Cassandra's Life Blog

It's always fun and sometimes hectic with Cassie around. Now that she has improved on her speech ability and armed with her ability to argue, we found ourselves constantly in this kind of blooper funny moments.

Funny moment # 1
(Cassie was playing outside and daddy was watering the garden)
Dad : Cassie, your hands are all dirty after you touched the car. go and wash your hand.
Cassie : Dad, your car is dirty, go and wash your car.

爸爸 : "舒蔚, 为什么你动车那边 ? 你的手肮脏了, 去洗手 !"
蔚: "爸爸, 为什么你的车肮脏 ?! 你要洗车了 !"

Funny moment # 2
Dad : "Cassie, pls don't run around in the shopping mall, scoundrel will come and catch you."
Cassie : "scoundrel ? where ? where ar ? "

爸爸 : "舒蔚, 不要乱跑,坏人抓你去."
蔚: "爸爸, 坏人那里 ? where ar ?"

Cassie's school had the annual concert yesterday evening. This is the first concert for her and for me and i was so anxious. I was worried if she will get hungry, stage freight, forgot her steps and etc and etc. Her concert start at 7 .30 pm and we need to be there by 6.45 pm max. She needed to get ready with her dancing dress, hairdo and makeup before arriving at the concert all.



Getting her hairdo is not a problem because i've been doing this every day. However, getting her make up done is another thing. I know my make up kits will not be sufficient because she needs to be on stage and anything less dramatic will make her look washed out. Everything i have in my make-up box says 'earth tone', 'casual' and 'transparent make up'. So, i went and get a more dramatic colored eye-shadows (purple, blue and even green) and found my most shining-"red-most" lipstick. However, it's still not enough ! Tips : get the 'red-chilli' colored lipsticks and 'blue-green' shimmering eye-shadow to stand-out if your kid(s) is going to be on stage.



Before the concert started, there was some background music and the microphones pre-setup on the stage. Cassie saw the microphone on the stage and she told me that she wanted to go up the stage and sing !While the other girl arrived sobbing and refused to go on stage, Cassie's courage to want and stand on the stage and sing makes me realised that she is one little 'dare-angel'.


The surprised that i blogged about last week is that Cassie is getting her award for being placed 2nd in her class !! Her teacher praised her for her flawless work in her maths area, saying that she doesn't even need instruction to complete her maths work. She can count, write, draw, fill-in-the-blanks without any problem. Considering she just started school on July 1, I am very happy for my gal. What an accomplishment in 3 months time !

(* crazy frog dance *)

After the award ceremony, it's SHOWTIME ! Cassie's dance is simple and compose of very easy steps. When she was dancing at home, she will smile and really enjoyed it. When she was performing on stage though, she look 'business-like'. It's like she's following instruction instead of really dancing because she cannot get her free-flow style going on. Their dance is funny and cute at the same time. And we were buzy snapping photos and videos away.



After her dance, she ran out from the backstage happily. She has the pat-on-the-back from her dad and a big hug from me. We leave the concert soon after her dance because it's near her bed time. But not before we all went for ice-cream and chocolate milk for dessert to celebrate !! Fantastic performance Cassie :)

"Birthday present, birthday cake, birthday party we can't wait !" (Playhouse disney's b'day song) and that's exactly the feeling from Cassie when she get to know that she'll be having a party at school. She was so excited that she can't sleep ! :)

Actually, when i talked to the teacher, i told her that Cassie's b'day is coming and i'm thinking about having a celebration at school. I didn't tell Cassie anything yet during that time because it's not yet confirm. Cassie was listening to my conversation with the teacher and she told her grandma that i'm having a party for her before i even mentioned it to her. h'mm, i wonder what else she has picked up from my various conversations ....

Little did i know, the teacher went away and assume i'm having a big party for ALL the kids in the school. Oh dear, oh my and there i was in the weekend baking and baking and baking .... cupcakes, birthday cakes, candies, cereal cookies .... It was a lot of hours in baking.

We all took a break from work and went to Cassie's school that morning. She was so happy to see us ! we have all the kids gathered around and she told her friend very proudly that 'my mom made this.' (my big GRIN !) I got her a crown and all her friend sang the b'day song with her.

Cassie helped packed the party favors and she distribute to her friends in the party. After that, it's feast time and i can see all the kids sink their teeth into the cupcakes ! yum.

She had so much fun that day and even tried to hug the computer when she saw the photos of the party. I know you're happy babe, Happy Birthday dearest !

It's coming to the end of the school year and almost all schools are preparing for the year-end concert. Cassie started school on July 1st and i wasn't even sure if she will be participating in the school's concert. Not until a couple of weeks ago the teacher informed me that there will be a rehearsal. Up until that time, i was still puzzled and asked if Cassie needs to join. "Of course she is participating !" and that's the answer i've got.