Singapore Idol - in the making

Well, you can also read it as "Super Singer Junior - in the making" (No offense meant.... I love both the countries equally, but just that I love one, a lil more than the other)

My lil baby sings.yup, she sings. A few of you, a gifted few, would have witnessed it too. Her singing goes like this.... a....a....a.a.... or sometimes o...o...o.o... or sometimes mm...mm...mm.mm...

Definitely singing!

She sings herself to sleep. She has to sing to sleep. Its either she sings, I gotta sing. I just let the best of us do it, happens to be her.

Wonder whose genes it is. I kinda sing okay. Anto sings... (I'll leave it up to the reader to finish).

My mom says that my brother used to sing himself to sleep when he was a baby, but he is no super singer now either. That bugger.... super singer.... I wud laugh myself to death.

My mom n dad..... nah, they don't... My mom sings, but only in Church...

Then who??

All that matters is, she sings... and she sings beautifully... Am I just plain crazy to think that its the most lovely thing I've ever heard, or are all moms like this?

Lil tricks....

My dearie lil baby can now WINK.

Her wink is a lil different from us. I tried to teach her to wink by winking with both my eyes, before progressing on to the single eye wink, which is quite tricky...

SHe winks, but instead of using her eyes, her whole head winks.... like how u nod ur head when u say 'yes'... its still very pretty when she does it.

Hmm... we are on hte right track sweetie.... I just love to see u wink!

Shud I buy a casino?

Anto started off with this question "What say Betsy, Shud I buy a casino or not?"

Well, I should have been stunned, but am not. The wife of someone who already owns

- 10 five star hotels

- 18 office buildings

- Some Restaurants

- Tourist Shops

- Abt 40 Value marts

- Abt 40 Apartment complex and on and on and on... should not be stunned by that question. So, I wasn't.

We discussed it. What other options? How much wud it earn? On and On...Atlast, we decided to buy.....not one, but 10. So, Anto is the proud owner of 10 casinos , each with a turnover of 8 million every hour. Crazy money. What to do with all the money? I really don't know. He talks about what to do with the money next?

Enna... over buid-up eh?Its all Anto's loot in Facebook's mafia wars.

Some babies, they never grow.....

Daddy's girl

Anto & Nephy didn't get along well for the first few months. One reason, I brought her home to SG, 6 months after her birth. So, she wasn't aware of a guy called FATHER(Did I say Fatter.... Nah....)Second reason, they just didn't get along well....What else?

For the first couple of months, Anto daddy n Nephy kutty weren't even on speaking terms. Nephy would always give him that 'Don't u dare touch me' look. Even after that, Anto would want to take her in his arms, which will be followed by loud cries and very loud protests. She would hug on tight to dear mommy for a long while, until Dad gives up his attempts.

Nephy being our first lil baby, we spoiled her quite a bit. She hates her stroller, so we let her have her way. She likes to be carried about, so we did.(At your command, M'am).

Yep, I carry her everywhere. The lil queen has to see the world like an adult. Half way thro, I would be tired as hell, and Anto would try and pry her outta my hands. Yeah,yeah, the crying the kicking.. n everything just follows... Like, Anto being the boogie man, and trying to take Nephy away from her mommy.... She wud put up such an act. My lil drama queen.

Well, so, Anto ended up carrying the baby bag and I , the baby. So, it was.... until...

Before the story continues, I gotta add in just one crucial detail. The baby bag, Zooming in on the baby bag... it wasn't the kind that most moms carry around. It was more like a college bag, something unisexual. So, Anto wasn't really embarassed abt carrying it.

From one fine day, I changed my bag... to a Ladies handbag. Now, Someone was really embarassed abt carrying it. And very very strangely, from that day, Nephy n Anto got along well. From that day, its Anto who carries her. I just have to carry my bag.... my ladies hand bag....

What a strange connection... Change your bag and then, you don't have to carry the baby all the time... hmm, well, I really wonder whats happening with the world....

From baby to Toddler

Nephy is officially a toddler, though I still keep calling her a baby.

Growing fast, so soon, an already I could see little streaks of independence.

No more, spoon-feeding or finger-feeding her, she wants to eat her food on her own. Everything that goes into her mouth, has to be from her fingers. She is already protesting out loud and giving me that look, 'Am a big girl ma... I can eat by myself'. Just that she doesn't realise, that most of the food doesn't even make it to her mouth.

First it was, 'I can walk, you don't have to carry me' thing, now its this. What next... Soon, she wud grow up to be a teenager and say 'Ma... meet my boy friend'. Yep. I would love to meet him and beat the hell out of him and he better stay away(as far as he can) from my lil Nephy kutty baby....

My little one's little tricks...

The latest in the set of things that Nephy does, is fetching her shoes.

The other day, I found one of her shoes, but couldn't find the other... Nephy found me looking for something and joined in the search. When I bent down to look under the sofa, she did it too. I looked at her, and asked her... 'Where is your other shoe dearie?'

She took off, and surprise...surpise... She came back with the other shoe.... How smart! (Like all mothers, I strongly do believe that my child is really smart... I repeat...just like every other mother, and am no exception)

The next day, I knew that one of her shoes was lying around in the kitchen. I looked at Nephy, showed her one of her shoes, and asked her to fetch the other one. She looked no where, went straight to the kitchen, and came back with the shoe... ha ha ha... my lil smartie...

Now, all I need to do is, tell her... 'Nephy, fetch your shoes...' and she would be back in a jiffy with her tiny shoes in her tiny hands. Now, you gotta agree that she is indeed smart just like her mom!

Running out butt naked

Yep, you read it right.... Running out butt naked... Thatz what Nephy did today.

My little baby had a bath, and I let her down for just a moment to dress her up... She seized the moment and made a swift dash to the door, which was ajar, thanks to my carelessness.

(Well, for worry-warts, calm down... take a deep breath... Nephy wouldn't hurt herself even if I leave the door ajar, coz there is a door stopper in place, so, the door wouldn't go bang on her tiny fingers(God forbid).... Hmm... I can almost hear my darling Renu-chitthi, breathing out a big sigh of relief... else, the lecturer would lecture me proper on how meticulous I need to be...)

Getting back on track, Yeah, Nephy made a quick move and ran out of the house, butt naked.... yup, butt naked!! U must be wondering what kind of a mother am I, to let my baby out naked. I know I know... Bad timing! I ran as fast as I could to keep up. Finally I caught up with her and rushed home with Nephy in my arms, crying n kicking n protesting out loud. Does she even realise that she isn't wearing anything...

Paul, the lil kid, who witnessed this incredible act first-hand, laughed his heart out.... n so, will you, if you had only seen it! Hmm... n before I end, a word of caution "Do not try this at home"