Santa Clause is coming to town...

The kids were at the local library, with the Santa Clause.  

It was the first time for Meimei to realize the existence of Santa Clause, so she was a little overwhelmed. 

Gege was a little nervous too.   When I was wandering why he was so, he asked me secretly, "Is he the real Santa Clause?" Lol.

It's great to still believe the real Santa Clause. :-)

Parenting: OK, let's play

The other day, during a casual talk, I told Eric that when daddy was at his age, daddy could read books all day long, and was very interested in math. Secretly, I had two purposes to say this: 1. to motivate Eric to ; 2. to set up the Husband's brilliant image in Eric's mind.

Eric's response was totally beyond my expectation. He asked,"did he know how to play?" For a moment, I didn't know how to answer.  To be honest, I was deeply impressed by a four-year-old's pointed remarks. It hits the nail on the head.

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." This is a familiar saying.  I am Chinese.  But I am not a tiger mother by any means.  However, sometimes I become very pressured and tend to be kind of pushy, especially when I knew several friends' three-year-old kids have already begun piano and swimming classes.  I definitely need a clear reminder (like the one from Eric's reply) to make me recognize that play is still preschoolers' main job.

Eric is climbing up a tree :-)

We plan to give Eric more time to play, at least for the time before he attends elementary school.  After all, play is the path that young children take to learn. Learn though play will be more fun.

Meet Daisy

Daisy is an almost-three-months-old little darling.
This little one's main daily tasks now are eating and sleeping.  However, she has a clear craving for communication.

 She loves to talk...with her own coo language. If I respond her back with the same coo coo sound, she will be very happy, always paying me a sweet smile, a smile that can easily melt my heart.

 When I speak to her, she stares at my mouth intensively.  It is obvious that she wants to observe how my mouth moves and curves so she can imitate to let out the same sound.

She is very curious.  Sometimes during her cry, if I turn on a light or walk to another room, she will forget about crying and rove her eyes around trying to find out what's going on.

Dear Daisy, I love you!

Meet Eric

Eric is a cute, smart, playful, and easy-going four-year-old.  He is our dearest sweetheart.

Eric is very easy-going.  At day care or at church, he has a lot of friends and gets along well with all the other kids.  The teacher appraised him that Eric is so understanding and sympathetic that he never lets anyone down or feel upset.

Eric loves to draw. Whenever he has a pen and paper on hand, he will draw.  His most favorite drawing is train and tracks.  All kinds of trains and different shapes of tracks.

Eric is a gourmet, meaning that he is very picky at eating. Variety and flavor are the most important for his little tummy, which constantly challenges my cooking skills. The good thing is that he loves to drink milk with honey,

Dear Eric, I love you!