Doing The Karen Cheng

I have been a silent reader of Karen Cheng's blog for a long time. I admire her - her parenting style, her creativity, her fashion sense etc... She is the hippest stay-at-home mom I know, and I draw inspiration from her. 

Anyway, she has been photographing herself, showcasing her outfits, her moods, her hairstyle. Its great! So I will do the same. I shall start to photograph myself, since there is no one here to photograph me! I think I'd better take more photos of myself while I am still young, in case my life past me by without "documentation"! Its a great way to remember as well. 

I am totally inspired. I shall start tonight, coz I will be going out for dinner with hubby and one of his colleagues from Singapore. 

Me

A pic of me taken before we went out for dinner with Edmond, Lester's colleague from Singapore and Uwe, Lester's colleague in Mongolia. We had a lovely dinner at The Silk Road. The beef dish that I ordered was a Jamie Oliver recipe! I found it in one of my Jamie Oliver cookbooks. 

Big boy now

My baby is no longer a baby. He is a big boy. He has finally emigrated to his big boy bed. Over the weekend, we converted his cot to a junior bed and he is loving it! He is so proud of it. 

"I am going to sleep on my new bed now, mama!" he says proudly. 

I was expecting some sleeping troubles, but so far, nothing too drastic. 

On Sunday night, after hubby has put him to bed, I heard him singing and talking to himself for about 20 minutes. Suddenly he appeared by my bedside and said " Excuse me, mama. Are you reading? Can you read in my room?" I had to bring him back to his room and sat with him for a bit. 

My boy is no longer a baby. He is a boy. 

Cayden's Latest Update

Brought Cayden to see Dr Tan this trip back to Singapore. She thinks that he is growing really well, and he is developing normally... except for the fact that he is still wearing diapers! Actually, he is toilet trained... except when we go out, I don't want the hassle of keep looking for toilets! What if he can't hold it in and we can't get there in time???  

Cayden also had an eye test, but unfortunately, he wasn't very co-operative. He refused to read the alphabets on the chart, even with the promise of giving him a toy car. The nurse thinks that he can read, but he is shy and refused to. Nothing we could do would make him read. Stubborn little one. I wonder where he got this trait from? 

Anyway, his latest stats are as follows: 

Weight: 17.1kg 

Height: 100cm 

Riding Pinto

Cayden is going through the "pinto" stage. All horses are "Pintos" We had some our overseas guests from Singapore over the weekend, we brought them to Terelj, the tourist friendly countryside, so that they can get a glimpse of the vast grassland and typical Mongolian countryside. 

We went to see the Turtle Rock (a rock formation that looks like a big turtle) and there were some horse

s there. Tourists can ride the horses there for a fee. Lester just plonked Cayden on a horse and asked the boy rider to bring Cayden for a ride... Surprisingly Cayden was not scared. He just rode the horse calmly, without saying anything. 

Facebook

Facebook - I am sure practically everyone has a facebook account now. Its great, coz it helps me get in touch with many people whom I have lost touch with many years ago. Its especially useful for me, as I live overseas and it helps me keep in touch with my friends back home. I like it...

B1,B2,B3,B4

Cayden is growing up so fast that it scares me sometimes. 

Recently he has been watching Bananas In Pajamas. He started to label himself as "B1", Daddy as "B2" and Mummy as "B3". When he is in the "Bananas In Pajamas " mode, he will call us by our B-numbers, e.g. "B3, where is B2?". 

Our babysitter, Nomin had this conversation with him yesterday: 

"Hey Cayden. If you are B1, who is B2?"

"Dada"

"Who is B3?"

"Mama"

 

"Who is B4?"

"Let me think..." (while putting his finger to his chin) "Its Noddy!"

"Why is Noddy B4? Nomin wants to be B4! Can Nomin be B4?"

"No, because Noddy is B4." 

"Please??? I want to be B4." (Then she pretends to cry) 

"No, Nomin. Don't cry. Nomin is B5 because B5 is bigger than B4! Don't cry. No sad. "

"Oh! ok then. "

Funny how children thinks. He has started to grasp the concept of value of numbers.