I understand, Mama

We brought little C to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden on Sunday but because it was an impromptu outing, we dis not prepare any spare clothings so he was not allowed to play in the water. It was so sad, looking at him watching the other kids play with a longing in his eyes. So, we had to quickly bring him away to other parts of the garden.

{wistfully looking at other kids having fun}

{C had to walk and walk and walk}
{miniature chairs everywhere at the garden}

It was a very interesting place and I am glad that the government thought to invest in children. I believe that C will probably enjoy it more as he grows older too.

Its amazing how much C has developed mentally. Physically, he has grown a little taller and leaner with more teeth in his mouth but he has really grown mentally. He is able to concentrate on individual items better, spending longer periods of time exploring how to open containers with screwed on tops versus those that just pop open. Exploring how my keys jingle together on my key chain. All animals are called "goog goog" now. We taught it to him to imlpy the sound dogs make when they bark but I think we overdid it cos ALL (fish, bird,bug, elephant, cat, turtle, etc.) animals are "goog goog" now.

He loves to open and close containers and I mean any containers. Powder cases, biscuit jars, his toy box, even glass covers. He is also able to repeat quite a substantial number of words. When he is in a good (learning) mood, he is able to repeat almost every word from his flashcards. What amazed me most is how much he is understanding without speaking it out.

Yesterday morning, I told him to get his shoes (spatu in Indonesian). When he did not repeat after me, I thought he did not get it, but he trotted right over to the shoe rack and picked up his own shoes and brought it over to me.

Yesterday evening as we went through the flashcards, I said the word "piglets" but he said "bobok" which means sleeping because the picture showed a mother pig lying on its sides while the piglets are suckling on her tits. He said "koko" instead of blanket because the picture showed a baby covered in a blanket and said "goog goog" instead of turtle, naturally. Hahaha!