it was supposed to be mum's study weekend.....

...but, we still had lots of fun!

an ex-colleague just gave birth and i wanted so much to see her baby girl, so we went down all the way to Punggol. Once in the house, Jude was really curious and explored the house on his own. i have to admit i'm really lucky that he's independent(sometimes only) and adventurous(however with food is different! why! more on that later). u know how some kids get really clingy to their mothers when they go to a new place? Nope. Jude was making himself at home already. he found a room full of kids and a tv and i was free to check out the baby.

As usual, Jude became the centre of attention among the adults there and he loved it. danced, jumped, laughed. and it helped that there was a girl his age there who was more than willing to dance, jump and laugh with him. surprisingly, he took to the girl very well. usually he hates girls.

we went for a quick dinner at Swenson's after that and Jude had a scoop of ice cream with a banana by himself. he insisted that he fed himself. power of ice cream. How i wish toddlers' diet consists of ice cream only. that'll make my life so much easier. well, i realized a big reason why Jude doesn't like his meals because i always make them bland. but i'm just being concerned with salt intake! Anyhow, as much as i am against salt, i am adding a bit more of it to his food these days. and i also make sure he works out a lot before every meal, to make him really hungry. my strategy worked quite well today. he ate quite a bit and most importantly, he didn't cringe at his food!

but the best part of today is nonetheless .... his poop at 8pm! Yippee!