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She’s Almost 7 !

As we sit and watch our daughter Chloe sleeping in her little couch bed in the tv room – we cannot helped but wonder where the time flew. She is almost 7 years old a month from now and even though it doesn’t seems so long – she is really growing up. Chloe can be so sweet at times and other times so bratty – but she is only but 7 yrs old right?

I remember my own God-daughter Sandy – when she was about younger than Chloe – she was a lot worst – but she is all grown up now and in college and outgrew all her brattiness too. I hope to continue to do a good job with Chloe – bring her up to be an honest person with integrity. She is a miracle – and i remind PB all the time. I don’t want to miss out on anything with Chloe – I don’t want her to feel like we are too busy with work. Balance i hope to find in our lives – balance.

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The Leblanc’s Made Halloween Possible For Chloe

We don’t have a lot of friends here – but the ones we called friends are always kind to us especially chloe and they are steadfast – and genuine. Chloe didn’t get to go out for Halloween because she was sick – puking and feverish. She was very upset of course that she didn’t get to dress up and get treats – but yu see when the Leblanc’s didn’t see us show up at their doorsteps like we used to – they arrived at the store the next day with Halloween goodies for Chloe! Oh ! the leblanc’s are just so kind to Chloe – and definitely made Halloween for Chloe. Chloe loved her Halloween treat bags and thanks to the Leblanc’s they made it easier for her to forget she didn’t get to go out on Halloween day.

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Chloe’s Teachers Are Great

I’m pleased to report that Chloe is having a lot of success with her teachers from last year and this year. Even the school secretary is way nicer than her previous school – she is always smiling to us – and always gets chloe for us when we need to see her during lunch time. It really makes a world of difference that Chloe like her teachers a lot. Plus her teachers are very encouraging and always listen when Chloe has trouble with some kids. We are keeping our fingers and toes crossed that Chloe would continue to have good teachers for the rest of her years in this school.

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I See The Goodness In My Child

A few days ago Chloe was sick – puking and feverish. Today she was feeling better and wanted to have a sucker but I didn’t know if she could have it or not. So she told me to type on the puter and find out whether she can eat the sucker or not – hahahha! too funny right? you see she had been watching us do that for the last few days – checking out on google to see what she can eat and what she cannot eat.

So when PB came back – I told him about the story – expecting him to say – oh yes! she is a smart one – instead he replied that she likes to push it when she feels a bit better. *rolled eyes* – yes! i see the goodness – the cuteness and smartness in my child – but even her daddy doesn’t see the same – they see the naughtiness in her first. *sigh*. Even when she was sick – a few days ago – she wrote little messages to keep me happy, so that I won’t be so worried about her. I see the goodness and kindness in my child – can you?

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When My Child Is Sick

Whenever Chloe falls ill – I feel like an incompetent mom – I feel that I could have done better. I wished I could keep her away from falling sick and puking and having a fever – and it worries me to death – I can’t sleep well at night when she is ill. But she is an awesome kid – when she is sick – she is not cranky or anything – she just wants to sleep.

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An Angel When She Is Outside

They say that there is an angel inside every brat – hahah! and yes she can be an angel when she is out with us. But when she is at the store and I start talking with a customer – whether it is for work or for pleasure – she will start her nonsense and wants attention immediately. Yup! last week she started crying her eyes out because I was chatting with a customer for 10 mins. PB had to go to the back of the store and gave her a talking to. But when she is out – shopping or eating – she is an angel – she would draw – she would read – and eat her food – and never once try her nonsense. People would come up to us and tell us what a well-behaved kid we have – and we would reply – you haven’t seen the other side of her yet – the evil one – muahahah!! But whatever she is – we love her – but mannnn!!! the attitude had to change at the store – else someone is going to be staying home after school.

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A Fish Eater Who Won’t Eat Salmon

Chloe is a fish eater – but she refuses to eat salmon because it is not white in color. We all know that salmon is the best kind of fish to eat and I won’t fry the salmon – because I don’t like frying. I usually bake my fish – and wished she would eat some good fish instead of fish and chips. But nope – she refuses to eat my baked salmon – but when we order fish and chips – no problems at all – in fact – these days she eats more fish – than she did a year ago. What a strange little girl right?

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Reading Changes

We can see lots of changes in Chloe this year – this year – she is reading a lot more and recognizing a lot more words than we thought she did. When we go to the mall – she would try to read stuff that are on the sign – and is even able to read greeting cards. Very impressive indeed! the teachers from last year and this year – had done a great job with Chloe i’ll have to say. We are keeping our fingers and toes crossed – so far she is enjoying school very much and don’t want to miss school at all.

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Good Patience & Bad Patience

I don’t like to scream, shout or raise my voice at Chloe – never been my style and I hope never will be. But like many parents – there comes a time – when we “do” raise our voices and scream at our child – after all we are only human. But I also read that there is the “good” kind of patience and the “bad” kind of patience – now that stumped me a little – isn’t being patience all good? apparently not!

So I quote from what I read – Good patience involves providing your child with time to complete tasks within their developmental abilities – unquote. So in other words – when you expect your child to do something – you have to give them enough time to make mistakes, fail and start all over again. Have the patience to let them do it right on their own – in other words – don’t be a helicopter mom like ME! hahahha!!

Ok the bad patience – getting your child to do the things you want them to do – may seems like good parenting and that you taught them well to the public – but like any good parents – a normal child will sometimes resist and they have their own thoughts over certain matters especially when they get older. It may seems at that time that ignoring the tantrums or resistance is good patient but it’s not. Yelling usually comes with resistance – but it doesn’t really work for me – because I feel absolutely bad after the yelling sessions. So what do you do? listen! listen to your child – work with her. Chloe likes that we help her to clean up – she doesn’t like doing it on her own – she feels bad when I get mad and clean up everything on my own. But I’ve learned to compromise – and help her to clean up – slowly but surely I feel she will know that she will have to clean up on her own. See the big picture – that was what i read. What about you? do you have good patience or bad patience?

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Chloe & Her Binoculars

Last weekend – Chloe decided she wants to be Indiana Jones and do some exploring and also bird-watching. So when she was at her Grammie’s on Saturday – she and Aunt Helena went bird watching. She must have been using her binoculars a lot because she came back with right patches under her both eyes. She said she had so much fun – that on Sunday – she wanted to go again to her Grammie’s instead of the baby shower with me. But she also told me – she wants the same ncstar binoculars that her grampie has – and not a toy one. She said she prefers her grampie’s binoculars – because she can see better with them. hhahah!! So we told her to write to Santa about it – after all Christmas isn’t too far.