Observation for this week.

1. Stephen was able to do up a 12 piece puzzle all by himself. After that he want us to mix it up for him to do again. He even tried a 24 pieces, which he did half way and give up. I was surprise as we never play that with him. In fact he didn't try a 4 piece puzzle which he always see. Maybe bec the 12/24 pieces was Thomas the train.

2. For toilet training, he confirm for us this week that he is ready. He is now able to do without dryper for most of the day. afew occasion,he has his nap w/o it on and we got to pray hard. There was also one occasion that he brought the maid to the toilet indicating that he wanted to "shit" which he did.

3. One interesting incident was Stephen asking angel to play the piano. It was a particular piece of music that he like and he pull angel's hand back to the piano when ever she lifted it away. When angel try playing another music her will get anger. He really have a temper. These days there are more stamping of feet and hitting of us whenever he gets anger. Any suggestions?

4. He is getting better at keeping things. A number of occasion this week, after school, he took off his own shoes and socks and put them into the shoes cupboard. He was able at times to take out his shoes too. Next is to see if he can put on his shoes himself. Interestingly we never intentional teach him these. But we realized that he learned a lot by observation.

5. Asking us for help has been easlier. He is using often "come" when asking us to go with him without promting. Starting to use watch for "watching VCD" and "eat bread", "open" for opening the cupboard too.

6. Today he also repeat after me when doing the Chinese flash cards. Not all the sound was accurate but it was clear that he was repeating. We did about 30 cards b4 he got tired of it.

here's some milestones in stephen's life for the last few months after we moved to our new house.

the other day, I randomly pick up aliphatic and ask Stephen what is it and 90% of the time he got it correct. His teacher also mentioned that he was able to match numbers in word to the corresponding numeric. It was awesome

Stephen usually play train by putting them into straight. These days he has reduced that and just the other day when we put the train track together (after a long time) he actually put his train on it and push it on the track just like any other kids will do. And there after, he continues to do it for the next few days that the track was there. You can imagine the joy.

when Stephen is riding in the car, there are some songs that are have been in the CD player the last 3 yrs. We realized that he was actually singing some of the songs and doing some actions too. It kind of match the songs and we wonder where he learned the actions from.

one of the greatest joy for parents is to have their child acknowledge their love and express their love to their parent. Stephen have not expressed these area for the last 3 yrs. But very recently and consistently he gave us kiss when we request "kiss".
to further that, I experiment by asking him if he loved me and these days he continue not to say but will look at me or lean near me to kiss me, either on the cheek or on the lips. You can imagine the joy. Really think he is aware of what I am asking. This is one question that I can ask him repeatedly and he will consistently kiss.

another great new is Stephen has been doing his "she she" in the toilet via a mug the last few days. Once we realized that his dryper was day when he came back from school (usuallu wet". He was brought to the toilet and he "she she". Then the next day, after the long night,we realized that his dryper was dry again. At first we were concern that he has bladder problem. Then it dwell upon me that he might be controlling. When we got him to the toilet, he "she she" again. Oh what joy. Today her repeat when ever we brought his to the toilet and others time, his pant was dry. Really hope that this will be the beginning of toilet training which he has been doing well. Guess what ? Today he did all his "she she" and "poo" in the toilet.

We do thank God and his teachers and all that has been with him thus far to witness his growth.