ElMi logs

In the morning after milk, dada asked if the girls wanted some cheerios. Mimi said “want circles” and Ella said “don’t want circles”. So dada gave a small plate of cheerios for mimi and little bites of his peanut butter sandwich to ella. After a little, ella decided she wanted cheerios and ate some of mimi’s. Mimi did not approve of it, she was territorial about her cereal. The girls read some books by themselves. Dada joined them to read the hungry hungry caterpillar. Ella and mimi enumerated all the things the caterpillar ate. They pointed at the ice cream, the cake, the hot dog, the sausage. For some reason they thought the cheese was a pizza, we blame uncle gordon for that kind of mixup. We also looked at some books with animals, and the girls practiced animal sounds. “What does the chicken say” and they do little clucks. They asked dada “what does a strawberry say” and “what does a balloon say”. Dada did not have good answers for them, so he made up random sounds....

In the morning, Ella wanted the ceiling fan remote so grandpa gave it to her. Ella held it to her head like a phone. She said “我是狗”. Everyone was confused at this. Grandma asked what was her name? Ella responded, “Frank”. Folks are still confused but at least she’s consistent. Xiao E had been referring everything as “ella 的”. When she asked what something was, she’d ask “这是ella的什么?”. Today xiao E was playing her little matching bee. She raised her head and noticed the door ajar. She said in the saddest voice with the most furrowed brows, “ella de 门儿开啦”. She then timidly walked to the door in her big pajamas with furrowed brows and walked out. The adults left for food while the xiao ones started drawing. Lao lao showed the adults the drawing in the afternoon. Mimi had frantically colored a paper in various colors in horizontal lines. She called it "树枝". Lao ye reported. Him and lao lao took the girls to the library. They reclaimed the camera the adults left there. ...

In the morning the girls went for a nice walk to a nearby playground. On the walk mimi saw some airplanes flying in the sky, she said “好高飞机”. At the playground mimi wanted to drive the car so she found the steering wheel and spun it around a couple times. Ella went to the swing and swung around in the sun. Mimi soon joined after getting bored with the car and both girls were swinging and giggling. After some swinging the girls explored more of the playground. Mama found a toy and she spun around on it, mimi and ella also wanted to spin. They’re not tall enough so mama helped them up and gave them a tiny little spin each. Pleased with the little activities, the girls went back to grandma and grandpa’s house. At lunch time, the girls met another baby named evie. They came over for lunch, and ella and mimi did not like the new people. Mimi was upset and cried when she saw the titan uncle. After some calm soothing, the girls opened up a little to the people. Grandparents too...

Mimi sat in lego box with 黄鸭, said “mimi 和鸭鸭坐车”. She sat beside the vent. She waved at the air coming out, said “不热”. Ya ya fell out. Mimi strained greatly to pick up ya ya while still stuffed in the box. The girls were taken to neighbour story time. Ba ba graciously came to protect the xiao shy girls. Once in the car, xiao E started saying "看灯灯, 看灯灯". Once at the neighbour's, li jie ah yi said hi to xiao E, xiao E's sour face appeared, she squeezed out one wail and one tear. Xuan xuan ge ge gave xiao E a patrick, xiao E calmed down. She also noticed the christmas tree, said "球///\//////", and walked one step closer. She refused to leave 2 inch radius of ma ma. Mimi hang onto ma ma the whole time. The girls observed other kids play in the trampoline. Mimi made a subtle bounce motion, so ma ma put her into the trampoline. She cried and grabbed onto ma ma, she was taken out. Xiao E then requested to go in. She sat in the trampoline on her knees, legs apart...

Lao lao reported xiao E said "xiao woo ma ma 坐这里". And pointed at ba ba's computer chair outside the fence. (This was the first report of "woo ma ma". Later it was revealed by "woo ma ma", xiao E was referring to herself). Lao lao taught the girls to say song yue and jay mu 死. By the time the adults got camera out, ba ba's name had became sparky. When the adults came home after work, Xiao E was unhappy to see them. She nonono'ed. She was taken to high chair. She continued to whine. Lao lao was afraid it was because she didn't nap. First bite of meat into xiao E's mouth, xiao E munched and stopped whining, no more whining afterwards. She remained happy the entire evening. Xiao E ate almost all the yogurt oat bao. Mimi only took a small lip touch of the yogurt. She spit a little, looked at ma ma, hit her head, said "bad bad". She was offered some water, she drank, put down the bottle, looked at ma ma, hit her head, said ...

Ba ba reported: Xiao E held the blackberry when the song "好ba ba 坏ba ba" came on. She made eye contact with ba ba, stretched out her arms, quietly said "抱!". Ba ba held her on ba ba's lap, they listened to music for many minutes. Ba ba invited xiao E to touch his beard, xiao E enjoyed fluffing ba ba's scruff. The xiao ones enjoyed their last bit of play time with the grandparents. Mimi feverishly bye'ed lao lao and lao ye from the car, all the way out of the complex. In between the byes there was a bye bye ba ba. The girls fell asleep on the way home. About 40 minutes to 85c, xiao E started crying. The cry lasted for a few minutes, then stopped. About 10 minutes to 85c, Mimi started crying, the cry was loud and nonstop. Ma ma climbed into the back. She found a xiao E eyes wide open, smiling at her. Xiao E said "妈妈给圈圈, 给鱼鱼". Ma ma offered 圈圈, xiao E politely said "不要圈圈". Ma ma closed the lid to 圈圈. Xiao E said "妈妈盖上了". Ma...