Kate’s antics

Friday:
Kate wanted to eat the bikkie her Daddy was having. She went to where he was sitting at the computer desk and asked for one. After that, she asked for more, but Daddy wasn’t at the table anymore so Mommy walked over to the table and took one out of the packet for her. Then, when she finished and asked for a 3rd one, both of us said “no more” and continued sitting on the couch. Our little gal walked to the table and in no time came back all smiles with a bikkie on her hand. LOL

Saturday:
Finished bathing Kate and was waiting for her to get out of the tub. She kicks up a fuss if she is carried out when she still wants to linger in there. I’ve drained all the water and she is just sitting in there playing with the face washer. Then all of a sudden, there was silence and she did not move. I thought ” oh dear, is she going to poo” and seconds later, our little fren said “poo poo” and yes when I looked into the tub, there it was was. My response: “Dear, I need your help!” Was I glad Ken was at home .. haha. He cleaned the tub while I washed her bum again .. haha

Sunday:
Kate was sitting at the breakfast table having a muffin while watching a DVD – Miffy’s Dream. When one episode ended, she told me “mo more” and pointed to the bench asking me to change disc. I told her, wait, the next episode is coming up, and when it did, she burst out in gleeful laughter – so exaggerated but so funny. Hee. When she finished her banana muffin, she asked for more by giving me her bowl, asking me to put more in there. Hehe

God cares and He knows what you need

Indeed, God cares.

Thankl you dear family and friends who prayed for my speedy recovery from the dreaded flu. I somehow caught a flu virus last weekend and it finally wrecked me on Wednesday. Came back from work and just crashed. Thank God for a speedy recovery and thank Ken and Kate for being sooo good on wednesday night so that I could get the rest I needed. Ken looked after Kate, Kate fed herself dinner, Ken helped me bath Kate and Ken tucked Kate into bed while I snoozed in our own bed at 9pm … a wonderful luxury! Kate slept in on Thursday giving me the much needed rest and was pretty good the rest of the day. God knows what I can handle and he blessed me with a wonderful child yesterday. Not that she is not wonderful, she was kinda played on her own most of the time so I could rest.

I am feeling much much better today and God made the day even better by bringing the sunshine to Melbourne. Seeing the sun just somehow makes it all ok : ) Kate is a little more challenging today – as though she knows that Mommy is getting better so I can be cheeky. Hmmz.

I’m just waiting for my taste buds to start working again so I can enjoy my food. Everything tastes bland at the moment .. bleah ..

Kate has been saying “nice” and “thanks” – how cool is that? I didn’t think she would be able to pronounce anything with an “s”, but she’s doing pretty well I’d have to say. And this gal’s got rhythm, she moves to catchy tunes .. hehe. She’s sitting on her little sofa in the hall eating her raisins and watching a cooking program .. like a little adult .. haha

We have a little mop in the house and Kate would take that out occasionally from the laundry room and start mopping the floor. Manages the mop quite well she does. She’s not really mopping lah .. just play play only … as if we would make her do housework at this age. She sees what we do around the house and just follows lor .. takes her towel and wipes the table, chair, floor, etc ..

take care all

I am trying to draw

When I went to pick Kate up from childcare earlier in the evening, her carer told me that my Little Lady has been trying to draw something in the last couple of minutes. Well, she kept dropping the huge colour pencils and by the time she picked them up, the paper rolled off the table. So, she spent most of her time going round the table and picking things up .. hee

Then, when she saw me and knew it was time to go off, she put the pencils back into the box instead of just leaving them and running to me. How good is that? We are so blessed with this little darling!!!!!!

Where do I start?

there have been so many occasions where I tell myself “I need to update my blog” and get distracted by other things like housework, spending time with Kate, putting her to bed which can take more than an hour at times, and a whole heap of other stuff. A day or 2 passes and I tell myself I need to blog about all those things that happened, and then something else needs to be attended to and blogging gets de-prioritised again. And by then, several weeks have passed and being someone who enjoys chronological order, I stress about how to blog about all the things that happened over the last couple of weeks. Aiyah, too hard. Don’t blog.

So, this is what I have decided to do. Forget about chronological order. Just blog when you can. Mini updates better than no updates .. haha

Here goes:

Kate is soooooo adorable and cheeky. Dunno whether to be upset or just smile at her when she smiles at you after being cheeky.

She wants to feed herself and I usually encourage it except on days when we are in a rush, or if she has bathed, or we are out. She throws a tanty and pushes the bowl away if I try and feed her and we end up with an upset bubba and momma. The other day, she insisted on feeding herself lunch (porridge) and yes she got it on her face, in her hair, on her high chair, the table and the floor. Some almost ended up on my hair.

Kate surprised Ken and I by saying “bubbles” a couple of mornings ago when she gave her rice bubbles. I did not teach her that coz we usually do not serve rice bubbles at home (weetbix or toast is what we have) but childcare does give her rice bubbles for brekkie. Very good pronunciation I would add. She calls banana “nana” and says “ah-ple” occasionally.

Oh, and her kisses are sooooo heartwarming. She snuggles up to you, kisses you gently on your cheeks and finishes it off by saying “muah” … awwwww

I think she misses us. Clings to me when she gets home from childcare.

she’s gonna have mommy for the next 4 days .. whee .. mommy should be cleaning the house now while Kate is asleep but it is so cold she just feels like hibernating. Maybe Mommy will go and have an early night so she can wake up early tomorrow morning to clean while Kate is still asleep. Maybe sunlight will motivate me to clean .. I hope.

goodnite for now

Happy Mothers Day

To all our wonderful Mums, Grandmas, Godma and Aunties,

Thank you so much for blessing us with your words, actions and thoughts!
We would like to take this opportunity to honour all of you
for the sacrifices you made, for the choices you made,
for the examples you have set for us, for the happy homes you made for us,
for the advice you have given us.

Thank you for making that choice to bring us into this world, so that we can in turn
be wonderful parents, uncles and aunts to our children and nieces and nephews

May our Lord Jesus bless all of you with divine health, joy and peace and may you experience His love and His miracles all the days of your lives.

Happy Mothers Day!!

We love all of you very very much ……

Ken, Eve, Kate

Saying HELLO to a doggy

We were at Aunty Serena’s house a couple of nights ago when Jonathan and Winsome came to visit with their 2 dogs (Muffin and Spencer). Good-looking dogs they are!

It might have been the second time Kate was up close and personal to a dog and she tried to pat Spencer. Good effort on her part. She was sitting on the couch eating grapes and Spencer was at a distance looking at her when she waved and said HELLO to him, with a great big smile on her face. So cute.

She started saying DOG DOG DOG while I was putting her in the car … clever girl

Two nights ago, she figured out how to remove the handles from her little bicycle (Ye Ye and Nai Nai, the pusher-convertor toy you got her). Boy, was she intrigued by it. Spent a long time taking them out, inspecting them and putting them back. What a little engineer!!!! Kenneth was commenting on her look of concentration, and when he said “look at her eyes”, she turned around and winked at him .. haha .. cheeky!!!!!

We are particiapting in our church’s baby dedication this sunday. Please pray along with us for wisdom to parent Kate and for wonderful blessings upon her life as we dedicate her to our Lord Jesus!

Eeeeek

Mom was getting ready to bath me in the morning when she saw what she thought was a black fluff on the carpet. She bent down to pick it up and then proceeded to let out this loud “arghhhhhhh” and started flinging her hands around while jumping up and down. I saw what happened and started screaming too … and then I started laughing because I realised how ridiculous mom looked … LOL

I laughed all the way to the ensuite bathroom where mom was washing her hands and she too burst out into laughter when she saw me laughing. Altho I can’t speak yet, I can share a funny moment with my mom

classic mother and daughter moment .. haha

oh, I forgot to tell yoou what she tried to pick up … not poo .. silly … an insect of some kind … mom is not very good with insects .. hehe

love ya all …
baby Kate

Song & Dance

I do these actions to thse songs and rhymes. Remember to sing them with me next time we meet.

Twinkle Little Star
I open and shut my hands
I say “STAR” at the end of the 1st sentence

If you’re happy
I clap, stamp my feet, tap my head, turn around

This Little Piggy Went to the Market
I point to my toes
ask for more when mom has finished singing it
she usually has to sing approx 3 times at each setting … I love it

Jesus Loves me this I know
I hug you and pat pat you on the shoulder

I’m a little teapot
I tilt my head and my body like a teapot

there are more songs that I like .. shall update more next time

love you all .. hugs and kisses

What do I get up to at home – says Kate

This is my routine on Thursdays and Fridays (if I at home with Mom)

wake up
have breakfast
watch ABC Kids + play with toys
morning nap
bath
lunch
afternoon nap
play
dinner with dad and mom
play (with dad)
drink milk
sleep
* we might head out to the mall for a couple of hours – sometimes we stay at home coz Mom has so much work to do.

I have grown quite tall, and is able to reach a lot of things. I tend to accompany Mom when she is in the kitchen, I like that time and I think she does too even though she tries to get me out of the kitchen most of the time as it can be dangerous there.  Dad & Mom went to Bunnings to get heaps of safety locks to prevent me from opening  cabinets in the kitchen but I can still open some of them as they have yet to find a lock that works on that type of cabinet/drawer .. haha.

If I get my hands on my face washer (which mom uses to clean my face after my meals), I use it to wipe the table and floor. Clever right? That also brings a smile to my parents’ face … no need to teach this one houseork .. automatic one is what they are thinking

Sometimes if the laundry room door is open, I get in there and pull out the mop and help mom mop the floor. That never fails to amuse her too. A small baby holding such a large mop .. haha. Ever since dad showed me how he poured uncooked rice into the rice bin, I have been trying to open the lid and run the grains through my fingers. All these led to the laundry room door being shut – all the time when I am in the kitchen .. hmmz .. play elsewhere

Bathroom doors are shut too coz I love going in there and playing with the toilet rolls .. I made a beautiful wraparound dress out of it a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who have been to my house, remember the brown towel holder in my bathroom, mom can’t hang my towels there to dry anymore coz I can reach them. I grab them and throw them on the floor .. kekeke

I simply enjoy pulling things out of bags, baskets, drawers, etc .. drives dad and mom insane but I love it. I do help to put them back sometimes

gotta go .. shall update another time

love you all .. hugs and kisses

I love playing with older kids

Yes my baby loves hanging out with older kids. I drop her off at childcare in the Babies Room, but pick her up at the Toddlers’ Room after work where she spent the majority of the day. The carers believe she is bored in the babies room with some of her peers and the babies, and needs the stimulation she gets by interacting with the older toddlers (2 and 3 year olds). The feedback we receive:-

“oh, Kate is such an independent girl”
“Kate had a good day today playing with the toddlers. She had lunch with them at their table and even fell asleep on the mattress with them – instead of her cot in the babies room”
“She is a very bright girl. Obviously needs the stimulation in toddlers room. She participates in their activities and loves it”
“Kate bounced a ball off the wall and caught it again. Then, she read a book”
“Kate is so adorable. I carry her around for cuddles while I walk around the centre doing my chores”
“Bye Kate .. oh, you are a darling”
“Good morning Kate, come let me give you a cuddle”
“Kate is so cute today. She accompanied the kids to the door and waved goodbye to them when their parents came to pick them up”
“See you tomorrow Kate, tata, aww you are a good girl”

Kate’s doing very well at childcare, the carers love her and she gets to play outdoors (which she loves). Thank God for protecting her against any illnesses or accidents. Thank you Lord!