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mUmMy & hEr sOn-sHiNe

It's Mummy's 2nd year celebrating Mother's Day. This year is more significant as ZaC knows how to acknowledge Mummy. He calls her "Ma...Ma", very clear and precise. During the day when Mummy is at work, ZaC will sometimes call out to look for Mummy. During outings, when Mummy is out of sight, he will call out to her.

When he is sick, upset or frightened, he will only allow Mummy to carry and hug him, refusing to be let down. Mummy sits with ZaC at the back of the car during journeys, she reads him many stories and sings nursery rhymes to him. The cheeky boy loves to grab Mummy's glasses off her face and play with her hair. When Mummy frowns and pouts (indicating she is sad), ZaC will go and hug her, resting his head on her shoulder.

This is the bond between Mother and Child.

ZaC the bOokwOrM?

Mummy is getting ZaC into the habit of reading books. ZaC has many board books and cloth books. He loves flipping the pages and pointing to the pictures. Recently, Mummy found some wonderful books with pop up pages, flaps and jigsaw puzzles inside them. These will help ZaC become more interested in the books. Hopefully, he will be an avid reader as he grows up.

ZaC @ 14 mOntHs

ZaC is a little vain pot! Auntie Pauline bought this cap from HK Disneyland for ZaC. Remember ZaC does not like things being placed on his head and will always pull them off? Well, this time he actually walked to the mirror and admired himself with the cap. He even gamely posed for pictures with it!

LoOk-aLiKe mEteR pArt II

Improvement for Mummy! The last time (in July'08) ZaC looks more like Daddy by 16%.

sAy cHeEsE!

It is difficult to film or take pictures of ZaC now cos he will dash towards the camera when he spots someone aiming it towards him. Two weekends ago, he did something out of ordinary! While having dinner, Daddy decided to take some pictures of ZaC. He aimed it towards ZaC and asked him to smile. ZaC squirted his eyes and gave a smile. He continued to do it everytime he spotted the tiny red light that appears on the camera before Daddy pushes to button to take a shot.

yOu coLoUr My wOrLd

ZaC is learning and expanding his vocabulary. At home and outdoors, Mummy and Daddy will always point out things to him and name them. He will point them out when he hears their name. New addition to ZaC's vocabulary are clock, fan, TV, fish, book, ball, bear and shoes. He also recognises the titles of his storybook collection which Mummy reads to him.

ZaC's first spoken word is BALL! Daddy loves to browse sports shops and 2 weekends ago, ZaC recognised the balls. He pointed at them and said "BALL!". Last weekend, ZaC made Daddy really happy. Daddy was not feeling well and was resting on the bed. Mummy carried ZaC into the room and stood by the bedside. ZaC called out "Daddy." Both Daddy and Mummy had a pleasant surprise as ZaC's pronounciation was accurate. This brought a huge smile to Daddy's face.