Our 1 min Earth Hour

It was not that we didn't want to join with the rest of the world during the 1 hour of darkness on Saturday...we tried and we did but merely for a minute if not more ...here how the story went...

Before the actual event, my conversation with hubby:

Me: Darling, should we join in the Earth Hour fun?
Hub: Can we?
Me: Maybe we should just try and see if Ethan allows us ...
Hub: Ok

On the actual evening:
Hub: It's almost time...6 more minutes! (in the living room with Ethan watching the telly)
Me: Ok coming (shouting from the kitchen)

8.30pm on the dot:
Light off, but we thought we'll let the fans and telly on so that Ethan will not grumble so soon. So light off and Ethan was still unaware or didn't notice as his favourite Mickey Mouse Clubhouse programme was still on the telly.

Then our conversation went:
Me: Okay...let's try to switch off the tv
Hub: Ok (and hubby switched off the tv)

Silence filled the room for merely a minute before Ethan started to make noise and kept repeating "isis, isis" (his lingo in calling Mickey which till today we still don't know how he came to such name calling for Mickey Mouse...), "on, on" and started to make more noise. So our attempt to join the Earth Hour failed ;p How did yours went? I hope it went smoothly or at least much better than ours hee...

Chop chop chop...

...was the sound of the scissors as we finally brought Ethan to the hair saloon to have his hair cut after 1 year 9 months and 3 weeks ;p Yup, that was how long we kept his hair except for two trims on his fringe and his side burns when he was a baby... We actually wanted to wait till he is 2 years old for a new look. But since he has been complaining "itchy..itchy" and will ask us to scratch the nape of his neck and sometimes his scalp, we've decided it's time to give the hair saloon a visit.

As it was going to be his first real hair cut, I brought along some toys and his current favourite brochure (he has a thing about brochure ..he will look at it for a long time as if he was reading it hee...) to distract him if he gets restless during the hair cut. Have a look how it went ;p

There goes his long curls...

Ethan with his questioning look : "what is this uncle doing to my hair mummy??" ;p

Since he didn't want to wear the cover to keep the hair away from him, we took off his shirt, put on some talcum powder on him and started giving him one of his toys...and from sitting down...

...to standing up...and to a different toy.....and then his current favourite brochure (which btw was a sales promotion from Chan furniture hehe..)

Ethan looking bored and giving me the "are you finished with your stint as paparazzi mummy??!" ;p
another changed of toy ;p

..and from sitting down to asking hubby to carry him and here Ethan giving hubby a peck hehe...so sweet of him hee...And finally...from this look...
Ethan now looks like this :)
So what say you? More boyish looking? ;p

Overall, it only took the hair stylist about 10-15 mins. Ethan was great with just a little bit of moving around. I would rate him 8/10 ;p I guess the toys and brochure were good companions too hehe...it took me and hubby a while to get use to his new look but I think am beginning to like it though I do still miss his curly hair ;p

Oh mind you, the hair stylist thought he was a girl when he first saw him! hahaha...poor Ethan...not your fault baby...its all mummy's and daddy's fault coz your curls were just too adorable to be cut ;p

I love his laughter

Ethan is not only a curious and active boy but he is also a very playful boy...he loves playing with hubby...You can tell he misses playing with hubby as whenever we come and fetch him after work, he will always go to hubby first...hubby is after all Ethan's favourite playmate :) Have a look at one of their play time sessions. I just love listening to his contagious laughter :)

Vicks Vaporub could be dangerous

I thought I should post this info after reading it from a blog and also getting it in my inbox from StoryMory today. If you have been applying Vicks Vaporub on your child/children below the age of 2 especially under the nose please stop. This ointment though has been around for donkey years may not be as safe as you think it is. Recent research shows that it could lead to severe breathing problem. Do read the articles below (click on the image for better view).

As for Ethan, I've stopped using Vicks Vaporub on him after I bought the Northern Essence All Natural Vapor Rub from MiaBambina last July. It is stated that this product is safe to use even on baby from 3 months old onwards.



Here's another article from cbcnews.ca about it.

Ethan in his pyjamas

This picture was taken this morning showing Ethan in his pj which was sewn by Janneth's mum. Special thanks to your mum again Neth!! :)

Playing with the cuzzies

This is a continuation story from the Ling San Pagoda in Tuaran. On our way back that late afternoon, hubby decided to drop by at one of his cousins' place. Since we've missed Zach's (hubby's nephew) 2nd birthday party, hubby thought we should drop by to pass the birthday gift to Zach. It was raining cats and dogs on the way there and Ethan was taking his nap from Tuaran to Likas. Nevertheless, Ethan, Zach and Ish seemed to have enjoyed each other company except for a brief moment where Zach was annoyed with Ethan for taking his toys and wanting to take his combat hat away from him heee....

Sweet lil' Ish happily playing with Ethan

Ethan inside Zach's & Ish's special playing place - Thomas the Train tent ;)

The two who are only about 4 months apart getting to know each other better...
Excited with the hiding place with so many toys inside it...

Ethan trying to get hold of Zach's fav hat....

and when he finally succeeded with the help of Uncle Y...

Ethan seemed satisfied while Zach was pretty annoyed at this moment...tsk tsk tsk... poor Zach...

Pagoda Ling San Tuaran

As mentioned, I'll be putting up old stories that have been missing for the past few weeks or maybe months hehe...Here's one of them.

About a month ago, we went for a long drive to Tuaran. While looking for a place to have Tuaran mee for lunch, we came across this Pagoda and thought we should give it a visit after lunch. We didn't stay long as it started to drizzle as we entered the main building. Ethan however enjoyed looking at the colorful statues and decorated walls as well as walking up the staircase and a short walk around the place. He was tired after the walk thus the Kenny G impersonation ;p

Ethan all geared up for the long drive :)
Ethan, myself and my mum share the same Chinese Zodiac - the boar :)

Ethan walking up the staircase right from the bottom to the top and refused to be carried by hubby ;p
Enjoying himself :)