In and out

Over the Hari Raya holiday, we brought Jonathan out for brunch at the Marriott Hotel & Spa while Jillian stayed home with confinement nanny. We didn't bring her out as she is still so little.

Jonathan was quite well behaved and ate a muffin, some cereals and a choc doughnut. He wanted to play with our cutlery and copy how we ate. In the end, I gave him a cup and spoon and he promptly broke his muffin into small pieces in the cup.I had beef bacon, mushroom and cheese omelette, roasted potatoes, slices of cheddar cheese. Tried to get Jon to try the omelette but no luck. After sitting for 45mins, Jon got restless and Simon took him out for a walk around the poolside. I quickly wolfed down a pancake, sausages and baked beans. Even read a section of the newspaper before they came back. Then I had nasi lemak and we left before Jon got restless again. Not too bad, Jon lasted 45mins + 20mins at brunch!

We then took a walk on the hotel grounds where Jon explored a "castle". He slid down the mini slide and had a soft landing, but didn't like it to go again. It was Jon's first slide!He then checked out the castle and discovered a door. He opened it and wanted to peek out but his cap was blocking his view. Smarto tomato went removed his cap and tadah...he got to see what was beyond the door. (actually it's my cap, but after adjusting to the smallest size, it could fit Jon!)We took a walk and Jon ambled along. Do you realise that kids don't look down on the ground when they walk? They just walk or run without looking where they're running. That's why parents will look out and warn their children about cracks on the floor, uneven grass patch, slopes, etc whereas children will just run with wild abandonment. They have no fear!

Well, Jon didn't realised he walked from the grass to the sandy part of a beach volleyball court. He only realised it when he stumbled a little on the soft sand. He then quickly walked back to the grassy part. But when he turned around and discovered that Simon had walked to the breakwater, he decided to give the sand another go in order to get to his daddy.Both father and son explored the promenade while I took snapshots of them. I like to see father and son walking together or when Jon reached out to his dad to carry him onto the breakwater. When a child clings onto a parent out of fear or for support, that's when the parent has unconditional love for his/her child. If your child looks to you for protection and love, wouldn't you hold him close and dear to you?The sun was blazing down on us and I was glad that Simon chose a sleeveless T for Jon. In the morning, I was like, "Are you sure he should wear sleeveless? What if it's too cold at the hotel?"

When we left the hotel, it was only 10.30am. So we decided to go to Boat club where Jon could play at the playground. The first thing he saw were the parked sailboats and he wanted to go there. We managed to persuade him to follow us.

The first thing he headed towards was this old boat at the playground. I helped him onto the boat and he was grinning away while he played with the steering wheel. He kept waving to me while "driving" the boat. During this time, Simon went to check out the ads on the notice board.
From water transport, we move to land transportation - a huge tractor. When Jon saw it, he was singing the first two lines of his fav show "Bob the Builder". We helped him up and he had some fun on it until Simon saw that there were sharp edges on the tractor. We had to cajole him to come down. Next stop, the swings. Jon didn't want to go onto the kiddy swings at all. He just went straight to the adult swing and pointed at it. I told Simon to sit on the swing with Jon on his lap. Simon was all about safety and said not safe lah. How could he hold Jon and the swing at the same time. I told Simon he didn't have to swing high, just small swings. Jon was so thrilled.We also let Jon check out the huge playground equipment. The only things he saw was the long red slide and the boat part, which of course he played with the steering. He looked at two girls climbing up and sliding down and smiled, but thankfully he didn't want to slide.This was the last shot of the day. It's moment like this when I love him so dearly and forget his tantrums and short hissy fits!So many photos to scrap! Shall I do a 12 by 12 LO or a mini album?