First Full Day at the Nursery

Kind of expected.

Dan and the Bear

Dan's encounter with a brown bear on video.

The Day the Sky Cried

It rained today for the woman who had brought up my husband passed away. She was a good wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

RIP - Aneta Constantin

25 March 1926 - 4 May 2012

The Master Plan

Thinking of the Plan

Pen and paper ready

Drafting out the Plan

Executing the Plan -- Work for mummy >.<

Painting the Carpet Black

*Glob-Glob-Glob* Emil's heart stopped after hearing that. He immediately rushed over to the shoe cabinet where Dan was playing.

He shouted for me to grab some towels and to come over. I was then taking a cat nap immediately bounced out of bed, grabbed some towels and rushed over.

Dan's hands and feet was covered with black shoe polish. He managed to open the bottle, break open the seal of the shoe polish and poured it all out.

Moral of the story, keep an eye of your kid, make sure the house is child proofed and have fast reflexes.

First Day at School

After the big move we thought that it would be good for Dan to go to school. We have both agreed that having some interaction with other kids would do him good.

Today we had a trial. So far so good. Dan was so busy exploring the school compounds and other kids that he forgot about me. Two hours went by swiftly. It started off a little harsh with him hiding between my legs but within a few minutes, he was good to go.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.

How to Track an Active Child

Emil had the idea of tying a helium balloon to Dan's t-shirt when he was out alone with Dan.

After a long day out

Ball-session

Emil brought Dan to meet his university-mates and their babies - Darius and Irina in the park this evening. And as usual, Dan had his little adventure and made dad run.

Dan has started to have this obsession with balls. Every time he sees a ball, he goes running for it. Does not matter if someone is playing football or volleyball or basketball and the ball is over his head.

Today little Irina brought along her ball to play. Dan saw the ball, picked it up and ran across the field. Darius, saw Dan running with the ball started running after Dan. Emil then started running after both of them to try to get the ball back to Irina. Imagining this just made me laugh and this was not the end.

At both ends of the field, two other children were playing with their balls. Dan spotted there was another ball, ran towards it and picked it up, now running with both balls in his hands away from his dad. Darius on the other hand, spotted another ball at the other end of the field, ditched the idea of running after Dan, ran towards the other ball instead. Now, with both kids running separate ends of the fields, Darius's dad had to run after him as well.

Emil finally caught up with Dan and tried to persuade him to return both balls. With no where to run, something else caught Dan's eye. The little girl had a wand with a ball at one end and a few balls dangling at another end. Well, Dan being Dan, dropped both balls and got hold of the wand. Emil was relieved that Dan was no longer running and have obediently returned both balls. However, his nightmare was not over -- Dan still had the wand. The little girl's parents called out and told her it was time to go home. Emil without any other solution had to release Dan's tight grasp of the wand by removing finger by finger and taking the wand away and returning it.

Darius on the other hand spotted some stones in the middle of the field and thought throwing stones were more fun than balls. Irina learning by example thought it was fun too and started throwing as well. Emil, carrying the crying Dan back to the middle of the field and placed him down. Seeing both Darius and Irina playing with stones, he thought it was quite fun as well and started playing with both of them.

Finally all parents were able to chat and catch up after a whole hour of chasing after their kids. Too bad I was not there to witness the whole thing. However, just listening to Emil describing it just threw me off my seat and it deserves me jotting this down. :)

Mummy, gave me Bangs!

Dan's fringe has grown so annoyingly long that I just had to cut them.

He has been rubbing his eyes so often because hair was poking. During his nap two days ago, I found a perfect moment. However, I guess it was a bad idea cutting it while he was in the pouch.

And the result: Extremely short bangs. Oops...

Sweeping and Wiping

By now - 13 months, Dan's learning something new everyday it is hard to keep track of what is new. Everyday is a new learning and even though he might not be showing what he has learnt, you know he is observing and absorbing. He has started this habit of sweeping everything off the floor and once the table is clean, he beems with pride. He might have to start learning to put things back in order though, for the sake of us, parents. And whenever, he gets a tissue, he starts wiping. I guess he must have learnt that from me. At this stage, it is quite facinating and scary at the same time at how adults are models for a child's behaviour. It is a huge responsibility I must say.