To everything there is a season...

Some activties before bedtime

Abel, now being very mobile, both cruising and crawling, started to meddle around with Keziah's toys. Just look at him making himself home at Keziah's drawing table on his feet.

Some short watch of educational videos for the little ones while Mommy has her dinner.

Abel still loves his fingers....

How alike are the two in even watching the TV.

Keziah never fails to show her affection to Abel with great big hugs...wonder how Abel feels?

Reading time...

Climbing up the bed is one activity that Abel loves.

Trying out puzzles?

Yeah! He simply loves the sound of bells...

Can you see his first little tooth at the bottom? Daddy has a better shot of this.

"Hold it! Don't shoot me!"

Birthday suit...at 10 mth old

One of those days that Daddy and Mommy decided to take Abel in his birthday suit!

Give me a 'Hi-5'!

Ah...it's so cooling...

Abel's dimple

Actually from birth, we noticed Abel has a little dimple when he smiled. Somehow we never managed to catch a shot of it. Finally here it is.

Abel and His watermelon

This boy is really demanding and impatient when he doesn't get what he wants. However, he can be easily distracted too!

Well, our efforts sending Keziah to another childcare failed. She didn't adapt and Daddy and Mommy didn't like the teachers there. It was really rather unexpected or probably our expectations were higher. So there we are back at her old school and burning a big hole in our pocket for this trial.

Back from Hong Kong...

Some snipplets of our trip...
Certainly not easy with a kid travelling but it was still fun. Good to see Keziah's smiles and how she enjoyed what she saw aside from the cries when she was overwhelmed.

Almost the last day...

Tomorrow will be Keziah's last day at the childcare before we move her to a new one. So Mommy decided that we make some jellies for the little kids in school. Here's our little gal helping out. She seemed really good at spooning things into the tray and quite good at not overfilling each of them.

Abel's First Tooth

Abel's first tooth finally erupted last week! The little tiny white pearly in his mouth...Thought we will start recording on a tooth chart for him. A little late to start sprouting but nonetheless, it's starting now.

LIke a big boy....teething biscuits

Abel's now on his two little feet, opening the doors to his 'little' house under a 'pavilion'.

On 20 Oct, Abel has his first try at teething biscuits. Mommy almost forgot about these biscuits that she bought from him. Nonetheless, it's still as good for the little one.

Hmm...what's this?

Let me just bite in to see how that taste.....

Oh....Abel likes things which are for big boys and gals...like this train set which belongs to Keziah.

HMFD scare..

For the past week, it has been a HMFD scare for Daddy and Mommy. Keziah came down with fever on Monday and started to refuse food and drink, even her usual milk. This was so unlikely our fantastic foodie. Tuesday's visit to the PD revealed that she had ulcers in her mouth. Though there was no mention by the PD of HFMD, Mommy was really worried as she received a call from school that there was 1 case just reported. The worry heightened when Mommy found a little bump on her feet and 1 more ulcer developed the next day. Abel was kept at Ah Ma's place since Monday just to be on the safe side. Mommy was sure she can't manage with 2 down with HFMD. Thankfully the fever came down on Thursday and her appetite got better. A visit to a GP confirmed that it was most likely viral fever which caused the ulcers in the mouth. Though Keziah recovered from the fever, she's now down with running nose and cough, throwing up the past few nights as a result of blocked airway. It was just such a mess when she throws up, especially when she refused to throw up into her 'vomit' bucket which we placed just next to her mattress. Abel's back with us and certainly hope he doesn't catch another bug from Keziah.

The little cook

Daddy and Mommy got Keziah a little PlayDoh cooking set. This is the first formal cooking set that she has aside from the random collection of 2nd hand bits and pieces from friends. Just look at our little cook at work.

Dress up!

It's Sunday and Mommy thought it would be nice to be in our Sunday best for church, especially when Keziah hardly wears the dresses she has. Off we went!

Abel too in his long sleeves for the first time. Isn't he charming?

With the highlight now on safety on the roads, especially with two children, we have decided to have both buckled down! We decided to invest in a better booster seat for Keziah, one with a backrest so that she could nap properly and not have her head all over the place.

Abel now takes on his sister's good all carseat. Well, he's chirpy for a start.

But don't think that will last long. Look at how bored he was. Soon he would be bawling to get out of it. Time to do some training...

DISCIPLINE!

It's getting more challenging as the days go by to discipline Keziah. She has been whining so much when she doesn't get what she wants these days. Just look at her on the floor when we wanted her to be in the house and not outside playing around. Guess Daddy and Mommy will have to get tough on her!

One thing though, Keziah simply loves her brother and so does her brother adores her! Keziah's definitely bossing her little brother around.

Play time together

The two little ones are starting to play together, or rather get into each others' territories. This was what they were doing just before bedtime. Abel sure wanted to get a hang of what Keziah's trying to do.

The crawler..

Here's a video of Abel which we did some time back when he was 8.5 mths or so...Just look at him crawl and trying very hard to 'whistle'..

Playdate...for kiddos and parents

Abel hasn't been very well and we've been leaving home while we brought Keziah out. He's definitely coming to the understanding that he wanted to go out together with the family as he will whine as we leave. So instead, this weekend we decided to stay home and invite the Lians and Wuus to join us for some waddling in our humble inflatable pool.

Keziah was really excited when she heard that Cheryl was coming over to have some fun together. So here's our little girl helping daddy to get ready, inflating the pool and filling it up.

Here they went! Splish and splash together. Little Heidi was sleeping from her long day of activity, so only two little ones in the pool. Daddies joined in to play with the girls, or rather making them wetter. Mommies were having a good time catching up with one another.

Ok, dry up time! The first showcase of Keziah's swimming poncho - the little mermaid. Oh well, it's not exactly very clear.

Anyway, it's still smiles despite the end of the pool fun.

Here's all the 3 young ladies after washing up.

Now, it's time to fill the tummies. Saturday was really not a day to be out without reservation. We had to wait some time for our turn. It's Japanese food again! The daddies making some paper craft with their girls before the dinner was ready.