fish cake 甜不辣

I made little Juju her favor fish cake tonight, there are still some more, I will use them to make some to parents.

Little Juju had almost 2 of them!! mommy is glad.

Baby, mommy wants you to be happy, in health and enjoy your life! Love, mommy.

Love you, baby.


Chicken stock noodle soup~

A playdate in cold winter this week 這禮拜冷冬中的寶寶玩耍日

It was my turn to host the play date this week. Did not catch to take pictures of other food, was too busy to host the guests and watch little Angel and other babies.

Was beated afterwards.....

Play date (Work day)

Ah....

The Firefighters' Thanksgiving and Princess Smartypants

Cold, dry
I like the firefighters' story more, the second book is just boring (to mommy). The first one is more story in it, but it's too young for mommy...-_-.... watch too much movies.. firefighters should link to like some kind of action movies. . . . . .

It was a fun day.

In the afternoon time.

Just turned around from putting her clothes away

I saw Migu already sort everything in different piles

One of them is this one

Prince is the coordinator

一轉身米閨已經幫媽媽把各式東西歸類好

其中一樣是這ㄍ洗衣籃
黑閨(閩語音歐ㄍㄨ)(狗狗ㄉ小名)監督指導

Dinner that mommy made tonight

媽咪今天做ㄉ晚餐

Original reference recipe Chef Cook's Open Kitchen- Mapo Eggplant

原始參考食譜COOK的開放廚房- 麻婆茄子

Following message is forwarded from

Chef Cook's Open Kitchen
小橘子，成品做的不錯，也很下飯。
若是能夠炸茄子的時候，讓油溫再高點，
這樣茄子顏色會更鮮豔，也更好入味的，
不過這樣已經不錯了，對於第一次做已經可以拿90分了!!

看到這樣ㄉ評語實在太高興ㄌ
謝謝
還有油溫的問題
我覺得不知是我自己ㄉ爐俱火較小
在美國這ㄉ爐灶火都粉小
我總覺得溫度已經很高ㄌ
但是每次東西做出來都是因為溫度不夠高而不完美
很謝謝您ㄉ指教
因為您ㄉ指導
全家人有美味的餐點

別這樣說，可可，
這是我的榮幸。
至於溫度的問題，或許你說的是對的，
因為台灣瓦斯爐火力較強和集中，溫度要下來不容易，所以成品會比較漂亮。
建議是否把茄子放少一點，少點炸，溫度不會下的這麼快，這樣成品或許會更美觀呢!!

Yell at Your Kids Too Much?

1/22/2008
Very Cold, raining, a little sunshine in the late afternoon

Articles is forwarded from Parenting

Yell at Your Kids Too Much?

What's okay, what's not, plus how to get a grip

Unless you're beyond human, you WILL raise your voice at your child sometime. In fact, the occasional outburst puts you right in the mainstream: In a recent study, 88 percent of parents say they've shouted or screamed at their kids in the previous year, and the figure shoots up to 98 percent of parents with 7-year-olds (which any mom of a 7-year-old can understand). Another study shows that 56 percent of moms of 4-year-olds yell at their kids in anger at least once or twice a week. Even so, how's a parent to know whether her anger's doing damage? And if you're losing constant control, how can you make yourself stop?

Three degrees of yelling ►
Among the moms we spoke to, three degrees of yelling emerged:
?Warning or prevention yelling: the most acceptable form, used to stop a child from doing something like running toward a busy street or touching the burner on a stove
?Compliance yelling: the most common degree, brought on by kids who don't do what you want, even when they've been asked several times, or who somehow frustrate or defy their beleaguered parents
?Beyond-the-pale yelling: when you've crossed not only the sound barrier, but the proverbial line -- saying things you later wish you hadn't

The upside of anger ►
Yelling at your child in the first two degrees may be almost unavoidable, since anger and frustration are such natural emotions. What's more, occasional yelling, if done constructively, may do some good: Kids learn that it's normal, and how to deal with it. A frustrated yelp every now and then also lets kids know that you, like any human on the planet, have limits. Then there's the sad fact that sometimes an increase in parental volume just plain old works, setting a misbehaving child back on the straight and narrow. But for yelling to have any positive effect whatsoever, it can't become routine. If kids get used to yelling, it won't have the power to grab their attention or put them on notice.

Anger in the third degree ►
Yelling at your child in the first two degrees may be almost unavoidable, since anger and frustration are such natural emotions. What's more, occasional yelling, if done constructively, may do some good: Kids learn that it's normal, and how to deal with it. A frustrated yelp every now and then also lets kids know that you, like any human on the planet, have limits. Then there's the sad fact that sometimes an increase in parental volume just plain old works, setting a misbehaving child back on the straight and narrow. But for yelling to have any positive effect whatsoever, it can't become routine. If kids get used to yelling, it won't have the power to grab their attention or put them on notice.

Anger in the third degree ►
It's the third degree of yelling that's most problematic. Few parents will admit to such withering outbursts as "Just shut up!" but many of us still slip further than we'd like. The few times, Terri, a mom of three from Mount Pleasant, S.C., crossed the line, she knew it: "I'm clenching my fists, I'm rigid and shaking and probably bug-eyed. My kids look so surprised and scared. It breaks my heart." Research shows when someone is yelled at, adrenaline and other stress hormones rise -- and being in a constant state of high alert can affect brain development. Parental yelling can also create a vicious cycle, where kids respond with tantrums or clinginess. The harm the yelling does depends in great part on your child's sensitivity. One child may seem almost impervious, while another is much more fragile.

How guilty are you? ►
Yelling should be looked at in context. "There's a difference between intensity that's full of anger and is hurtful," says Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, author of KIDS, PARENTS AND POWER STRUGGLES, "and intensity that's full of passion and strong emotion. That kind of intensity can be laughed about afterward, but not feared." While yelling may not be the worst parental sin, most of us can't stop beating ourselves up after losing our cool. "I can't bear thinking anyone would hurt one of my kids, but to know I did it really makes me feel awful," says Beverly, a Texan mom of two. Much of the guilt and grief comes from the gap between how we thought we'd be as parents and the fact that we sometimes react like the imperfect beings that we are.

Easy ways to get a grip ►
Fortunately, there are ways to keep yourself from going into the anger orbit. If you're particularly tired or frayed, scale back your plans for the day. If you start to lose it, remove yourself from the situation and take a "Mommy time-out." And if you feel a bad day brewing, give your kids a heads-up: Bringing them into the loop can help them not take the yelling personally. Correcting a lifelong habit, however, is not an instantaneous process. "You need to give yourself time for learning," says Kurcinka. In the meantime, there's always the sincere apology. Saying "I'm sorry" doesn't make it okay to yell -- you still need to tackle your problem -- but it does go a long way toward softening the stomach punch of harsh words. And it shows that even Mom and Dad need to take responsibility for their actions.

Winter 'no meat' dinner 冬日無肉晚餐

This is the story. I open the frige and relized that we need to do food shopping, there was nothing too much left, no meat left but baby rib, I suddently saw it! So we had that for dinner, yumm~~

The first snow 下雪囉

Cloudy, no sun, cold

The first day of reading books.

Sara went to feed their sheep with her mom in the high hill, and the dogs were with them, too. Daddy was not feeling well and decided to stay at home on that day.

I like this story and pictures inside kept the attention of my eyes. I wish I took a picture of the book's cover.

We had fun today.

The first day of winter 冬天ㄉ第一天

Cloudy, cold

This book was a little boring to me, my (me= a snow man) best friend gave me gifts from the first day of the winter till the 10th day.

I read it in Chinese, not reading it fast.. blah...... tongue twist
Then we read this one, ..."I" read this one, migu was very busy of "reorganizing" the books on the shelf for the librarians...I gave them lots of big smiles when they passed by........

I don't really like this book.. some parts are not to the point

Lunch
Lunch

Mommy, I meant the big one olive!!!

THe daughter of mice 老鼠ㄉ女兒

Forbidden falling asleep!

I read this book too xiao migu today in the library, it is called "the daughter of mice". It is a longer story for Juile, hope she enjoied it.

we also read few other small books, "big dog and small dog", ..others I forgot.

She shared a lot of books with this little boy "Jashaw"(7 mo), and did the same to another boy who joined us later on. She seems very friendly and loves to share. I praised her by telling her that it is very nice of you, look how happy you make Jashaw is

She enjoied claiming up to the 2nd floor and claimed down from the other side of 2nd floor, my lower back is broke-_-......................,,

I picked up KFC for our snack on our way home, now migu is in sweet nap..

mommy needs one too...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Preparation for X'mas

Stollen

Original reference recipe:
www.foodnetwork.com
Stollen

And

我家在阿爾卑斯山
- 德國 史多倫Stollen聖誕麵包

to be continued...

X'mas

X'mas Eve dinner-X'mas Dinner-

Bake Babyrib
Lobster

Tube Veggie

Combination Veggie Soup

Merry Christmas!!

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mom!

















MOM!!!!!!!!!

Hold my hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







Love,
To mom



Mom, are you leaving now?
媽 你要走了嗎?


Mom, it is so blurry here...
媽媽 這裡好模糊喔

What did you say?
您說什麼




hold up
您等我一下






They turned off the light I can't see
wait I am getting my flashlight
他們要我關燈 我看不見
等一下 我拿手電筒





mom
媽










Mom!
媽






















































Mommy...
媽咪..