6 July 2008
- I LOVE food!!
- I love Ma’s homemade raisin, prune or cranberry buns.
- I love fruits – apples, pears, bananas, papayas, watermelon, kiwi fruit and dragon fruit, especially the red flesh type.
- I love to eat fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, capsicum and lettuce.
- I love pine nuts.
- I love my quinoa with muesli and rice milk.
- I love to drink up the soup in my bowl.
- I love to laugh – especially when Kor and Jie makes funny faces or when someone farts!
- I love to laugh out loud and say ’Punny (Funny)’ when something tickles me.
- I love to tell Ma ’Read (to) me.’
- I love to blow out birthday candles – HHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
- I love to play at the playground.
- I love to see the pong pong fruit roll down the curved pink slide.
- I love to play in the toy house which Pa fashioned out of a TV carton box.
- I love to run and kick ball with Kor.
- I love to swim and wee down the slide in the children’s pool. I know that Ma will catch me at the other end.
- I love to hold on to a bar and jump on our trampoline.
- I love my ‘beng, la, la, la, di’ (my castanets). My music teacher taught Jie and I this rhythm using the castanets.
- I love to paint with the poster paints. You should see my masterpiece in our bedroom.
- I love to stamp my painted feet on vanguard. It’s fun J
- I love to suck my thumb when I’m hungry, tired or sleepy – although Ma and Pa try to make me give it up.
- I love to help wash Jie’s hair when we bathe together.
- I love to visit Uncle Hsien Chih and Aunty Alicia for my therapy sessions. They love me and help me a lot.
- I can say ‘Excuse me’ when I burp or fart or when I need some space.
- I can say ’Hey!’ when I don’t like what someone is doing.
- I can say ‘Don’t disturb me!’ when someone irritates me.
- I can say ‘Let me down!’ when I don’t like the way I am being carried.
- I can ask ’May I have a radish?’ when I want a piece of home pickled radish to go with my mixed noodles.
- I can say ’Scary!’ or ‘Scare me!’
- I can say ’Yucks!’
- I can call out ’DONE!’ when I need someone to help wash me up after I finish my poo or pee.
- I can say my name ‘Li-Ann’.
- I can sing ’Amen…Amen….Aaaamen…’
- I can sing ’Rejoice….rejoice…’ (Song – ‘Rejoice in the Lord Always’)
- I can take out my shirt and panty all by myself when it’s time to bathe.
- I can dry myself after my bath.
- I can brush my teeth.
- I can eat A LOT!! I also poo A LOT!!
- I can eat all by myself with a fork or spoon.
- I can stand on the stool, turn on the tap, wash and dry my hands all by myself.
- I can sit down and flip my books like Kor and Jie.
- I can shake my hand bells.
- I can stand and push Kor’s two-wheeled kick scooter with my leg when Kor moves it around.
- I can ride the tricycle – when Ma pushes me.
- I can scribble in the wet soil with my stick pen.
- I love being 3½ years old because I can do sssssssooooooooo many things.
- I can do sssssssooooooooo many things because YOU love me, pray for me and encourage me.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your love, O LORD, supported me. Psalm 94:18
Li-Ann
I Can Do It! 