It’s a few days past Christmas, we know, but we hope you’ll indulge us as we share a couple videos of our boy singing Christmas songs. Sort of.
Here he is, moments after being reminded that he needed to behave if he wanted Santa to bring him presents, busting into his rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town:
And here he is, singing a take of Jingle Bells that quickly devolves into… well, we’re not sure what. His own distracted version of Jingle Bells, I suppose.
One of the enrichment classes that we put Nyan in at his Montessori school is a drama class. One day they were working on their animal movements (method acting, I suppose?) and Nyan decided he needed to stay in character when he got home. The character being a frog.
(updated below) And the tiger, and the monkey. This is our boy at the end of a long, fun day at school, watching a short video with his pals. You can’t actually see the video but you can hear the song and you can see the kids play along and pretend to be various animals. And jump up and down. It’s pretty fun:
UPDATE: Long-time reader Grandma L. writes in to say that the music in this video comes from a group called The Wiggles. Thanks for the info!
Our Christmas cards may be a little late in arriving this year. But for a pretty good reason, we think: Nyan wants to sign each and every one. Which is great. But he also has a little trouble focusing at times. Like here, where a simple card-signing quickly turns into a drawing exhibition. “I want to draw a wheel!”
Among Nyan’s many skills is, it turns out, driving a double-decker bus! See, we were sitting up top of a bus, at the very front, with Grandma and Grandpa when Nyan decided he was driving the big machine. See for yourself:
Auntie Zuzu (aka Emerald) and Uncle Iain came to visit for a couple weeks, and Nyan was in heaven. (This was immediately after Grandma and Grandpa L. spent two weeks here, so he was in double heaven! Spoiled rotten, of course, though we’re happy to report he’s adjusted pretty well to not having extra people around who do nothing but dote on him.)
One night we were having dinner at the nearby outdoor burger joint. Nyan was bored and running around, and Zuzu happily entertained him while the rest of us ate. Here they are dancing:
And playing fire fighters. Apparently there were a ton of fires that needed putting out. Good thing Nyan and Emerald were on the case!
It’s the rainy season here in Singapore. For instance, it was pouring when we woke up this morning and kept pouring until about noon. (Did Daddy and Nyan get soaked on the quick walk to school, despite an umbrella? They did.)
We always try to be prepared, so a few days ago, when Daddy was on his way to pick up Nyan at the end of the school day, he noticed the sky looked rather threatening with rain. So he grabbed Nyan’s umbrella, just in case.
When he got to school, Nyan and his friends – including Kyle, Adriana, Ling Ling, Nathaniel and Kyra – ran up to Daddy and excitedly pulled the umbrella out of his hands. And then they… well, just look:
Silly kids. For the record, we did not need the umbrella on our way home, either.
A while back (pushing three months ago, actually, but who’s counting?), Nyan took Mommy and Daddy on a lovely long weekend escape to the Malaysian island of Langkawi. Here, better late than never, are a bunch of photos and videos to commemorate the time.
One of the highlights of the trip was when we bumped into another family, British expatriates living in Singapore and working in finance, and spending a long weekend in Langkawi. Sounds familiar, no? They also had two kids, including Sienna, who is about Nyan’s age. They hit it off great.
One cool thing about the resort was they had these big pools full of fish, and every morning a staff member would come out with big buckets of fish food for guests to toss in. Nyan and Sienna had a blast:
Can’t really see in these pictures or videos but there were two huge (six-feet long) water monitors, big slithery lizards that are native to Malaysia. Very cool. Also a giant catfish.
Here’s Nyan, bouncing and then doing something called the crab dance. Showing off for the ladies, in other words.
There was plenty of time on the beach too, with proper protection against the sun, of course:
And oh what a beach. What a place. We loved it. Just gorgeous.
Just for fun, because it’s not the most illuminating video ever: at night, we had races on the beach. Can’t see much in this one, but you can hear Nyan being Nyan and eventually he shows up… just watch:
Another night, we walked by the resort’s lounge and someone was playing a lovely song on the piano. Nyan and Mommy couldn’t help but dance. (Note how Nyan says incredulously, “He’s making song for us??” and then starts in on his ‘dance’ (but at least it’s not the crab dance this time):
More nighttime fun: Nyan found a flashlight in our room and pretty much wouldn’t put it down. Even interrupted his meals to wander around and shine it on things. The resort was almost empty, and we had the restaurant pretty much to ourselves, so no problem.
The weekend was mainly a late-birthday celebration for Mommy, so one night at dinner, Nyan made sure that the waitstaff and a string quartet gave Mommy a fitting serenade:
Here’s Nyan at lunch (the white noise in the background is a little waterfall at the restaurant), showing off his coloring skills.
And just a random assortment of photos from the weekend:
Nyan was, as always, an excellent flyer on this trip. To pass the time on the 90-minute flight, he took some shots with Daddy’s camera:
Finally, here’s our boy at the airport and on the plane, happy after a fun-filled and relaxing family weekend.
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