還未加上細女的月份水晶圈圈,但好像沒有紅寶石圈圈賣,但有其他紅寶石的吊咀,但好貴呢!我最初以為這只是可愛的小手鏈,原來這個牌子要到大型珠寶店才可買到,每粒小吊咀由$35至數百美元不等.我真不捨得買呢.幸好這條手鏈是用來記念重要事,否則很容易破產呢!
奶奶曾告訴我,在老公和叔仔十多歲的時候,曾想過收養一個中國女孩,但最後打消了念頭.因為她知道,將來兩個兒子娶妻子後,她變相有了兩個女兒.所以,我就成了她的"第一個女兒".還記得頭幾年,奶奶送了很多很多聖誔禮物給我,見到滿地禮物的第一次,我嚇得目定口呆.隨著兩個女兒出生後,禮物的數目當然減少了,因為大部分都去了兩個寶貝那裏.但我還會每隔一兩個月,就收到不同的小禮物,節日和生日就當然不會少.很多時候,我都很不好意思,但老公說,若我不收下的話,會令奶奶很難過.所以我現在學會了欣然接受,不再覺得不好意思了,只感恩我真的很幸運.
最幸運的,除了有個愛我的奶奶(其實老爺都好好),就是奶奶的口味與我很相似,所以每次收到的禮物,都是非常合心意的.最近看中了一對金耳環,但金價之高,當然沒有買.奶奶知我一直喜愛銀色飾物,平日送我都都會是白金或銀;但她見到這對金耳環,覺得和我很合襯,於是買了送給我.神奇在,奶奶送我耳環前一晚,我才對老公說,金色好像開始與我相襯了,我打算開始買一點金飾.誰知翌日奶奶就送我一對金耳環,我不肯定是否我看中的那一對,但設計很相似.老公取笑奶奶道:媽,你和我老婆心靈相通嗎?她昨晚才說想開始買一點金飾,你今天就送她.
一星期後,奶奶又送我五支深淺不同的粉紅色,蝦肉色和紫紅色指甲油,全部都是我想試和買的.另外還有Bare Escentuals的眼影,她知我最愛七彩顏色,所以時不時都會送我幾盒胭脂或眼影,有時連Primer都買給我.今個星期,她又買了一整盒不同顏色的Mary Kay礦物粉底給我,讓我選出最接近我的膚色,如果喜歡這個牌子的話,她會買其他產品給我,她付賬.她竉我的程度,有時過份得難以置信.
最新的禮物是iPhone4S,上周五,奶奶著我們晚上到她家來個Pizza派對,原來是要送我們剛出售的新iPhone4S,還要是我想要的白色,很興奮呢!一直想試試SIRI功能,準確度逹95%,較我想像中準確得多,很驚奇呢!
MaryKay VS BareEscentuals
MaryKay 礦物粉底,奶奶買左好多俾我試色
呢兩隻算係最近我用緊的BE
過去的四個星期,奶奶送我兩部在家美容儀器,因為她試過後喜歡,於是又買了給我.哈哈.兩部儀器都是我心痕痕想買來試的,第一部是Nu Brilliance,第二部是Face Master.奶奶經常對我說,女人要好好保養,趁後生開始,保住幼嫩的皮膚,就不用擔心將來如何去皺.奶奶和我的想法一樣,我們還時時提醒對方最新的化妝和美容資訊.可憐老公和老爺,常常都破財.但其實他們好幸福,時常都有個靚老婆在身邊,有那個男人不想.
Cheeky Panda is 2.5 years old now, here's her favorites apps:
Monkey Preschool Lunch Box (monkeypreschool.com)
Cost: $0.99 (Highly Recommended)
What the app do: It teaches the children shapes, colors, numbers, alphabets, matching, counting, problem solving and motors skill through little game tasks.
Why it works: Cheeky Panda has been playing with the game for 2 months. From the very first time, the colorful app with cute little monkey capture her attention right away. She tried to play with it all by herself since the beginning. With successful and fail attempts, she learned the shapes, colors, numbers and matching (which I tried so hard to teach her but failed) very well. Somehow she just figured out all these complicated concepts through the game herself without me explaining much. She can match and find the different object from a group easily now. At the same time, her motors skill and problem solving skills are clearly improved since she need to use her little fingers to drag and place some puzzle pieces to form some fruits' shape. Therefore, she is learning different kind of fruits also.
Monkey Math School Sunshine (http://monkeymathschool.com)
Cost: $0.99 (Highly Recommend)
What the app do: It teaches numbers, pattern, counting, concept of more or less and simple calculus (sum and minus)
Why it works: It shows the pattern along with narration, which have a blank in between, for the kids to pick 1 out of 3 objects to fill it. I found out the narration of the pattern actually help a lot for her to understand what is going on.
For counting and numbers, she has to connect the numbers dots from 1 -14 (more or less numbers) accordingly, so the turtle can cross the sea. She can count from 1 – 14 now, thanks to the turtle count along every dot he through.
There are four groups of sea creatures or objects to choose from, she has to pick the one with the most or the least.
晴晴由三個月大開始就被濕疹困擾,轉眼她已經13個月大,現在皮膚終於再次白滑,真的感謝神.
晴晴初發濕疹時由於只是在臉和頸部,我估計是熱痱,於是一直為她不斷抺汗,小心地為她塗爽身粉(醫生說不要用爽身粉在初生嬰兒身上,因為吸入微粒會對嬰兒肺部有不良影響).誰知痱子沒有轉好,反而更多更紅,最嚴重的時候頸部會有白色油脂積聚在頸紋,而且開始蔓延向身體各部分.
當我帶她去看醫生時,她立即被診斷患上濕疹.天啊!我一直在害她不是幫她.為甚麼平日事無大小都打去問醫生,偏偏這一次自作聰明.濕疹最重要保濕,我卻一直在令她乾上加乾.醫生開了類固醇藥膏給她,每天只可塗兩次,頸部只可以一次(因為會頸部皮膚薄,塗太多會令皮膚變色).醫生又重複提我緊記每連續塗上十天,要停止兩天才可以再為她塗,不然會令皮膚變薄,又會令皮膚太依賴.若十天後她沒有進展,醫生提議可能要服食口服類固醇,指大部分病人服用後會有明顯改善.
當我一聽到要塗類固醇,心一下子沉了.心想她還這麼小,真的要塗這種重藥嗎?自己也不想用,何況是年紀小小的她.更可怕是可能要服食它.雖然是醫生建議,應該是安全的,但我頗肯定對她會有一定不良影響,想想已經很怕.於是決定努力為她保濕,買了醫生建議的淋浴皂和潤膚露,努力地為她塗,希望可以制止擴散和避免塗類固醇的命運.但努力了兩天,可能她的情況太嚴重了,甚麼成效也沒有,見她紅紅的樣子,真教我心痛.最後雖然極不願意,但還是為她塗了類固醇,怕再不用藥她要出血了.然後不斷地禱告,希望她會塗一次就好,不需再用藥.
當然,世上沒有這種一塗就好的藥膏,即使藥性強如類固醇也不例外.但明顯地,八小時後我觀察到皮膚的顏色有明顯改善,由深紅色變成淡鮮紅,身體部分不太嚴重的地方有些粒粒消失了.由於效果很好,即使仍然很不願意,但我還是為她塗了幾天的藥膏.她皮膚每天都有明顯的改善,在第十天,皮膚差不多完全好了,我就決定停用,希望努力用潤膚露保濕可以令濕疹消失,可惜這並不成功.停藥後第二天,濕疹又開始多了,皮膚又開始更紅,於是第三天我打給醫生,確定我沒有錯記用藥方法,因為我知道這將會是一場持久戰.
在這十個月期間,我試了很多不同方法.包括用金銀花水為她洗澡和莞茜片糖水洗澡,兩者都有少許效用,但並不明顯.兩者中,後者令她的皮膚變得滑滑,剛洗完澡的時候,皮膚觸感細軟,散發淡淡清香.於是為她洗澡後,我忍不住試浸了前臂,很細軟的皮膚,我很想也為自己煲來浸一下.她也明顯地喜歡莞茜浴多一點,每天洗澡時她都特別開心,很舒服的樣子.
最後記得幾年前在香港買了幾枝法國泉水,帶了兩枝來美國.這個叫AVENE的法國牌子,是出名的敏感皮膚救星.這是我當年四出尋找保濕面膜時,意外發現的一個品牌,一試愛上了它的保濕面膜,因而發掘牌子最出名的保濕噴霧.我還記得大女嘉嘉一歲前,頸部也出過熱痱(現在懷疑那可能也是濕疹),於是我找出這枝泉水,不斷地為她噴,差不多每隔十分鐘至半小時我就噴一次,兩天後"熱痱"不見了,亦沒有再出現.其實最初我也有噴過晴晴,但只噴了兩天,每天兩次,之後我就放棄了(如果當初沒有放棄,噴得密一點,可能她不需要塗類固醇…唉).
最後媽媽說可以試試加幾滴花露水為她洗澡,這是她在職的護老院護士教她的.於是專程到唐人街走一次,可惜貨賣斷了.隔了兩星期再去,終於買到了.從那天開始,我就每天都加幾滴花露水在浴缸中,為她洗澡.(老實說,我一直以為花露水是中國古時流傳至今的香水產品.看了產品用法後,才發現原來花露水是用來塗在蚊叮蟲咬的患處,有止痕殺菌的作用;更可以每天使用防止熱痱,很意外呢!)同時,我每天不斷的為她噴法國泉水,差不多一乾了就噴,讓她等同浸在泉水中一樣(這是AVENE在法國的診所提供的療法,讓皮膚病人浸在泉水中).
經過兩星期的花露水浴和泉水噴噴,晴晴由每三天要塗一次類固醇(我通常努力避免用藥,但每次停藥的第三天,疹子就發得很嚴重,會由頸蔓延到身體,所以被逼要塗),變成第五和第十天才用了一次藥.在這兩次用藥後,我隔天才用花露水為她洗澡,見到有疹子才用泉水.在過去的兩個月,除了上述的兩次用藥,她不再需要類固醇了.
現在,她每次一出疹,我就日夜不停噴泉水在她患處.試過好幾次,我在十分鐘內連續噴了她三次,然後我見到本來紅紅的疹子變了淡粉紅色,一小時後已經變成了原本的膚色,但仍是會見到肉色的粒粒.晚上,我會為她洗個花露水浴,然後塗Johnson & Johnson's無色無味無香料的嬰兒護膚露,效果較醫生建議的貴價潤膚露更好,更適合晴皘皮膚,亦更適合父母的荷包呢!最近的兩星期,晴晴皮膚已經是白白滑滑,沒有任何粒粒,花露水浴亦只是最多每星期一次,以防萬一.
願主保守濕疹從此遠離她,亦遠離所有被濕疹困擾的病人及其家人朋友.
After Cheeky Panda was born, I started doing exercise to tone the arms and legs by using Wii. Yes. the video game system. I don't like to go to gym stared by strangers or ended up staring at strangers. The EA Sports Active game actually work very good and it came with a elastic band for strength exercise. I used it for a month or so, I saw my upper arms are toned and were so happy of the result.
Honestly, I didn't really expect much in the beginning. I only want to move a little to boost the mood and feel like I am myself again while the baby sleep. The visible result was unexpected and the confident boost was just amazing. I wanted to continue but a one day break of the routine just killed it. I got too lazy to get up the couch again the next day and just forget about it.
This time, after a whole year of nursing Chunky Panda, I started to try exercise again. After all, two pregnancies have their huge effects on me. I gained 40 lbs then lost 30 lbs for the 1st one. Gain another 40 lbs and lost 30 lbs again for the 2nd one. Lucky for breastfed my babies, the 30lbs actually lost by itself from nursing, I didn't do anything extra to loose them. But also because of nursing, breastfed moms' bodies will keep the 10 lbs just to make sure there will be enough fat to product milk. I was pregnant again before I done nursing Cheeky Panda, so…. before I could try to loose the last 10 lbs, I started gaining weight again.
I was on the scale another day, 20 lbs more than I have these two wonderful kids. I think it is time to do something again. This time I am going to use XBOX 360 KINECT
. Sound weird but they actually are fun and help you burn calories. The main reason I switch to Kinect is no controller, you (the player) is the controller. I enjoy the Wii but really hate to exercise with two remotes on hand, who work out like that? The Kinect make much more sense, at least for exercise purpose.
My favorite games are Dance Central
and Your Shape
. They are both fun and sure keep your body moving. Dance Central is more fun to me because I like dancing to begin with. It has hit songs and cool moves in the game, started from a step by step tutorial, then you can perform it and even try a dance battle. Every song have different levels, you can build up your dance skills to your favorite tunes. I have to say they do have quite different moves in different levels which keep it fun.
Your Shape is more an exercise core game, I bet you can tell by the name. It has different programs for you to choose from. The one I tried was for loosing baby weight (yes, they have a program for that). Starting the game, those exercises don't really look hard at all. But you will know how hard it is when you actually doing it, at least for someone like me who do not exercise on a regular basis. The screen will have a computerized personal trainer showing you what to do, and you will see yourself right behind the trainer. This helps you realize how exact or how far off you are comparing to the model positions from the trainer. Since the cameras track how you move, they compare your moves to the right positions, so it is less likely you will hurt yourself by doing them wrong. It also have a calorie burning scale right there as you working out, quite motivating.
2009年12月24日
第一年有囡囡陪我們過聖誔節和生日,收得最多禮物的是寶貝女,但這卻是我和爸爸最開心的一個聖誔節.每拆開一份禮物,見到她好開心地笑,雙眼發光一樣的,就是我們最好的禮物.
平
安夜我們到爺爺嫲嫲家慶祝聖誔,第一個拆禮物的當然是囡囡(今年由媽媽代勞),拆到媽媽手軟呢!我們對她說,今年她很乖很乖,所以聖誔老人送了很多禮物給
她,明年要繼續做個好孩子.每拆一份禮物,她都好奇地伸手摸摸,尤其見到書本和公仔,她就特別高興,愛不擇手.嫲嫲又煮了很多東西,她吃了餐包,火腿,蘋
果蓉和通心粉,最後還有芒果雪芭做甜品,十分豐富.
平日甚麼也不著緊的叔叔,竟然親自去選購了好幾件禮物給她,還有史以來第一次親手包禮
物,囡囡真是有天大的面子.他還很興奮的要求帶囡囡去他工作的動物園,要帶她去和大象合照,介紹她給同事認識.這個不喜歡小朋友的叔叔,原來不真的這麼討
厭小孩,大家都說他疼愛囡囡到不得了.
2009年12月25日
今天是聖誔節,又是我的生日,第一年有囡囡陪我過,很sweet.
尤其一早起來,爸爸抱她推開房門後,那副見到滿地禮物的驚訝表情,真的叫我們樂上一整天.爸爸首先讓她玩第一份在房門前的禮物,滿佈波波的帳蓬連隧道,她
玩得很不亦樂乎,左手右手都不斷地拾起波波,又遞給我們,又將它們敲在一起.玩了一會,我們決定要讓她拆開其他禮物,她全部都很喜歡,卡卡笑過不停,玩玩
這個又玩玩那個,一直玩了兩個多小時,累得很但還是不想小睡.直至十一時許,她開始不斷打呵欠,於是就帶她入房,一放她在睡房上就睡著了,真是貪玩的小傻
豬.
轉眼中秋節已過,天氣非常反覆,每個星期都有冷鋒到,先下一兩天大雨,然後有一兩天秋涼,最後又回到30多度的濕蒸…跟著另一冷鋒又到…今次已經是一個月內的第四個.期待著涼涼的秋天,今年好像來得特別慢似的.
中秋節當天,我們其實沒有怎麼慶祝,一早起床和老爺奶奶帶著寶寶去吃早餐.第一次讓她坐在high chair,她高興得很,不斷地拍枱大笑,又嚷著要吃我們的食物,我分了少少harsh brown給她,她吃得很滋味呢!吃飽差不多是她的小睡時段,奶奶最喜歡抱著讓她睡.
回到家中,奶奶立即請纓照顧她,趕老爺帶我們去買禮物(其實是為這個家而買的,她們打算買另一款給我作生日禮物…應否接受呢?).其實這種東西我想接觸有好一段時間,遲一點全家人都會去學,我還要去申領和考牌照.說起都興奮,我打算將來也會帶囡囡去學.老爺和老公常常取笑我,說我一提到這東西就雙眼發光,才沒有這麼誇張,我喜歡看新事物而已.店員了解我們的需要後,為我挑選了好幾款,最後選了最新產品,我們都很喜歡.
中秋節翌日,冷鋒到了,把囡囡9個月大的衣服取下架,才驚覺較我記憶中的數量有頗大出入.告訴老公後,決定要帶她去買些新衣.誰知吃過早餐,她已經太累,唯有請奶奶來湊孫女,我倆為她去添新衣.當然,第一站又是carter's.老公不太滿意今季沒有太多顏色選擇,尤其太多啡色,但我們也滿載而歸.然後再去了幾間舖頭,要買帽子,外套等等.媽媽也有意外收穫,買了幾件新衣呢!
路過DKNY,又給我見到在雜誌上喜歡的COZY,忍不住要去看看.試了上身,很不錯,一件外套可以有多於12種穿法,顏色又多,雖然價錢並不便宜,但以每種穿法平均計算的話,又頗化算.哈哈.老公知我看雜誌時己很喜歡,於是二話不說為我找合適的顏色.最後還是保守一點,買了深灰色.老公說如果真的很喜歡,可以考慮買多件深紅或藍色(兩種色我都很喜歡).
最後一站要為她買些新玩具–又買玩具,好像每星期也買.近期的fisher price廣告–silly town一出街,老公就說囡囡一定要有.難得又有coupon,買滿一百減20,其實真的好抵.於是我們差不多將全線laugh & learn 和go baby go也買了回家,全屋都是玩具.原來,玩具可以貴到…好想知道香港係咪都咁貴,定係美國賣得貴.
回到家中,奶奶看到我們的戰利品嚇得目定口呆.但很不出奇地,她回到家中訂了好幾樣玩具和用品給她,現在全部已送到(除了浴缸椅).加上新買的車椅,上周末我們一家又為振興美國經濟盡了一分力.經濟快些好轉吧!
