你会说中文吗？

I've officially become the mandarin speaking parent. It is something mountain man and I have decided to implement after realizing that our son can't really speak mandarin beyond the basic survival language such as niao-niao (which arguably isn't even real Chinese) and 我肚子饿（I'm hungry), 我要棒棒糖 (I want lollipop). I feel he can do better ("growl" says the tiger mom).

Frankly I'm having a bit of trouble switching because I have limited Chinese vocab, and the brain doesn't think in Chinese so my reaction is a lot slower. Mountain boy is also getting used to the transition because he is normally rather chatty but now he just goes "uhm" when spoken to in Chinese. Also when he has his meltdowns he gets more frustrated because he can't express himself that well in the new tongue. I usually just tell him to speak in English in those instances and hopefully in time he can convert.

But I have to say that kids learn fast. It's week 1 of Chinese immersion and already I feel that mountain boy is a lot more confident in forming Chinese sentences, and he can recognize quite a number of Chinese characters. Attaboy!

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Spring Cupcakes

White chocolate cupcakes w chocolate buttercream. I'm quite happy with some of the piping. I've been googling tutorials online I think for a first I did ok. But im not a fan of regular buttercream I think I'll stick to dark chocolate frosting in the future.

Sleeping beauty

Are you done with your growth spurt yet? Mommy needs her beauty sleep stop waking up at night.

Daddy's girl

Bake sale for charity

I've never done a bake sale. Made this beautiful oatmeal cookies again I hope they will run out. I also invested (with mountain mans money of course) some moolah to sell fresh juice but it seems that my driver bought too many fruits so I don't know if I'll be able to sell it all. Let's hope tomorrow will be sunny and bright, even though the weather report says cloudy.

Boot camp baby

The insurance card for Lilybuff was finally sorted out last week so i took Lily to her 2nd check-up at 5 months! I was called "relaxed" by the pd but I think she was being polite.

Anyway at 5 months, her fine motor skills are pretty good. Emotional development on track. But she is not rolling over! I admit that I dont want her to be too active like her brother because he has gotten into so many accidents, but after being called fat and lazy (though not in the same sentence) in one check-up, it's time to take matters into my own hands.

I am going to start her on swimming twice a week. And at least 1-2hrs of tummy time each day. It's gonna involve a lot of cheering and clapping but hell she better shape up before her 6th month check up!

Weaves piping