My girls, yup, they're mine

It’s been a tough month, emotions running up and down. It’s getting very stressful at the office, a lot of uncertainty and stressed out people around. Gotta ride it out I guess and do a wait and see. The girls have been a joy (most of the time LOL), especially Bibou. She’s really turned the corner (touch wood!!), no more whining and moaning all the time! Seriously ! It’s like a totally different girl! What a joy. And when she does have her occasionally meltdown (what? You think it doesn’t happen ever again? You kidding??), it goes away really quickly. No more ½ hour screaming and crying and unable to calm down episodes for a while now. What a relief! We can easily distract her with something else. She’s also become quite sweet, emotional and very loving. She wants to give kisses (and receive them) all the time and often pipes up with ‘I love you ‘so’ much Mummy / Daddy’ (esp when she senses that you’re down or angry). Her nanny has also commented that she’s so much happier these days. Getting to school is not a problem anymore. No more screaming and temper tantrums on the road etc. All’s good. She’s genuinely very happy and helpful, always wanting to help everyone. She will also ask if she can ‘help you in the kitchen, please Mummy’? She can always be relied on to do something for you if you ask her… pick up a bottle, fetch something from the kitchen etc. She’s also very generous, always willing to share whatever she has, even if it was something yummy, like a piece of chocolate! She’d always share with her little sister. She’s patient and very forgiving and very polite… never forgets her pleases and thank you. May this continue a lonnnnnnnng lonnnnnnnnng time…. forever maybe? Wishful thinking??? Some things though, are still the same. She’s still very much a ‘princess’, she always wants to dress up in pretty clothes, always need to hear that she’s pretty, always needs to have pretty hair done up and loves make up!

On the flip side……… yes, Angel is the monkey now. I tell you, it’s a good thing she’s funny and cute, even when she’s up to mischief, and much mischief she’s always in. She’s constantly pulling things off the table and throwing them onto the ground, and loves to pull things out, especially CDs and DVDs and throw them on the floor. Sigh. But she’s a charmer, she knows when she’s in trouble, or when she’s done something ‘bad’, she immediately looks sheepish and then turns around to give you a BIG grin, trying to charm her way out of trouble. She’s also recently become a lot more tactile, whereas previously, she would very rarely give hugs or kisses. Very rarely. Now she gives very lovely and long hugs!! She would wrap her tiny arms around your neck and squeeze tight. And now, when she’s done a little boo-boo, when she knows she’s in trouble, like after pulling Bibou’s hair or something, she’ll immediately go up to Bibou to give her a kiss (her way of saying sorry) and immediately nod her head yes vigorously, earnestly when you tell her (sternly of course) not to do it again. She really looks like she means it. (yes, and she will be up to no good in few minutes later…. But she’s soooo cute). Yes, this girl’s trouble with the capital T. She’s very bossy and independent. She just wants to be like her big sister and do whatever she does. She copies her all the time. Meal times sometimes can become a big challenge with her as she absolutely WANTS to eat on her own. She’d rather go hungry than let you feed her. We’ve resigned to the fact that our floor needs vacuuming after every meal! Looks wise – I’m sure that you’d all noticed a huge change in her appearance. Definitely not a baby any more. She’s also lost a bit of her chubbiness, baby fat no? That’s ‘coz she has lost quite a bit of weight as she’d been ill recently and not eaten well. She’s also a lot more active now. In this batch of photos, the one of her in the Chinese outfits were before she fell ill. The rest were after. There is a picture of her with a ‘fat lip’…. She’d fallen down and cut herself on the lip. Poor baby girl… yes, like her sister before her, Angel’s quite accident prone. Lots of bruises and cuts. But she’s a real trooper. She doesn’t cry (if she does at all !!) for a long time. Just a short boo hoo and once you’ve given her a little kiss, it’s all forgotten!

The two girls are now finally sleeping in the same bedroom! It went very well! No problems at all. They do adore each other, regardless of all the fights that they get into. Mostly because Angel just wants to be and do everything that her sister does. And of course when Bibou gets irritated or impatient with her, 'coz she just wants to be alone with her own drawing or reading, Angel pulls her hair! But they are sweet with each other. They still love to dance and sing, Bibou often leading Angel in some kiddy song. They always look out for each other and gets awfully concerned if the other was crying (especially if they weren't the cause of the crying LOL). For example this evening, Bibou had bumped her head on the edge of Daddy's computer table and so was crying a little. I had her on my knees, and Angel came running to us, climbed up on the sofa, grabbed a tissue and gave it to Bibou to use. And she then reached up to give Bibou a kiss on her booboo... all with this concerned look on her face. everyone now... 'AWWWWWWWWW".

Videos

My sweet Bibou feeding Seraphine. She did this on her own, without any prompting from me! I was astonished, but managed to quickly pick up my camera to snap this video. Bibou was eating her rice, when she noticed that Angel was staring at her food hungrily while waiting for Daddy to bring the other 'entrees'.

A silly video of Angel. She decided that putting her foot into the toy box was fun!

Here's one of me trying to bribe Angel to speak. Ok, she can scream really loudly, but when it comes to speaking, for some weird reason, she tends to 'whisper'!!!