the funny baby

This is a first for her. The first book that she read almost by herself except for the words sometimes, away, & down. Look at you, you read it almost by yourself! She got upset when I said this. What's the matter are you not happy that you read this by yourself? I asked. I still want you and daddy to read me a book. she replied. Silly girl, of course we'll still read you a book.

pancit sandwich

We had pancit canton for dinner tonight and I asked her if she wanted bread with her pancit.

Pancit sandwich! I remember having pancit sandwich in the Philippines. When P and P's girlfriend took me to a picnic, we had pancit sandwich. We had a picnic in a building. It has a playground and 2 parrots. One was green and the other was white. Mommy, I miss the Philippines. Can we go back?

7 AM

I have a new incentive to wake Megan up. A kid's TV show. It's called Hi-5. I think it's an Australian show. It starts around 7 AM, still couldn't figure out just exactly what time it starts, so now Meg wakes up with me so she won't miss the beginning of the show. Every week they have a different song to start and end the show.

Last week, it was something like How much do I love you/ As far as I can see. This week's song is I'm feeling fine/ I'm feeling fine today/ The sun is shining and I'm feeling fine. I guess, it really is an Australian show since the sun hasn't shone this week here in UK.

So, I use the cell phone as an alarm. A couple of days ago, Meg woke up with me when the alarm went off. That night, Meg asked me,

Mommy, can the phone wake us up again tomorrow?

Oh, you mean the alarm?

Yeah, can it wake us up tomorrow.

Sure. Why, did you wake up when my alarm went off?

No, it woke me up when it went on.

Funny girl. But, it makes sense though. So, why do we say the alarm went off, when it actually went on?

the weekend

It was surprisingly great.

Friday was the field trip to the zoo, "It's almost like a day off, mommy." And although it was rainy, the girls, Maya, Erin, Megan, and Madison had a whole bunch of fun. We saw all kinds of owls and monkeys, seals and penguins.

Then, we rode the zebra train around the zoo and saw more animals, tiger, llama, camels, cheetah and a lot more. One would go, "Look, ducks!" and everybody else would go, "Ducks! Ducks!"

It was time for the birds of prey show. Ms. D, asked us chaperones not to miss this as they have been studying the birds. On the show was, a gray owl, a falcon, and an american bald eagle. It was cool how they let the birds fly just inches over our heads.

Last stop, the farm barn. Here they can feed and pet the goats. Being the little girls that they are, everybody went to the kids and started picking them up. Megan wanted to pick one up but she doesn't know how to. Maya showed her how but the goat just kept wriggling.

We got back to the base and went to the police week show. She had her face painted, fingers printed and picture taken. They had a K9 unit demo, that was awesome. I miss Chewbacca.

On to her school's Art Show. We got her yearbook, too. The picture is taken in front of her class' display. Hers is the first one on the second row from the bottom.

And that was Friday. Saturday was karate, after which we went to go watch "Ice Princess". Then, Sunday, we watched "Star Wars".

That should make up for all the days I haven't posted here. Also, clicking on the thumbnails will take you to a bigger photo.

field trip

Megan is so "incited".

Tomorrow is the field trip to the zoo and I volunteered as a chaperone. Her first field trip, the forest, I didn't volunteer and she came home upset because she didn't have a parent with her. I have every intention to volunteer for the 2nd one, Beauty and the Beast Pantomime, but it slipped my mind and by the time I remembered it was too late. I promised her the next one, I would. But it was to the farm, it wasn't something that I really want to go. But Ms. D said I can go to the next one, which is the zoo and tomorrow is the day.

pause

On Monday evenings, after her ballet class, we would go to the foodcourt and have dinner. Our choices are slim, Burger King, Taco Bell, Anthony's Pizza, and Robin Hood's Deli. For dessert, we have Cinnabon and Baskin Robbins. I know, very unhealthy. Wait, I got sidetracked, I didn't want to write about food.

In one corner of the foodcourt is the play area. She would then ask to play after dinner.

Mommy, can I play?

10 minutes.

11 minutes. Pleeaasssee...

OK, 11 then.

I don't think she has a concept of time just yet but she does know that 11 is more than 10. So, she was playing there and after a few minutes, she came back.

Can I pause the timer for just a minute?

What?

The timer can I pause it for a minute.

I burst out laughing when I figured out what she meant.

Silly Meggy!

a bad day

How was your day?

Not good.

What happened?

Everything went wrong?

What went wrong?

Everything.

Give me an example.

We went to art class too early and I played too much. Everything just went wrong.

I guess little kids can have bad days.

Change topic, last night while eating dinner,

Me: Gar, remind me later about spring fling.

G: What spring fling?

Me: Later, I dont want the l-i-l g-i-r-l to get any ideas?

G: Little girl?

Meg: little has two t's...

I guess pretty soon, spelling words will not work anymore.

bad dream

Mommy, I had a bad dream. I dreamt I have to do two challenges. One for my pretend sister, I have to find a guy who turns into the letter "A".

And what was the other one?

I have to get all the crowns from the bunnies and put them in the bag.

And did you do it? Did you get the crowns?

Yes.

What about the guy?

NO, I couldn't find the letter guy.

... and she started sobbing.

may fair bazaar

Over the weekend was the annual may fair bazaar. Meg loves this not because of the however many vendors but because of the carnival. Unlike me, she loves the rides. There was one ride that she wanted to ride, unfortunately for her, there was no way that I was going to ride it. She suggested that she'll go alone. In my mind, it was not just safe for her to go on that one alone. She ended up riding the mini ferris wheel and the tea cup.

Then, she wanted a balloon. The balloon lady was there. She asked for a crown. And the lady was nice enough to make a scepter to go with the crown. After that, she finally agreed to see the vendors. Nothing much really, most of it were knick-knacks that I vowed not to buy. Then, she saw her favorite vendor. They sell old-fashioned wooden toys and what-not. She bought a wiggly.

pulling tooth

Last Sunday, while hanging out in the truck, Meg was playing with her loose tooth.

Look, mom! Her tooth was so loose, that she can move it around using her tongue.

Just pull it out, Meg.

But, it hurts.

Yes, it will hurt a little bit but after that it won't. Plus, maybe the tooth fairy will come visit again, they you'll have money again.

Like this? She slowly pulled her tooth, and it started coming out. But, it really hurts.

Look in the mirror, it's just hanging there. Just one more pull.

She pulled on it again, and now she's "pangag".

Land Rover Show

Over the weekend, we went to the land rover show. I didn't want to go, but since we practice democracy in our household, we went. Meg wanted to go since Dad bribed her. He said that she can get a new land rover at the show. Of course, once she got her toy she wanted to go home.

Mommy, why does Daddy take so long?

You take longer when you're in the toy aisle. This is Daddy's toy so just let him spend some time on it, OK?

OK.

Also, they had a working replica in the show and you can ride it around a track, Meg wanted to drive it. They even built a little wooden bridge. I thought I took a picture of her driving it but I had the camera set to movie and so it took a clip instead of a pic.