Since we went to Jamaica in June, Tulia has been speaking more and more Chinese. We are very happy about it of course, but it is probably changing back to all English once school starts in a week or so.
Yesterday when Tulia was changed and gay saw the underwear she picked. Gay said 嘩！而家小朋友啲底褲都咁靚！to which Tulia responded saying 我好鍾意靚嘢㗎and we all burst out laughing. Gay cannot resist but said he will keep buying her 靚嘢
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Birthday and Anniversary
Yesterday was Tulia's 4th birthday and our 6th anniversary. I cannot believe Tulia is already 4! Happy Birthday to my little girl.
We went to church, followed. Y her favorite lunch menu: crab meat sushi and shrimp tempura. Then we went to chuck e cheese. It was a zoo there. She got to unwrap her presents after nap and we went out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. The kids were really noisy and gay was a bit ticked off because we do not hv any time for ourselves at all! Maybe he is right. We are better off staying home ordering take out than bringing them out expecting them to b quiet. (I am looking forward to having mom back so she can help is babysit and we. An celebrate our 15th dating anniversary in October).
Funny thing Tulia said yesterday was when we left the parking lot gay asked me to watch out of the Porsche that's backing out, not seeming to have seen our car. I said that's an expensive car and then Tulia said it is the GTR-Lo, Gay's favorite car! We laughed our heads off as gay had been talking about it and obviously she had picked it up! Then she started singing "Reflection", Mulan's song in a mix of Mandarin and English. Gay and I were trying to figure out what she was singing as if we were playing the 估歌仔game!
As for Rex, he has been strapped down all weekend. On Saturday we went to Centre island where he was in the car seat almost all afternoon. Yesterday when Tulia was at Chuck e cheese he was also in the car seat as well as during the almost two hour dinner. I suppose sitting makes one sleepy. He almost fell asleep on the booster and when he spotted us watching him, he just smiled through it. So cute! Well, he ate two slices of bread and drank lots of milk during dinner so he slept at the car and continued sleeping even though I changed his diaper and clothes. Must b exhausting for him.
We ended the night with Christine's cupcakes for Tulia and singing her the birthday song. I was asking gay to give me a surprise for our anniversary before the night ended but I was so tired to stay up for it. I went to sleep right after putting Tulia to bed.
I am spending my last three weeks of vacation with TRex almost 24/7. At times it is overwhelming as I kept being pulled in different directions with Rex screaming and Tulia calling "Mommy, Mommy". However, as with Christine who I expected to not want her big sister to pick her up from school etc (which turned out that she never got to the point of not wanting me), I don't know how much longer I am needed so much. So though I wish they quiet down sometimes, I am treasuring every moment of it, knowing they will not 纏住我forever. they grow too fast and I really feel it this year while I am on mat leave, spending so much time with them. I love you Tulia and Rex!
We went to church, followed. Y her favorite lunch menu: crab meat sushi and shrimp tempura. Then we went to chuck e cheese. It was a zoo there. She got to unwrap her presents after nap and we went out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. The kids were really noisy and gay was a bit ticked off because we do not hv any time for ourselves at all! Maybe he is right. We are better off staying home ordering take out than bringing them out expecting them to b quiet. (I am looking forward to having mom back so she can help is babysit and we. An celebrate our 15th dating anniversary in October).
Funny thing Tulia said yesterday was when we left the parking lot gay asked me to watch out of the Porsche that's backing out, not seeming to have seen our car. I said that's an expensive car and then Tulia said it is the GTR-Lo, Gay's favorite car! We laughed our heads off as gay had been talking about it and obviously she had picked it up! Then she started singing "Reflection", Mulan's song in a mix of Mandarin and English. Gay and I were trying to figure out what she was singing as if we were playing the 估歌仔game!
As for Rex, he has been strapped down all weekend. On Saturday we went to Centre island where he was in the car seat almost all afternoon. Yesterday when Tulia was at Chuck e cheese he was also in the car seat as well as during the almost two hour dinner. I suppose sitting makes one sleepy. He almost fell asleep on the booster and when he spotted us watching him, he just smiled through it. So cute! Well, he ate two slices of bread and drank lots of milk during dinner so he slept at the car and continued sleeping even though I changed his diaper and clothes. Must b exhausting for him.
We ended the night with Christine's cupcakes for Tulia and singing her the birthday song. I was asking gay to give me a surprise for our anniversary before the night ended but I was so tired to stay up for it. I went to sleep right after putting Tulia to bed.
I am spending my last three weeks of vacation with TRex almost 24/7. At times it is overwhelming as I kept being pulled in different directions with Rex screaming and Tulia calling "Mommy, Mommy". However, as with Christine who I expected to not want her big sister to pick her up from school etc (which turned out that she never got to the point of not wanting me), I don't know how much longer I am needed so much. So though I wish they quiet down sometimes, I am treasuring every moment of it, knowing they will not 纏住我forever. they grow too fast and I really feel it this year while I am on mat leave, spending so much time with them. I love you Tulia and Rex!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
鬥志鬥力
同 Tulia 鬥志鬥力 is really tiring. She is super stubborn and if I don't answer her or go as her wishes she would lose it completely. I am still trying out different ways to deal with her as most of the time I can predict it happening (as I am not always in agreement with her). What I find out as a penalty for wt is to be alone. She is very uncomfortable being left alone. Rather than keep scolding, keeping silent seems to make her more uneasy
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Little sister
Yesterday Tulia had a genius idea, of which Gay and I had our jaws dropped. Tulia asked for a little sister! She said now that she has a little brother she wants a little sister. She wants to be big sister of two babies! I tried to deter her from the idea telling her that raising another baby is a lot of work. She might pull her hair like Rex, etc but she just insisted in the idea. Eventually I told her that there is no guarantee she gets a baby sister as it is up to God what we get. She did not like the idea that another baby might mean another brother so she gave it up.
Friday, August 3, 2012
EQ Challenge
With Tulia every day is a challenge. On a good day she will be fine. However, more often than not, she has behavioral (or emotional) challenges for us to deal with.
Our plan for when I go back to work after JK starts is for Gay to deal with her morning routines and take her to school. I am somewhat worried about the clashes as Gay does not have a lot of patience for her. I hope it won't be disastrous. I am not too worried about the logistics but I just don't want these morning interactions to hurt the dad-daughter relationship. Hopefully I am just worrying too much and that they can create a closer and sweeter bond this way.
Our plan for when I go back to work after JK starts is for Gay to deal with her morning routines and take her to school. I am somewhat worried about the clashes as Gay does not have a lot of patience for her. I hope it won't be disastrous. I am not too worried about the logistics but I just don't want these morning interactions to hurt the dad-daughter relationship. Hopefully I am just worrying too much and that they can create a closer and sweeter bond this way.
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