Holding Lizzy's little hand that is not hot, I felt I was holding the world. Her little squeezes in the dark is her way to tell me she feels safe, she feels loved. We had a much better day. The antibiotic seems to be working, confirming that it's bacterial infection and not viral (which is … Continue reading My thought before falling asleep →

Lizzy's fever was persistently high throughout the day reaching 39.5C just before next dose of anti-fever medicine. At that time, she looks tired/sleepy, otherwise she was fairly normal when fever goes down to 38Cs. After dinner time, her fever was still above 39C after 30 min of Tylenol, so I decided to take her to … Continue reading Update: fever & passport →

Yesterday I had a good morning. I went to observe girls' summer camp as it ends this Friday. They both loved that I went to see them. I also submitted the withdrawal form for them. Their last school day in Manila would be October 7. This is becoming REAL. I was soooo emotional afterwards. Then … Continue reading Panic and stress →

Low: I found out by accident that Sofia didn't finish many of her kumon worksheets when she would answer me she did. I don't like to micro manage so I don't usually check on her. Then I found out many half done worksheets and I got mad. She was in camp so I had a … Continue reading Parenting high and low →

What a packed weekend. As husband put it: this is a nice weekend. I enjoy all our weekends, slow or packed.. but he rarely gives comments, so this is definitely a specially nice weekend for him. Saturday evening we went to watch China vs. USA female volleyball match. It was girls and hubby's' first live … Continue reading A sporty weekend →