Post-nap smileys

Heidi has always been a smiley baby, even when she wakes up from her sleep or naps (provided she has enough sleep!). I got these photos some time ago when she woke up all happy.

She almost 18 months old, and can say lots more words now, but sometimes it's still a bit hard to understand as lots of her words sound the same, even though they mean different things! Surprisingly, one of the words she can say very well is "minion" and will bring our phones to us, asking to watch the minion videos on YouTube!

Another thing she used to do which was quite amusing is that when she wants me to sing to her, she will point to my mouth and then shake her body as if she is dancing. Quite canggih her sign language for "sing" :)

She also knows how to say bao bei which means "treasure" in Mandarin because her daddy always calls her that. Indeed she is our little treasure :)

The one where the parents are not so smart

The Astro technician came to replace our decoder on Sunday and he showed us how the new system worked. Being not very tech-savvy people, Hubby and I could not seem to switch on the sound on the TV, even though the image was there. I was huddled under the TV console for some time, fiddling with the remote and buttons on the decoder and sound system and Hubby was trying to give me instructions (Heidi was lying on him fast asleep). I was going to give up, thinking I would just call the technician and ask him how to make it work, when suddenly the sound came on. A small voice behind me piped up "Nah, it's like that! I do this all the time at Amah's house." Apparently the mute button was on. Trust a 4-year-old to know better than her parents.

Love this picture of our cheeky girl:

Mah-mee and Pa-pa!

At almost 17 months, Heidi can finally call me "mah-mee". She could say "ma-ma" but when I asked her to say "mummy", it would come out as gibberish. We discovered it last week only. Usually when I come home after work, Hannah will run and greet me, calling "mummy, mummy". So last Thursday it was the same routine, I came home and Hannah was calling me loudly like she always does. Suddenly a little voice piped up and joined in "mah-mee", "mah-mee" and she went on and on like a broken record. My mother-in-law and I were quite surprised because we had been trying to get her to say it for the past few weeks without success, and suddenly it came out loud and clear. So now she says it non-stop :)

Heidi is definitely one cheeky baby, way more cheeky than Hannah at her age. She will laugh and chuckle at anything she finds funny, and she does it so cheekily! She can call "papa" very well so we are trying to get her to say "daddy".

Me: Heidi, say "Daddy"
Heidi: Da-pa-pa
Me: "Daddy", Heidi
Heidi: Papa!
Me: No, no, say "Daddy"
Heidi: PAPA!

I suppose she knows that it means the same thing :)

Some pictures of our cheeky baby:

As for our big girl, she is growing up to be a little lady. She's now into hairdo, makeup, dressing up and all those girly things.

Dressing up in her cousin's dress which is too big for her:

She also has a very quick mind and sometimes floors us with the things she says. For example, we were driving in the car the other day when Hubby was singing along to Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts". For those who are not familiar with the song, it's basically the usual boy cheats on girl and girl feels betrayed story etc etc. We didn't know that Hannah could actually listen and understand so I think it's probably time that we review the type of music we listen to in the car! So anyway, being a curious little girl, she asked her daddy what was the meaning of the song. Trying to put it as simply as possible, the conversation went like this:

Hubby: It's about a boy who cheated on a girl.
Hannah: What does "cheat" mean?
Hubby: The boy was naughty; he promised to love the girl only, but then he also loves other girls. That's why the girl asked him to leave and don't come back.
Hannah (after a solemn pause): The girl is also naughty.
Hubby: Why?
Hannah: Because she doesn't want to share!

We both sure had a good laugh 

Also, another conversation went something like this:

Hannah and Hubby were discussing her science lesson which she learnt in school. The lesson was on which objects sink and which objects float. So they were giving examples of objects that sink and float (mostly her toys).

Hannah: So how about a duck? Does it sink or float? 
Hubby: It floats (thinking she was talking about her rubber duck)
Hannah (without a second thought): Nolah, the duck can swim by itself!

I do want to make sure I document all this down and maybe in future when she is grown up, I can show her this and we can laugh together. Out of the mouths of babes... ;)