I really love spending time with my little one!
Her day usually starts with a smile, greeting me good morning. I then tell her to stretch. And then she says "stretch, stretch like a giraffe" .. followed by a "swing, swing like an elephant" (elephant swings the trunk). She then makes monkey sounds. And I sing "eh eh eh eh eh .. try everything". Yeah! It's the song from movie Zootopia. She is not familiar with the movie though. But she associates the song "Try Everything" with those animal movements because of her dance class. She then says "Teacher! Teacher!". I think she really misses her class.
After letting her play with her toys a bit, I tell her that we will "wee wee". We are on the process of potty training. We only had one success .. and a big one at that! She "poo poo" on her potty yesterday morning, after she told me "Mama, poo poo". We are so happy! For her "wee wee", she usually pees while eating .. haha. There's no indication though .. we just see it. Even if her diaper or underwear is wet, it seems she's not that uncomfortable. Ever since she was a baby, she does not cry with wet diaper. Nowadays, it seems things are normal although her underwear is wet. I guess potty training will take long .. oh, well!
For breakfast, she usually eats just enough .. just enough apples or oranges or grapes, cheese, eggs, sometimes cereal, fish or chicken. I just hope she gets to eat more as she gets older. Then there's juice or yogurt and water.
I then tell in a sing-song voice "Take a bath! Take a bath!" and then she sings back "Take a bath doo doo doo doo doo doo" to the tune of Baby Shark. Same tune as she sings "Wash your face doo doo doo doo doo". Then the little sings "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" or "My Toes, my Knees, My Shoulder my Head."
After the bath, I ask her what's next and she replied "Brush teeth!". While brushing her teeth (or attempting to), she sings "And I'm brushing my teeth and it's so much fun. I never let the water run. No! I never let the water run". It's a song from Barney.
While I dress up and dry my hair, she watches Elmo, Dora or any Disney Cartoon. So that means she either sings the Elmo Song, the Dora Explorer opening song or the Hot Dog Song or any Disney song for that matter. I sing with her and sometimes, dance with her.
As we drive towards my mom house, the little one is strapped in a car seat and she asks "What's that Mama?" pointing at cars, trucks, buildings and trees. And if I say trees, she then sings the color song " .. Green is the color of trees and lots of things that grow ..."
I then drop her off at Nana's house and then I let her play. I sometimes can leave her without crying if Auntie Hanna is around. But today, Auntie Hanna was not around and she wants me to go with her to see the chickens. Since I already booked a taxi, I had to leave her crying (Oh, how my heart ached!). But if I had a car and she cries, I take time to stay with her until she is okay.
By the time I get back to her in the evening, she sings random songs every now and then. She sometimes dances and performs in front of Nana and Grandpa. And enumerates our names .. hehe
When we leave Nana's house, we look up and see the stars and of course, she sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
After giving her a bath, I carry her and she sings "The sun has gone to bed and so must I ..." But she is not yet going to sleep though. She just sings it because I carry her like a baby.
We then read some books. Most of the times, it is Papa who read her books or tells stories. She points out the alphabet book. As we reach R for ran, she sings "Rain, rain go away" while it's the "Mister Sun" song when we reach letter S.
As we go to sleep, we sing a bit and I ask her what to sing - of course, there's "Are you Sleeping, Are You Sleeping, Brother John", "Rock-a-Bye Baby", "Wise Men Say (Fools Rush In)" and "Dandansoy". We then pray.
There are times she would not immediately go to sleep and would even ask for hide and seek or play shadows. But there are also times where she just stays and lays in bed, do some acrobatic moves moving from here and there until she eventually falls asleep.
Yup! That's my life with my dear toddler, whom I love so much!
