Shy Angel

We dropped by Angel's school to give her a surprise birthday party. We called out to her when we arrived at her classroom, and immediately we noticed that she was not the usual naughty Angel that we know at home. She was all quiet and shy. She looked at us briefly, and returned to her toys immediately. We had to go over to greet and hug her.

The teachers then led the kids to the bathroom to wash hands. Most of the kids were happily washing their own hands, except for Angel. She stood there quietly, waiting for the teacher to wash for her.

Best moment of the day is when the kids sang Happy Birthday song to her, she looked at her friends and we could see a very faint smile on her. But after that, she returned to her shy self again when she went around giving goody bags to the kids.

Not only does Angel looks like me, I think she also inherited my shyness..

I bathed her, then I found her on the floor like this

Just woke up

Simple sunday

Hmm?

Hero of the Rails

While I was having dinner, Angel turned on a Thomas & Friends video on my iPad and was watching it on my side. She must have got bored. After a short while, she left the study room, probably looking for toys to play with.

By that time I actually got interested in the episode, I wanted to know the ending, I actually took over the iPad and watched it til the end of the one-hour episode!

I never really liked Thomas shows but this is one of the best episodes of a children's show I've ever seen. In this episode, Thomas discovers and makes friend with an abandoned old train, Hiro, and Thomas tries everything to help fix Hiro. I like this episode as it shows a friend should always help one another, and more importantly - never give up.

Do check it out :)

Making friends

I brought Angel to the playground today, and as soon as she saw the other kids, she shouted "fren fren!", ran towards them, and started to to play with them.

This made me happy and a little sad at the same time.

Happy because it's so nice to see Angel starting to bond well with other kids. Such a joy to see her trying to join in whatever the kids were doing, and heart warming to see the other older kids putting their arms around her, welcoming her. Made me smile to see them running around, chasing each other, and laughing.

Sad because my little Angel is growing up fast. I realized that I can't really get her attention when the kids are playing hard. I know that soon enough she will make more friends of her age group, and she'll want to play with them all the time, instead of looking for me.

Nonetheless, I'm still happy to see Angel making friends. For now I'll treasure these moments where she sticks to me all the time, come running to my arms when I'm home, holding my hand wherever we go, pushing the study room door open to look for me, and even climbing up to my lap when I'm having dinner.

Going swimming with daddy

Rainy day

When I bring her out to eat her favorite McDonald's

A trip to Korea

The last time we took Angel on a flight to Hong Kong, she was less than two years old. She turns three this year and we decided to bring her on another overseas trip. It took us very long to decide where to go to, but in the end we decided on Seoul, Korea. Mainly because I had never been there before, and also we wanted Angel to experience winter. So off we went, 7 days, with me carrying Angel most of the time, my bag full of her stuff, and my camera.

The first moment we walked out of Incheon airport, Angel covered her ears with her hands and said "Eeeeeeeee cold cold". But soon after that, she got used it and refused to put on her gloves and hood. I think she likes winter.

Korea is a wonderful country. The people there don't speak English very well, but we had fun exploring many places on our own. The subway system looked complicated at first but it's quite easy to take and it's very convenient. We went to Myeongdong shopping area, Seoul Tower, Teddy Bear Museum, Lotte World theme park, Everland theme park, Gyeongbokgung Palace, and many other places. All in all, a great experience. Seoul looks like a city I could get used to.

And Angel has been a wonderful girl, enduring long flights and bus and train rides. I think she enjoyed it more than me.