Introducing Colin

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mmmm...

colin by the bay

Mika about to go

Waiting for cake.

Discovering Skype Video

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Some videos of Colin and Mika

Flickr now offers videos. I've uploaded a few recent videos of Colin and Mika. I'm afraid that they aren't well edited and a little long so they are most suitable for relatives--except for the first one of Colin at the computer (it's short and sweet).

Monday, January 14, 2008

Colin looks at a bee at Griffith Park

Colin looks at a bee
Originally uploaded by James Cham.

Colin and Yang-Sze at Santa Monica beach

Colin and Yang-Sze at Santa Monica beach
Originally uploaded by James Cham.

A few pictures from a quick trip to our old haunts in LA.

Natalie's Third Birthday Party

Colin and I went to Natalie's third birthday party on Saturday. James

Friday, November 02, 2007

Imagination

Tonight Colin was standing in his crib before going to bed and he called to me in a small voice. At first I didn't understand what he was saying, until I realised he was saying "My paw is itchy, Mama" and holding out his little hand. A long time ago he had been playing a plastic tiger and pointing to the feet, told me that the tiger had "hands". I corrected him and said the tiger has paws. Now, many months later he suddenly applied the word "paw" to his own hand!

He's really developed an active imagination. Sometimes I think he's living in his fantasy world where there are lots of animals, Grandpa takes him to the "big zoo", everything can be turned into a train (including playing cards, dinner plates, lego bricks and shoes). Sometimes he runs around the house shouting "Rrragh!" and tells me he's a lion. Sometimes he dances and says "Lion dong dong chang!" (thinking about the lion dance he saw at a friend's wedding). He put on my mother's red slippers yesterday and walked around, telling us they were "robot shoes" and he was a robot. He's so funny yet exasperating at this age!

Saturday, August 11, 2007

New birthday photos

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Thanks to Wendy Lim for taking some great pictures!

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Chatty Colin

Tomorrow is Colin's birthday - I can hardly believe he's two! He talks so much nowadays and is quite the noise maker. He can make increasingly complex sentences, as opposed to the pidgin he's been spouting for a while. Yesterday, he told his grandmother "Colin yi jing chi bao le" (Colin has already finished eating) after dinner. Noticing a glass vase with roses on the dining table, he told me "hua hua he shuai" (flowers are drinking water). This afternoon I took him to a new park - Burgess Park in Menlo Park which has a nice play area and plenty of open space as well. He ran across the sunlit grass, looking at the birds flying against the brilliant blue afternoon sky, and told me "niao niao fei lai fei" (birds fly back and forth). When I pointed out that it was a crow, he said "wu ya, bu shi hai ou" (it's a crow, not a seagull). We went to the seaside to look at the gulls a few weeks ago so I guess he knows that they look different. Some people were playing softball, and he commented "people da qiu" (people are playing ball). It's really amazing how much he can say nowadays! Uh... I'm sure that very soon, he'll be talking back to me, being sassy etc...

My babysitter, Mrs Fu, called this morning to tell me that her little granddaughter was visiting again and was insisting that they visit Colin, so could they come over? I was very happy to tell her yes. The two children get along so well, even though the little girl is 6 years old. She told her grandmother that she likes Colin better than her older brother because her 11 year old brother is mean to her (ah, siblings! More things to look forward to). He probably doesn't want to play with her because she is a lot younger than him. But Colin really likes her a lot. When they got ready to leave, he cried and held onto her hand, saying "jie jie wan" (sister, play) and "jie jie bu huay jia" (sister don't go home). It was really pathetic. I had to practically pry him off her since he was hanging on to her backpack strap like a limpet. In the end they were forced to take him for a short walk since he had already fetched his own small shoes to go out!

Monday, August 06, 2007

Colin's Second Birthday

We're starting to post pictures of Colin's second birthday party. Thanks to my brother Michael and his girlfriend Sabrina for coming up from LA and taking these pictures. We'll add more later.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Colin at the supermarket

Colin at the supermarket
Originally uploaded by James Cham.

Here is Colin at Ranch 99. Can you count the five ways that his dad is not doing a good job? I'll start with the way he is siting in the shopping cart and the coffee in his lap. Whatever you do--don't tell his mom!

Colin leaning, Mrs. Wong and Mikaela in the middle

Colin leaning, Mrs. Wong and Mikaela in the middle
Originally uploaded by James Cham.

Monday, May 14, 2007

What does Colin do while Yang-Sze is away?

Yang-Sze has been at the hospital for the last few days to deliver Colin's new sister Mikaela so my parents have been taking care of Colin. What has he been up to? Yesterday, he went to the Farmer's Market in Mountain View:

And, he's had a great deal of fun with his new toy:

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Colin has a sister!

Sleeping Mikaela
Originally uploaded by James Cham.

He can call her mei mei but I don't think he knows that she's coming home with us!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

With Uncle Danny

Colin liked sitting on Uncle Danny's shoulders so much he didn't want to come down. Poor Uncle Danny! -- ysc

Dinosaur train

At the Palo Alto Junior Museum, Colin lined up all the dinosaurs into a "choo choo"... clearly the Great Train Phase has begun -- ysc

Colin's favorite toys

Colin loves his train set. He hasn't quite figured out why the trains' magnet connect one way but not the other but the coos with delight when they are all hooked up. We bought his set at IKEA.

Colin and his dad

Colin is outraged

Colin is apparently outraged by the latest issue of Business Week.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Colin's Breakfast

UPDATE: Mommaduck asks a fair question: what the heck is this stuff? It is the only thing I know how to make for Colin in the morning: cheese toast cut into little squares. Not as healthy as the stuff that mom makes but pretty tasty.

Colin and Grandparents in Palo Alto

Colin and Grandpa

Colin and Mom on Chinese New Years 2007

Colin on Chinese News Year Day 2007

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Colin and his cousin Sophie

Colin sits watching the laundry as his cousin Sophie walks away.

Not So Sweet Colin

Colin is not happy about being carried off.

Sweet Colin

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Colin starts to run...

I haven't seen Colin or ysc for three weeks. I was shocked to see how fast he runs now.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Colin Gets a Haircut

Warning: this may only be interesting to relatives:

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Colin Goes Camping

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Colin's second Thanksgiving

Colin in Nov 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006

Colin Playing With Water

This is the sort of thing that perhaps only relatives will find charming:

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Mom attacks Colin!

Colin walks...

Colin says hi!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Milk

Since his recent ear infection, Colin has been refusing to drink milk. This was one of the few occasions that he was willing to do some chugging.

Red balloon

Colin loves balloons and will play quietly with one for a surprisingly long time...

Monday, September 18, 2006

Colin and his balloon

Colin likes music:

But he loves his mom:

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Colin and Audrey

Grandma and Grandpa loved the videos so much that I can't resist posting more videos of Colin--this time with his best friend (and favorite person) Audrey: