Little amazing boy

It was a usual weekday night. I am dead beat and was spacing out on the sofa. Little bub was playing his mega blocks and i wasn't caring too much about him. Suddenly, i realized that he was unusually quiet and i turned to look at him.

Little boy was stacking his singular mega bloks into a tall, tall tower ... and putting the donut ring into the tower. I thought that was quite amazing ... the association that he made. To create something long so that he could hoop his donuts in. And when he was done, he went on making the tower, trying to balance on the table. When he ran out of the singular blocks in his hands, he went back to the bucket. He took a rather long time, and i peered closer. And then i realized, though he had one in one hand .. he was trying to look for another one. WHOA! my 15 month old knows how to multi-task and be efficient! I thought that normally kids would pick one, stack one, and then go look for the 2nd one...

So there was Andre, patiently stacking his tower. When it grew taller than him and he couldn't reach, he pulled out the tower mid length, stack the top tile and fix the bottom back to the original tower. Really give thanks to God for my boy's wisdom. Of course, it wasn't all successful at one go. sometimes the tiles will fall, sometimes they will break mid-way. But Andre was full of concentration, determination and focus on his objective. Trying over and over again. I am glad he didn't give up and throw away his toys in frustation. Good job son! (I have this inkling feeling that one day he might turn out to be an engineer like his mom. Oh dear, hope you don't fall into the same shit hole as me. Engineers work long hours with low pay in Singapore)

Later in the night, we were having some rough play on the bed, and dad flipped Andre 360 degrees a few times. Dad and i were talking about some stuff, and before we realised it, Andre was doing somersaults himself. We were speechless and our jaws dropped opened. Are 15 month olds supposed to somersault by themselves. He repeated a 2nd time for us and was chuckling in thrill all the way ... Well, he didn't manage to do the 3rd time ... but Kevin insisted that he has already learnt the skill.

And so dad and I went back to chat, and Andre was roaming the bedroom ... doing his usual stuff eg. on-ing and off-ing the TV repeatedly, pulling the socks from the drawer (we are so used to it that we turn a blind eye to it). Suddenly, he walked to my bedside table, took the camera casing, and walk to the TV console (where the camera is) and tried to put the camera back to the casing. OMG! Since when did he make this association?

What an amazing night. 3 surprises in the night. This is a very fun age to be with Andre. He never fails to surprise and amaze us with his antics. I can't wait till he learns how to talk.