baby diaries: cat’s hand

You were watching way too much videos already so I asked you to come on over to help me beat the eggs. Result: you had a tantrum because you didn’t want to help and just wanted to watch. The tantrum was a confirmation you’ve had too many videos and so I set my foot and commanded you come on over in the kitchen. 

The moment you beat the eggs though, you were your usual gay self already and was having fun. Then you volunteered to cut the pechay/chingensay/Chinese cabbage. My first instinct was not to allow you to hold the knife. But you looked so confident that you can do it and I most definitely don’t want to break that confidence. So I grit my teeth and handed you the knife. As you positioned the knife, you said that Sugawara-sensei told you the other hand that’s not holding the knife should be like a cat’s hand; curled like a cat’s hand so that those cutie little fingers won’t get nipped.  

I’m loving your head teacher all the more. By the way, you cut those two heads of pechay quite evenly. Good job, Anak! 🙂 

life with a toddler: your pony cutie mark

You’ve been recently passionate with the series My Little Pony; the series of which was introduced to you by your cousin during our last yearend vacation and by the gift we received from Tita Me-an. After Anna and Elsa, this was the first girly series that you’ve ever been passionate about.  By the way, dinosaurs have been your passion since last summer. 
And then last night. 

Yui: Mommy, I already have my cutie mark! Look! 

(For our future reference, cutie mark is specific to each pony and it represents each pony’s strength and ability)

Me: oh yes, yey! What is it?

Yui: it’s a dinosaur. T-Rex! Rrrawwwrrrr!!

So much for the girly bit.

life with a toddler: PDA

Buses here in Japan stops when in idle mode (eg while waiting for the traffic light). And when the engines are off, it can be eerily silent. Yui almost always chooses this particular moment to loudly say in a sweet voice, “Mommy daisuki (I love Mommy)”. It’s one of those moments when you feel several emotions all at once – joy, pride, elation mixed with embarrassment (because of public declaration and because the silence was broken and might have disturbed somebody) and worry (how to teach Yui when to choose the best time to say her affections without discouraging her from expressing her feelings). 
Thank you Anak. You’re giving Mom and Dad immeasurable joy. 🙂