手足情深

虽然哥哥和弟弟打架吵闹是家常便饭，但一旦弟弟遇到难题时哥哥还是会维护弟弟和伸出援手。
弟弟最近常尿裤子，不懂是不是天冷的关系。
一天换上四五条裤子，妈妈给他气到心脏病快爆发了。
因此，妈妈决定不帮他换裤子让他自己来决绝自己的麻烦。
一方面是惩罚他，另一方面是让他学习自立。
那天他裤子穿反了（从裤管穿入）一直穿不好要妈妈帮忙。
妈妈就是不帮，弟弟都急哭了。
哥哥说“你不可以不帮弟弟的”。
妈妈说“为什么不可以？他要尿裤子是他的事”。
哥哥转过身对弟弟说“不是这样的，我帮你”，然后就指挥官似的指挥弟弟穿裤子。
弟弟在哥哥的指挥下成功的穿上裤子，两个人就兴奋得手舞足蹈。

看到他们两个手足情深感到很欣慰。
哥哥，妈妈为你感到骄傲！

从中学习。。。
要在适当的时候放手，孩子才有机会学习和发挥

森林の秋の松茸すき焼き

今天下午跟老爷一起出席了扶轮社(Rotary Club)主办的秋联谊午餐-松茸鋤焼(Matsutake Sukiyaki)。地点和往年一样，大约20分钟的车程的山城町森林公园(Yamashirocyou sinrin kouen)。其实大少爷已经去过了，不久前幼稚园的半日游。途中，他还说记的那条路是通往森林公园的。我说，那么回家我驾车时他可以帮我认路。

山城町森林公园是个野餐，露营烤肉的好地方。大人们忙着烤肉和天南地北当儿，小溪流水可让小孩们戏水抓小螃蟹。其实看到清澈透底的溪水我也想去玩水。等老爷开会的时候买了饮料坐在小溪旁看别人烤肉，本来已经饿了的肚子闻到烤肉香更饿。也许是这样两个少爷今天的胃口特别好，大少爷吃了两大碗的松茸饭和一大碗的牛肉。吃得比老爷还多呢！我久闻松茸大名已久今天还是第一次吃，脆脆嫩嫩的口感蛮好吃的但就是闻/感受不到它那独特的味道。

从小少爷的眼神看得出他是多么的想下水，可惜没备带毛巾和更换衣物。无奈的跟少爷们说，下次吧!

小少爷”发令”要小解，同桌仁慈的爷爷手忙脚乱紧张的为小少爷解裤带。本想插手的但看到老人家乐在其中，就让他忙了。结果，引起大伙开怀大笑我赶紧拍下这珍贵的一刻。小少爷不怕生，很受爷爷奶奶们（七，八十岁）的欢迎大家都逗他玩。我呢？算是吃得丰富和宁静的一餐，有人煮和看小孩。感恩。觉得日本的爷爷奶奶们对我这个外籍太太蛮好奇的，毕竟是初次见面。

虽然已入秋但秋意不浓，森林里的树木大部分还是绿色的。蓝天白云和翠绿的松树。

不再臭臭

前阵子试图“Toilet Train"老二，他都一直很排斥进厕所。哄的骗的尝试了很多方法他就是不要进去，把他的止尿裤拉下他就硬拉上去。拿他没办法，所以这事就搁着直到前几天干脆冲凉后就直接不让他穿止尿裤。第一天没穿止尿裤，妈妈就随传随到一听到"おしこ"就で得领圣旨，放下手上的工作带他去厕所但是吃了很多次的炸糊。他，最后还是尿湿了裤子。更糟的是，家婆在她的厕所门口看到类似羊粪的东西，她笑着问老二“便秘ですか？”。

第二天，妈妈加紧催他上厕所。次数频繁到我都快累坏了还好老二每次都没有拒绝，还会大声的回答"好"。看到他也在努力着，妈妈再累也值得。这天，进进出出厕所还是换了多次的裤子和洗小屁屁。而且，还是要求坐着小解。晚上临睡前爸爸和哥哥一起上厕所，老二跟着去。爸爸说他跟着大家站着小解，进步了。晚上，妈妈大胆不让他穿止尿裤。他，竟然没出事！又进了一步。

第三天，一样加紧催他上厕所他自己站着小解。又有进步，那天只换一次裤子但还是要洗小屁屁。 他就是喜欢躲在角落头做大事。晚上睡觉也没出事哦！

第四天，催他上厕所的次数减少了因为他开始会说要おしこ然后往厕所跑。妈妈偷偷的跟着去，他可以自己把裤子拉下也可以穿上。那天只换一次裤子，值得一提的是那是午觉时的意外。妈妈的宝贝好棒，之前的辛苦是值得的。和前晚一样，晚上睡觉没出事。

从第五天至今，妈妈只须提醒他上厕所其他的他自己来只有在办大事时需要妈妈帮忙。要办大事他已会先告诉妈妈了。妈妈就是喜欢看他在厕所里的样子，一边办大事一边跟妈妈玩。

原以为老二会比哥哥难训练独自上厕所，结果出乎意料的容易。 从中领悟到事到桥头自然直，很多事是急不来的，时间到了自然成。

家里还有很多止尿裤，刚开的一大包。老大的时后是收着老二用。现在，就留着车上"救急"用.家有三个男生很好用，把止尿裤/片放进一个袋子就可以用了。炸东西用过的油不要了也可以用这个方法处理哦！

薯先生

 

子恩 (2y2m) - 找到了薯先生的眼镜，太小了还硬要妈妈帮他戴上。
太可爱了，妈妈忍不住狂吻了他几下。

Bonding Time

Brothers' bonding time in the bath! Two of them squeezed in the little bath tub, splashing water, screaming and laughing. Recently, rarely bring them down to to pool due to my busy schedule. Stay at home mom is not as free as many people think, especially with these two little super glue around.

Not sure what were they playing, big brother's foot on little brother's lips!

Reaching out his hand, trying to grab the brush.

Isn't he sexy? haha... if it was a sexy girl with this pose.... hmmm..

Little brother managed to grab the brush and tried to help brushing big brother's teeth. Yeah, he has learnt about the function of toothbrush. By the way, that was my new toothbrush with superfine tips.

Biscuit is missing

I was in the kitchen busying with dinner, John (3yrs) rushed to me "妈妈，哥哥的biscuit不见了！"

We checked the table, the pack of biscuit we left on the table was not there anymore . Guess what? We found Sean(13 mths) sitting under the table stuffing biscuit into his mouth with chocolate all around his mouth! Few minutes before that Sean was trying to grab John's biscuit from his hand but John walked away. So, Sean grabbed the whole pack of biscuit left on the table. What a clever boy... hahaha

怕

子恩跌倒撞破了唇流了些血，虽然不是很多但也足够把我的上衣弄得血迹斑斑。本以为下唇而已，后来才发现上唇伤内部得更重。现在下唇已消肿了，上唇还肿得像香肠一样。老公又不在，一个人遇到这样的事真的会很怕。小宝贝，希望你没事。如果可以的话，妈妈愿意承受所有的痛与泪。

照片是隔天拍的，看起来没那么肿了。真担心他又跌撞到伤口破裂。

Shadow Catcher

One fine afternoon, S was quiet and I found him playing with his shadow at the corner. Basically he was trying to catch the shadow.

Got stuck!!

S got himself stuck bewtween two sheet of glasses at the coffee table. He was okay at first, happily playing with the DVD player until I called his name. He then realised that he could not get out/down and cried really loud. Well, John was beside him drinking his cup of nice cool watermelon juice. Poor didi...

What S is doing at this stage just like copying what J had done before, and mama repeating the same words such as "Don't do this/that", "Get down please" and "no, didi no...". He likes to pull things out now, open and close the drawers, and bangging toys. Actually I am grateful that S is an easy baby so far. He eats well and does not need to be patted to sleep, eat well and sleep well like J. Thanks babies, my champions.

孩子经

孩子的成长过程有好多趣事，很多时候都让我好气又好笑。T说这些将是我两老掉牙时的美好回忆。说得也是，很多寂寞老人都是靠回忆而活着。听起来好像很凄凉，现今事实如此。

先说说老大吧！他比较迟讲话，但一开始就停不下来。整天叽里咕噜的，很多时候都听不懂他在讲些什么。最近口齿比较清楚，整天问东问西的。"papa, kore nani?" "papa, ini apa?" "what inside?" 还好老爸有耐心（不愧是当讲师的料），要是问我最多三次吧？

现在的他想像力非常丰富，很喜欢用‘像’这个字。比如：

1. 口琴像冷汽机
2. 蜡烛花像直升机
3. 发糕像花
4. 包了石膏的手像大象
5. 'J'像雨伞
6. 弟弟的头像椰子
7. 。。。

他是个懂事的孩子。虽然只有两岁但有很多时侯他会注意到细节，比如：他先出门口，会回过身来帮妈妈拉弟弟的推车。在外有梯级的地方他也会自动帮忙。相比之下，爸爸更像个木头人。（笑！）还有，妈妈帮弟弟冲凉时他会帮忙准备新的尿片。等等。

小孩是不会有秘密的。有天我们打包了个叉烧包给他。去XX政府部门途中爸爸问‘有猪肉的可以带进去吗？’妈妈答‘你不说，我不说，谁会知道？’进去后妈妈才坐下，小宝贝就指着包大声说‘妈妈，叉烧包！’。

还有件发生在超市的趣事。在超市里，小宝贝看到熟悉的东西会大声的把它们的名字一一喊出来。Orange, apple, coconut, ginger, garlic, tomato... 等等。当妈妈在选鸡肉的时候他指着高高的一堆鸡肉大喊‘mama, piggy oink oink!’。身旁都是不吃猪肉的异族同胞，搞到妈妈不好意思唯有假装听不到。

每次都讲哥哥的故事，好像有点偏心。其实不然，弟弟前几个月都没什么趣事。吃饱睡，睡饱吃。这两个月比较有进展，七个月会自己坐着和到处爬。现在，快要十个月了，会自己扶着家具站起来沿着边沿走。上图（右一）他扶着椅子哭，因为椅子跑了他怕跌倒啦！

弟弟很好动，到处爬，到处玩。他很喜欢哥哥的书桌，有五颜六色的画笔还有一些奇怪的东西。他也有静时候，可以坐着看电视好一会儿。看到他喜欢的节目还会咯咯笑。

目前的他会自己拿东西吃，会抢哥哥的食物。。。是个小贪吃鬼。牙齿？只有两颗。不认识我们的人看到他都会说‘你的小儿子很像日本小孩’。你说呢？

Surprises

John has been surprising us with his developing expressive language skills these few weeks. Every now and then we will get a lovely surprise from him. Share some here...

1. Had dim sum for breakfast and he ate red bean bao. I wiped his mouth and told him something black (hei hei in mandarin) around his mouth. He replied "bao hei hei".
2. He did wee wee at the toilet (still training him) and touched his urine accidentally. He said "mama, xuxu bery hot".
3. He had soup for dinner, papa added lots of pepper in it. He tasted and said "sup very lala". lala - spicy in mandarin.
4. Toilet training him, mama told him to do poopoo first then walk walk. He replied in mandarin "poopoo mei you" - no poopoo.
5. When he needs help, he will says "mama, lai" or "mama help pis (please)".
6. Few days ago, while having dinner. He said "ball ball yummy" after he took a bite of the meat ball. We did not teach him this word... surprised.
7. One fine afternoon, he got himself a cup and said "mama, milk tea". Not milk, not tea... but milk tea!!

Never ending story with John... he has been doing very well in all developmental domains. Mama is proud of him. He is 2 years and 3 months now, and he can...

1. Feed himself with spoon and/or fork with minimal mess on the table and around his mouth.
2. Pour water from one cup to another - great eye-hand coordination skills there.
3. Remember colours, shapes, body parts, name of objects.
4. Understand the concepts, such as hot vs cold, in vs out, and full vs empty.

Okay... now Sean's turn. He (6.5 months) can now sitting up with little help, and shows sign of crawling. Started solid food, he is able to open his mouth when he saw spoon. He can respond to John's calling very well, and reaching out to objects around him.

Mama is happy with their achievements, all the hard works paid off with boys smiles and laughter. And... it is time for mama to take more care about herself slowly turn into a pretty and sexy mama. :D

Weekend at Sunway Lagoon

Weekend getaways at Sunway Lagoon, 2 weeks ago. Did nothing, but shopping, eating and playing... relax? Not really. Hard to relax with kids around, but enjoyed quality time spent with family. This is my favourite photo of John, use 200mm lense. Tried to capture the whole ship, but got other kids in the frame so got to crop it. He loved this slide very much, papa was worn out looking after him.

Other then swimming, we brought him to the animal park too. He loved to see little animals, but many of them were sleeping. Too hot? I think few more moths later he will be able to ejoy and appreciate going to zoo more.

Stopped over at mom's place for a night when on the way back to Penang. The last time John went to ah ma's house was about a year ago, he was too little to remember things there. He was very excited with everything, motorbike, cats, chicken, ducks, and mom's little farm. He kept calling ah ma... ah ma... and followed her everywhere she went. Mom was happy with that I guess.

Posing for cam while chasing kitties around. Had bento lunch at highway resting area. I think not many Chinese use that pavilion, it looks like for praying use? I just don't care, it was great for us especially Sean had a place to roll a little after few hours in the baby seat.

When John and papa out in the pool, Sean was playing and sucking his fingers... mama? Was too hot with that suit, I changed him to swim suit but didn't let him get into the pool. Too many people.

John was playing with Sean in the room. Great moments. Btw, Sean fell of the bed once, but was okay as I placed extra small bed for John on the floor.

Haircut

Finally, we brought Sean for a haircut. He looks more like a boy now, but his hair still spiky. Sean is able to roll over and roll back now. He can respond to the sound very well. He is now begin to "move" around on the floor. He moves like a snake... using his body, 360 deg turn! He loves to smile, just like John when he was little.

John likes to sit or play near to didi... so let him hold Sean. I had only time to take one photo... look at poor didi few seconds later...

3 Months

This is a backdated post, Sean is 3 months and 20 days now. He is able to respond to voices and faces very well. If someome smiles to him, he will reply with a smile too. He can now roll over and lying on his tummy, but does not know to roll back! When he is tired lying on his tummy, he will scream and cry for help. He is another little sumo at home... 8+kgs.

Fujikawa Brothers

One fine morning, John was lying in the bed playing with Sean. Even though Sean did not respond to him most of the time, but John was contented when he saw lil brother smile to him.

Smile!

Sean greeted me with a great big smile early in the morning. He is able to respond to my voice with smile and cooing sounds now. Love his smile and his facial expression when he was about to cry, simply adorable.

Brother John

宝贝一天天的成长，
一天天的懂事，
妈妈看了很欣慰，
同时，也有些内疚。
最近老是忙着照顾弟弟，
没精力和时间给他多一点的爱与关怀。

Baby is growing as time goes by, he is getting more sensible. Mama is delighted but feeling guilty at the same time. Been busy looking after little brother and doesn't have enough energy and time to give him more care and love.

弟弟也渐渐的融入他的生活，
成为妈妈的好帮手，
照顾弟弟。
当他玩得太兴奋时，
妈妈让他小声点，
他也可以做到。
Slowly, little brother has becoming part of his life, he is a good helper to look after little brother. When he was too excited during his play, mama asked him to lower his voice and he was able to do that.

早上醒来，
他会去找弟弟玩，
躺在弟弟旁边，
“嗨， 弟弟... 嗨... ”
也会“muuu...ack”
重重的在弟弟的脸上吻了一下。
When he wakes up in the morning, he will look for little brother. Lying close to little brother, he says "hi... brother... hi...". He will also give his brother a big kiss "muuu...ack" on the cheek.

当弟弟哭闹时，
妈妈问宝贝，
“把弟弟丢进垃圾桶，好吗？”
他拼命摇头。
Sometimes when the little brother crying, mama asked "should I put little brother into the bin?" He shook his head.

有次弟弟喝完奶，
妈妈把奶瓶放在沙发旁，
宝贝走了过来，
拿了奶瓶转身就走。
然后轻轻的把奶瓶放在饭桌。
妈妈见了，
以兴奋的语气"thank you 哥哥 , good boy!"
他却转过身来，
食指放在唇上, "shh... shh... shh..."!!
然后看看妈妈怀里的弟弟。

There was once after little brother had his milk and mama left the bottle next to sofa. He came over and picked it up, slowly put it on the dining table with tippee toes. Mama was very happy "Thank you ge ge (brother), good boy!" He turned around with his pointer finger on the lips "shh... shh... shh..."!! Then, looked at little brother in mama's arms.

2 Little Monkeys

I have been very busy with two little monkeys at home. Most of my times are occupied by both of them, hard to find time online now. Talking about monkey, old Chineses are pantang (auspicious) to use monkey as nick for little children, or they don't even want the word "monkey" to be mentioned in front of their children or grandchildren. Reason? They believe that the child maybe looks like one! What do you think?

Sean is 2 months old. He can now respond to my voice with smile and cooing sounds. His neck is quite strong now, able to turn around with little support. His weight is 6.6kgs, gained 3 kgs in 2 months! His hair still spiky, like an ostrich! John was standing beside me... guess what he was doing...

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John has been a very good boy since his little brother came along. He helps mama to fetch stuffs for little brother, such as socks, bottle, and diaper. He also helps to store breast milk (in the bottle) in the fridge soon after mama expressed it without me asking him to do so.

He is getting better in feeding himself and other self-help skills. He will put plate, cup and his bottle on the table after used. Sometimes he will put them in the sink for washing!

When naughty time, he made mama so frustratate and angry. On the second thought, he still a little baby... mama's expectation was to high.

Sean has arrived safely!

I am pleased to introduce you our second boy - Sean, he is 3 days old. Papa and John were with mama on the 30 of October witnessed the moment of Sean's arrival at Tropicana Hospital. John was very excited to see his little brother, also to be sitting on the hospital bed with mama.

At home, John is already acting like a big brother. He likes to cuddle, kiss and checking out Sean when he was sleeping. Mama likes to see him touching Sean's tinny feet and giggling.