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Tong wanted to draw since she woke up this morning. Her tools are papers, drawing board, pencils, pens, brushes, crayons, highlighters... (She took over my stationery box when she was 14 months old).
She wanted to draw again after the afternoon nap and the time we wanted to go out around 6pm. I managed to put her into the car by bringing her an exercise book and a pen. She just fell asleep with a black pen and envelope beside her not her favorite friend Green Tortoise.
Tong can draw on both hands but she prefer using left hand. Her drawings include:
1. circle - she has changed from making "eggs" to "balloons".
2. Oval - Tong told me she has drawn "banana", "papaya" with many seeds inside (her heavier dots for bigger seeds).
3. palm - The outcome was a big palm which was traced on her little palm.
4. feet - Tong not only traced her left or right foot print but both together.
5. cross - One longer line cross with a shorter line.
6. lines - She could draw some "straight and parallel" like lines.
7. wave or zigzag - she asked me to sing the "wave song" when she has drawn the lines.
8. combination - she drew "watermelon" with zigzag lines in a big circle and a small pedicel or stalk on the top!
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My little brother came over to my place. He made a wholemeal bread for Tong with his skillful hands and our small baking machine. That was the most successful home made bread ever appeared in our house so far!
I used a baker's oven by having dough making and baking separately so that I can have better control of it. By trying a few methods and knowing the reason behind, you can change ingredient as you like
Dough Making (30 minutes):
1. Mix well a to d ingredient for 3 minutes.
2. Add in 260g water until the dough formed. Knead for another 17 minutes.
3. Mix pinch of salt into 5g water and add into the dough. Add butter(in small pieces or liquid form) and let the dough mix well for about 5 minutes.
4. Add seeds and nuts like sunflower seeds, flax seeds, pumkin seeds, raisin and etc and mix well which takes about 5 minutes.
5. Wait for about 1 hour to raise or till double up the size of the dough.
6. Bake for half and hour. The bread is ready!
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Tong started blowing bubble from 7pm after having her dinner. She blew, catched the bubble with her stick and blew again. She ran from one end to another end with her cousin in the corridor.
I tried to stop her around 8pm, she screamed! I used her fauvorite fruit like strawberry and pineapple to get her back into the house, she just ignored it.
They played bubble until 9pm. Just bubble!??
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We walked to a new opened market place during our evening walk. Tong went into a toy shop when we passed by. She pointed to a Snoopy bubble bottle. I checked whether she knew what was that. She assured me by knocking head and picking the red one.
The next morning, we brought her to the play ground and she took a few minutes to blow multiple bubbles. She was so enjoy blowing bubble and reminded us to bring it to her cousin house on Friday.
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Tong refused me to washed her hair since last week. She just didn't want to face upward or downward and scramed when the went into her eyes. I tried a few methods like counting 123 before my next step, sang a song and etc to let her relax. She was better yesterday. Today, Tong asked for body shampoo and wanted to apply herself during bath time. I put some on her hands and some on her hair. The shower head was fixed above her head. She turned her body and let the water dropped on her back. After a while, I reminded her to face down and wash her hair. She could do it without any problem and said "Just like Mommy". Amazing! Tong could do it before her 21 months old
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Mommy was asking Tong something in the car. She didn't reply me. A while later she said "Violin". Oh... she was concentrating and her hands seemed moving following the beat while listening to the violin music.
I don't know any musical instrument. I wish she could explore more if she likes it.
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Tong used to greet her peers for the past few months. She started greeting elderly other than our family members yesterday. She called "Auntie" when we entered the grocery shop and "Bye bye Auntie" when we were about to make a move from the next door. I was happy that she said "keep properly" and put the bulding bolcks back to the container before we have gone.
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Daddy and Mommy are planning to go for a holidays that is also suitable to bring along Tong Tong. We just can't decide which country to go. We put aside the tour guides and ask Tong "Which country do you want to go?" Tong said "Lebanon". We asked again she said "Japan, New Zealand".
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We came home about 7pm today. Tong stood in front of the neighbour's door when we passed by because she saw her 3 years old playmate. At the same time, another 4 years old playmate from the next door came out. A few second later, these 3 little kids ran and screamed along the corridor. Tong was the one yelled in high pitch and laughed happily.
Their happy hour end about 8pm because 2 of them haven't finished dinner. Tong slept around 10pm. She cried out about 1am and fell asleep again after had some water. She was just too excited running here and there.
The next day morning, my neighbour told me that her daughter also cried out in the mid night.
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