21 Mths: He can JUMP !! // New hat // can hold breath under water

Last night - Friday 8th April 2006, Jasper had his first jump! he jumped up lifting both feet off the floor, and he did it a few times! This morning - Sat 9th April 2006 We went swimming and when I was trying to walk him, he was like jumping every few steps, it made the walk even slower. I had to wait for him to jump, jump, then walk a few steps, jump again.... I put him in a stroller instead. He can walk downstairs (2 feet on a step) when there are no handrail available.

He emptied our paper bin and put it over his head !

He could hold his breath for quite a while under water in today's lesson, he did about 9 or 10 head-under-the-water exercises for a few seconds and back up on air without swallowing any pool water.

He is saying a lot of 3-word sentences, want open door, want open buckle (the safety harness of the stroller or feeding seat), want red ball, want mummy po po(cuddle), want red bayoon(balloon), want climb up, want open door, want bye-bye bib ... he knows his colours, numbers, alphabets very well. In the bookshop he says 'want book', he knows plurals without anyone teaching him. At the traffic light, he says 'green go'. Want go park, want slide, yiu gai yuk (want chicken meat), yiu for tui (want ham), yiu sui(want water).... the list is long...

He happens to know the words 'ball' and 'choy/salad' in chinese, then this lunch time we went to HK Cafe and he pointed and read out the words on the wall menu 'ball choy', 'ball choy' in chinese means 'spinach' in English. My husband didn't have a clue, jasper did.

He has been saying his own dialogue 'whats that - car', 'whats what - XXX', then he points at daddy and says 'whats that - daddy'. Guess we have to teach him 'Whos that' in addition to 'whats that'.