Charlotte and daddy

daddy's girl she's most certainly not. mummy stay here, mummy do, mummy help me. the only way we could get her to let daddy kiss her goodnight is if we promise i'd stays in the room until she falls asleep and daddy will leave the room. even then, she would wipe daddy's kisses away or ask me to kiss over daddy's kisses. daddy never gives up. he uses reverse psychology to trick Charlotte into letting him do things for her. he would say to her he doesn't want to do something for her and the more he says no, the more she'd say 'daddy do it'. reverse psychology sometimes works, sometimes not. the best part of this is, daddy never stops trying. he would always come up with new ways to get close to his little girl. 

the central coast

we spent the October long weekend at the central coast. it was a last minute trip i booked just one week before the long weekend. i've been wanting to go away on a short trip for awhile but i couldn't justify a weekend away locally when we're only a short distance away from home and the cost that comes with it. secondly, wherever we go, it can't be too far away from home because Charlotte doesn't do well with long car trips.  but this time around, i thought we'd just do it anyway and i'm so glad we did because we had such a great time. 

i booked our accommodation through airbnb so it didn't cost us that much. while it's not a beach front home, it was close to some of the most beautiful beaches. we were in the central coast for three days and we went to a different beach each day. each beach has its own charm and the kids loved them all. Gabriel's face would light up the moment we get to the beach and when we're not at the beach, he'd ask us when we're going. we gave him a bucket and a spade and off he went to chase the waves, build a sand castle and just run up and down the shore lines. as for Charlotte, she was a bit scare of the waves but she's not afraid to touch the sea snails or sea jelly we found in the rock pools. she enjoys building sand castles too. 

after this trip, i realised the central coast is probably the perfect getaway destination for our family for now. there are still many different beaches to explore, i can't wait to go back for our next family holiday and i'm so excited that summer is just around the corner. 

the best gor gor

this is quite a regular occurrence in our household. Gabriel having his breakfast and as i give Charlotte her breakfast, she would demand that she wants to sit on the chair Gabriel is sitting on (because she's a bully like that). before i even had a moment to come up with a way to convince Gabriel to move to a different seat, Gabriel gathered his milk and whatever toy he has with him at the time and move to a different seat, vacating his seat for Charlotte. he makes me so proud every time he does that. i'm so jealous of Charlotte. she makes me wanna have a brother. i hope she would grow up to know that she most definitely has the best gor gor in the world.  

Stripes!

Charlotte loves stripes. every morning when it comes to time to get change, she would point at me and tell me she wants to wear stripes "just like mummy". I wear a lot of stripes but i don't wear them everyday but somehow she's picked up on it and stripes is her favourite print too. I hope she'll continue to like stripes.