【Minions‘ Concert 。小小兵演奏會】

December 01, 2014 Typical tropical weather, sunny cloudy sunny cloudy

一看到黃澄澄的金瓜包子就想起小小兵，小黃人Minions，就忍不住想再一次把包子變成小小兵（一年多前，已經做過一次了）。

Banana..... nananana....

小妞最愛吃了這包子，她學奶奶叫這包子做『米姑』。
這一次的米姑是金瓜口味的，比起平時常做的橘色番薯，金瓜包子的色澤會更接近小小兵的顏色。

The Minions heat might be over...
but Minions know there are people out there still missing them....

Happy snack:
Banana, pumpkin steamed buns & cheddar cheese 

製作這些小小兵比想像中更簡單、更快 (^.^)v
反倒是那一顆顆小牙齒最耗時。

很多部分都是一次過一起剪（所以省下很多時間 :p），比如眼鏡，吊帶褲和眼睛（用大型吸管——喝珍珠奶茶那款，切出來）。

至於頭髮則是用剩頭剩尾的紫菜片插進包子就是了。。

童言童語：

（續上回）

上回說到小妞忽然和媽咪聊起生老病死人生大事。

聊完“死”，小妞馬上又扯到“生”……

（自從很久以前聽媽咪說她是醫生在剖開媽咪肚皮後再抱出來的以後，她一聽到對生孩子這事兒就毛骨悚然。即使媽咪一直說服她不是很疼，也很快就會過去之類的話，還是於事無補。）

那晚，說到小妞擔心自己在爹地媽咪去世後會很孤單，沒人照顧。媽咪就安慰她說還有弟弟和她做伴，而且她將來也會有自己家庭，有丈夫疼愛、照顧……

突然，小妞竟然眼眶濕濕地說她害怕生小孩，不要醫生剖開她的肚皮，會很痛……
“Can I ask doctor to put some medicine （麻醉藥）so that I wont feel pain？”

忽然，她又問可不可以不要生小孩。
媽咪就說隨她喜歡。

“Then how to not have baby？How to tell the baby not to come to my stomach？”

天啊！媽咪從來沒想過在小妞6歲就要開始灌輸性教育了！

本來還在混亂中的媽咪想告訴她，只要不和她的老公睡在一起就不會懷孕。
還好媽咪馬上‘醒覺’，驚覺這是幼稚、不理智的說法，而且現在小妞的弟弟是和她同房，而且兩人的床褥還是並排在一起……  >.<""

最後，媽咪還是把正確的答案“兒童化”——要是她真的不想要小孩，就得直接告訴老公不可以把baby放進她的肚子裡！！

哈哈哈，媽咪沒說謊，事實如此呀！;p

【Bob-hair Girl 。波比頭女娃】

July 19, 2011 As SUNNY as Iroko's HAPPY mood

It's Tuesday, finally, yayyyyyy!!!
Gymnastics session again, yayyyyy!!!
Got excuse to skip doing *happy lunch*, yayyy!!!!

The same simple ingredients used for this simple *happy breakfast*

... starring at those snow white plain buns, mummy felt somewhat uneasy (~_~)
... then she worked out this simple bob-hair girl (*u*)v
... daddy always wants her daughter to keep this hair-style
... but the daughter said: "NO WAY! I want to keep 'ballet hair'!"

童言童語：
前天開始，小妞剛給爹地起了個洋名--CHARLIE!! 那是Hi-5裡她最喜歡的姐姐。尤其是在跟爹地玩角色扮演時，真的讓媽咪和那“受害者”笑翻天！扮演舞蹈導師的小妞會毫不猶豫，從容地叫：
“Charlie, come, follow! Stretch... bend ... point and flex...! Charlie, look here, flap your butterly wings...”;

最“抵死”的是，要幫爹地拍照時，還提醒：
“Charlie, relax your head!” >,<

查理老爹啊，你也有今天了！！

【Little Pup 。小白】

July 12, 2011 Hazzzzzzzzzy >,<

素顏小白
The first ever capture by iPad.

This is definitely a day that means a lot to Iroko. She's been looking for the day since last week when mummy made the appointment. YES!! She is going to attend the first ever gym session in her life ;)

So mummy only prepared a rather simple *happy breakfast* for her ;p There you go!!

After glooming up *u*

童言童語：
小妞有個“怪異”（媽咪真的不曉得該用什麼詞彙來形容）的行為。

每當她感覺很受寵，比如媽咪/爹地很“神情”地親吻，擁抱她，告訴她I LOVE YOU 時；
或者每當跟媽咪兩人靜靜躺在床上時；
又或者每當遇到她喜歡的人，比如媽咪/爹地帶她出席聚會時；看到爺爺奶奶公公婆婆叔叔姑姑舅舅姨媽表哥表姐時；

她一定會帶著很重的娃娃音，爹聲爹氣，語無倫次地告訴人家：
“Remember Koko go slide / park / XXX (somebody's name)'s house?”
弄到聽的人一頭霧水@.@

可能這就是她表達友善的方式吧？！

【Snow Crab 。白雪頑皮蟹】

May 10, 2011 Hazy stuffy day >,<

*happy breakfast* = plain "mau tou" (thread loaf) + cheddar cheese

This is an additional "homework‘ mummy of the day. At first, mummy didn't plan to "create" a *happy breakfast* as she already had the idea for the *happy lunch* (Black Swans). She just couldn't overcome the "addiction" to making *happy meals* ;)

【Thread Loaf 。饅頭記】

May 05, 2011 A day upto Celcius 44 degree!!

This is another *happy meal* that mummy is quite satisfied with v(*u*)v

媽咪很喜歡那2只ladybugs ;)
男女主角好像淪為襯托瓢蟲的大配角了;p

... and this is the second * happy SNAIL meal* accomplished by mummy.
Iroko first saw live snail during 姑姑's wedding in Janda Baik. A few days after the first met, she found another real snail by the swimming pool side at 二姨's condo. (everytime when we visited 二姨，she would definitely mention the "story"--she saw a snail there)

There after, she's so attacted by that little cute creature ;) Since then, mummy decided to make a snail meal for her :)

Initially mummy wanted to buy the "man tou" with coloured spiral pattern on the side.
Mummy was "cheated" by the photo printed on package of this <Silver Thread Loaf>,
which the "threads" are in light green!!
The snails would definitely be more attractive with colours on their body!

Behind the scene:
因為IROKO還在睡覺，所以媽咪很逍遙地在爬網。。。結果竟然把煤氣爐上的饅頭給忘了 ;p
接近一個小時後，媽咪才嗅到燒焦味>,<
還好，有驚無險，沒把廚房給燒了！！

童言童語：
媽咪常常都受困於“矛盾”中，要買小白菜還是菜心？要先給小妞洗澡，還是先把湯煮起來？要煮粥還是煮麵？。。。真的還蠻‘痛苦’！媽咪常在想要怎麼培養小妞果斷一點，不要像媽咪那麼“茶煲”/婆婆媽媽。。。

媽咪，“Baby, do you want to go swimming or go sliding, swing... at the park?”
小妞，“emm...go to park slide first, then swimming!!”
x x x
媽咪正在水果攤前徘徊，“koko, do you want strawberries or grapes?”
小妞爽快地回答道，“BOTH! Strawberries and grapes!”

是媽咪太“斤斤計較”了，還是小妞太貪心了？ 很多時候大人就是有很多顧慮，但對小孩而言，事情不是簡單得很，統統要了，不就一了百了？！要是無傷大雅，隨便怎麼選，隨心所欲，又何妨？

當然，有些時候，真的要教會孩子如何做適當的決定！

又是很矛盾吧！

【Kungfu Panda Is Back 。功夫咖椰包】

Labour Day, 2011 Dry day Wet evening

3 of us (daddy, mummy and Iroko) didn't take proper dinner last night--because daddy and Iroko didn't feel like eating RICE or noodle. So we had some snacks (crackers, chips, & fruits) only. Normally when this happened, we would have PAO as our supper ^@^ Ended  up we had chye pao (vege), kaya pao, red bean pao, mini lotus pao, and mini char shau pao!!!!

As expected, Iroko finished only 1 of the 2 kaya pao she ordered. Thus mummy kept for her breakfast this morning.

To kids, happiness + surprise = a few simple cuts from mummy!

童言童語：
女兒的爸離家公幹接近兩個禮拜，前天回到女兒身邊後，小妞就變得特別的愛撒嬌，甚至撒野！什麼事都要爹地幫她做。當媽咪說明天爹地要上班了，她很焦急，傷心，眼眶泛紅，扁起嘴地說，“Daddy don't go out, don't go working. koko wants mummy and daddy stay at home!”

【Kaya Pao 。咖椰包】

April 12, 2011 Hello Sun ;D

Mummy just couldn't remember since when Iroko fell in love with kaya pao. Normally, if she took too much for her lunch, she'd eat less for dinner. Almost everytime, if that happened, she'd ask for KAYA PAO for her supper!

Famous pao from Seri Kembangan (in front of HongLeong Bank)

Daddy and mummy heard a lot of "kaya pao" for the past couple of days even though she had her regular lunches and dinners. She must be missing kaya pao badly *(/_\)*

Iroko re-arranged the "hat" and told mummy,
"Penguin APOM BALIK, apom balik!"
Do you think so??

 童言童語：
Iroko, “Mummy, what is that?” (pointing at the sky)
Mummy + a few seconds pause, "Clouds." (timidly answering)
Iroko, "不是，是DINOSOUR！"(correcting mummy's answer complacently)

小妞開始學習在言語上跟媽咪有“互動”了；開始嘗試用自己的觀點去判斷所接觸的環境，尋找對世界認識的答案+理解。更會對新事物產生興趣不斷地要躍躍欲試。這是孩子們在1.5至3歲成長期間建立自治力與學習獨立的階段。一旦沒能成功“跨欄”，孩子很可能就會變得疑心重重，質疑自己或別人，嚴重者更會覺得自己沒有存在的價值！！一些孩子/大人常常有自大狂妄的表現，純粹是要以否定別人來證明自己的價值。(Note: May refer to Erik-Erikson's Psychosocial Development for further understanding)

所以每一回媽咪“接招”時，都要特別的謹慎，也要格外地注意小妞的表情，情緒，更要誇大自己的表情來配合（在糾正/認同孩子的觀點時）。因為大人們的疏忽/一個無心的嘲笑/否定，都會摧毀孩子的心靈，影響他們日後的人格，行為偏差。。。

雖然有點吃力，但這不就是育兒給父母最大的回饋？培育孩子之際，又可讓自己成長 ;)