Alicia's newest toy

Ok, we went to the pasar malam again today... but that's coz I had to go to the market to pick up her cod from the fishmonger. So while we were waiting for the fishmonger to debone and pack the fish nicely, we went shopping again! And today, I finally gave in to her endless pleas of "ball ball". She'd been doing this every time we walked past the balls - she'd point at the balls and keep telling me "ball ball!" So finally, I bought one for her. I thought it'd be good for her to have a proper ball since the only semblance of a ball she has is her strawberry-shaped ball my mum got for her from Cameron - and it's not really a prototypical ball, if you know what I mean.



A prototypical ball would be much easier to teach as a ball when the time comes to teaching her words beginning with B - which should happen soon, I hope. :D We're still at 'A' though she managed to recognise it and pronounce it in the very first activity I did with her. I'd leave that to a separate post. I'm still trying my best to do up the materials for the activities I've in store for her to learn the alphabet A and the related words so that she has a holistic picture rather than just learning the alphabet in isolation. Sigh. I hope to get them done soon! But anyway, they aren't very special activities (in case you wondering) and if she were older, more sensible, and less destructive than she is now, I'd have a different list of activities to teach the alphabet. For now, it's just simple stuff - as long as she has fun and has some exposure to the alphabet, that works for me. I think learning to be content is really part of the parenting experience!





I digress too much.

Here's the ball!:

The bookworm

Alicia has always loved reading and I can't remember if I had managed to capture any shots of her doing this in the past, but here she is, displaying all her bookworminess. :D She decided that she needed to read a book before going to the market today!

Still trying to make up her mind...





Ok, this one!

She started climbing up and standing on this little sofa of hers, to reach for the books on the top shelf, since about 10mths!

Getting into a comfy position...

Alright... let's read!

Mirror mirror on the wall... who's the fairest of us all?

Alicia has been wanting me to comb her hair of late and especially in the morning, just before we head to the market. I think she observed that I'd always brush my hair before leaving the house and so after some time, she decided that she needs to comb her hair too! She'd bring her comb to me to ask me to comb her hair on her own... sometimes she'd look for it and bring it to me when I ask her where her brush is. And there are also times that I'd just say "let's comb your hair" and she'd sit down quietly and let me comb her soft, lovely hair :D

Today she tried combing her own hair after I already combed it neatly for her. She has very little hair to speak of, so the concept of combing her hair is really amusing - not just to me but the usual acquaintances we meet at the market!

This is the way I comb my hair.. comb my hair... comb my hair...

Look how neat my hair is!

I'm sporting a side parting that's similar to mummy's! :D