Wa Gwai 兩隻人見人愛的搗蛋嘩鬼 - My 2 Little Rascals

It’s official.

Wagwai blog is officially migrated and has become Chick ‘n Monkey

See U all there!

xoxo

I’m one step closer to setting up a new domain for my Wagwai blog.

Check it out: www.chicknmonkey.com

xoxo

So, yesterday, at the childcare center, we had a little birthday celebration with Alex’s classmates. As I brought in the cake, all the kids just gathered around me. All I heard was Miss Tammy calling everybody “Hey guys, sit down please, we are ready for the cake now!” OK, I guess the kids were either hungry (just woke up from their afternoon nap), or just plain curious to see what kind of cake we got, or BOTH. There were 14 boys and 4 girls. Well, that’s better than Alex’s previous class, all boys, zero girl.

So, who’s that girl I mentioned in previous post? I finally got a chance to take a good look of her (click on photo to enlarge).

It was funny to see the kids how they ate the cupcakes. Some were not too interested, probably the dark frosting/food coloring. A few of the boys were enjoying themselves, and I’ve got pictures to proof.

Cute HUN?

xoxo

I have been thinking about getting a new and dedicated domain name for my blog. Unfortunately, my #1 choice is already taken by someone else - wagwai.com. So, I have been brainstorming and asked Elaine and Vivien for their input and suggestions.

Before I have asked for their help, I had these domain names in mind, but none of these was available.
wawawa.com
wawa.com
wewewawa.com
wewa.com
weewa.com
wagwai.com

We have come up with the following:
wa-gwai.com
mywagwai.com
wagwaiblog.com
wakwai.com
2wagwai.com

I liked mywagwai.com, but it’s not like perfect and easy to remember. As Vivien pointed out, only Cantonese people know what “wagwai” is.

So, this morning, out of nowhere, a domain name popped up in my head. I wasn’t even thinking about anything related to that. chickenmonkey.com. Well, not available either, but chicknmonkey (kind of like chick ‘n monkey) is available tho. Yippy! quite easy to remember, and there’s a story behind it too. I will leave that for another post.

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Alex’s birthday is coming up in a few days, and I have been preparing his gifts, party favors (@ the childcare center), and his birthday outfit. No, not naked!

He has a pair of favorite jeans, but they are too small now, size 18-24 months. There’s a monkey dangling on the cargo pocket, that’s probably why he loves them so much. I had already put them away, so that he won’t ask for them anymore (hopefully).

Alex has been asking for a pair of jeans with his favorite character - Lightening McQueen. I have searched high and low and couldn’t find any. I ended up digging out his used white tee, buying a pair of pull up denim jeans (elastic waist band all around, that’s another hard to find item when you need them), and a few iron on transfers and embroidered patches, I made his birthday outfit with his favorite character on them.

The results, pretty good. The only mistake I made was that I didn’t trim the paper before I iron the “Birthday Boy” on the back of the white tee. For the front, I trimmed them really good. I can’t wait to show him his new outfit.

xoxo

“Alex enjoyed riding bikes today”
“Alex enjoyed playing the piano in the music room today”
“Alex did a wonderful job helping clean-up the yard outside today”
“Alex enjoyed making star fish with clay”
“Alex enjoyed making blue ocean jello today. He helped to mix it”
“Alex explored float and sink with Gavin and Kenneth.”
“Alex had fun making beautiful picture with paint dots. He cooked with Paige in the little kitchen, and Paige made Alex fruits.”
“Alex enjoyed the experiment of making volcano. He also gave Paige a hug when she got hurt.”

These are some of the “My Special Moment Today” written on the daily activity report from Alex’s teachers. Gavin and Kenneth were in many of the “Special Moments” and recently, a new name showed up – Paige, a 2-year-old kid just join the homebase. I assume this kid is around 2-year-old, cux the kid looks smaller then most of the kids.

One morning, Ms. Tammy told us there’s a new kid Paige, and loves to play with Alex. Paige would stop crying when Alex shows up. Ms. Tammy went on and said,

Ms. Tammy: Paige would stop crying when Alex shows up.
Daddy: Wow, Alex, you tried to help Ms. Tammy to take care of other kids?
Ms. Tammy: Paige follows Alex around, but Alex tried to avoid Paige
Daddy: What’s wrong Alex? Why you avoid your friend?
Ms. Tammy: I asked Paige if Alex is her boyfriend and she said yes. I asked Alex he shook his head.
Daddy & Me: LOL

Next time we dropped off Alex, just happed that Paige has arrived with her mom. Paige has shoulder length crully blond hair and big eyes. She’s a doll.

XOXO

Yesterday was my cousin Krystal’s 20th Birthday. We had a Laua themed BBQ party for her. We prepared the Tiki torches, cocktail umbrellas, and inflatable palm tree cooler. We even prepared special outfit for her - hula skirt, silk flower leis. Oh, the only thing missing was the coconuts bikini top ( Ha Ha!).

Cousin Jacqueline brought over her Rock Band PS2 game set with guitar and drum set, Ashlyn & Alex had so much fun. I wondered if they were practicing while I was at work or what. Look at them, they are like the pro.

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Out of the blue, Ashlyn was humming a 3-year old Chinese song. A pop Chinese song. A HIT Chinese song at the time, and it’s in Mandarin Chinese, not Cantonese Chinese. I didn’t catch it at first, but then, she heard a portion of the medley song I play in my car, and asked me to go back to play that 10-second portion again and again. I asked her if she liked the song, she said yes. She also complaint that I didn’t keep a copy of the song (full version) in the car. Then, Alex started to hum with Ashlyn. You may be wondering which song that is. Drum roll…. Ta~ Ta~

We were over at the in-laws last Saturday for dinner. We stayed until 9:30pm or something before we started packing up and getting ready to head home. As we were busy loading, all the sudden I heard the sound of locking the iron gate. I rushed to the gate and saw Alex standing right in front of it with his hand on the gate. Obviously he shut the gate. All of us were at the driveway, nobody inside the house, and in-laws didn’t bring the keys with them. I started the yell for Ashlyn, and hoping that she was still inside the house to open the gate for us. No, I heard “I’m here!” right behind me. Oh! NO! What to do? We thought about calling the locksmith, but father-in-law said he could get the gate removed. Good thing was, we were able to open the garage door and the tools. You might ask, why not getting in from the garage? Simply because they locked the door to the gargage, and without keys, there’s no difference. After a good 20mins of banging the iron gate, we got the screws out and the gate was removed. Then we had to put the gate back before we could drive off.

Lessons to learn:
Lesson 1: don’t get out of the house without your keys to your home.
Lesson 2: not everybody out of the house at the same time (without keys), except for emergency.
Lesson 3: strap the kids up in their car seats as soon as they left the house.