{"id":19573,"date":"2013-11-26T06:43:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T22:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19573"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:53:19","slug":"by-month-to-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/11\/26\/by-month-to-four\/","title":{"rendered":"By Month to Four (and a half)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year at about this month I&#8217;d do a post on how our kids have grown and changed each month. The last such post was in November a year ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2012\/11\/12\/by-month-to-three\/\">here<\/a> &#8211; here&#8217;s the updated one from when Hannah has gone from 3.5 to 4.5 years old. Appearance wise, she doesn&#8217;t seem to have changed as much as she did when she was between one to three years old. That said, she seems to be ever-so looking less chubbier around her cheeks since the last few months.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19575\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-11.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 5 Months old in November 2012, and playing with Ling's NTUC member card (she's custodian of the card whenever we're at the Fairprice checkout lanes).\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-11.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-11-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 5 Months old in November 2012, and playing with Ling&#8217;s NTUC member card (she&#8217;s custodian of the card whenever we&#8217;re at the Fairprice checkout lanes).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19576\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-12.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 6 Months old in December 2012, and during an outing with Daddy using public transportation. Pluto is her constant companion, as one can see from other pictures here!\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-12.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2012-12-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 6 Months old in December 2012, and during an outing with Daddy using public transportation. Pluto is her constant companion, as one can see from other pictures here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19577\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-01.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 7 Months old in January 2013, and when she'd just got the Swampy plush toy from Disney's &quot;Where's My Water&quot; game. Regrettably, Swampy has since got passed onto the less-frequently played toys bin!\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-01.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-01-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 7 Months old in January 2013, and when she&#8217;d just got the Swampy plush toy from Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Where&#8217;s My Water&#8221; game. Regrettably, Swampy has since got passed onto the less-frequently played toys bin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19578\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-02.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 8 Months old in February 2013, and after her first ever hair-cut. We decided to try the $10 10 minute haircut options, and thankfully took quite well to it. That's lots of money saved for Daddy\/Mommy - at least until she grows older and wants her hair done properly.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-02.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-02-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 8 Months old in February 2013, and after her first ever hair-cut at the salon. We decided to try the $10 10 minute haircut options, and thankfully took quite well to it. That&#8217;s lots of money saved for Daddy\/Mommy &#8211; at least until she grows older and wants her hair done properly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19579\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-03.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 9 Months old in March 2013, and wearing her faux pearl necklace given to her by her maternal grandmom. That necklace has gone through a lot of abuse though, and finally broke apart irreparably earlier this month.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-03.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-03-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 9 Months old in March 2013, and wearing her faux pearl necklace given to her by her maternal grandmom. That necklace has gone through a lot of abuse though, and finally broke apart irreparably earlier this month.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19580\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-04.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 10 Months in April 2013, and munching on strawberries. Like Mommy, she loves fruits that Daddy doesn't enjoy (that includes tomatoes, grapes, kiwi and strawberries!\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-04.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-04-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 10 Months in April 2013, and munching on strawberries. Like Mommy, she loves fruits that Daddy doesn&#8217;t enjoy (that includes tomatoes, grapes, kiwi and strawberries!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19581\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-05.jpg\" alt=\"3 Years 11 Months in May 2013, and at one of our favorite hangouts - Old Town White Coffee @ City Square Mall. They whip up fabulous Nasi Lemak sets there.\" width=\"320\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-05.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-05-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 Years 11 Months in May 2013, and at one of our favorite hangouts &#8211; Old Town White Coffee @ City Square Mall. They whip up fabulous Nasi Lemak sets there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19582\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-06.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years Old June 2013. The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf cafeteria at Greenwich Village became our weekend brunch\/breakfast places.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-06.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-06-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years old in June 2013. The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf cafeteria at Greenwich Village became our weekend brunch\/breakfast places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19583\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-07.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years 1 Month in July 2013. The cup sleeve at Coffee Bean is a toy too.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-07.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-07-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years 1 Month in July 2013. The cup sleeve at Coffee Bean is a toy too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19584\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-08.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years 2 Months in August 2013. We've still yet to find out who's been teaching her how to do this! Probably from her boy friend classmates in school.\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-08.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-08-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years 2 Months in August 2013. We&#8217;ve still yet to find out who&#8217;s been teaching her how to do this! Probably from her classmates in school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19585\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years 3 Months in September 2013, and munching on chocolate-flavored buns for lunch.\" width=\"320\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years 3 Months in September 2013, and munching on chocolate-flavored buns for lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19586\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years 4 Months in October 2013, and looking very grown-up during her year-end school concert performance. Dread the day she's going to bring home a boy. The horror.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-10-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years 4 Months in October 2013, and looking very grown-up during her year-end school concert performance. Dread the day she&#8217;s going to bring home a boy. The horror.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19587\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11.jpg\" alt=\"4 Years 5 Months in November 2013. Next year she's going to K1, and we'll have to start worrying about her Primary One school placement.\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 Years 5 Months in November 2013. Next year she&#8217;s going to K1, and we&#8217;ll have to start worrying about her Primary One school placement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pictures here were taken on the E-M5, excepting the November 2013 (taken using the E-PL6) and that of September 2013 by her school&#8217;s event photographers. I&#8217;ll also have to start doing a similar series for Peter soon enough too next year once she&#8217;s grown a bit more.=)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year at about this month I&#8217;d do a post on how our kids have grown and changed each month. The last such post was in November a year ago here &#8211; here&#8217;s the updated one from when Hannah has<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/11\/26\/by-month-to-four\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  By Month to Four (and a half)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,13],"tags":[609,531,547],"class_list":["post-19573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home","category-children-blues","category-photography-cameras","tag-m4-3","tag-e-m5","tag-e-pl6","wpcat-6-id","wpcat-7-id","wpcat-13-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blog-2013-children-OMDB3733-coffeebean-greenwich-breakfast-flickr.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}