The Catch Star Girl Blog – Page 2 – Straddling the divide between Asian and North American Culture

On raising a bilingual child – 4-year (48-month) mark

July 26, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Wow, we’ve made it to four years old and the Chinese/bilingual game is still strong. I’m prepared for it to

Last time around, it felt like MIL was dropping by every day to drop off food and coo over the

June 22, 2019 Catch Star Girl

It’s been four years since I’m at this point again, picking a Chinese name! Aside from learning the sex and

In me, my mother has the daughter who is eager to learn Chinese and – to a lesser extent –

April 26, 2019 Catch Star Girl

I’m going to throw up this short list of vocabulary related to royalty because kiddo has this adorable just-before-bed routine*

30 January For months now, I have been giving SLZ a chewable Flintstone vitamin and from the first time he

As much as I might mumble to myself, “Good grief, does the grandmother just sit the two toddlers in front

While the English version of Canada Reads has been held since 2002, I started tuning in around 2011 (maybe). In

January 31, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Flickr – oh Flickr of yore – closing down its unlimited photos features and deleting all photos over your 1,000th

Recently, I started to think about my surname. We’ve all heard heard that some English surnames like Miller, Smith, Hunter,