Two Little Monsters » Ballet http://www.lisatang.com A Blog By Lisa Tang Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Angels or Monsters? http://www.lisatang.com/angels-or-monsters http://www.lisatang.com/angels-or-monsters#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:00:09 +0000 Lisa http://www.lisatang.com/?p=10 I am so lucky that I have these two lovely daughters, Hailey and Chloe. They are so different: Chloe likes to eat, Hailey likes to talk. Chloe does not like strangers, Hailey loves to talk to people (probably from me). Chloe likes to take her passion of eating to next level, eating on her own without any assistance. Hailey is 4 and a half and still does not mind to be fed. Me and Nick used to have to have a draw straw to decided who put Hailey to bed. Chloe on the other hand, two minutes, bed. They are so different and I always wonder who do I love most, but it is difficult to say.  They are so different and hence so lovely in the fact that I can always see me in them. At the end of the day, I do not know what will they turn out to be, so I may as well look at them differently and love them differently, and love them for whatever they are.

It is still difficult not to compare them, felt sorry for no:2 monster (nickname for Chloe) as we compare her to Hailey all time. We also learn how to not make the same mistake twice. May be that is the reason why she went to bed without fuss. Although for the eating side, she is definately born with a talent. People always said that may be Hailey can be in the entertaining industry. I would say that I can certainly see Chloe in the food industry. Her passion of food is unbelievable, when she was only 5 months old, she would already made the “lovely appreciating noise” for her favorite puree food. She will bounce for the food that she like and the first word that she can say perfectly was “bao bao” means bread in Chinese or “pain” in French.

Talking about Chloe today, she was a bit ill with a stuffy nose and we did not do much today, which made her very grumpy for the whole day.

Hailey made me so proud today. She had her swimming assessment today and she pass all of them and get the excellent comment. The teacher said that she had the skill of the free stroke ( we do have really believe that if we throw her to the open water now, she will save herself)  but she still need some practice. But after a very frustrating week with her, it is nice to hear something good about her at the end. She is also going to have her first ballet exam in June and she was elected by the teacher for the leader of the group.  Hailey had a very small built and she was very flexible which made me thinks that she will be good in things like ballet or gymnastic.  Chloe, on the other hand, still looks very chubby and one thing is certain:  she does not have Hailey’s small frame.  She was already taller than Hailey at the same age and of course weight more.  Although I kept telling myself that Hailey was only 5 pounds 7 ounces baby and Chloe was only “slightly” heavier, 5 pounds 11 ounces.  Thus, Chloe should not be very big when she grow up?  I really hope so!!!  God bless her appetite.

This is the first day of my blog, so by encouraging me to continue to write it and update it, please leave a comment of what you want to know and what will interests you, I would try to promise to improve my blog writing skill.  Moreover,  I would be more than happy to dicuss any issues about raising a child, or children, in my case.   Since we are all learning to be a good parent, (not perfect parent since they are not perfect children either!) from our children, and once you are a parent, you will find yourself kept changing in order to survive.  I always think about Hailey and Chloe as my bosses, since I am unemployed at the moment, how to make them happy became my first piority and how to make them happy and at the same time make me happy was even more important.  I would really welcome any suggestions.

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