Grumpy When Hungry, Just Like The Dad, And Stubborn To Boot!

By Shannon's Mommy:

Wow, two and a half years, they have flown by so fast! Now looking at Dearest S, and seeing all her tiny less than a year old cousins and friends around her (and there seems to be a explosion of them recently! Ben, Cayden, Momiji, Nicky, Ryers), it's hard to believe my baby is REALLY really no longer a baby.

Her communications skills have jumped by leaps and bounds now.

She now tells me 'I'm not a baby, I'm a small girl! I'm not a small boy, I'm a small girl!' And you double up with laughter when you hear her exclaim ' Aiyah! Mommy, not like this! Like this!'

Sometimes she break off in song and do a little wiggle and jiggle in front of the TV, and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little stars in both English and Mandarin are easy feats for her.

And its so adorable to hear her conversing in a real conversation with her good friend at school. She now tells me what happens in school, and will solmenly declare to you ' Mommy, I cry today. Why? Becoz' I looking for Mommy.'

Sometimes, it will be 'I fight with Xavier, cos he pull the paper, and Charmaine too' These words will make Mal and I scramble in alarm and question her teachers the next morning. We're not worried about the other kids bullying her, we're just worried SHE will turn into a bully!

But like all other toddlers her age, her character is so much more prominent now. I know my dear girl will get incredibly grumpy when hungry, just like the Dad, and she is stubborn to boot!

Mal says that is definitely from my side of the family. Well, stubborness can be a strength too right? But sometimes when you have a screaming toddler who refuses her meds and screams like a lunatic running away from certain death, non stop for 1 hour (I kid you not), you start to wonder whether you're doing the right thing or not.

But I love her at this age, the little poser who smiles prettily for the camera, and her priceless remarks, like when you ask her who does Gong Gong look like, she will promptly answer, 'Gongfu Panda, coz got big tummy!'

So for now, I'm enjoying this show...