In Conversation.....

Tilly: OH! Mummy. Sorry for speak disrespectfull. Me: Why say that? You didn't say anything disrespectfully? Tilly: It was in my mouth. Me: It was in your mouth ready to come out? Tilly: Yes... :)

First signs......

....... of sisterly love: While entertaining friends yesterday (the three ladies, all sisters, who ran the school I used to work at). In Chinese "Can I take little sister home? I'll take her home with me ok?" Tilly in English (and in fear and trepidation): Mama I don't want Evie to go!! ....... of things one day getting easier: Tilly playing playdough this morning on the mat and Evie sitting in her rocker right beside her watching her and falling quietly off to sleep. ...... of not so sisterly love: (Tilly has a baby doll also called Evie) "My Evie is quiet Mama. (Pointing to the real Evie) - This Evie isn't quiet Mama. Just put this Evie in the bedroom okay Mama. Okay?" Pretty tame really because all in all Tilly is proving to be a lovely big sister.

Last few days...

Evie was due for a feed and latched on to the closest thing to her mouth she could find!

Celebrating my birthday, 32 years old ~ !!

Highly recommended

Nanny and Poppy brought this over in their suitcase. It was a big sister present from Tilly's cousins Naima and Ena, Uncle Josh and Auntie Leah. Nanny and Tilly listened to it everyday. The songs are beautifully written and Justine is a top performer. I've been trying to get video footage of Tilly singing along to the songs, she knows all the words, to all the songs. And that's no mean feat, the lyrics are stories, not kiddy stuff. But she acts up in front of the camera. I highly recommend this CD for any parent of young children. Really beautiful music and words.

Count your many blessings!

Sang this song recently. Must have been at BSF? Anyway, I consider myself a truly blessed girl. Mum and Dad have just recently arrived at the Taoyuan Airport and are now awaiting their flight back to Brisbane. How wonderful was this visit of theirs?? Everything was so beautifully planned and orchestrated. Evie's early arrival made the visit seem even longer as they got to see her from the first day they arrived, instead of sitting around waiting for me to give birth. They had such a great time with Tilly too. Their leaving didn't kick in until she went to go to bed this evening and Nanny wasn't there to hold her hand. She put her head down on the pillows on the floor and cried. Which set me off. But as soon as she saw me crying, she got up and was very brave and put her sweet little arms around me and patted my back and said, 'Don't cry Mama'. Oh, but now thanks to Nan, I had to sit with her before she would go to sleep!!! I discovered a lit candle got her in the mood. Five minutes and she was out, (like the candle after I left the room.) Evie was in bed early this evening, she's got a runny nose and is a bit off colour and is on medication. So now it's just us on our own. But I'm so grateful for a wonderful visit from my lovely parents. It's been such a great time together.

Saturday drive, heading east

Jing Tong Station, popular little train stop along the north coast of Taiwan. English train timetable, of which bar the English title, there was not a drop of English....

Trip to I-Lan and new haircut