Children learn phonics in school nowadays. The pronounce an alphabet with the sound -something I never learned in school during my time and something that Lucas is better than me. Using phonics sound, Lucas insist that 1 (one) should starts with 'W', August should starts with 'O'. He did not buy the spelling we told him. So, we asked him to go ask his teacher.
Well...he is right.
Lucas can write all the alphabets. His handwriting is not very steady but it is readable. I got him to write his name on the Christmas card gifts. He writes the Chinese style i.e. from right to left. And he has decided to be right-handed. He doesn't use his left hand much anymore.
He enjoys reading, that is we read to him. Sometimes he pretends to be reading on his own. He will run his finger through the words and make up his own story - far from what were written in the book. We are trying to use the phonics sound to get him to learn to spell the word. He enjoys colouring. He still use single colour for the whole picture. When we asked him to make the picture colourful, he will asked 'how about 2 colours?'
He has been doing additions the last few days and he knows simple addition. He will say 'I want 5 gummy bears and I have 2 on my plate. Can you give me 3 more?' We tried to teach him additions a few weeks ago but he couldn't grasp it. I told myself he is not ready. Now, it is a surprise he understands the concept. Maybe he learned this in school.
We have decided to try out to live in Singapore..for a week. So, here we are on our first day. We left the house early, trying to beat the traffic at the Second Link. We did quite alright..left the house at 9am and arrived at the hotel at 2pm, with a 50 mins stop at rest area. Lucas ate so slow, and decided to poo...just can't rush him.
We did not venture outside the hotel today. Felt a bit tired and Dominic is too busy watching the Australia Open. Poor Roger broke down...and I thought if I am having a second baby boy, I might name him Rafael. Lucas enjoyed this hotel thus far. He spent the first half hour exploring the hotel room, curious about everything new. He also gave a big (I mean big) vomit when I tried to put him to bed. All his dinner (cheese) and milk came gushing out and I have to bath him twice. We have to get the housekeeping to change the bedsheet and the comforter! Lucas commented, 'This home is nice, got cookies! Come back tomorrow.' That's his experience on the first day.
Living anywhere is not a problem as long as Lucas is not in primary school. The only difficulty is getting a babysitter to take care of him while we both are working.
Since Lucas has learned to say his Daddy's name, once in a while, he will call him by his name. One day he said, 'Do-minic, make milk and water please'. We were both shocked and afraid he will call Dominic from now on instead of Daddy. I told him, 'If you call Daddy Dominic you will not get your milk and water'. Lucas was puzzled with the firmness in my tone. He was probably wondering what's wrong calling Dominic because that is his Daddy's name. He stopped calling Daddy Dominic.
Yesterday, when he heard me calling Dominic by his name, he quickly protested and said 'Mommy call Dominic'. He must be thinking why can't he call Dominic but I can. I have to tell him that I can call Daddy Dominic but Lucas must call Daddy. I don't think he quite get it yet...
Lucas finally learned to say 'Please'. And the incident that forced him to say the magic word is also very funny. Two days ago, he was feeding himself using his hand. That of course created a lot of mess on himself and his high chair and the floor. I was worried about the cleaning I have to do and pleaded with him (and half begging him) by saying 'Use your spoon PLEASE'. I must have said the phrase a number of times before he finally replied me 'Mee, p-Lease'. His body language was just like mine, pleading me and half begging me to let him feed himself using his hand. So, the lesson learned is to frustrate him, then it will force him to learn faster?
Lucas has sweet teeth. He is crazy about chocolates and sweets. We have 2 heart shaped chocolates in a nice container, a gift from a wedding reception we attended last weekend. I gave Lucas the chocolate after his lunch one day. He ate the white chocolate. Then he hold the container with a dark chocolate in heart shape in his hand while he was taking his nap. I did not think twice about it. The chocolate will not melt in an air-con room right? How wrong was I! When he woke up and did 'not' see the chocolate, he was wailing and kept saying 'Brown. Brown'. He must have thought someone (me or the baby sitter) must have stole or ate his chocolate. The chocolate melted and has no form. That was so hilarious. Well, it wasn't hilarious when he was wailing and it took me a while to figure out why was he wailing.
