Dom's place on Saturday night

We had dinner at Dom's place on Saturday night. When we arrived, little elated 21month old En En greeted Shawn excitedly. Shawn seemed a little reserved and was cautious. Then he quickly was passed on the Esther and warmed up. After Dom brought out his exercise ball, En En and Shawn were playing together. I can see why Esther is all drained out by En En's every lasting energy. She's one big girl (think she's got Chong's built). The chef (i.e. Dom) whipped up chilli crab and some other dishes. Shawn had his share of green veg and steam pork with tofu which Fong Ping made. He sat on the sofa while I fed him his dinner (with his eyes glued to the TV - Over the Hedge).After his dinner, he was running around the house, from the kitchen to the hall (to and fro). And when I call potato or carrot, he'll come by with his mouth open wide.



2 bumps on Shawn on that very night. One bump was on the bone near the ear. He just went wham-bham on the corner of the glass dining table and cried a bit. No bungalow. Then 2nd time was a massive one, he just went straight onto the glass dining table and cried a whole lot more. This time it's just above the brow. This was red and we did a cold compress for a few seconds (because he didn't like it cold on him). As YT was trying to calm him down, Dom sneaked in a small piece of sour cream Pringles and that kept him quiet for a few seconds before he goes "Waaaaahhh" again. It was red and really red. This is one of the few moments which my heart goes "Ouch, ouch, ouch!" when he bumps/falls. The next day when we check, it's not red anymore, but there is slight bump at the impact site. In Hokkien people say, "Never see road" - Bo khua lor.. and that's Shawn. Hope he'll outgrow this phase soon!

After awhile of calming him down, he's back to playing around. Screaming from the kitchen to the hall for many rounds. Then I suppose he's trying to burn off his energy. Esther tried to put him to nap for awhile, but he came looking for me calling out Mama. I went into the guest room and he was knocked out within minutes in my arms. When we got home it's already 11.30pm. Did a quick wipe down and changed him. He 'complained' and whined for a bit then he went back to sleeep.