Lucky Belt

"Eeeeeee...Look, there's a giraffe on my t-shirt....."

"...which is tucked right under my BELT!"

"Mom! Stop it!"

My handsome little boy in some of his new clothes (birthday gifts). The belt on that trousers would be his first! He went "daddy's bet(belt)". No it's Tobey's. And he was SO happy. Kept checking on his belt every few minutes. I guess just like the sunglasses, he felt grown-up to also wear a belt like his hero.

The Unexpected Fair

Today, SK drove us into the city to have some lunch and to walk-around, since the weather was quite pleasant. Coincidentally, there was a fair going on opposite where we parked. Probably a continuation of the Strawberry fair held last weekend. It was quite a bonus as besides the usual inflated slides, rides, games, food and art&craft stalls, there were a few surprises you don't expect in a usual fair.

There were several oversized agricultural horses lazing around having their lunch, whilst the public stared and patted them, took pictures with them and read about them. At one point, one of them decided to pee. OMG, it was like a high pressure tap!After several seconds of not blinking, I quickly stood a few feet back from it's behind......

Anyways, FIL carried Tobey to to pat one of it. He was quiet and abit reluctant to touch it initially, but did so when I ask him too. I guess it's daunting to see a horse in real-life up close, not to mention such a huge one.
Then there were the replica steam powered vehicles. A few of them were choo-chooing across the field. Tobey was SO fascinated. He kept going "choo-choo" and refused to take his eyes off them! Anything machine that moves or makes sound, excites it till no end. What can I say, he's just being a boy.
(short in-between story in regard to his facination with electronics and machines: A few days back I operated the shredder to shred some documents. I pulled out my phone charger from the socket and replaced it with the shredder's plug, pressed on and shredded. I unplugged the machine and put it away after use. We've always told him how dangerous it is and he was never allowed to touch it. Last night he copied my every step. Pulled out the lap top charger, and replaced it with the plug from the shredder. The next thing we know, the shredder was shredding and he was running to us as he's still afraid of the sound it makes.

SK: You can NOT play with this! Who taught you how to operate it?!
Tobey: MOMMY!)

Then there was this re-enactment of medieval time. There were tents with beds inside and people cooking over wood fire. Then they decided to put on a fight right in the midst of the settlement. It must have been so confusing for Tobey to see armoured men, holding what looks like a much bigger version of mommies kitchen knife and striking at one another.

Our little boy is still not exactly exposed to any form of violence. Today SK bought him a Buzz Lightyear beamer that beams arrays of lovely LED light patterns on surfaces. It resembles more of a gun than anything. But he swiftly brought it to his head and went "Vooo Vooo Voooooo", as it's a HAIRDRYER to him.

Tobey's 2nd Birthday Party

He will be 2 on the 10th June. We threw him a party on the 7th June (Sunday). Venue was our home and food was partly home-cooked and bought, and of course the BBQ. The weather forecast for that day was suppose to be HEAVY RAIN for the entire day. I prayed superhard for a few hours of non-rainy period, just so that we can open up the garden for the kids to play and also for the BBQ to happen. The party starts at 1pm, by 12noon it was still pouring cats and dogs. Then it slowed down to a drizzle, and then it halted. SK quickly took out the pit and started on the fire. We crossed our fingers for the rain to stay away. It did, not only that, it became SUNNY!!!! Thank God. He is really watching over us. Anyways, here are the pics

I cooked a huge pot of curry chicken (it was a big hit as many of our friends "tapau" some back for dinner), salmon pasta for the kids (not enough seasoning, sometimes, I forget that they are already two, no longer babies that shouldn't take so much salt), mixed vegetables, and agar-agar. Bought food were delicious chinese roasted duck (all the way from Northampton, our friend helped us to transport them over), and 4 platters of sushi. We also took out the deep fryer and deep fried calamari rings, mushrooms, chicken dippers and onion rings. BBQ food were lamb, sausages, marinated chicken wings and so on.

We made use of the entire ground floor. Guest were free to roam from the hall to the play room, to the garden and also the kitchen/dining area. both patio doors from the kitchen and hall were open wide. This was only possible due to the weather change earlier (OMG I am so grateful!).

French Open Men's final was also on tele, so several men were glued to the screen for a while, my favourite Roger Federer won. Quoting my MIL, "A champion will always be a champion"

It was so lovely to see our friends enjoying themselves, mingling and the kids having a great time running around and simply being cutie pies. OK, here's the cake... Tobey loves Handy Manny and his set of talking tools.
Here's the cake cutting session in pics....

with mommy and daddy and paternal grandparents candle blowing with daddyThe birthday kiss from Karmenwith all his friends!This kid sized bench is one of Tobey's birthday gifts. He's seen here posing with Sam and Karmen...Cute overload!

Most of Tobey's gifts were clothes, just as I wanted it to be as he already has toooooo many toys. SK's parents got him a top of the range juicer.Mommy and daddy STILL have not got the time to get him his gift yet...hahaha! Tobey missed his afternoon nap and ate very little lunch on that day. He was too busy playing with his friends and downing in fruit shoots.

Happy 2nd Birthday my darling baby :)

My Cutie Pie

wearing his first sunnies
Looking ultra-cool

Pretending to be daddy after paying for a parking ticket

So proud to be wearing dark glasses just like his hero

Helping his paternal grandpa in preparing the holes for the trees mommy planned for the garden

watering the hole to soften the soil for further digging

hardworking boy at work, even when it's windy and chilly

cleaning the patio with the access water

23 Months and 12 days old

I am so late in this. Sk's parents are here and Tobey is still busy sprouting his set of whites. I am also "busy" preparing for his upcoming 2nd Birthday party. The invites were sent out, the cake is ordered...how exciting!!!
He's wearing a t-shirt bought by my mom's friend from Malaysia. He looks like a little middle age man whenever he wear something with collars.

"The cat is kau-kau-ing (sleeping) mommy"

Chilling out

Daddy refreshing his memory on BBQ-ing, in preparation for the party. Wed ug out our old and trusty traditional BBQ pit, instead of getting one of those new ones which runs on gas...Hot air balloon over the roof of our house

At Karmen's 2nd Birthday Bash

We had so much fun! Tobey was busy helping himself to the extensive range of toys Karmen has in between taking in mouthfuls of deliciously marinated and BBQ-ed meat (thanks to Tsulin's hubby, the BBQ chef from OZ) I met many wonderful mums and enjoyed the chats immensely. Wished we could stayed longer for the cake cutting ceremony (had to pick-up SK's parents from the airport), but nevertheless, we enjoyed our selves

Good food, good company (both for the adults and kids) and good weather, it couldn't get any better :)

Tobey in action

Family picTsulin, the kids and the trike (one of Karmen's lovely bday pressie)SK assembled
Yummy mummies group pic

Pic Fix

I have not much time nor motivation to blog lately, but that is not an excuse to Tobey's Number 1 fans!!!....Here are some pics...more updates later, the boy is busy going out and attending parties! Infact he just came back from one where he quietly took a bowl and picked smarties off the birthday boy's cake (after the candles been blown), put them into his bowl and eat them slowly in a corner.

in the playground last weekend

wearing mommy's belt