Here Comes Trouble - Jasmine

Last ThursdayIt was a normal day until out of the blue, Jasmine's preschool teacher (M) called me on my cell phone today. The call started with M telling me that Jasmine has matured alot over the past 6 months. She's listening more and paying attention and playing well with others. I'm thinking, ok. So why are you calling me for?

Then the teacher informs that Jasmine got into trouble today though. Apparently, Beeps stood on top of the table in the Science corner, where the fish tank was. She was on the table and wouldn't get off, even when the teacher asked her to. And then, Jasmine proceeded to throw stuff off that table! Errrggggg.

Granny Turns 100 this year!

Every year, our Granny celebrates her birthday with a family dinner, and includes all of our extended family. This year, she is turning 100! For this important event, our immediate LEUNG family decided to get some professional photos done with Granny. Winnie arranged with her photographer to have this done one weekend in Vancouver (thanks Win!). He did an amazing job. Check these pictures out:

18 Month Shots

I finally took Julia for her 18 month shots today, a little late due to the doctor's office being closed on the summer weekends. I didn't want to take a day off from work to take her into the docs office so I waited until there was a Saturday appointment. Julia's current stats:

weight - 9.72kg / 21.5 lbs, 25% percentile
height - 86 cm, 90% percentile
head - 46cm, 50% percentile

Speaks 20 words:

1) Ye Ye
2) Ma Ma
3) Daddy
4) Mommy
5) ball
6) bless you
7) hello
8) bye
9) wo wo (dog)
10) meow (cat)
11) she she (book)
12) guy guy (go outside)
13) dung (lights)
14) gwo gwo (fruits)
15) mo mo (hat)
16) ngap ngap (duck)
17) jerk jerk (bird)
18) sui sui (water)
19) nai nai (milk)
20) 1-2-3

She had 2 shots jabbed into her thighs this time. I went to the doctor's office alone with Julia today so it was hard to keep her still. Poor Julia, she had no idea the needle was coming. The first needle was finished and Julia didn't even make a peep. It was when the second needle was inserted that she started screaming and kicking... Took about a minute and Julia calmed down, with the help of some crackers. Phewf, another shot done.

Julia Ball Dance (video)

A short video of Julia while she was playing with the musical kaleidoscope toy while sliding around on the ball.

Kid Scary Moments

Kids do the silliest things. Two funny incidents happened recently, funny to us, but scary to them. These were things that the kiddies did, that got them scared.

1) There is a computer tower in our living room that links to our PVR, which stores all of our TV recordings. The computer tower is placed on the ground so the kids can access it easily. Julia was pushing on all the buttons on the computer tower and nothing happened. Then suddenly, the DVD drawer slides open. She took one look, then ran straight into the couch and dug her head into the couch cushion (like a flamingo?). I went over to pick her up, she started crying hysterically and stared non-stop at the DVD tray. Poor girl.

2) Upstairs in Richard's room, we have a paper shredder. We never turn it on, because we don't have alot of confidential papers. Anyways one day, Richard decided to shred some bank statements. Just as it starts shredding (background guuugnggggggg sound) Jasmine freaks out. She ran from the living room all the way into the kitchen, meanwhile screaming her head off. AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I go into the kitchen to see what is going on. I see Jasmine standing on the far wall, tears streaming down her face. So frightened. I'm guessing she thought the sound was from the TV, the TV blank screen thing? She is sooooo scared of that too.

Poor kiddies. Inherited Mommy's scardy trait.

Julia Bouncy Horse (video)

We had a small get-together at John and Cheryl's place this afternoon. There were 4 families and a total of 7 kids running around the house. Quite a pack. It was really neat, because the adults were able to sit around and chat while the kids were busy playing with all the toys. Boy, were there lots of toys everywhere! Thanks Cheryl and John! We have to come by more often!

Here is a video of Julia on a bouncy horse:

Stanley Park Water Park - Lumbermen's Arch (video)

It was a really hot day today and we wanted to spend time outside before the weather got cold. Where can we go? To the water park of course! Inside Stanley Park, there is a free kids water park. I didn't even know that this water park existed until the other day, when we went on the train ride and we walked by it.

We suited them into their UV swim gear, large sun hats, rubbed sunblock on the legs and arms, and we are set to go. Both girls LOVE playing in water. They had an awesome time running and splashing around in the water... until Jasmine slipped and fell on the ground. With a scraped knee and elbow, and no bandaids, we had to leave promptly. Even though we didn't play in the water, it was fun just watching them.

Burnaby Village Museum

We visited the Burnaby Village Museum today, as they were having a free admission day so we checked it out. We were lucky to find a parking spot in the shade, a quick walk from the entrance of the museum. It was boiling hot. By the time we got to the entrance gate (a 2 minute walk), everyone was sweating.

This museum is quite special. It's basically a tiny village of shops, from the early 1900s. There were maybe 20 little shops, some of them with people dressed up and greeting you inside. There was a bank, a theatre, music piano shop, bakery, Chinese medicine shop, blacksmith, barbar... quite interesting. Too bad it was so hot outside, we were all burning so we had to leave after an hour.


Theatre ticket office, MuiMui doing gymnastics (click on pics)