Gabriel and Julian on the Upih Pinang

Dear Gabriel,

You had fun on the upih pinang with Julian at Assumption Church. Uncle Bart pulled the two of you. The two of you were like kampung boys! It was thrilling!

Love,
Mummy

Those were the days…Gabriel learnt walking

Dearest Gabriel,

             Since you were born, you have become the most important person in my life. You made my life become more meaningful and watching you grow up was really wonderful experience. Mummy likes the below photo very much!

Your very first steps

 

              It made me recalled the time you learnt walking…You started walking at the age of 13 months. That time grandma and “popo” took care of you. Everyday after work, mummy would sure bring you for a walk in the park, besides the lake at our apartment. Mummy would tell you the surrounding things such as trees, the blue clouds, the children, the birds & etc…That time mummy had such free time because grandma and “popo” would do the cooking and after you went to day care, mummy had no more time & strength to bring you to the park anymore. You were good boy too as after school, you would help mummy to wash rice or wash vege or you would play by yourself.

 

Fast food and chips

Dearest Gabriel,

I guess all children like chips. However mummy seldom bring you to McDonald’s, KFC and all fast food stall because mummy hope you can develop a healthy mindset, have a healthy eating behaviour. When you grow up you can have a healthy body. Without healthy body, you can’t enjoy your life. However, mummy quite support McDonald’s and KFC kiddy meal as they actually gave away interesting toys and yet you can have a meal. Therefore whenever there are interesting toys, mummy and daddy will go to eat the fast food during lunch time (without you) so that we can bring home a surprise to you. All the below were few toys that we collected.

Gabriel's McD and KFC toys collection

3 years old play…

Dearest Gabriel,

 

            Your favorite game at 2-3 years old is play camping. This started after you watched Pingu Goes Camping cartoon, you got addicted to this game and maintain for so long. You will request papa and mummy lying down on the bed, using our hands and legs to support the blanket. Then you will hide inside the “camp”. This really made our legs feel tired and shivering…We also will play cooking / masak-masak, you will imagine the bolster as sausage or chicken thigh. In order to make the camping game more exciting, we will pretend to be the monster/ tigers/ pirate to come to attack you…You will be screaming and use gun to shoot us. This has become one of our night time activities.