Heart melts
« Previous EntriesThis is what Tee and her Nana do at parties…
Monday, December 1st, 2008For logistical reasons, I drove my Mom and Tee to the party that was held at a public venue. And because it was a thunderstorm, we were instructed by phone to park right in front. But when we did with my humble Japanese car, the security came up very quickly to chase us off.
“Excuse me, […]
Daddy, my lovely Daddy…..
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Tee and her father, they have this wonderful relationship which is completely separate from mine with her. I am the mother. I shower her with love and attention, abundantly. I shower her with scoldings and naggings, just as opulently. But when push comes to shove, it is always, always the mother that children come back […]
My daughter made me cry today….
Thursday, November 13th, 2008We had just finished classes and it was raining. Tee reminded me that it was HER TURN to listen to HER MUSIC in the car so I turned her CD on which immediately sounded out some high pitched screeching chipmunks attempting to ’sing’ the It’s A Small World song.
“Hey Mom!! Remember I went to Disneyland […]
Sneaky little girl
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Yesterday, when I told Tee I had to go somewhere to collect some books, she requested to stay in the car whilst I ran up to get the books. There was no way I was going to leave her in the car so I said she had to follow me up, after which she protested […]
Why I am always stressed out
Sunday, October 19th, 2008.
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Tee barely ONE YEAR OLD eating pasta.
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Licks her bowl clean like a dog….
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Then pours everything else out onto ground, table, clothes, everywhere. She then rubs her hair into the pasta pretending they’re beads and thinks it’s funny.
NUFF SAID.
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And I haven’t even shown you the end result.
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Making friends easily
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008I certainly don’t. But Tee does!
Tee and her new 8 year old Indonesian che-che friend in Orlando.
Tee can go up to any stranger (usually children, she’s not so interested in adults) and introduce herself. When we were in the States, she made at least 10 friends herself, just by asking them their name or […]
Time flies when you blink an eye
Monday, October 13th, 2008I don’t want to blink ever. If only it was possible.
This morning, Tee and I left the house at 930am to attend her Mandarin classes that lasted till noon. Then we went to a friend’s place to play and before I knew it, we were home at 530pm and after a quick shower, she had […]
How to play a fun chain story game with children
Sunday, August 24th, 2008If you’d like to learn more fun games for children, or rather, more fun games to play with preschoolers, hop on to my other blog.
Today at dinner, we taught Tee how to play ‘create a story chain’ game. For those who suffered a deprived childhood, a story chain game is where one person starts a […]
Just look how fast she’s grown!
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Tee: 14 September 2004, after a good 24 hour cry…..
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It was only yesterday, I cradled you close
With one arm exact, you smelled like a rose
Look at you now!
I can barely lift you with TWO arms!
Your spiky bush of hair
Has stretched to silky strands
Your teeny precious fingers
Strums the guitar like a rock band
Your cries for milk and boobs
Are now iron-willed […]
The little patisserie chef at my home
Friday, October 5th, 2007Whilst playing with her new PlayDoh set today, Tee served me a little plate of bright pink dollops that resembled mini Hershey kisses. I have no clue how she got it into that shape. Wait….let me ask my Mom’s maid.
Oh…..she used a toy scissors. Hmm…..gotta try it myself later.
“This is Hershey chocolate for you, Mummy.”
I […]
Snippets from my little imp
Sunday, September 30th, 2007The Hubs has a knack for losing things whenever we are out as a family. Temporarily. He loses things because he has the weekend duty of entertaining the little one. Anyone who would dare take on the challenge of being responsible for my little imp would never volunteer taking her again. Not even for an hour. […]
Monday scurries and weekend curries
Monday, September 24th, 2007Last night, I informed Tee that Daddy was finally returning tomorrow. She has been really good this time round about Daddy being abroad with the last trip seeing her wail every single night for the father figure who showers her with kisses and all things nice. This trip only saw her proudly announce that her […]
In the car today
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007“Mummy, I want to go dating.”
After numerous trials of explanation that she just could NOT date her Uncle nor her Daddy nor anyone who was remotely related to her, in which she failed to understand completely…..she changed the subject.
“When I grow up I want to open a westewon called Huss.” (westewon = restaurant)
Hush is Tee’s favourite […]
The Small Pumpkin turned Three at noon, 13/9/07
Monday, September 17th, 2007Just look at her! She looks like she is being all prepped up for her wedding day but it was only her third birthday party. Mom insisted she wore a party dress so that’s why my little gangster is looking all prim and proper. What’s the point in wearing a pretty dress when you act […]
KLIA baggage collection, 11.33pm Sunday evening
Sunday, August 26th, 2007Whilst swinging Tee around laughingly threatening to throw her away into the dustbin, she giggles,
“You cannot throw me…..” she frowned and lamented.
“Why not? Why can’t I throw you?”
“Because……I am your PRECIOUS!!!” she stated with such confidence.
“My precious??? What makes you think you are my precious!?”
“I am! I am your precious…..but sometimes……I can be a cheeky monkey.” This […]
Tee’s end of term report
Friday, August 17th, 2007It’s show off time again!
Tee dancing on stage during Assembly.
Sometimes I wonder if Tee’s teachers love her more than I do. Perhaps she shows them her good side only. Or perhaps they are just trained to handle these little monsters better than I do. The way they rave on and on about my little Tee […]
A f#%ing great book - The Kite Runner
Thursday, August 16th, 2007When I first heard of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, I turned a blind eye. The title didn’t appeal to me, I mean, what the hell did I care about kites? And the monotone photograph of the back of a boy peeking beside a wall did nothing for me (I’ve subsequently learnt they have a […]
Mommy and Me - Role Reversals
Monday, August 13th, 2007My almost three year old daughter, for some reason, loves playing Mommy. Not to her dolls or teddy bears. But to ME. I’d imagined that at this age, they would like playing Mommy to their dolls or teddy bears because they like emulating adults, right? Knowing my luck, she’s probably on her way towards homosexuality (no, […]