And My Journey Thru' Breast Cancer
Going for walks with Chloe beats going on the treadmill , that’s for sure. I just wished the weather warm up quicker, so that we can do it more often. Having said that, most importantly, these walks tire the lil’ brat out, so that she will go to bed .. at about 10.30pm.. without too much fussing. If she coops up in the store the whole day because of bad weather.. she doesn’t get to do much, and therefore don’t get to spend her energy anywheres. And yes, that’s me an chloe .. 🙂
This is Chloe’s nite time ritual – whereby she wants to read as many books as possible..before sleeping. She will bargain.. and bargain .. but by the time.. she is ready for bed.. it’s already late.. so we can only read a few to her. She loves that her daddy reads to her.. and she never lean on me this way.. because she knows.. my tummy cannot be pressed on. There are so many things.. that she would make PB do for her.. like carry her into the tub.. or carrying her from the bed to the computer room for her breakfast.. but she never make me do any of it. Yes.. PB said she knows better.. but you see .. she is only but 5.5 yrs old.. and she already knows right from wrong.
I never liked clutter, so from young, Chloe was taught how to clean up and put things back where they belong. Usually, during bedtime, she still wants to play with her toys.. but just before she lay down.. and cover herself in blankie, this is what she does. Line up all her toys properly .. before going to bed. But there is a new rule at home this week, and that is .. Chloe can mess up her room.. as long as she cleans it up herself.. at nite. I believe in teaching her young.. and hopefully, we give her some good grounding.. to help her be a good person for the future.
It had been a rather trying week for us last week because Chloe was punched by a classmate in her pre-school on the chest. At first, we didn’t think too much of it.. till in the evening, when we got home.. and got ready to bathe her .. and i saw a slight bruise on her chest. I asked her about it.. and she said.. it was this boy who punched her on her chest.. but she had already told her teacher about it. As parents, we all know that we first have to find out .. whether our own kid had been bad first .. perhaps, Chloe had provoked the boy. But Chloe said “no” .. and i was abit concern because this is not the first time, this kid had done that to Chloe.
Like all parents, we of course want to teach our kid how to protect herself and after much talking about it.. and explaining to Chloe what she had to do in the future should it happen again, my daughter is so kind hearted and refuses to push her bully away .. but insisted that she was gonna run very quickly to her teacher. I know that in every school and in fact in every class in the future,…. my kid may come across a bully or two.. but that does not mean .. that my kid needs to continue to be the victim right..?? And even though her current teacher tried to put it lightly to us.. about the situation .. i am very worried because my daughter is not taught to hurt others.. nor do we condone roughing around. We want to do the right thing.. but as parents we all know the right thing may not be the best thing or the proper thing to help my daughter.. so what would you do.. if you were in my shoes?
Chloe’s best friend is Dominic. In fact, they were born at about the same time. Dominic’s mother and I got pregnant at about the same time. I still remember the day i announced my good news.. to Claudette..but Claudette was in to tell me about her good news… but stopped herself. It is truly hard to find good ppl here in this town and I hope to make some good friends for Chloe, so that when she grows up, she will have a pool of good ppl to look up to.. and share stuff with. I also want to teach Chloe to be strong and nonchalant because sometimes, ppl say things without knowing that they can hurt our feelings. For ppl like that.. I want to teach Chloe not to waste time on them… and move forward.
Many of my girlfriends & family often asked why i chose a man from a “ulu” town.. to settle down with, since i had many choices for I worked with a lot of ppl and meets tons too. Muahahah!! and every now and then.. with the ladies/moms here .. i get the same question. Well, moment of truth .. g/fs is .. yes.. i get to meet a lot of ppl, but most are either too full of themselves (i’m so full of myself, so how can i tolerate another like me right..?) or some are already married.. and only looking for a fling .. which i was not into ( after get AIDs how..??) .. and those “suitable ones” .. well .. lets just say .. they want someone submissive..?? and others.. they have their own expectations.. of the woman they want to settle down with.
As you all know.. i met PB online. He was funny and witty .. and had a dry sense of humor, obviously SMART .. but having said all these.. had i known what it was gonna be like here.. in small town, i would definitely had encouraged him to live in Asia. But now that we’ve Chloe, it makes it a lot harder to move.. because of all the benefit the Canadian government gives to these kids – the future generation. Surely there are lots of things that I don’t like here but I never have to work for someone else for the last 9 yrs. On top of everything else, PB shares half of everything i do for Chloe and the house.. i’m a 50/50 gal and in our household, there is no one thing that either of us wouldn’t do. And of course, most importantly, the heavy duty stuff is done and taken care of by PB. All in all, it’s great except for missing food and home, now if they had just 1 hawker center in Yarmouth, I’ll be good for life here. So for those thinking of migrating.. make sure you migrate where there are authentic food around eh. Love is important .. but food is equally as important.
I bought these rubber stamps for chloe to play with. But seriously, when i think of it.. i wonder if it is I .. ?? or it’s chloe’s fetish..??? hehehe!! truth be told.. i love hello kitty a lot .. but that was when i was a kid. At that time and age, I couldn’t afford to have stuff like Hello Kitty .. as my mum wasn’t one .. that would spend a lot of money on the gals (cultural thing). So whenever i see hello kitty stuff.. you know i’ll be buying for Chloe.. just because. The thing about giving your kid.. what you never had .. is true eh.
I’m sick, Chloe is just getting over her cold. PB bathed her .. because i’m too sick to bathe her. After her bath, I asked her why she washed her hair. She said.. daddy washed it. Then the conversation took a turn into a different story.
Brat : Daddy’s bleeding.
Me : Really? Why?
Brat : I think he has a pimples and he was bleeeeeding.
Me : Ohhhh..!! lets call the cops.
Brat : No mom..!! no one broke into our house! we have to call the ambulance .. not the cops..!!
Me : <0-0>
The lil’ brat started having the sniffles yesterday, and of course like any parent, we are on the red alert . .hoping she won’t get any temperature with her sniffles. The teacher in school was very encouraging and had said that with all the germs she is getting, she won’t have to fight it next fall, when she goes back to school. One can always hope eh..?? With Chloe sick so often .. since she started school, like any parents.. I don’t need to use weight loss pills to lose weight, worrying about her is enough to make me skip a meal or two.
After watching the Hannah Montana movie, Chloe decided she wants to be just like Hannah Montana – Miley. Yes, she can sing Hannah Montana’s song and all. Kids just picks up .. just about everything and anything. Oh well.. as long as she is happy eh.. i guess.??