It has been raining almost daily over the weekend. We couldn’t bring Zara to the park and was too lazy to go out. We stayed at home most of the time, and this is what we did while at home.

Painting

On Friday, I stripped her down to her diaper, because she’s going to get dirty (which she did), and let her do some painting on the floor so we can mop up the mess later. She was happy, and kept asking for “Per-per” (purple, Barney’s colour) paint.

Drawing
She spotted a box of markers the day before, and when I asked her what she wanted to do on Saturday, she said, “daw daw” (draw draw). I asked her what she’s drawing and she said, “Snake, many snake!” Well, they did look like a bunch of very tangled up snakes.

Playing with her toys
She likes masak-masak (Malay: cooking) the most. She said it was “soop” she was cooking and when I asked what soup, she said, “fis ball”. She pretended to blow the soup cold to feed herself and me. After that, she put on her hat, and turned on the music on her electronic keyboard, and started dancing. Then, it was playing with the xylophone. She got tired later, and started whining.

The middle photo shows the mess hurricane Zara creates every time she sweeps through plays in the living room.

Pie baking

I baked some chicken pies for lunch on Saturday. (After making the filling, I went to Giant to hunt for Pampas Frozen Pie Crust, and guess what? None available in Giant. No puff pastry, no pie crust, NOTHING, not even local brands. Luckily, spotted a shop selling baking supplies on our way home and managed to get some puff pastry.)

Daddy and Zara both didn’t like it. Daddy said he’s not a chicken person, esp if they are soaked in gravy but he took 2 anyway. Zara said “Don’t want” because she’s “Sked” (Scared). *slap head*. Guess who took the most?

On Sunday, I cooked some simple fish porridge, Daddy gobbled up loads, and so did Zara. Both of them are such fish lovers, and sooo Chinese!