Butterfly in training 2 (or dad's Muse and I can always see your wings!) 蝴蝶妹妹

Dulcea has been asking mom to teach her how to play piano for a while. She pretends to practise a lot with her toy pianos. Occasionally, she fought with mom's students on who to play the grand piano first. She creid in dancing classes because she was not asked to dance before all other kids. We kept telling her that you dont need to be number 1 in everything, just do your very best on a very few things that you love deeply. Well, she doesnt agree with me on this so far. Hope she will sooner than later. For the record, now she does let dad win 1 or 2 games after she wins first.

School day comes finally for both Dulcea and Dora. 多多上学啦！

Dressed up for her first school day!

Finally, I am a school girl now!

Dulcea took 3 lessons on her first day: Chinese, art and dance. We had to drop the art class so she can take a break from the 2nd week. Well, her student career lasted just about 1 day. She was promoted to be the teacher's assistant to teach other 3-5 year kids how to speak Chinese: “大老虎在森林里给小老鼠拜年！” because she was the only one in class who can speak the sentence fluently. Daddy and mommy had always known that she enjoyed teaching much more than learning. That's a problem for a 2 year old though!

Season's greeting from our red cloth ring deer (Dec, 5, 2009) 驯鹿多多

Little Buddha (阿弥陀佛）

"1234567890abcdefghijklnnmopqhrstuvxyz"
Dulcea's very first Buddhist spell, a complete input from A to Z using a keyboard all by herself. There is no more wisdom beyond the combination of these characters.
We will try not to let her play with computer too much at this age.

Ladybug or babybug? (2y7m) 多星瓢虫

My kiss cures (and a portrait of her favorite doll 2y8m) 爸爸，我吹一吹，你就好了。

My kiss cures and it does.
My first independent non abstract drawing

From time to time, Dulcea would like to kiss or blow a gentle breeze over the wounds on dad. She believes the kiss cures. It really melts my heart.

She wants to be a pediatrician, a repairer and a musician for now. I suppose a good musician who heals the hearts of kids is her career.
At two and half, she finally finished a potrait all by herself. It is the doll that she is kissing if you can not tell. :) (Comments: Actually, Dad is wrong on this. The portrait is of strawberry shortcake.)

Holloween round 2 (闪电麦昆）(2y7m)

Too eager to wait.
Ready to go


Home, sweet home with an axe.

This is the 2nd time Dulcea went out for "treat and treat" and this time she could speak "trick or treat" loud and clear. Mom and grandmom escorted her out. The real treat came after the holloween when a neighbor's mom gave her a big lightening McQween.