A long long time ago a girl fell in love with Barney. She repeatedly watched the same CD even as we tried to introduce new CD to her. Well, though she enjoyed it so much, the adults were pretty bored after watching it umpteen times.
At first she only watched for the first few songs. As time passed, it captured her attention till she finished the whole CD. She loved to watch the umbrella song and the silly hat song.
Then came a time she was getting a little bored with it, we started to change to new CD. We were certainly grateful for that change.
As she grows older, we introduced Sesame Street to her. Personally I find it boring. A friend gave us a soft toy - Big Bird. It is quite big, bigger than the girl! And it's quite heavy. She loves the Big Bird. She hugs and kisses him. The latest trick is playing pretend by washing the Big Bird's backside after he has poo.
However, when we brought her a jigsaw puzzle with Doraemon, she instantly switched it to this Japanese cat like robot. Unfortunately we couldn't find one with English or Mandarin speaking. It's either Cantonese or Japanese!
Next came the Little People CD from Fisher&Price. She watched it happily and asked questions on why this and why that.
She also love Thomas & Friends CD. The talking train has since then won her heart. She relates to the story as she plays her toy train. She even name all her trains followed after the CD.
Then Shrek came into picture. She loves the ugly ogre, the beautiful princess Fiona, the donkey and the meow meow cat. Nowadays, whenever we showers her, she will also bath her toy Shrek and Fiona. She watched the CD so many times until mummy also knows by heart every line for each scene.
Her latest crush is the Disney Pixar Cars. We happened to watch this movie when we went for a church retreat and it was on TV one particular night. Daddy decided to buy the CD for her and she has been watching it since then. However, one needs to be patience as she bombarded you with lots and lots of questions that leave you speechless.
I do not promote watching TV. But Andrew is an living example of how he learned lots of stuff and picked up new vocabulary from TV program. My mom in law is a witness to that. I tried to limit our princess to 2 times a day before I was pregnant. But nowadays she watches more as I needed the rest. She is not a TV addict though. She does not demand for it.
And guess who is this little girl? Who else could it be?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
CNY 2011
Chinese New Year is just another public holiday for us. We didn't plan to go back to JB, my hometown. After all, my sis n mom won't be around. So, just stay put in Subang, together with my in laws.
2nd day of CNY, one of my in law's neighbour has invited a lion dance team to his house. When I heard the drum rolling, my father in law and I brought Elyse to experience this traditional chinese culture. To our surprised, she enjoys it! I was a little worried that the drum may be too loud for her tiny ear, yet it turned out fine for my darling.
She stared in awe as she watched the 2 lions jumping up and down, moving from side to side. After that, she went back and played with her toy lions, doing exactly what she just saw. Since her toy drum is in our house but we were in our in law's house that morning, she used a box as her drum. My father in law gave her a pair of chopstick and that becomes her drumstick.
Few days later we brought her to Subang Parade for dinner. Coincidentally there was a lion dance performance there. Elyse was excited! She watched with undivided attention as the lion moved around. She even took a photo with the lion!
Since then, she has been asking to watch lion dance. But to her disappointment, I think that would be the last one before the next CNY.
Besides the lions, Elyse enjoys playing with the fireworks. She holds it in his hands n waves it around. Her beautiful eyes follow those sparkles and fire as she waves it in the air.
GongXi GongXi is the new vocabulary she learns this CNY. She heard the songs all over the mall and she picks this one up all by herself.
Just before CNY, I brought her a new cheongsam. It fits her well though it's a little bigger. We hope to keep it till next CNY since the previous one only lasted for a few months.
A little set back is when our little princess fall sick. She has slight running nose. We brought her to see the doctor and she's now recovering. This reminds me of her first CNY she was also down with flu. First time in her life she fell sick. That was also the time we've decided to brought her to our present doctor and are happy to be with him till now.
This is the story of our little princess. She is the centre of our lives.
2nd day of CNY, one of my in law's neighbour has invited a lion dance team to his house. When I heard the drum rolling, my father in law and I brought Elyse to experience this traditional chinese culture. To our surprised, she enjoys it! I was a little worried that the drum may be too loud for her tiny ear, yet it turned out fine for my darling.
She stared in awe as she watched the 2 lions jumping up and down, moving from side to side. After that, she went back and played with her toy lions, doing exactly what she just saw. Since her toy drum is in our house but we were in our in law's house that morning, she used a box as her drum. My father in law gave her a pair of chopstick and that becomes her drumstick.
Few days later we brought her to Subang Parade for dinner. Coincidentally there was a lion dance performance there. Elyse was excited! She watched with undivided attention as the lion moved around. She even took a photo with the lion!
Since then, she has been asking to watch lion dance. But to her disappointment, I think that would be the last one before the next CNY.
Besides the lions, Elyse enjoys playing with the fireworks. She holds it in his hands n waves it around. Her beautiful eyes follow those sparkles and fire as she waves it in the air.
GongXi GongXi is the new vocabulary she learns this CNY. She heard the songs all over the mall and she picks this one up all by herself.
Just before CNY, I brought her a new cheongsam. It fits her well though it's a little bigger. We hope to keep it till next CNY since the previous one only lasted for a few months.
A little set back is when our little princess fall sick. She has slight running nose. We brought her to see the doctor and she's now recovering. This reminds me of her first CNY she was also down with flu. First time in her life she fell sick. That was also the time we've decided to brought her to our present doctor and are happy to be with him till now.
This is the story of our little princess. She is the centre of our lives.
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