Dear Evie,
Mama put all your toys in the garage. Well, except Snowbear (I know how much you love that toy). Dada and me had been telling you since Saturday to clean up your room. Monday came, and your playroom was still a big mess. I do not know how many times we reminded you to tidy up. You cleaned a little bit, put the books and stuffed toys back on the shelf. And that's it. I was tired of reminding you, Dada was tired too. So Dada had to set the timer on and gave you a certain amount of time to finish up everything otherwise, all toys end in the garage. Sadly, they did. I didn't want to do it. But sometimes, parents do the things they have to do. Your playroom look so sad now. There's still books that you can read, easel and table where you can draw. You will only get your toys back when you do the things you need to do. And of course, listen to Mama and Dada and do what we tell you to do. We don't tell you things that will hurt you or bad for you. We love you very much. But for now, toys are getting time out.
I love you with all of me,
Mama
Monday, August 5, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
Sleepy Little Ones / UTI or Yeast Infection?
Dear Evie and Fi,
You both were so clingy to me when you woke up this morning. Fi was still so sleepy when Dada took her to the living room. I gave you your milk, but you wanted me more than your milk. You fell back to sleep in my arms while I sat on the couch. I think you're too tired after not having your regular naps yesterday. Your swollen gum from your teething is bothering you a lot. It's keeping you awake and cranky everytime we put you in your crib.
Evie, right after you got up, you curled yourself next to me while I was holding Fi. You too were tired. After you had your milk, you went back to sleep again and woke up at 9. You two were just too exhausted this morning and just wanted to be held by Mama.
Meanwhile, I like the fact that you both like to eat frozen grapes. We call them "candy grapes." Better snacks than animal crackers or oreos. Because of how much you like them, we ran out of frozen grapes. Among the frozen fruits I made, grapes were your favorite. :)
I love you with all of me,
Mama
Dear Evie,
We went to the doctor after office hours. You're in pain when you pee. You complained twice this afternoon.
I tried to make you pee in the sample container at the doctor's office, and you were screaming. Not because it was painful, but because you were scared it gets painful when you pee. We tried for like 5 minutes and nothing happened. Dada tried, and it was successful. I think I was pressuring you a lot, that's why you were not able to pee. Dada did a great job as he was able to make you pee.
They examined your pee and the nurse practitioner wouldn't say it it's UTI until your pee sample gets into a laboratory testing. He also thought that it could be yeast infection. He told us to avoid taking a bath. He said that soaking in the tub specially with bubble bath is not good for girls. You've been taking a bath almost everyday lately. What you have could be yeast infection. We will find it out in few days when the result gets back from the lab. For now, we will do the medication that was prescribed to you and everything will be alright. I am sorry this happened. When things like this happens, I feel like I am a failure. I do not want you to get sick or in any pain. This could have been avoided. So for the meantime, no more bath time for you and Fi. You can still take a bath but not sooner and not as much anymore. You will feel better. I will take care of you.
I love you with all of me,
Mama
You both were so clingy to me when you woke up this morning. Fi was still so sleepy when Dada took her to the living room. I gave you your milk, but you wanted me more than your milk. You fell back to sleep in my arms while I sat on the couch. I think you're too tired after not having your regular naps yesterday. Your swollen gum from your teething is bothering you a lot. It's keeping you awake and cranky everytime we put you in your crib.
Evie, right after you got up, you curled yourself next to me while I was holding Fi. You too were tired. After you had your milk, you went back to sleep again and woke up at 9. You two were just too exhausted this morning and just wanted to be held by Mama.
Meanwhile, I like the fact that you both like to eat frozen grapes. We call them "candy grapes." Better snacks than animal crackers or oreos. Because of how much you like them, we ran out of frozen grapes. Among the frozen fruits I made, grapes were your favorite. :)
I love you with all of me,
Mama
Dear Evie,
We went to the doctor after office hours. You're in pain when you pee. You complained twice this afternoon.
I tried to make you pee in the sample container at the doctor's office, and you were screaming. Not because it was painful, but because you were scared it gets painful when you pee. We tried for like 5 minutes and nothing happened. Dada tried, and it was successful. I think I was pressuring you a lot, that's why you were not able to pee. Dada did a great job as he was able to make you pee.
They examined your pee and the nurse practitioner wouldn't say it it's UTI until your pee sample gets into a laboratory testing. He also thought that it could be yeast infection. He told us to avoid taking a bath. He said that soaking in the tub specially with bubble bath is not good for girls. You've been taking a bath almost everyday lately. What you have could be yeast infection. We will find it out in few days when the result gets back from the lab. For now, we will do the medication that was prescribed to you and everything will be alright. I am sorry this happened. When things like this happens, I feel like I am a failure. I do not want you to get sick or in any pain. This could have been avoided. So for the meantime, no more bath time for you and Fi. You can still take a bath but not sooner and not as much anymore. You will feel better. I will take care of you.
I love you with all of me,
Mama
Thursday, August 1, 2013
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
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
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Character and Shoe Fashion Day
Dear Evie and Fi,
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!
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 :)
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
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| 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!
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| 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 :)
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| Big shoes on small feet |
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
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Whatta Day
Dear Evie,
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. :)
I love you with all of me,
Mama
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| 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. :)
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| You made this bucket as your stage. When you're up there, you sing and dance. |
I love you with all of me,
Mama
Sunday, July 28, 2013
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
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
Friday, July 26, 2013
Silly Faces, Monkey on the Move
Dear Evie,
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.
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!
I love you with all of me,
Mama
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| Your favorite chair. |
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| You look so content. |
I love you with all of me,
Mama
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