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Very Active Child

Yes ! she is a very active child and all she wants is to go out and play, play, play!  all day long if she can but it has to be with her friends.  For being the only kid at home – this one certainly do not want to be alone.  Lucky for me – she is in Canada – and space is aplenty and now that the neighbors are all her age – she has plenty of kids to play with too within the neighborhood.

I wished I had done the fencing earlier – because when she is out playing like that – I get worried for her – and have to watch her constantly.  You never know what kind of people are out there.

I’m glad that the Boys and Girls club already mailed us the registration forms for the summer activities.

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Dealing With Grammie’s Death 3 Months

It has been about 3 months since we buried Grammie – and Chloe is doing much better this month than she did the last 2.  This week when we were heading out to visit Grampie – she said to me – that she missed her Grammie – I replied I understand.  I haven’t written much about Grammie’s death because I myself am still trying to come in terms with it.  I still cannot believed that she is gone  and so fast – so unbelievable – she died so fast 2.5 weeks only.   Part of me is saying – WHAT THE HELL!  I don’t always see eye to eye with Grammie but having known and getting involved in her life so intimately for the last 10 years still leaves me feeling rather empty.

PB and Grampie seems to be handling it really well though – maybe it is just me – finding it hard as usual to let go – it’s probably just all in my head – and also there are just so much things that we haven’t spoken nor done together with her.  So much difference during our visits now without Grammie – she is definitely missed.  Now when we visit – we have to make sure we find something for everyone to eat – and we served ourselves – although I’ve only washed dishes once after Grammie died.  But yes, a lot of difference – especially for Chloe – so we all try to do stuff with her – when we visit – so she won’t feel lonely or start missing her Grammie again.

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The Kid Who Wants To See Everything First

Yes! this kid – pretty Mak Kepo (Ms Busybody) and very possessive – she needs to be the first one to see stuff or touch it – I wonder why because we’ve always taught her not to – and we are not as excited as she is when we receive something in the mail.  But having said that – she is afterall a kid – so what do I have to do – to change her to the “proper” way – pray tell!

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Cigar For Everyone

Chloe’s cousin, May  just had a baby boy and chloe asked me where’s  the cigar for everyone?  because I had told her in our culture, we give cigars to everyone when we have a boy – as boys are a celebrated baby back home.  May’s baby is a beautiful baby – so maybe we should get her some fuente cigars  to pass around when we she comes home to visit everyone with her baby after she is rested and able to travel.  May lives in Toronto with her husband – and yes, she will be back this summer with her baby and we are looking forward to seeing her baby and her.   I bet some friends and family here would be delighted to get some cigars from the new daddy.

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Sudden Fever

Chloe felt ill suddenly during dinner time – first she had a tummy ache and then followed by a fever and you know she is really sick when she didn’t asked for milk before going to bed.   She haven’t even completely recovered from her cold and cough from last week and she got sick again – oh my!  it’s gonna be a busy week for me – with her not in school for a few days.

Like any mother we first worry about why she is having a fever suddenly – is her immune system so poor?  is there something she can take for it?  and then of course, there is school that we have to worry about – since she missed already a few days last week and the week before – can she catch up ?

Of course, the doctor situation isn’t the best here in this small town – where you have to make an appointment or go to the hospital and sit in the emergency room for hours – at times like this i truly wished i was in singapore – I bet she can get to see a pediatrician immediately.  Anyway – I will update on her situation – time to go spend time with the kid.

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Drawing Class For Chloe

Maybe I’m biased but I think Chloe sure draw a good picture – because I could never draw like that.  Talking about drawing my sister and my dad used to be very good at drawing but I could never draw even a stick person properly when I was a kid.   I remembered when I was young – a classmate drew a boat and I had asked if I could have it and brought it home to show my mom – and my mom told my dad that I drew it and my dad immediately knew it wasn’t me – hahaha!!  see how untalented I was even my dad who was never home knew that I couldn’t have drawn the boat.

Anyhow, I really want to send Chloe for drawing classes but being in such a small town there are no classes available here except for a ceramic store that does painting on the ceramic.  The problem with living in a small town is you really cannot develop your kid’s potential – so here I go again – looking for an art teacher who is available during the weekend to teach Chloe.  I think this craziness to enrich Chloe’s potential has to do with the fact that my own parents didn’t do nothing for us when we were young but I don’t blame them because my mom couldn’t afford it and my good for nothing dad was too busy chasing skirts.  Oh well, lucky for Chloe both her parents are very much in love and loved her too much.

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Spending Time With Family

I do not like gaming of any kind – whether it’s shooting people or playing computer games but since PB and Chloe are into gaming on Sundays – I found the perfect solution to be in the tv room with them.  When they are playing their games – I will do my cross stitch like this one.  I’m enjoying my cross stitch so  much instead of just watching my own show or reading – I can sit in the same room with them and do something I liked.  I found out that I liked cross stitch very much.  Woohoo!!!

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Cross Stitch With Chloe

I started Chloe on cross stitch because we had wanted to keep her busy and to do something that most girls don’t do anymore at this time and age.  Most children only wants to play computer games and electronic games – so we figured that it would be good to teach Chloe how to do cross stitch.   And guess what she loved it so much – she was willing to try just about anything.

Tonite, she helped me with mine because she told me she didn’t mind doing mine since I had a hard time seeing those tiny holes.  And she mumbled to herself – like an old lady – that “we don’t see young girls doing this anymore” muahahaha!!! oh my!  this kid of mine – makes me laugh so hard sometimes – she is just too adorable.

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Car Problem

Just our luck !  the kid is sick and we had car problems.  At first, we thought it was the engine but I guess not – and a trip to the local mechanic told us otherwise.  Car cannot be fixed immediately as he need to order a shaft coupling  – so we were quite handicap without our car for a few days – since the car acted up during the weekend – the same time the kid got sick.

Our car was bought just before the kid turned 1 years old and she is already 8 yrs old this year – so it’s getting old but we really have no huge complain about the car – it had served us well.  We finished paying for it 3 years ago – and it is only regular maintenance that we spend money on the car.  So this time – it’s the first really major problem we’ve had, so we ain’t going to complain that we need to wait for a shaft coupling for a few days.  Thank God – our car is finally fixed today – because really we can’t go without our car.  Time to think about getting a second car just in case.

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Moments Of Sadness After Lost Of Grammie

A month and a half ago Chloe lost her grammie to cancer – she passed away so quickly, Chloe didn’t really get to say goodbye properly.  Because of that she may seems happy to everyone but there are moments of sadness and doubt that would overcome her during the day.  So I monitor closely to make sure that she is emotionally taken care of – and to make sure I am there for her when she is sad or needs a question to be answered.

Although PB said it is normal for her to be grieving and I know it is – I find that he is more relax than i am with Chloe emotionally, maybe it is a man thing – but I have to double up and do PB’s part as well.  Just a few weeks ago, she asked if grampie is going to get married again?  Today she asked if I was going to die and leave her – she said she was worried.  I promised her that I loved her too much to die and then caught myself from saying more – because I’m sure her grammie didn’t want to leave her too – so as parents we have to watch what we say – and how we explain things to a child – who is only 8 yrs old and dealing with death for the first time.  Please pray for Chloe – pray that she can find comfort and that she will only think of the good times she had with grammie.