10 Years of Us...

It was our 10th year anniversary on Apr 24, 2011, and we decided to leave Renzo at home with Ayeaye for a couple of hours, while both of us sneaked out of the house to have some personal time together. Win and I started our courtship exactly 10 years back, when I was 21 and he was only 17. We do not have any romantic story to share but being a very rational couple, the best gift we could give to Renzo is, to be able to maintain a harmonious family atmosphere, with absolutely no quarreling in the past 10 years, I am pretty confident that Renzo will be brought up with respect and patience.

We went for a simple lunch at Ma Masion followed by drinks at Billy Bombers along Clarke Quay. We wanted to try out the champagne brunch buffet at Ritz Carlton (yes our favorite Ritz again since that's where we held our wedding), only to find out that they were almost fully booked and the cost is about 168++ per pax. So Win made a last minute decision on where to go and indeed we really enjoyed it. We headed home right after that to play with our little boy, and heard from Ayeaye that Renzo cried for daddy and mummy after he woke up from his nap.

Well yes Renzo still cries often, it's the same at his childcare center. He refused to wear his school uniform for a week, and till now after being there for a good 3 weeks, he still cries on and off. But we do see some improvements after he started school. Finally he learned how to self-feed, not that we didn't teach him at home, but I can see that he is more willing to do it nowadays, and see the way he holds the bowl with his left hand, that's what school teachers always remind them to do.


Also he's been talking non-stop at home nowadays (indeed he's always been a little chatterbox), although teacher commented that he is quiet in school. He likes to repeat whatever we say be it a complicated word or a long sentence. He often gives comments like: "Daddy prepare for you (he meant 'me') milk milk", "Mummy blow hair... stop.. Mummy finished", "Renzo wear socks, shoes, walk walk".. (Excuse his grammar please).. And I can see a tremendous improvement on his articulation. Here's a record of him saying months of the year, it's so much clearer as compared to 3 months ago. He could recite "January" to "December" in perfect sequence on his own indeed, but for no apparent reason he will skip "July" every time.. LOL..


After my previous "emo post", we deliberately put in more efforts in handling Renzo, and keep him away from Ayeaye during weekends. We do see pretty good result but my next worry is, for my upcoming 10 days trip to the States, will Renzo still recognize me after I come back?!!