tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196345642024-03-14T10:19:38.156+08:00A little blog for the Cheeky Ones. Together with the Cheekies' photo library on Flickr, this site will track the exploits of the little Cheekies and their development.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19634564.post-1162811918193419412006-11-06T19:12:00.000+08:002006-11-06T19:18:38.206+08:00

Cheeky mummy has been so off blogging since April for a good reason; I've been trying to cope with all the nonsense that comes with a new cheeky one on the way. And this time it is a cheeky boy.My past 2 pregnancies have been quite smooth but this one is quite something else. I won't bore everyone with the tedious details but let's just leave it that I'm glad to be mid-way through my 3rd

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In the past couple of weeks, Yi Han finally began to babble. She was such a quiet baby before but now that she got started, it came with a flurry. She also started pointing at objects. It was kinda charming when she just threw her head back during our walks, pointed to the stars and went "da..da..bbbbooooo".2 mornings ago, she pointed and called Pa Pa when Mommy asked her to. Too bad Daddy was

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The old one sprung a leak, so we junked it when we moved. Mom got a new, bigger pool for the kids a few days back and we had been waiting for a good time to commission it. Unfortunately, the aunties have been thwarted constantly by the April monsoon.Finally, on Sat, it was done and the kids had a whale of a time. We have uploaded a set of photos on Flickr. Enjoy.

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The little cheekies had a small adventure on 12 Apr, Wed. They went to the airport to send off ah ma and ah gong who are visiting HK for a week. I had a running bet with my mother who would reach the airport first so I actually arrived 45 min earlier just to beat her.At T1 Rei Qi just went ballistics. She pointed to orchids and shrieked "Flowers! Nice flowers!!", pointed to the tubular water

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Little Yi Han surprised both Mommy and myself one night by letting go of the sides of her cot. She stood, quite steadily, for a few seconds and then sat herself down. Seeing that we both caught her in her act, she broke into the widest smile. We think she would start walking when she turns 1 in June.Rei Qi had a whale of her time at Changi Airport Terminal One last Wed when she sent off her

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We've just settled into the rental home about 2 weeks after moving in. It sure is difficult getting used to a new living environment. But as Cheeky Daddy said, the kids had no problems at all. Rei Qi has just developed her dance moves into a new level of frenzy. Yi Han has just started crawling and singing along with us.Everything is quite ok except for the fact that we are all having a nice

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Imagine an alarm clock that weighs 10 kgImagine an alarm clock that NEVER wakes you up at the time that you want toImagine an alarm clock that goes 'ggrrrr, ggrrrr' and drools all over the bedImagine one that kicks you, punches you and pinches your faceImagine one that looks at you with eyes like thisImagine one that smiles like this when you open your eyesThis is my alarm clock, one that I love

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We have just moved into a rented place while our new home is being renovated. Cheeky Mommy and myself were worried about the little Cheekies. Mommy even stockpiled little toys just in case they got real cranky. The little ones surprised everyone by settling right in. Once the mattresses were down and the stereo set up, they started grooving to their favourite tunes!Expect to see lots of photos of

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Rei Qi is down with a fever. We have been lucky. Other than a couple of vaccine-induced fever, little RQ has not fallen ill before. So, her first episode inevitably causes some concern for both the Cheeky Parents. Let's hope after a good night's rest, she will get better.

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This has happened a few times for the past few days: whenever Yi Han sees either Mummy or myself around AND we are not looking at her, she will FAKE a cough. She will stop "coughing" once we look at her. Man...just where do babies learn such things from?

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Wednesday 15 Feb was Rei Qi's 2nd birthday. She woke up early and immediately started chanting 'papa mama bring Rei Qi to MacDonalds' 'go beach' 'see airplane'. Well, with such specific requests, the whole famiily just upped and set off to MacDonalds East Coast.This was also the first time Yi Han visited Macs. She got to sit in the baby chair and play with our breakfast stuff and see the sea and

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Celebrated RQ's 2nd birthday last Friday. It was a small family affair, with just our immediate families. Even so, Cheeky Mummy went through the whole works and got party packs & water pistols for all the kids (grand total of 3) at the party. It is amazing the joy that some noisy plastic pieces and water sprays can elicit from young kids.RQ specifically asked for a mermaid cake (the idea was

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It has been a fabulous Chinese New Year. Call me "cheena" but CNY just stirs up a lot more feelings in me compared to X'mas. Finally get a chance to catch up with close friends and relatives. With our busy lives, CNY represents the one and only chance in a year to talk that little bit more.It is little Yi Han's first CNY and she is quite a hit. Got a lot to do with her "fleshiness" and cheerful

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I am feeling very apprehensive right now. My maids requested that on Chinese New Year Eve night, I take over both babies so that they can cheong and clean up the entire house before midnight. I readily agreed and even said that I'd look after both babies through the night.Now I'm sick with worry whether I can survive the experience. Rei Qi has the bad habit of waking up in the middle of the

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Today, mummy brought Rei Qi for her first official lesson. It's a simple music and fun class at a neighbour's house. The neighbour is Elena and she is a music teacher. For this class, mummy actually bought a violin for Rei Qi.We had guided drawing, singing, rhythm and violin activities. Rei Qi would engage for 5 seconds at the start of each activity, then she'd walk around and mess with

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Cheekyvids has just been updated! We are finally getting up to speed. The Nov and Dec videoclips of the little Cheekies have been edited and uploaded. Enjoy!

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For the past 3 days, Rei Qi insisted that Cheeky Daddy showered her. It really was quite an experience.RQ would take that opportunity to "splash" me. The funniest part was when Daddy was washing her hair. She would grab Daddy's legs and pressed her face against his thighs so as to prevent water from entering her eyes. To wash off all the foam from the shampoo, daddy invariably would get himself

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Looking back, the first day was bad. And that was an understatement. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. Firstly, we left home without our Malaysia map. Our rental vehicle was a petrol-guzzling Nissan Sunny (rumoured to cover only 9 km to 1 litre). We wasted 2 hours by picking the wrong link (never, never use the Causeway during a holiday). Next, we missed our turn-off at the North-South

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Today, Daddy and Mommy will be going to Malacca for a 3-day vacation. And we are not bringing the little Cheekies. Mommy has been preparing herself for the "separation". We will know how successful she is once we cross the Causeway.

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Merry X'mas!Cheeky Daddy just spent another wonderful day home with the kids. He was also hard at work tweaking the video gallery of the Cheekies. And yes, it is now live!For some technical reason, he decided not to merge the video gallery with this blog so that he did not get nagged at by Cheeky Mummy for "making the whole thing so complicated". So people, you do have to do that extra click.I

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I wanted to write this on Friday but got too caught up with doing everything with my two daughters so it's really a bit late.Friday was the last day at work for Aspen Learning Centre so daddy and I both thought that it would be a cool idea to bring RQ to our Parkway Parade branch. On arrival, RQ took a grand total of 1 minute to get over her shyness and started strutting around the classrooms

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It is a rare treat that both Mom and Dad get to stay home the whole day. Daddy finally got to bath Yi Han. Kinda sad to bath your daughter for only the first time after 6 whole months but well, these are "calculated sacrifices" that we have to make as entrepreneurs.Rei Qi is thrilled to have us home all day and is particularly "manja" (attention-seeking). Not that I mind. We have a great dinner

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Rei Qi and Yi Han are really quite the sisters act.. Yi Han has the strongest grip and yank on hair and Rei Qi's flailing hands pack quite a punch. Yet when we put these two girls side-by-side on the sofa this morning, Rei Qi excitedly waved her hands all over the place but slowed down so that she will not hit Yi Han. And Yi Han smiled directly at Rei Qi, grabbed a handful of her hair but did

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It is getting harder and harder to get RQ to hug Daddy. She has a store of boundless energy and yep, she is busy practicing saying "no". Not last night though. Armed with a tub of No Frills Neopolitan ice-cream, she hugged me more times in an hour than what I had been getting in a week. I cannot think of a better way to spend five bucks.

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Over the couple of months, RQ has developed this irritating habit of saying "no" to everything. She has this very deliberate, nasal way of saying "Nnooo" that makes it quite cute but it gets on our nerves anyway.Last night, to test out my hunch that she will utter "no" to anything whether she understands it or not, I asked her if she would like to have chocolate ice-cream. I could see that little

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