Tommy

Victim : Sofia

Aggressor : Tommy the persian cat (who looks remotely similar to Tiger)

When : Sunday, 04 July @ 9pm

Where : 表伯的家

How many? : 6 angry scratches

Why?

The picture says it all. Our dear animal lover was all over the cat the moment she saw him. A pat here ... a pat there ... hello Tommy! ... Hello Tommy!! ... HELLO Tommy!!! ... HELLO TOMMY!!!! ...
The cat was overwhelmed by the attention from both Sofia and Jeremiah and started hidding. Jeremiah was very much watched over by Ana while Sofia was just after the cat's tail. The cat was pulled out from under the car and I think it made him snapped.

"Wwwwwuuuhhhhhhaahhhhhhhhh ...... mmmuuuuuaahhhhhhahhhhhhh .... mommaaaaa ....."
Instantly my antennas shot up, something must have happened for Sofia to cry like that. Luckily the scratches are not very deep and she quietened down after washing and application of medicine.

On the way home, she was quiet like a mouse, which was very unlike her.

"Daddy, why did Tommy scratch me?" Sofia asked as we alighted.

So Daddy spend the next half an hour explaining to her cats' temperaments, what she should and should not do next time. We hoped she understand what had happened and would be careful next time. Then we also asked her to forgive Tommy and she agreed. We think she really did because after that, she went straight to the toy room to look for Tiger and insisted on hugging him to bed that night.

Aren't children so forgiving?

The 7th Tooth

Eruption of the 7th tooth.

Evening Walk

This is a boy who loves to go to the park and I am sure he does not mind to spend the entire day there, chasing birds and monkeys. Jeremiah gained his independence through walking at a relatively young age and is now very proficient walker. Watching Sofia running around gives him the inspiration to chase after her and he does so, while we hold our breathe and clench our fist while watching him.

We gasped when he loses his balance but he would just plonk his two palms on the floor to break the fall and up again, after Sofia's tail. He does not like us to hold his hands for safety, running is fun without any "conditions" attached. Of course when he is going way too fast, then the unforunate would happen. But nothing stops him.

Sometimes watching him makes me feel that I am losing him soon, just like a baby bird who has learned how to fly, he will be out of the nest and taking on the world soon.

5 out of 5

Sofia has always been a very physical and active girl since young. She does not mind getting all dirty, sweaty and hot under the sun. I remembered Sofia joining the school for a field trip to the elephant sanctuary at the age of two, with teachers she barely knew. Yes, I was worried too but I knew she was in safe hands. It was a full day trip and the bus ride was about two hours each way.

Sofia came back from the trip tired but very very happy, they saw lots of animals at the sanctuary other than the elephants. Her principal, Julie, later confessed to me that she was actually rather worried when I signed Sofia up for the field trip. Sofia was the youngest in the group and the teachers are from Subang, so she practically knew no one. But Julie said Sofia was extremely well behaved and cooperative throughout the trip. There were no complains about being sweaty and hot or crying to go home. Julie was very very surprised. I guess so as long as there are animals around, it is more than enough to keep Sofia occupied.

We had just gotten the mid-year report for Sofia before the holidays and she had FULL marks for PE (physical education). Though it wears us down at times, we are thankful to God she is such a "energy" babe, growing up physical strong and healthy.

New Friends

It has been a total new experience for me since we moved to the new house. I am so used to living in a "pigeon hole" that it took me quite while to get used to living on the ground. One aspect I needed to get used to was the uninvited "new friends" that would visit us on different occasions.

The wild squirrels would pop in any time of the day to help themselves to Fefe's food and poop all over the backyard. We also have beautiful birds popping by too and Fefe's food is always the main attraction. The most irritation guests we have are the hungry stray cats, they would almost end up in a confrontation mode with Fefe every time. We would have to break up the standoff by chasing them away.

Recently, it has been raining hard and we had a new friend in the garden scaling up the wall. With this fella around, I get questions like "Mummy, where is the snail going?", "Mom, why is the snail climbing the wall, can you ask him to come down?" or ,"Mummy, where is the mummy snail?". Next day, Sofia would be asking me where is the snail and spend the next half of the day searching for the snail in the garden.

I guess these are all good opportunities for the kids to learn about our earth and we are certainly not alone on this planet.