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在商量討論多次後﹐終於斗膽親自操刀幫女兒剪了頭髮。 珂珂第一次剪頭髮是3-5個月時。與其說剪不如說剃﹐爸爸越剪越短﹐最後剃了個光頭﹐花了至少一年才長回來:-(後來爸爸無論如何也不讓剪了﹐只能修理劉海和髮梢。直到三歲後我才終於帶她去理髮店了兩次﹐也只是修理而已﹐ 珂珂還挺配合的﹐臭美嗎:-)

這次我實在忍受不了她頭髮的凌亂﹐而她又特別不願意扎辮子﹐平時上學早起爸爸沒時間打理。經過多次誘勸﹐算是願意了- 條件是只能剪到肩膀上﹐還要帶她出去吃好吃的。 到了上週末﹐不知為何又不想出去了﹐媽媽想算了算﹐ 剪短有什麼難﹐試試吧﹗

Before - I won't get any business with this kind of setting, well, at least it's one-to-one attention:

Work in Progress: 放了盤VCD﹐開工了。爸爸趕緊躲到樓上﹐免得見女兒被“毀容”﹕-) As long as long I have my Disney, I don't care how I look like for now.

After: "Haha, I love it!" (I'm not kidding, this is the comment from my customer:) 效果還不錯﹐這真是人漂亮﹐穿什麼﹐怎麼打扮都好看:0) 看﹐自己臭美者呢 - 使勁親鏡子里的自己。(不過﹐樂極生悲﹐鏡子給摔破了﹕-)

Thanks to my only customer - let me practice on her, and still gave me big positive feedback:-)

第二天帶她去Easter Egg Hunt, 她也挺開心地。

剪了頭髮的女兒﹐似乎長大了許多﹗

難道剪了頭髮回讓人從淑女變瘋女﹖ 有這麼興奮嗎﹖

(looks like she is standing on top of pillow, but she's jumping, half way in the air:)

Little Rabbit Foo Foo

Let me tell you a story about "a little rabbit foo foo"... Not exactly as what should be told as below :-)




The moral of the story is:HARE TODAY, GOON TOMORROW

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head.
I'll give you three chances,
And if you don't behave
I'll turn you into a goon!"

The next day:

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head.
I'll give you two more chances,
And if you don't behave
I'll turn you into a goon!"

The next day:

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head.
I'll give you one more chance,
And if you don't behave
I'll turn you into a goon!"

The next day:

Little Bunny Foo Foo,
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And boppin' 'em on the head.
I gave you three chances
And you didn't behave
Now you're a goon! POOF!!"

三毛的启示

爸爸无意中找出“三毛从军记”的漫画，我俩轮流讲给珂珂听, 现在又从网上找到“三毛流浪记”的片段故事。从一开始偏重好笑的情节，到后来教育她不浪费粮食，小丫头都接受得特快！小丫头虽胆小善良，但一点不缺少喜欢整蛊人，看人被整蛊的调皮细胞：-) 无论是电视还是书，凡看到这种情节，是特别开心，大笑不已。自然对三毛苦中有乐的生活独有情中!

这不，告诉她像三毛，还有许多人没饭吃，没新衣服穿，被人欺负，她现在的生活多幸福，她还真的记住了。吃饭时，但凡告诉她不要剩饭，不要挑食，她会尽量吃完，或试一试本来不喜欢的食物。或许最近比较懂事，帮我们做家务，也与这有关？ 也许这就是人之初，性本善，可教也吧? 没想到我们小时候的连环画，不是完全不能适用她这一辈人:-)

不一样就是不一样

最近几周珂珂没学滑旱冰，因为新鲜感过了，我猜更主要是怕摔跤，没成功感。今天碰巧看到对门邻居小女孩也在学滑旱冰 - 可是同样是学，同样年龄，学的“待遇”可就完全不同了！

Kennedy 大珂珂不到一岁，说话时特能气，跑得快, 性格外向。 听她妈妈说，她已经参加soccer team 很久了，十分喜欢体育运动. (或许像她妈妈，她妈妈看上去性格也是心直口快，大大咧咧)。 这不，Kennedy 要学滑冰，十有八九是看见珂珂玩，心痒痒了。穿上旱冰鞋，短衣短裤，在家门前的马路上玩上了。 完全不会，怎么办？没问题，她妈妈抱着小妹妹(还不会走呢) 站在家门前的walkway上大声提醒她如何做，Kennedy 自己踉踉跄跄地，一步三打滚地在路上滑。我站在家里还能听见她大声叫，因为听不清楚说什么，不知她是跟妈妈说如何滑呢，还是害怕而尖叫。几次见她摔倒，一次又一次的试着站起来，有一次更是连滚代爬地上了草地，才终于站起来。总之我看得心惊胆战，是又佩服又担心！ 而她妈妈若无其事地看着，聊着。邻居做garden work 的另一个妈妈也是看着，一点不担心。

想珂珂第一次学时，全副武装，胳膊漆盖带上护器，在车库里，爸爸手牵手带着滑，教她要领，生怕摔了。 是我们太娇她了，还是她太娇自己了，还是她胆子比Kennedy小太多，还是我们比较注意安全，还是东西方父母的教育方式和态度就是不一样？！

总之每一天，从许多带珂珂教珂珂的点点滴滴小事中，我也在了解琢磨到底这里教育长大的孩子和中国长大的孩子会不同在哪里？东西方教育方式的不同给珂珂这样的ABC有什么样的影响？而我，同时也在重新回味一个童年，学习她童年中我没经历过的事情...

Spring is here!

Spring is finally here! I can smell it, I can see it, and I enjoy it so much!

Yesterday after school, we stopped by our community park for a while, we had so much fun, swing high, slide fast, yeah! We even caught a ladybug home. And you see it...

We went back to the park again this morning. There were lots of kids there on Saturday morning, playing soccer and baseball. I enjoyed everything I had seen and heard - kids laughing, screaming, running, climbing up and down and arguing; daddies and mommies chatting, cooking, coaching, or just sitting on the bench watching kids running around. Such a sweet and lively picture!

未来的网路人气妹妹 :-)

看我自己的照相水平如何？

昨天整理照片簿时发现这张，不知丫头什么时候偷偷自拍的。 既然如此，暂且用来
做她的楼顶 ：-)

First sip of alchohol

Last night Kaitlyn had her first sip of alcohol - mixed margaritas daddy made. You can tell what kind of parents we are:-)

I can tell from her eyes she was excited and nervous before she tried it, then she said it tasted good! She sneaked back to the table took another sip after dinner (I'm glad at least she told me, not when she passed out:) I know the reason she liked it was because daddy made it really light so grandpa/grandma can drink it. She pretty much tasted lemon flavor ice water, ha-ha!

I know she has been curious about the "adult permitted only" drinks for a while. One time, two teenage girls came to our house for dinner, she overheard them talked about how kids can't drink alcohol, but they'd like to try it. Their conversion left in her mind and she told me afterwards that alcohol is bad for kids, like making sure I know about it! We let her smelt wine and beer before, she said "yucky".

Now she know alcohol is not a "monster" or scary stuff, what's next? Ummm...

Happy Valentine's Day!

My friend sent me this, it's really cute, would like to share with you - Happy Valentine's Day!

Of couse Kaitlyn had many valentine's gift from school friends - candy, candy, and candy... some of my favorite stuff are - one girl baked heard-shaped cookie for everyone, one girl make a picture velentine's card of herself. It's so cute!

The Star Spangled Banner

I'm so proud of my little girl singing so well of the national anthem! - If you pay close attention, she even change her pace to stay in tune with the music :-)

这的确要归功爸爸！
自从听了“Barbie” (I don't know why she called Mariah Carey "barbie" , and loves her singing) 唱过后，她和爸爸就迷上了 Mariah Carey。

听女儿唱的有板有眼，真是发自内心地替她自豪！

Happy Lunar Chinese Year!

It's amazing to watch these kids performing lion dance. I have seen more traditional street performance of lion dance and dragon dance here in the United States than when I was little back in China! It's so much fun!

It's pity my generation lost lots of fun with traditional culture/custom as a result of culture revolution.

I'm especially pround of these kids. They're all so young, at most high school age, did an extremely well performance!