A Tree Hugger with Dimples

It seems like it has been a long long time since I mentioned my darling nephew, Alex here in my blog. I’ve been talking about him so much I think my friends are sick and tired of listening to me, so let me tell you guys amusing things about him (well, at least amusing to me).

Alex will turn 2 in 2 months. So fast right!!? Now he can walk, run, jump (not so yet) and talk.

Oh my is he talkative. The only time he does not say anything is when he is tired and when he has food in his mouth. Even when you think he has nothing else to say, he still talks. Like one time in the car, I was talking to him, asking him questions as he answered. Then I ran out of things to ask so I stopped. Awhile later, he started telling me about his new sandals. Sometimes he will mutter gibberish and nobody will have any idea what he is saying. Hahaha so cute!

Oh, naughtiness level on a scale of 1-10… he gets an 11. Ok maybe 12, the extra point for his cheekiness and cunning ways.

Story 1:

MummyLoi was telling me this when I was back. She said one night she was trying to get Alex to sleep. So they were in the room lying down on the mattress. Alex sleeps on a mattress on the floor (he is too big for baby cots and we are afraid he might roll down the bed). My mum was lying down next to him. Suddenly, he told my mum to go sleep on the bed. When my mum said it’s ok, she can sleep next to him on the mattress, he insisted! My mum thought he just did not want her sleeping on the floor when there is a bed. My mum obliged and moved to the bed. So, my mum was on the bed ma, and Alex on the mattress lying down trying to sleep (or so she thought). My mum dozed off when she was waiting for Alex to sleep. Do you know what Alex did?! He realised that my mum was asleep, he tried to SNEAK OUT of the room!!! So cunning right!!?

Did he manage to sneak out? Well, my mum woke up when Alex reached the door. MummyLoi immediately shouted at him and he ran back to his mattress, hugged his Piglet and closed his eyes Hahahahahaha!

Story 2:

In our hall, we have a coffee table that is kinda low. Alex is able to reach anything we put on the table. MummyLoi, at that time just made coffee, and she put it on the table in a corner while she sat on the couch (next to the table) reading. BigSis Loi, SmallSis Loi, Bro-In-Law and I were at the dining table eating. Alex saw the cup and was curious, so he walked to the table and grabbed the cup. My mum immediately took it from him, put it back in the corner and told that it’s coffee – something he CANNOT drink. Ah, the magic word. What we tell him NOT to do will make him curious. Human nature LOL. Around 5 minutes later, BigSis Loi and Bro-In-Law were doing something in the kitchen and my mum went in to help them. DaddyLoi was in the room, SmallSis Loi and I were looking at whatever the 3 people were doing in the kitchen. Alex, who was standing in the kitchen noticed that everyone was absorbed with the going-ons in the kitchen. Can you guess what he did?

He, very quickly, ran back to the coffee table. SmallSis Loi and I heard a sound, something like “ting ting ting”, you know when you knock your spoon on a plate or something so we turned. When we did we saw Alex, taking the teaspoon out of the coffee cup and putting it into his mouth. He just drank a whole spoonful of coffee! SmallSis Loi and I immediately screamed “ALEXANDER!” (which is something we always do when he does something forbidden hahaha). He dropped the spoon back into the cup, ran from the table and laughed. He LAUGHED! OMG his cheeky laugh. I started laughing too. Hahahaha. I know I shouldn’t. I should be stern and whatever but I cannot help it!

After that I asked him how did the coffee taste like. He said “Nice!” (with a very cheeky grin) HAHAHA! SO CUTE!

Story 3:

Alex doesn’t have many toys. Well he does actually, many of them given by relatives but he doesn’t really play with them. He always prefers to play with things that are not supposed to be toys. The only thing he actually plays with is his motorbike (tricycle).

For example, he plays with DaddyLoi’s guitar stand. Using it as a pretend scooter.

Or another example where he uses this chair’s base, as a steering wheel.

Like so.

He loves cars, so he plays with my small Mini Cooper model that Kai Tzin gave to me. Unfortunately, one day, I received a call from home. On the phone was SmallSis Loi saying, “Alex come here! Tell Di-Yee (me) what happen to her car.” Oh-uh. Sorry Kai Tzin. I have not seen the car, but according to Alex, the roof of the car came off. Don’t ask me how. >.<

Story 4:

Although Alex is just almost-2, he actually knows how to be shy Hahahah! I find this VERY amusing! When we want to change his diapers, he refuses to change in the hall if there are strangers around. LOL. He will only change his diapers in the room.

He wears those pants-like-diapers. You know the ones where you just need to slip on like a pants. So once, my dad wanted to change his diapers. When my dad wanted to pull down his pants Alex actually hold on to his pants! My dad was wondering what was wrong lah. My dad even told Alex that he just wants to change his diapers but Noooo, Alex refused. Alex even made this fake crying sound in protest every time my dad wants to take off his pants. Alex’s vocab is not so wide so I guess he didn’t know how to tell my dad that he was shy Hahaha. My dad eventually realised what the problem was, so he asked Alex if he wanted to go to the room to change. Immediately Alex nodded and said Yes and ran into the room. LOL! x)

Story 5:

This is the latest. I received an email from MummyLoi. Attached was a video. Watch it =)

So cute I tell you! At 1-year-10-months-old he can use recite the ABCs already!

*Proud aunty mode off*

Back to studying. 3 more papers! =)