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Monte's allocated in Bangsa Shopping Center.
where's our food. dun messed with hunger Kanasai ppl, else we might eat u.
the Paria Ann very Ying Chau + ING to lick the huge Lollipop in her hand. oh ya her birthday present
and the Cake? we decide to make it little special.. and here we are~ CUP CAKE! hahahha.
The Birthday Girl An trying to blow the candle before the ceiling fan did XD
and the FOOD we ordered from the restaurant.. yummy... gonna try them again someday.
as usual.. Kanasai Gang always have a ROUND 2, and we're are in Sunway Giza now.. time to go OVERTIME. and we ordered a Starker beer and trying to KO the birthday girl..
Guess what... after 2 barrel... she still alive.. amazing... ok lar. not her alone finished the 2 barrel la. we did contribute also.. and we also make the Beer to look like BUBBLE TEA... easy for her maybe? kakakaka
okay.. here the Kanasai Peoples.. with Mission Take Down Birthday Girl.. i can see she still alive while i leave.
If you want to make your outing 229 times more fun for your kids…
Involve the city bus.
Seen comics that look like this?
Well this is my life. Faith really does this. All of the time. (Ryan’s cousin pointed out the other day, when I was whining about it, that you see it in comic strips and as a euphemism for frustration. No one thinks it’s real!)
In case you haven’t noticed…Faith is a little bit of a challenge. I’ve had 4 other toddlers and I know about tantrums, and I KNOW that this girl does not have normal tantrum issues. I cannot figure out how to work with her. We’ve tried EVERYTHING (and trust me when I say that I am awesomely consistent at stuff like ignoring, removing, not giving in).
She is extremely willful. I’ve kind of figured out that she’s a “strong-willed” or “explosive” child. When things don’t go her way she does any combination of the following:
She is very hard to calm down, distract, reason with (obviously). Sometimes when another person gets involved (Emma, Ryan), she will settle down…I think because she doesn’t want to “give in” to the person issuing the directive to buckle in her car seat, eat only on the wood floor, get dressed, not steal her siblings’ stuff, stop reading a book, etc. etc. She is the WORST when we leave the house, because she knows she can get way more leverage when we are in Target and nowhere near her bedroom. I think it’s mostly about control and she’s VERY smart about figuring out what buttons to push (hair pulling for Vain Me, barfing on the floor for Clean Ryan).
We’ve prayed and I felt directed to become an “expert” on this type of child, so I checked out a million books and searched the web and I found TONS on Strong-Willed Explosive Children, but nothing for kids under 2-3 years of age.
Can you help? Any websites, therapists (in the Spokane area), books, articles, ideas would be so greatly appreciated. This girl RUNS this house with her moods and tantrums and I literally dread when she wakes up in the morning and I have a big knot in my stomach when I have to go anywhere with her. I kind of wanted to enjoy my last kid, you know?
Disclaimer: We use all of our travel money and time, generally, to visit grandparents/family in Utah and California. This year we made a big effort to save some resources to take a trip with just our family. We really wanted to just spend time with the kids. This is why, Seattle-area Friends (Yosts, Andrea, Jeanelle), we had to skip on any extraneous visits. Next time, okay?
Best traveler:
She slept and was adorable the whole 5 hour trip
Best Hotel:
Embassy Suites in Bellevue
We never stay in hotels—always cheaping out with relatives. The kids loved the pool, the two TVs, the breakfast buffet.
Best Rockstar:
While everyone enjoyed the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Seth was the most hilarious when he was working on his Sarah McClachlan
Worst Tantrumer:
Yeah. She doesn’t stop when she leaves the city limits. In case you were wondering. (Notice the seriously bald head from tantruming hair pulling.)
Jane’s Favorite Tourist attraction:
While the kids loved seeing Seattle from airplane’s heights at the Space Needle, Those With A Phobia (me) stayed safely inside the building (except for this picture), while the kids ran like crazies on the deck.
Biggest Life Lesson:
The scene of the crime.
After parental suggestions to allow us to carry the little blue money pouch, Jane’s $12.75 was literally taken from the floor while she did this exhibit at the Discovery Museum. Seriously: she went to find it moments after a big crowd of kids swarmed the area…and it was gone. So sad.
Longest Wait to Be a Tightrope Walker:
(walking the tightrope)
(In their safety harnesses)
45 minutes at the Discovery Museum’s Circus exhibit. It was cool in the end, though.
Coolest Use of the Crazy Mirrors:
I’m awarding this to myself. Not my most attractive look, however.
Person who spent the entire time in children’s musuem playing Giant Chess:
Favorite Day:
Saturday was super sunny!
We did Pike Place Market,
walked the Piers,
had lunch at Ivars,
visited the Aquarium,
and took an Argosy cruise.
Everyone else’s favorite Tourist Attraction:
The Aquarium.
Loved the aquarium diver presentation,
the feeding of the otters
and the touching pools.
The only 4th of July in history where I didn’t take pictures:
(I told you I didn’t take any pictures! Probably because we didn’t anything remotely 4th of July-ish)
The Biggest Spender:
I know! He must have must a conscious effort to not say one word about the hundred’s of dollars we were spending eating out, at museums and the market. It was so stress free because of his concerted high-rolling efforts. Thanks, honey!
BEST value:
The city pass. Seriously. Go to the website (here) to see if they have one in a city near you. We went to everything and saved tons of money. Much easier just to spend the money once (to buy the booklet) and then walk into everything (ahead of the ticket line, btw) without paying.
Prettiest Zoo:
Really. Seattle’s Woodland Zoo is gorgeous and just the right length (~3 hours).
Funniest reaction to the bird eating off of the birdseed stick:
(Faith wasn’t a fan)
Funnest Meal:
Ivars and the seagulls, of course.
Biggest contributor to Seattle’s Tourist Economy:
Seen here modeling one of her purchases.
Person who wanted to hog the most pictures:
(Every single statue: “Take a picture of me on this one, Mom!”)
Best trip in a LOOONG time:
Well…you just read about it!
