Happy Birthday WB2!

It’s WB2’s birthday. Since he has started going to childcare, we thought we will do a birthday celebration at school for him too, which is what most, if not all his classmates do. For gifts, we have prepared cartoon hand held balloons. The Beez Family spent quite some time the night before inflating them. And boy did they fill the car booth: 

Balloon filled car booth

As per schedule, we arrived right after WB2’s nap time. WB2 does not like to be disturbed in his sleep. Much less to be woken up! So, we arrived to meet a grouchy birthday Bee, with a “DO NOT DISTURB” sign written all over his face. So ok. we’ll leave him alone while we prepare the set up.

 Meanwhile, WB3 is having none of the issues that WB2 has. In fact, as the saying goes, he’s as busy as the bee! It’s the first time he has been inside of a school and he has always dreamed of being a big Bee going to school. And now that he has finally his foot inside, he is wasting no time at all exploring. And there he goes:

Cha cha cha~~ Toys, here I come!

Paper plates (for the birthday cake) were given out and the 2 Little Beez got a wear a Birthday Crown. WB2 was getting accustomed but still unhappy while WB3 was feeling purposeful.

Crowned with the birthday band and armed with the empty paper plate, WB3 does not waste time hanging around but continues his exploration.

After the cake cutting, it’s time to distribute the gifts. In addition to the balloon, we have also prepared small pencil case for each student. While WB2 was occupied with the distribution, WB3 steals one away and runs off triumphally.

There he is, walking away with his steal!

WB3 putting on his teaching cap and playing teacher.

WB3, somehow managed to get his hand on BOTH the pencil case AND the balloon, pointing to familiar numbers that he knows

WB3 the Karung Guni Man

In case some of you is unfamiliar with this term, let me just do a very brief introduction. A “Karung Guni Man”, very loosely translated into good old English, is the Rubbish Collector.

Yes. WB3 is a self-declared “Karung Guni Man”. Under the pretext of being a helpful boy, he collect whatever rubbish we have to throw them into the bin. And seconds later, we will find him rampaging through the bin. On good days he’ll leave it at that. Otherwise, on his more “hardworking” days, he’ll literally overturn the bin, hunting for some treasure known only to himself. Totally beats the rest of us what he is doing. He’ll finger through every little piece of the discarded, as if trying to weight the value of each tissue or scrap paper. If he finally concludes its worthlessness, he’ll fling away. And if it’s a treasure, he’ll take it and hold it triumphally around the house. Here’s snapshots of him caught in the act: 

Like an old man, he sometimes needs some support when walking to his target, the bin. No joke. It has probably been a long day for him hunting for rubbish. The hours that he has spent filing around the house. And finally! He spots the bin! The place where rubbish is collected.

His hand reaches for it.

His hand reaches deeper and deeper in…

The hand-consuming bin engulfs his whole limp.

Finally his tired legs give way. The dead weight of his bum pulls him to the floor and the contents of the “treasure chest” lays all bare in front of him, at his mercy.

Seriously. Little Boys these days. Or perhaps it’s a sign of how desperate the family is, that we need to plough through the bins to see what we can savage. A sign which only he reads while the rest of us are oblivious to. 

Writing Little Bee

Not sure when toddlers will start to write their first words, but at a few months short of 3, WB2 writes. Actually he has written letters before and I guess this is the easiest word to write. Formed by letters/symbols he can already craft out. Managed to capture it this time and here’s a photo of it. Way to go WB2! 

Perhaps it’s time to get the child to hold the pen in the proper manner.

Here's WB2 at work

The finished product! Tada!