The two boys have been fighting for toys and attention the whole day long. Stacking the blocks together was perhaps the only activity that they enjoyed together without much drama. *sigh*
Athan seemed to have somewhat settled since his last outburst of emotions, but he has been very clingy for some reason. I had my mother’s group meeting this morning and he was absolutely behaving like a koala bear, clinging to me as if I was the eucalyptus tree! It was hard to hold him and appease him while joining in discussion with the other mums. Perhaps there were more people at our home that made him clingy or ….. I really had no idea. He played rather well with the other kids when I met up with the mums on different occasions, but today was just not his day. He was just difficult to handle. Anyway. The good news is that he began to show his usual self after dinner. He did not cling to me or requested to be held. After dinner, he was eager to play with his brother — they invented a new game. 🙂 I hope he will be his usual self from now on.
Athan is doing great at day care. Well, he does not cry anymore when we leave him with his carers and he is usually happy when I pick him up after work. He seemed to have have found his place there and is comfortable with the carers and kids around him. He has also picked up some English words and he is able to understand simple instructions in English. I think it is only a matter of time before he can communicate in English with someone.
He definitely has a mind of his own. When he does not want something, it takes a lot of effort to change his mind. Stubborn? Perhaps. He is also very cheeky and full of mischief — maybe this is why he is quite fun to be with. 🙂
He is a taxi spotter — he loves to look out for taxi on the road when we are out and about and will shout “taxi!” when he spots one. He also look out for fire engine, police car and ambulance. These vehicles can get him very excited if he spots one. Typical boy thing, I guess.
He is speaking in sentences these days — in Mandarin. He is doing very well in the speech department. He loves to talk — that helps. 🙂 He talks to himself a lot and loves to ask “ni zhuo shen me?” (what are you doing). Some times during nap time, we can actually hear him talking to his bear and toy and himself before he eventually falls asleep. He chats with me in the car too, all the way from day care to home which is about a 30 minute drive if traffic is bad. He asks me about anything and everything that he sees on the road and I will ask him about his day. Cute. 🙂
He is well into his “terrible twos” I have to say. We have been through a lot of unreasonable times with him that comes with tantrums and screaming. We are looking forward to him getting over this phase and become more *mature*, well at least more reasonable. At the meantime, we have to be patient and loving. This is part of being a parent.