to carry your bag for you?
D : No need
K : Okie, that's a good boy. Can you get up & go pong pong now?
D : No need
K : Daryl, you cannot be a notti boy k. If not, mummy will not bring you out.

Daryl didn't reply his daddy. But he's got a cheeky grin on his cheek

K : Do you need mummy to spank your backside if you are a notti boy?
D : No need

*faint*

Sigh, I forsee that this word is going to be his favourite from now onwards.

Orange Watch

I realised that Daryl likes stuff which are orange in colour or has got some orange colour in them. E.g. oranges, 1 of his cars which got an orange top, his sandals which is orange & brown in colour, 1 set of his clothes which is orange & grey in colour, etc.

Today, we went back to my mum's place as it's National Day. When we were going back, my mum suddenly remembered that she has an orange watch which she can give to her grandson. She told us to wait while she went to take the watch.

When she found it, she put it on for Daryl. You know what, he stood there like a good little boy & let my mum wear the watch for him. We were so amazed. Our previous attempts to wear anything on his hands were always rebuffed.

The funny thing is, when Daryl was wearing the watch, he would hold up his arm as if he's afraid that the watch would drop should he put down his hands. :p We were laughing when we saw that. I forgot to take a pic of him then as I was laughing too hard. I only remembered when we reached home.



























Daryl staring earnestly at the watch



























Daryl striking a pose for me with his new watch

Bye Tata...

I usually have a shower before bedtime. Tonight is no exception. However, Daryl did something tonight which made me laugh.

When I came out of our bathroom after my shower, Daryl came running to me holding the TV's remote control in his hands. He put the remote control in my hand & pulled me to our bed. When we reached our bed, Daryl said, "Bye Tata" while waving his hands. FYI, tata is Asty. I taught Daryl to call her Kaka as a sign of respect. As he can't pronounced the K sound, his kaka sounds like tata. The funniest thing is, after saying that, he went to open our bedroom's door, signalling that he wants Asty to leave our room.

I was laughing when I heard Daryl said that. He's becoming such a precocious kid

When Asty heard what Daryl said, her answer was, "Okie, u don't want me, then I go out." Then she got up to leave the room. Daryl went to pull her hand & led her towards the door. At the door, he stood there & said,"Bye tata" & waved his hands again.

After Asty had left the room, Daryl closed the door & walked back to our bed with a smug grin on his face. By then, I was in stitches already. I couldn't believe that he actually said & did that. He's such a notti boy...

Meh Meh

Daryl has a fascinaton with small animals such as birds, cats & dogs, etc. He can watch them for hours without getting bored. Daryl calls bird as bird bird, dog is dog dog or woof woof while cat is cat cat or meh meh, depending on his mood. Why meh meh for cat? Coz he can't pronounce meow meow, thus it came out as meh meh... It always brings a smile to my face whenever I heard that.

Today, on our way back home in the afternoon, we chanced upon a cat at the staircase landing. This cat has been a very frequent visitor to our home recently as it has taken to having naps outside our house. Thus when Daryl saw it, he was very excited. He decided that he wants to have a chat with the cat at the staircase landing right there.

Disney Training Pants

I bought 3 more pairs of training pants for Daryl from Little Tots Closet as I feel that his current 2 pairs is not enough.
























However, in order to successfully toilet trained him, I think that I would need more training pants. Since Little Tots Closet have limited stocks, I think that I would have to source from elsewhere already.

Today, I let Daryl wear the Disney training pants. As he looks so cute wearing it, Kel couldn't resist taking some pics.









































































Hopefully, Daryl can be toilet trained soon. His diaper expenses is probably going to bankrupt us soon as he's now wearing XXL size diapers already. :p

Golf

Kel is an avid golfer, thus he would play golf whenever his schedule permits. Today is 1 of those days.

This morning, when Kel was packing his golf bag in our room, Daryl followed him into the room & sat on the bed to watch his daddy. Before packing his stuff into his golf bag, Kel would place them on the bed 1st to ensure that he didn't left anything out. Daryl was watching his every move. After a while, Daryl couldn't resist the temptation & started to play with Kel's stuff. When Kel saw that, he couldn't resist to let Daryl wear his stuff.



























Doesn't Daryl look like a golfer?



























Another pic of Daryl looking like a golfer.



























Daryl trying to unbuckle his belt



























Daryl is still trying to unbuckle his belt.

Kel & I were in stitches when we saw Daryl in his new outfit. It was with great reluctance that he took his stuff off Daryl.

Daryl the Drama King

Daryl did something really funny just now in the afternoon.

I was working in the study room when Daryl came to pull me out of the room. I followed him out to the living room. He gestured for me to sit down on the sofa beside him. to watch his cartoon with him, or rather, I was watching the cartoon while Daryl was playing with his cars beside me.

Suddenly, he bent down to knock his head on his cars. I didn't do anything & waited to see what would be his reaction. (P/S : it's not that I am hard hearted. It's just that it's the 1st time that I had seen Daryl do that. I had a feeling that he wants attention from me, thus I wanted to see what he's going to do.) My drama boy went, " Ehh......" It sounded like a cry, but it's not really a cry. Then he pointed to his forehead & went "Head... pain pain... head... pain pain..." I controlled my laughter & told him, "Darling, it serves you right! Who asked you to hit your head against your car car?" His reply was, "Head... pain pain..." Then he took my hand so that I can sayang his head. When I heard that, I played along. I went, "Oh, head... pain pain ah... okie, nevermind, then mummy kiss k. Then no more pain pain already..." I kissed his forehead a few times. Seeing no reaction from him, I kissed his forehead a few more times till he pulled away. Then you know what he did? He went, "Pain pain no more... pain pain no more..." The funniest thing is, he was twirling his hands around when he said that. Coupled with this very serious look on his face, I was laughing so hard that my sides hurt. My darling is such a drama king...

When Kel came back from his appt at night, I told him about what his baobei did. Kel went to tease Daryl about what he said to me just now, I think Daryl knew that we were teasing him. He went to hide his face in Kel's legs. It was soooooo funny... We had a good laugh about it again...

Daryl My Sweetheart

I woke up this morning with a pulled muscle at the left side of my neck. Think that there's something wrong with my sleeping position last night, thus the pulled muscle. Man... what a way to start my day...

In the late afternoon, when I was sitting at the coffeetable doing my work, my neck seems to be getting more painful. Therefore, I asked Kel to help me to massage my neck. Daryl who was playing nearby was watching us.

After a while, Kel stopped & he jokingly asked Daryl to take over & massaged me. To our surprise, Daryl actually came over & started to thump my neck. I was very touched by his gesture!! The enthusiasm which he showed when thumping my neck really melts my heart. Kel who was watching us teased me about Daryl being a mummy's boy. I retorted that he's just jealous. :p

Jayden's 1st Birthday Party

We attended Jayden's 1st birthday party today. Time flies... It seems only like yesterday when we attended his full month celebrations.

As the party starts at 1pm, we got ready at about 12pm. I went to bath Daryl while Asty went to pack his bag. After his bath, I went to shower while Kel dressed him. Kel even gelled & combed Daryl's hair. Thus, when I came out of the bathroom, I couldn't resist taking some pics of Daryl as he looks so handsome in his outfit. Btw, I was the 1 who chose the outfit for him. :p

After that, Kel the doting dad applied the California Baby calendula cream on Daryl's face as there are some spots on his face.

The final result...



























Some pics with Kel.



































After that, we left the house to attend Jayden's party.

Jayden's party is held @ Guilin Restaurant, HomeTeam NS @ Bukit Batok. The venue holds special memories for Yvonne as it was where she & Louis held their wedding dinner 4 years back.





















The venue (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















The Winnie the Pooh scene setter & part of the birthday decorations (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















The loot bags filled with goodies (pic courtesy of Yvonne)

At the restaurant, we took more pics.































































Kel decided to wear the same combination as Daryl. Can't stand him... It's as if he's afraid that no one would know that he's Daryl's daddy. :p



























The bdae boy





















Daryl running off when Jayden cried





















Jayden's birthday cake (pic courtesy of Yvonne)





















Louis, Jayden & Yvonne (pic coutesy of Yvonne)

At about 3pm, we had to leave as Kel needs to rush off for his appts.

Here's wishing Jayden a very Happy Birthday!