Postpartum cooking & stockpiling
Last time around, it felt like MIL was dropping by every day to drop off food and coo over the
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Chinese name numerology – Round 2
It’s been four years since I’m at this point again, picking a Chinese name! Aside from learning the sex and
Read moreA typical “heated discussion” with my mother re China
In me, my mother has the daughter who is eager to learn Chinese and – to a lesser extent –
Read moreCantonese vocabulary: Royalty
I’m going to throw up this short list of vocabulary related to royalty because kiddo has this adorable just-before-bed routine*
Read moreOn raising a bilingual child – 45-month mark
30 January For months now, I have been giving SLZ a chewable Flintstone vitamin and from the first time he
Read moreThat fobby influence & the Little Apple song
As much as I might mumble to myself, “Good grief, does the grandmother just sit the two toddlers in front
Read moreDiversity in Canada Reads
While the English version of Canada Reads has been held since 2002, I started tuning in around 2011 (maybe). In
Read moreThe Chow (周) family tree
Flickr – oh Flickr of yore – closing down its unlimited photos features and deleting all photos over your 1,000th
Read moreLight research into my surname, 駱
Recently, I started to think about my surname. We’ve all heard heard that some English surnames like Miller, Smith, Hunter,
Read moreOn raising a bilingual child – 42-month mark
Since I prefaced each note I made for the past three months with a date, I’m keeping the dates and
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