Monday, September 20, 2010
especially for daddy
給距離我們8098里的爸爸:
though miles apart, wish you will have dancing feet when you wake up every morning. if you don't, hope rafael and heather can bring a smile on your face (well, please forget about their grumbling moments for the time being).
雖然我們相距很遠,但願你每天起來都有歡笑臉。
we miss you. see you in 5 days. 五天後見。
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
storytelling, babysitting
(Rafael's favourite book of the month -
The snail and the whale by Julia Donaldson, read by Imelda Staunton)
很久前買了幾本連CD的故事書給靖愷。原意是,家裡的英語環境早就沒有了,靖愷接觸英語的機會又不多,就給他從故事聽聽其他人說的英語。
或許我的發音不會及洋人標準,不過總覺得還是自己讀得比CD有感情。倒是只有The snail and the whale一本,連我都聽得入神。Julia Donaldson 的故事固然一向好讀,一人聲演蝸牛和鯨魚兩角的Imedla Staunton更是演得傳神。上網查明身世,才知道這位說故事者原來就是在Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix電影中飾演壞人Umbridge的英國演員,怪不得故事說得那麼動聽。
兩個多星期了,靖愷每日要聽這CD數至數十次。怪不得,爸爸告訴我,那天我陪睡率先睡著後,靖愷自言自語唱那故事主題曲唱了不止十五分鐘。
現在小朋友有時候會自己將CD放入播放機,選好是聽故事還是主題曲,然後拿著書邊揭邊聽。昨晚我和靖愷分別坐在梳化上,他讀他喜歡的故事,我讀我喜歡的博。嗯,我們偶爾獨自做自己喜歡的事,這感覺不錯。
Friday, December 11, 2009
improvisation continued
Friday, October 16, 2009
ragged verse
靖愷自創的第一首打油詩
字幕:
稱尋磨較义燒包,老鼠唔食豆沙包
稱尋磨較剪壞人,剪壞人去警車嗰度先至會...
去警車嗰度,佢冇得行路
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
national day
a song rafael learnt at school to celebrate the PRC national day
爸爸,今早在北京看升旗和參加慶祝活動,感覺很不一樣吧?很掛念你呢!明天見!
daddy in beijing, we miss you soooooooooooooo much!!! one more day to go!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
down down baby
teacher irene,
remember we learnt this song from you? down down baby - wish your delivery will be as smooth and painless as a roller coaster ride!
all the best from the mackie's family : )
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
an edelweiss for you
and this is one of his recent favourites:
靖愷從仙樂飄飄的奧地利採了一朵小白花:
Friday, March 27, 2009
some tunes over the pillow
i've been humming this song for weeks while nursing rafael to sleep, and one day we suddenly hear a familiar tune ringing in the air...
rafael, oh yes please do remember "and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true..."
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
papa brand's dumplings
這個你的家傳手藝我可不要學,以後就讓你和愷愷做給我吃好了。
爸爸到北京出差五天,不知吃了多少餃子?
看靖愷作了首"爸爸x小小姑娘"remix,就知他有多掛念你。今晚見!
"i miss papa (away for a 5-day trip) x chinese nursery rhyme" remix
聽不懂歌詞的,可看這裡。
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
rafael's sunday monday song
靖愷從學校學的星期歌
wonder if anyone except me and mac can catch the lyrics? it's basically counting from sunday till saturday.
rafael, don't you know that mommy is always counting the days from mondays till saturdays too? because saturdays & sundays = 24 hours-with-rafael days!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
birthday song replay
靖愷似乎還在想念公公婆婆星期日的生日會,今夜玩積木時又突然哼起生日歌來。只嘆媽媽手腳慢,聽到他唱完整曲一遍,立即拿起相機著他重覆再唱讓我記錄起來,但小人兒又怎會言聽計從?
a birthday song for kung kung & por por - replay!
rafael actually sang the whole song when he was playing with the blocks tonight, but i was too slow to catch it on the camera. :P
oh, by the way, rafael said he was building a train with the blocks.
靖愷說他在砌火車
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
singing time
愷樂飄飄處處聞
in the video, did you catch what rafael says all the time these days?
that's "hoi hoi try ah!"
rafael, we really hope you will have this attitude no matter what you do in the future! the most important thing is that you really try your best!
Friday, November 7, 2008
fun with dough
to be honest, my imaginative power is very much below par. the play-doh playing is actually a very good exercise for me as i need to force myself to be creative in order to show rafael the many possibilities. okay let's see what we made this time.
靖愷愛泥膠。
我也愛玩。小時候好像沒怎玩過泥膠,而且,難得有人陪我玩"煮飯仔"!
婆婆說,玩著玩著,我們都變成孩子了。
fish, microphone, peas, lemon, cookie, ring, banana, broccoli, fries, onion, steak, sausage... can you find them all?
except at school and music class, rafael is rarely willing to put down the things he loves to play. i was happy that our last clay playing session ended without any tantrums. maybe it's because he already played for more than 1.5 hours at the table (i can't imagine he has that level of concentration)? or maybe it's because he sang this song by himself:
靖愷一玩便是個多小時。他唱:要收拾了。
btw i love this song we learnt from the playgroup. it's very multi-purpose! : )
i had been a bit reserved in letting rafael play clay before, as i'm afraid that he would eat the dough. well, he actually did put the fake food in his mouth once! i do think the clay really looks quite real sometimes (look at the cookie and the fries!). after hearing my explanation, now he would hold his spoon and say "pretend eat"!
found some edible play-doh recipes on the net. anyone wants to try?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
carrot soup
已幾個月了,你最喜愛的書仍是這本carrot soup。我們從圖書館裡胡亂挑來的一本書,沒想到你一看便愛上了,還一直喜歡至今。我們已續借至第五次了,不得不交回圖書館,幸好一個星期後從網上訂來的書送來了。看書真好,平日我們或許很少會提及的詞彙,甚麼carrot seeds, roots, rocks, dirt, mud.... 你都不費力氣地一一學會了。
話說一隻兔子為了喝最喜愛的甘荀湯,春天來了便開始種甘荀,它挑選最愛的甘荀品種(原來甘荀有很多品種!),然後翻開泥土,播下種子,接著每天努力地灌水除草。望穿秋水,終於到收成的時候了!兔子拿著工具去收割,準備當晚就做甘荀湯。怎麼,怎麼泥土上只剩下一個個洞?甘荀到哪裡去了?
是個甚麼驚喜?猜到嗎?
在youtube找到另一個女孩同樣喜歡看這書,讓她來告訴你吧!
書的最後還附有食譜,找天定要弄個甘荀湯給靖愷喝。
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
sweet words
i think this is rafael's first complete sentence with subject, verb and object :P
靖愷的甜言蜜語
anyone needs subtitles? : P
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
mystery words
有沒有誰聽懂靖愷在說甚麼?
rafael giggles every time he says this recently. don't you think it sounded a bit like "打papa, hit papa"? :P
靖愷最近每說這話都要笑作一團,媽媽倒覺得聽起來有點像 "打爸爸, hit爸爸" :P

