11/03/2018

The girls did elaborate pretend play in the morning. With much drama. Including a whining 毛虫 who had different demands that Mimi filled. And reenactment of the 大风的秋天 peppa episode. Where Mimi yelled that her ball 掉进水里了。我们快跳进水里把它拿出来。 and Ella's super corned 哦!这里没有泥坑么。And Mimi leading her to 干叶子 to 跳来跳去。I went to take a pee and mimi grabbed my hand, said 干叶子不在这里。and I realized she was referring to the dry leaves on the door mat.

As we wanted to head out, Ella asked for "想吃东西。我要看冰箱里有什么。" I opened the fridge, she looked a second and said she wanted the bread. I asked if she'd like toasted or cold, she said cold. I gave her one, and Mimi came for one too. The girls just watched a peppa episode where peppa talked about honey. Ella said "妈妈我要在面包上擦蜂蜜。" I gave her some mayo. She ate a bite, said "太蒜 (酸)了。" I said it was sweet, try again. Ella said "我再吃一口。" She ate another bite. I asked if she wanted more on her bread, she said "不想要了。够了。" Turned and walked away.

We got to costco. After turning into costco. Ella said 嗯。。我们的microsoft.. costco是怎么样的呢。I said there was an uncle who 开costco in kirkland, then kai in surrey, then kai in redmond. Mimi said "不让叔叔开costco。叔叔不可以开costco。因为costco不是车。" 

The water bottles were missing stoppers and the girls spilled some. Mimi said "妈妈我给海豹涂上防嗮霜了。" Ella also has been getting her hand wet sometimes, and lifting to my cheek, asking "妈妈我要给你涂防晒霜。你说黏黏的好恶心。"

We got to the cart area. Ella said ella不能坐湿湿车。ella和妈妈推车。i let her push. Seeing it mimi cried to let ba ba let her out. She pushed too.

Inside, we attempted to walk a different aisle with less people. Mimi whined about we need to turn around. We went the usual way and Mimi pushed cart with babar nicely. Until she saw the Christmas trees. She moved to the middle of the isle, screamed 看!圣诞树!圣诞树一闪一闪! Ba ba convinced her to walk more, every few steps she stopped and screamed something about 圣诞树。

We stopped by an empty isle to snack on some grapes. Mimi pointed at a nearby sample stand and said 我要肉肉。i went to look and it was sausage indeed. I gave her the piece and she chomped on it happily, finishing all. She always ate sausage samples in Costco but not at home.

Ella nicely handed the receipt to the receipt check girl. The receipt check girl drew on the front of the receipt. Ella nicely took back the receipt, looked at the front, flipped to the back, flipped to the front, stared for a second, then walked to me.

On the car ride back, the girls sang 白龙马 and 一闪一闪亮晶晶 with every word replaced by 狗。

When we drive through the neighborhood the girls always comment 小龙瘪了。不是万圣节了。南瓜没了。看，骷髅朋友。

We read lots of stories and sent the girls to bed. They wilded for half an hour so we decided to drive nap them. I found the girls both sitting on mimis bed slapping and talking together. The girls came downstairs and each wanted an apple. They ate apple in the car. On the drive after 10 minutes I checked mimi, she looked spaced out, then lifted apple and took a bite. After another 5 minutes she fell asleep. We got to the kirkland performance theater and ella asked a question. After we looped parking lot once and parked, we heard ella snore.

We went to the 3 little pigs show. Ella kept asking "三只小猪在哪儿呀。" Until the pigs made their entrance. Mimi covered her face as soon as the pigs made their entrance. Ella started dancing by the 2nd song, and clapped hard at the end of the song. Mimi stared intensely. By the 4th song Mimi clapped too. After a while Mimi moved onto ba ba's lap. The girls watched and snacked. At the end, when the cast danced together, Ella got very excited and started yelling "他们一起跳舞。他们不打架了。他们是朋友了。" One of the audience question was what was the prop for the garbage mountain, the wolf explained pointing to different part of the background picture. Ella started talking super loudly "他们说他们的图片。我告诉你有大的风筝。和小的风筝。上面有大的风筝。他们一起跳舞了。他们是朋友了。" She would not stop, we exited the theater. Afterwards we found out the actors stayed on stage to sign. We took the girls back and stood in line. The girls did well in line, lingering away every now and then but never far and always by each other. I explained to the girls the actors were giving out signatures. Ella said "我要她写Eloise。" Ella handed her program sheet to the first pig actress, she got a signature and moved on. Mimi refused to hand out her program sheet, hid behind ba ba. Both girls were furthest away from the wolf actor as they could, walked horizontal along the walls and refused to hand out their sheets. Ella gave her sheet to the next pig actress, and Mimi did after some prompts, and they both handed their sheets for the last actress. At the end of the stage there were some kind bars, the girls each got one and promptly asked to "要打开。。吃！"

We got in the car and headed home for some chores. When we drove by the field, ba ba exclaimed he saw pumpkins in English. Ella asked "爸爸在说什么呢。" We then had a chat about wilted pumpkins and if wolf would eat them. Almost at English hill, the car was all quiet for a while, Ella suddenly said "爸爸说了什么。" We laughed, ba ba said he said nothing. Ella said "爸爸说他看到了南瓜。"

We left the girls in the car while we went inside the house for quick chores. Then headed out to meet fresh and little ting's to get takeouts. When we drove by a field, Mimi started talking about a "小马", she made a pinch gesture, squinted and said "它很小。这么这么小。他的妈妈死了。他的爸爸死了。他的姥姥死了。他的姥爷死了。只剩它孤单一个人。他好可怜。" She narrated some more about the horse, then asked for drawing. The girls drew creatively and I got some videos. At the restaurant I went to get food. By the time I came back, Ella had drawn all over the box. The girls asked for snack, I informed them I'll clean up first. I put away Ella's drawing material first. Then Mimi yelled at me about "要吃东西。" I informed her I'll clean up her drawings first. She gave me the box, said "妈妈你帮我收拾。" I bent down to put the box away, I lifted my head and Mimi handed me her papers, said "妈妈你还没把这些拿走呢。"

Once at Judy's place, Ella immediately said "我要玩儿玩具。" I lured the girls to the changing pad since we haven't changed them since morning. The changing pad was right in front of Will's rocker. Will was sleeping peacefully in the rocker. The girls stared at him. When I pet him the girls came and pulled my hand away. I asked if they'd like to pet little baby, they both rejected, looked bewildered. 

Ella tried to drag me to the play area, said "我要妈妈和我一起玩儿。" I informed her she can eat with me, or play by herself. Mimi also came and was told the same. Judy gave the girls a box of fruits to cut, the girls immediately immersed themselves in the fruits. We started eating, Mimi asking jie jie to cut different fruits in the background. 

Nora ate a little and decided to play too. She played a little distance away from the girls at the play kitchen. They played by themselves for a while, we almost finished eating. Nora suddenly cried and toddled to July. When asked what happened, she pointed at the girls. The girls were both standing by the play kitchen, Ella holding a knife Nora was last seen playing with. Ba ba and I pointed at the girls and asked Nora which one was it. Mimi got shy and covered her face with her arm, looked down, Ella held the knife and stared at Nora. 

Will started crying just in time when Ella ran to me said "我大便了。" I led her to the changing pad. Ella asked why little baby was crying, I asked if it might be related to poop. Ella happily said "小宝宝哭了应为太臭了。"

Will was fed some milk. I held him for a while, Will was still whining intermittently. Ella came and said "我想摸小宝宝。" Ella pet Will on the head, and Will became peaceful. I pet him on the head, and it calmed him down. He even drank more milk. Ella pet him a lot while he was drinking. Mimi also came to pet, she touched the tip of Will's hair, super gently, then laughed tiny laughs.

The girls ate some 葱油饼. Ella only ate the skin here and there. I offered Mimi a 葱油饼 first. She said "我不要。我要看还有什么。" I lifted her to see the table, she looked at everything, then pointed at 葱油饼, said "我要这个。" She ate a big piece. Little ting's 葱油饼 is thick and huge.

We brought out dessert. The girls each had a bowl of tofu. They worked on it diligently. Mimi took ba ba's spoon for some reason, ba ba asked her why she took it, his voice was a little loud, and Mimi covered her eyes with her arm. Ba ba quickly comforted her, Mimi didn't lower her arm, but still ate with her other hand hiding behind her arm. 

Ella almost finished her bowl, then started "搅拌", spilling all over. I asked her if she's finished with eating. She asked to try the "黑色的。" I got a spoonful of grass jelly, she slurped it up. Then asked "要喝汤。" I gave her some sips, she excitedly stated "Ella 只喝汤。Ella不吃甜点。" We told her it was a part of dessert, and asked her if it was sweet. Ella said "汤是甜的。我喜欢喝甜汤。" She then started rejecting my spoonfuls and wanted to spoon her self, said "妈妈用妈妈的羹匙儿喝。小人儿用小人儿的羹匙儿喝。" By now she was talking nonstop about the spoon and soup and how much she liked it. Mimi was eating diligently and too focused to talk. We adults chatted ignoring Ella's statements. I offered her all different toppings, and she rejected them all. Ella went quite and I looked at her, she had a boba in her spoon and she couldn't get it out without getting the jelly stuck to it. She put it in her mouth and ate all. She then started spooning bobas and ate them all. I gave her a big rice ball, she chewed it for a while. Mimi also asked for a "大面团。" I gave her one, she ate in a few chews. She then asked for more, I gave her all the ones left, she ate them all, then started working on the bobas, almost finishing all. Ella loudly stated "我最喜欢喝汤。" Mimi pinched a boba and showed us, said "我最喜欢吃黑色小豆豆。" The girls ate for a while, when they finished they each said a version of "我吃完了。我要洗手。" nicely, and let me wash their hands nicely.

The girls explored the house. Mimi found a fishing toy in Will's room, the same one at qiben's. Mimi got many fishes, Ella tried different ways but not able to catch yet. She whined a little, I asked her how about aim for the blue fish. After a little bit Mimi said "姐姐你掉到蓝色的鱼了么。加油。" We got ready to leave, I put back the fish toy in the box, then put the rods with the toy, I asked Mimi to put back her rod, she looked at the box for a bit, said "这不是鱼竿儿的家。这是鱼竿儿的家。" And put her rod in the little partition on the side of the box. I fixed the other rods. 

Tim put on baby shark, the girls ran to where the voice came from, and looked at the amazon echo circle bewildered. After a while all kids started dancing. The girls danced diligently with the finger pointing and the big and small arm chops. They wilded and played more. There was a phantom Mimi poop incident. It was another while before we left. At the door Mimi said "我要baby shark。我好想念baby shark。" We promised baby shark in the car and the girls came with us. Ella walked out of the door, then stared at the door and Tim, said "我要关门。" And attempted to walk back in. I explained Tim will close the door after we go to the car. Nora came now, said byebye, and closed the door. 

We played baby shark in the car, but Mimi whined "妈妈来这里给我们baby shark." I explained I'm already sitting in the front, Mimi tantrumed a little, so I asked if they'd like the current baby shark or 加拿大boy. Because a stitches was playing on the radio before I played baby shark. The girls timidly said "加拿大boy。" They quietly listened until stitches ended. When the next song started they asked for "加拿大boy", I said this was 加拿大boy和加拿大girl的合唱。The girls murmured about 加拿大boy和加拿大girl的合唱 until we got home.