The Little Drummer/Reader

She was reading the new Princess Book that Auntie Xin presented to her on the Chinese New Year. It is such a thick book, but she managed to carry it around the house while saying "so strong". She actually meant "so heavy". :-) I was worry about her dropping the book on her feet, so I often put her on her boaster seat and let her read at the table.



Hubby saw the sesame seed pancake container and thought it was a perfect drum for Audrey to play. Audrey instantly knew to pat on the top like a pro. Look, how concentrated she was!

The Cheer Leader

Audrey entered in the dress phase. She wants to wear dresses every day!!! Unfortunately, we live in a snow-all-winter long place. The temperature is normally below freezing, if not freezer temperature.

Her Auntie sent her this cheerleader dress for Christmas. She struggled to put it on the minute she saw it. I think she looks cute in it and decided to record the moment. Here goes our cheerleader. (As a matter of fact, that was the Super Bowl XLIV weekend.)



Oops, the diaper was peeking out:

I am Safe now:

Snow Angels

Last Sunday, we had a good layer of snow on the ground. It was too fluffy to make snow man, however, it was perfect to make snow angels. After a short walk in the sub-freezing temperature with Audrey, we came back to our backyard to make snow angels. Audrey enjoys doing it after she learned making it from other older kids at Miss Jen's.

She laid down beside me and we made a mama and a baby snow angels.

Baby:

Baby snow angel in motion:

Mama:
Baby and Mama:

I wanted to take more pictures of her playing with the snow, but guess what, she refused to let any of her pictures taken. So we had this paparazzi and celebrity scene. It was hilarious!




Take a look at our snow coated backyard if you are lucky or unlucky to experience snow.

House with a Two-Year Old = Messy House

Audrey is a mess maker! After a weekend, she will transform the living room into a disaster land.

All the books will be scattered on the floor. She loves to read, so she yanks one book after another one from the bookshelves to satisfy her curious mind. Sadly, she does not know the proper way, or any way, to stack them back on the shelves. She then will walk on the books to get where she needs to. Yeah, nothing can hurdle me-baby. Good girly, way to go.

Stuffed animals can only offer temporary comfort to her. She will hold one piece for max. 2 minutes, then drop it where she is and move on to grab another one that catches her attention. However, there is exceptions. That are the baby dolls. She loves them so much that she practically sleeps with them and will get distressed whenever they are out of her sight.

About two weeks ago, I was skypeing with my parents, in no time, Audrey transformed our living room to this litter wonderland. Mom on the other end of the line kept saying "this is so normal for a toddler." Really???

The Disaster Wonderland:

But, I am unable to stand that kind of mess. So after she went to sleep on that Sunday night, I had to put things in order for the following week. I call this Disaster After: