Kyle is 31 months old, still only weighs 15kg, and is still 96 cm tall.

 

It is so much fun talking to him. Just some examples.

 

Me: Today it is very very hot.

Kyle:Naughty sun.

 

Kyle: I want Daddy, only daddy.

Me:What about mammy?

Kyle:I don't like you.

 

Me: Kyle, it is too early to go to bed.

Kyle: I am bery bery tired. I want to sleep.

 

Me: Mammy brings you to bed tonight. Daddy cannot bring you to bed.

Kyle:Why?

Me: Because Daddy is not here.

Kyle: Why?

Me: Because Daddy is out for a drink.

Kyle: mit Martin?

 

Me: Where is Daddy?

Kyle: in Germany

Me:What is he doing in Germany?

Kyle: talking to people

Me: Yes, he is seeing Oma as well.

Kyle: how about butchie?

Me: (surprised)

Kyle: how about nine and ziege?

Me: (more surprised).

Me: How much do you love Mommy?

Kyle: ar...........TEN.

Me: How much do you love Daddy?

Kyle: ar.........ELEBEN.

Me: how much do you love Andreas?

Kyle: ar.........TWENT.Y

Kyle went 2 days without poop.  This morning, we were in the park egg hunting. He came up to me, and said 'I stink. I cannot sit'.  I laughed to death. He had a super full dirty diaper!

Kyle started nursery class this week. Today it's his first day staying in school by himself.  Even though it's only one hour, the teacher expected he might cry a lot because he wanted to be with him all the time the last few days.  But what a surprise, when I picked him up, I was told that he didn't cry at all, not even asking for me once.   He is such a lovely good boy.  The teacher said we still have to see if he is ok for the next few days. It is too early to say.   But I'm proud with my little boy!

 

 

I taught Kyle to say I love you.  Today is the first day he spoke these 3 words together. He looked so sweet when he said that. I am sure he doesn't understand what it means, but I still feel my heart melting. 

 

And we both love that he yells from his bed, 'HELLO, MAMA, HELLO, PAPAAAAAAA!' when he wakes up in the morning. This morning we were laughing so much in our bed. 

I changed his diaper this morning, and oh my god, his pee-pee has grown in triple size!  It was so swollen and red. Luckily it didn't hurt him at all.  He must have gotten the infection when papa brought him to play on the beach yesterday.

 

Took him to the pediatrian and it cost me $700! What an expensive swim in the sea.  He was also  measured and he's now 88.3 cm tall and weighs 13.4kg.

 

Have been so busy at work. Yesterday I missed bringing him to bed. Today, I just made it.  I wanted to throw up when I waited so long for the taxi from the office and there was such so much traffic. I guess it's the price to pay 'coz i want to be a full time working mom.

I went back fulltime for more than one week.  Very busy, still managed to come home before 7pm so that I still have time to play with Kyle for an hour before he sleeps. Kyle seems fine though, but I miss him very much during the day.

 

Kyle must be growing through a growth spurt. He slept so much for the past week. 2 hrs nap plus 12 hrs' night sleep. Crazy.

 

He is however still very picky with food.  Yesterday, he refused to eat much.  He spit out almost everything and said' meat, meat'. He didn't like the texture????  I was so moody and angry.  But today, Elizabeth said he ate a lot, the same lunch and dinner like yesterday! And he asked for rice at 10am and he ate the same banana bread that he spit out when I fed him.  So naughty!

 

He also starts to use 2 or 3 words together.  Very sweet, eg. mama sit, papa arbeit, mama play, Maisy ABCs...

 

Oh, we finally ordered a new bed and mattress. King size.  Hermann is very happy now. But I like our current bed so much!

 

 

Really can't help but brag again.  Just have to record this now for future reference.

Is it really not normal?  Kyle now almost reccognizes and names all letters A-Z, 1-12.  He can count from 1 - 10.  I am really proud that he is so smart, but whenever other moms show their suprises, I just don't know how to respond.  I believe he is just a bit faster in this ability, and when kids are 3 or 4 years old, who cares who starts to read first? 

 

This morning, Kyle was playing with some color rings.  He took one and said to me "Blue'. That's nothing new. He knows colors for a long time already.  But after 2 seconds, he said "Blau', then he said Papa.  Then i asked him about the yellow ring. He told me yellow. I asked 'Papa says', and he said 'Gelb'. Then 'Mama says', he answered "yellow".  Wow! He really knows there are 2 languages spoken in the house!

I woke up this morning with perfect eyesight. What a great invention!  Just have to be more careful with the eyes in the next couple of weeks.

 

Kyle keeps adding new vocabulary. He can even say Germany. I ask: Where is Nine, where is Lasse..., he will say"Germany". I ask: Kyle was born in....he will say "America". Of course not the perfect pronounciation, but close enough.  He also says "Hermann" and "Corinne'.  He knows Alexander's papa is "Martin" (he says "Marter) and Alexander's mama is "Melanie" (he says Menie).

 

What surprises me today is he says right and left when he points to his feet. Elizabeth told me she taught him this morning when putting his shoes on.  Just read that a 20month old learns 10 new words a day.  Children are really amazing.

 

Oh, one more thing. He can name his toy cars: mitsubishi (he says bishibishi), porsche, BMW, Audi, Mini, Mercedes, Beetles. This is really crazy.

In 2 hours, I am getting my eyes done with lasik.  I am very looking forward to it. Then I can trash my glasses, contact lens, solutions and cases! Hurray!

 

Just read Ann's blog talking about Joey's recognizing alphabets.  Well I also have to boast about my precious Kyle. He knows 1 - 10, A - F, K, L, S, M, N and Y.  Hehe, I didn't really force him to learn, he likes to sit down with me and asks me to write the letters. His favorite one is B. I guess I have written 200 times in one day.

 

 

Hermann was off early yesterday and the whole family drove to Shek O beach in the afternoon. 

 

The beach was totally crowded.  People didn't have to work??? Kyle was enjoying the beach so much. He ran naked into the water and he was crazy about the waves, no fear at all.  He also loved to play with the sand, well, he loved to eat sand, to be exact.  We even saw a rainbow!! Too bad I didn't bring camera.

 

What  a perfect afternoon!

 

We slept only for a few hours last nite. We were so exhausted today but it's all worth it. Almost got a heart attack when i watched the Germany vs. Argentina game in a bar with my best friends and Hermann's friends.  Lehmann finally proved that why he was chosen in the team!  We had a lot of fun, cheering, drinking, yelling, shouting, singing, laughing.   Ended up going at home at 2.30am.

 

Argentina sucked! Look at their hair! Disgusting. Ugly long hair and hair bands should be banned from world cup.

 

Now can't wait to watch the next match on Tuesday. Probably need 2 alarm clocks to wake us up at 3am.   I'm sure they'll beat Italy and go to the final! Go! Go! Go!

 

But Ann, though I didn't sleep enough, I went to the gym for a body pump class today!

 

 

Kyle learnt to say 'pretty', that is so cute.  I say to him "Mama is" and he will then say "pretty". Hehe....my mom visited us yesterday and when she saw I taught Kyle to say this, she thinks I am crazy.

 

He also said 'nice'!  But I am very sure he doesn't know the meaning of these 2 words.

 

The best, however, is he points to himself and says "Baby....Kyle".

Trying to count how many words Kyle can say now:

 

Papa, mama, Kyle (sounds like car), car, bus, milk, juice, door, ball, circle (sounds like corkco), star, tractor, please, gone, cup, NO, yes, straw, lemon, daniel, noodles, turtle, fish, dog, bird, bugs, panda (only a few times), eyes, clock (hehe, sounds like cock), up, down (sounds like damn), money (sounds like mimi), shoes, bag, mum mum (for food), bye-bye, night night, sit,press, go, come, O (for open), po po (his butt), blue, no more, o-oh, card, flower (wa wa), heart, stop (sounds like dop)....

 

'Come' is one of the latest. So cute that he likes to grab my hand and pull and say 'come'. Just love it.  When he goes to bed at night, he will hold my hand and Hermann's hand and say 'come'.

 

The most annoying is he will say 'go go go go' non stop whenever we are in the car and he sees the traffic lights. We taught him 'red means stop, green mean go' and now every time he sees anything green, he says go go go.

 

 

I took the afternoon off yesterday to take Kyle to the playgroup. It was his first class in this kindergarten and I plan to let him 'study' there until he goes to the proper kindergarten.  Right now, it's 2 days a week and I will enrol him into 3 day week in September.

 

Again, he is the youngest among 12 kids. Most of them are around 2 years old.  I am sure he will learn a lot. There is circle time, work cycle, snack time, outdoor play, art/craft time, story time and singing and dancing, in 1 hr 45 min. They teach a lot of discpline, e.g. say please, wash hands before eating, when the teacher is serving the biscuits, he has to put his hands on the laps and wait until everyone is served.  He has to put away toys/plates/cups....

 

There is one ritual at the beginning of the class. Every kid has to walk to the teacher, shakes her hand and say ' good afternoon Miss Maryann', then pick his own photo and put in a post box. Kyle of course didn't know what to do, but after class yesterday, I practised with him and now, he likes to come up to me and shake my hand and wait for me to say 'good afternoon miss maryann'. Sooooooooooo cute.  

 

Too bad I can't go with him anymore as I have to work. But I'm sure Elizabeth will also take good care of him.

 

And he knows how to say 'gone' and gesture with open hands.  When i ask where Joey is? he says 'gone' with open hands. Where is daniel? 'gone' he says.  Super super cute.

 

And most importantly, he knows how to kiss me and Hermann. Finally, after 17.5 months! 

 

I bought a baby toilet seat to be put on our toilet.  He loves it. He sits there for mroe than 5 mins and smiling and laughing (I will post the pictures later), then he gets to flush and wash hands.  He has not peed or pooed in the toilets yet though.  But this seat is much better than the potty chair I bought earlier, which he just thinks is a toy which he can carry around.

A lot of happenings this week!!!

 

Although I got nothing from baby Kyle for Mother's Day, we did have great fun.  Went to the Shek O beach early in the morning and he had a blast!  He likes the water so much and was fearless running towards the waves. And the end he was running totally naked on the beach.  Is there a better word than 'cute'???  We went to a BBQ party in the afternoon after his swimming class and met tons of kids.  A lot of action for Mother's Day.

 

Kyle is 17 months old since yesterday, my little boy has grown!  He is talking a lot, like Papa, but no one understands what he is saying. Elizabeth and I both think that is german, 'coz we have no idea.  He keeps amazing us every day. 

 

And we are 3 years married tomorrow! Time flies and I hope one day, I will wake up and say ' we are 30 years marreid tomorrow!'.

Hermann is in Germany.  Kyle misses him so much. He is looking for Papa all the time.

 

- whenever he hears the elevators, he turns to the door and says "Papa" and waits to see if the door opens.

 

- this morning, after he woke up, he went to our bedroom and opened the door, saying "Papa, papa", hoping to see Hermann in our bed. He looked so disappointed seeing the bed was empty. But he was very happy in 5 seconds when he took out the bag of coins from the bed side table. Silly boy.