Minibean is back in my arms today 
I sat her on my lap at night and went through pictures we have taken for the past one year… perhaps like, a conclusion to a good year we share.
(Though she had unceremoniously kicked the drawer closed with my hand and fingers still stuck in between, I am lucky to walk away with no broken bones)
We were going through her 2nd year birthday pictures, and as I scrolled along, she suddenly squealed, “Jiejie! Auntie!”
I reversed back to that very picture, with Effy, Potato and Jiali and me holding Minibean.
So which one is Jiejie and which one is auntie, I asked.
She pointed to the first one of the left, and went, “Auntie!”
Then.
“Jiejie!”
“Mummy!”
“Jiejie!”
Sorry Effy, you were the only auntie.
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She is darn smart.
She is already learning Li Bai’s Jing Ye Si(you know, the one with chuang qian ming yue guang thingy?).
And she knows exactly which page to flip the book to, whenever she reads the poem. She will then point to the word as she reads.
(GASP!!!!!)
Today (she is fighting off my grasp as I am blogging this *grin*) she saw me, and she was happily shouting, “Mummy! I meeee(miss) youuuuuu!”
It is all it takes to melt my heart.
She is such a sweetheart. Though she doesn’t listen when I told her she can’t sit on the Lego horse.
I feel so much peaceful with her around, you know?
In other news, I bought my mum’s Christmas present from Espirit today.
One down, many more to go!
And.. it was an eventful Saturday.
And when your past and present caught up with you, you realise there is only so far you can run.
She is such a darling.
Babies and toddlers are really amazing. A lot of people say that children these days are different in that they are much smarter than those from the previous generation. I think the main reason is that parents nowadays are more educated and also more aware of and put in more effort in better parenting and that’s why we are able to unleash our children’s amazing talents and marvel at their feats.
At the age of two. Her ability to learn is much much higher than before. Buy one pair less of shoes to buy her 10 more storybooks!
Kidding. I think you can afford both. You should be able to buy both the shoes and the books. I am lucky to have inherited a whole lot from others and go to the library to borrow. I have bought her fewer than 10 storybooks since her birth.
I am talking as if I know a lot. haha. Nah. I am a few months less experienced than you actually.
STay blissful.
she’s so cute now. She will call me auntie, then sheepishly correct herself and call me jiejie when she sees my stern face. kekeke