uly & luna

She likes cats.

Uly & Luna are cats in our neighborhood. They're not strays but they might as well be. Our walk home from the bus stop includes a stop at Luna's. Luna would come up to her and ask to be petted. Joey doesn't like this.

C'mon, Megan. Let's go.
Wait, Joey!
I'm not waiting for you so you can pet that stupid cat. Meeegaaan! Let's go.
OK. I'm coming. Bye, Luna.

The cat's name is not really Luna. I'm not sure if "Luna" is a girl. She got the name from Sailor Moon.

Uly, on the other hand, is really named Uly. He's Christian's cat. They live across the street. Uly would come over our house and poop in our backyard. Uly and Luna look alike. Unfortunately, I don't know what breed they are. They have long, dark brown & black, fluffy hair and they have squeeshed faces. (Hahaha! Does that help?) At first, I thought they were one and the same but Meg corrected me.

This is Luna, Mommy. See how her paws are white and she stands up when you pet her. Uly is bigger and he lays down when you pet him.

I see.

clean-up

8:15 pm
Meg, time to clean-up
I'm sorry toys, I have to put you away now.
Ooohhhh, can you play with us tomorrow?
We'll see.
Ask your mother...

school break

Her school break starts today. She was pretty surprised when I told her that she will have 6 days off from school. Unfortunately, we can't really go anywhere since Daddy is on a trip.

Mommy, why is Daddy working? I don't have school.
This is one of those days that Daddy still has to work even though you don't have school.
Why?

of candies, peaches, & puppies

A package from Aunt N came and Meg got Haribo (it's like gummi bears). She opened the fruit-flavored and proceeded to sample each flavor. She bit into one that was green and made this really sour face.

Mommy, this one tastes funny.

I just had to laugh, it reminded me of when she was a baby. I bought this peaches-flavored baby food and she made that same face, with a shiver at the end. HAHAHAHA!

Now, for the puppy part of the title.

What book did you borrow from the library?
I got "Biscuit".
Cool!
I got them for you Mommy cause you like puppies.
(Joey) I thought you don't like puppies?
Yeah, but my mommy likes puppies, so I got her this book.

She's so sweet.

Kaysa

Mommy, Kaysa is my pretend sister. And, she goes to a pretend school in a pretend bus.

Does she have a pretend teacher, too?

Yes.

And who is her pretend mommy?

She doesn't have a pretend mommy, she has a real mommy. You're her mommy. (hahaha)

So, where is her pretend bedroom in our house?

She doesn't have a pretend bedroom, she sleeps in the living room. (Poor Kaysa)

Well, what about the purple bedroom? Can't she have that as her bedroom?

Yeah, she can sleep in the purple bedroom. But, you know what Mommy? When she can't sleep, she sleeps with me.

Wait a minute, so, if she can't sleep, she sleeps with you. But, when you can't sleep, you sleep with me. So, who is Kaysa sleeping with?

*She thinks really hard* But, she won't be alone, she's sleeping with my toys.

fireworks

Where you guys at?
At the end of the road, we can see the bonfire from here.
Are you going?
Yeah, Meg wants to know if you're coming.
(background) Mommy, we can see the fireworks!!!
Dinner's not ready yet. You guys go ahead.

She's so sweet. So thoughtful.

to the dentist

she had a dental appointment yesterday to seal her molars and to fill one molar with a cavity. I know, she's too young to have a cavity, but oh, well. A little story that happened at the waiting room. There was another little girl, I think, she's about 3 or 4. They were playing together and this girl was just giggling so hard, I have no idea what they were talking about but it must be really funny.

Back to the procedure, she had laughing gas. It was a matter of making it as painless as possible so she won't be traumatized. Then, local anesthesia was applied around her molars and finally, she had general anesthesia on the one molar with the cavity. I can't believe how brave she was, she didn't even flinch when the general was administered.

It took about 45 minutes and she actually fell asleep. Hehehe. Snoring and all. Here's the thing though, it wasn't cavity. It was some kind of a fluke. I didn't really understood what the dentist was saying, all I cared about was it wasn't cavity. So, she's still cavity-free.

Asked the dentist about her 2 permanent teeth coming out. They're coming out crooked and behind her baby teeth. It looks like her jaw is too small for her permanent teeth so the scenarios are: 1. She's still growing so her jaw might adjust to compensate for her bigger permanent teeth, 2. When she loses more of her baby teeth some permanent teeth might not come out, 3. When she's older and 1 or 2 didn't happen, she might have to wear braces, =(.

Her 2 upper front teeth, they're loose. She might lose them in the next month or so. All I want for chrismas is my 2 front teeth.

lumpia-making

Her endless chatter as I was making lumpia (eggroll) yesterday:

mommy, what are you making?
what are you doing to the carrots?
why are you squeeshing them?
what's the vinegar for?
Oh, why do you need water?
why are you using water as glue?
can you teach me how to make lumpia when I'm older?
can i fold the lumpia like that?
how many lumpia do you have now?
when i grow up, who's going to be my daddy?
i mean, who's going to be the daddy of my daughter?
i told joey to meet me at church when we're older, but i don't think he's gonna come.
we'll fall in love, and get married, and have a baby.
mommy, is tomorrow school?
oh, right, i have 3 days off.
daddy doesn't have work when I don't have school.
why does daddy have to go to work tomorrow?
mommy, can i close the curtains?
why do you want to see the view?
what's a view?

and on and on it went, she even counted from 1 to 100.

spanish lessons

uno dos y tres
(mommy, y is and in spanish)

uno dos y tres
cuatro cinco seis
(what comes after seis?)

uno dos y tres
cuatro cinco seis
siete ocho nueve
i can count to diez

la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la la

prize

look, mommy! i won this.
wow! how did you do that?
we played bingo.
are you sure you played bingo?
yeah!
so, how do you play bingo?
whoever says all the letters fastest wins.
that's not how you play bingo.
yes, Ms. D said so...
can you show me how you won?
a,b,c,....z (really fast)
good job, honey.

another day at school

how was school today?
it was good, we had PE.
what did you do at PE?
we did bunny hops, like this, (hops like a bunny)
Oh, just like in gymnastics. What else?
We had a lot of centers today.
Which centers did you get?
Guess...
lemme think, housekeeping?
yeah...
and painting?
Art...
and computer?
yes... oh, guess what mommy, we have 4 centers now.
oh, yeah, what was your 4th center?
it's a new center, uhm, it's called house.

trick or treat

trick or treat
smell my feet
give me something good to eat

she went trick or treating and hahaha, she won't knock on doors with skeletons or anything scary, jack o'lanterns are fine, though. She did knock go in this one house with scary stuff since they were giving away glow-in-the-dark bracelets. After 30 minutes, she said she's tired and she wants to go home.

meg, next year can you be something else?
I'll be a ballerina next year.
What about something scary?
NOO!!! I want to be pretty.

happy halloween

baby cakes

Her first day in the new gymnastics class today and they were practicing a routine to the tune of baby cakes. She's the youngest in a class of 6. The other kids in the class are Alex, Rochelle, Kayla, Taylor & Samantha. I'll try to write the routine.

First, they're in a straddle position (sitting with legs wide apart) elbow on the floor, hands cupping their face while head swing(?) side to side. Then, to tuck position hands still cupping their face, from here they turn to their side, ala mermaid to their knees and stand up, turn 180 degrees and do a forward roll, turn another 180 degrees, walk 4 steps in tippy toes, then they do cartwheels one by one. When everybody has done cartwheels, side step, arms up like a star and a little booty shake (hehehe, this is so cute). Turn again, to straddle roll. Then a hand stand, walk to left side, then they do another cart wheel.

She has to practice her cartwheels & hand stand.

glenics bionics

we have a new game in computer center, mommy. It's called glenics bionics. She's a girl and she lost her kitty and puppy, and shoes & coat. And we help her find it.

First, she puts on her glasses so she can see very far. And then she puts on her shoes but they're big on her cause it's her mom's big flip flops. And then she goes outside and she finds her kitty and puts it in her purse. And then she finds her puppy and she puts it in her purse, too.

Then, we go inside and look for her coat. And she needs her umbrella because her coat doesn't have a hood. And then her kitty & puppy are stuck together, like this (puts hand together). Ms. D has a looooot of glenics bionics.

a foggy day

it's a foggy day, that's why you can't see it that's the light and that's a building with elevator (what's that B?) that's not a B, that's the elevator and this, this is my sister, marcheesa, and my other sister, lola and this is mommy and this is me and this is my brother, his name is, uhm, peak and this is my other brother he's still small and his name is peak2

sammy

this is a song about sammy
his father sent him out to buy bread
but sammy didn't feel like walkin'
if i were a bug
i'd crawl to the store
crawl to the store
crawl to the store
crawl to the store for my father

mommy, if i were a bird, how would i get to the store?
fly...
yeah, and butterflies, too.

reward

Friday night

daddy and I talked last night and we thought that since you were doing so good in gymnastics that you'll get a reward. So, what do you want to get? You can buy one thing, a toy, a book, clothes, or shoes.
A toy. A cooker toy. It's big like this, and it's got a green door, and you can cook on it, just like my housekeeping center.
We'll see. How about if the cooker toy is less than 50, we'll get it. But if it's more than 50, you're gonna have to find something else to buy.
OK, can you write that down?
Why?
So, we'll remember.
Don't worry, I won't forget.

Saturday morning

Daddy, daddy, wake up.
What?
Let's go to the store and buy my cooker toy. (It's 8 in the morning))
Meg, it's too early, the store's still close.

hurray!

Ms. J, her gymnast teacher, said that she's ready for Level 2. Starting next week, she will be going to big kids classes. *sigh* They do grow so fast...

gossip

The girl with the yellow hair and pink coat, her name is Alexis.
Oh, yeah...
Yeah, she goes to the big school for big kids. And she has a boyfriend, she sees her boyfried everyday at her school.
How do you know all these?
Cause she was talking to Amber.
Oh, so you were eavesdropping.
Yes... what's eavesdropping?
Eavesdropping is when you're listening to somebody else's conversation. It's not polite to eavesdrop, ok?
But, I wasn't, she was talking to me, too.