Lil Dragon: 1 year 8 months old

Life's 10 biggest achievements, thus far::

1. Standing up to bullying
Yep, that's right, I kid you not.
A bully who was twice her size told her that she couldn't play with 'her' high chair straps.
She looked at him straight in the eyes, pointed her right forefinger at him and said, "You! You! You!"
followed by gibberish words. She also gave him her trademark frown.
She was smacked by the bully in the end BUT the point is, she ain't not scared of nobody.
You just wait, you bully, you.....

2. Pooping behind furniture
There must be a gene for this.
One thing for sure, it ain't X-linked (coz Tiger was like that) and it didn't come from me.

3. Joining words together
No Kiss!
Kick Tiger!
Beat Mama!
Knock Papa!
Yeah, soooo ballet is out. We are looking at karate, gymnastics or break-dance.

4. Monkey in another life
She can kick, jump, climb, hop, and run as fast as any 2 year old.
Super-human agility this one.

5. A scribbler
Have I ever mentioned that Tiger never scribbled on walls/floor before?
Dragon on the other hand....anywhere but paper.... her toys, the tent, kitchen, Grandma, Tiger, my jelly thighs....
Tiger will be yelling stop! and cleaning up after her :)

6. She thinks she is half Indonesian
Look!!!! Apa tu?
At least she is trilingual la

7. She is health conscious.
No ice cream, yoghurt, fizzy gas drinks, etc.
Must be the decayed two front teeth.

8. Heaven is just outside the front door
It doesn't matter where she is headed. As long as she gets to put on her shoe and run around, she is happy. If you put her in the car, she would probably pee her diapers from excitement. 

9. People love her
It is ridiculous. Strangers just smile when she waddles by.
People keep telling her she is cute.
I put on my serious face and reply, "I know, it's crazy right? I'm so proud of my uterus."
She gets free stuff all the time.
It is sad when people forget to gift the mother's uterus.

10. She is finally ready for school.
She has been showing some awareness for letters lately, so we will be showing her some stuff....
Right now, she is at Letter B. Tiger tries his very best to teach her something but, and I quote, "I cannot teach her. She is too crazy"

11. Extra:: She loves to boogie
but I told her, "Sweetie, I always say that you can do anything BUT professional striping or anything that involves papa and I seeing you butt naked is not acceptable."
She laughed. I'm worried.

Kakak is in 8 out of 10 pics of Dragon. Can't blame my girl for madre confusion

Some school pics

She loves the Dot Markers, esp on human skin

Some practical life work:: pouring

She loves cleaning and wasting wet wipes

 Sudden interest in the mini knobbed cylinder

 

We usually end classes with a party,

dancing to Sandra Boynton's crazy songs 

Got this book + CD from BBW sale for RM8

Read & Play: We're Going On A Bear Hunt

We're going on a bear hunt.

Excellent book. One of my personal favs.

If you have never seen the book, here's the cover:

 We used these from sparklebox for matching games:

 

I thought, meh, So boring...

Let's make a small world play!

So, we gathered whatever props we had....

The teddy, I mean, the fierce bear in the 'cave'

Setting up the scene

The deep, cold river.

He wanted to use real water but the dolls were wooden dolls :(

Thick, oozy mud!

I used felt but brown play dough would have been better

The forest.

Some trees from his train set

The swirling, whirling snowstorm

Cotton balls and Christmas deco snowflakes

The cave

 Lil Dragon's teddy bear and his study chair

 In the bed, we had a pink blanket too!

 He decided that the bear was very hungry.

So, he broke down the door and ermmm, ate the family

You can tell this is a good book when:

1. The child begs for it: Again, again, again!

2. He remembers the scenes by second reading

3. He chants phrases from the book while pooping.

See, learning is always better while the heart is filled with love,

the mind is relaxed and oh well, the teacher is dedicated.

Valentine's 2014

At the stroke of midnight, Valentine's this year, 

hubs and I were on the way home from work.

I looked over lovingly and said,

"Happy Valentine's Day, bay-beh"

With extra gatal voice laaa

He replied, "Ummm..."

F*cker.

Note to self: Must make sure that my son is not kayu like hubby

So, I trained him to make hearts

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We cut out some hearts on manila cards and used glue make some pattern

We then sprinkled salt on the glue pattern and let them air dry overnight.

I also prepared some water colour in little dropper bottle.

 Great for strengthening those little hand muscles

 

Love the brilliant colours!

We used Crayola finger paints, mixed with water

I asked for a handsome smile!

We presented our hearts to Dragon girl.

Tiger warned her, "See only, cannot touch"

Dragon girl frowned, as if thinking can eat or not.

Tiger, reading her mind, replied, "Cannot eat also"

SO, cannot eat + cannot touch = useless

She walked away.

Here is the rambunctious 17 month-old. 

She really makes me so happy.

Best Valentine's gift ever!

Happy belated Valentine's to you guys too :)