Another Dose of Little Conversations

Me: You know I love you.
T: But you didn't pick me up today.
It put things into perspective now. Love means, picking him up at school or taking him there. That makes sense. That's our arrangement at home, if I take him to school, Daddy picks him up.

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T: I missed you when you were at work.
Me: Me too!
T: I wasn't at work, I was at school.
This just cracks us up.

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Lately, when he wants something and we won't give in, he'll say "oh well, you can't come to my party".

I thought of a trick answer and tells him that I won't go to his party (not somewhere near Branson vacations, of course) and just go to the shops, library or park.

He would then ask me if I want to go to his party now.

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He's really very sweet. Even when I'm in the middle of cooking or doing anything, he'll come up to me and tell me, he wants to give me cuddles.

He's fond of giving me kisses all over my face.

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I've been telling him stories of my childhood and he memorised them already. For some nights, I have to tell him about it at least 5 times. When I forgot a scene, he gladly tells me that I didn't say it. Lol.

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Bananas and The Tatapilla

RUBY TUESDAY

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Platybank

This is The Tatapilla's platybank. We have piggybank and CBA has platybank for their junior customers. The CBA has a display of platybank in the centre of the deposit counter area and every time we go there to deposit his money, he will say, that's my platybank. At once, he didn't even want to leave as he wants to take it home with him.

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MM - Posing

The Tatapilla owns two bikes but when we went to his Auntie's house, he loved this bike so much that he is willing to give away his old bike for it. Even if you see, the bike in the photo is really the old model and looks rusty. I think kids don't really think of how good or shiny (like metal buildings) it looks rather, how functional it is. You see, this bike is about his size and he can manage it real well even in grass.

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TV isn't bad

and we don't ban it in our household. In fact, The Tatapilla watches all the telly programs that we see, from sports, news, movies, etc.. and although at some point, there should be some scenes that he is not allowed, we are there to teach him the lesson and give him advice. At the end of the day, it all boils down to tv programs that the parents are watching.

We also watch The Tatapilla's dvd shows with him and enjoy it. When there are some interesting artifacts on telly, we encourage him to see it (even ads such as whole house water filter).

TV for tots isn’t all bad, says Duncan Fine, and the right choices can be positively inspiring - for you and them.

There are few ways to get parents confused, fingers wagging and eyebrows raised than to talk about kids and television. Should they watch any at all? Should parents set limits like one hour a day? Or is that too much? Or too little? After all, why can’t kids (like their worn-out parents) just flop down after a long day and enjoy a little down-time in front of the box?

When it comes to our kids, to borrow from a bloke named Shakespeare, TV or not TV; that is the question. Studies have shown that Australian children begin watching television from an early age, with an average of 44 minutes at 4 months building to 2 1/2 hours a day by 4 years. Ultimately it’s for every parent to use their own judgement but sometimes it can be difficult because it seems everyone you talk to has a different opinion.

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Meaningful Conversations

On his 3rd birthday night while lying on my bed, I told him he's really a big guy now.
T: Don't make me another room, because I like sleeping in this bed.

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M: You know, I love you?
T: But you didn't pick me up at school today. Daddy took me there and you didn't pick me up.

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M: When you're a big guy, are you still going to let me kiss you?
T: No, because I'm going to kiss you.

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T: I want to drink water again.
M: No, because you might wee on the bed.
T: I won't! (with attitude tone)
M: I don't want you to use that tone to me.
T: *** rolled his eyes ***
M: Rolling eyes is not good either.
T: Sorry Mum. I won't use that tone anymore.

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I have a big guy now (celebrated his 3rd two weeks ago - no camcorder to record the occasion, just photos) who thinks like an adult. It's not easy because he thinks he is one of us so he does what we do.

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Learning Phonics

On The Tatapilla's 3rd birthday, we decided to teach him his alphabet, not just singing it but be able to identify and read it. I've been doing some research on what better way to teach our kids to read - and phonics come first. It's reading the letters through their sound. I found this Jolly Phonics dvd that are very good tools in teaching the kids. I then borrowed one from the library. The down side though is, it is a bit boring. And Jens as a very active kid, is not very drawn to it. Maybe, if we play it over and over again, he might. Besides, learning things don't just happen overnight like printing club flyers.

Here are some snippets of the DVD.

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Random It Is

You Are Having an Awesome Day

You feel a bit overwhelmed by the changes doing on in your life right now. You don't have a good anchor. You are a flexible person. You tend to take life as it comes. You are prioritizing your family life right now. As usual, family comes first for you. Deep down you crave acceptance and love. You need good relationships to be happy.

The Sailboat Test

Blogthings: A Fine Line Between Insight and Stupidity

Yeah, because I don't really feel those that have been described. I do have an awesome day today not because I got a good deal on term life insurance quotes online but because I'm with my family and we're happy.

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Legal or Not?

My colleagues at work have given me some information on how to ripped DVD movies and then convert them to format compatible with Iphone. I bought some music from IPhone but no movies yet. They’re quite expensive for me. But with the information that my colleagues told me, I then can load some of my favourite movies to my phone and I can watch them over and over again while I’m commuting.

I actually asked them if isn’t it illegal but they said, it depends on how and where you use the program determines if it is illegal or not. I suppose if you are just ripping the DVD’s that you own, it is okay.

I’m just quite happy now that I can load movies to my phone and can save some moolah for something maybe like Blue Cross Blue Shield NC.

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Dear Diary

It might be a bit late but better late than never, eh? I read a story in the Australian Family magazine of a Mum who had a nice time reminiscing her children’s childhood through dusty diary she found. And I thought, hey, I want to do that too. And I think, I have a perfect timing to start. On Jens’ third birthday. This blog should be that diary but I can’t be online all the time that Jens throw his clever antics so an actual diary will still come in handy. I’m excited to do it but I haven’t bought a notebook yet. I want it to become special too because I am not going to write my stretch marks cream history but the life of my precious one.

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Jens’ 3rd

It’s final, we won’t have anything big this year for The Tatapilla’s 3rd birthday. It would just be a tea party at school. I already ordered two boxes of cupcakes and 2 cakes. Balloons just need to be inflated. I have bought balloons, banners and what-not two weeks ago. I’m taking a half day off to attend to the matters at hand.

Jens is quite excited about it. He said he’ll have two parties, one at school and one at home. And he’s raising his three fingers and said, I’ll be this many. We already bought his present two months ago – a size three bike. But I might be buying some small toys that I can wrap up (no not diet pills that work).

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Busy Week

We were not sure if we’re going to E’s birthday party today at 11am. Mcj said, the Abbey Medieval Festival is on this weekend so there was a possibility of going there rather than to the party. I asked The Tatapilla and he wanted to go to the “festivol”. Mcj said that if he’s not busy tomorrow (that acne treatment is out of the picture), we’ll swing there. I don’t want to get excited because I have so much stuff to do this weekend – you know the usual chores.
Anyway, we went to the party and Jens’ had a blast. Of course, there was this huge play structure for all the kids to get around, who wouldn’t get excited when you’re below 10YO?

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