Sing a song time

With my new Kimchi, I'm making videos again now :D

The quality is sooooooooo much better than using my previous one. Thumbs up, Kimchi!

This is Agastya singing some song I don't know what it is. Clap clap woogie woogie. Thumbs up, Aga!

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3MqylfS6g




Second day of playgroup. Mommy forgot Lila's bookbag but was forgiven. :D Lila was happy to leave Mr. Teddybear in Agastya's car seat and was immediately searching for Manuel once she got out of the car.

I stayed for 15 minutes before Wayne kicked me out. :D He said she seems like she's getting along well so he'll call me if she's really distress, which he didn't. There was a photograph day today at playgroup and she was apparently posing for the camera, and doesn't want to get off the scene. She kept on saying cheese all the way home in the car when I told her what she did today in school. That's my model-wannabe girl.

Lego boy

Agastya has been having fun with legos lately. He used to make only a looooong stack of tiny legos saying it's a gun, but now he's been better at it. He'd spend some quiet time doing it then show it to me saying "This is for you, mommy.".


A flower.


A dinosaur.

The last pic is using my brand new camera! Yes, the husband came back from Korea with a camera. It's like my previous camera, but better. Canon Ixus 980 IS. 14 mega pixel, baby! Best of all, yes brace yourself - it's RED in colour! :D


My new baby.. I named it KIMCHI. Because it's spicy red and it's from Korea. :D This one better not die on me!

Lila's first day of school

Today was Lila's first day of school. I know, I know. How quickly time flew by. I was nervous thinking how it would have gone. Would she be fine, would she cry her eyes out, would she be clingy?

She got out of the car with stroppy mood because I didn't let her take her teddy bear with her. I told her that he'll be safer in the car and will be waiting for her when she comes back from school. She wasn't happy about it but soon recovered because she saw she WAS actually going to the same school that Agastya went to. She got excited and Manuel held her hand going inside the classroom.

From the word go she was fine. She found where they hid tiny beads and was playing sorting out beads. That took up at least half an hour. Put some in her pocket, and the beads were everywhere when she jumped. Manuel showed her around and held her hands most of the times. She was fascinated with the glue for the arts and craft. Didn't really care much about sticking stuff on it, just playing with the glue mostly. Then it was time for snacks and she put a piece of banana, a piece of apple and some bread sticks. Ate the bread sticks but none of them banana and apple. Always excited about washing her hands, mostly happy because she didn't even need a step stool because the sink was low enough for her.

I even heard her copying what the other kids said when they did some activities in the classroom.

She only cried once because she got a bit of sand in her eyes when she played outside in the sand box. Almost ate some sand too. Played with the bike for a bit, then it was time to go home! She wasn't that happy when she had to give up the bike.

I told her that she's an extremely good girl with two thumbs up. She smiled and copied my two thumbs up.

Thanks to Manuel for making her first day easier! I think she was fine mostly because she keeps seeing Manuel was there. Familiar face that she's used to. Hope she'll be even better on Wednesday.

I felt like I've accomplished so much today. But it was all her doing it, not me. Strange feeling, that is. I need to stop rambling and tearing up.

Silliness

Nagi's been having a wave of silliness lately.

He bought a pack of winter hats for himself last week, and I kept telling him that's a little bit too small for him. He said no this is how it's supposed to be. Hats aren't supposed to cover your ears. Right. Fine.

Then when we went to Tesco together, I noticed that the exact same pack he bought was actually from the boys section. Yep. My husband obviously still think he's a little boy. I directed him to the appropriate section where mens' hats are. He said "Ah, maybe that's why the hats didn't cover my ears!"

Yes, dear husband.

Yesterday, he came online complaining about his back pain which he had been suffering since he arrived in Korea. He arrived on Sunday and had said nothing about back pain. He then said "I've been taking small amount of paracetamol since I only brought a few with me and I hope that'll last through tomorrow since I would have nooooo clue how to say paracetamol in Korean."

Worrisome. Indeed.

I told him yeah that would be difficult if he has to go to local pharmacy to get something. The pack might be all written in Korean and stuff. I'm a fan of Korean drama but saying paracetamol is beyond my knowledge of Korean language. I could only say hi, goodbye, mister, miss, etc. Oh I can say I love you in Korean very well!

But I asked him, "Have you tried asking the hotel staff to get some for you?" He stayed in a five-star hotel so the staff should be able to converse somewhat fluently in English, and that should have been the first thing he should have done, right?

"No, wow that's a great idea! The hotel people can speak English, yes!"

Grrr... He just went through a few days of back pain because he's been too stingy in using paracetamol, which could have easily been avoided!

Whoever said men have better logic than women must be.. men. And, I shouldn't be suprised when Agastya has his wave of silliness, and just blame half the genes he's got.

The kids and I miss him when he's away. It's Friday and I'm on my last strain to keep up with the kids' energy level. Does energy come in bottle? I wish mine came with rechargable plug.

Bonjour!

Out of the blue, on Friday evening after dinner when I asked him to say goodbye to my dad on Skype, instead of saying goodbye, Agastya said, "Bounjour!"

When I asked what he meant, he smiled again and said, "Hola!"

I figured it was something he learnt from school, but I thought it was cute. When asked what other greetings he knew, he said, "Howdy, partner!", and -listen to this, Tosha!- "Giddy up, cowboy!"

Fantastic stuff.

So I added "G'day, mate!", "Apa kabar", and "Ni hao" to his list, which he gladly copied from me, which then set Lila off to say "Ni hao!" over and over.

My living room is slightly more organised now with the plastic drawers I purchased from Argos on Friday. Emphasis on the word 'slightly'. Agastya did all the sorting and putting the selection of toys into particular drawers. He made sure I touched nothing because he was sure he could do everything, although he asked for my opinion often. Even Lila helped when she caught on what he's trying to do. Whoa... I was almost in tears.

Hmm... when can he start washing dishes? ;)