Kalli was playing with Mamu the day after her party when I heard her say, "Mamu, thank you for giving me your gift." She then hugged Mamu and gave her a kiss. Mamu said "You are welcome!" Awwww, Kalli's such a sweet kid :) I thought that was the end of their conversation. But, as always, Kalli still had more to say. She started explaining. "I went to the mall. I wanted to buy it. But it was 20 pesos!" Hahaha! Mamu and I were trying hard not to laugh since Kalli was so passionate in her explanation and we didn't want to offend her :)
FYI, we really did go to the mall before her birthday and asked her what she wanted to buy in toy kingdom. She saw the Jungle Treetop and wanted to buy it then. Tita LA told her to tell Papu. She said, "But Papu's not here!" She was getting frustrated and I told her we couldn't buy it yet cause we didn't have money. I guess that's how you explain her 20 pesos remark ;)
Kalli attended the Gymboree (Shangrila Branch) Halloween party last October 29, 2009. Although it was a bit crowded, she still had so much fun! Below are some videos of her dancing :)
I was trying to make Kalli nap the other day. See, she was really very sleepy but was fighting it. So I took her to our room and told her to lie on the bed. At first I was playing with her ear. That usually makes her sleepy. But she was really fighting it hard. She even told me it was daytime and she wants to go out. I told her she needs to take a nap and, after her nap, she'll have a prize. I then proceeded to sleep beside her. When she saw that I was sleeping, she closed her eyes too. She kept twitching and moving around though so I knew she was still awake. After a while she started hugging me - still with her eyes closed. Then (I guess because of boredom) she started lying down on my back - still with her eyes closed.
Suddenly she opened her eyes, sat down and said, "Mommy, I dreamed!" I was really trying not to laugh.
I told her, "But Kalli, you didn't sleep!"
"I did!"
Hahaha! Oh-oh, I think we're gonna get a lot more of this as she grows up :D
Here's a picture of Kalli reading to her "friends". She really loves books (like mommy!). She can actually spend hours in Fully-booked or Powerbooks just reading. We need a library to store her and my books, hahaha.
Enjoy the picture (taken October 10, 2009 - Kalli @ 2 years and 11 months)
Kalli can talk very well. But even now she still can't pronounce the letter R. It's "wotoy" for later, "latoy" for later. "yabit" for rabbit... you get the point. I bought her this pre-k workbook from national bookstore and there's a section there for phonix. For each letter, you encircle the pictures of those starting with that letter. Kalli's very good at it! When we got to Y though, she got a bit confused...
Mommy: (singing here) The Y says Ya, the Y says Ya, every letter makes a sound, the Y says Ya.
Mommy: Kalli, does House start with Y?
Kalli: Ya Ya House. No!
Mommy: Very good! Does Yak start with Y?
Kalli: Ya Ya Yak. Yes!
Mommy: Very good! Does Yellow start with Y?
Kalli: Ya Ya Yellow. Yes!
Mommy: You're so good baby! Does Racket start with Y?
Kalli: Ya Ya Yaket. YES!
Oh no, mali! Hahahaha!
This happened a couple of months ago. Even now I still laugh thinking about it :)
Here's Kalli writing her own name. For the record, she has learned to do this when she was 2 years and 5 months old. She has already written her name on all her books. Needless to say, she has learned to spell her name too. Aside from her name, she knows how to spell MOMMY, DADDY, DOG and CAT too.
(Did you get her joke there in the end? ;b)
And here's Kalli drawing tita May's garden. She really loves to draw. She prefers drawing to coloring. Though I've bought her lots of coloring books, she likes her sketch pads more. So far she has finished four 50-page sketch pads. Maybe I'll post some more of her drawings here. Right now her favorite subjects are fishes, ponds, beach and ocean, horses, elephants, boats and people.
Kalli had her first dentist appointment last May 23, 2009. I was worried that she'll lose most of her teeth by the time she turns 3. I've been brushing her teeth regularly but I guess her temporary teeth is weak because her 4 front teeth already have cavity :( I wanted to bring her to a pedia-dentist that my friend recommended but I didn't want to wait, so I just brought her to "Little Ones" in the Mall of Asia. I was afraid she would cry and I tried to explain that the dentist will clean her teeth and ask her to open her mouth prior to us going there. I even showed her some pictures. I was really happy and proud when she willingly sat on the dental chair and did everything the dentist asked her! She was so behaved and quite the big girl! She was even willing to go inside the room alone with the dentist :) The dentist checked all her teeth and gave her a fluoride cleaning. She recommended filling up 4 of her teeth (one per visit) and we'll probably do that. I know it's only temporary teeth but I don't want her to have a gap very early. It might skew the growth of her permanent teeth.
Anyway, below is a picture of her in the dental chair. See how happy and unafraid she was? :) I wanted to take more pictures but the dentist didn't allow picture taking while she was working.
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