My wee girl, princess she is

  I am blessed having my wee girl. Such a sweet, pretty, little princess! 

  We had a birthday party for her the day before and her brother gave her this "princess" outfit. Her cousins gave her the crown set. She donned them all on and was prancing around. So I ran to get my camera. Boy, she didn't want to have her picture taken. She would not look at me and I had to take several pictures before I landed this one smiling and still not looking at me. 

  So pretty!

  

My wee boy, before and after

  My wee boy. His hair before the hair cut and my how different he looked after the hair cut. I had told him he was getting a hair cut and he was so excited and grabbed my comb with him outside. I had already put the high chair outside and it was a beautiful day. 

  The 2nd picture of him fussing. He realized he didn't like his hair being cut. I couldn't help where the hairs land. It kept landing on his face and he didn't like it very much and wanted out. I, of course, would not let him out until I was finished cutting his hair. As soon as I was finished. I put him down. He wanted a bath now.

  Yay, that was my intention of doing next. He was already on his way to the bathroom. I had to laugh and follow him and my girl followed too. Splish Splash, splish splash they go in the tub.

  The last picture of him after the bath and the hair cut. My my, so boyish boy he is. My darling!

  

                  

My sister, her recipes

   My sister has a list of recipes on her own blog, mountain mama. I haven't checked them all but I did tried her Chinese recipes, egg rolls and beef stir fry. Hoo Boy, it was a huge success and its not so bad making them like I had thought it'd be. They sure were YUMMY! And they had smelled so good that my stomach rumbled. It's that good!

  The first time I made the egg rolls, my step son was supposed to help me but for some reasons we got side tracked and I went ahead and made them without him. I had dropped the thong holding the egg roll down in the hot oil and splash went the HOT oil on my face. OUCH! Ouchy ouch! I zooom to the bathroom and splash cold water on my face and thank goodness I was wearing my glasses. And I had heck of a time washing the oil off my glasses. There was no blisters on my face and whew! My face dried up and I put aloe gel on my face constantly otherwise I feel my face shrinking smaller and smaller. I don't want my face to be like a dried walnut. Silly metaphor! But that's how I felt and put on aloe gel so often that my wee girl notice and wanted the aloe gel on her face too. 

  She said ooh that hurt and point to the red spots on my face. I wasn't a pretty sight! Then eventually it peeled off like sunburn and now I'm back to normal. WHEWWWW!

  I still had some cabbages left and other stuffs for making another egg rolls batch. This time my step son was around and he was totally all for it and did the whole thing by himself and with a little guidance from me. He did really good and I think he enjoyed the whole process, cutting, measuring, rolling, dipping and of course, the best part, eating it. :0)

  I'd encourage you all to try it out. My sister, has a recipe listed with pictures with step by step so it made it easy to follow. And I did wonder where to find the egg rolls wrappers and what the package would look like. She had the details and pictures which made my "shopping" so easy and felt confident enough to try and make it.

  Thank you sis for the wonderful recipes and making it so easy for me to follow. Do go ahead and try making it. I know I will be making it again and again and again. Yes, again and again. :0)

Frustrated!

  Boy, I am so frustrated. I had started writing a blog about my wee boy and wanted to include the pictures I have of him. I am unable to get it "set". I downloaded the pictures from our camera to the computer. All I have to do is transfer the pictures. Right? Lo and behold, it would not let me. I looked and I tried most everything. GRRR!!! I think I'm doing something wrong here or I simply am missing something. It could be right in front of my nose. I hate that when it happens, and it makes me feel stooooooooopid. Giggling. It's good that I can laugh about it. LOL

  Reckon, I need help showing me around. Who to ask? Of course, I can ask my sister. She's the whiz and has her own blog, mountain mama. Problem? She's a full day drive far. Humph!! I don't know who else has their own blog that lives near me so I can ask questions. 

  Suggestions?

My wee children

  When I look at my wee children, a girl and a boy, I am truly amazed they came from within me. Now they're growing and growing. Communicating more and more. Less and less a baby in them. Boo hoo.. How I miss those moments where I just can cuddle them and no words need be said. Now it's more like running to catch them, and they're shriek loudly in happiness and joy. Their wants are simple and it can be demanding. Sigh.. Anyway, I'm still so blessed having them.

  My daughter has just turned 3 and I'm so glad, grateful, blessed that she is now a beautiful, feisty wee girl. She came to us 9 weeks early with no complications but just oh so tiny baby that you would be afraid to crush her in your hands. She weighted just under 3 lbs. We were in awe of her, afraid for her, hoping for her, praying for her and boy, look at her now. Unbelievable! Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You. It can never be enough!

  My son is now 19 months old and wow, I never thought I'd have a boy, truly. When I look at him, I'm amazed, I'm beyond myself. He's a boy through and through. All the toys I had for my wee girl, he chose balls. He's a ball boy! He loves all kinds of balls. Basketball, football, kickball, tennis ball, rubber ball, and more balls. He'd shriek any kind of ball if he happen to see one. Oh my, my.

  Sometime I think my wee boy was born to torment his sister. Right from the start, he has this star in his eyes when he look at his sister. He adores her and she to him. My wee girl bully him every now and then but she always include him in her activities so I think they're "both even out". LOL They're buddy buddy all the way. I cannot imagine them apart. He want to do everything she is doing. Imitating her, copying her, following her and such. Now she's potty training and he want to do the same. Hoo boy. I'm delighted but boy he want to do it now while she's sitting down. It's hard to persuade him to wait his turn. At night, they both want to be together either in her bed or in his crib. Most often in our big bed!

  All in all, I'm truly truly blessed having them, good or bad.

My sister, my inspiration

My sister, my inspiration.

  Because of her, I am inspired to create my own blog. My sister is more the literacy type, she writes poems, stories, and her own blog. She reads a lot. But so do I but the only difference is I'm not much of a 'writer'. I can just try and see how this new blog of mine goes. I can think of some stuffs I'd like to include mostly for my wee two children so they'd have something to learn, pass on or just simply read.

  I am new at this and I have a lot to learn, the layout, font, settings and whatever else is included. It should be fun but it's also a bit scary. Heh.