My wonderful daughter
She is a 3rd grade student. Homeschooled for one year and skipped 2nd grade, because America and Taiwan they have a different cut off day. But she is fine about her studies now. Soon her English will be caught up. She loves to read and is good at cleaning the house. But only when mommy tells her...
She is also learning to play the piano and violin, but she is self studying now.
Amira 有兩顆可愛兔牙,目前學拉小提琴跟彈鋼琴(自學中~)
每天讀中文,寫英文心閱讀報告
閱讀算是她的興趣
兩歲就會認注音符號跟英文大小寫(明明是被媽媽逼的~)
左撇子跟他的表弟一樣(應該是會很聰明吧)
(洗禮會上我請Amira拉兩首曲子Come follow me and Dare to do right)
I asked her play two songs in her baptism. She was doing great.
Her Baptism diary
11-1-2015
Last Friday, I went to the church because I was baptized. When I got to the church I walked into the girls room and put on the baptismal clothes. And I went to the primary room. When I went to the primary room, my grandpa stood up and welcomed everyone to the church and thanked them for joining me at my baptism. After that, my mom gave a talk. After my mom was done, my father baptized me. After that I played the violin and my grandma gave a talk. After that my dad gave me a blessing. When we were done, my uncle closed with a prayer and we ate snacks.
八年前的今天我歷經16小時的生產,終於把Amira生出來,當時我婆婆剛下飛機,整個產程她都有陪著我,除了到了產檯部份外,我婆婆一路看著我痛到連說話都沒辦法的生產經歷,並且訝異護士在我肚子上推產。但這些還不足以讓我們全家感受生產的辛苦,更多是產後所產生的憂鬱跟情緒不穩,我婆婆陪我坐月子,她十分有耐心陪伴著我,即時我當時真是不知好歹,渾噩過日子,我婆婆從未口出惡言。說實在,我婆婆是個很有忍受度的人,我看見婆婆跟其他媳婦同住一個屋簷下,媳婦從不用打掃、煮飯,甚至把家裡弄得很隨意(亂),我婆婆依舊很疏鬆平常。我認為我婆婆是我見過最平凡人中的超乎平凡的好榜樣。我之所以這樣說,是因為我婆婆沒有高學歷,也沒有特別聰穎,沒有特別富有,但是她有基督般的高尚品格,在俗世眼光下,真得很平凡,但是在道德品格上,卻不是一般俗世人可以立即可培養出來的美德
當時真要感謝我先生跟婆婆處處包容,以及教會姐妹努力協助下,我才能安然走出那段日子...至今我還是有太多故事無法說清楚,當時的不可思議。
即便生產帶給如此辛苦經驗,但是我的女兒~Amira卻十分好帶,好吃好睡,不用我操心。當時我還是很“照書養”,周圍的人應該覺得很我很龜毛,其實事後我再看看後來生產的經驗,我要說的是我有怪異想法跟行為,跟我產後憂鬱跟憂心十分有關係,但是我無法跟人解釋,連我都不自覺。即便我每次生產過程很痛苦,產後又憂鬱,帶小孩辛苦,我還是馬不停蹄的生,因為我真的感受到,我還有小孩需要到我們家庭來。即便現在我都會認真思索是否有小孩要來我們家~~~
She prepared baptism clothes and other stuffs by herself
Amira 每年生日都是在萬聖節之前,我們通常都有個萬聖節派對,但是今年第一次在美國過,又是八歲生日。八歲生日可是大日子,我們會為Amira舉辦洗禮會,可是萬聖節是美國的大本營,因此我們聚會的教會,可借到的洗禮池已經被借走,所以我們聯絡我公公,可否用他那邊的教堂,剛好教堂洗禮池有空擋。所以我們決定回到Madera,我先生當時洗禮用的教堂,也找到當時主教來主領,也就是我的公公。沒錯,我公公26歲當主教,現在五十多歲又當主教。三代同堂(教堂),感受到不一樣的洗禮夜晚。
圖片上的毛巾,有著我女兒的名字,是我們這邊初級會幫Amira訂做的。而衣服則是她選的純潔白色衣物跟配飾。洗禮當天,僅只有我公婆跟我婆婆的媽媽,我婆婆的阿姨,加上我先生的二弟家人以及我先生高中的中文老師。這個洗禮會只能說小而巧但滿吵鬧的...因為有七個八歲以下的小孩,只有十一個大人在...
當天雖然小孩吵鬧,但是我感受到美好聖靈
從我家前院摘來的玫瑰花,要送給我心愛的女兒Amira
I made this bouquet for Amira
Amira指定的彩虹蛋糕
鮮奶油則是我最愛的幸福粉紅橘
Homemade Rainbow Cake
彩虹水果
rainbow fruit
我特別在上面多加草莓,因為Amira愛吃
Amira loves strawberries, I put extra strawberries on top for her
我婆婆幫印製的洗禮流程表
我先生的一對良好父母,他們都是歸信者
他們第一個孫子~Amira
當時我先生洗禮時,我公公是主教,相隔多年後,
居然在同一間教堂洗禮,還是同一個主教
也是就我公公,真是很特別的三代同堂
Amira with Grandma and Grandpa
Pieter's father was bishop at the time Pieter was baptized and
now he is a bishop again conducting his grand-daughter's baptism.
Uncle Jared's Family with Amira
今晚不知道怎麼回事,小孩完全不聽話,
拼命搗蛋,真的很難拍到一張正常相片
It was hard to have a good family picture that day
Amira with Daddy
Great Grandma and Great Aunt Patricia with Amira
The Whipple Family
(Mr. Whipple was Pieter's High School Chinese teacher)
We bought her a Kindle for her Birthday
She loves to read, we hope she can learn through reading
這個kindle 只有黑白,只閱讀用,很簡易的電子書
我覺得很適合Amira使用
附記:
感謝Sister Moses 司琴
婆婆分享見證_聖靈
媽媽分享見證_洗禮
Amira Video (個人生活剪輯)