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Freebie Janvier – Partie 5 kit from Scrapmalin
Chipboard & Glitter alphas from Creative Confusion Designs
Priceless price tag from Digital Fingers by Louise Williams
Label Alphabet & Words from Scrap-Pit
Just look at what Ethan has been up to recently…
He would ask us to stuff his toy football or basketball under his shirt, and he would proclaim “Tummy!”
And then he would prance around the house, and more often than not, his *tummy* would then fall out! LOL
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Sweet Shoppe Cookie Decorating Template from Sweet Shoppe Designs
Courage Kit from Summertime Designs
Freebie Janvier – Partie 4 kit from Scrapmalin
Cartoonish Alphas from Faith True
Scribble Alpha from Amy Sumrall
Ethan is constantly amazing us with his neverending ability to pick up new words. And even more so, his smattering of Hokkien, which he speaks with an accent, …. well, sorta. LOL!
Most of the time, we speak to him in English, but we used to throw in a few Hokkien terms before, and while he did not repeat after us then, he says them now, much to our amusement.
One of his most-used Hokkien terms is, undoubtedly, “kakai”. Sometimes he would wake up in the mornings, sit up in bed and go, “I want to go kakai”…except it’s funnier if you hear him say it.
And oh, of course he’ll ask to go potty when he is ready, but he will also say “I wanna pangsai” or just “pangsai”, while he is sitting on the throne.
He also recently picked up the term “geelee!” when I started tickling him one day, and he also loves to use the word “BULAT!” Well, okay, not exactly a Hokkien term, but I used to cup his face in my hands, rub our noses together and say, “Who’s Mr Bulat?” and he would giggle. Now, *he* will be the one cupping my face and going, “Bulat!” Oh, you’d be surprised at how precise his pronunciation of “BULAT” is!
…and it is just so ENDEARING when he does that! 🙂
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Plum Pudding kit from Stacey Towers
Elegant word art (love chocolate) from Bethany
We have never known Ethan to have a sweet tooth. Yes, he likes to play with candy canes and sweets, but they hardly ever enter his mouth.
Lately however, our little boy has been showing a keen interest in all things CHOCOLATE.
It all started when Mommy began craving for come chocolate milk. So off I scooted to get a gallon. It sure did taste good, but was rather sweet too. I didn’t give any to Ethan at first, but you know our boy…of course he was curious when he opened the fridge and saw that big container sitting there.
So I told him it was chocolate milk and asked if he would like to try some…and what happened after that, as they say, is history. He simply LOVES chocolate milk now, and can down about three half cups at one go. Sometimes he would even wake up in the middle of the night requesting for chocolate milk. I sometimes mix a little bit of fresh milk to his chocolate milk, just so it is not too sweet for him.
In fact, since he loves chocolate milk so much, we have stopped his night bottle feeds on Pediasure now. He only has Pediasure with his bottle once a day, in the morning. 🙂
And guess what? He is also incredibly addicted to chocolate cake…Ethan’s Mickey Mouse birthday cake was a chocolate cake, and he has been eating most of it. He asks for chocolate cake and specifically wants ONLY the brown part! He’s not a fan of the cake frosting, you see. Well, he finished the last of the cake yesterday, but he is still asking me for more…perhaps I ought to bake a chocolate cake in the next few days.
Sometimes we do catch Ethan deep in thought, as if he were engaging in a session of soliloquy. How I wish I could find out what he was thinking.
“I wonder how many of these Lay’s baked potato chips Mommy will allow me to eat. I’m not giving anyone any…”
“Why do I have to wear this hood over my head?”
“Should I take a nap this afternoon?…Nah…maybe I’ll run around the house.”
“Should I dismantle my train track, and make Daddy fix it back again? I do so love the different tracks he can create.”
“I wonder if Mommy will allow me to eat crackers for dinner, and nothing else.”
“Will Daddy and Mommy take me to the mall afterwards?”
“Should I tell Mommy I want to go potty, just because I want to flush the toilet? Maybe I should just go potty cos I just want to change my pull-ups. Hehe.”
“Hmmm….what will it be today? Would I look better in my car pull-up pants, or the cowboy pull-up pants? And why does Mommy always ask me to wear that blue minky training pants?”
“..and why are these weird-looking aunties and uncles offering me food?”
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Quick Pages Sampler 6 from Amanda Heimann Designs
The Little Drummer Boy frame and polka-dotted paper from Piggyscraps
Winter Spell -Partie 2 tag element from Lilipruneau
Splats Freebie from Sev Designs
Ice Cold Alpha from Christie Lemmon Designs
Heart doodles from fei-fei’s stuff
Ethan’s favoritese character right now is none other than Mickey Mouse. His face will light up with joy whenever he sees Mickey strolling up the path at the beginning of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show, and even before the show starts, he will ask for “Mickey! Mickey!” And if we allow him to start watching the show in the morning before work, we have to wait till the show finishes with the Hot Dog Dance before we can leave the house. SIGH.
We recently bought him a Mickey Mouse soft toy from the Disney Store at the mall at a steal! It was only $8 and he absolutely loves it. Sometimes, he would *share* his water, his milk, his muffin, etc with Mickey. And sometimes he would also take Mickey on horsey rides on his shoulders, much like what we do with him. He really loves his Mickey dearly, and as his mood allows, he would also ask for Mickey before he goes to sleep.
Well, no prizes for guessing where we will be heading off to for our Christmas vacation next week! 😀
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“Name that kit” QP freebie from Mesokee Designs
HoldEmUps from Tara Dunstan
“A Walk in the Park” eclectic alphas from Tangie Baxter Designs
Guess what? Ethan’s afraid of the sun!
It’s true!!! Everytime we go out for car rides or to the mall when it’s sunny out, as soon as the warm sunshine hits him, he will start complaining, “Aaarrgghhh!!!! Sun! Sun!! SUN!!!” It’s just too funny actually…
And he wants *me* to reach over from the front seat and shield his face from the sun with my hand! I always tell him, “Boy, you can cover your face yourself too!” But nooooo……Mommy has to do it.
I always tease Ethan by saying, “How can you live in sunny California where all the surfer dudes are, and yet dislike the sun so much?” Hehe….oh, and he is very happy when we allow him to wear our sunshades. That picture above was taken about two months back though, where he is seen sporting my pair of shades.
Maybe it’s time we got you your OWN sunnies, huh Ethan? 🙂
NOW do you see why we are always worried about getting complaints from our neighbors downstairs?
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Cozy collection & Bellissimo freebie from retrodiva {designs}™
Kit “Memory” Costura cross-stitch from Sueli Colbert
HoldEmUps from Tara Dunstan
Elegant Fall Alphas (punctuation commas) fromTracy King
Paper word strips from Sugarplum Paperie
Among the many words that have crept into Ethan’s vocabulary of late, one very important and precious word has been added too. And that word is “sorry”.
However, he doesn’t really use it much in the apologetic manner, but more so when he accidentally bumps, or hurts himself. For example, when he is playing or running around, and he accidentally falls down or knocks his knee, he will put on a really adorable and sad face and say, “Oh sorry, sorry…”. And only when we kiss the spot that hurts does he go about his own business again.
Speaking of getting hurt accidentally, we have noticed that since Ethan started attending daycare, he has become more gungho and is more adventurous. Sometimes he throws caution to the wind, and well, ends up getting hurt.
But regardless, with that face, and that tone of voice going, “Sorry”, it’s really hard to resist not giving him a hug and kiss!
Scrap Credits
Eloquent kit & Treasure Hunt Mini leaf element from SweetDigi Scraps
HoldEmUps from Tara Dunstan
Doodle Me Big doodles from Mikkel Paige Original
Alpha matching RAIC from Amy Sumrall
Elegant word art (love heart could hold) from Bethany
…well, except it’s not exactly “Mommy” that he calls me. 😛
Ethan only started calling “Daddy” really clearly a few weeks before we left Penang for the United States. I remember it happened one evening when we were all resting and playing in the living room and I prompted him to go call Daddy. And he said ever so clearly, “Daddy!” And then that same night, when I was about to give him a shower, Ethan wanted “Daddy!” too.
Ah yes. It was and still is a magical word that will open many doors for Ethan.
But while his “Daddy” was loud and clear, he remained tight-lipped when we asked him to call “Mommy”. He did call me a few times but it was inconsistent. By and by, he started calling me *something* that sounded like Mommy but was not. And this was very consistent.
He calls me… “Martee“.
Yeah. I think it’s because he links it from “Daddy” (“Da-dee”) and then maybe he thinks it’s “Mar-tee” or “Ma-dee”…you know, just by changing the first syllable and maintaining the last one?
Anyway, it’s kinda embarrassing sometimes because Ethan calls a banana “Martee” too, and sometimes even Barney “Martee”. Well, in a most unqiuely endearing kind of way, Ethan addresses me as “Martee”, his way of calling me “Mommy”… albeit differently, but I am certain, filled with love and sweetness in every way.