Pristine likes the Harry Potter series very much she watches it at least once, every day. She loves the conversations between the three bestfriends Harry, Ron and Hermione that she mimics them and laugh at herself. She has memorized some of the charms and shouts, “Alohamora”, thinking it would open a locked door.
I am amused [...]
Feb
7
2008
7
2008
Harry Potter frenzy
Jan
31
2008
31
2008
Japanese-English vocabulary game
To salvage what’s left of the babe’s Japanese language skills that is heavily overshadowed with English lately, I concocted a little game while we are stuck in morning traffic on her way to school. The game is so simple but her reaction to it is very amusing, it is enough to perk me up the whole day!
I start [...]
Jan
14
2008
14
2008
How to sing Beauty and the Beast with a twist
One night the babe and I were doing one of our many role-playing games. This time we were cows. I was the mommy cow and of course, she was the baby. We were on our fours and walking er, crawling around the living room saying, “mooo, mooo!”
She immensely enjoyed it and let me promise we’d [...]
Jan
7
2008
7
2008
how to have a baby according to a toddler
P: Mom, I want a baby sister and baby brother!
Mom: Oh, okay. But it takes time, maybe only after your happy birthday (referring to P’s 5th birthday on December 2008 yet).
P: (thinking) No, now! We put a cute baby inside your tummy like this. Grabbing a doll and inserting the doll beneath my shirt. Then [...]
Dec
15
2007
15
2007
It’s my party and I’ll do what I want to
Pristine’s school will close on December 17 for the year-end holidays. Yeah, they are closing for the year-end at the middle of the month! Now, her 4th birthday is on December 23, a week after they close so we need to celebrate her birthday at school a week ahead. Children celebrate their birthdays in school, [...]
Dec
10
2007
10
2007
Why do roses die?
Last month my husband gave me a bouquet of roses for my birthday. I do get these roses every birthday but it’s just this year that Pristine showed a keen interest to it. She was amazed at the whole bunch, 31 roses in all. The roses are kept in a very big vase in our [...]
Nov
13
2007
13
2007
On the verge of losing the second tongue?
One of the reasons we came to Dubai is for Akari to learn English. In Japan where we lived before our relocation to the Middle East, the English is taught when students are in junior high school. Their age would be around 13, which I think is too late to learn a foreign language.
We came [...]
Oct
8
2007
8
2007
In her vocabulary, you must have at least one
Our next door neighbor just informed us that they will be visiting us soon! We are so excited. My daughter A adores them so much I was so happy to share the news with her in the following conversation:
Mom: “Hey A, our former next door neighbor in Japan will visit us here in Dubai soon!”
A: Ignore mom, continues [...]
