oodles of noodles

i am starting to
embrace my
chinoiserie heritage -
i had my first taste
of two-minute noodles
the other day
and i rather enjoyed
slurping them
off the fork!

my chinese heritage

all you
chinese folks out there
should be
so proud of me
i haven't even learnt
how to use
a spoon properly
and here i am
already showing
my allegiance -
trying out
the ol' chopsticks...
is my mama
teaching me well or what?!

if the shoe fits

mama is so happy it has finally happened...
the shoe fetish she has been hoping for
she was quite surprised
when i started trying on her shoes the other day
she now thinks she can start doing an imelda on me

ommmmmmmm.....

look

look

i

can

do

the

downward

facing

dog

(Adho Mukha Svanasana)

pose!!!

fever yea i burn forsooth...

little jamesy's
got the fever
that is something
you should know
fevah - in the morning
fevah all
through the night...
(apologies to peggy lee)

you guessed it -
i've been struck
with some
mystery viral infection
so i've been in the
high temperatures
since noon yesterday
not happy jan!

happy feast day to me

today is
galicia day
25 July marks
st james the apostle day
where 2 weeks of festivities begin
at the city of
santiago de compostela
in galicia, north-west of spain
so here's wishing myself
a happy feast day
(i wonder if i will get cake?!)

another new trick

i discovered this neat trick
when grandma sheila (naaarneh) visited recently:
it basically involves leaning against the sofa
and then sliding down onto the floor
with an enormous thump on my botty
mama doesn't think much of it
but i seem to find it simply hilarious!
(mama dreads the thought of a full-nappy
and it's subsequent consequences!!!)

bathing beauty

i
love
it
when
i
get
to
play
in
the
bath!

jamesy-verbosity

i have started
nattering away
to myself lately
and this is the
current extent
of the
official verbal
jamesy-pedia
to date:
- kar (of course!)
- buh (bus)
- taah (star)
- muurm (food)
- naan (banana)
- tek-ter (tractor!)
- rarara (lala my teletubby!)
- kahk (cat)
- pahk (pat)
- naarneh (nanna)
- sheerrssh (cheers)
- rrraarghhh rrraarghhh rrraarghhh *sound* (lion)
- mmmmerr *sound* (cow)
- rrrrrgh *sound* (plane/truck/motorbike)
- mmh mmh mmh *sound* (owl)
there are some other sounds which i make
which are too phonetically suspcious
for mama to put in the blog
but suffice to say, the folks know what i mean
especially when i verbalise it with gusto and frustration
am i turning into a right little chatterbox or what?!

disturbing behaviour

i have officially begun
my tanty stages!
for the past week
i have started
hitting...
yes, hitting!
i tend to smack
with my little hand
whenever i am
frustrated or thwarted
i even hit/slap
mama and papa's faces
much to their utter
bewilderment
and consternation.

they are hoping this is a developmental phase
that will pass in time to come (i.e. soon!)
in the meantime their patience levels
have to somehow escalate
and their distraction techniques improve drastically.
i have been officially been served with notice of
at best - distraction
worse - solitary confinement
worst - amputation...
help!

poncho-gaucho/more daggyness

mama got this idea
off the ikea hacker site
she got the korall rocka
child's fleecy blankie
from ikea
(she loves that place!)
folded it into quarters
cut a little quarter
circle at the corner
et voila ...
here is my little
fleecy poncho
no sewing
no fuss
slips over my head
easily peasily

is handy for:
- keeping me warm
- blocking my fingers, and
- tripping me up
(you should see her big people version!!!)

cf: http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2007/03/ikea-fashion-parade.html

ye ol' aussie icon

oh dear... mama thought it such a hoot

when she came across
these good ol' ubiquitous
dunlop volleys
- the little toddler version
(gender specfic too: blue for boys, pink for girls) -
(just because she grew up in the 80s!)
i say, i say
is she turning me into
a dag or a right dag?!!
and is my hair turning into farrah fawcett?

7x2+15/5 - you do the math

that's how young
i am today!
a whole seventeen months
and what's new with me
you ask?
well mama says
she can't quite
put her finger on it
but she seems to think
things are starting
to 'click' in my head
i can understand
what she tells me pretty well
(though sometimes
i just choose to ignore it)
and she suspects

i am on the brink of verbal diarrohea
(whatever that means)
so she says she wants to savour
my urgent incomprehensible babbling
before the sweet innocence comes to an end...
(again, whatever does she mean?)

back by cheryl-demand

dear auntie cheryl
thank you for your concern
that i haven't been
blogging for a while
i've been very well actually
just busy learning
and developing
at a rate of knots
the big wide world
is so exciting to explore
with infinite possibilities -
makes mama tired
just thinking about it
and she hasn't had much time
to take photos of me until now
so keep your eyes peeled
for more of my adventures
lots of love to you
xx jamesy

feeding you feeding me

in a bid to cheer me up on my sick days
mama got me some imaginative play toys
particularly a tea set and some toy fruit
(this is her bid to inculcate tea-making capabilities in me)
she was so impressed when i took it in turns
to feed Lala teletubby and then myself
however there was shaking of heads
at my wild flinging of fruit all over the place

out of kilter

i have been out of action
during the past week
and still am, actually
doctor says i have a
viral infection that has
been going around
so i am laid low with
a cough and cold
and to top it all off
i am teething again
so there is emission
of copious amounts
of drool
have mercy on my
poor poor parents, hey?!