Veda's food

Last Friday evening, our neighbour Veda came over to play. Since it was her dinnertime, Veda's mummy brought along her baby food to feed her at our place.

Aunty P let Benja dip his finger into the food to have a taste. Benja seemed to like it. So Aunty P scooped out two spoonfuls for Benja to eat on his own.

Benja really enjoyed the food. It was the first time he sat down and helped himself to the food till he finished everything. Daddy and Mummy were amazed. *jaws dropped*

At Mummy's suggestion, Benja scooped food out of his bowl to feed Veda. Awww... that was so sweet... you've really grown, Benja! And Mummy is very proud of you!

Cars

Mummy likes to let Benja put on his squeaky shoes for the supermarket. All she has to do is to listen for the direction in order to locate Benja between the tall shelves.

But this time, Mummy found Benja after hearing a big squeal and some baby talk.

Benja discovered a little paradise for himself. Look at the way he sweeps cars off the shelf!

Pole dance

Monkeying around the metal poles of his swing, for daddy.

Looks as if he were pole dancing, yeah?

LOL XD

Playground

Before and after warming up at the playground ^^

Vesak fun 2014

Mummy brought Benja to the temple nearest to home by bus. Benja had a quick breakfast of kuay teow soup and we were off by 8.30am.

This is taken while waiting for bus. Benja was very excited. He kept saying, "Stop bus. Stop bus." Mummy wondered why he said it that way. Did he mean "bus stop"?

Benja liked to refer to the Buddha as 佛佛. I think he meant 佛陀. He always tells Mummy he's scared whenever he saw the Buddha image. He would tap his heart or upper tummy area lightly.  "Scared. 佛佛.怕怕." are his words.

When Mummy was having lunch, Benja slipped away to explore the temple on his own. He observed people putting their hands together and bowing to the Buddha image with the lotus candle offerings. He copied the action, said it was "拜拜".

Benja also enjoyed drinking the cool orange juice at the temple.

Mat Yoyo fan 优优猫粉丝

The closeness and concentration...

Now Benja will start asking for 优优猫 both in the evening, morning and in his dream (yes, he said 优优 in his dreams last night).

Heavy

Bag bag. Heaby (heavy), heaby.

The blue bag that contains Benja's daily 4 reads at Grandma's place.

Y Glider

See him kicking with his right foot in this photo?

At 22 months, Benja can ride the Y-Glider after watching his cousins for a day. He can either push with one foot or maintain both feet on the board (mummy push). But he hasn't learnt how to stop yet.

Earlier at 15 months, Daddy setup the seat, but it wasn't used because Benja could not balance and kick at the same time. After 2 topples, Daddy felt that the Y-Bike offered more stability.

Benja has slighly outgrown the Y-Bike, so the Y-Glider came at a good time.

Fishball

What's in Benja's mouth? Fishball!

Benja remembers this. He asked for 鱼ball. Haha..

This is the second time he's eating fishballs. Last week, Mummy gave him one for the first time. He seemed ok with it. This time Mummy gave him two because he asked for it.

Benja would put the entire fishball into his mouth only to realise he can't swallow it. Then he would take it out with his hand and take a bite, some chewing, and another two bites. It's gone! ^^

According to Babycentre, 20 month olds learn 20 words a day. Mummy's sure Benja will say 'fishball' correctly the next time he sees it.