Weight 31 lbs (50%)
BMI 15.9%, 50%
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Is this the end of O's ski career?
O has had a lot of fun at my parents house. My brother and sister took her in the backyard and blew bubbles and played in the wagon on her first day here. She came in and said 'I had a FUN day!'
On the second day, she watched the musical scenes from the 'Sound of Music.' While watching, she said 'This is so much, so much fun.'
However, when we asked 'Did you have fun playing in the snow,' her response was the less than ringing endorsement 'shi hen lěng' ('it's very cold.')
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Christmas Tree
My mother has carefully collected beautiful and charming Christmas ornaments over the years. O loves my mother's Christmas tree. Every few hours, she will arrive in the kitchen holding a new ornament and ask 'Can I take this one home?'
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Dinner helper
O has been trained by S (who does most of the cooking) to say 'Thank you making me dinner, Daddy' before she begins to eat.
Tonight, she helped S make dinner (stirred the stir fry.) When we sat down to eat, she turns to me and ordered "You say 'Thank you making me dinner O__."
Tonight, she helped S make dinner (stirred the stir fry.) When we sat down to eat, she turns to me and ordered "You say 'Thank you making me dinner O__."
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Yesterday
Yesterday, leaving the house in the rain
Me (to S): I really need to buy some rain boots.
O: "Mommy, you buy ladybug boots like my ladybug boots?"
Later, after opening a birthday gift of some beautiful colored pencils.
Me: I like your pencils
O: This mine. Maybe I buy dem for you.
Me: Really, you'll buy me some pencils?
O: Maybe I buy dem for you when you're older.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Guest Blogger Margaret Visits Again
K - It's me, guest blogger, Margaret again!
I visited Olivia over Halloween, and saw her as a Lion - one that
would roar for you.
What else happened?
Well, I went to her daycare to watch her, and she came to me right
away, and started to walk out with me, when I told her that I was
actually there for circle time. Her mood completely changed, and she
was silent. Through the entire circle time. Her teacher encouraged
her to get up and sing and dance, but she sat in my lap, turned her
head and wouldn't participate. Then she said something to O in
Chinese. I didn't understand what she said, but Olivia nodded her head
and finally stood up. The teacher pulled out flashcards to quiz her
on. For some reason, Olivia loves flashcards. She was able to
identify 57 of them which was something like 80% of the cards.
Olivia loves to go to the park. She loves to sing and dance.
Another day, we picked her up and woke her in the middle of a nap. She
was silent the entire time in the car, and seemed about to cry many
times. Finally, she said --- "I don't WANT to be grumpy!!! ---"
I purchased some US children's songs from her, as I know she is headed
to preschool next year, and I thought it might help her learn American
songs along with her Chinese songs. On her last day, we played a game
where I would sing "If you're happy and you know it --- " and Olivia
would do whatever I told her to do --- "clap your hands, pretend to
cry, tap your head, make a funny face, laugh out loud" Then I started
to have fun - "wrinkle your nose" (she used her fingers to move her
nose), "blink your eyes", the best was "speak chinese" where she came
up with Chinese phrases to say.
Her birthday was a lot of fun. She had a lot of friends over, and we
had pizza and cake, and she got a lot of gifts. She was still opening
one gift per day when I left.
I visited Olivia over Halloween, and saw her as a Lion - one that
would roar for you.
What else happened?
Well, I went to her daycare to watch her, and she came to me right
away, and started to walk out with me, when I told her that I was
actually there for circle time. Her mood completely changed, and she
was silent. Through the entire circle time. Her teacher encouraged
her to get up and sing and dance, but she sat in my lap, turned her
head and wouldn't participate. Then she said something to O in
Chinese. I didn't understand what she said, but Olivia nodded her head
and finally stood up. The teacher pulled out flashcards to quiz her
on. For some reason, Olivia loves flashcards. She was able to
identify 57 of them which was something like 80% of the cards.
Olivia loves to go to the park. She loves to sing and dance.
Another day, we picked her up and woke her in the middle of a nap. She
was silent the entire time in the car, and seemed about to cry many
times. Finally, she said --- "I don't WANT to be grumpy!!! ---"
I purchased some US children's songs from her, as I know she is headed
to preschool next year, and I thought it might help her learn American
songs along with her Chinese songs. On her last day, we played a game
where I would sing "If you're happy and you know it --- " and Olivia
would do whatever I told her to do --- "clap your hands, pretend to
cry, tap your head, make a funny face, laugh out loud" Then I started
to have fun - "wrinkle your nose" (she used her fingers to move her
nose), "blink your eyes", the best was "speak chinese" where she came
up with Chinese phrases to say.
Her birthday was a lot of fun. She had a lot of friends over, and we
had pizza and cake, and she got a lot of gifts. She was still opening
one gift per day when I left.
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