hide and seek

Hide and Seek Scenario 1

Mae: "I'm going to count to 3 and come looking for you!"

[Aiden giggles and throws a towel over his head. The rest of him is still visible - but he doesn't know it.]

Mae: "1...2...3! Hmmm, is Aiden behind the curtain?"

Aiden: "NO!"

Mae: "Hmmm, not behind the curtain. Is Aiden behind the door?"

Aiden: "NO!"

Mae: "Hmmm. Where..."

Aiden: "WHERE could he BE?"

Mae: "Where could he be? Hmmm...."

Aiden: "Aiden's DISAPPEARED!"

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Hide and Seek Scenario 2

Andy: "Is Aiden...."

Aiden: "UNDER THE TOWEL!"

Andy: "Is Aiden under the towel?"

Aiden: "YES!"

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too kewl for school

He's a cool cat. No more "za za ZA!", Aiden's latest saying is "Beastie beastie biding" You heard it here first. He's also been "mashing-up" nursery rhymes. He fluent enough to recite the entire nursery rhyme, but adds in his own words as he does so. An example:

"Incy-wincy Bunga Bunga Bunga, climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the Bunga Bunga Bunga out
up came the sun and diaper on the rain
and Incy wincy Bunga Bunga Bunga climbed up the spout again."

happy second month elliot

Snug as a bug in a rug. He's just turned two months and getting cuter by the day. He's also starting to sleep a little longer at night (much to his tired parents delight).

miles of smiles

Elliot has recently started giving the biggest smiles. Parents and Grandparents alike are smitten by his toothless grin. Seeing him smile makes all of the restless nights and stinky diapers fade to inconsequence.

We had a good weekend with Aiden and Elliot - out and about as usual. This giant green logo for a boutique is perfect for Aiden to chase his daddy around and vice versa.

pookies

first day of playgroup

(Photos courtesy of our friend and avid photographer Ai Leen)

Aiden went to playgroup today for the first time. After much searching, we found a neat preschool "Little village on the Grange" which has a really caring team of teachers. The school is like a mini United Nations with kids from Singapore and all over the world. Aiden's playgroup has 3 teachers to 7 boys (surprisingly, no girls!) so that means a lot of dedicated time with the teachers. It went a lot better than we expected and Aiden took to his new teachers quite quickly. Fingers crossed that he'll continue to enjoy the stimulation and socialising with little kids his age.