We had a quiet Chinese New Year Eve at home this year. Ted took Mckayla to JCC to swim while I made dinner – some simple non-Chinese food. She was exhausted when they came home from swimming. Rather than the usual running into the kitchen and yelling “MaMa! MaMa!”. She walked in quietly and gave [...]
Archive for February, 2010
13 Feb
Mavericks
We went to Half Moon Bay this morning. We had no clue they were holding the Mavericks there until the traffic came to a complete stop once we got over the hills. We were there for some yummy lobster roll and clam chowder. As we pulled in the parking lot of the restaurant, we were [...]
13 Feb
Complete Meltdown
I took Mckayla to Children’s Discovery Museum yesterday by myself. We haven’t been there for a while now and Mckayla was very excited as soon she saw the big inflatable duck on the roof. She thought we we were going to go on the slides with the duck. I told she has to behave to [...]
11 Feb
Scared?
It’s been a couple weeks now that Mckayla woke up in the middle of the night crying and ran to our room. She wakes up around 2-3 in the morning crying and usually takesTed about 15 minutes to get her back to sleep again. Then, last two mornings, she woke up at 5:30 in the [...]
11 Feb
Blow Dryer
Mckayla loves taking her bath/shower but hates getting dressed. Recently, she’s also refusing to get her hair dried with blow dryer. Every night, she screamed and cried while Ted bargained with her. She preferred my blow dryer because she gets to play with my makeup brush and scale while getting her hair dried. But last [...]
8 Feb
My Little Helper
Mckayla has been well trained by her Nanny. She made a mess in the living room with her toys the other day. Because we were in a hurry to leave, we were planning to pick things up after we come back. But to our surprise, while Ted and I were getting ready ourselves, she picked [...]
5 Feb
Mckayla’s “I Love You”
Not very clear because she’s got a mouthful of blueberries. One more time….
1 Feb
Facial
Yesterday afternoon, Mckayla was sent to her room with a bottle of milk and instructed to nap. Ted was busy with his ribs on the smoker while I was sorting through baby clothes in the guest room. For the first half an hour, she was pretty quiet and didn’t pay much attention to her. Then, [...]
