Some sweet conversations...

Renee had gotten her Skool uniforms... I was persuaded to get 4 pcs instead of 2... teachers advised us to write name at the bottom of the uniforms in case of mixed up... I thought, why don't I sew her name on instead of writing on them... It didn't take me too long to regret my impulsive decision because I fell asleep as I worked on the embroidery... LOL! Ok, to be fair, I was burning at 38°c while doing all that for my girl. After it was done, I was actually quite impressed with my work from a last min tutorial via YouTube.

At night, Renee was muttering
to herself when she tried to put on her own pants. I came into the room and asked at the door "吖,什么声音?" Renee immediately responded from behind the divider "是睿锦的声音!"

Bedtime, Renee climbed up from her bed and crawled over to me, who was pretending to be asleep in order to co-sleep her. She leaned over me and said softly into my ears, "Ruijin love Mummy and Ruijin love Daddy!" I opened my eyes and gave her a tight hug... damn... We had reset... It took me another 1 hr to make her sleep!!!

This girl who had gone to Skool for more than 3 months cried everyday at the Skool ' s door but totally enjoyed herself and her little friends' company! She had grown up so much... becoming more sensible, sensitive and sweet!

Still, something had to be learned from her younger sister, Phoebe.

Phoebe, without being taught would willingly handover the thing that she was holding, if you asked for it nicely. The rule is, No snatching. There was once when I saw my helper left a bottle of insect repellent in Phoebe's hand, I immediately walked over to take it away from her (I forgot abt no snatching as it's dangerous if she licked it )... she cried very sadly... and that made me sad, too.

When the sisters were playing together, I made them to practise taking turns to play. That's when they would pass the toys to each other willingly... very fun but require adult facilitating and gentle reminding about the no snatching rule. Practise more! I believe they will learn and start to play together more freely going forward ^^