Almost 3!

My favorite game now is dress up and pretend. Yesterday I put a bucket on my head like a helmet, and used the lid as a steering wheel, and put a towel on my back like a jacket and I pretended to be "pizza guy".

The other day, I wore my old flower girl dress and tiara given by my ninang vikki, and pretended to be a princess just before bedtime.

I've been watching a lot of Play School on the Australia Channel, that's why I like playing these games now.

Addicted to Boowa and Kwala

I love playing Boowa and Kwala all day. I've been doing this for a week now. Nevermind that I am only 2 and can play on the laptop for hours. Oh, my poor eyesight... I have to go outdoors soon.

My First Watercolor Painting

April 5, 2009

My Basset HoundFace

Chab's story

Chab reading an empty book after having her bath:

"One day there was a beautiful seradactil (pterodactyl) who lived with her Memi seradactil. And then came Daddy seradactil and they were happy. Then there was Lolo seradactil and Granma seradactil and Grandad seradactil and they were great! Chab seradactil liked pizza. Then they all went home and lived happily ever after. The end."

Learning and Growing

Yesterday I craved buchi, so today we went to lunch in North Park and I LOVED it! Yum, yum! I did a dance when the buchi arrived and I smiled the biggest smile and I rubbed my tummy. :)

I recently bought a "learn to write" activity book. Now I can draw circles, squares and triangles. I'm still trying to follow the dots on my book, but I'm getting there. Memi says it's very early for me to start writing letters, but my book is fun and there is no harm in learning, right Dado? :)

Dado taught me how to use the mouse on the laptop today. :) I'm so glad I learned! I love Boowa and Kwala and now, I can play the games by myself! :D Memi has a video of me playing the game. Enjoy watching it, once she uploads it. :) I loved playing, I think I played for one whole hour! I'm proud of myself and Memi and Dado are proud of me too.

Two years and 9 months

Random Things about me

1. I think I like arts and crafts, because I like watching the arts and crafts part of the Martha Stewart show when Memi watches. Sometimes I prefer to watch that segment than to switch the channel to cartoons.

2. I know when I'm sleepy, because I get hyper and one time I said, "Something's wrong with me..." and then I fell asleep.

3. When I was 1 I used to bite red bell peppers because I thought that they were apples. Memi thinks that I liked them, because I did not spit it out. :) The bell peppers in Fairprice are sweet!

4. I'm firm in my decisions. When I say 'no', I really mean 'no'.

5. I like to protest when Memi turns the night light off at bedtime, but I fall asleep really fast after it's dark.

6. I like my morning routines and depend on them. When I wake up, I have a bottle of milk, then go to the potty and change my diapers to big girl pants, then go have breakfast.

7. This summer, my favorite food is lumpiang toge and mashed potato. Also, I like a cold apple and cornflakes after I have my swim.

8. I like scraping out the cream center of Oreos and putting the cookies back in the wrapper. I also like biting Hello Panda cookies in half, and scraping out the chocolate center.

9. When Memi's attention is divided, I say, "Mem, why don't you let me talk?" or "Mem, listen to what I say."

10. I still hate having my nose cleaned, but I can sleep through the night in panties and not wet the bed. Yay! some progress.

11. I think that Jerry is a girl and Tom is a boy.

Kids say the darnedest things

Memi was pretending to be asleep last night. Chab tries to wake her up by shouting, "Memi! Memi! Memi!"

When that doesn't work, she says, "Someone please adore me."

Who's been watching too much Fairly Odd Parents? :)

Wishlist

Chab is currently wishing for:

1. Blue's Clues notebook with the thinking chair on it and the crayon.

2.

Does your 2-year old say...

1. While watching Tom and Jerry: "Jerry is a spectacular animal."

2. When she is cranky and needs sleep: "But, I don't wanna be good, I wanna be bad."

3. After reading 'From here to Maternity': "I want babies."

4. When I turned off the light in the bathroom: "You wooined (ruined) my bath! You turned off the lights."


What else has Chab told you since she started talking that surprised you? Please leave a comment and share it with the rest of us. :)

Memi

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...