Lillian's 100-Day Party and More

How are you doing? I am happy to see many of you joined in Instagram. Instagram is one more place to share our hobby and life. But I still feel Blogger is the "home" where we can talk.  

I saw at Costco’s they already started selling Christmas stuff. The holiday season comes again. Love it! This year I feel so different. We have a new life to celebrate the holiday with us. We just had a 100-day party for our daughter several weeks ago. In China it's popular to celebrate babies' 100 day so we did it too. Time flies, kid grows. For more than a couple of times I had been told by friendly strangers that she will ask me for a car key tomorrow when we were out and greeted. Yes, today she is 115 days old but I understand that. Now as she becomes good at pushing up on her tummy and grabbing the toys, I can picture that she will soon be running around the house. And after many long days but short years, (my friend Andy’s words: days are long but years are short that you feel when you have kids), she will leave the house and live her own life. It’s a complicated feeling for every parent I think. There is a famous poem called “Children” written by Kahlil Gibran that I really like. You may also know it. I first read it in Chinese and found the English version online.

“ Your children are not your children.
   They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
   They come through you but not from you,
   And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
   You may give them your love but not your thoughts. 
   For they have their own thoughts.
   You may house their bodies but not their souls.
   For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
   You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
   For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
   You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
   The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His  arrows may go swift and far.
   Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
   For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.”
 
My kid has a lot to grow. So do I...BTW, in last three month I usually picked one day to place the dolls and toys, and made a scene to take photos. I posted them on INS first and would post here when I found time to write something. I think I will keep recording the hobby like this. I still read your blogs. Miss you all.
 
 







 

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  1. Hi Chloe, I know what you mean about blogs being the place to talk. Yet, I see lots of chatting on IG too, in the comments and in the direct messaging there. Still, blogs are a nice place to put many thoughts together. Congrats on your daughter's 100 days! The poem is beautiful! xo Jennifer

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    1. Thank you so much Jennifer. You are right. =) I started sending direct message on IG last week. I was pretty new to IG though I registered an account and posted many photos there. Never really explored it before until now.

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  2. Congratulations to you and Lillian! The poem seems very apt.

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  3. WOW,很久不"見".想不到小女兒已過了百日宴,還記得幾月前曾說過等待女兒到來,轉眼已過百天....
    那個百日宴佈置很有特色,KRIN也想分上一個MUFFIN吃呢....哈哈哈...而且背後的女兒BB相跟下邊的HALLMARK小屋很相佩,充份顯出CHLOE的至愛都在這..
    KRIN没有INSTAGRAM,但也想快點知CHLOE近況,能否告知KRIN呢?

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    1. 我有想Krin呢!偶尔还是会上blog来看看。我的生活每天都差不多,有了baby后忙并快乐着。因为没有老人可以来帮忙,我得自己照顾小孩,暂时也不能去上班,Lillian还太小(现在四个多月)我不想这么早送daycare而且美国的daycare好贵呢。所以我想自己带她到一两岁吧~~~Krin有什么建议呢?Krin的宝宝以前有没有送daycare过,不知好不好?

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    2. 人KRIN兄弟也是在兩至三岁才送到DAYCARE,本來一岁半曾送KRIN兄到一家不太差的DAYCARE,但是頭三天,天天回來連耳孔也有沙子,過不了幾天還中耳炎,兒科醫生也說,能不讓他早上DAYCARE就不要上,還是自己看好一點,便停了等再晚一點才送去DAYCARE...
      結果,後來剛好趕上我住的省改革DAYCARE収費,一天才7元,我們決定把他們一併送到一間政府資助的半私立DAYCARE,収費貴一陪,但無論清潔程度,學習也比公營為好,但每人也情況不同,也不一定貴的比平的好...

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    3. 不過有一點就是肯定,無論好的差的DAYCARE也會常常發病,因小孩都是相互很容易傳染,但晚一點上,可以令她大一點抵抗力強一點,發病不那般密,就不用小小年紀吃上一大把ANITIBIOTICS,對日後身體會好一點,KRIN本人就是小時身體不好,吃上很多四環素,副作用是牙齒有點灰灰的....

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    4. 反而能力許可,跟她上一點親子學前COURSE,不知美國有否,又或大一點,上兩至三天DAYCARE,自己看兩三天,通常小孩到了小學二年級便會病得小很多

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    5. 恩,谢谢Krin详细和我说明这些情况~现在Chloe还真是很enjoy和BB在一起的时光,希望到时候可以有一个合理的方案~

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  4. I didn't know about those 100 days parties - but it sounds great! Congratulations to Lillian and your family :).
    I think I need instagram too ;)

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    1. Thank you. Yes definitely get an INS account so we can enjoy your awesome photos at one more place. =)

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  5. 恭喜呢,女兒的百日派對佈置的好美!

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  6. Wish you and BB happy and healthy
    Love your photos much
    :)

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    1. Thank you Carry. Wish you everything the best! Look forward to your new miniature scenes.

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  7. 祝你囡囡, 快高長大, 身體健康.

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  8. Your blog went missing on my bloglist, so I missed this, lucky I came to look anyway and found two new posts I didn't see before =)
    I guess the little girl has grown even more by now =) They do grow so fast. My first "baby" is already 4 years old now, she told me she wont be leaving home when she is a grown up, she will live with me always =) (I guess she has time to change) But right now I'm glad she feels that way, it's wonderful sharing my days with her, and the new baby. =)
    Hannah

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