We're sorry!!

We've been terrible at updating our blog! So many things have happened since February. Evan is now 19 months and is a joy to both Jim and I. Not so much for Patty Kat. We'll try to do better.

Enjoy!

His hair is the best when he gets up in the morning or after a lovely afternoon nap. He gets a little mini 'fro going.

Where does he get all that hair?!!

Mr. Nosey

"what are you doing in there Daddy?" Do you have any extra cups?

Teh Tarik anyone?

Everyday, Evan brings his cups into his tubby and practices the technique of Teh Tarik (literally translates to pulled tea) I am comforted to know that if all else fails, Evan has a future in this art of making tea.


Teh tarik is a type of tea which can be bought in Malaysia . The main ingredients are tea and condensed milk. In Malaysia, there are also occasions where teh tarik brewers gather for competitions and performances to show their skills in making this drink.

This tea is special in that it is prepared using a unique technique. The tea is poured from a hand held high into a container held in a hand below. The tea is poured back and forth in this manner to create a thick froth. Aside from cooling down the tea to drinking temperatures, it is believed that this method mixes the tea with the condensed milk more thoroughly.


Perhaps next year I'll sign him up for the novice competition? He still misses the cup once in a while....

Kai kai

They say Evan should be saying approximately 20 words by now. He's not there yet.
However, he knows the Chinese word "kai-kai," which loosely translates to go out for a trip or rendezvous. The other one he knows well is "Let's go wake Daddy up."

This was taken on the weekend Gramma and Papa were moved to Middletown. We went over to help a with the unpacking. Evan brought a couple of 'friends' to help as well.

I know it fits....

Evan knows that once his shoes are on, he's going to go 'kai-kai' (out for a trip). Here's Evan trying to put his shoes on, over his pyjamas.

" Here Mommy, you do it"

what can I say... he likes to stack stuff....

I like those Gerber jars....

What can I say? Evan loves to stack stuff. He stacks his blocks in the living room. At Gramma's house, he stacks her coasters. In our kicthen, he prefers to stack the jars of baby food. The record is 8 jars. Getting anymore up there is hard as it becomes taller than he.
The process is slow and takes a whole lot of concentration on his part.
Very gingerly, he releases jar #7 before he proceeds to locate jar #8.




After jar #8, he backs away quickly before the jars fall on him

I don't think I'm hungry....

I'm done.... really.
Enough, Mommy! Feed the bear. I'm not hungry.

Oooh... wait, is that a cookie in your hand?

I'm the Ladies' Man....

Chill ladies, there's plenty of me to go around.

Easter weekend

Uncle Ryan (ha ha) flew in from London for Easter. It was Evan's first overnight trip to Auntie Sze Lin's place in Jersey. Ryan bought him a chocolate Easter bunny which Evan hasn't tried.



Here's Evan with Mommy and Auntie Sze Lin at the Statue of Liberty Park. Behind us is the Manhattan skyline. I don't think Evan cared much about the skyline. However, it was the first time he slept in bed with Mommy. It was fun waking her up as well as the rest of the household.