Dreaming on the Couch

Dear Evie and Fi,

 Fi woke up so early this morning. It was around 3:30. You were crying non-stop in your crib, so Dada had to pick you up and move you to our bed. But then, you started to play, crawled all over us. Even trying to play with Ate Evie. We knew that you are still sleepy but you were fighting it. Dada finally decided to take you out in the living room.

When I got up at 6:30, I saw you and Dada on the couch. You were so asleep. Dada was awake and moved to the big bed. Few minutes later, Ate Evie followed me, asked and had her milk, lay on the couch and fell asleep.

You both look so comfortable sleeping on couch. Most probably dreaming beautiful dreams. I delight watching both of you sleeping in one place. Such a sweet sight to me.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Character and Shoe Fashion Day

Dear Evie and Fi,

The doc and the superhero.

Fi's wearing a superhero cat costume today and Evie thinks she's a doctor. Ate Evie actually wanted me to wear the Superman cape, but I passed it on Fi instead. I am surprised that you (Fi) kept it for a good period of time. In fact, you liked it on you. Then you decided to wear Ate Evie's kitty cat winter hat. With the cheetah print onesie you are wearing, we called you the cat superhero!

Superhero cat!

On the other hand Fi, you did something today that tickled me inside, I couldn't help but laughing. I noticed you grumbling and made small frustrated cries while laying on the floor. I was wondering what was going on so I tried to find it out by observing the situation. You got up and tried to put on your Ate Evie's Cinderella shoes. Because you don't know how to put it on, you threw yourself on the floor (again) and made that grumbling sound again. You are so funny. I helped you put the shoes on and you were the happiest. You walked around with that one-inch heel, 9/10 size shoes (you wear size 5 by the way) with so much delight on your face. When Ate Evie tried to take it away from you, you were the maddest girl in the house. LOL. I tried to put on you a Minnie Mouse plush slippers but you didn't like them. You wanted Ate Evie's Cinderella shoes! Oh well dear, you have it your way :)

Big shoes on small feet

Evie, you ate spaghetti for breakfast. Not a typical breakfast I know. But, it was your consequence for not finishing your dinner last night. What you ate this morning was your leftover spaghetti. Thankfully, you cleaned the whole bowl, otherwise, it's what you will eat for lunch.

I am happy that you ate the shrimps with rice I made for lunch. Thank you for the willingness to try something new. You have been a little picky eater lately. You ate all your portion of shrimps and asked for more rice :) I think I will buy more shrimps when we go shopping at the Asian store. I hope though you will eat fish too. You do eat fish, but they're fish sticks and not the one freshly prepared. But, I don't lose my hope that one day, you will eat fish.

I love you two with all of me,
Mama

Whatta Day

Dear Evie,

Saturday morning, doing a "music lesson" with your favorite stuffed toys.

I know. I have not written a letter as promised. We had a tough day yesterday. Rough. We actually started our day with excitement as Mama was trying to practice decorating a doll cake for your birthday. You helped me prepare the making the icing. As expected, you ended up licking-clean the beaters with icing. As soon as I was done you were demanding to eat the cake. But Mama said to wait until Dada comes home. I wanted to show Dada what I made so I can ask for his opinion and suggestion. Mama needs a lot of practice with this. You were so happy the way the doll looked. The cake was short in height. I underestimated the cake batter I put in the cake pan. At least now I know what to do next time.

Then came midday. You took a bath with Fi. I had to be there to watch you two. Fi is too young to be left unattended in the bathtub. I asked you to stop doing things that's not good for Fi. You kept repeating it and I was very disappointed. I yelled at you. I was mad. You started crying. I picked Fi u, dried her off and get her dressed. You were in bathroom still crying, then you threw up. I pacified you, and of course, it's Mama's job to clean the mess. Mama was very sad. She's not happy of what she did. She cried in front of you, apologized for what happened. You hugged me tight a lot of times and told me, "it's okay Mama." Then you said you will pray to Jesus. You held both of my hands and you prayed over me. You asked Jesus to take away my "cries," make me feel better, and other sweet requests came out from your mouth. I was so touched of what you did. You made me cry even more. And you had to remind me to stop crying. After all, you asked Jesus to stop my crying :)

Night time was also rough. You were so excited with your new paints. Fi was curious of what you did and started messing up. I took her away several times from you but Fi kept going back to disrupt you. Then I heard a loud, painful cry from your sister as I was preparing dinner. I asked what you did, and you won't tell me. But I did not give up asking you until you admitted what you did to your sister. You bit her arm. I couldn't help but notice a small red mark on Fi's right arm. It's your teeth! I was hurt. I cried, again (cried twice yesterday, huh). I cried because I felt bad for Fi and I felt bad for you. I did not scold you. But I reminded you of the consequence of your action. Dada was going to take away Snowbear from you. I remember that morning, you shoved Fi and Dada was not very happy at all. He said that if you will hurt again, he is going to take Snowbear away. We know how much you are attached to Snowbear. She's with you every night. You love her. Then you cried. Went to the playroom and later went out to go the bedroom. You fell asleep.

Dada came home and told him about what happened. He put away your LEGOs and Snowbear while you were asleep. You woke up later and we talked to you. Everything was settled last night before we all went to bed. You fell asleep in my arms.

Today, you and Fi had cake in the morning (right after your breakfast). I know that as long as there's cake in the house, you will not stop asking until it's gone. But as what we always say "too much is not good."

You made a version of your own books. You made three books. You folded the bond paper, drew and wrote something on each of them. You told me what they are. One book was entitled "Evie's Food is Not Good." It's a story about Dada making raw spaghetti and you were not happy about it. That is why the girl on the book has a sad face. The other book is entitled, "One Lost Turtle." A story about a baby turtle who got separated from his family, got hungry and ate Dada's flowers and oranges in his garden. Last one was, "Dada's Poor Tummy." It's a story about Dada who got a tummy ache because he ate a lot of plums. I love your creative imagination. They are remarkable! :)

 I love you with all of me,
Mama

Dear Fi,

I love you Fi-Fie! :) Sorry of what happened yesterday. I know you don't remember it. You don't even remember how paintful Ate Evie's bite was. But I just want you to know that Ate Evie loves and cares about you very much. Sometimes she forgets how to be nice to you specially when she's doing something she really likes and you try to mess them up. I also know how much you like to explore. As I said, you are into everything. I love how active you are. Sometimes it's a little exhausting. Yesterday morning, you dumped your electronic notepad in the toilet. You were too quick to do that. I was too late to get to you and prevent it from happening. I am not sure if the toy is still functional. I have not checked. But you know what? I prefer you to be this active. It's your personality. You are a very happy girl. You are very clever. You are very sweet. Mischievous at times. :)

You made this bucket as your stage. When you're up there, you sing and dance.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Tired Mama

Dear Evie and Fi,

Mama is a little tired now. I just realized that I get more caught up with things on weekends. Most probably because we go out on weekends and I am dead-tired when we get home. I have not written you a letter yesterday (even last weekend because we went to Strawberry).

I know you will understand. I also don't want to pressure myself so much. Otherwise, I won't be able to write something from the heart.

There are few things I want to write on what happened yesterday and today. I thought of sharing it with you tomorrow. Good night little ones. You are my forever love.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Silly Faces, Monkey on the Move

Dear Evie,

Lalaloopsy Peanut look-a-like.

We had a great time taking pictures of you today. First, I took a picture of your Lalaloopsy look-a-like outfit. Actually it was not in the plan. I asked you to get socks so I could put petroleum jelly on your cracked sole and you grabbed the knee-high, stripes socks. They look like Peanut's tights, I said. Then you asked me to do your hair like Peanut's. I did. Then I took a picture of you,

Later this afternoon, I cannot remember how did the silly faces photo shoot idea came into being. We just found ourselves laughing at each other while I took pictures of your silly faces. We had fun. We even used the fan to blow your hair. You were very funny, and yes, silly. I love how we laughed together. Such a beautiful day I shared with you.

Sily faces of you.

I love you with all of me,

Mama


Dear Fi,

"Mama, your sister!" Your Ate Evie was yelling at me. No, I do not have my sister here with us. She still has not grasp the full concept of "sister" and "daughter." Anyhow, I was stunned when I saw you standing on the entertainment center while both of your hands were on the TV. The monkey in you is on the move again. You climbed up using the box that was sitting by the entertainment center. I picked you down and few minutes later, you were on the top of that thing again. This time, you opened the drawer, stepped on it to get your way up. You, you, you. The third time you climbed up, you used a stool. Yes, you are a tool user. You know how to get your way out. Now that this climbing up on the center to get near to the TV has started, I think it will continue for a while. I know you dear. Once you like something, you keep doing it. My, my, my. More work for Mama. :)

Do you know that one of the favorite things you do is sitting on Dada's legs? Well tonight, right after Dada knelt down on the floor to check his computer, you immediately jumped in and sat on his legs. It's your favorite place to sit onto. You looked so content and comfortable. I love such a sight!

Your favorite chair.

You look so content.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Lalaloopsy Peanut

Dear Evie,

With your new friend, Peanut.

You went gaga with the Lalaloopsy Peanut doll today. You have been watching the Lalaloopsy show a few weeks now and you like it. Your favorite character is Jewel. That's what you keep telling me. Until this morning when Dada showed you the Peanut doll he found at Goodwill. Your eyes beamed and a big smile rose on your face. You wanted to play with it as soon as you can. But Mama had to wash her first.

As requested, I took a picture of your peanut.

I put Peanut outside so she will dry faster. Every 3 minutes you asked me if she's dry yet. Yup, that's how desperate you are to play with her. And finally she's ready to be played with. I remember I bought a Lalaloopsy dress (for sale) before. Thankfully, it's still here. You were so happy. I so love that look on your face. From then, you didn't stop playing her. I do not know how many times you changed her dress. You even took her to the bath with you. And right now as you are sleeping, Peanut is there with you. So, is Lalaloopsy the new Evie craze? Let's see. :)

Somebody wants to take a picture too!

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Dear Fi,

Banana!

Dada showed you the Minions banana mini movie this morning. Oh my, that gleeful face of yours, so heart-melting. Your laughter is the most contagious. I love every reaction you do. You like minions! I like 'em too! And Dada and Ate Evie!

You like a lot of shows. But we know what your favorites are. Everytime you watch them, you can't stop smiling or laughing or clapping. Just looking at you already makes Mama's day. You are such a joy.

Lazy bug watching Bubble Guppies.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Drawing Nana's Cottage

Dear Evie,

This is how Nana's cottage in the mountains look like--according to Evie.

This morning, you called out Dada and Mama into your room to show us your drawing-- Nana's cottage! You named each one that you drew: Nana's cottage, windmill, grass with the elks' poop, mountains, apple tree, sun, and clouds. Do you know how active your imagination is? And do you know how good of an artist you are? I am amazed how what your imagination and hands work together. They make wonders. I believe you are an artist. It's innate in you. I see it in all your drawings. I hope that you will continue to hone the talent as you grow up. Dada and Mama will always support and encourage you.

By the way. you didn't get any snack today. Dada was not happy with how you ate your dinner last night and your breakfast this morning. Dada said you can only have a snack or treats when you eat your meals well. Sorry about that. We'll see how this works.

Another illustration of yours.

I love you with all of me,
Mama

Dear Fi,

Big, happy girl on the toy box.

  Hello my little, "big" girl! You climbed and sat on the toy box today. It;s the first time I saw you do it (though you already climb on a lot of things).  It reminded me when Ate Evie spent her time there when she was younger -- probably a little older than you are right now. You doing it brought me back beautiful memories. And here you are. I am sure that whenever I look at that toy box years from now, it will always bring a smile on my face. Makes me wonder now if we should keep that toy box for life. Ha! The lid is actually falling apart. Dada should fix it. We got the toy box from your Nana and grampa before Ate Evie was born. I think they got it from a garage sale. I know some people will say it is "just" a toy box. But it is no ordinary toy box. It is a very special toy box. It creates a lot of wonderful memories with you two. That made the difference.

You're wearing your Minnie Mouse outfit today. I love that outfit on you. So cute. Dada got it for you months ago. Sometimes, Dada has "good taste" for girl's clothes. :)

So amused watching Dora the Explorer.

I love you with all of me,
Mama