Jesslyn's Linguistic Skill

At 21months, having simple conversations with Jesslyn is not a problem. She seems to understand whatever you say and is able to express very well. Some of the expressions I wish to remember are:

• When she hears thunder or an engine roar, she asks "What's that?" followed by running to me and says "I am scared. Too loud."
• After she has done me a favour like combing my hair, she requests "Say thank you, Mummy." and followed by "Ar... good girl." after I thank her.
• When Jie2 wants something from her and she is not in the mood, she says "No way."
• She often asks the meaning of words by asking "... means?" esp if you speak in non-English language.
• Some of the common Pronouns she uses are I, you, my, mine. My and mine are important survival words to her. Haha...
• "I take the bag", "Don't touch ...", "Go away", "Whose's that?", "Look at the time!"
• She uses "Excuse me" when something is in her way.
• She asks "Are you ok? Is it painful?" when she bruises or cuts on you.
• When she wakes up, the first thing she asks is "Where's daddy?" and the last thing she says before bed is "Good night (Daddy/Mummy/Mei2)" and each time, Jerilyn has to correct her.

However, she is still confused with certain animals. For example, she may claim that a dog is a gorilla, a duck is a chicken and a lion is a tiger and vice versa.

Here is a video of her singing a Mandarin song. Is she clear enough for you to figure out what she is singing?

Little Superstar

Sorry for the ludicrous view. Jesslyn refused to sing in front of the camera. So, if you still cant figure out, it's her legs you will be looking at.

Jerilyn's drawing

Here are some of Jerilyn's art collection.


Notice the eye-brows?









Angry Face









Stand Fan










Happy Face







Sad Face

Do you see a circle right below the head? She claims that its the stomach.
The 2 strong lines from the eyes are tears.

To the Pool

I had wanted to take Jerilyn to the pool for ages but never did (except once) til last Sunday. There were 2 reasons:

1. We are worried that the water is contaminated or not suitable for Jerilyn's sensitive skin.
2. We are just plain lazy.
I made up my mind that I must bring her to the pool this sem break. Not being able to swim has been 1 of the regrets in my life, thus it's my wish for my kids to learn the skill. Last Sunday, Jerilyn had a pee accident early in the morning at 8am which woke the whole family up. Therefore, hubby & I took this golden opportunity to head for the pool.

Daddy took Jerilyn down into the pool first. After a short while, Jerilyn came up and told us that she only wanted to sit on the bench. She was almost in tears. So, instead of persuading her, we persuaded Jesslyn to go down, knowing she is more adventurous than Jerilyn. She was reluctant at first. I thought we had to head home after only 5minutes in the pool. However, Jesslyn took a brave step to put her feet into the water, then her legs and sat on the stairs. The water was up to her lower waist. She was moving her legs and playing. Soon, Jerilyn followed. They splished and splashed and started to have fun. Daddy also gave them some swimming lessons, which was to put up their legs while hanging on to Daddy's arm and kick the water. They loved it. Jerilyn even asked me to try going into the pool.

Although I didnt swim but I was the one hunger for food. We packed our bag & left 45 mins later.

Daddy's analysis: Jesslyn is more daring than Jerilyn. However, once Jerilyn starts to experiment with something, she will use her creativity and imagination to produce new ideas. Jesslyn is more of a parrot. She will benefit from Jerilyn's creativity while Jerilyn will benefit from Jesslyn's bravery. They complement each other, dont they?
Another eg where Jesslyn is more daring is when she dares to use an exercise machine but Jerilyn, til now, still shakes her head when asked to try.