Every mother would agree with me - that whenever they look at their kid - it is nothing short of a miracle. Till today - 6 years after giving birth to Chloe - it never fails to amaze me how God makes it possible for the woman to carry the baby for 9 months in our belly - growing from a size of a pea .. till she is ready to come out. And that may be the reason why mothers are never harsh on their kids - they can get away with just about anything.. but not the spouse.

Are you like me…?? always picking on the spouse but never the kid..?? I’m guilty .. that’s for sure - the spouse cannot raise his voice at the kid.. nor can he ignore the kid.. but it’s alright the other way round.. well not the raising the voice part.. because Chloe is taught better. But when it comes to buying things - it’s the same way.. anything for the kid.. but nothing for the man - if the kid needed a lcd monitor - zoom i would be out there getting her a new one.. if hers was broken.. but if the man’s monitor was broken, i would tell him to make do with a used one from the store.

Everything for the kid - needs to be new or fresh to eat - the spouse and myself.. we can eat leftovers .. no biggie…?? what about you ..?? are you this way..?? or is it just me..?? I know of some mothers here who would be all dressed up .. and make up .. and their kids gets their clothes from Salvation Army - a bagful for $10. But i couldn’t do that.. if anyone would to wear .. anything from Salvation Army… it will be me.. not the kid.

I never had much of a family if you didn’t know by now. My dad was never much at home - maybe once a year - not even during chinese new year - and my mom well - she was very much into the boys/brothers. So when I met PB online - he used to comfort me and said .. his parents will be my parents - that was very sweet of him eh.

Chloe is a very loving girl - in fact the older she gets - the closer she is with her grandparents - which had been my plan all along. Family bonding is very important to me for Chloe - more important than PB getting use to the project management software he just bought and playing constantly with. I have to constantly remind him and myself that Chloe isn’t gonna be this young forever because I remember how much i used to envy my neighbour’s family or my school mates ones.

If I had to drop everything to be with Chloe - I would - no doubt about it - if you don’t think it will affect them you better think about it .. because till today - i still think about how little time my parents had for me. It’s a constant regret for me.. that I never got to know my parents well enough nor give them enough hugs because they don’t practice nor encourage it. Therefore, with Chloe - she is a totally different story. What about you and your kids..?? don’t let them grow up thinking that their parents didn’t care too much about them eh.

Chloe came home with a list of words she had to learn weekly - we had known about it for a few weeks now. And a look at her list - we realized that we didn’t get Week’s 1 list - and since some of Chloe’s classmates parents shop at our store - I of course, quickly called and asked them for the List 1’s words. But one of them couldn’t remember where her list was and another didn’t call back. And another one who happened to be at our store in the evening - didn’t even know that her kid had words to learn *slap forehead*. Anyhow, that evening - I lay away my auto insurance quotes and started to teach Chloe her words - 2 at a time - I figured for the weekend.. and 1 each for the weekdays.

So lets get back to these other parents - well, as you can see - how challenging it is for Chloe’s teacher with this kinda attitude *shake head*. As for us - I hope we can be diligent parents and help Chloe move ahead with every standard she is promoted to.

Chloe hasn’t gone to school for 3 days now - well the first day - was in -service (meaning - the teachers had meeting or some self help class) - then it was a snow day but the snow wasn’t so bad - but that’s alright because she was quite stuffed up in the morning she woke up. Today - same thing we woke up at 7am - and the radio announced no school again. Boy!! these ppl are real wuss - the snow wasn’t bad at all - i mean for chloe she wasn’t feeling the greatest - so we would have made her stay home - but what about those other kids - whose parents had to work..??? I tell you .. the school or the school board needs some testosterone booster - no wonder the “ang moh” kids are so lazy…!!!

We were visiting Chloe’s grammie and grampie a few days ago - and she of course needed all the attention (whats new?) and started making noises of a crow. Of course, we all laughed at her and her grammie said - “So you are a crow now?” In which, Chloe replied indignantly, that she was a PTERODACTYL and not a CROW!

Yes.. ! you heard right a PTERODACTYL ! even I donch know what a Pterodactyl is .. hahhaha!! i know it is a kind of dinosaur .. but really a PTERODACTYL …?? i mean ask me about fat burner and I’ll tell you all about it.. but how does a 6 years old know stuff like PTERODACTYL ..?? hahhahahaha!!! Apparently, she watched Scooby Doo - and they had said a word like that on one of the episodes. .muahahhahaha!!! My oh My..!!! I tell yer.. i wasn’t this smart.. when i was her age.. hahhahaha!!

It felt like it was just a few months ago, that I had given birth to a lovely baby girl but yesterday, she told us at her grammie’s place that her teeth were loose, she was all panicky and we had to explain to her that it wasn’t gonna be right quick. Her grandmother did a better job in explaining why her teeth were dropping off - she told Chloe, it was because she was growing up. So here I am sitting and on this website www.adipexdietpills.org, I can’t help but think how much more we have to learn - to bring Chloe up properly. PB and I are first time parents - we wouldn’t have known to say something so intelligent .. hahhahaha!! yes.. live and learn. Yes.. we are very excited.. but on the other hand.. not looking forward to Chloe complaining she finds it hard to eat - my growing up baby. How we all wished they would stay this cute forever eh.

When I was growing up - watching my classmates parents hovering over them and bringing them lunch and snacks - makes me so inferior because my mom could never do that - because my mom was a working mom. My mom don’t even have time for day creams, much less try and go to school and peep at me during recess them. I’ve always thought that with my own kid, I am gonna do all the things that my mom couldn’t do for me - not of any fault of hers of course. But you see things are quite the different now - these days the school and teachers do not encourage the parents to be helicopter moms at all. Coming to school to watch your kid - does not make your kid a “special” kid - in fact - she could be taunted and laughed at for being such a baby.

But i’m not ashamed to let her teachers and principal know that I’m a helicopter mom - because that was the way i wasn’t brought up - and because of that - I don’t want to miss out on things that my mom missed out. I not only wanna be there when she wins a trophy - i wanna be there for everything. The school may have their rules and expectation but Chloe was brought up quite differently - she is a girl who tells me .. yer’re too awesome mom..!! just because i let her have an extra piece of chocolate.

Chloe doesn’t know how to spell Daddy - but she knows how to spell Dad - so if she wanted to write a note to Daddy - she spells it DadT - pretty creative eh..?? I thought so too. Chloe is a delightful child - I cannot ask for anything more but for good health for the kid. Of course, she can be a pain at times - but which kid isn’t eh..?? I try to explain to “ang moh” that his tone when he talks to the kid must not sound like he has joint pain, because that would only make the kid thinks that he is either upset, mad or worst - make her feel like she is a pain.

A kid will always be a kid - and if he/she doesn’t misbehave once in a while - you better be very careful because deep down inside - psychologically, i bet there is something wrong.. hahahha!! I lose it sometimes too.. but the kid knows that when i do - it’s because she had been really bad. I am usually very calm.. and when i scold her.. it’s in chinese - but that doesn’t mean that I am calm .. i just make an effort to stay calm and neutral tone .. even when i am agitated. Effort is needed as parents - to ensure you send out the right signal to your kid. I never want my kid to grow up .. thinking that her mother is crazy.. and her father is a grouch - neither do i want her to think that she is not wanted in our life - just because she gets naughty a few hours a day. Because no matter what - you wanna build self confidence not to the extend that your kid turn into a bully at school lah. But yes, a balance is required .. and effort must be taken - if you want kids or have kids.

We barely got outta the Christmas break and Chloe had gone back to school for a few days and had gotten sick with a head cold. We had kept her home for a few days - just to be sure, unlike previous years whereby we were in a hurry to get her back to school - so she doesn’t miss out on thing and have a hard time catching up. Anyhow, she was better already but we have been waking up late - not only because the lil’ brat doesn’t wanna sleep but we as parents too don’t sleep early enough, I told the “ang moh” i would be needing the best acne treatments really soon .. if we continue to refuse to turn in.

So yes, the kid is late for school for 2 days - the “ang moh” grouchy every morning because the kid wouldn’t hurry and eat faster - but can you really blame the kid? NOPE! it’s more our fault - because we are adults and not a kid. So when the kid is late for school even if she was 5 mins late - we have to write a note for her. Yesterday - the kid came home and told me that the teacher had said - “hurry! chloe! you are late” in which i replied - “tell your teacher it’s mama’s fault - she woke up late”. This morning, we were late - i wrote a note to her teacher and in it - it said ” please excuse chloe for being late because we woke up 30mins later than usual - it’s entirely our fault - not the poor kid’s!”

So parents - don’t blame the poor kid and be honest - that’s the moral of the story - don’t be afraid to own up because you want to show the kid - that honesty is the best policy.

The other day, I turned around while going on the treadmill and Chloe had just finished her dinner and trying to get to some stuff besides the computer table. She was quietly doing something behind me .. and when i turned around.. i saw her using a eraser from the back of her pencil rubbing it against the wall. The first thing that came into my mind was the kid must have been drawing on the wall - so I asked her .. “what are you doing?” .. i wasn’t shouting or anything.. but it made her jumped.

She quickly screeched and said “it was an accident .. mom..!!” in which i replied .. drawing on the wall isn’t an accident !” In which she replied - “i was trying to pick up something .. and my pencil slide on the wall and it marked the wall a little - i was just trying to clean it. I wasn’t drawing on the wall! i would never do that”

That actually set me thinking - actually - even when Chloe was very young, she never drew on the wall. She did put stickers on my coffee table though - but nope she didn’t jump on our couch nor our bed .. or even when Sarah invited her to jump on her bed .. when they had a playdate - she had said “no thank you” .. and when i asked her why she didn’t .. she had explained that it wasn’t very nice. So yes, we’ve raised a kid with conscience ? or a good head on the shoulder? I can’t complain eh.

So the year 2009 has come to an end.. and 2010 is here finally. Should i say finally? well, kinda! although we did pretty good overall for the store, especially the last few months, after we put everything into perspective - I have to say personally - we were a bit stretched. But in 2010, we looked into email archiving services for my food blog because I have way too many fans/friends there.

Well, in 2009 - chloe started with a new preschool - right up to the summer holiday. She then went to summer camp both at the Y and the Youth Center but both didn’t work out well, because she wanted to bring her sitter a long - which defeats the purpose of helping her to be more independent. We did go for a short break last year to the city but it was way too short. Then Chloe started school in her new school - and we had to let her sitter go (we didn’t have enough hours for her). Follow by the kid bothering my Chloe and then she came down with a bladder infection - and the many meetings with the school to try and settle chloe in nicely.

During Chloe’s winter break we managed fabulously and even went for different events with family and friends. We also managed to get all our Christmas shopping done for Chloe’s friends and for our customers. Plus we are darn proud that we made a huge contribution to Chloe’s school. For this year, I’m hoping to take more care of our health and spend more time with Chloe. My new year’s resolution ? Bo Chup!

So Christmas came and went.. and nope.. i didn’t get any Grohe faucets from Santa.. hahahha!! guessed i wasn’t being really good eh. So how was your Christmas.. ? were you naughty or good..?? As I sit here .. and reflect on the things that went on this year.. i cannot help but thank God for all the good things.

I was chatting with my g/f just this morning .. and yes.. there are some stuff that didn’t make us really happy .. or went the way we wanted.. .but our lives is in our hand.. and it’s up to us .. to make even the bad things positive.

For example, what happened to Chloe in school - I’m not happy it happened.. but it’s good it did at this point.. when it is something we can control and stop immediately. Had this not happened.. it could have been worst.. when she was older.. and it might be a lot more devastating - but for now, we became more cautious and tell ourselves to be vigilant always. So yes, life is not all smooth sailing .. but heck, if you wanna stay and wallow .. and mopped around the house about it.. then you will be miserable… as for me.. we were mad.. but we got passed that stage.. and moved on. Life is too short for the nonsense - what about you?

That’s Grampie with Chloe - hard to get good pictures of both. But i’m happy that Chloe is willing to give even Uncle Richard a hug.

While someone I know is not having much success with his job search, we had our tires changed to winter tire this afternoon. The tire shop was darn busy - there was no short of work there. Yes..! they were darn expensive.. close to $700 for the 4 winter tires after taxes.. but not much one can do.. especially if you don’t know what winter is gonna be like from year to year.

We had to change it .. because the all seasons one that we’ve just put new this year - was skidding so back during the last snowfall a few days ago, i was really afraid. Plus, we are heading to the city for my eye doctor’s appt in the New Year - more so must make sure the tires are somewhat good ones. So .. i feel safe tonite.. when we were on the road. Bring it on Winter..!!!

Dear Chloe,

You turned 6 years old today! a few minutes from now 6 yrs ago, you were born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - Canada. 6 years ago, mama never thought we had the ability to raise you to this age, you were so tiny - my princess. You brought tears to my eyes everytime i watched you sleep - because you are nothing less than a miracle, just like getting Blue Cross NC in the States.

We are continuously learning new things from you and also learning how to be better parents/person so that we can set good examples for you. You are a wonderful, sweet and thoughtful little gal but you can sometimes be a P.I.T.A - but we love you always.

This year, you started your school year in a new school, you are doing so well and if not for the lil’ boy who keeps bugging you - i think you love your new school too. Your home room teacher had to be on sabbatical because her father was really ill, so your relieve teacher who is new and a man don’t really know stuff about girls eh. But never mind we are constantly reminding him that girls are different from boys.

This year, we also had to let your babysitter of 4.5 yrs go because you are already old enough not to need one, plus mama needs to teach you more school stuff after you come home from school and during the weekends. Since mama don’t get to spend a lot of time with you during the weekdays because you are going to school now, it’s better mama look after you - and cook proper food for you.

You’ve changed so much, taller, more independent and can pretty much do a lot of things on your own. But you can get quite demanding at times, so we have to work on that more. We love you but we don’t want you to grow up to be a brat. You are still very thoughtful and never ask for presents or toys when we go shopping and most times you do behave yourself - it is only at the store and when there are customers that you get naughty at times.

Mama is just very happy to surround you with good play dates and friends and the many activities we’ve planned for you since this year. Hopefully, we can go back to swimming soon after the H1N1 thing blows over. You are still doing your dancing and next year you start Karate classes - which we think is essential because of how this town is.

You are our love and our life and all we want is for you to be happy and healthy. Mama

This year our lawn looks a lot brighter! as you all know, ours is a new house therefore, there is no huge tree or plants around. Thanks to Chloe’s Grampie - who made us our own Rudolph and gave some Christmas trees to stick out on our lawn to put on some lights. So yes, we pretty it up .. and it’s not even all lighted up .. because we still have yet to go out and buy more lights.

One of the rudolph even has a red nose - grampie put a red bulb onto it - hahhaha!! the photo doesn’t do it justice.. because it looked a lot nicer with snow .. and all.

PB putting on lights on the christmas tree, so yes .. i’m pretty happy with the lawn this year - because our moose didn’t stand up to the wind - the wind seems to be getting worst every year.

In late November, our family doctor left his practice here for Toronto. I saw him the last time during his last week in town and he was upset that I haven’t gone for my blood test and saw him sooner - so her refused to apply for subsidy for my diabetic medication. He said i was not serious about my health ! I didn’t wanna be rude - because the truth was - i didn’t wanna see him nor his secretary too much unless absolutely necessary. Not only is he blunt - he had bad bedside manners. He was not good with Chloe and didn’t say the appropriate thing to a kid at all - especially one that he saw only when she wasn’t feeling good. I guess it was his way of telling me off - that i didn’t kowtow to him .. while he was around..??

Anyhow, we didn’t think we would be getting a new family doctor so soon - but we did - today the clinic from around here called and took Chloe and I in immediately. You see - i was smart - even though his “awesome” secretary told us that we cannot call and register our names in on other clinics before he left his practice - i still went ahead and left name everywhere - as soon as we found out that he was leaving.

I don’t know if the new doctor will be any better but having a doctor is better than not having one eh..?? and with this new doctor, i am gonna try to stay as professional as possible - and not even acknowledge him in public. Because our ex doctor - can’t even show any compassion of any kind and his “awesome” secretary was so plastic - even my old toy doll beats her in facial expression.

While helping my g/f do the baptism invitations, i started watching this new show from tvb. Leave a comment if you want to watch this show too. Setting out on their quest for fame and fortune, three female TV stars of different backgrounds are resolved to achieve their dreams at any price. But after so many ups and downs in their acting careers, they finally come to discover the secret of true beauty.

Driven by sheer vanity, KO CHING MAN (Kate Tsui) takes part in a beauty pageant despite the strong opposition of her mother, a long-retired actress named CHEUNG LAI HUNG (Yuen King Tan), and leaps to stardom soon after winning the championship. Rising actress TONG HO YEE (Sharon Chan) feels threatened by MAN and decides to join another TV station to look for a breakthrough, which is not supported by her production assistant friend DEACON CHONG (Lai Lok Yi). Leading actress KEUNG CHIN FUNG (Ng Wing Mei) used to be a bitter rival of HUNG. Realizing that MAN’s acting career is taking off at top speed, FUNG means to approach her as a mentor, through which she hopes to drag the girl into her moral downfall bit by bit. Desperate for everlasting beauty, FUNG injects herself with illegal substances in an attempt to slow the aging process. But things do not really go as planned and her face starts to change in shape. Her advertising deal with a cosmetics company is subsequently canceled and MAN has soon replaced her as the new product endorser. Even the Award of Best Actress, which she has won for years, is slipping out of her hands. To vent her anger, FUNG seeks to extract revenge on MAN, finally plunging her into a world of pain and trouble.

Born Rich Episode 40 & 41 are both out for watching..! yes..!! yes..! 2 episodes in one sunday! i’m sure you wanna watch it too right. Check the synopsis out at HERE !

Chloe has a new boots this year - since the one last year didn’t fit her anymore. Winter boots are expensive here in Canada.. and raising a kid properly is definitely not cheap. I know of some parents who would buy used boots for their kids.. but we all know certain things cannot be second hand lah. The “ang moh” very particular about the shoes/boots. We found this winter boots at Zellers and even though it was on sale - it still cost us about $35 !! imagine that eh..! Winter boots are supposed to keep her warm up to - 30 degree Celsius.

Chloe had her school concert a few days ago, we enjoyed it tremendously, so did she but we didn’t enjoy losing our kid at the end of the concert. You see - when the concert was over - everyone was all over the place. Chloe was in the front of the church and we were behind, we walked on the same aisle but apparently, she was blocked and couldn’t see us and nor did we. When I reached the front and asked one of the PSA - she said Chloe was not with them and might have gone to the back to see Santa to get a candy cane *slap forehead*. I can understand that the older kids didn’t need supervision .. but Chloe was not even 6 yrs old yet and some were even younger if i am not wrong. So yes, we learned our lesson - that next year we have to remind chloe to sit put and wait for us to go get her. She was in tears by the time we reached her. We were not impressed at all..!