Brie : 4 years, 10 months
The littlest in the family will turn FIVE in two months!
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Before I forget what she’s like ‘right now’, here are a few updates =)
> She likes to make up her own songs and tune =)
> She likes to dance around.
> She likes to play dress up and sometimes, she’d pretend like she’s putting on some make-up.
> She speaks fluent Indonesian (and I speak to her in English every now and then, so she learns the language too)
> She knows what she wants and often, she has ‘tricks’ up her sleeves to get to what she wants.
> She likes to scribble and write, and she’d then ask us to ‘read’ what she’s written (which could be something like, ‘KMSUWAIHYO’ =)
> She is one who can come up to us and give us a kiss and a hug, out of the blue. Sometimes she’d say, ‘This is to give you more energy, Mommy!’ and give me a super big kiss on the cheek =)
> She’s learning to read simple three-letter English words (I’d read her English books and get her to figure out how to say words like: ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘is’, ‘bat’, etc.
> She can do additions like, ‘What is 21 plus 8?’ or ‘what is 14 plus 9?’
> She is not too fond of animals. She can see cute little animals and tell me how it’s soooo cute, but she usually won’t immediately pat or hold the animals.
> She’s scared of my dad’s puppies, haha (Welsh Corgi named ‘J.Co.’ and a Rottweiler named ‘Weiler’ =)
[Brie and my Dad]
> Lately, she likes to talk and talk and talk. Seriously, she’d just talk about anything at home or in the car. Frankly, it made me wonder, was I like this when I was her age? Haha.
> She has good memories. She remembers details of things that happen in the past, of places that she’s been to.
> She can shower, dry herself up, brush her teeth, pick her own clothes (home clothes or going out clothes), put them on, put on her socks and shoes, with no problems. If we’re going out, she’d usually check with me first, ‘Where are we going?’ and ‘Can I wear this and this?’ =)
[Learning to conquer her fears and enjoying her trampoline time!]
> When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, right now her answer is, ‘A Baby Doctor’ =)
> She sometimes finds it hard to apologise to others.
> There are days when her rate of cries and whines are above average.
> She doesn’t regularly nap in the afternoon.
>She’s in Kindergarten 1. It starts at 7.30am and finishes at 12pm.
> On school days, she’d wake around 5.45am, get ready and leave home at around 6.30am. We always drop her older siblings off to school first before we send her to school.
> She doesn’t play games on iPads/computer/laptops. Once in a while she’d watch a home video of our family or of herself when she’s little on my phone.
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A little note to Brie:
Brie,
You’re growing up real fast!
We have no idea what you’ll be like when you’re big, but we put our trust in God who sure has wonderful plans for you and your life.
Brie,
Mommy often says how we all love you very much, and that’s why we don’t always say ‘Yes’ to what you want, and that’s because your wants may not be good for you. We love you and we will give what’s best for you. We hope you learn to trust our decisions for you.
And, don’t forget, loving you means we also will remind/rebuke/scold/discipline you if you say/do/think/feel the way you shouldn’t. It’s part and parcel of growing up and learning to change towards the better. Mommy and Daddy go through it, so do your sister and brother.
Brie,
Our prayer is for you to love your family and to always be thankful to God for what He’s given to you, to always explore your talents and potentials and to be a blessing to others, so others can see the beauty of Christ in you.
We love you very much.
