some of her favourite songs...

both at home and in school:



I particularly like the part where she would place her hands slightly behind her bottoms, and then lean backwards to support herself with her head pointing towards the ceiling and her mouth wide open! Hahaha...

happy holidays!

It's Christmas party in Kristin's class this morning. This was an encore from all parents because the kids simply did so well!

new bake wares...

Earlier this month there was a fund-raising event in the kids' preschool: Kitchen wares on auction.
Unwittingly, I placed bids on 6 different baskets. See, I always overspend, don't I?

Thank goodness that I only managed to get 3 baskets. And for 57 Euros, I have bake wares now that will last me a life time. And yes, I did promise my sponsor aka family's CFO aka my dearest husband that I would keep the oven running the whole winter, baking an awful lot, enough to keep us all warm and toasty in the apartment.

Check out these new additions to my kitchen:

wait a minute...

Both my kids are never interested in food.

So what do we do at home? We feed the children. Actually, we feed them too when they're out dining with us.



When my mom was feeding Kristin last night (btw, hurrah! My parents are here and they are a great help!), Kristin told her to wait a minute.

She was fumbling her toy, which was essential at dinner table to distract her to open her mouth so that we can just shove food in.



Yeah... spoon-feeding is what we do. We certainly do make sure that our children won't starve. You should have seen the many recent cases of children being neglected and starved to death in this country, yes, even in this part of the world. If only my kids knew when Mommy talked about Lea-Sophie of Schwerin, she wasn't making up stories.



Wait a minute, girl. It's time you eat!

skipping the night...

We've been through all those:

Skipping naps, skipping meals, skipping baths etc...

But tonight, it's "skipping the night"! Why?



Bryan: When's Daddy gonna be home?

Mommy: Daddy's not coming home tonight. He's gotta work.

Bryan: You mean, he's skipping the night?

Mommy: No. I mean he's gonna stay in a hotel tonight because it's just too far for him to come home and sleep.



Funny expressions aside, Bryan's quite right after all, in a way. Daddy is "skipping the night". Poor Alan, I think he's still working away in his hotel room. Probably pulling an all nighter, again.

our cutie pies...

Hey all!

This is an update of our cutie pies. Picture taken in October.
We just received our copies today.

Aren't they both looking gorgeous? :)