Journey of a Kumquat: Week 127 and Week 40.5

School has been remarkably helpful with training Charlotte on the potty. Of course we still have an accident once a day (always within inches of a toilet/potty) but she can go most of the day wearing panties instead of diapers. Nothing better than peer pressure (as well as a potty trained female classmate) to help things along. They even have mini toilet cubicles at school! I was told by the teacher that Charlotte is a creature of habit and routine and, well, so is her mother.

Charlotte is also wearing dresses all the time! To sleep, to school... it is cute but we are running out of acceptable dresses (the other day Imee offered her a dress and she said it was too ugly!).

We started Charlotte in swim lessons. She was the only kid not wearing a body suit (I was advised by another one of the mothers how cold it is at 6PM. In Singapore?! But Charlotte was a bit chilly afterwards. Nothing a sweatshirt can't fix!). Charlotte was her typical shy-in-groups self. Hopefully she warms up (!) soon.

Otherwise Charlotte is being a bit difficult - testing wills, saying no. I have found that I have to offer a carrot ("You can go to school if you do X." "We will go home if you don't do Y."). Is this proper parenting? I don't know but it seems to work for now.

Matt cut Charlotte's hair this past weekend. It is cute (and even!)

Sophia is pulling up on everything these days - toilets, dressers, etc. I realize after looking at these pictures that she is a smiley baby but not too smiley in photos...

We met with Olivia, Clarice, and Mike at the Tanjong Beach Club this weekend. I like the food there - but I also like the natural lighting for photos!

Sophia is getting up once a night for the most part. She stayed asleep one night then Charlotte got up to want to eat! By the time I got her milk and went back upstairs she was sound asleep again.

I continue to learn more about my camera (Auto focus functions these days) - so much to learn!

That being said - I don't know how to focus on a swinging child. At least her hands are in focus!