Jae the Spoominator

Eees Dis?

Jae pointed Grandma's watch in the car and asked, "eees dis?". What's this she meant.

"This is a watch," mummy said.

"watch!"

Jae has been parroting what we say more and more. Another funny situation in the car. Mummy remembered she left something back at the house:

"Shit!" mummy slapped the wheel.

"Sit!" the little one echo immediately.

Both of us laughed.

Magic by Geraldine

Kawaii Jae

I love this picture very much. The messy and mischevious look but still looks cute.

She looks like some Japanese cartoon charactor.

Nobody but you - Jae & Geraldine

今天我们学华语。

"眼睛， 鼻子，耳朵，嘴巴...."

"No!....no!...shtop...shtop!" Jae was trying to stop mommy from speaking with one hand in mommy's face.

"Shtop!"

It was a funny sight. We were very surprised by her reaction because we learned she has chinese lessons everyday.

The world through Jae's eyes

The world must be a really fun place to Jae. Every obstacle ahead is a potential jumping board. There's always a hand nearby to grab on when she loses her footing. Insects, no matter how big or black they are, seems like toys that are worth chasing. Slides are for climbing. Couches are for jumping off. Beyond chairs there are always tables. On tables there are always some kind of food yet to be tasted.

No worries. Just start screaming and someone will come give her what she wants.

To Jae, life is a bliss.

The Snackinator

Another quality that is beginning to manifest itself is Jae's ability to stomach a whole box of cookies or sweet junk food right after her meals. It's like she knows dessert is part of the menu. And she knows where to get them; the grey cabinet in the kitchen that has limitless amount of cold things inside.

And she knows which of her parent has a softer heart and will have a higher chance of helping her open the fridge door. I kept a tray of jellos and cookies just at her height so that she can pick anything she likes. Normally one isn't enough and she would pull me to the fridge again when she stuff everything into her mouth.

I've started to introduce her to ice creams and boy she loves them so much. We just don't really know which flavors she prefers. It seems like anything, as long as it's sweet and tasty, is good with her.

Her useful vocabs to get her snacks? "Prezz", "Ahh skimz", "Yes", "cold", "yay" and "more".

The Dah-Dah-Lah-Lah Song

It's just amusing to see your little kid invent a song on her own and jiggle to the beat. Right now I'm not sure if it's inspired by one of the Barney songs or it's actually one of the songs she's trying to sing. But whenever the little one gets into the singing mood we'll keep quiet and listen, exchanging smiles and looks between ourselves.

Strange Bruises

Jae's been getting strange bruises and scratches all round her legs recently. I have to assume they are the direct result of our daughter's fun-loving, never-say-quit-until-I-climb-to-the-top-of-this-strange-structure attitude. But if it's some odd corners at the center that is giving her the boo boos they should be doing something about it.

It looks like she's got a bad twist at her left ankle today. The back of her ankle is swollen and she wouldn't let me touch it. She seems to be walking just fine so it's either she has a very high pain tolerance or I'm just looking too hard. But I'm quite sure there's something there. A huge mozzie bite or a swollen ankle.

I think I'll talk to the teachers when I send her down tomorrow.

The parrot

Jae's progressing very well in her linguistic and motor skills. She's starting to pick up words from us and sometimes even remembering them and the usage of those words. Earlier this morning when we were on the way to school, she was babbling about either Barney or biscuits when she said "finished" while doing the palm rotating movement. I was a little surprised by that. Usually she would say "no more" which is a combination of her basic words "no" and "more". I still can't remember where she pick up that word.

Her swimming skills are getting better despite of stopping Aquaduck for a few months now. We have been religiously bring her to the pool every week and practicing her swimming and diving. Now she's able to hold her breath for a good 2 sec and kick herself forward. The good thing is she's not afraid to try again even if she choked, which makes a lot a difference when we are trying to teach her a skill.

Right now, her life pretty much revolves around Barney, biscuits, school and sleep. She's loving Barney so much it's the first thing she demands every morning. And she doesn't care if she has watch that CD for the twenth time.

Her First Bag

A Little Growing Person

Jae's officially 18 months now. 1 and a half years old in other words. Suddenly I realize she's no longer just a cute little thing that smells nice and cuddles up our chest for a sleep. She's now a little person, with distinct personality and preferences.

Unfortunately Jae got my temperament - which I got from my dad - and her mum's stubbornness - which she got from her dad too. That makes her a very nasty stubborn kid whenever she wants something. Fortunately she also got the mischieve gene from both of us so although it's tiring looking after her, she never fails to give us a laugh with one of her many tricks.

I'm still thinking of a way to make her learn to channel her temperament into something useful. My dad didn't teach me that so I'll have to figure it out. In the meantime we just have to manage her.