Kaitlyn Lau 劉雅珂: Finally!!

Kaitlyn Lau 劉雅珂: Finally!!

Finally, Keke got little friends like "big daddy" near your home. keke is not that shy,she even gives flowers to him. Keke is more brave now ,riding the bike proudly and freely. Bigger now !!! She dared not ride bike on the road last October when i was there. I love you , Keke.


Grandma

bicycle ride

Weather was so nice yesterday evening after heavy rain in the morning. We took a bicycle ride in our neighborhood after dinner.

You know what, Keke met her good friend from school - "big daddy"! (His real name is Evans, even his mom doesn't know how he gets this nickname from school:)Kaitlyn doesn't know his real name either - when I told her Evans is his real name, she corrected me, say " No, he's big daddy" So funny! Of course we don't know he lives in our neighborhood as well.

We met Evans parents and another neighbor; they have how many kids al together? (Three girls, two boys, and one more coming up?). It's a lot of fun seeing them running around playing together.

It's so cute to see Evans was so excited to see Kaitlyn as well, he kept running back-and-forth telling his parents "This is Kaitlyn! This is Kaitlyn!" Kaitlyn was a little shy, but I can tell she was so surprised as well, and asked to step off bicycle to play with them. She picked up some flowers to give to Evans. But boys, flowers for me? - Let mommy hold it for me, I'm to busy running around :)

So eager to show off her dance

While we waited outside LuYan's meeting room, she found out her skirt can fly high like a butterfly. The ones she made post sitting on the floor letting me take pictures are so cute. Also see the way she danced fast in a circle, like a little ballerina

little artist

While waiting for LuYan's party on Saturday afternoon, we took a break at 宗華's classroom. See how serious she's about drawing, just like a school age girl - drawing is one of her favorite activity:

little shopping girl

Daddy was complaining she needs more clothes for school, so I took her for shopping over the weekend.

We stopped by Gymboree, Children's place and Gap. I don't remember seeing Gymboree in Katy Mills before, we saw that on Sunday, and they have a lot selections, the price is not as expense as I thought. Especially those on-sale items, probably just a couple bucks more than other stores, but much better quality and cuter styles. We both love it. The best thing is Keke would watch cartoon while I was shopping, she then tried out some clothes, and told me whether she likes it or not (erhh...) then she would go back watch more cartoon, or try something else she picked out.

This little girl is so into "being pretty"! She picks her own outfit every morning for school, she decides which color matches, which style is good for which day's mood:) Her favorate color is pink now.

Flowers for mommy - from my sweet little angel

Yeah, she did it!

The weekend weather was so nice, we did some yard work and cleaned the house. Here are pictures of Keke planted cactus with daddy. It's so cute! She helped grandma planting vegetables in the backyard before, and she's so looking forward to plant something she likes and take care it herself. We thought to start with something easy. If she did it well, we'll grow a tree for her in our backyard later on (of course she has to do it herself).

For a week, keke hasn't wear diaper at night, and didn't have any accident either. I'm so proud of her! ( I know some of you may laugh at me - she did better than her mom:)

We didn't push her or anything, she just asked not to wear diaper at night starting last week, I thought it's going to be a mess, but she did it great! It's funny though, if she wears diaper, it'll be wet the next morning. If she doesn't wear it, she can hold it till next morning without any problems. We tried to train her before, but never succeeded. I think whenever she's ready, she is ready to take it off.

Finally!!

I'm so excited grandma and grandpa was able to read the blog finally, after a month long trying! Now Keke - you need to watch out, not only mommy and daddy will write something about you, grandma and grandpa will too! :)

This week, daddy has been picking her up from school everyday. He got home kept telling me he’s so proud of her, because every teacher appraised her lot everyday. They kept telling him she's so smart, knows a lot more than other kids, she loves to read and write and writes very well, she acts as teachers' little helper (or "spy" as daddy joked about). Plus, she doesn't cry in the morning anymore!

At one point two weeks ago, after daddy walks her into her class, she happily put down her stuff in her box, walked around room checking out what everyone else was doing, and calmly sat on her chair, waived at daddy telling him it's OK to leave now! Of course daddy was so happy to see the change that she feels comfortable at school, but on the other side, deep in his heart, there was a little lost feeling - she's getting bigger now, and someday she will walk away from us just like that!

Anyway, we both noted she's so enthusiastic to learn anything now, especially likes to draw inferences about other cases from one instance. Even when she was a baby, she liked to read, sometime by herself for quite a while. And now, she wants to learn words in the book (both English and Chinese), and loves to write copybooks (funny enough, her teachers says, writing copybook is the best way to stop her from crying at school).

Now, her school work is not that exciting to her. She loves writing, but school doesn't do that as much as she wants, she does more because teachers noted that could keep her busy. She enjoys listening stories, doing crafts and paintings. She love learning new songs, and repeated at home a lot (those are so cute, I have to videotape more). She loves dancing, but school doesn't teach that. Maybe we need to start looking for more extra curriculum for her, or looking for a different school?

哈哈

送给轲柯 一片 各色 郁金香。

外公，外婆

为人父母的愁与乐

Haven't write anything for two weeks. This is also because I took vacation to catch up with work left in the house, and being lazy. So many interesting thing happened, but already forgot most of it. This is why I need to keep a blog.

This one thing happened two weekends ago, still reminds me how smart and tough this little girl is when she throws tantrum!

现在也不记得为什么事起因啦，只知道当时正同姥姥外公msn, 好像是乱扔东西，打了人还不认错，让他捡好也不愿意。 小丫头很倔很大声地说“NO”。 我们平声平气地说了几次都没效， 爸爸和我决定治她一下。 看到我们不理她， 她好委屈又好生气， 开始了一场赖皮战！(我猜也是因为在姥姥外公丢面子，自尊心对现在3岁的她非常重要！) 这种表演不常见， 但表现出的小心眼最近很typical. 让大家见笑了。

第一招 - 哭：
干哭不见效，泪水就像开了闸一样。 衣服，纸巾，沙发 全用上擦眼泪啦。

同时使出第二招 - 理论加悲情：
见妈妈不理，“我告诉爸爸！” 见爸爸也不理，扔出一句“我不跟你们做朋友！你们欺负我！” 继续嚎啕大哭。 边哭边哭诉爸爸妈妈的不是。反正是我们不应该让她哭，不应该骂她，不应该笑她，不应责备她。 表演进行著。。。

第三招 - 升级事态严重性：
既然爸爸妈妈不理，也达不到目的，“我告诉奶奶！” 叮叮叮 - 想必奶奶比你们大，会帮我！ 你们还不让我 - “我告诉奶奶 -你妈妈！ 我一定会告诉你妈妈的！” (旁白 - 谁比奶奶更大呢？) “我告诉你爸爸！ 我一定会告诉你爸爸的！” - 爸爸最怕爷爷啦。。。真是越来越精彩！

第四招 - 加上威胁：
(旁白 - 奶奶爷爷不在身边， 听着吓人， 但不灵。 那是如何是好呢？)
“你们就是不对！你们这样是不对的！”
“这样我就不吃晚饭啦”。。。
“我就不睡觉了，一直哭”。。。
“我就不吃早饭了"。。。

(旁白 - 这几招加在一起，翻来覆去，持续了好久， 大家都快顶不住了。 其间姥姥外公当然是有劝有说理，有顺毛摸，有逆毛摸。特别是 外公好像一直力挺这位有骨气的外孙女：)

使出绝招：
情急之下，小丫头打出一张王牌。 只是一下子急得说不出名字。
“我要把圈圈套在你的头上。。。” 我和爸爸楞了， 这是什么招？ 哦哦，明白了 - 是紧锢咒！
我再也忍不住大笑起来 - 原来最近看多了<西游记>，能活学活用了！要把紧锢咒套在爸爸头上 - 那可是唯一能降服她最佩服的孙悟空的！

你说这三岁半的小丫头脑子里装了多少东西？ 看到这故事的妈妈爸爸们有同感吗？或有过而不及之者？ 整个过程小丫头想尽办法，见招拆招，有逻辑地一步步升级。让姥姥外公大开眼界， 让我们是又气又好笑！

外公事后竟然戏言说决定搬来美国，这才是生活的乐趣！

Easter weekend

At a farewell party for Houston consul general