Hendrik has this fascination with heavy vehicles – i.e. crane, shovel truck, dump truck, cement mixer, etc. I first became aware of this when he started playing almost every day with his battery operated yellow toy shovel truck (a gift that he received on his 2nd birthday from a friend of ours) a few months back.
Hendrik took this video using Daddy's handphone, at the same time operating the toy truck's remote control
On Sundays at church (when we were still attending at the Bukit Timah chapel before we moved to Compassvale) he would always ask me or my husband, Joseph, before we go for our Sunday classes to let him look at the window in his nursery room in order to see the construction going on near the chapel. He would always mention the shovel trucks and the cranes and would look with real intent at the vehicles and machines’ movements. Sometimes, when he is not in a good mood and wouldn’t let me or his Daddy leave him in the nursery, Hendik’s nursery teacher, Sis Khong would tell him that they will watch the shovel truck from the window to convince Hendrik to come with her so that Joseph and I can attend our Sunday classes.
Whenever we are out, and our ride passes by some repair and construction works along the road, he would jump on his feet to see the shovel trucks and cranes, and would also be delighted if he sees a dump truck or a cement mixer.
Whenever we are out, and our ride passes by some repair and construction works along the road, he would jump on his feet to see the shovel trucks and cranes, and would also be delighted if he sees a dump truck or a cement mixer.
Before Lola went back to the Philippines first week of May, she used to bring Hendrik along to the footbridge overlooking a construction site for a new HDB building near our block. Lola would tell me when I come home from work how Hendrik would react jubilantly when he sees the heavy vehicles and how long they spend their time looking at them! Then she had to convince Hendrik to go home and would promise him that they would return again the next day for another round of viewing pleasure.
Then, we introduced YouTube to him. We would let him see videos, and his favorites include videos on fire trucks, shovel trucks and dump trucks. He would watch the videos on my iPhone or his Daddy’s HTC, and he would even ask for my Mac and his Daddy’ laptop whenever our phones lose battery life to watch the videos. I would say that I can be a bit worried because Hendrik will be glued with the videos for a long time, sometimes even hours watching his favorites over and over again to the point that he is able to memorize the lines and sequence of the videos. The good thing is that he doesn’t disturb us when he is on YouTube because he already knows how to operate our phones, including the mouse of the laptops, and he would just click “play” again when the video ends.
When he is not playing with his toy shovel truck and not watching his favorite videos on YouTube, I would see him use his right hand and move it like a shovel, scoop things out and hear him make a sound like that of a shovel truck. =)
He has also started collecting toy replicas of his most wanted heavy vehicles.
Then, we introduced YouTube to him. We would let him see videos, and his favorites include videos on fire trucks, shovel trucks and dump trucks. He would watch the videos on my iPhone or his Daddy’s HTC, and he would even ask for my Mac and his Daddy’ laptop whenever our phones lose battery life to watch the videos. I would say that I can be a bit worried because Hendrik will be glued with the videos for a long time, sometimes even hours watching his favorites over and over again to the point that he is able to memorize the lines and sequence of the videos. The good thing is that he doesn’t disturb us when he is on YouTube because he already knows how to operate our phones, including the mouse of the laptops, and he would just click “play” again when the video ends.
When he is not playing with his toy shovel truck and not watching his favorite videos on YouTube, I would see him use his right hand and move it like a shovel, scoop things out and hear him make a sound like that of a shovel truck. =)
He has also started collecting toy replicas of his most wanted heavy vehicles.
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