Being a gentleman

Mommy not sure where Richie picks up this becomes a gentleman
2 days ago, daddy came home late 'cos of works in the office. When daddy arrived, daddy talked with mommy about some problems at works and we just simply ignore Richie.

He tried to make a scene by jumping or doing silly things to get attentions from us, then he wanted to hug his daddy. Daddy then told him that daddy needed to change cloth first while still talking with mommy.
After that he left and both of us didn't pay attention much to him.
Suddenly, he opened the wardrobe and picked one of daddy's shirt and brought to daddy
First, daddy didn't notice, so he asked Richie "why you made a mess in the wardrobe? " then mommy saw this and told daddy that he had a good intention to bring the shirt for you to change

hahhaha...we laugh and hug Richie, he's so understandable and gentleman
Mommy's really touched by him

Learn to put shoes on

This is another training for Richie to put his shoes on by himself.
Mommy uses home shoes which is cleaner and easy since it's soft
Well, he keeps on trying and gets agitated in the end hahaha

Spooning Activities

Mommy copies this activity from Preschool Montessori at Youtube...
This is fun activity for practising fine motor skills as well as one step closer to self feeding...
Mommy seldom trains Richie for self feeding at home, 'cos mommy's lazy to clean up the mess therefore mommy train him using dry beans and asks him to scoop using spoon from one bowl to another bowl

First, he's kinda excited and enjoy it, but since he scoops very little he kinda impatient and makes a mess hahaha
but it's dry, so it's easy to clean up and can be reused again
Hopefully after this he's ready for self feeding with little mess

Yeayyy...I hit 11 kgs

Well for some other kids, 11 kgs is just normal weight for 18 + months kid but for Richie, it's a big achievement haha...
Finally, he hits 11 kgs scale...means that within a week after mommy gave him fish oil, his weight increases by 300g in average.
Well done boy !

Even though his milk intake is only 400ml/day, his meal portion is almost as big as mommy's
It's really good improvement and he now likes grape very much

Understanding buying/selling concept

This is another surprise event for mom and dad from Richie...
Last Saturday morning, we planned to go to Botanic Garden 'cos we haven't been there for quite sometimes since we were back from Europe. And we planned to have family picnic with simple breakfast.
Therefore before we went there, we bought some breakfasts downstairs. Mommy bought pau and toasts and daddy and Richie bought juices in other shop.

As usual, Richie will take a coin from the change and hold it hehe just in case he found the kiddy ride, he will use that coin.
On the way there, daddy stopped by at fuel station and bought steamed brown rice (can't remember the chinese name) and it smelled so good when he brought back to the car.
Since Richie hasn't got any breakfast yet, he wanted to ask daddy's rice.

Suddenly, he gave the coin back to daddy, mommy thought ooowww so kind of him return back the coin...
But after that what's he doing after gave the coin back to daddy, he asked for the rice haha..then we burst to laugh...
Cos he thought that he already gave the coin and he could have the rice...(so called "he bought the rice from daddy")

And another occasion, he likes to hold car keys but when daddy asks him, he won't give it to daddy...
Once daddy gives me a coin, he will give the car keys back to daddy
Oh boy...he already thought of trading the things with money

hahaha...I guess he likes to observe when mommy brings him to the coffee shop to buy pau and mommy always uses coin to pay for the pau

Amazed with Richie's memorizing power

Mommy is lazy to write again here in english, so mommy just copies the note from facebook

Ini kejadian lucu tadi pagi.
Sekitar jam 9.45, daddy telepon mami pake iphone. Richie seperti biasa mau ikut2an dengerin...(kepo.com)
Cuman karena mami takut kalo ada yg penting jadi mami emang ga kasi ke Richie, trs mami cuman kasi dia house keys soalnya biasanya dia okay kalo dikasi something buat distract yg dia mau...

Mami terus ga perhatiin dia, karena mami sibuk pindah kamar satu ke kamar laen biar bisa denger si daddy ngomong apa...maklum Richie sempet ribut terus...
Abis udah kelar, mami waktu itu di ruang tengah, terus manggil Richie...let's go outside buying bakpau...
Seperti biasa dia excited sekali kalo diajak keluar soalnya dia jadi bisa maen2 kiddy ride dsb...

Ehhh mami baru inget kalo kunci rumah aku kasi dia, trs pas mami liat di tangannya udah ga ada kunci rumah...OMG...
mami tanya ke Richie, kunci nya dimana? as usual mukanya yg innocent jg kayak bingung gituh...trs dia lari ke master room tunjuk2 ujung bed...mami cuman ngintip dari luar aja, keliatan besi pengait nya doang, jd mami pikir dia cuman bercanda.
Mami tanya dia lagi kunci rumah dimana, kalo ga ketemu kita ga bisa keluar ...sambil ubrek2 di master room ama kamarnya Richie, soalnya mami sempet ke kamarnya Richie trs diikutin ama dia jg...

Again, dia balek ke master room, tunjuk2 ujung bed...akhirnya mami ikutin kemauannya dia, mami buka bed nya and VOILA...ternyata kunci nya ada di bawah nya bed, nyelip kebawah...
Duhhhh anakku, ada - ada saja tempat persembunyian baru...mau ga mau mami ketawa, dia jg ikut ketawa..

Tp yg bikin mami bangga, meskipun dia belum bisa ngomong banyak, dia tau apa yang mami bicarain, dan inget dimana dia sembunyiin barang...
laen kali jangan diulang lagi ya Rich...untung baru kunci, kalo barang2 penting pusing cari nya...

Train him using mini broom and dust pan

Richie likes to fight with mommy for broom and dust pan in the morning, therefore mommy bought him mini broom that comes with dust pan.
It's not supposed for kid's play but it can be used to train him and also practice his fine motor skills
So mommy tore papers into small cuts and teach him how to sweep the papers into the dust pan

He's not get into it yet and prefers to pick the paper with his hand hehe...
Well practice makes perfect

tries to pick up the paper with mini broom

Richie's train vs Mommy's train

It's about mega blocks again, now it's Richie's new improvement making a train after mommy gives him an example how to make simple train..
Turns out that he makes more sophisticated train then mommy even though he just makes the head only

mommy's creation : train and airplane

Richie's new train head

try to modify again

Mega blocks

This is not new toys but become now toy hehe...'cos mommy bought it few months ago during sale in Kiddy Palace and last time Richie didn't like to play
Recently, when mommy short of toys for him, mommy gave mega blocks for him to play with.

Voila ! he likes it and he just stacks the blocks together and he uses his imagination to create a train or house
Well, still not properly formed yet, but it's first step for him to use his imagination

Drinking from the cup

Another improvement from self feeding, he now can drink from the cup without spilling, of course mommy still help him to hold the cup. But he can control his tongue to suck the water from the cup without spilling.

Well done Boy!

Shape sorter and simple puzzle

wooden puzzle

4 pieces puzzle

At 19 months, Richie can do shape sorter and simple puzzle with little or no help.
He can sort and insert the shapes into the hole box accordingly by himself with no help especially symmetrical shapes like triangle, cylinder, rectangle, square, pentagon, octagon, star, oval
and for asymmetrical shapes like trapezium, half circle, crescent he needs mommy's help to turn the shape until it fix the holes.

As for puzzle, mommy bought him vehicles and color shape puzzles where he needs to match and put the puzzle according to the pictures.
He's able to match 100% correct and put 90% 'cos sometimes his fine motor skill hasn't perfect yet
But he's done good job

Well done Boy !

Experiment with mommy's glasses

Enjoy kiddy ride and ding dong

Happy 19 months old