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Sequins fun
March 7, 2012
I love Sequins, and so does Erika.
So, I bought some cheap sequins from the dollar shops, as well as some foam hearts and eggs.
Then, went to walmart to get some fine pins (27mm long) for decorating the foams.
We firstly tried to decorate a heart, it’s not easy at all, because the pins will easily pass through another side which will hurt our fingers and hands. So, I taught Erika to be very careful the ‘angle’ she chose to pin the sequin on the foam. She is only 4.5 years old, but I am quite amazed that she got my idea and instructions. And she did do a very good job on it.
WE spent a long time to make ONE single piece of heart. Because we tried to decorate the whole foam with sequins
Our next project will be decorate the eggs. I painted them with some pearl colors for the base , and then decorate with sequins, or ribbons for the eggs. This way, we don’t need to pin the whole egg with sequins because we already have the colored base.
I am sure that Erika will love this crafts a lot, as she really loves sequins. She loves sparkling stuffs a lot. 
a special tour for Erika in Hong Kong (2)
July 31, 2011 — 1 Comment
Erika was born in Toronto, so, Hong Kong is not her home town, and I treated her as a tourist in our last Hong Kong trip.
we took her to some malls, and whenever she saw anything interesting ,she would ask us to take a picture for her. 
like this one: she loves this chair :
then, we took her to the Ocean Park (something like Sea world), she loves this park as she saw the cute Panda and watched the sea world show. At the same time, she enjoyed the rides there too.
(inside the Ferris Wheel )
(She loves this panda!!)
The day before we left from Hong Kong to Toronto, I took her to the Peak, where we took the Tram up to the Peak, it’s very steep the slope that we almost screamed out.. It’s fun!
Summer starts from here… HONG KONG (1)
July 14, 2011 — 2 Comments
Did I ever tell you how hot can it be in HONG KONG???
We were in HONG KONG around May – June, and it’s so hot that Erika’s hair is always soak with sweat!!
but it’s a great trip, it’s short, but meaningful.
We met Daddy again, since he works in CHINA/HONG KONG, and he did not come back to Toronto with us in March, so, we missed him quite a lot. Erika treated him as a teddy bear and always hugged him tight!!
We got a chance to meet up some old and new friends, and also got a good news that we will move from Shenzhen to Hong Kong soon. Because we will rent a place in HONG KONG instead of SHENZHEN. We found that it’s much more convenient for my husband’s work, and the life style is much easier to handle than in Shenzhen.
At home , she loved to paint , draw and color, this was a big change in her stage. She used to love to play toys, puzzles…
and now, she is able to sit down for a longer time to paint,draw and color.
She also loves to take pictures too, whenever she finds anywhere she wants to take a picture, she will ask me to use the iphone and help to take a good shot for her!
Inside my sister’s apartment, they have a club house for kids to play, and she loves big circle thing!!
She had a very nice , short hair cut in Hong Kong, this picture was taken after the cut, and sitting in a very stylish chair located at a mall in Tsim Sha Tsui. Inside the malls, or indoors, the air conditioning is very chilling, just like walking into a big fridge!!
Tough time
March 10, 2011
I didn’t touch this blog for a long long time.
We had a very tough February this year. 
Erika had been hospitalized twice in the same month due to sickness.
The good thing is: everything was passed!
Being hospitalized in China is not as good as those ones we saw in North America, it’s totally different.
I don’t want to talk too much about it, as it’s already a history. But one thing that I wanted to share is: when our kids are sick, as parents, we really worry a lot. I lost 8 lbs because of her sickness, plus catching the cold and flu at the same time.
Both of us are now recovered, and hopefully we won’t catch any more flu and cold shortly.
I overheard that the flu this year is so strong that many people caught it ,and took longer time to recover.
I wish every one will have a good health this year and stay away from the virus and bacteria.
Wash more hands, do more exercises and drink more water will help to maintain a good immune system.
good luck everyone!
Happy New year
January 5, 2011 — 2 Comments
新的一年又來了，我的博客好像越寫越少，可能是因為最近的日子都是忙得太緊要，就算有時間卻沒有心情寫些甚麼似的。
過去這一年在深圳的日子都是很好的，雖然ERIKA在九月開始到現在都有很多病痛，甚麼傷風感冒，流鼻水，咳嗽，支氣管炎和中耳炎都發出來了。但都仍然是值得感恩的。因為可以用藥物治療得到的話都是幸福的。
當然看到女兒生病，我也不好受，晚上也不能睡得好，但總算捱過去了。
反之，這一年在她學習的過程的確是有明顯的進展。她的語言能力強了，能夠用普通話和老師同學溝通，在學校的壓力也漸少了。不單是國語，就是連英文也很不錯的，因為有愛外籍老師的教導，她都能大膽的說英語句子。
課外的活動也很不錯，每位老師都很喜歡她。就是有時候有點害羞的，別人讚她的時候未能大方地說謝謝，而會躲在我後面，抱著我的腳不說一聲。我想這也可能是過度期，慢慢地她應該能大方地面對的了。
我自己在深圳裡還未有機會去認識很多的朋友，但因為我的膽子大了一點，能說一些不標準的國語，別人不介意的話，總算是一個能和別人溝通的好開始。
說到普通話，我正在上課呢。我有私人教師，她就是我的momin law，她的普通話是很標準的，我已經上了三堂課，感覺不錯。我要以普通話為一個新的語言，這樣學起上來會容易一點。
ERIKA最近有甚麼好笑的語錄呢？讓我想一想：
她有時候會當自己是老師，很愛 ‘安排’一切，然後說：”媽媽，我們現在一起油畫好不好？我拿紙，你拿筆。OK？”
她說”好不好”的時候最有’老師’的腔調，很是好笑的，還要有點把普通話和廣東話混在一起，”好’是普通話，’不’是廣東話，聽起來是十分有趣的。
又有一回，我們在家裡透過SKYPE和公公婆婆視像對話，我們笑說：ERIKA 是王老師。跟著我們說公公是甚麼？公公姓楊，是楊老師，對不對？
她很疑惑地望著我說：’不是。公公是”人”來的，不是老師。。。。”
笑死，甚麼？老師不是’人’乎？
她的腦子想的東西真是出乎人意。
老師曾對我說，ERIKA在學校裡很容易和頑皮的小孩一起倒蛋，但到了美術的時間，她都能坐好，很專注地去完成它。這一點可能是在家裡想做手工，習慣了把手上的工作完成才是最好的。亦可能她喜歡美術，所以，一但有筆，紙，剪刀，膠水，她就開心了。：）
看來，我得在家裡再教她多一點認字等，這樣她在聽老師教生字的時候可能能夠專注一些。
不過，她每天由七時半到下午四時半都在學校，回到家裡的她那有心情和精力去學生字呢？一定要再上多一點用遊戲方式來學習的工具給我們一起學習。這就是我2011年的計劃之一。
現在的母親要學的比以前的更多，因為女兒學的很快便會超越我們了。
這個世界的資訊等各樣都太多太快了，我真怕有一天我跟不上的時候，女兒會否嫌棄我呢？真的不敢想像哦！
新的一年，希望大家都有好的身體，開心感恩每一天。
