Vivana's birthday

Last Saturday, Valerie's another gang member, Vivana, turned two. Vivana had her birthday party in MacDonald, Royal Oak. Val went with Benedict. I had a workshop to attend....sob.....sob.........

According to Benedict, Valerie is such a loser in eating. All the kids finished their Happy Meals and she is not even finishing her first piece of nuggets.....sigh~~~~~

I think due to too many birthdays recently, she's now into the Happy Birthday song. Man.....I have never sung Happy Birthday songs so many times in one day. She has problem in pronouncing Birthday.....when she sings, she sings: Happy.....(pause)....to you.....

If she wants me to sing, she would say: Happy to you, mummy.......and she found out the part where we can change the name. She would say: my turn. Daddy turn. Adela turn. Sophie turn etc........Then I have to sing over and over again. I hate this song sooooooooooo much!!! heheheheheh.......

One of her favourite songs is Old MacDonald Had a Farm. She thought they are the same. Now, whenever we passed MacDonald, she will yell out : Old Macdonald Farm........ehhehehhe.............

Sophie's birthday

Yesterday, we were invited to Sophie's birthday. Sophie is one of Valerie's gang in daycare! Her parents rent a small hall and invited a group of friends. We met Adela and her family, Tiffany and her mum, Vivana and her parents etc.

Sophie's mum baked her a cake with butterflies on it. The had rent some toys and had the bubbles machine on. There is a playground outside the hall. And the weather was superb.

Each kids received a bag of goodies and balloons when they left. The goodies bag include a caterpillar story book, crayons, bubbles, chocolates, play-doh, lollies, chppies etc. Valerie loves the story book and made me read to her over and over again. :)

Food

Valerie does not really like eating. We have problems getting her having her meals. However, every morning, she will definitely join Benedict for breakfast. That bowl of cereals actually belonged to Benedict. She just want few sips with her special spoon only. That's the only time she will prefer Benedict over me. If I want to carry her in the morning, she will yell and say: No, Mummy!

Well, we taught her calling us in papa and mama. But now, she follows all her friends, calling us mummy and daddy.

The thing that she holds in her hand is made up of flour and no taste, totally plain. It melts in her mouth, that's why all the kids love it. She tried it when she attended the Sunday School in church. There is a boy named : Xiao Bao. He likes Valerie a lot. His mum is always very 'xi xin' and always pack him a snack box. He always gives Chee Chee some during the class. From there, Valerie calls that snack : Xiao Bao. ehheheh.......

I've always taught her to call him 'Xiao Bao Ko Ko'. She said that initially and later, she became very lazy and created a shortcut herself called : Xiao Ko (sounds like small dog). Feel so 'pai sei' when she said that in front of the friends. =P

Blue Day

Today, the daycare is having a Blue Day. All the kids will be dressed up in blue. It is a way to teach them colour. Last week is Red week. Valerie had such a good sleep last night, and of course, her mood this morning is very good.

I dressed her up in blue and she was thrilled with the belt. She loved it. When I asked her if she wants a clip on her hair to make her looks prettier, she said: 'Yao'. I just hope that she comes back in blue instead of other colours.

Once, I picked her up from the daycare. Before entering the daycare, I saw her friend coming out and the clothes were in blue. Her mum shook her head and said: More washing today. I laughed. When I saw Valerie, I nearly fainted! She was in purple. At least for her friend, it's only clothing, she got it on her clothes, face, hands, feet, tummy........The teacher told me: She loves painting. I replied: I can see that.

Trip to Kiwi Valley

We went to Kiwi Valley in West Auckland 2 weeks ago with Adela's family. Adela is Valerie's close friend in daycare and she has a gorgeous sister named Amanda. We had lunch in a Malaysian restaurant and the food is so so only.

The kids enjoyed the trip. They saw all the farm animals, like cows, rabbits, pigs, horses, sheeps, goats, donkey, ostrich etc. Amanda is the bravest among the 3 kids. She is brave enough to feed the animals. [Shame to say, I'm afraid of those animals....heheheh] She even went on the horse rides with her mum and dad.

Adela and Valerie just enjoyed looking at them. At least Adela has tried to feed them. Valerie just won't let me go the minute I told to go and feed the animals. She told me: pa pa (afraid). Both of them had quite a bit of the snacks.

In the Kiwi Valley, there is a maze. We walked in and took us some times to find our way out. But everyone had a great day.

Baby Amber's Full Month Dinner

We were invited by our friends, Jasmine and Kevin to attend their new borned baby girl, Amber's full month dinner. Baby Amber is such a good girl, she slept through the whole dinner! Everyone tried to wake her up but without any success! Then, she decided that she had enough slept and woke up to play right after the dinner finished. hehehe........hopefully she did go back to sleep. Poor parents, but at least they had a quiet dinner. =)

Valerie, as usual, cannot sit still!!!!! Everytime she met someone new, she acts like a Koala Bear. She clinged on me for half an hour, to show how 'obedient' she is. I personally think she used that half an hour to make her plan. Then she decided to make a tour in the restaurant......with me or Benedict. People in the restaurant must be thinking there is something wrong with this family. ehheh.......

But the food was yummy and Val had 2 eggs that night (her favourite).