Easter Fun

This morning, I made this rabbit crown for Megan. She kept putting it into Kailan's face. Poor Lan lan. 

Playgroup (March 19)

Last week, she was in a bad mood as that was the first day after my business trip. Her emotional swing had made her crying throughout the class. 

This week, she's back into shape. She knows raising up her hand when we say present, and she made the gesture of thank you in class. 

She was playing sand during the break today. She's still a timid girl, not willing to try the bicycle. 

She's been playing this for quite a while. The other two kids had left and she's still playing. 

Peekaboo. She enjoyed this playhouse after watching the other kid play. 

Sunday (March 6)

Megan's best buddies. She carefully placed them one by one and wiped their faces. 

Trying to let her sleep in the strollers for lunch nap. 

Still not a grumpy baby after 45mins quick re-charge. 

First ice cream bite. 

She knows how to pose. 

Art Class #2

Today, I used some existing toys or paper roll to teach her the concept of shapes. 

Currently she only knows "star" because of the twinkle twinkle little star song. 

My intention is to let her stamp the shape. She cannot resist using her finger to make finger painting. 

Same recipe. Flour, salt and water. This round. I made it more watery. 

Blocks from the shape sorter. I originally wanted to shape the toilet paper roll into shapes. Suddenly I think of these plastic blocks! Yeah!! 

May be the paint is only in one color she was getting bored easily. After clean-up, I suggest painting with water. I drew a fish to get her attention. 

Another quick art class completed. 

New Playgroup

Some people think children do not need to attend playgroup. On the contrary, I am supporting the concept of playgroup because kids learn things from watching other kids to do so, and the social time with kids at similar age in the playgroup is just priceless. 

I wanted to join this class but Megan's rigid schedule could not accommodate earlier. I was accepted finally and we are ready to make a change today. 

Here we go. We love the outdoor playground within the campus. 

Megan picked this toy during the break. 

First time sitting in cart. But she does not like to walk. 

The class was really great, compared to the last one as the programme was so rich and Megan was stimulated. 

But I think the art element was not strong in this new playgroup, so I will do more art with Megan on Sunday to compensate that. 

As long as Megan was having fun and learning something, it's a great class. 

Pretty sunset...

It's the time of the year again we can see sunset on the way back home. Love it. 

I do miss the days when we visited Sheung Wan to watch the sunset in summer after work. So random. 

Wednesday date #6 - March 1

I will be on biz trip next week, so we are trying our best to come home every night to bathe Megan. This Wednesday, we decided to go out after Megan's in bed. So we just went to the nearest Chinese restaurant for dinner. 

Quite a happy date again because we ordered so much. 

Economy was bad so they have offered really affordable choices. We had lobster with noodles, clams, fried chicken, soups, sweet and sour pork, fried pigeon and mango pudding. 

This was really a good break from the food cooked by TIn Tin. 

Next week, I will be in KL next Wednesday. 

Art Class #1

I have been searching for a while... No paint found in HK are suitable for kids below 3 years old. Crayola has one product that is advised for 3 years old. There are not many art supplies online stores that import the completely safe paint for toddlers. I felt defeated. 

It's quite a bad news as I need to make it as I am so busy. To take the first step, I will need to buy the food coloring as these bakery shops are not centrally located nor on my way back to work everyday. 

Since I am seeing a Chinese doctor to heal my inflammatory tendons near my hip bone in Lok Fu (due to carrying heavy Megan), I finally went to the bakery shop in the wet market there. $8 per bottle, great!! 

There are so many recipes in making natural paint online. I picked the easiest one, flour, salt and water. 

I am using the ice cube tray (used for making her food ice cubes) for this activity. Great paint palette. 

She loved blue in the beginning. She was exploring the thick paint one by one. 

She tried to put the paint into the mouth, I stopped two times but she was so fast that she succeeded in her third time putting some over her lips. She showed a disgusting look as the paint is salty. Haha. After that, no more attempts. 

It kept her busy for at least 20mins. After using the fingers, I let her to use a wooden spoon. This is to provide Her tools to explore the possibilities. 

Towards the end, she used both hands to do finger painting. She even poured all colors into the paper. That's the true definition of messy play. 

In theory, she's quite clean. I just need to wash her hands only... She's not touching her face or clothes. Good job Megan. 

Wednesday date #5 - Feb 24

We are going back to Ikea to buy a stepper for Megan. And you can't believe we ended up spending another HKD1,300. 

Of course, the dinner is the highlight. 

Cannot take the desserts placed on the left side. Feeling so happy with the table filled with food. 

Play & Read Corner for Megan

We love transforming our flat to fit everyone's needs. 

Megan has so many stuff that we bought a big wardrobe to keep our flat tidy. 

As Megan is growing up, she needs a set of table and chairs to read and play. 

Handyman had built the ikea furniture this week. Megan loves it, and starts reading in the chair instead of sitting into our lap. 

Wide shot. 

Megan loves picture books. English and Chinese are both interesting. 

Bring a monkey to read with her.