What a P-Day

Pororo, the Little Penguin is a popular cartoon character here in Korea. In Singapore, we had only caught the show a few times on television, but it is practically everywhere in Korea (whereas for Elmo, it's the opposite here). So whenever this Sweetie of mine sees Pororo, she will get very excited and often will call out "Pororo". To Mummy, it's quite an achievement for her to say a 3-syllable word cos' so far, she has only been able to say 2-syllable words. Guess cartoon characters are the only one capable of getting a 17-month old baby to do that.

So bet you can guess why we got the Pororo diapers for our Sweetie (gee... almost tempted to buy the Hello Kitty diapers actually). As usual, this adventurous Sweetie will explore the diaper box, then sit on top and finally stand on it [another heartattack for Mummy]. Guess this Pororo character will be a great helper in her potty-training sessions too. Lately, this Sweetie doesn't want to tell Mummy when she wants to PEE. She only tells Mummy when she wants to POO. This is funny cos' she has been able to signal to me when she wants to PEE since 15-month old.

Today, she sees Pororo again on television. Immediately, she points to her backside and Mummy asks her if she wants to poo. Then she walks towards the Pororo diaper (pampers) box, pointing to the box and then her backside again (using her body language to tell me that she got Pororo pampers, hee...).

Subsequently, she points to the letter P on the ABC poster. Haha... what a P-day (Pororo, penguin, peepee, poopoo, pampers, potty) and also other characters with Pororo - Petty, Poby).

9th ROM Anniversary

How time flies, today marks the 9th year since Daddy and Mummy registered their marriage in 1999 (fyi, the customary wedding was held in 2001).


Mummy is glad that this marriage has worked out well (of course, with some ups and downs along the years). The greatest fulfillment in this marriage is, of course, to have our 2 darlings to come into our lives. Sometimes, mummy wishes that time will just pause at this moment (with these 2 still in their toddlers' stage), cos' mummy enjoys the bonding time that she has with them. [haha.. exclude those times when they can be a handful].


Today, we had bought a cake to celebrate the occasion and also mummy's birthday which falls on this month [actually we had a birthday celebration earlier for mummy and gong gong (father-in-law) before he flew back to Singapore and our total age add up to 100 years old, so we put 10 big candles on the cake then]. This time round, we had put 9 long candles to signifiy 9 years. Bet you can guess who are the happiest ones (yes, another candles blowing session and to be followed with yummy cakes).



Well, guess what, today we experienced some snow in Korea. It is, in fact, the first snow for this year's winter. So sweet.

Another fashion designer??

Haha... remember last year I posted on my Cutie with her designer dress-sense. Here's my Sweetie in her self-designed outfit.

Gee... baring one's shoulder during winter? Maybe a shawl to match with in this cold weather?
















(Reference to the above pictures)
Can you count 1-2-3?

Sweetie: "One"
Cutie: "Two"
Cutie: "Three"
Sweetie: "What's next? I haven't learnt"


Hee...

We are in Korea.

Haven't really got time to blog since our arrival here in Korea. At the beginning, it has been rather taxing on me as the kids were rather excited in the new environment and we had been going sightseeing or shopping practically everyday during the first 2 weeks that my father-in-law was here.

Thank God, now my kids have almost settled down and also getting used hearing people speak in a language which they cannot understand (ie. Korean language).

Though it's coming to 3 weeks, it's quite amazing how much my darlings have improved in their language skills.

For my Cutie, actually before our arrival here, she has already known a few Korean greetings. Here, she finally got the chance to use them in context and thus deepens her understanding of how each greeting is being used. She is also a fast learner, she is able to pick up the new Korean words immediately when taught. Many are impressed that a young girl like her can remember and say the polite form of "hello" [안녕하세요] , "thank you" [감사합니다], ,"goodbye" [안녕히 계세요/안녕히 가세요] in Korean language. Mummy feels so proud of her. In fact, Mummy should feel ashamed that this Cutie is picking up the language much faster than Mummy.

For Sweetie, she's also getting more vocal. She can now say "low" (hello), "bag", "there", "ball", "hap" (help), "ye (yes), "no", "bubble", "nap nap", "night night", "1 more", "no more", "nana" (banana). Today, she called out "Elmo" when she saw the Elmo towel (fyi, hardly can find/see Elmo in Korea). Her favourite word is "NO" which she often uses it so freely, giving Mummy a lot of headaches. Naughty, naughty.

Her cutest action is to hold both her hands close to her chin and look at you sweetly with her eyes, indicating "please". A neighbour here relates that look to that of Puss in Boots in the movie "Shrek", where he often uses his sweet and innocent eyes to soften his enemy's heart. Hee... that's my Sweetie.

Here, see her latest adventurous stunt - standing on the kid's chair without support. Another heart attack for Mummy. Please help Mummy to pray to God to keep her safe.

Btw, just uploaded a post on "2-year old Cutie Part 6" for Oct which I've forgotten to post then. I've also started another blog for our stay in Korea. Do email me at antstepam@hotmail.com for the web address if you are interested.