putting le misch to sleep

Putting our babies to sleep at night can be challenging. They each have their own quirks!

We don't have the luxury of a nanny so hubby and I pretty much tried everything to put Mischka to sleep. From rocking to singing to humming to reading to cuddling to watching "good night" videos. We went through it all.

But one thing I realized, it gets a lot easier when they're older. (The sleeping part, that is.)

Last night.

Nowadays, the ritual includes Twilight the Sea Turtle, Dr. Seuss books (she memorized some lines already), the quintessential bottle of warm milk, and lots of cuddling.

And if all things fail, she'll ask to watch "animals" and I give in. Sigh.

mischka is growing by the minute and so is her vocabulary

Hubby and I are amazed. Mischka bursts out new unexpected words here and there of late, and at 16 months here is the list of her vocabulary:

1. apple
2. turtle
3. animals
4. pool
5. pasta
6. baby
7. ice
8. eyes (sounds alike as the one before but she can differentiate, mind you)
   
9. chair
   
10. computer
11. bear
12. banana
13. corn
14. cocoon
15. cheese
16. hot
    
17. milk (she used to do just the sign, now she signs it and says it too)
18. nana (for all things that has big ears like the rabbit. yesterday i tried on a headband with big bows and she goes--- nana!)
19. cat (with matching meow)
20. amm (for eating)
21. arf (for dogs)
22. tea (we play tea time)
23. there (yes, she uses this in the right context)
24. clap
25. hat
26. hands
27. hi
28. hello
29. bye
    
30. mama (of course)
31. dada (of course)
32. no (of course)
    
33. papa (for popsy)
34. wowo (for lolo)

Sorry grandmas! She can't seem to say momsy nor lola.

Le Misch in her turtle shirt at a picnic in Botanic Gardens

Each time I open her drawer of shirts, she won't stop saying "turtle." Obviously this shirt is always in the laundry.

Two months ago, it was just about 10 words with lots of signing. Now its 34 with still lots of signing!

Happy weekend everyone!

Fantasy Closet-- a wedding by the beach in july

We are looking forward to another vacation, this time, back at our home country. A good friend is getting married and Le Misch is walking down the aisle too, as a flower girl. Her first time.

I have been dreaming of Halston Heritage ever since SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker) went on board as creative officer. So I thought it would be serene to don that pleated orange number to the beach wedding.
 

And this is how I would put my personal spin in it. I especially like the juxtaposition of the over sized aqua watch to the softness of the pleats, the luxuriousness of the jewels and the indigenousness of the clutch.

It's nice to escape to a fantasy closet once in a while. But no, I am not wearing Halston to the beach wedding. The bride is a designer herself, and I will be happily wearing no less than one of her exquisite creations.

I can't wait to see what she has created for Le Misch.

Morning Idea

Almost every morning I wake up with a beautiful idea or two. (Note to self: Keep a journal by bed side for random yet beautiful ideas ). Today, it's this.

I found this here.

I wish my little sister would marry soon so we could do this for her save-the-dates. She will not like this post as she hates talking about (or being asked about) marriage and settling down.

Sorry Roo. There's no one else. Couldn't help myself.

Good morning everyone! It's a wet day outside, nice to sleep in. But I can hear a loud little voice calling out maaaamaaa, daaaaaadaaa in the background. Breakfast time.