Victoria before she sleeps

We sometimes have problem putting Victoria to sleep in the afternoon, getting her to nap is definitely a challenge, especially when she is back in her popo and gong gong's house. We call that her castle, since that is where she spent the first 2.5yrs of her life, and is well loved and pampered, and she does as she pleases there. So she is the Queen. Here in PJ, and everywhere else, I exercise my rights as the Queen Mother. : )

Before going to sleep, she went to the toilet herself, pulled down her own pants, and went to "shishi" by herself. I only helped her to wipe up. Then she obediently washed her hands, like how I "trained" her to. I was already impress by her independence in going to the toilet.

Then she picked her own socks. I helped her wear it. Then she picked the tiger softtoy above my bed and talked to it. We played with it for awhile before I reminded her that it's nap time.

When we were on the bed, she is again playful. As usual. She asked to hug me. Which I happily did. Deep inside, I am so touched as her hugs are so precious (mind you, she's quite stingy with her hugs). Then she touches my face. Asked me to open my mouth to check my teeth. "See if there's any broken teeth, mummy." Hhmm.

Then she told me she's going to her Office. Which means she's going to sleep. And she asked me how should she go... by bus, or train? I said Bus. She said Train. So I said, Ok, Train then. She turns over. Then she turned back and said Bus, ya? I smiled and said Ok, Bus then, hoping for the tenth time that she will go to sleep. She turned around and for another time, turned back and said, Train? Sigh. Is she trying to confuse me? Cheeky.

then she plays with my hair. Pulls it and pretend to count. And then she tells me about her day in kindy today. She puts her arm between mine, and showed me the "chicken dance" she learnt in school today. I smiled. Very interesting. Asked her some questions, and apparently, she danced with her Teacher Ming Choo. Then she tells me that Teacher Ming Choo is not feeling well today, and only came into class for awhile.

After that, she told me that when Daddy gets home, she will show us all how the "chicken dance" goes. : )

She asked me to hug her again. Told me that everyday we must hug in the morning and at night. : ) I'm so happy. Then she asked me if I sayang her. I said yes, of course. We all sayang her.

I told her to sleep now. We are going to a friend's surprise birthday party tonight so she must rest. She then asked me the obvious. Where is the present? What present did Daddy buy? Will there be candles and cake? I said I dunno, it's a surprise. Then we sang the Happy Birthday song together at her request. : ) Oh and we sang the "You Are My Sunshine" song together too.

Finally she turned around asked me to "pat pat" her, which means, gently beat her bum at a consistent rhythm to put her to sleep. A short while later, she slept.

Mission accomplished.

Saying Grace... Amen

Victoria in when she was about 2 yrs old, used to close her eyes when we give thanks before every meal. So when her Gong Gong prayed at one time, and was exceptionally longer in his prayer than usual, Victoria "politely" dropped hints that she wants to eat already, and kept saying "Amen... Amen... Amen..."

Hilarious.

Oh.. and she sometimes peeps too when we say grace. How I know? I peeped at her.

Can you give me the moon?

During my confinement month, Hubby did a lot of reassurance outings with Victoria which are short trips out at night after work, to buy bread, do banking, pump petrol, see train, see neighbourhood dogs or even for a short drive. Victoria knows how to "take advantage" of her daddy by asking for chocolate biscuits, cream buns, ice cream and other goodies from her daddy during such trips.

However, during one trip, Victoria asked her daddy while daddy was driving. It was only the two of them, and she touches daddy's face, asking "Daddy, do you love me?" Of course Daddy said yes. He loves her dearly. And the little girl replied, "Then daddy, can you take the moon for me?" (Coincidently, we have a musical toy for William which used to be hers, in the shape of a moon. She'd sometimes be possessive over this toy). Thinking that she meant the musical moon, Hubby said, "Of course, but the moon is at home."

Victoria then said, "No daddy... I want the moon... up there!" She pointed to the sky. Ahhh... and Daddy said (with the heart melting), "Victoria, if Daddy can take the moon for you from the sky, Daddy will. But it's too high up, and nobody can reach the moon."

Daddy told me this when he came home. I was surprised she asked this. But just to be cheeky, I added... "Hubby, if she wants the moon... I want the stars"

:)

They love each other

Victoria loves her brother dearly. Despite the occassional possessiveness over toys and stroller which used to belong to her, she shows her care and love openly and generously. How? She kisses her little brother's head, sometimes when i'm nursing him, and that's truly an act of love and unselfishness. She hugs him, and also kisses his cheeks. She loves carrying him, sometimes up to a few times a day and I have to discourage her in case William gets bodyache : ) Of course, when it comes to helping out, she enjoys bringing his face flannel, putting on his hat, buttoning and unbuttoning his shirt, accompanying him and playing with him during bath time, sings to him and she even mimics us adults with baby talks!

William? He's too young and too small to reciprocate. But I know he knows he's loved dearly by his sister. He wakes up 7am-ish to wake his sister up for school. He plays on the bed while waiting for his sister to wash up and dress up. He sends his jie jie off to school at the doorstep or garden. And when it's time to pick Victoria up from school, he's usually awake around 11am, takes his milk, plays and waits to get into the car to Victoria's kindy.

When it's Victoria's bath time at 2pm, William is most of the time awake and playful. He takes his water obediently when Victoria spoons it to him and he watches her admiringly as she dances and sings.

Aahhh.. as for jealousy? People ask me if Victoria is jealous of the new baby. Well, sometimes. Sometimes Victoria says she doesn't want William. But all in all, I think we have prepared her well while William was still in the womb, and she has prepared herself too. She sees William as part of the family and is excited for William to grow up and play with her one day.

Sing A Song of Six Pence

This is Victoria's latest fav nursery rhyme. We have a book where I'd would sing the rhymes to her during bedtime, and sometimes she will sing to me, and sometimes rarely we will sing together.

Lately, she loves Sing A Song Of Six Pence. I think because of the actions. Or more because there is a "King" and "Queen" in the song. (Truly I tell you, naming her after royalty is no mistake...)

So we made a crown. For herself. The King. For me, the Queen. For William, the err... Prince... and Daddy... jst to be fair. Haha. Here's a pic of William with his crown which jie jie made for him.

And one of smiley William (that smile lights up my day)

And finally, this is Victoria in her "little pink riding hood" sweater. The only reason she wears it is because of the Little Red Riding Hood story. Else, we'd have wasted RM150 on a mothercare sweater (tsk tsk... i'm putting this down so Vic will know this in the future).

Victoria loves her baby brother William

Here are some more lovely pictures I took recently of my little darlings. Victoria jie jie is really adorable. She's been asking to carry her baby brother almost everyday which we allow her most of the time, and is always around to help out when William is changed. She will take out the diaper, make sure the clothes, mittens and booties/socks are there, and even play with William. Recently, she has taken on extra responsibility of wearing the mittens for William without hurting his fingers (like the first time, unintentionally) and also buttons and unbuttons his shirt.

This is William all dressed up to go to church last Sunday. We attend DUMC (Damansara Utama Methodist Church) when we are in PJ btw.

This is Victoria with her usual messy hair and favourite doll, Hailey (or affectionately known as Heh Heh), carrying little brother who is all dressed up:

More Pics

Not writing much this time but will let the pictures speak for themselves and a little caption. Enjoy them.

Guess who nibbled on the chiffon cake?

Playing his mobile toy...

Victoria jiejie loves to push the stroller with bb William inside

Enjoying her ride