I have shirts!

Bin is now dressing herself. Sometimes, she comes up with interesting outfits- like five shirts. :)

And here is her sick and miserable, sleeping on the messy coffee table. She put her nap mat on the table and then slept there.

Bin's Birthday

For people who will be in phx while I am in phx, any feelings about birthday celebration? I plan to celebrate in Houston on the actual day, but not sure if others would like to have a party for her. Let me know your thoughts! The current schedule, two posts down, does not have a party, but if people want one it can be added.

I want snow!

Bin put socks on her feet, then socks on her hands, calling them mittens, found a jacket and then asked to go play in the snow. The news that we have no snow did not go over well, as you can see :(

Possible Christmas plans

Here is a very tentative schedule for our Christmas trip. Input is welcome. :) And we haven't consulted with anyone yet, so if you see you name and go, hmm, I haven't heard anything about this, I know. :)

18		Peter Work
19		drive to El paso
20		drive to phx- possibly Steve's b-day (might be too tired, they might not be in town, etc)
21		peter family
22		Friends?
23		Nat-gingerbread
24		my fam/lutheran/temple lights
25		peter family
26		dim sum/zoo lights
27		Martin's Birthday Celebration
28		stay in flag/play in snow- Lowell Observatory at 5:30pm
29		play in snow
30		drive to abq
31		stay in wichita falls

Now in Chinese!

Today is a big day for uploading. New snapfish pics and new videos on youtube. Most of these were taken on the same day, but it's the thought that counts.

One of my friends says that letting Bin watch Kai-lan because I want her to learn some Chinese is never going to work. Today, Bin was counting and after counting in English, she shouted "Now in Chinese." And then counted to three in Chinese. So, she may not learn enough to be fluent, but its a definite start.

Today she did not want to go to school. She clung and cried and when I dropped her off, she clung to her teacher. I hope her day gets better.

I am working on a cross stitch for Bin- a Christmas tree with buttons. She keeps asking to help, so I got her yarn and plastic stars with holes in them and told her she needs to make the star for the tree. It helps a little. Now she plays with the yarn and shouts "I'm making a Christmas tree with buttons!" over and over.

She has also started using the word because. While very cute, I am not sure she understands what because means. "I am sad because I am mad!" "I used daddy's scissors because I did!"

First day of school

Today was Bin's first day of school. She is going Wed and Friday at Epiphany Lutheran. After the meet the teacher day, she realized that school did not mean playing with her friend. She told me this morning that she didn't want to go to school and she was going to be bad at school. When I dropped her off, she cried pitifully at the door. I went down the hall, realized I had left my forms in the car and by that time she had stopped crying and was playing happily with some toys. At the end of the day they said she was very good- no time outs. She did keep taking off her shoes and barely ate any lunch.

The other funny thing was their surprise at her climbing ability. I told them to watch her cause she is a great climber and can get into things you would never expect. And yet, when I picked her up, they said, omigosh, she is a climber. She got on top of all the playground toys and would wave down happily. We couldn't figure out how she did it and we would only turn our back on her for one second. I wonder if there are other parents who claim their kids are climbers who aren't as skilled as her and that is why they seemed so surprised.

An interesting conversation when I picked Bin up. Tomorrow is her playmate's birthday (he's two). I told her we should get him a present. She sadly told me that she can't play with him because she had to go to school. I guess she used to think his house was school, so now that she knows school isn't his house, she thinks she can't play with him. A weird logic, but for a two year old might make sense.

Sense and Sensibility

This weekend, after Bin went to bed, I watched Sense and Sensibility. Little girl is awful about going to bed, so she kept popping out, wanting to watch "mommy's movie." This afternoon she asked for mommy's movie. I showed her the dvd cases and she said yeah, that one. So, we watched Sense and Sensibility. :) She liked when they danced. I guess it is never too young for the classics.

She also really like Kai-lan's moon festival. We watched it and then she described it back to me. The fact that I watched it with her didn't hamper her enthusiasm for recounting it in detail.

Nihao!

Today when Cutie came home, Bin jumped up and shouted "Nihao Daddy!" We watch Nihao Kai-lan so often, it is good to see some of it is rubbing off. Whereas I listen to my Chinese tapes and learn nothing.

Other cute things for today. Bin was throwing a temper tantrum and I asked "Should we take a time out?" She started screaming "No! I'm not being bad!" Along those lines, when I told her no, she said "NO! Mommy no say no!"

Nap time

It may not look it, but I swear, this is how she napped today. How that is comfortable or even possible, I don't know.

Hair cut

I attempted to get Bin's hair cut today. The stylist thought that the bangs are very close to being able to push back- like a month, maybe two, so she didn't want to cut much off. We also didn't want to cut too short, since we want her to look girly and she won't wear bows. In order to get her to behave while cutting the hair, they strapped her in, gave her candy and animal crackers, put on a tv, had me blow bubbles and had the front desk person play peekaboo. As soon as any of those things stopped, she screamed and fought.

Bin is developing many picky little demands lately. For example, today, she really wanted mustard with her hot dog. The thing is, she hates actually eating mustard. She just wanted some on her plate, next to the hotdog. Her daddy does put mustard on his hot dogs, so maybe somehow she think it is part of the meal. Another weird thing- Powerpuff Girls. We own the entire collection on DVD- which is 12 discs, in 6 boxes. She will only watch episodes which come from boxes that feature Bubbles on the cover.

Random conversation overheard. Small oriental folding wall (like dollhouse size) talking to blue frisbee.
Wall: "What's you name?"
Frisbee: "My name is blue plate." Got to love the amazing ability of two year olds to name things. I think Bin still thinks we should be calling Loki puppy.
When I asked Bin if her name is Bin or RL name, she say BIN BIN!