The Magic of a Mirror

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Analia has never had a full length mirror before. It was so funny to watch her interact with herself! She'll talk and laugh with anyone--even herself!

All Decked Out

If you don't watch Analia closely, she'll find something to occupy her time. This is what she drug out of the Christmas stuff the other day. She especially liked the tree topper and ended up getting half the glitter off of it!

Anniversary Dinner with the Wongs

Michael and Puah Meng saw that it was our anniversary soon and invited us out for dinner. The took us to an American style Deli in Raffles Hotel--a historic hotel that is always beautifully decorated. We had a BLT and nachos. It was so good with tons of bacon!! Michael is a dessert fan and ordered a scoop of chocolate ice cream and chocolate decadence cake. The ice cream was the best I've had in Singapore, but at 4.50 a scoop it's not a bargain! The cake was amazing and more than enought for four people. Because we were at a hotel, the presentation of the cake was beautiful. The chef took about 5 minutes to do it! This would be a good place to visit if you need an American fix.

We had to walk back to the car and there was a bakery that sells things for half price after 8:00. Michael wanted to try to get some bread. He ended up getting scones because the man in front of him bought the last of the bread. While he was waiting we took some pictures of the christmas decorations. The picture in the white building is at Raffles hotel. The decorations are very elegant--We'll go back and take some more pictures there! The big tree is at Raffles mall. It has patterns and plays traditional Christmas music--very pretty!

It was a really nice evening. Analia was really well behaved for it being about 2 hours after her bed time!!

Stairs and Shorts

We had another scrapbooking day last Thursday. I got accomplished what I wanted and Analia spent the whole day climbing stairs. As there are three floors in the house there are plenty to climb. It made me nervous, but there was no way to keep her off of them. She wasn't interested in any of the toys and didn't even want to play with Thalia!!

Also the other day I heard Analia crying. I went out to see what was wrong and found her with my shorts on her head! She has been getting into cabinets and drawers more frequently--all I do all day is pick up after her. She is getting better at putting at least a couple of things back. So, it is nice to have funny moments like these (she didn't think it was funny!)

Ana's Christmas Tree

We decorated Analia's tree today. It turned out really cute. She wanted to touch everything. It was great fun to put the garland around her neck and walk around. She also loved digging through the ornament box with me. Every time she gets excited her mouth hangs open. She especially seemed to like the Veggie Tale ornaments (of which I have several). I decided to do her tree first because it's in her room and our neighbors won't think we're crazy for putting up our decorations so soon!

Backpacks and Playdough

You never know what will float Anlia's boat. Lately it has been playdough (the homemade kind) and a backpack. She asks to play with the playdough every time she is in her high chair. She really does nothing with it except squish it through her fingers, rub it in her hair, and drop it on the floor. It must be loads of fun to her!
She also likes to have this backpack put on her back. The first couple of times she fell over, but she has the hang of it now. We're hoping to find a smaller one in Hong Kong--it's very common for small children to carry their own backpack in Asia.

Analia and the Phone

I know I already posted this picture, but I had to put two into the smilebox--sorry!

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