See, we are all very attracted to Ms. Hushimi (I don't remember her name, just from what Ms. Kaitlyn told me):
This is my classroom - typical Montessori classroom layout:
Friday, June 29, 2007
Do you want to see my school?
See, we are all very attracted to Ms. Hushimi (I don't remember her name, just from what Ms. Kaitlyn told me):
This is my classroom - typical Montessori classroom layout:
First Trophy
Keke made a milestone on Thursday night - won her first trophy! When did I ever won any trophy?!
Fort Bend Country Library have a summer reading program - by reading 20books, you could win a trophy (of course, there are little incentives for every 5books to keep kids going). Yesterday, Keke finished her 20 books! Even though I'm the one read to her, I do note the difference - She starts recognize more words and can read words by phonics.
Do you see the hamburger Kaitlyn cooked for grandpa?
Fort Bend Country Library have a summer reading program - by reading 20books, you could win a trophy (of course, there are little incentives for every 5books to keep kids going). Yesterday, Keke finished her 20 books! Even though I'm the one read to her, I do note the difference - She starts recognize more words and can read words by phonics.
Do you see the hamburger Kaitlyn cooked for grandpa?
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
A joke
Yesterday daddy told me a joke about Kaitlyn at school.
I don't know what was the occasion, she told Miss. Annie in ENGLISH " I don't understand English, I only speak Chinese." That cracked her up... So am I when I heard it.
I don't know what was the occasion, she told Miss. Annie in ENGLISH " I don't understand English, I only speak Chinese." That cracked her up... So am I when I heard it.
Mommy was very angry and sad!
I'll never forget the way Keke looked at me this past Sunday - when an adult manupilated a child's love by lying!
Friday, June 22, 2007
early birthday present
I'm such a lucky girl this week :) - I received birthday presents from both grandma/grandma and Aunt June from China this week!
Out of all the presents grandma/grandpa sent, I like that whistle the best... The problem is mommy/daddy's ears hurt! ha-ha... I use that to tell them when I'm up in the morning, when I'm happy to sing...
Mommy took a short video instead of pictures, but still wasn't able to load it correctly, unfortunately.
Aunt June - I love those character stamps you sent me!
Thank you to everyone loving me so much!
Out of all the presents grandma/grandpa sent, I like that whistle the best... The problem is mommy/daddy's ears hurt! ha-ha... I use that to tell them when I'm up in the morning, when I'm happy to sing...
Mommy took a short video instead of pictures, but still wasn't able to load it correctly, unfortunately.
Aunt June - I love those character stamps you sent me!
Thank you to everyone loving me so much!
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Field trip
Here are some pictures from Kaitlyn's fieldtrip. Pictures are not very clear, but you can see what's she doing :)
Frog exhibit - I love it! Daddy took me here after my classmates went back to school for nap. Smile - my perfect smile before big camera :)
This is the new me - a leaping frog :)
Smile - I see a dinosaur!
Frog exhibit - I love it! Daddy took me here after my classmates went back to school for nap. Smile - my perfect smile before big camera :)
This is the new me - a leaping frog :)
Smile - I see a dinosaur!
Why I still need to smile when I see a huge dinosaur right behind me? Is he smiling or roaring? - Run...
This is my new friend - Julie. We had great time together, we even share our lunch box.
This is my new friend - Julie. We had great time together, we even share our lunch box.
dancing?
Have you seem this kind of dance with a dog?! Are we comparing whose hair is longer, or... It's funny...
Friday, June 15, 2007
New School
Kaitlyn started with the new school on Wednesday. So far so good, she likes going to school everyday.
I'm so glad that after one day of school, she already remembers two classmates’ names - Thomas and Samara (sounds like), and Miss. Annie. That means she's making friends J
Her most talked about topic after first day of school is their guinea pigs. I bet she played with them all the time. We did a little more research on guinea pig’s habits and behavior on the web. They're very gentle, sweet animals. Kaitlyn did found out they’re both boys the next day. She also give them funny names herself, I can’t remember. On Friday we find out each student can sign up to take the guinea pigs home for a weekend. Yeah!! Such exciting news for Kaitlyn - her first response is what's Feizai (our dog, a BIG dog) going to do with the guinea pigs?
Since we haven't sign up for lunches, she's taking lunch to school this week. She actually likes that a lot, eating food and fruits of her own choice, she got chance to prepare with me together. Every night after dinner, she can't wait to pack her own lunch... She is so proud she finished her lunch and we can tell how much she ate from her leftovers. It's funny that she saw a classmate bringing dumplings on day, she placed the same order for lunch the next day...
I'm so glad she seems enjoying the school so far, and we both like the school environment a lot, both the teachers and class materials. Their teaching style is also very different, we'll see more as we go.
Here is her new school's website; it doesn’t have a lot of information, especially this location because it’s too new. Pictures are taken from the other location.
http://www.sugarcreekmontessori.com/frameset.htm
I'm so glad that after one day of school, she already remembers two classmates’ names - Thomas and Samara (sounds like), and Miss. Annie. That means she's making friends J
Her most talked about topic after first day of school is their guinea pigs. I bet she played with them all the time. We did a little more research on guinea pig’s habits and behavior on the web. They're very gentle, sweet animals. Kaitlyn did found out they’re both boys the next day. She also give them funny names herself, I can’t remember. On Friday we find out each student can sign up to take the guinea pigs home for a weekend. Yeah!! Such exciting news for Kaitlyn - her first response is what's Feizai (our dog, a BIG dog) going to do with the guinea pigs?
Since we haven't sign up for lunches, she's taking lunch to school this week. She actually likes that a lot, eating food and fruits of her own choice, she got chance to prepare with me together. Every night after dinner, she can't wait to pack her own lunch... She is so proud she finished her lunch and we can tell how much she ate from her leftovers. It's funny that she saw a classmate bringing dumplings on day, she placed the same order for lunch the next day...
I'm so glad she seems enjoying the school so far, and we both like the school environment a lot, both the teachers and class materials. Their teaching style is also very different, we'll see more as we go.
Here is her new school's website; it doesn’t have a lot of information, especially this location because it’s too new. Pictures are taken from the other location.
http://www.sugarcreekmontessori.com/frameset.htm
Monday, June 11, 2007
Emotion trauma
Let us see some pictures first. Kailtyn helped me making wontons last night. She did quite a good job folding and wrapping. You can see she's very careful to make the traingle perfect. It's funny that I told her we can make cookies later. She said so confidently, "Sure, making cookie is easy!" - Not even blink her eyes :)
On Saturday, Sara (a 8 year old girl) came visit us in surprise. I took both Kaitlyn and Sara to Kaitlyn classmate's birthday party at Pump-it-up. They enjoyed so much, and Kaitlyn was brave to try out many games she used to be scared of, as long as she follows Sara. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and didn't take any pictures.
After we got home, interesting drama occurred between Sara and Kaitlyn. For some reason, Kaitlyn felt jealous about Sara. (She barely showed this much with other kids before, no matter girls or boys). You can see she felt left out and not happy when we played with Sara or appraised Sara. When she felt hurt, she would not come join us, and she won't tell you her feelings either. You should see her expression. When I hug her and comfort her, her tears came off... Her emotions have been up and down all night.
Later when Sara was eating dinner, she picked up Sara's toy and started playing with it. She came telling us that's sharing. Sara wasn't happy about it and repeated several times "Not right now!" But Kaitlyn insisted "she's sharing" - in her own way of interpreting "sharing". She looked at Sara unhappy and confused. When I told Kaitlyn to give the toy back to Sara and play after Sara finished her dinner. She just can't hold herself up, tearing start running down her face. It was quite a scene...
Luckily, girls forgot about everything in 10mins, and played picnic together so well for the rest of the evening. Being 4-year apart makes such a big difference. Daddy joked maybe it's time to get her a little sister or brother when I told him about the story... We'll see:) The same time, Kaitlyn's personality is becoming clearer, especially when she faces confrontations.
After we got home, interesting drama occurred between Sara and Kaitlyn. For some reason, Kaitlyn felt jealous about Sara. (She barely showed this much with other kids before, no matter girls or boys). You can see she felt left out and not happy when we played with Sara or appraised Sara. When she felt hurt, she would not come join us, and she won't tell you her feelings either. You should see her expression. When I hug her and comfort her, her tears came off... Her emotions have been up and down all night.
Later when Sara was eating dinner, she picked up Sara's toy and started playing with it. She came telling us that's sharing. Sara wasn't happy about it and repeated several times "Not right now!" But Kaitlyn insisted "she's sharing" - in her own way of interpreting "sharing". She looked at Sara unhappy and confused. When I told Kaitlyn to give the toy back to Sara and play after Sara finished her dinner. She just can't hold herself up, tearing start running down her face. It was quite a scene...
Luckily, girls forgot about everything in 10mins, and played picnic together so well for the rest of the evening. Being 4-year apart makes such a big difference. Daddy joked maybe it's time to get her a little sister or brother when I told him about the story... We'll see:) The same time, Kaitlyn's personality is becoming clearer, especially when she faces confrontations.
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