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We spied the girls playing with each other at pick up. The girls were too excited to see us at daycare the they rN into each other running to us and started fighting. We asked the girls what if they wanted rice for dinner. Mimi said 姐姐要面条。at the same time ella some distance away said 不要。我要面条。 We went to looking for chai. The waitress asked what we would like, ella sai 土豆条。ah yi apologized for not having it. Ella said 我要面条。we got beef noodle soup.

The girls pretend played dropping hai bao off at daycare. The daycare is the stairs, Ella would sit on a step and wait for Mimi to drop off and pick up hai bao.  In one iteration, Mimi dropped off hai bao, said 我去上班啦，拜拜。Ella held the hai bao by the side of the stairs, squeazed through the bars where mimi said bye, said in a sad whimper voice 她们总是这么说。但是爸爸妈妈去哪儿了呢。 We shopped at Costco. As soon as we entered Ella said she wanted to buy grapes. I showed her the shopping list which had peach for this week. Ella repeated she wanted grapes. I asked her if she'd like grapes instead of peach, she agreed. I said ok then lets go get grapes. Ella excitedly said 我们去买葡萄。。和哈。密。瓜。I asked her to pick between grapes or melon, she was silent for a few seconds, then said she wanted grapes. We got to the grapes, but the first three boxes I checked all were moldy. I should her the mold, and she agreed we shouldn't buy them. I was looking though the 4th box, when Ella said 好啦不用买葡萄啦。我们去买哈密瓜吧。I looke

The girls were laughing and playing, the Ella started crying. After a few cries, I went upstairs to check. The girls were laying horizontally on Mimi's bed, next to each other. Mimi had her pillow on top like a comforter. I asked why I heard a little cry. Ella said 应为Mimi捅我的眼睛。Mimi cackled. I asked if Ella would like to lay side by side with Mimi. Ella said no, then got up, asked where her pillow was. I pointed out it was behind her. She swung back from her right, then from her left, then seemed to finally focus on her pillow which was right behind her, pulled it up, and walked to her bed. I tucked her in and gave her hai tun, she kissed it violently and said 总是抱着海豚。I petted Mimi and almost walked out the room, Mimi asked 那我的枕头呢。I pointed out it was laying right in front of her. She cackled and slapped it. I tucked her in too, her hai bao was no where to be found, I asked where it was, she just cackled. I left, and when I go to the computer they are laughing and talking again and d

The girls were in lao lao's room playing with her. I heard Mimi sing falalafalala lao lao shi grandma falalafalala lao ye shi grandpa falalafalala mimi shi amelia. I opened the door and saw Mimi was slapping at the jungle jumper's little toys while singing. She stopped and told me I should go downstairs and rest.

Mimi said she wanted different cracker, and wanted to open the pantry and take a look. I opened the pantry for her, she looked left, and right, back to the middle and pointed at the chex, said excitedly 这是我要的饼干。这是我要的饼干。She was so cute, I gave her some chex, she chewed cutely. Ella kept crashing the chex and ignoring my disciplines. I pointed at her chex powder mess, asked why she would make a mess she can't clean up herself. Ella said 我要戴围巾。I put the bib on her, and put her closer to the table, she didn't flake much after. They had some leftover grapes from the morning, I gave to the girls. Mimi finished them cutely. Ella refused to eat her grapes. I asked if I could redistribute to Mimi. She said 不可以，这是女孩儿的。葡萄在等待我吃饼干。它在等机会。

Last night after tucking in the girls, they wilded in the room, opening and closing the door. When I went up to check, I heard hurried running from the hall way then a slam of the door, then brief quietness. We decided to leave the girls be since they were playing well with each other. I went to bed soon after since I was very tired. I hear the girls constant talking. James reported they didn't go to sleep until midnight. Tonight after tucking in the girls, they wilded in their room. I went to check, Ella said 爸爸会批评我们的。I said shhhh, the girls shhhhh'ed and went quite. As soon as I came downstairs they resumed wilding. After a while I heard a slam and Ella cry. I came upstairs, Mimi was peeking through the door at me, said 爸爸妈妈姐姐痒痒。不是。爸爸妈妈姐姐疼疼。Ella came to me with teary eyes and held a finger, said 手指头疼eeeeng. I asked if it was a door pinch. Ella said Mimi关门挤到我的手指。I kissed her and said shhh. The girls chuckled, I went downstairs, they wilded. Now it's 10:43, the girls just

James left early in the morning for day of caring. I got up from my alarm, went out of the bedroom, found a Mimi sitting on the top of the stairs, quiet. James reported later Mimi was not up when he left. She looked at me, said 我不要你。I went downstairs to spit and wipe boogers. I then came upstairs, and found the girls sitting together by their door. I asked Ella what she wanted to eat, Ella yelled 要吃苹果。Mimi yelled 要吃橘子。I said I'll go downstairs now to prepare. While I was cutting the girls came into the kitchen. I left them to eat while I went to clean up. I was cleaning something with Mimi, and heard an ehhniiii from the bathroom. I found Ella had took her pants down to her ankle, and seemed to have fell down because it twisted around her ankle. I lifted her onto the toilet. She said 不要湿湿的裤子。I touched the pants and they were wet. I asked her what happened. She repeated 不要湿湿的裤子。There was only a little bit of moisture on the floor to wipe up. I changed her pants. The girls got re

I was woken up by wild laughter and conversation a little after 5am. Concerned grandma was being bothered I went to check out the girls. The girls were wilding in their room. Ella had her pants down, Mimi was wild laughing and tumbling around her. Mimi saw me and said 憋不住了。Ella insisted she didn't need to go to the bathroom. I went down with Mimi and then came back up. I asked Ella to put on her pants, she refused, I asked if they'd like me to tuck them in, they agreed. Ella shuffled to the bed, but didn't go in, she turned and said 冷eeeen\/. 我要穿裤子。I helped her put on pants. She then said 憋不住了。I took her down and she took a pee. I tucked the girls in and went back to bed. James reported the girls woke up around 8:30, a little later than usual, but no more wakeups in between.

We picked up the girls from bright horizons. When we started the car, Ella said 这个幼儿园。。比ms haleemah 的幼儿园。。。太！大！呦！。。。ms hallemah 的幼儿园实在太小了。

I was cleaning up and saw the girls running around without pants. I asked them to go to the bathroom before we head for the farm. I noticed the little toilet seemed to have some viscous liquid, and was put back backwards. I washed it and put it back. Ella said 我不是再大厕所上。我是在小厕所上。I asked if she peed in the little toilet. She said 我还倒进了大厕所。

Mimi woke up around 1am, cried outside of our door, continued crying for mama. She asked for wipe nose and went down. She woke again a little after 6:10, cried outside of our door, continued crying for baba. She 憋不住了 and took a big pee, then went back to bed. She came out again a little after 6:40, cried outside of our door, continued crying for baba. She asked for food and whined and wouldn't go back to bed. So I took her downstairs. She picked the blueberry yogurt and I made her a mix. She ate nicely while I cleaned up. When I checked on her, she asked 天亮了么？ I said it was a little bright now. I asked if she'd like to wake Ella. She agreed and we went up together. She yelled 姐姐，天亮了。公鸡根儿根儿了。Ella burrowed back into the comforter. Mimi made some loops and asked to go downstairs to eat, and I let her. I came back after 10 minutes and Ella came out. Ella came downstairs, ignored my ask for going to bathroom or eat, and went straight to the computer room coffee table to read boo

Backup room in bright horizons opened and the teacher spoke mandarin. Ella was immediately won over. She talked to teacher a lot. Including 我要Ella的贴纸。Mimi是我的妹妹。Mimi有点害羞。 我画了大圆圈。大大的大大的。我是姥姥的女儿。She even leaned to me and said 这个老师是个很好的老师。

The girls went to Ira's for playdate. Ella fell asleep on the way home from trader joes. Mimi stayed awake for another 40 minutes. I took her out, pottied, then went back and headed to Ira's. On the way, Mimi threw her seal off the seat. I pulled into an apartment complex and gave it back to her. She sweetly kissed seal, then murmured about seal all the way until I got to lake hills connector. I got to Ira's block, but took a wrong turn into a deadend, while I was turning Ella said 我们到姥姥姥爷家了。I informed her it's not quite. I turned out of the deadend and got to Ira's, Ella asked where it was. I took her in. Ira offered her a cookie, she tilted her head and said hmmmm. Ira offered her pineappke, she tilted her head and said hmmmm. I went to check on Mimi, I returned and Ira said Ella told her 他只吃饼干。And showed her the ziploc with gold fish I gave her when we left trader joe's. Ira offered her a book, she slightly tried to hide behind me. Ira got a bag with peppa on

We were having dinner with Lily & Augustine when I heard the girls shining in the other room, then Mimi yell 打架！After a bit Ella ran to me with tears, said Mimi 欺负我了。Mimi ran behind and went to ba ba, said Ella欺负我了。With some indignation. Ella murmured something about 欺负。Mimi looked at me and said 姐姐抢了我的玩具。Ella crawled onto my chair, we carried on conversation and didn't figure out what happened. The same sequence happened again later.  We were talking and James spotted Ella on the changing table playing with the hoodies on there. James helped down and we continued talking. Then we heard mimi say 我找爸爸帮你。Then she toddled to the table, pointed at the play room and said 姐姐#@$. We followed her and Ella was straddling on the fence, looked back, and said 妈妈帮我。James helped her down.

In the morning lao lao got up and helped us with the morning routine. Mimi clung to her and sat on her lap. Ella got a chair and sat, there was a blueberry juice stain on the chair. Mimi started whining and said it was her chair. Lao lao asked if Ella could sit on the other chair. Mimi said 凳子说Mimi是他的主人。Ella said 这个凳子没有嘴也没有眼睛。 After picking up the girls from daycare and got to 36 cafe. I had a carton of special K. Once I opened it, the girls immediately each grabbed a dried berry. Then they demanded more more 红的。I split the rest. The girls ate well. After some time I found a tiny berry piece, and gave to Mimi, who was sitting beside me. Mimi ate it, and we proceeded to try to do the number puzzle. After a while, Mimi said 妈谢谢你找到的红的。I kissed her welcome. For dinner James and I went to boiling point. Then to Costco to return the quit smoke mint I bought right before a sale. We then grabbed a yogurt swirl. The new guy was there, but his friend served the yogurt, who served an even big

The girls got into the car well. I was packing lunch when ba ba led them into the laundry room. Mimi said 等一等妈妈和姐姐。Ella went into the laundry room and ba ba urged the girls to go into the garage. Mimi said 等一等妈妈。When I arrived the girls happily went in the car. After Mimi run a couple loops around the car saying something about watching 博物馆 peppa episode in the car. I played the episode for the girls. Mimi asked to watch more, I gave her two choice, she paused for a few seconds, then said 要看校车旅行。Which wasn't any of the choices, but luckily I had on my phone. We watched it. Then I asked Ella to pick an episode. Mimi said 要看博物馆。I said it was Ella's turn to pick, Mimi said Mimi帮Ella选一集。I asked Ella if it was ok, Ella agreed. I asked again if Ella wanted to pick one herself or let Mimi pick one, Ella said hmmm. Mimi yelled 我给Ella选一集。I asked Ella if it was ok, Ella agreed. I let Mimi see the playlist, Mimi clicked in between 小屋 and 小火车。I asked if she wanted to watch 小火车，she said 我

Mimi cried at night. I found her sitting upright on her bed. I put hai bao in her arms, she hugged it tight, and cried into haibao's nose intermittently. I petted her pillow, she wouldn't lay down. After a while she let out a long cry into the air for ba ba. I asked if she'd like to lay down herself or have me lay her down. She said 妈妈帮我躺下。I helped her lay down and tucked her in. She stopped crying immediately. All through this Ella was snoring and making blurb blurb sounds. I checked on her and her mouth was open and somehow making the blurb sounds from her lips while she breathed. In the morning I thought I was dreaming someone knocking on the door, I woke up and heard no sound. I almost fell asleep again when I heard knocking and crying. I opened the door. An Ella greeted me with 我憋不住了。I walked her downstairs while she repeated 我憋不住了 all the way down. I put her on the toilet, she peed, then said 我不想打扰妈妈。我只是要尿尿。She went back to bed afterwards, It was a little after 7:10

Mimi skipped nap today, when usually it's Ella who wouldn't sleep on the weekends. After we left Costco, Ella said 憋不住了。I asked her to hold it in until we stop. We got to Vivi, Ella asked 这是什么地方。I asked her if she'd like to go to the toilet with me, she said 不用了。我没有尿。。。这是什么地方。I said it was the bathroom and I'll go by myself if she didn't need. She was quiet and I left. James reported Ella fell asleep soon after. Once I ordered the tea I needed to poop. Just when I sat down, I hear James talking outside to someone about how I'm probably in the bathroom and Mimi had to go to the bathroom. I quickly pooped some logs and opened the door, finding James talking to his ex report nan, and a Mimi by his side. I got Mimi in the bathroom, she sat for a while and didn't pee. We returned to the car, the rest of my poopergy disappeared too. We drove to the woodinville safeway and back and Mimi was still awake. She came into the house and wanted to pee. She indeed peed

I tried to wake the girls up in the morning with a new playlist in duo duo er ge app. The song had 三字经 in it. Ella said 这是学习的歌。这是姥爷学习的歌。The song went over what lao ye read to them back in Surrey. Ella started saying 不一样呢。I said lao ye haven't gotten to this part. Ella said 他需要买新的。买新的。。就可以上课了。。他用钱。。钱买新的。 Mimi requested to take a banana into the car. Yesterday she wanted a banana too, today I gave her a banana also. She also had her hai bao. She sat in the seat, said 我要坏斑马兔。The girls had been calling the zebra bunny bad and refusing to hold them and instead making us go back to the house to get hai bao. Ba ba gave her the zebra bunny. Mimi said 我有两个动物。两个动物和一个香aaang蕉ooo。With much emphasis on the 香蕉。 I took Ella to the bathroom at microsoft. She stood by the door, pointed at the sign, said 穿着裙子。She pointed at the men's said 没有穿裙子。I said the one wearing the qun zi is a girl. Ella said 我们上女孩儿的厕所。

We got some whole wheat crackers from the bright horizons front desk. Ella held them and got in the car. She sat in the seat, waved the cracker in the air, said 我可以吃饼干吗。Then said in a squeaky voice 可以，我已经熟了。我。。我。。还不生呢。 We wanted to go to baskets for dinner. Mimi kept asking 想去microsoft, 想吃东西 during the ride, cumulated to wooo whines right before we got to baskets. I said she'd have to wait in the car if she continued whining. We arrived at basket and found it closed. I told the girls we'll try another restaurant because it closed. Mimi quietly said mimi哭了。 I asked if the restaurant was closed because mimi cried. Mimi didn't say anything. I said we'll go try kings. Mimi again quietly said mimi哭了。 We sat down at kings. The waitress really liked Ella and chatted with her. She asked if she was the big sister, or mimi was the big sister. Ella said 不是。The waitress asked who was the big sister. Ella tilted her head, said 我是海豹。 The girls were eating goldfish when the wait

We decided to go to alderwood mall. Mimi fell asleep after 10 minutes ish. Ella was quiet all the way. I chatted with James. Until we got to the Costco by the mall, Ella said 我们要去这个商店吗。 When Mimi was peeing she put her hands on the toilet seat. I asked if she wanted to touch the poop bacteria. Mimi pulled her hand back. She was still holding a chopstick. I asked her if her chopstick touched poop bacteria. She swayed the chopstick high above her, then she tried to put the chopstick on the right side of the seat, it rolled then she tried to put it on the left side of the seat, it rolled, then she tried to put the chopstick on the front, right in front of the little seat and on top of the big seat, she was successful in balancing it after a couple tries. Then she said 要洗手。We continued the butt cleaning routine.

In the morning I asked to do Ella's hair and she started crying 要睡觉。I explained it was because auntie frankie and uncle george and little big brother collin and big little brother ethan were coming over. She continued crying. Ba ba got a drawing game but she was still distraught. I did mimi's hair and Frankie showed up. Ella started crying 要睡觉 again. This time Mimi was also tense and whimpered. I took Ella upstairs and tucked her in, left the door open. I was keeping Mimi company and chatting with Frankie when James brought a crying Ella. Ella toddled to me, said 妈妈不在楼上。I said I was talking to friends. Would she like to make friends too. She hmmm'ed and hang around me. After a bit she said she wanted to go sleep again and I took her upstairs. Mimi wanted the drawing app and I drew with her. Collin joined. After a bit Ella came by herself. She looked at Mimi's spider drawing and got excited and danced around saying gibberish English. Collin and the girls took turns drawi