Bridgy Brats Vocabulary

My 25 month old babydoll's list of words as of today. She is definitely getting there.

1. Mama and dada = mom and dad,we tried helping her say
daddy or mommy but she simply does not want to.
2. Ha! mama. = she means Hot or it could also mean let's Hide momma.
3. Buh! = meaning stop it or No!
4. Shue = Shoes
5. Hewow = Hello. We were at the park yesterday,she was playing peek-a-boo with
her Dada.She giggles and saying hewo to him it was so fun to watch.

as of 10/08/11

1.haw = house
2. aw! = dog

as of 10/21/11

1. Boo-boo - for her boo-boo
2. u huh how - but how
3. out - get out!
4. Nana - for calling her grannie in the Philippines
5. in da! - The End!

* She Now knows how to sing the Lady Gaga song Bad Romance and it goes a lil something like this...

" Mama..ah ah ahh,Dada Ah...ah ..ahh,mmmm ma...mans!!"

Yay! mommy so happy,we don't want to be super worried but I guess,it is but natural to be concern. My mother in-law said she didn't talk till she was 3 and she never stop since then lol! That is what we are hoping for.

here is a video of her attempting to interpret the little mermaid's song....enjoy!

Terrible - twos :-(

The Terrible - Twos stage can strike as early as 18 months,yes that is true with my now 6 yr old and 4 yr old girls. I didn't like this stage in my children's development cause it is when they test us parents if their little found power over us will work. With my Little BridgyBrat it started just about three weeks ago,I noticed my little sweet cooperative angel is gone,and I'm left with this little manipulative,controlling lil person. She does not like the clothes I pick for her,does not like the shoes I ask her to put on,She like changing her clothes 4 to 10 times a day. She cries just because she can.She screams and cries like you're hurting her. She grabs her big sisters toys cause she think everything is hers. She have very little vocabulary but she can scream " Mah,Mah!!" At first I thought she is calling me but rather she meant "Mine,Mine!" She'll throw a fit when she doesn't get what she wants. She sure knows how to test my limits. I wish I have a tip to share if you are going through the same thing...I am still going through terrible twos with my four year old,so I better do a good job with the third one. I can't wait for this phase to be over already.

Laugh Out Loud : Corrine's Collection of Jokes er not.....

Corrine is my 4 yr old Sweetest brat ever,I love her and you would too...

1. After my surgery,I put pillow on my stomach when I sleep to protect myself from my kids jumping all over me.

Corrine: You look like pregnant Mommy!
Me : Yes,sweetie I am,so be careful with my tummy okey coz I'm having a
baby!
Corrine: No you're not,you are having a pillow!
;-)

2. I asked Corrine to pick up the cards on the floor that Bridget spread all over,She started reading them cards to me, the numbers,then the Kings and Queens,Then she saw the Joker and said.

Corrine: Look mom, J for a joke!
Me: that's right sweetie but it is not a joke,it's called the joker.
Corrine: Oh,the joker! so he is the one who tells..why did the chicken cross
the road?
:-)

3. Corrine : knock knock mom!
Me: Who is there?
Corrine: Phone
Me: Phone who?
Corrine :Phone I'm glad you didn't call me.
Me: ( pretending to laugh )
Corrine: I know it's not funny mom! it's your turn.
Me: but I don't have a knock knock joke.
Corrine: do the Lettuce one,it's not funny but I'll laugh!

4. Corrine : I love you mommy, but I don't like the spike on your " Kili "
(lesson learned: don't forget to shave your under arm)

5. While putting make up on,Corrine said "What are you doing mom?"
Mom: What you you think Sweetie?
Corrine: Are you making your skin look white just like us?
Mom : Maybe
Corrine : But I like you brown..now you look funny your face is white but your
legs are brown!
Mom: Ouch!
(Lesson Learned: find the perfect foundation that matches your skin lol)

6. My kids love asking questions (who didn't right) So Corrine asked me why I was at the hospital for days, ( read my older post about my surgery pls!) I said because the doctors took a rock in my tummy from eating too much ice cream. I guess she remembers because we always have this conversation.
Corrine: Mom,guess what is my favorite ice cream?
Me: hmmm,strawberry?
Corrine: Nope,I love chocolate! ( it's true she is a chocolate monster)
What is your favorite ice cream?
Me: Rocky road. I love Rocky road!
Corrine: But mom,renember? (she does say it that way,renember) I don't want to
bring you to the HOSTI-BILL (hospital) again and be there forever and
ever. I will miss you mom! so change your favorite please get Vanilla
instead.It does not have rocks in them.

Elles' 1st Playdate of the year.

This whole play dates thingy is new to me,from where I came from you play with your neighbors,cousins and pretty much everyone after school. It was fun,growing up there as a kid playing was a lot of fun. Today is Doniella's first play date.Everything went well except for some little Elle drama we called "Crying like only Doniella can". Since she has new set of classmates this year,It took us just now to set up a play date for Elle. She was so excited to the extent that last night she went to bed early by herself,woke up early without a fuzz too.Ahuh,it was the first! It seems like she had so much fun that when Daddy picked her up today she hid from him, and cried because she doesn't want to come home anymore or yet. Oh boy,reminds me of how she did the same act last year that I ended up not having her do play dates anymore. Also she started comparing her room,clothes,her toys to what her friends have. She stared questioning about our house,why we don't have these and that. We live in a nice town but the house we are currently renting is kind of old and funky. But it's our home I told her. So we made her promise not to act the way she did if she would want to have another play date in the future.

Story of my Thursday life: "I am a Proud Momma!"

I didn't understand Doniella when she told me Tuesday afternoon that it is very important for her to be in school early on Wednesday. It just came clear to me when one of the parent from a different class told me, "You must be proud of your little girl,she receive an award at the assembly yesterday!" And I was like,What do you mean? And she said it was a simple acknowledgement from school for kids who showed good character in their class,stuff like that. So that was what Doniella was trying to tell me,she told us she needs to be early in school because she is going to be standing in front of other kids. And I was trying to figure it out,If I only knew I could've stayed longer after dropping her off and took a bunch of pictures.I know it's prolly nothing for some of you,it's not like a medal of honor or something,but it means so much to me.It makes me feel so proud of her because she could be a Brat sometimes and for her to be acknowledged of having done such a good deed,I can't help but be proud. And also,it feels more of a reflection to us parents. It assures us that we are doing a good job raising our kids in this modern overwhelming world of Parenthood where Moms and Dads are struggling to get their kids under control. I'm glad her school is doing this because it encourages kids to show good behavior. I am so proud of my Daughter,indeed I am a proud Momma!

Babytalk?

Yes,she is a cutie and I love her with all my heart.She is a super smart little baby,she even knows how to operate my Evo Android phone more than her dad but she is not talking yet,everything is aah..aahh. ooh,uh,ngek ngek! It's cute but as a mom it worries me.
My Mother in law said she started talking when she was three so maybe it's in the genes huh? But I'm still worried,my babydoll is turning two this Aug.29 and she only knows the words momma and not so much dada. She call everybody momma,even her sisters.
It's tough for us because lately she is showing how frustrated she is by not being able to communicate so she does the 'screaming on top of her lungs' action which is driving everybody crazy. I remember my second child started talking when she was 14 months old and so is our eldest.And I was actually expecting her to talk earlier because she had her big sisters to talk to. hmmm,I guess in our case that theory is proven wrong.
Her pediatrician actually told us that there is nothing to worry about, to be patient that she will start talking when she wants to, so far she sees nothing alarming. That everything is normal as far as her medical chart is.