We were talking during bedtime and I asked her if her ears are still painful (due to an infection). She’s been taking antibiotics for it so I know that the pain must not be there right now, but still asked.
Me: Pristine, are your ears still painful?
Pristine: Hmmm, (trying to think or remember that her ears [...]
Feb
12
2009
12
2009
Her little prayer
May
29
2008
29
2008
a “cool” lesson in independence
“Mom, can I have that ice cream sundae?”, asked my daughter while pointing at the McDonald’s poster in the wall at the food court. We were having lunch, rice and viand because you can’t force a McD into her. The ice cream sundae seem to attract her attention, though. My husband and I looked at [...]
Apr
1
2008
1
2008
sleep talking stops, for now
I just posted about Pristine sleep talking almost every night. Some had really caught my attention because she screams and cries on some occasion. Sometimes, the dreams are rather pleasant as she sings and sound like talking to a classmate in school.
Though various information says that sleep talking is harmless, I am a little worried [...]
Mar
31
2008
31
2008
how do you oreo?
When I was young, I remember eating Oreo or any other cream filled biscuits in a very strange way: I’d lick all the cream filling first and then gobble the biscuit. Yeah, in that exact order.
Yesterday our neighbor came by our house and brought Oreos for Pristine and you know what she did with them? [...]
Mar
25
2008
25
2008
talking in her sleep
Up until our resident toddler turned three, all three of us were sleeping in the same room, in the same bed. There had been no problem about co-sleeping for us at all, until she became too squirmy most nights it’s either I get a kick in my ribs or my husband gets punched in the [...]
Mar
22
2008
22
2008
so much for Good Friday
I have not been a good example of a great Christian mom on Good Friday. When tradition calls for silence, reflection and even fasting, I was far from being quiet and reflective yesterday. I was even eating more often than usual!
In the spirit of eating only light meals throughout the course of the day, Pristine [...]
Mar
4
2008
4
2008
talking about my lines of valor
Pristine loves to meet me by the door after work and gives me a tight hug. I’ll then ask her how school went as we talk from the front door all the way to the bedroom where I change my clothes. She watches me and usually just continues to talk and talk. However last night, [...]
Feb
23
2008
23
2008
when renting DVD’s bring toddler sadness
We do not have a TV in our home for almost two years now so believe or not, we have not watched any American Idol, Lost or Grey’s Anatomy. We do, however, rent or buy DVD’s to watch and see the news in streaming videos. We listen to the radio for news flash.
Last week, we borrowed [...]
Feb
21
2008
21
2008
the pink house
Pristine keeps on saying she has something for me in her pink house. Pink house? Yeah, the imaginary house she made up in her mind about a couple of months ago. According to her, the pink house has lots of toys and other good stuffs. Most often she whispers to me, “Mama, I have something [...]
Feb
5
2008
5
2008
not misbehaving at all but
My mother always tell my daughter as we walk out the front door every morning: “Behave in school, ok?”
I have never said that to my daughter. I always say “enjoy” but never “behave” as if she is misbehaving in school when she is not. I believe that children, especially toddlers who are going to school [...]
