Everyone was out of the house...

Chab: I want grown ups..

Mem: Well....I'm a grown up.

Chab: You're a small grown up.

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Chab found tassels in a bag.

Chab: Dadi, may I borrow the rope?

Dadi: Ok.

Chab sees the tassels out of the bag now...

Chab: Oooh! Fancy!

How old are you?

A while ago, I approached Memi and told her,

"Did I mention I pooped?"

The mystery of the red lollipop

Grandmum bought Chab a red lollipop. Chab broke the stick. Grandmum said here, i'll replace it, and changes the lollipop with a new one and leaves to go upstairs.

A while later Chab breaks the stick of the second lollipop.

As we are going upstairs for bed, we meet grandmum at the landing.

Grandmum: Elisha, o, where is your lollipop?

Chab: I broke it.

Grandmum: (thinking that she was thinking of the first lollipop) No, I gave you a new one, diba?

Chab: But, I broke-d it also..

Grandmum: I don't believe you.

Chab: I don't care!




Ayayay, what 2 year olds would say... Or maybe it's just this 2 year old. Where did she pick that phrase up, and how did she know how to use it?

A Princess for a Day

November 8, 2008

I got to be a flower girl for the first time today at Tito EJ and Tita Jo's wedding.

My dress was shiny brown with an orange bow at the back. :) I was very excited to get the dress early and try it on. I practiced at home pretending to smile and walk down the aisle. I also practiced waking up early for 1 week, because the wedding was at 8 a.m.!

I got new white formal shoes, white stockings, and a shiny, pretty clip at IKAY to go with my dress.

When we arrived at the Magallanes church on the day of the wedding, I was scared, because I saw all the people! But after seeing the other kids, I started to relax. I did practice runs down the aisle holding my Memi and Grandmum's hands. Then I walked on the red carpet again with my Dadi, and again, by myself.

I got a ball of orange flowers to hold and more orange flowers to wear on my head. Then, I was ready. I'm proud to say that I was able to walk down the aisle when it was my turn to [even though Memi walked with me a bit at the start] and I walked all the way to the front alone.

Grandad and Grandmum came along to take a video of me. You can see the video at our house. :)

At the end of the day, I was so tired and wanted to remove the dress, the stockings, the shoes and the clip in my hair! Being a princess is not easy. :)

But I did love dancing at the reception and playing around in my dress. Thank you tito and tita for a beautiful dress and yummy muffins for breakfast.

Can I get my balloon now, Mem?

How about my orange bag, Dadiyoh?

:)

This time for real!

November 6, 2008, Thursday

This time it was for real! Last thursday was my first time to pee in the real toilet. Memi put me in a panty that morning. We were in the den, and Memi was at the computer, then, I said, "Memi! Memi! MEMI!!!"

Memi looked and saw me looking like I had to pee [because I was sticking my butt out]. Then, she brought me to the toilet [the real one and not my potty] I was holding my pee for 20 seconds, but then I did it! I heard the sound, and I had peed in the toilet. :) Good thing I recognized that I had to pee AND called Memi AND was able to hold it till we got to the toilet. :)

I'd been wearing diapers for the past couple of days because I kept wetting myself wearing panties, and that Thursday when Memi put me in the panty, I think I knew that I had to tell her when I needed to go. I didn't want to wet myself again. :)

Congratulate me. :)

Another first at 2 years and 4 months.

Singing while playing

I made up a song today, while I was playing with my cooking toys. It goes like this:

A ngay, ngay bunny
And a pink, pink bunny
In a cozy ngaaaannnd!!!

I'M BUNNY!

(repeat 10x)

Big girl pants

I'm wearing big girl pants during the day now. Augh! I hate getting wet all over when I pee. I haven't been able to make it to the potty yet or say that I am ready to pee. I just stop, and then watch in shock as a yellow drip pools around my legs. I'm frozen in the ground when that happens.

28 months and spelling

Thanks to my Tita Roberta's gift from my 2nd birthday I can now spell using my Boggle Jr.

I'm starting to recognize letters now. At first I only knew 3 letters. O, X , W (because of Elmo's alphabet Jungle) and M (because of my favorite chocolate M & M's).

Now, I can spell baby, boot, moon, road, and all the cards in my Boggle Jr. game! I can recognize more letters now, including E, B, C, D, S, A, I (which I call 'straight line') and P.

I love the spelling game!

Rhymes

Now that I'm more than 2, I want to do some things myself. Yesterday I told Mem

"I will, daffodil."

hahhahahaha...

Storytime

Grandad was telling a story about what happened at the skyway office. He was talking to Memi in Tagalog since Chab was playing facing the other way near Tito Joey.

Chab goes to Grandad and yells,

"ENGLISH, GRANDAD! ENGLISH!!!"

Tune-d in

Here I am listening to my own tunes on the ipod nano



Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along:

Elmo's Song

La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
Elmo's song

La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
Elmo's song

He wrote the music,
he wrote the words.
That's Elmo's song!

Remembering Rewards

" I got a candy, I got a candy!"

Memi said, I'll get a candy if I use the potty. I haven't been able to use the potty yet since the last time, but I remember that she gave me one for packing away my toys. So, I tried asking for one yesterday for packing away my toys. :) hahah.

This morning I read my book, Spot's Special Days, then I asked Mem,
"Can I have a candy? Because I read [the book out loud], diba?"

I Love Buchi!

I love buchi! At the end of my meal at Fu, Serendra I ordered one from the waiter. :) It was my 3rd time there. :)

1st time successful

I've been trying to use the potty for a while now ever since March. At first, I was afraid of it and didn't want to go near it. After a month, I learned to sit on it and pretend, but I still had my pants on. When Memi asked if I wanted to use the potty I said, "NO!".

After a while, I learned to recognize when I needed to pee. So, I would tell Memi that I need to pee, but didn't make it to the potty. Then, one day, I did it! I peed in the potty! Yay! My first time! And, there was a second time too!

I forgot about using the potty after that. Not until this month did I start using the potty again. Memi said if I did, I would get my favorite candy, strawberry Sugus. 1 candy for peeing and 2 candies for pooping. I did a couple of wee-wees. I know it's coming because I always feel hot there... :) haha..

No success for pooping yet though.

Today, I felt hot and I told Mem. I sat on the potty for a while...then Memi said, if I poo in the potty I'll get 3 candies! After a few tries - my first POOP! Hooray!

I got my 4 candies! (because I peed too). I'm so proud of me.

And Memi is too. :)

Are you proud of me Dadi? :)

Monday Fun in the Park

Today, Mem, Tito Joe and I went to Heritage to visit Lola Liza at 4pm.

I got to fly a kite all by myself for the first time today! :) Yay! It was flying high and it dipped to the right. and to the left when I pulled the string up and down, up and down. :)

I ran around the grass and we had a small picnic with Cheetos, marshmallows and eggnog cookies. I tried shouting while a big marshmallow was in my mouth, but all that came out was, "uuuurrrhhh!".

We all ran down the hill when I let go of the kite string! We chased the kite down the hill and I spilled my cookies :c because I was holding them while running.

I brought my little tykes trike, but it wouldn't roll down the grassy hill, so Tito Joe tried pushing me. Weee! We were moving. Then, Tito Joe made it go faster, the wheels weren't turning that well, because the grass was thick, and it toppled over! I fell into the grass face-forward and Tito Joe tumbled over me in the air and down the hill!!! Yahhhh!

When I got up, there was grass in my mouth! Wah! Gross. Memi gave me some water and a hug so that I would feel better. I wasn't hurt, because the grass was soft, but it sure was prickly!
Still, after everything, I got on my bike once more to try again, this time slower, because you have to get up and try again even if you do fall down. :)

A good hour of the day well spent.

Before, going I did the sign of the cross, and prayed for Lola. I said, "I miss you so much, Lola."

I waved goodbye from my carseat window. Bye Lola! ;)

Same hair

My 1st VTR at 24 months old

This was my first VTR. I was 24 months old here. Came along with Tito Botchok and cousins Kiana and Kaiel for VTRs at 2 agencies :)

Just Plain Ice Cream Please

Grandad: Elisha, do you want ice cream?

Chab: No, not yet..

Grandad: Do you want ice cream with strawberry syrup?

Chab: Eh! I don't want blood.

Grandad: Do you want ice cream with nuts?

Chab: That's for squirrels!

Grandad: How about honey? Do you like honey?

Chab: Eh! I'm not Pooh Bear!

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:)

Chab update - August 2008

I got another bangs haircut from Memi yesterday and this time I was really awake with no distractions except for the TV. I might be ready for a real haircut!

Dadi got me a pet goldfish the day before yesterday. I call her Dorfy, after Elmo's pet fish, Dorothy. I feed her every morning. :)

Happy Birthday Tito Odari!!! :*