First time dental visit

Changton has turned 2, it’s time to visit a dentist. Mom was a bit nervous about this because Changton doesn’t like blushing teeth at all! To make him to agree to brush his teeth, we need to use a ‘garbage car trick’: Telling him that a garbage car is coming to collect a tooth decay kid! Even so, it takes a lot of time and energy to complete the almost impossible mission!

So how could he be cooperative with his dentist? Mom started to wonder minutes after making a booking! But she was wrong! Changton only cried in the first 30 seconds when the dentist asked mom to place him on the dentist’s lap (he is still too young for the dental chair). Thanks to the presence of mom and dad who cheered him on with lots of clapping and two thumbs up. Changton even made the dentist and nurse laughed every times he gave himself two thumbs up!

Playing at the waiting area, completely unaware of what would come next!

The dentist showed how to brush his teeth, after checking and applying fluoride on his teeth. As seen from this picture, Changton was preparing to give himself another two thumbs up!

Good job Changton! We’ll go back again after 6 months ;-)

Finally, Changton goes to school!

As for kids’ first time going to school, it’s a historic moment for their parents! So mom couldn’t help but snapped, snapped, snapped his pictures ;-) Here are some of Changton’s first day going to his pre-school.

Carrying a school folder in one hand and a car key in another, Changton was more than ready to go to school!

With his nanny, Yai Jee, who was as proud as mom on Changton’s first day to school.

 

His backpack is big. But don’t worry. It’s mom who carries it. As he is only 2 year-old, he needs nappies and a new cloth. Then he has a water bottle, snack, hat, school communication folder, etc!

 

In class with Ms. Karolina, his teacher, introducing him some new toys.

Bored with his new toys, looking for something new! Painting may be?

This is a waiting area where kids are seated, waiting for parents to pick them up. Mom notices Changton is very tamed at school. Even he saw mom snapped this picture, he still sat and waited patiently for a call from his teacher.

Yeah! It’s my turn! Changton got up after his teacher called his name.

You’ve done a great job Changton! We are proud of you :-)

Changton’s Pre-School Time: another lesson learned that things not always go as planned!

After a long search for Changton’s first school, mom enrolled Changton at Tiger Tots. It’s an international pre-school with a good reputation as it has been opened for 30 years. Best of all, it’s so close to our house, like a throwing a stone distance from our house to his school. The excitement of sending Changton to school had built up few months before his school actually started! Yep, it was purely mom who was excited about it!

First off, what should Changton be called at school? As he already has Thai (Changton and Thirakhun) and Chinese name (Hsiao, Hong-Po) and that these names are meaningful, appropriate to his date and time of birth, mom doesn’t want Changton to have another English name. Too many identities for him. So in the end, we settled for Thirakhun, his Thai, First name: Thi-ra-Khun. May be his friends can conveniently call him Thira. More importantly, Thirakhun was the name on his Thai passport used to eligible enroll Changton into his school. So Thirakhun that is! The name part was decided, mom then planned her schedule and everything to accommodate Changton’s school schedule. Then she went shopping, searching for his FIRST bag pack, shoes, water bottle, snack menu, etc.

Then the moment of truth! Dad fell sick and was hospitalized on Changton’s orientation week (August 17-21), then Changton fell sick on his first school week (August 24-Sept 2). Worries, frustration, and exhaustion totally wiped out happiness and excitement of Changton’s first pre-school. Then into the third week of school, mom fell sick! Yes, sometimes things weren’t go as planned and this fact remains the fact! whether it’s in Past, Present or Future Tense…Live goes on.

So here we are smiling at each other, and to you :-) As dad is still at his early stage of recovering and mom’s still struggle to adjust her life in Taiwan, we are now counting one Happy Day at a time. Shall we :-) ?  

Changton’s 2nd Birthday: At home

Finally Changton brought a much-needed joy to our families:-) as we continued to celebrate his birthday throughout the day!  

Changton’s BD cake. Mom did a last minute decoration. Promised to do it better next year, son!

Happy BD boy:-)

Learnt from the morning celebration, the boy knew what to do with the candles!

A few blows but without success. Poor little boy, mom got the unblowable candles for him, causing a big laugh from everyone including his two lovely cousins at the back.

Tontan, a daughter of Auntie Ly and Uncle Steve showed up in a lovely princess dress to present a BD gift to mom's little cowboy!

But the cowboy was too shy to receive the gift! Changton kept running away from Tontan!

Finally the boy took the present after Auntie Ly lent a hand. Thank you Auntie Ly and Uncle Steve:-)

Played the LEGO.

At last, mom and dad's BD present, a 3 wheeled bike. Changton already had one from Austin but he is too short for that one. So mom bought this one for him to ride during the meantime. It comes with safety ring.

Dad presented another gift. Guess what it is?

It's a waste system car! Believe it or not, Changton loves to watch the garbage car passing by every nights!

Some nights mom brings Changton to see the garbage car in action! This simple thing makes the boy happy;-)

Yai Jee, his nanny gave Changton, according to her words, "what Changton love the most!", the MONEY! Yai Jee seems to know Changton to well!

The boy called the party off by giving some cutie bum sign!

Happy Birthday Changton!! You are our world!

Changton 2nd Birthday: A school party

On September 2, Changton celebrated his 2nd Birthday with his new friends at Tiget Tots in the morning.

 

Changton's BD muffins to celebrate with his pre-school friends. His teachers made crowns for everyone to wear. The Birthday boy has a special crown, of course!

As dad is recovering and resting at home; he could join the boy's BD party at school. Lucky Changton!

His teacher, Ms. Karolina brought the BD basket for Changton.

At first, Changton did not know what to do with the candle!

So his teacher, Ms. Kristine came to help him;-)

Umm, yummy, yummy….

Enjoyed the muffins with his classmates. He has 10 classmates but usually 6-7 kids show up. What do you expect for a 2-year-old class, right?

With his lovely teachers and TAs.

Mobile update

Changton's blog has not been update since mom has started her Mandarin class 7 months ago. During these past months Changton has grown up so much. Everyday he says new words and showing us his new discoveries. Trying to keep his blog up and run, mom is now trying to write his blog on the go. So here is the first post from here G1phone! Hope it works! Send!

Trip to Thailand: A very exhausted one!

On Jan 16-24, Changton was in Thailand visiting his families. Mom was hoping this trip to be a very relaxing and rejuvenating one for her; she desperately needed a good big break! However, this trip turned out to be a very exhausted one, emotionally and physically, thanks to a few unfortunate events that happened from the beginning to the end of the trip: a few lost & found stuffs, a gone for good IRC visa entry card (mom almost failed to entry Taiwan), flight delay and then cancellation and, the nasty flu (mom got it first and then Changton got it on the way back to Taiwan!). What made things worse was mom's brave decision to let Changton's nanny having a week off!! The result??? An extremely exhausted trip, ever!!!

Anyway, we managed to have a good time on our first day in Thailand, before mom got a flu and things went down hill from then on :-(  

Chill out with a funky boy

The weather in Taipei is getting colder so mom bought Changton an ear piece to keep his ears warm. However, Changton wears it as a headphone. He dances and runs around the house wearing the ear piece and carrying not only his dear monkey but also his lion that Na Som gave him.