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Vocabulary Lesson for Dad

PK — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:10:29 +0000

M and G are playing with Lego people and animals.

G: This is the doe.
Dad: Is the the male or female deer?
G: I think it’s female.
Dad: No, isn’t it the male deer?
M: No Dad. It’s female. Remember? (singing) Doe, a deer, a female deer……

Letter from the Tooth Fairy

PK — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:05:58 +0000

M’s baby teeth were badly damaged due to bad feeding habbits. That’s for another post. When she was 3 she had real surgery to have several teeth taken all out at once. It was quite an experience for all of us.

Now that she is older, she started to wonder — would those lost teeth be eligible to be “reimbursed” by the tooth fairy? So, while we are still in the “we believe in Santa” phase, I told her I would email the Tooth Fairy and ask.

Today at work, I printed out a formal looking letter (thank you Apple Pages templates), as a official reply from the Tooth Fairy Bureau. TF apparently acknowledged the tooth loses, gave M extra quarters, and threw in a few requests about the need to keep her teeth clean and health. As a addition note, TF said “our record showed that your brother has not been taking good care of his teeth. Please also tell him to take care of his teeth.”

This worked wonder. M was very grateful, and promptly wrote a thank-you email back to TF. At night time she brushed her teeth extra hard, while mumbling to me that “I am taking care of my teeth!”

Do not pollute…

PK — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:34:00 +0000

Driving in our minivan, Mommy threw some cookie crumbs out of the window. M cried — “Mom, don’t pollute!” When Mommy declare that cookie crumbs are probably just going to be eaten by birds, M suggested “Ok. But if you throw the tissue out then it would be pollution”. G quickly added “And if you throw the kids out that would be illegal”.

Apparently Mommy often threaten to throw the kids out of the car if they don’t calm down.

Monetary Transactions

pk — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:51:53 +0000

I just found out that M has encouraged the two of them to have all sorts of monetary tranactions, using coins from their piggy banks. M has been selling things to G, and sometimes paying G to do things for her. Listening to their transactions cracks me up. At this age of course they don’t really assert the correct value of each transactions. I wish I have a log of their transactions and show them after a few years!

This one got me

pk — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:18:22 +0000

We were are the Museum of Science’s special Raptile exhibit having fun. G was running from one station to another looking at different displays. I saw him running towards something on the sidewall and then did a quick 180 degree turn, and laugh. “This one got me” he said. I looked — he was running towards a big “in case of fire break glass” case, thinking it was another exhibit.

Now if we were at the museum of modern art then we have to double check.

A dog, a GPS, a Joke

PK — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:35:51 +0000

M is definitely the one with the imagination and humor bones. She has a little stuff toy dog that she keeps in her coat pockets sometime. While we were in the car, she came up with this story:

Doggie wanted to go home. He put the address in his GPS. The GPS took him to his dog house, which is next to my house. He wanted to go to my house. So he thought his GPS is broken and took it to the store. They told him it is not broken. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…

Japanese toilet training videos

PK — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:18:14 +0000

No words needed:

Waking up to the State Police

PK — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:58:27 +0000

It’s all my fault, really.

Guppy loves Gadgets. Nothing surprising here, since his Dad loves Gadgets and have so much fun stuff around the house. Since he was around 8 months old, he can imitate us talking on cellphones. Soon after that he can use his little figure to operate the joystick on the phone, making the screen change from one thing to another. He is very proud of that.

After destroying my Sony Ericcson Z600, and almost destroy my new T630, we have been trying to give him one of our old cellphones to play with. Unfortunately he can tell the difference. So finally I gave in and charged up the old cellphone, without a SIM card, and let him play with that. He was very amused by it because now it works, sorta. It will switch on, but just says “insert SIM”. That’s until this morning.

I did not know this, but the phone will allow emergency calls even without a SIM card. That’s a good thing normally, but not when your 1+ years old is making the call. He was playing with the phone in bed with me, and suddenly I hear “Hello, this is the State Police. Can I help you” from the phone. (Cellphones, be being location based, emergency calls are routed to the State Police). I explained to the nice police dispatcher that it was just my baby playing with the phone. But now you know what not to do with old cellphones !

Minivan or Convertible?

PK — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:14:58 +0000

I love convertibles. When the Mazda Miata came out, I bought the 27th car arrived at the dealership, and pay way too much for it. But the fun of top down motoring !! Commuting became fun time. Weekend trips were amazing. When I drove up to the many typical Summer BBQ parties, it’s one convertible amongst a drivewayful of minivans. All my friends are having kids, driving minivans. I always said to them — “I won’t be caught dead driving one of those things”.

Fast forward many years. Their kids are grown, or grown enough. They are trading in the minivans for luxury SUVs, buying euro sports car and convertibles. Me? After unsuccessfully trying to fit a stroller, box of diapers, 4 cans of formula, two watermelons and a weekend of fruits and vegetable supplies into the Lexus sedan with two car seats installed, I had no choice…

So now I am a “proud” owner of a, eh, “lifestyle vehicle” called the Toyota Sienna. The kids and mom is happy. We don’t have to try to change diapers on one square foot of space in the passenger seat. I tell myself that, with the AC outlet, I can plug my laptop into the car, park outside Starbucks, and I have a roomy mobile office. Power sliding doors are cool. At least 14 cup holders. navigation system is fun. Have not really play with the rear seat entertainment system yet.

Just to make me feel worse about parting with the Miata, as I pulled up at the dealership with the Miata to trade it in, all the salespeople said “are you serious? You are trading in your convertible for a MINIVAN “? Yes I am !

(You can also read my full reivew of the Sienna here).