park

Ming Ming is still living in her own wreid time zone: sleeping from 3pm to 3am, waking up twice to play for half to one hour, and then from 3 to 8am, it is very difficult to get her back to sleep. So we finally decide to take her out in early morning so that she will sleep a bit in the morning, in the hope that the afternoon nap would not continue into the evening sleep (but it does not work).

it is nice to be back in the tropic, esp when I think of the painful dressing up Ming Ming had to go through each time when we went out in France and the US.

Dim Sum / 飲茶

Ming Ming tasting...

playing drum with chopsticks and cups

she is so tired...

with my aunt

with Hung Hung...

Ming Ming's cousins

trying out the new sweater grandma (popo) brought her.

Ming Ming's three cousins - two 11-year-old and 1 six-year-old.

1st day in Hong Sing garden

dancing with uncle at 11pm... 深夜與舅舅跳舞

waking up... Ming Ming is still in american time and does not want to sleep after 2am...

she does not look too tired in this pic though...

outside our building

the first time she sees so many big towers / 第一次看見這麼多高樓

橫越太平洋/ the long trip - 26 hour from door to door between Charlottesville and Hong Kong

Ming Ming in the bassinet

Lilian, who is 14 months old and exactly the same height as Ming Ming, has similar multiracial background as Ming Ming. With an american father, she is also in the trip along with her mum coming back to HK for the chinese new year. But Ming Ming is a better traveller, she slept for almost 9 hours, and did not cry at all. While Lilian cried and made her mum walk around with her in the plane quite a lot.

HELLO HELLO, we all know you, do you know us?

finally, after 25 hours on the way, we arrived at Hong Kong airport.

park n play

she sits very well in there now.

theme of the week - rest

with Caillou... sweet dreams

between the 24h long trip last sunday and another equally long one this coming friday, this week we only try to rest and sleep as much as we can. Ming Ming is still living in french time, I do not know how she will adjust to hk time in two days.

bébé nageur

This morning, at 8am, -10C, we brave the weather to take Ming Ming to bébé nageur. The pool is heat up to 30C to accomodate baby swimmers. Ming Ming is so taken by the orange ball and the environment and people around her that I am not sure if she realizes that she is in water. Anyway, she is happy and at ease. We stay for half an hour, and on the way back, she falls asleep in the car. Any activities that end up in a nap is a very good activity.

we have a very good time in the pool...

yesterday we looked around in centerville bourg to buy a swiming suit for Ming Ming. With the temperature staying persistently under 0C, it was difficult to find a swiming suit. The only one that we found was from a brandname boutique, the small piece of fabric costs 16euro. Though mamicath was temped to buy it, I insisted that it was not worth it and we ended up buying a small underwear. Ming Ming looks really funny with it.

gouter

During our stay in France, Ming Ming has tried some new food: chocolat, different types of home-made jam, french bread, goat cheese, yogurt, different kinds of vegetable, spinach with ham, saumon, carrot, mandarin, rice. Each time she opens her mouth for more ...

stay behind in france - one more week

Jean -Pierre

la reine: mais je n'ai pas mangé la galette

les cousins sont venus à Bourg

nail clipping

sleeping on papa...