Winter in Seoul (Part 4/6)

My darlings' FIRST.

The last time when we came to Lotte World Theme Park, my darlings were still quite young.  Hence, we did not go for many rides.

How time flies.  They are quite independent now to try new rides, some of which, they have to be on their own.  It was the first time they tried the bumper car rides.

We had also tried the hotair balloon ride (see photo on the right).  Although it wasn't really 'hotair', the designs (look at the other hotair balloons in the photo) was similar to one.  It was quite an experience when the hotair balloon ascend towards the ceiling of the theme park and also descend at the end of the ride.

Since our many visits to Legoland this year, my Cutie has started to have fears of roller-coaster rides (although the rides we went were just supermini type, that even my Sweetie was okay with the rides). As she was quite a pro in reading the map, there was no way we could get her into a ride that involves a little roller-coaster ride.  After much persuasion, my Cutie, being a brave little girl, decided to give the Adventures of Sindbad a try.  Everyone was proud of my Cutie of her achievement at overcoming her fears.  What an adventure for my Cutie and Sweetie.

Saranhaeyo 사랑해요 (I love you)

It was also the first for my darlings to eat ICE-CREAM in winter.  Look at the Lorry-design ice-cream.  Yummy.

For my Sweetie, it was also her first --- to roll down a staircase.  Luckily, she had her thick winter wear which helped to cushion her and slowed her down the roll at the stairs, gee... Mommy could only watch in horror with my Cutie as we were at the top of the stairs.  That scene was like the Korean drama, as she rolled SLOWLY down.  What a scare she gave to Mommy.  Naughty.  Naughty.

Sweetie's Independence (Part 1)

In about a month's time, this little Sweetie will be turning 2. Oh dear, realises that mummy hasn't blogging much solely for this darling of mine, so will be dedicating a few individual blogs for her.

Since our arrival here in Korea, this Sweetie has changed a lot from a sweetie little baby to an independent, iniquisitive young toddler and mmm... still sweet too.

Tho' she hasn't reached 2, she is already declaring her independence starting a few months back. The picture on the left shows her wearing the socks and err.. her Jiejie's shoes all by herself. Mummy's shoes are often not spared too.

Like her Jiejie before, this Sweetie also loves to wear her clothes herself and also to "designs" her own clothes. See her self-designed dress using the blanket on the left. Even at home, she often puts on her hat/cap herself. During winter then, she would often put on her winter jacket herself too.

Since young, her daring nature has always been a worry for mummy. She still loves to climb onto the coffee table and stand on it. Even her study table is not spared (see picture on left). So you can see this little one is not afraid of height.


Everytime we climb up the stairs to our house on the 4th storey, she wants to walk up all by herself and doesn't want anybody to hold her hand. But the stairs are just too high for her to walk by herself and mummy often has to fight to hold onto her (can't imagine she falls facedown onto the steps). While walking up the stairs, mummy often has to hold onto her very tightly as this Sweetie wants to walk with 1 leg only for each step. When walking down the stairs, she wants to move 2 steps per leg. *Sigh* seems like she loves to leap before she could walk.

With this adventurous nature of her, she often has bruises here and there, a few of them were on her face too. So you can imagine mummy's pain whenever this little Sweetie got a fall. Just pray that this Sweetie will be careful and not to try anymore dangerous "stunts".

1, 2, 3 Stitches

My Cutie had a bad cut on Monday night and she was given 3 stitches. It was a actually a fall, but somehow her chin hit the drawer which was made of glass. Thank God the glass didn't shatter or break, which would thus be bad for the wound.


Surprised that my Cutie didn't cry when she hurt herself. Yes, mummy cried when I saw a big drop of blood formed on her chin. Guess maybe my Cutie was shocked (in shock herself and also shocked to see mummy cries?).

It was a long wait at the KK Hospital Children Emergency. Thank God that my Cutie was too sleepy then when the doctor did the stitching cos' if she were to struggle, they will have to opt for the general anesthesia instead of local anesthesia.

Pray that the wound would heal with no scar. Also thank God that it's on the chin and not somewhere visible on her face.

But sadly, she got a cut which mummy still wonder how the cut could be so big when in fact, the drawer was closed. Thank God too, she didn't suffer any broken bones etc.

My Cutie has been a brave girl. Mummy thot she will cry after the local anesthesia worn off, but she didn't. In fact, she has not even cried or told me it's painful.

Mummy is glad that she is a brave girl cos' I will definitely feel the pain if she were to whine. Life has never been the same since my darlings were born. I believe the rest of the mummies will agree with me.

The visit to the hospital allows her to form relation with the Elmo's doctor tools that she has. Now, she understands better how the blood pressure monitor and stethoscope work.
Still my Cutie.

Elmo's Invasion - Not again

Yes, my Cutie is treating her Elmo like a baby again. This time she places him in her Meimei's exersaucer. Kekeke.... she is really observant. I will usually place the pink pillow around my Sweetie as she's yet to hold herself well in the exersaucer. See, my Cutie did exactly the same to her Elmo. *faint* *faint*

If you take a closer look, my Cutie has almost recovered from her fall. Thanks to the special cream (Combiderm) and also the expensive Activa Condelisa Scar Heal which I applied conscientiously on her face day and night. My Cutie has been quite cooperative too, as to not scratch her wounds, else it would have taken a much longer time to heal. Thank God the wound has almost healed with no scar. Imagine it was on her face!

Nowadays, when she sees the park from the window, she will point and say "park, fall, pain pain". I hope she will be able to overcome this soon as I don't want her to associate the park as a place where she was in pain.

S-T-O-P

S, T, O, P, each letter coming out one after another from my Cutie's mouth. Though she was reading them slowly, it marks another milestone for my Cutie's development.

She is now advancing to spell words and she has displayed the understanding that she should read from left to right and not the other way round.

This "stop" sign was pasted in the kitchen partition and has been served as a reminder to her that it is an out-of-bound area (tho recently I have laxed on the rule a bit, that she can still enter so long as the stove/oven was not in use). This morning, I didn't stop her from entering, yet she herself stopped by the "stop" sign and read the letters one by one herself. So cute :) She's really good at giving me surprises again.

STOP - from this, I can't help but to relate to what had happened to my Cutie yesterday.

Yes, she has the worst fall in her life. Now, everytime I look at her face, my heart aches. I just feel like crying. Yesterday, I was really mad with the maid and really wanted to send her back to the agent (I'm angry but I didn't tell her off). Can you imagine the pain my Cutie suffered, falling onto the tarmac area in the park? Thank God tho her left eye area was badly hurt, she did not hurt her eye.

But if she had been STOPped in the first place (ie. watched over), all these wouldn't have happened. Even tho her molars are popping out, my Cutie has never cried with such great pain like yesterday. My poor Cutie.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my neighbour, Marie, for her act of kindness in my time of distress.

Backpack, backpack

Been watching the cartoon "Dora, the Explorer" with my Cutie recently. Find that it's a very educational program, great for kids to watch and learn. In each espisode, Dora will ask the kids (whoever watching the show) to look for the right thing in her backpack that can help her to overcome her problem. But before that, she will get the kids to sing a song on the backpack.

The other night, caught my Cutie saying "backpack, backpack, backpack...." non-stop. To me, it's another new word that she has mastered. So cute. She does not fail to surprise me now and then with her new vocab lately, like the other day she wanted to help to hold the milk bottle and she looked at me and said "feed". On another occasion, she said "leaf" when she saw it in the book.

Here's the video of her saying "backpack" and her cleaning her nose (still having running nose). If you observe you may think that she got a "dimple" on her left cheek. She actually had a fall few weeks back and somehow it ended up to be like this.