Megan's 2nd Birthday (Part 3)

Celebrating with my families is the last part of the story.

My second eldest sister ordered Megan a special cake from Raymond's sister who has been am amateur baker. Very professional cake! 

Let's take a family photo! 

Everyone is enjoying the cake, except Kailan. she is looking for opportunity if someone is dropping a piece of fruit or cake crumbs. 

Megan's 2nd Birthday (Part 2)

I have invited the BFFs to come over for a picnic to celebrate Megan's second birthday. We were blessed with the good weather, sunny and breezy. So lucky!!!

Though the weather was perfect on Oct 10, Megan kicked off the party with her stormy emotions.
Megan was throwing serious tantrums since one week before her second birthday. That's indeed very scary, especially i am an impatient mom. Like all the hurdles we have overcome, we are looking at ways to pass through this drastic change. Books, google, FB discussions...

She successfully got everyone's attention on that day as she was losing control, and this stubborn girl was really persistent. We ended up cooling her down by the water and let her lying on the floor and had a complete meltdown. Afterwards, a big hug after all the drama, and she was OK after that.
There's no reason behind the lengthy meltdown, but obviously this is a frustration for her because she knew a lot of words but could not express them in a way to communicate her needs with us.

In the second part of the picnic, it was good as she was back to normal. She kept eating the cakes, and she opened three of them, and we always tried to finish them for her because we did not want her to eat so many cakes.

In conclusion, a very tiring day, but it's good to see the other BFF kids and had some fun together. We were so lucky as BFF aunties sent us awesome gifts. I am sharing the books one by one with her, otherwise, she is too overwhelmed.

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Megan's 2nd Birthday (Part 1)

OMG! Time flies, and we have become parents for two full years. It's a bit touching to see this little girl to grow out of her many clothes.
On her birthday, we decided to keep things simple, and we took her to Gold Coast Beach for an hour or so. This was hers second visit to the beach, so she was at first a bit scared.
She is loving water so much now, and she yelled "changed"..."changed", she wanted to get changed, as we did before we visit the pool. She wanted her swimming suit, and of course i did not bring this along. We were kicking the waves in the end, and enjoyed some time by the water.

After dinner, Ah Lun delivered the homemade cake to her, and it's priceless to see her face full of expressions - a mix of all feelings, surprised, shy, excited, etc.

This was simple but that's the best!

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Art by Megan

Lots of imagination but lack of skills to express it. 

She knew a lot of words and drew them on the drawing board. Tin tin is so kind to put the text next to it, so I knew what she had drawn in the day. It's so hilarious. 

接放學

Whenever he's free, he will come to pick me up from work. Really appreciating what he's doing. 

This is what he looks like when I came down from the building. 

Shorts matching with the background today. 

Loving our car and most probably we are not selling this. 

Sunday (Sep 4)

Today ah Lun will have marathon work for the Election Day. He had to work from 5am Sunday until 3pm Monday. It's such a long day for him. It means this Sunday I am all on my own again. No problem, mommy is planning something fun. 

Breakfast time. One butter toast for mama and one for Megan. 

Kailan kept asking for the bread. We have her some

When I started cooking at around 10:30am, Megan knows that and she will play on her own. Kailan is just sitting there, staying a distance from baby

Kailan, what are u doing there facing the wall? Day dreaming? 

Kailan just wants to stay with me instead of that little monster. 

Mama is cooking, so does she. 

She's washing the dishes

She just had a 30-min nap. But I let her stay in her room for nearly two hours, so both of us could take a rest before we go out

We went to DPark's indoor park to kill time. They have two girls who taught kids to do exercise. Obviously Megan is not interested. She's looking them from afar. 

There are lots of toys for the young toddlers. 

Having fun in the spinning chair

Let's sing: Yankee Doodle came to town, riding on a pony...... 

Poking the eyes of the pony. Kailan gets the same treatments all the time

She said quack quack quack 

Hop hop hop

Before meal time. Drawing for only a short time. Too bad

She dislikes scramble egg, may be that's the reason for the face. 

She could only eat hard boiled eggs. In the end lots of pasta was given to her. 

The children set is actually very cute! 

After the long day, we took taxi home. We had milk and a hot shower before mealtime. After that mama needs a break. I did not move at all on the sofa until 11pm. Just feeling too tired. 

Sep 24-25

Today, we were learning day and night at playgroup. Children just love to hold something with a stick. 

We had an easy Saturday. We did not do anything in the afternoon. 

On Sunday, Papa was working early in the morning and he came home after work at 9am. we went out to have a breakfast on together, that's great timing. 

Megan is so tall that people will think she's 3 yrs old. But she's still not yet turning two. I am also amazed by her height. 

She is so used to sit on the hip seat. She does not even hold papa tight. How much trust she's giving papa. Looks scary to me. 

Breakfast at Delifrance. Not good at all. 

She loves corn and mushroom. 

On the way home at Kwai Fong station, I asked, shall we take a passport photo? 

We used to do this when we were young dating. Why not doing these random thing together. I love Ah Lun that he will say yes in a second. 

So let's do something fun, after all it's  HKD50 only. 

In the afternoon, Megan was reading my travel magazines while I was cooking. 

She always pointed the cruise ships. 

Kailan knew that I have food, so she always eager to come in. 

Baked pasta

Baked broccoli tots. Saw that on FB and IG and I wanted to try it. 

So eager to see what's going on in the oven. 

It's so yummy she finished all. She really had a big appetite. 

Sep 23 - belated birthday dinner with Betty

Happy birthday Betty! 

You don't look like your age at all. 

Age gracefully! 

Nice Chinese restaurant behind Time Square. It's upstairs and no pressure to hand out the table at all. 

Wheels on the Bus

This is Megan's favorite song. She  especially loves singing "babies on the bus goes wa wa wa, all the long" after she's crying or some other babies are crying. 

We therefore got the new picture book for her lately and we just need to sing the song a few times per day. 

Obviously Tin Tin is aware of this too, and she made a bus for Megan from a carton box. 

How sweet is she and she's really loving Megan. She's an art lover and Megan lover. 

Feeling thankful for her great service in the last two years. Yesterday marked her  second anniversary. 

Look at those details. Even the fine lines are cut out from the colour paper. 

This belongs to Megan. How cute is this. 

Food art by Tin Tin

Crazy!