Not worth it

I saw some cute mooncake cookies and thought the girls would like them. Chose the cutest, a panda, first. Went through the rest and finally selected a butterfly as JE generally likes girly things. I was feeling good anticipating my happy girls.

Reached home and distributed the mooncakes.

JE? Loved the butterfly.

Mummy, you picked butterfly for me because you know I like?

SE?

SE: Got more butterfai?

Oh-oh.

SE: The butterfai ih a GIRL. Thih panda ih a BOYYY.

Oh-oh.

She dropped her panda to the floor. (WHAT!)
Then went bawling to Papa... "Mummy naughty! Mummy naughty!! WaaAAA!" (WHAAAAT!)

And steadfastly refused a SINGLE bite of that mooncake.

For all my effort, well-meaning intentions and not to mention money spent, I got:

1.  One angry small girl
2.  Panda thrown onto the floor
3.  Panda thrown at me (Ya that was naughty, but I was too amused to reprimand her. Also she was pretty upset)
4.  Complained about to hubby
5.  One panda mooncake to eat all by myself (OK this part wasn't too bad!)

I like thih one. Not the panda. Coh ih a BOYY

(I like this one, not the panda. Coz that's a BOY)

A deed totally NOT worth it.

Lego again

And my Lego hobby continues! (And grows... hehe)

The kids have an extended rabbit Duplo set.  They like to mess around with my stuff though.  I used to try blocking SE from my Lego but her little hands are so quick at grabbing that I gave up trying, What's not to like right, these bright hardy bricks that encourage creativity and fun?

Thih one Mummy Lego. But I can pray

(This one Mummy's Lego, but I can play)

They've spent hours on this particular one.  It's sitting permanently on the table and they fiddle with it all the time, mixing and matching minifigure parts and moving everything all around.

Don't di-turb, I building Lego

Of course, sharing my hobby with the kids has its surprises.  That yellow car, if you open the bonnet, you will see the engine... EH! How come got a pie and mug there??

Built-in picnic! Hehehe

No I don't know about the picnic. Nor the part that just fell off

Now that the inner child in me is awakened, coupled with the spending power of an adult... Mwahahaha.  Ok ok I AM trying to keep my Lego spend down. Going to limit to the things I really like.  And those that are selling for very good price hehehe.

My mummy bought all this Lego... *smacks head*

No point crying

My big girl... is not so big yet after all. She'd been requesting to go to the DVD shop for a while, and last weekend we agreed to make the trip.  Kiddo was so happy!  Reached the shop after half an hour only to find it closed.  Poor kiddo cried most of the way back.

I tried to reason with her that there's no point crying, it won't change anything, sometimes things don't work out etc.  That didn't help.

Waaaaaaa

*sobs*

WaaaaaAAAAA

Another recent incident:  She couldn't find her doggy when it was time to leave my parents' place. That doggy travels daily there so she could nap with it, and travels back home for the night.  Quite a few times the small dog was nowhere to be seen when it was time to go.  My parents, my previous maids, hubby, myself, other adults who happen to be around - all have accumulated considerable time looking for this doggy!  Sometimes it will be found, sometimes not.  This time it stayed firmly hidden and I was treated to the very real grief of a 5yo the whole 40-min journey home.

"Waaaaahhhh Doggy Dog-ggeeeeee DOG-GGEEEEEE.......
I want my dog-geeee.
I want, *sob* I want my dog-gee
My doggy is so nice, *sob* the ears are so nice, *sob* I rub the ears when I sleep.... 
Waaaaahhhhh."

I was torn between feeling very sorry for her and being very amused at this outpouring of emotions over a small toy dog!

I have my doggy and all's right with the world

Guess she's just a little girl after all!

Someone's in the loo

This is how you know JE is doing her big business.

See?  The boss is inside.

This happens for big business only.  Pants will remain on her legs for small business.

Stroller cycle

Arrgh won't she make up her mind??  We go through this cycle...

I don't want to be in this stroller!

It's cramping my style!

I want to WALK. Now.

Then, a very short while later...

Ooh I'm so tired having to walk

Pao-pao! (Meaning: Carry me!)

Eventually she gets put in the stroller again and the whole cycle repeats.

Tomato garden

Ta-dahhh... tomato garden grown from the seeds of just a couple of baby tomatoes.

Mummy says I can shoot these with my water gun

One baby tomato to eat!

The harvest is not bountiful.  But it's nice to see plants grow, then flowers appear, then baby fruit, then the fruit turning colour.

Age of innocence

... at least I hope the following incidents were completely out of innocence! When we stopped at a traffic light recently, SE waved at the guy in the car next door.  Of course he waved back - most people do respond to young kids. Then JE waved at him too.  Following conversation ensued:

SE:  He like me!
JE:  No, he likes ME!
SE:  No! ME!

Oh dear.  I really, REALLY hope these two won't ever fight over a guy.


When we went for dinner last week, JE developed a liking for a young foreigner doing odd jobs around the shop.  She waved to him so he waved back. And so it went on throughout dinner - wave-wave, smile-smile, giggle and cover mouth, wriggle fingers at him round the side of her chair and over the top.  Bad enough to have this 5yo busy "flirting" away.  Near the end of dinner, I suddenly noticed SE had stood up on her baby chair. AND HAD DROPPED HER PANTS. Back side, front side was well and truly exposed. Gaaaahhhh. Didn't check if she was directing the flashing at that young foreigner or she was just being cheeky in general. Quickly pulled up her pants. And decided it was time to leave.

I so do NOT want them to grow up too fast. But check out the posing:

Pout, pose

Arggh where did she learn to do that? Much prefer cute and innocent:

Bleh! Hehehe

The small one got into the action as usual:

Oh I'm so pretty!

Take a picture of my leg posing!

Hahaha. Now I'm back on comfort ground.