Year 1 Week 33: Summary & pictures

It is a fun-filled activity week for Antonio as he follows mommy around when she goes to meet her friends.

There is some quiet time, like the morning when he watched Word World on mommy's laptop while seated on mommy's lap. (Taken Dec 07)

Then he decides to entertain everyone with his good sense of tempo by dancing when he hears music, as we stroll through the mall after dinner.

I think Antonio had the most fun on Wednesday December 09, when he met Ethan again. They first shared some play time together in Ethan's home, before expanding their energy at Polliwogs.

Here is a photograph of (left to right) Ethan, Antonio and Ethan's seven-week old brother Dylan.



You would think that after all the activity of the day, the 19-month-old boy would be exhausted. Oh no, he was so hyped that he continued running on adrenaline, playing and demanding attention until it was almost midnight.

Here he is insisting that I trace his feet on paper.

As there is no baby chair for Antonio at my mother's home in Singapore, she came up with a solution that will make him sit and eat.

Antonio sits on a stool while we use a dining table chair as his table. (Taken Dec 10)

On Dec 11, I head out to meet friends whom I made when I was a guide for the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Anniversary Walk as well as the Kent (Pasir Panjang) Ridge Anniversary Walk.

Antonio loves looking at things, so he was especially happy when he was able to look out of the window of the MRT cabin as we travelled to Ghim Moh station.



After dinner, one of us ordered dessert. There was only one piece of dessert left at the store, and Antonio ate practically all of it!

"Yum!" he says...

After dinner, he wanted to play in the coin-operated toy car.


Although I did not insert a coin, he was happy to just sit there and turn the wheel, pretending that he was steering the car around.


On December 12, before lunch time, he entertains himself by pushing his stroller around in my mom's home.


Today, he met two new friends: Ashton in the morning, and Timothy in the evening.

Ashton is the son of my Junior College fellow Student Councillors, Amy Ang and Bryan Foo. He is about two to two and a half months older than Antonio. Timothy is the son of my secondary school classmate Carine. He is about two and half years old.

Antonio played well with both boys, despite meeting them for the first time.

At the end of an activity-filled day and busy week, how does Antonio feel?

This picture says it all: