Their bag of tricks... so far...

Up till now both babies can do a few acts of their own. These include:

a) Clapping hands - already mentioned before, only since about 2 months ago JY actually does it louder maybe because her palms are fleshier. They do this pretty regularly when they're happy, and most notably when they see their milk on the way...

b) Red Indian cry - they'd cup their palms over their mouths and go '...wa wa wa..." repeatedly, kinda like those old stereotypical Wild West movie Indians. Actually this was a botched attempt to teach them to do a flying kiss.

c) Tim Chung Chung - I have no idea what to call this... as the original term is in Cantonese, and even then I still don't know why it's called that. Basically it involves putting the tips of your index fingers together (no mean feat for a baby's not fully developed motor skills). It's mostly all JL, only that she does a variation of it by putting the tip of her index finger on her other palm.

d) Flying kiss - after the first attempts to teach them this led to the Red Indian cry, they gradually picked it up and started doing it properly from middle of last month, accompanied by a loud "...MUAH..."

e) Tongue wagging - JL does this by repeatedly moving her tongue across her mouth sideways, making this loud gurgling sound. I have no idea how she does it because I can't seem to do it. Maybe my adult tongue simply isn't as flexible...