@ 25 Months Old..

Jaden turned 25 months old yesterday and to mark the occasion, I went and open a kid's bank account for him to keep all his money from birth till now (education fund) and for future funds that will be streaming in from his father.. *gRin*

He has learnt how to bounce a ball to a person real hard. He entertains himself by throwing, bouncing the ball and if we were to play with him, even better but sometimes he just like to throw it far and then run after it. It is good exercise for him and also for me, as it tires him out and it makes my life easier when putting him to bed or nap. =)

o.Oh and I have also enrolled him in the Little Rompers program and he will be starting it this Sunday. I wonder how he will act this time round. The last time, he kept more to himself, entertaining himself with the balls in the room.. hopefully he will open up more and join in the activities prepared by the teacher. Hubby said he felt wrong, as if he is paying for the son to go make friends with his peers.

It is quite a known fact already that Jaden tends to misbehave with his father around. He is much more calmer and not that hyper when he is with me or others. Hmm.. can kids actually sense who is the easy target to bully? The father always deny that fact by saying it is because the son knows who loves him more. What BS!

Nothing much for his 25th month milestone as he is still more the less the same. Vocabulary has not improved.. o.Oh lately he discovered sticking out his tongue and licking all over his mouth which results in saliva dripping (think predator with slime coming out from the mouth -Jaden is the little predator!), trying to put the whole fist inside his mouth sometimes gagging his ownself yet continues doing the act because he finds it funny, sucking his cheeks in (like those model wanna-bes making their cheekbone prominent).. I really don't know where he learns all these but it seems to be a phase.. he has phases he goes through.. he does it for a while and then later, he changes to another one.. Guess I should enjoy each phases he goes through even if it meant wiping the saliva off my hair...

Kidzports then?

Yesterday Hubby and I took Jaden for a trial class at Kizsports under the Little Rompers program. Its more to a fitness class than a sit down ABC class for the kids. Can't find a good reasonably priced kindy for Jaden so guess this fitness one will do first.. hopefully it will brush up his social skills with kids and learn how to share.

It is a once a week class, an hour each session and costs RM160 a month. OK lah compared to other places that offers this type of play classes.. and trial classes are free so might as well, just pop Jaden over and see if he likes it. He needs to see more kids his age and do something kids should do at his age instead of being coop up at home with just me looking at him looking at me back. =)

He did not really interact with the kids much tho. There were only 4 kids in the class yesterday and Jaden was more interested in the balls but he did join in one or two activities that he was more familiar with.

Teacher Siew Ming informed me that kids are like that. Some don't open up instantly, but once they are familiar with the surroundings and the activities, they will participate in the activities that everybody is doing and anyway, to teach children is to do the monkey see monkey do way. The most effective way.

Anyway he had his own share of fun in Kizports. One hour is good, not too long, not too short either .. just right to keep the children interested and curious enough to learn a few new things once a week.

So will we be going back there again and enrol him for good? Depends on his sleeping pattern now. He woke up at 10am today so well, if this keeps up, then we will go.. but if he decides to fight sleep like what he usually does and goes to bed only by 3-4am sometimes (headache i tell you) then its a no go until he gets his sleeping clock right.

p/s: Did I mention that while other kids were playing around with the obstacles and us parents were sitting talking to the teacher, Jaden came in to the circle and bend down to pick his ball, he let out a nice good old fashion fart? A loud one somemore. *sigh*

Mad Man @ 2am

There has been constant wall knocking as if someone is trying to hammer a shelve into the wall when comes 1230am-130am. Living in an apartment, of course, is not easy to find out who is doing that irresponsible and unreasonable act as sound do travel because I remember when the outside of my house needs to be drilled, I could even hear it from the ground floor when my floor is one of the highest in the building. Suspecting tho, it might be one of the houses directly below or beside.

Anyway, last night, as soon as I put Jaden to bed, and he fell asleep easily. *phew* Hubby came in to take a bath while I went about finding my 'lost' phone in the living when someone was knocking my door really hard. Those type that you will only knock if you want to pick a fight. It went on and on. At first, I wanted to open it thinking it might be one of Hubby's friend who was trying to play a prank on us but judging from the time, it will be just too much of a prank right? Then the next thing that came to mind was maybe someone who was knocking to see if anybody was home and once they open the door, they might point a gun or something and then rob us...

So the best sensible thing was to ask Hubby to open the door instead. Of course, disturbing Hubby's bathtime and knocking the door so hard, sounding as if they were going to kick it down anytime soon, Hubby opened the door and greeted the fella with the chopping knife.

Those that knows my Hubby, when you see him for the very first time, he wil seem as if he is towering over you and might look bad ass when he is furious and voila, fury was his name last night. It was a Chinese man, specky nerdy looking who was pounding on my door and my next-door neighbour. He wagged his finger at Hubby when he saw the knife and ran off as fast as he could. By the time Hubby unlocked the grill, I could see the man running zigzag from this stairs to another to the 17th floor, hopefully to lose trail if Hubby were to chase him. SISSY! Dare to pound on people's door at about 2am and not daring to speak up the reason why?

That really drove Hubby mad. I am sure if the poor fella happens to be in the same lift as Hubby, gone la the fella if he did not take the first step to apologize for what he did. He better be much more alert and smarter now than to use the same lift as Hubby for the face will not be forgotten easily. *tee hee*

You know, sometimes the saying applies to my Hubby as well.. hell hath no fury when his family/house is threatened by an unreasonable reason. I like.

I think we should start investing in some heavy hammer to be kept at door side now... what do you think?

ok.. sorry.. enough for the day.. sorry to blast all music videos up! =)

Have a great weekend everybody!

I *heart* Britney

You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye

And I love you so and I want you to know That I'll always be right here And I love to sing sweet songs to you Because you are so dear

My peace

After getting a harsh lashing last night, I woke up today and well, did what I had to to give myself a little peace..

Fed Jaden his brunch (he woke up only at 230pm), washed Hubby's laundry, defrost the drumstick and boil the chicken broth to cook his porridge, fold my laundry and hang his clothes the instant the washing machine is done with them, vacuum the whole house with the little one tagging along my side, sometimes trying to climb on top of me when I bend down to vacuum the far end of the couch, Jaden poo-ed by then, so have him wiped clean before taking him into the bathroom to give him his bath, put him down instantly for nap with a cane in my hand so he will behave and stay quiet and bored in his bassinet till he falls asleep, cut his fingernails short so he won't pinch others in his trial class tomorrow, change the rabbits' papers, went off to bathe and wash my sweaty hair and voila, when I came out from my bath, Jaden already woke up. He only had an hour nap, kind of good too so he can sleep earlier tonight.

Lets see, the boy wakes up at 230pm, put to nap at 530pm and woke up at 630pm.. should be tired enough to fall asleep easily by at least 12am right? As I am typing now, I put on his Elmo dvd so he can jump about and dance around till his energy is drained. Hopefully the dvd will do that to him...

Anyway, porridge was done by the time Jaden woke up from nap, so I fed him a bowlful of it which he finished without any signs of wanting to puke it out. *sigh*

Then went out for dinner at Ikea because Hubby wanted to eat meatballs after seeing it in the Ikea catalogue.

Hubby is out now having a meeting with one of our mutual friend, which I hope he won't come back home till Jaden falls asleep.. I like my peaceful Sat...

Tomorrow, I am going to take Jaden to Kizsports & Gym for his first trial class and see if he can fit in and play well with the kids. I hope he likes the Little Rompers and I pray hard he don't go round pinching other kids when he gets excited... I caned him, I whack him each time he tries to pinch me and tell him sternly NO and stil he will sneakily come up to me and do it... may this be just a phase..

Right, the video of his is soon going to be over soon, better go prepare his milk and then a quick warm bath before bed for him.. wish me luck he falls asleep fast and not roll around the bed for an hour or two.

Mothers dont have rights

I was told that I no longer have rights to watch my dramas, no right to do whatever I want just because I am now a mother. Is it true that mothers no longer have rights to have some time to themselves? no rights to be with friends and catch up from time to time? no rights to achieve her own dreams?

Had an argument last night, more to a one way argument where he 'trashed' on and I just keep quiet. Its always good to stay quiet and be accused of everything that has to be thrown at, be it right or be it wrong.. its always best to just be mute in such a situation. Some points striked me hard, some points just got my mind floating away escaping to somewhere else. Body here, mind elsewhere.

Its really frustrating to wake up to everyday getting scolded, getting blamed, getting accused at, getting trashed, its best to be silent and not even talk at all as silence from me would be golden in this house of mine..

I wonder if anyone out there experienced the same thing, getting scolded on the day before the wedding, on the wedding dinner itself, on the morning that you are looking forward to go and sign the marriage papers, when the baby has colic, when the person wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, when the person is feeling hot and just lash out when he feels like it.

Life is wonderful isn't it? Sometimes a walk down to the garbage bin, the letter box is really a relieve/a breather and well, its back to reality again after that.

P for Procrastinating

and I am the Queen of Procrasti-Nations if there is such a land.

I have not really been a good housewife, nor a mother in terms of taking my place in the kitchen. Food I cook sometimes do turn out a lil too funky for Hubby and Jaden's taste and well, lets just say Jaden prefer his father's cooking anytime compared to mine. So sometimes, it really dampens me and sort of put me off cooking for a while. In the mean time, Jaden only eats rice cereals, milk, snacks in between like cheese, cheesesticks, fishballs, and from our plates sometimes, brocolli, fried anchovies, noodles here and there. He has not been taking in rice for quite a number of days already. A week maybe. Such a bad mother!

Anyway today I thought I get up early -10am and go out and buy brekkie/lunch for Hubby and I, while quickly go to the fresh mart near my apartment to grab some drumsticks and cook Jaden his porridge. I did all that.. and even bank in for some online purchase I bought.. and I just laid my eyes on another online stores that sells cute baby-tees.. shit!

Now, the only thing I am procrastinating is cleaning up the rabbits and mopping the floor and well, the second round of laundry just have to wait until Hubby does his business in the toilet today. He hates the toilet being wet when he is in there. *sheesh* anyway, well, hopefully I will get these three done and well, maybe turnover my wardrobe and rearrange everything again if I can still find some sanity after entertaining Jaden too and the constant checks on him not being up to mischief... *sigh*

I really envy those SAHMs that could really do everything everyday and still keep the house spick and span. I am such a slob! *shy*

OK.. might as well now go start on the rabbits.. before I get all lazy or Jaden gets up from bed.. yea, hes still sleeping.. he decided he only wanted to sleep at 6am, tossing and turning and playing on the bed.. the trick to make him sleep, one strike of the cane, just pain enough to make him emo and sleep it off.. *shakes head...*

Lil Lounge Lizard

Bowl cut

Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

The three different times he got a haircut from QwikCut @ Ikano/The Curve
Any differemce?

Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

Expensive Education

Now that Jaden turned 2, I am starting to worry about his speech, and his social well-being on how he is going to interact with other kids while learning useful stuff other than picking up things he learn from his DVDs.

I have a few playschools/schools set in mind for him, which of course don't come cheap but well, its more to playing than learning just yet so that is why these schools are in my top choices, followed up by other kindys that I kind of like.

1. Kizports & Gym for their Little Rompers session. Its about RM160 permonth with RM160 depo and RM40 per annum to pay up. I am not sure if it is a 3 day thing but one thing for sure is that parents get to accompany the kid to the class and well, its only 50 min per class. Damnit! The one tihng good about it is that it is in One Utama, so damn near to my place so well... *tee hee*

2. Play n Learn but... the main page advertised that its mainly for 3 yos onwards. Jaden is only 2.. so well..

3. Insights Kids. Found it through mamapumpkin's website and thought its pretty good just that would it be mostly education as in papers and writing and all? The address, too, suggest a hole in a pocket but well, will check it out too since its for the boy.

4. Gymboree can be rather expensive too. Found a mother posting online :-
(1) Trial Class cost RM48
(2) Annual Membership fee RM150
(3) Term Fee Cost RM420/ 12 weeks
(4) Yearly Package Cost RM1780/ 48 weeks
and that is for the newly opened branch in Tropicana City Mall... expensive?

5. Tadika Diyana but that will only be when he really ready for school, which I guess Malaysian kids' norm age to enter is 4? keeping my options open but it does seem like a good kindy right? Now with the kindy fees, gonna set back about RM5000++ yearly.. why is education so expensive these days?

So who wants to have a football team of kids now? I am happy with one now..

I know for sure Jaden will be going to a government school for all I care because I would rather save the money and put him in a good university and pay for the tuition fees unless he is smart enough to get scholarships... =) but well, won't think that far off now.. will just start with a good foundation in a good kindy for him.

Trouble he will find you no matter where you go, oh oh
No matter if you're fast, no matter if you're slow, oh oh
The eye of the storm or the cry in the mourn, oh oh
You're fine for a while but you start to lose control

He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!

Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe, oh oh
And no matter what I feed him he always seems to grow, oh oh
He sees what I see and he knows what I know, oh oh
So don't forget as you ease on down the road

He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh

So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a ****er for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!

Oh how I hate the way he makes me feel
And how I try to make him leave, I try
Oh oh, I try!

He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh

So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a ****er for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Ooo, oh ooo, ooo ahh
Oooohhhh ohhh ooooo ahhhhhh.

Baby and Me

When I stop blogging for a few days and finally land the comp to myself, I find myself nothing to blog about even when the event took place and I know I want to blog about it to keep the memory alive but, well, procrastination got the better out of me and soon, I don't even know what I want to write about anymore. Sometimes worse, I forget totally about everything. -_-

Jaden knows how to bounce his ball now, only once, when he bounces it to either Hubby or me but its really a strong bounce. He loves playing with the rubber ball. He would put on the bassinet's end, where it will get stuck and then he will make all sorts of noises to get our attention so we will go get the ball and play it with him. That is one of his ways to get our attention all on him. *sigh*

He pinches real hard now and I am so worried about how he will behave when he is put in a playschool or with other children. Jaden still do not know how to control his excitement and when he gets excited, he will get really rough. If it is with us or our own close family friends, we can still tolerate him or either reprimand him for doing so, but if he hurts other kids and they retailiate? Jaden is really going to get a whacking from some stranger and that will then make Hubby or me really really angry but we know ourselves that this child of ours is really brutal and ganas when he gets excited.

Earlier in the afternoon, since Hubby was going to take a bath, I thought it would be more convenient for him to bathe Jaden but when I undressed Jaden and put him in the bathroom with his father, who is ready to shower him, the boy started crying and wanting to escape. In his failed attempt to escape, he fell backwards and hit his head on the floor. *sigh* The father then shouted for me to bathe his son instead and soon enough, when I took over and showered the boy, he started calming down and let me shower him as usual. Is it because he feels shy or is he more used to me bathing him compared to others? hmm..

I must say Jaden is really a naughty boy and sometimes I go crazy when he is in his naughty mood. Its rather dangerous when I go crazy with Jaden because the cane becomes my bestfriend and boy, Jaden do really get a good whacking, especially when it is his nap time and he keeps fighting sleep even he is really tired, and crying and trying to jump out from his bassinet. That is when the cane will land two nice red strokes on his thighs. Am I feeling the pain when I cane him? Nah.. he deserves it! Will teach him who is boss and when his attitude is really unacceptable in this house of Yaps. Jaden has a really bad temper and most of the time, he will throw tantrum despite knowing he deserves that BIG NO from us, scolding and all, and when he chooses the wrong time to throw tantrum with his father, down goes the cane too on him courtesy of the father. Woo hooo~

I do think I need to travel with the cane this December when I bring him back with me to Penang for the one whole week. Hopefully his grandparents will not spoil him them.

Enough of Jaden for now.. so what have I been up to? Hmm.. I am currently following a few dramas on TV:-

Beach. Balls. Babes @ Astro 301 @ Mon-Fri 7pm / 12am






Jolly Widows @ KBS World 303 @ Mon - Fri 125am / 725pm (rerun)
Supernatural @ AXN 701 @ Mon 10pm
Gossip Girls @ 8TV @ Tues 1030pm

sometimes The Family Link @ NTV7 @ Mon - Tues 11pm

I am such a couch potato but well, since leaving work, I guess this is the only thing that can keep me sane while taking care of Jaden, and well, girlfriends hardly finding me.. I seldom have anyone to talk to unless its a one way conversation with Jaden, mostly ending in shouting at him for climbing the gate, displaying some heavy stuff on the TV cabinet.. o.Oh and one more thing that keeps me sane too.. shopping.. online! Guess this is mostly where my money will end up other than on food and more shoes and clothes. *tee hee*

Now I am just waiting for the right time where I left off Beach.Balls.Babes from 7pm earlier and going to submerged myself, one with the sofa and TV remote and then follow with Jolly Widows. So toodles till I find something much more interesting about my life to write about. =)

08 / 09

2008 / 2009

p/s: got to click on the pic to see it bigger. =)

I find myself looking so much older *uwahhhhhhhh*, Hubby remains the same and well, Jaden of course grew up from his One Year Old look.

Jaden @ 24 months

Earlier today, Hubby and I took Jaden to Dr Altaf's clinic for the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. It was first introduced to us when he was about 4 months old, and that was when we decided to give him the rotavirus vaccine first. Dr Altaf did told us that if Jaden is mostly home and does not go daycare or mix much with other children, then the pneumococcal vaccine can wait till he is a litte older, best when he turns 2 and he only needs a jab, instead of the 4 doses if he is younger then. So we waited till he turns 2 and la la la, he got the jab today.

I thought rotavirus vaccine was expensive enough, the pneumococcal vaccine turns out to be much more expensive but well, can't save those moo-lah on something so precious and important, can we? Nothing else really matters other than Jaden's well-being.

Each pneumococcal jab to the butt costs RM340.. so can you imagine those kids that has to take 4 jabs to the butt? How much would that set the parents back. Luckily for Jaden, it is just one jab and so today, RM340 went inside Dr Altaf's pocket. All for the greater good...

Kind of disappointed though that it was not Dr Altaf who jabs him, but Dr Wong. I think this is the second time we have Dr Wong attend to us and each time Dr Wong attends to Jaden is always for jabs. The first time was when Jaden had to have the chicken pox vaccine and now this pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Just somehow, its psychological but I think Dr Altaf would understand Jaden more because he has seen Jaden since Day 2 of Jaden's life! Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against Dr Wong but you know the familiarity sometimes do make you feel much more at ease... well.. its just that but Dr Wong is gentle with Jaden too so well, its ok I guess.

I have to say Dr Altaf is really really a good pediatrician. Jaden treats him like a long-time-no-see-friend whenever we have to go to the clinic. In fact, Hubby thinks Dr Altaf is expensive in a way, not only because of the postcode of the area, Taman Tun but also because he is so good, Hubby thinks its worth paying the price to see his son gets better in the hands of this expert doctor. So for those mommies out there, that lives around kota damansara, taman tun and damansara utama area, Dr. Altaf is really highly recommended. You can actually google his name and put ttdi behind and voila, all posts about other mommies' experience with the clinic is good. =) OK.. i took this pic off someone's twitpic but just giving you guys the faint image of how the clinic looks like...

Jaden cried a little when the jab was administered. Guess now that hes older, he knows the difference between pain and needle poking but he did not cry long. Right after the jab is over, his crying stopped too. Not so heroic like previous times but at least it was not that "MURDER!!!!" kind of cry.

When we were waiting to pay, Jaden started running around again the clinic and wanted to be a lounge lizard but when he lounged on the couch, he sat on the no-jabbed butt side. Guess its pretty hurting and numb there at the moment. =) All in all, it was all good. No signs of the med side-effects. In fact, I doubt he has any slight fever after all the jabs he took. *pHew* *** touch wood***

Now at 24 months, only Jaden learned how to jump.

YES! JUMP with both legs off the ground but still sometimes it will be just one feet up followed by the other. Its really cute to watch because each time he attempts a jump, the expression on his face is priceless. Its lovely and happy-fyings to see him attempt new things that makes him happy.

I am not sure where he learn or gathered the courage to jump but I suspect it must be from the Baby Einstein DVD. He twirls round and roung when the kids turn, he does the head, shoulders, knees and toes actions when the kids does it during the song in the DVD, he tries to copy Baby Bop doing the Itsy Bitsy Spider actions and putting his hands up high when the "Castle so High" song comes on. He is learning and picking up all these things real fast... Just wondering when he will pick up speech as fast as all those actions.

He has learn to chew his rice and other type of food instead of trying to swallow them whole, thinking everything could just slide down his throat like his baby rice cereals. I am glad he is starting to chew but it could take up to 5 minutes for each spoonfeed. He has not yet mastered the understanding of feeding himself. He thinks its a play thing if he is given the spoon and bowl so in order to avoid a big fat oily mess, I rather sit down and feed him. Sometimes though, I will take his hands and teach him that when he holds the spoon, it should go into his mouth. *gRin*

He is very interested in playing with his rubber ball at the moment. Throwing them and hoping we would play it with him too. If not, he will just throw it, run aafter it, pick it up and throw again. He don't really know how to kick the ball yet although Hubby has shown him countless times, and despite the ball sometimes ending hitting me in the face when Hubby kicks them, nope, he has not pick that particular skill up just yet.

The pediatrician did mention something about Jaden is a little behind time in speech, but well, I just think when Jaden is ready to speak, he will prolly be a chatter-box and we will wish we can have some peace and quiet for at least just 2 minutes in a day. So, I am going to allow Jaden to take his time to be ready to want to talk, but of course with some help to prompt him to see that talking can be fun instead of just MMMMMMMMMMMM... EHHHHHHHHH when he wants something.

Got to go now to bathe the sweaty little boy and off to Tesco to buy some stuff. Just my son and I. Ciao.

Which style suits him best?

A lot of people commented that Jaden's hair is really long and that I should have it cut. I have not decided on what hairstyle so that is why I leave his hair to grow as long as it can get at the moment.

I am looking into a few hairstyles but I kind of favor the bowl cut hair best but that also depends on how good the stylist is.. if not hairstyle sure fail gila!

These are some of the hairstyles I am looking into to give my son. What do you think of them?

I know this is a girl pic but the haircut is something like that minus the fringe of course shorter.. supposedly its called the bowl bob cut!

Girlfriends

Two different batch of girlfriends.

One from Penang, whom I have known for 19 years.. since both of us were in Standard 3... and another whole gang from the LimKokWing Institute of Creative Technology days...

and and you know whats the funny thing? Those friends of mine from Penang who were present at the party and the LKW girlfriends? One batch comprised of married people and the other, single hoochie ladies (except for KelvinSiah)

WWei came down to KL last Thursday for a business meeting and being the friend I am, played host to her for the 3-half days she was here. The last time I met up with her was during her wedding back in April, about 6 months ago and years before that... not a shadow to be seen as she was studying / working in US. Thankfully her husband decided to move back to HK to settle down and there she is, in Asia just like the other rest of my girlfriends now. Nearer kan?



Took her to some of my favourite eating places, took her to shop around which she ended up about RM300 poorer in just a matter of 2-3 hours @ One Utama and the next day, left her to walk about at The Curve flea market so she can have her own leisurely time to do whatever she wants instead of rushing through the day with me.

the married people

Edwin and his wife then came over in the evening on Sat and we caught up with each other's life, laughing away like what we usually did in school, exchanging more news about other friends that each of us are nearer to or mostly sees.




AND...

the bachelors and bachelorettes (except for me)

as for the other gang of friends of mine, well, they decided to entertain themselves with a game of Taboo, and camwhored without me but I am glad Jaden's party became a mini reunion for them as its really hard to get all of us in a place together at the same time.




They of course, camwhored, gossiped and laughed without me.. *sigh* but well, at the end of the day, I just hoped that those that came to Jaden's party enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

Jaden's 2nd Birthday Party @ Poolside

We had a birthday party for Jaden last night on 3 Oct as his real actual birthday, which was about a week ago, fell on a Monday and we sort of figured that nobody would turn up on a weekday.

I had Jaden's timetable planned out well, so he would be able to have ample energy by the time his party starts and boy I did good.

Woke him up at about 1230pm, went out lunch at Paddington's with WWei, left her at The Curve to walk around and shop a bit on her own, went round to this lady's house to pick up Jaden's customized birthday cake, sent it to Iz's house first, went home and bathed the small one who was already yawning by then. After his bath, it was instantly into his bouncing bassinet and soon he was off to dreamland without any struggles at about 4pm.

I then, took my own sweet time in doing what I have to do to get ready for Jaden's party and finally, when 6pm comes, I woke the boy up and quickly fed him full, change him and Iz came over to pick Hubby and Jaden over to his place with the baby chair first whereas I had to run over to The Curve to pick my girlfriend up. o.Oh.. btw, Hubby just reached home at about 6pm because he had work earlier in the day, which he left the house since 730am. Talk about a tired daddy, a mummy who was so scared that things would not turn out as it is expected and hoping the little one would put on his best behavior (which he being himself, did not!)

The caterers were already there at about 530pm to set up the food, drinks & dessert and bbq area. The menu was rather ok, which I find myself liking the Mee Siam, Sotong, the bbq-ed prawns on the sticks and ABC best!

Guests started arriving by the time the clock hits 7pm. Thevi & Stuart were the earliest, followed by Joy Kai-Ma, then JeffryGoh and then I lost count. All I knew was most of the guests we invited turned up..

Jaden was already busy running around, which we had to supervised because its near the poolside, fearing he might just want to take a dip in the pool. *phew* Luckily he is scared of the pool.

Iz, Gynette and Jeffry helped hung the paper lanterns I bought for some decoration, which also goes in theme with the Chinese calendar of the mid-autumn festival.

Luckily Iz and his family were there to help me keep an eye on Jaden and the little sister entertaining Jaden with his new three-wheel vehicle. Hubby and I were busy entertaining guests and sometimes, the little boy as well, whom got so excited over playing, he throws a tantrum each time we want to put him down in his baby chair to eat or drink. The only time he really keeps quiet is when he gets to drink Vitagen.





Jaden, this time round did not behave when we sang him his birthday song. He was in fact jumping up and down because he wanted to play instead. Hubby just grabbed on to him and we quickly finish up with the birthday singsong, some photos and off the small one went again to play and play and play.

macam my birthday like that... lol

Its his birthday party after all and he gets to do what he wants.











The little party ended up at about 10pm, which some guests already left earlier because well, they have kids and I totally understand their situation. It was only those adults and the friends of mine from college who had their own mini gathering playing at the other side because they were all smoking!!!!

Kids party = No smoking allowed anywhere near!

All of us came back home nearing 1130pm and my LKW friends dropped over at my place for some chitchat session since I didn't get to be with them much earlier.

Jaden ended his night by pooing in front of my friends, in which, soon after they all left for home. =)

Caught him to bathe and wash up, and soon WWei and I helped him open all his presents and he displayed them all on the TV cabinet.

Some of his 2009 Birthday Presents...

Ended the night around 3am, which all of us were so tired that when we hit the bed, we fell instantly asleep. As for Hubby, he called it a night earlier than us girls and Jaden.

That was how Jaden's 2nd birthday party went. p/s: I don't think there will be another party of this scale until Jaden is a bit more grown up (like 5 or something) which he understands simple instructions like No! Come and eat first play later! and saying Hello and Thank you to his guests...

Thankfully the weather was good throughout... thank you thank you.. and now to end this post to thank all those that came... Thevi & Stuart, Joy, Edwin & Noelle, WWei, JeffryGoh, MunWai, SimonTan & family, DannisEee & family, XiuYi & Andrew, Kelvin & Elva, Tanya & Zairynn, SueAnnKong & Joseph, Linaree, Nigel & SuChin, WernShen, KenWei, JustinKoh, Charlotte, Wayne PengWei, Gynette & PeiSan, Iz & Grace, Iz's grandparents & lil sister, SamBoy & family, TommyTKC, Miaw and of course, my father-in-law, Aunt Lin, Aunty Diana, Yvonne & Jon.