Oliver's nightly rituals

good night mama

good night choo choo

good night tok tok

good night jie jie

good night kor kor

good night pa pa

good night mummy

good night heidi

Good night (& a kiss from Oliver)...

Rain Rain Go Away

For the second time this month, Oliver got to get up from the pool after less than five minute of dipping. The thunder roared and the sky illuminated by lightnings. The thought of being struck by lightning is a scary thought.

Screams

Little did we know that after we took this picture, Oliver's screaming of pain from his urinary tract infection tormented everyone who loves him, including the teachers and aunties from Delcare.

Rain Rain Go Away (Pain Pain Go Away)

Everyday is like a mad rush for us. From fetching Heidi and Oliver to school in the morning to bringing them home, showering them, meeting their demands, washing up their poo and puke, to putting them to bed, and waking up at night... hours and days seem to zoom by and it is mid-March already!

This week has been especially uncomfortable for Oliver, as well as us. Almost 4 days after he first started to feel pain in his penis, he is still squirming and panicky whenever he wants to pee. We aren't too sure whether the anti-biotics is taking effect, or if it is a psychological barrier that Oliver needs to overcome. It is quite painful and worrying to see Oliver in pain.

On a brighter note, Oliver is his usual self when he isn't peeing.

He can now sing a few songs, like Happy Birthday, Row Row Row Your boat, Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, and his favourite, Rain Rain Go Away.

He seems to be growing up in a hurry.

UTI

Happy in baby suit before he got UTI that night

And all of a sudden, he's got UTI (or what the doctor suspected it is).

He's really cranky and uncomfortable, and screams and kicks when he pees.

We hope it's really that and he responds quickly to medication.

I'm really getting cranky due to lack of sleep too.

Animal Farm

Oliver can now recognise and articulate more words, and it all seems rather suddenly.

On top of the common animals like dog and cat, his zoological vocab now includes bee, dolphin, giraffe, zebra, elephant, octopus, hippo (aka milk milk as he often lie on his hippo when drinking milk), penguin, teddy bear, lion (aka tong tong chiang, the lion dance tune).

Boon Heng's new hairdo

Boon Heng has his hair cut for reservist and he doesn't like it. But most people we saw prefer his current short hairstyle, especially his mom. Looking at the picture, do you think Oliver like his hairstyle?

Scarecrow

Oliver wasted no time in trying out Heidi's new hat. And impressively, he modelled himself quite well as a scarecrow.

Stacking power