Evia still can’t talk and she’s almost 3. I’m a little worried that there is something more developmental going on. She can’t pronounce “s” and I think she is generally frustrated by the lack of communication. At the same time, she is often in her own world so she doesn’t really mind. Every night she puts herself to bed around 8:30 and every morning at around 7, she climbs into our bed and just lays with us. She is very sweet… Not to mention cute as heck. She says “awww man!” sometimes which cracks us up.

I remember a few months back when she used to hop around spinning. She’s flap her forearms and sing “doob doob doob doob”. It was super cute. Now she loves animals. Some favorites are “-aroo! E-fent! Theep! Dawfih! Baovin (rabbit)”. She can say some nouns. She can’t yet put together sentences.

AE is growing up. We are working on her math. She still can’t really do single digit addition, meanwhile nico is doing multiple digit subtraction. AE is very fat behind. I’m also starting spelling lists with her but she’s not good. The thing she does do ok is read. We are slowly going thru a book called The Boxcar Children. It’s a bit above her level but as long as she keeps trying, I’m ok with it.

NÉ is like a little puppy. She had two bottom teeth and the top ones will probably come in this week. She is a very fast crawler and will walk earlier than her sisters, I guess. She loves standing and cruising. We have a little yellow plastic ikea stool which she likes to push around. She can clap. She doesn’t like mushy food and prefers firmer solids. Her favorite is still probably cooked plain penne pasta. Last week we went to Isshin and I ordered her a zarusoba. Oh my!! She ate it in record time by the fistfuls. That one eats more than Bella… and probably as much as EV too.

Last week we joined the Chung’s on their staycation. We went to the Water Cube. The kids loves the kiddy pool and wave pool. They were too small for all the big slides. We also did two rounds in the lazy river. The water cube is small… Perfect for their age. It’s just a little expensive for the adults, considering that we can’t ride anything because we are watching the kids. Still, they were super happy and that made it worth it (we didn’t bring NÉ)

S accepted a job offer that will send him to Shanghai every week. That will be interesting, having all 3 kids to myself on the weekdays. Guess that’s why God kept me unemployed.

We are doing green smoothies every morning. It’s been a month. Today’s was my favorite. 2c 小白菜, 2c 豆浆, 2 small nectarines, 1 mango and 1/2 a beet. Looked so ugly. S said he thinks of it as chocolate.

Today is Kira’s birthday party. It starts in 30 mins. AE needs to go make a card soon.