Lexi fell

So walking out of the day care towards the car, i was holding lexi in one hand and their lunch boxes the other. Brandan followed us right after.  For some reason, lexi all of sudden let go of her hand from my and fell face down flat on the rough floor.  A mild scream kind of cry came out after about 2 seconds of dead silence.  Consoled her and put her in the car seat, then i had a chance to look at what part of her head got hurt.  Her forehead and side of her nose had mild crap. Not to bad, but she's got dirty all over her mouth and face.  

So i said to her "poor little girl, what happened to your pretty little face". Unable to defend herself at age 2, big brother brandan stepped in to speak for her "Lexi didn't want to hold hand anymore, so she fell, and her pretty little face fell off, it's in the parking lot and a big truck with a big wheel go over it. Now her face is gone, she has only skeleton. Like halloween." Looking at Lexi's sad face, i was thinking, only if she'd known what he had said, there would have been a huge fight...

That's my little drama on the way home.

my cuties

This is the way Brandan counts. 1, 2, 3....10, eleventeen, twelevteen, thirteen...

He was in a store with me the other day, and he heard one of the clerk speaks Spanish, and then when i asked for something from the clerk, i spoke in english.  Then Brandan corrected me saying "mommy, you say Hola first ok?  It was so cute, if the clerk could give him a slap of meat, he probably would have.

He also likes to call people Mr. Chin. not sure why. 

Lexi is very clear on what she wants now, if you ask "do you want this?" and she would nod really big and say in a firm voice. "Un-hum, yes!"

escaping thoughts

it's crazy how i think of so many things to write down and at the night, i can't remember any of it. Ok, here i have to think through them.

Well, Brandan is so grown lately.  He imagines him to be the monster of anything. he puts his shoes on his hands and be the shoe monster.  he also has Tony's spatanouse outburst. It's more pronouced now than ever. After dinner tonight, he just wanted to scream out of his lungs, because he was happy that he ate some of my spicy noodles.

Lexi is becoming very bossy, which could be my fault. She tells me exactly what she want in my tone of voice.  After i tucked her in bed, and wanted to walk out of the room, she tells me "no no no, mommy, lay down and sleep" She didn't want me to leave her room. Sometimes she even says "No more talking, or go time out."

Sigh! that's all there is left in my mind...

Pulling Hair Day

I just want to pull my hair out and scream until i lose my voice tonight. Brandan was talking back on everything i asked him to do. He was doing opposite what what he should be doing on purpose.  Something is up. I have spend so much time with them today, taking them to the park to ride the carosul and played water at the spectrum.  I thought they would be tired and just follow the routine to go to sleep.  

I finally had to raise my voice and yell at Brandan for him to eat dinner, pick up his toys and behaving like a good kid.  And i had to hit lexi's hand for her to stop touching EVERYTHING.  At bed time, Brandan was threatened for timeout 3 times before he finally went to bed, but then i caught him getting up in the dark to bring toys to his bed to play.  Lexi was even worse, she cried for almost a whole hour in bed, she ket asking for binkies but she already had one in her mouth and another on in her hand.  At 10:30, i just got fed up and i turned her room light on and took her out the crib and asked her to go get whatever she wanted. she walked around the room, went to the bathroom, then finally picked up a blanket on the bed and didn't refuse for me to put her in bed.  

Sometimes i almost feel like a bad mom, if i don't raise my voice, they won't listen. What is up with that.  I need to get a book or ask someone about this.  I can't take it much longer.

Whatever

So Brandan didn't take a nap today, from 1 to 2:30, he was just playing in his bed, i caught him a few times, even time out against the wall didn't get him to nap. So he finally just told me, "mommy, i am just not sleepy" so we played computer games, watched veggies for dinner, played outside until 4:30 when Lexi woke up. She never slept that much for nap, maybe she is sleeping for Brandan too.

Karen came to visit today, and Brandan so wanted to talk in Chinese with her, but all he would say was "i don't know" in English.  I walked outside for a bit and he was talking up a storm with Karen in Chinese, then there is no stop. He had so much to say to Karen, I couldn't have a conversation with her at all. He would say "mommy, Karen is my friend, don't talk to her many more, cuz she want to talk to me. BUT! You can talk to her later"  it was so cute. He shared every toy with her, and even tugged her in in his little bed. 

Lexi didn't care so much for Karen today, she was in her little own zone sing the song "it's a small world afterall" over and over again. I tried to video tape it but every time I bring out the cam, she stops and runs to me saying "let me see, let me see, share mommy, share!"

Brandan is so ready for Halloween. He had is outfit picked out already, and every since i bought him a pumpkin, he fell in love it. He rolled it next to the couch so he could watch TV with it. He pretended to eat it and then cleaned it up with a cloth.  He even asked me to put the pumpkin in to his bed for him tonight. But i told him the pumpkin needs to stay downstairs to keep the house safe.  The pictures showing are the pumpkin city trip off El Toro over the weekend. Dylan tagged along.  He moved to Texas with his family the next day, so it was precious that they got to spend some time together and had some good pictures for memory's sake.

Lexi's first day of school and others

So Lexi started school. She didn't cry at all even after i left.  The teachers say she only cried for about 2 minutes after she woke up from her nap and realized she wasn't home.

She is the bomb at her class, all the boys are all over her, they try to hold her hands and sit next to her during snack and art times.  (maybe only for a while since she is the new girl)

She has learned a lot already even with just 2 days of school, she came home dancing and singing on her own and she is better at cleaning up after herself.  She doesn't really eat much lunch though, i hope she gets used to that soon.  It's hard to see lunches come back at the end of the day, makes me wonder what she had at school, but it's great that she eats more at dinner and sleep through longer. Maybe all the playing and stimulation tires her out a lot more than just playing around at home with me. She quickly found Kyle and Brandan the first day of school and almost refused to go into her own classroom. The teachers just adore her, and they said she hadn't been hitting any one at all. Phewww! What a relief, for now.

Mean while Brandan had his first dental appointment. They cleaned his teeth and examed him, there is no cavities but the doctor want us to help him floss his molars.  It's been a challenge! He liked it though, the doctor's office had video games, fish tanks, movies and all sorts of toys. Every one gets to go home with a gift bag with more toys and teeth related things in it.  It's funny he kept asking me when he could go see the dentist again.

Our neighbour is moving to Texas, their boy Dylan is Brandan's age.  I feel so bad, B is going loss a great friend on the same street. I told him that Dylan is going to Texas and i showed him where it is.  Then B told me "mommy, it's far, you have to take an airplane to Texas, i am going tomorrow, i am going to stay with Dylan's grandma".  So innocent, not realizing what it really means to walk over this their house and not see them anymore.

Brandan had decided to be spiderman for this Halloween, we got his costum today, and he is so excited. Except for the mask part. He really wants to go to Disneyland for Halloween, but it's just too pricey. 85 per adult is just too much, and since we will have the kids with us, we won't be able to get on any rides at all. (And no more "it's a small world" ride for us either)   Maybe i will take him there for my birthday for the xmas decors, i can get in for free on my birthday this year, which will be a Wednesday!

It's Saturday night, and it doesn't feel like the weekend at all. Tony is up in NYC to visit his grandma and then will be going straight to work in SF.  Too much travel on his part, we might as well just go back to China!