Today is our 5th wedding anniversary!
This morning I woke up feeling all grateful and blessed…
This is the day that the Lord had made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
Psst!…we will be heading to Langkawi island for the long weekend to celebrate this milestone..yay! 
Zoe have actually reach the potty trained milestone a couple of weeks ago and I have been trying not to talk too much about it. This is because I always hear from other parents that once we mentioned or praise the kids about this milestone, the reverse happens and it is gonna be messy.
The truth is, I never really put in a lot of effort to train her except for buying a few training pants, potty and cute little girl’s panties in preparation for this milestone. This inefficient Mommy did not even conclusively realised that Zoe is already potty trained but Grandma and Grandpa pointed it out clearly to Mommy when they were taking care of Zoe for a week.
All I did was to tell her play school teacher to start the potty training some months ago and specifically also mentioned not to force, reprimand or scold her in the process. Just let her learned slowly until she get it. Ok..Ok…Ocassionally (very few times indeed), she did accidentally pee on the floor at home and once at a restaurant when we let her go diaperless, and I did raised my voice a little and show a little dissapointment. But, that’s all!
It happens just like that and I did find myself pondering, "That’s it! potty trained already?…Bye bye diapers?". Just a reality check probably because I expected this process to be more painful and longer initially. Can I consider myself lucky that there are not much pain and tears in the process? okokok…hahaha…enough of self contemplating already!
For now, we can actually kissed diapers good bye for the day, but night time we still put the diaper on for her. She sleeps like a baby (of course!) at nite and will pee on her bed accidentally. There are a couple of times that she actually woke me up in the wee hours to pee and inside me, I actually dread it because of my much needed sleep….and I thought sleepless nights was long gone many months ago!
Somehow, I felt that the way her play school teacher teaches her to request to pee is …ermm…formal! LOL!
It goes like these…
Zoe: Mommy! I want to pass urine!
Zoe: Mommy! I want to pass motion!
but at home, I actually asked her, "Zoe, you wanna shee shee?"
Then she will nod if she wanted or reply, "I shee shee already!"
I have actually tested her a couple of times and she can actually hold her urine when she started to indicate she wanted to pee in the car, right up till we reach car park, took the lift and all the way back home. She actually still manage to take out her shoes, put it back on the rack….run to the potty, pull down her pants and proceed to pee….phew! no leaking at all 
I need to actually be more brave to let her go out diaperless more, even on longer trips. Sometimes, I still put the diaper on for her when I anticipate to go out longer and toilet are either dirty or not convenient.
If you happen to read this, when is the right age/time to do night potty training? (I sure cannot rely on the school teacher on this now!)
At 2.5, she said "MoOOOMMMMY!" at the top of her lung when she sees me. It is such a heart warming feeling all over being a Mom and seeing her grow. She was so tiny when she was born, her leg barely bigger than a fat chicken thigh (I remembered). Just a few blink and now she is a chubby girl already. Trying out my high heels and telling me always, she wanted to eat noodle instead of rice.
Just a year ago, she could only point at things and mumble something, usually not comprehensible. Now, she is correcting me. When I pointed at Dora and said "That’s Isa..", she will very quickly replied, "NO, that’s Dora!".
Just 2 years ago, I was worried and worked up about feeding her solid and not knowing what food is right for her and weather she had enough to eat or too much. Now, she finishes her meals by herself (when she is a good girl) and when I put more food into her plate, she exclaimed, "Nooo…full already!" while rubbing her tummy.
Just about 8 months ago, we were all in the roller coaster ride of getting her acquainted to play school…the crying and oh so difficult parting. Now, she wakes up in the morning and told me, "No school today Mommy", "Today holiday, i dun wanna go school", but she went anyway without much complain later. She even bring me around her school compound and showed me those photos that the teacher put up, explaining to me the events in school. That was what I was doing 8 months ago, trying to tell her how nice and interesting a school can be…
At 2.5 now, when I tell her I am not well. She replied, "Mommy sick sick!?…it’s ok…" and pat me on the head to soothe me. When I tell her I am hungry, she pull out her cooking set, and later, "Mommy, i cook bread with strawberry jam inside, eat Mommy…". When I was helping myself to an extra serving of fried potato, she said, "Mommy…dun eat so much!"….LOL!
It is never a dull moment… 
I think in other words, it is also know as ‘nosy’. These days, I am starting to see that Zoe is getting more and more inquisitive, observing my actions and words, wanting to know more. Simply just wanted to be the center of attention. She will get particularly upset if I do not stop half way to gave her the attention she wants.
Scene 1
While I was eating breakfast at the dining table. Daddy already served her favourite cheesecake and she was enjoying it, but she came to me anyway.
Zoe: Mommy, what you eating?
Me: Bread…
Zoe: I want to eat bread also….(pouting and showing me the puppy face)
Scene 2
I was busy cooking dinner at the kitchen and she came up to me carrying her two boxes of puzzles.
Zoe: Mommy, what you doing?
Me: Mommy cooking dinner…very busy (trying to hint that I cannot play puzzle with her now)
Zoe: I wanna play puzzle, Mommy come come…..come with me…. (trying to peel me away from the kitchen)
Me: Mommy cannot play puzzle with you now….Mommy is cooking dinner….later ok!
Zoe: eeeehhh…..Mommy play puzzle with you (me)…I want to play puzzle….
Me: (gotta kneel down and look her in the eyes) Not now Zoe! Mommy finish cooking dinner, then we play puzzle together (stern voice).
Zoe: …Later Mommy play puzzle with you, ok!? ok!?
Me: OK!
Scene 3
Seated at the dining table, having dinner with Daddy while chatting with Daddy. Zoe is eating dinner as well….Out of a sudden….
Zoe: I dun want…I dun want….(push her dinner away)
Me: What’s wrong Zoe…are you full already?
Zoe: Mommy stop! I dun want ….I dun want….
Me: Why Zoe?…..what is wrong?
Zoe: eeehhh…..(trying to jump down from her seat)
Me: Mommy feed you ….ok?
Zoe: ok…Mommy feed you….we sit there….
She actually wanted my attention and is not happy that I am chatting with Daddy and enjoying dinner. As long as I am fully focused on her, she is happy and contented. She does not really demonstrate such reaction towards Daddy to get his attention. Most of the time, Daddy is free to do his own stuff…grrrr….
On several occassion, she also ask ‘Why?’ to statement or answer I gave her. I found myself explaining and talking longer sentences to her. It is extra effort and time, but part of me actually start to like this little conversation that I can have with her. It is like the beginning of another phase, where we have Mommy-daughter conversation and probably…juicy gossip later….hahaha!
Happy Father’s Day! ……this is kinda back dated by 1 day…better late than never right 
Happy Father’s Day Daddy!
Let’s go drink and chill out yea :p
We had shabu shabu dinner with two daddys, Zoe’s Daddy and my Dad. It was a good outing except that Zoe and me had slight cough since Sat…
We are better today, with Dad and Mom’s help taking care of two of us at home. Geez, it is sure relaxing being at home with Mom and Dad around, really free until can blog….hahaha!
Okay, I admit I have not put much effort into sorting out the thousands of photos we took on all the short trips we had. I was suppose to post it up here, but there are all still sitting idle in the lappie at home.
There are no excuse except that on my rare free times, I find that watching ‘House’, ‘Ugly Betty’ and some episodes of ‘CSI’ a relaxing therapy. Geezz….what had happen to me..!?
I am really looking forward to the weekend as we are heading to Cameron tomorrow! Yeah! Pray that the traffics are good, journey mercy, good weather and everyone have a happy trip. This time around, I am bringing my parents as well. It is kind of a milestone to me, as it is my first time bringing my parents for holidays, all expenses paid by me instead of the other way around when I was a child. It took me a 30 plus years to accomplish this. I have sponsored my parents some trips on their own earlier, but usually I did not join them. Anyway, the last time I step foot at Cameron was 9 years ago…
Past few days, my parents have been taking care of Zoe as she is on school holiday. Some funny thoughts and conversations I would like to keep it here for rememberance:
Dad’s comment: At barely 2.5 years old, Zoe is already experiencing the school holiday break, whereas I only knew all about school holiday at the age of 7.
Dad made a remark: "You are small" to Zoe, and she replied, "No, I am big big (girl)"
Zoe pretending to operate a stall and taking orders from Dad: "You want ice-cream? choc-ket?". Dad replied, "I want cha mee (fried noodles)". Zoe confirms, "Cha mee ar!?…ok". A moment later afters she has fumbled around with her cooking set, she came with a plate, with some torn papers inside, "Nah…ice cream….eat now!". I can see now she is a hard headed girl, she always agree with your instructions first, but return later with what she had in mine from the beginning.
Both Mom and Dad agreed that Zoe loves to sing and dance. They observed that she can do that for hours and enjoyed any songs, even Hokkien songs. She has even made the pole into the microphone and the colorful rings my Mom bought for her to supposedly throw and got trap at the pole into hair accessories.
When someone got hurt a little, like accidentally knock on something, Zoe will quickly run over with a concern look and asked, "Painful?" or "Pain ar?", when you said yes, she will replied, "It’s ok…" and stroke your head or the wounded area to comfort you.
I could see that Mom and Dad really enjoyed Zoe’s company now. They are contemplating to moved in with us and Dad even suggested that Zoe should just attend play school for half a day. The challenge now is looking for a conducive and comfortable place for everyone to stay together. We have been scouting around actively and Dad has also been helping us to ruled out those units that are not so nice, but affordable. All seems to agree towards the newer, more upscale residences. It could just all be a matter of time, opportunity and the right decision now.
Time literally flies for me now and as I checked, my last post was more than a month ago.
I am sorry for this pitiful blog of mine that I was away for so long. Work has been piling up for me now as well as for my hubby. Sometimes, I wonder what other stuff could keep us that busy….wonder …wonder….
I hope to post some updates soon as we did manage to bring Zoe to a few places…just nearby to satisfy her curiosity nature now.
I am soooo looking forward to our next holiday now…just cannot wait…
A lot of photos to share…still trying to find time to post them….
please bear with me yea….
