Yes, he loves it so badly. Once the door opens, he runs into the classroom as fast as he can. When we arrive the school, he has to look for his cubby (where he put his back pack). The cubby has a big card with his name, his picture and his own painting on it. The cubby is different every time. So he has to recognize his name.
He loves exploring and feeling things. He used a real hammer at school. He hammered down a “Tee” into styrofoam. He played with sand and rice. He played with shaving cream this Thursday. One of the teachers said he enjoyed it so much. I’ll be the duty parent helping the teachers in Oct 23. I’ll update his school life later.
Learn MoreCarina likes to do everything by herself. She doesn’t how to wear pants but she wants to do it and refues my help. She likes to feed herself using a spoon but she’s still learning on it. She doesn’t like anyone to help her. She doesn’t know how to take down the stairs yet, but she doesn’t let me hold her hand. So she would walk from left to right on the top steps for 5 minutes before letting me help her. She doesn’t know how to buckle herself in her car seat, but she wants to do it herself and doesn’t let anyone to help her. So when we go out, I have to plan extra 10 mins to get ready and leave the house.
Learn MoreCarina can finally wear nice clothing without the bib. I think this happened since she was 22 months old. Once she has all the molars, she stopped drooling almost right away. Another milestone for her is that she can hold a regular cup and drink from it without spilling. She’s been doing this for a month.
Learn MoreMy baby is finally going to school. He’s not a baby any more. He’s a big boy now. He started counting down last week. He’s so excited about going to school. He was at the orientation back in June. He met the teacher and visited the school briefly. He still remember the teacher and the lay out of the school.
We were about 5 minutes early today. I let him pick his outfit to go to school, then let him pick his hubby where he put his back pack. While we were waiting, he say good morning to other parents and asked if she’s the teacher. Then he ask “What’s your name?” to the girl across his hubby. The girl didn’t say anything. After a while, he said he wants me to show him where the washroom is. Once the teacher opened the classroom door, he ran to the door and sat on the carpet without saying goodbye to me. Then he looked back and said that he knew where the washroom is. He said “Mom, you go outside the door. Bye!” That was it. He kicked me out! He seems to like the preschool very much!
Learn MoreDo I have time for gym? Yes of course. There’s a gym on the ground floor in the high rise that we’re living. I tried taking the kids with me. I let colton to play with my iphone and Carina usually plays with the big exercise ball. So I can work out for about 30 minutes. Then I usually ask Colton to play pushing ball with me.
I just noticed that I have more energy after working out than after having a nap. After going to the gym 3 times a week, I can stay up in the afternoon when the kids are napping. Isn’t that nice?
Learn MoreChris’ older sister bought me a super rice cooker from HK. It’s so powerful. It cooks rice less than 10 minutes. I can also use it for making congee, soup and chinese dessert. The nicest thing is that it takes very short time to cook because it’s pressurized. And the other thing is that I don’t have to “watch fire”. All I need to do is to throw all the ingredients in and press one button. It’s as easy as that. So now I make soup every 2nd day. I also bake bread and cakes. Now I noticed that home made taste the best.
Learn MoreNo more bottles for Carina. I started weaning her last Friday. She’s now using a sippy cup instead. She never asks for her bottle again.
Also, her last molar just poked thru. She’s not drooling as much and she finally can wear clothing without her bib.
Colton is speaking more English than before. It just happened so sudden. He would blow out some short English sentences out of nothing and he uses them right.
Learn MoreWe finally moved to our new home last Saturday. It’s in a high rise. It’s not as big as what we used to live in Saskatoon but the spaces are very practical. Kids are sleeping in the master bedroom so they have their own play area and bathroom. It’s nice not to see their toys every where around the house. Toys are only allowed in their room. Colton is sleeping in the upper bunk bed and Carina is at the bottom. Colton loves his new bed and he can climb up and down without any problem. Carina seems ok with the new place. The only thing that I’m not used to is the morning sun in the rooms. The rooms get very bright in the morning so the kids are up around 6:30am – 7:00am. I couldn’t sleep in coz it was too bright.
I like the laminate floor. But since it’s dark, you can see the dust very easily. So I’m busy mopping the floor several times a day. I really like this place coz it’s small and easy to manage. I also like the location. Although it’s only less than 10 minutes away from my mom’s place. Everything seems much closer now.
I still need to go back and forth between our home and my mom’s home. We still have a lot of small things that need to be moved away. Still have to do cleaning at my mom’s place. So won’t be totally settle down for a few more weeks.
Learn MoreChris took Carina with him to Saskatoon today. She was up at 5am for her morning bottle. I changed her diaper and her outfit when she’s having her bottle. Then I told her that she’s going back to sleep for a while, I’ll wake her up later so she can fly with daddy. She said “Ho!”. So she didn’t cry at all when I wake her up. When we were at the airport, I kept telling her that she’ll gonna fly with daddy and she’ll say bye bye ma ma. She said “Ho!” again. So she didn’t cry at all when I left.
Chris said that she did so well today. She didn’t cry much and Chris has lot’s of fun today.
Well Colton is with me all day. He helped me clean up and sort things out in the garage. He knows that Carina and daddy are in Saskatoon. He said Carina has never been in Saskatoon so daddy takes her there.
Learn MoreI was sending out flyers for my piano studio. Of course I took my kids with me. Colton is old enough to help me distributing flyers from houses to houses. But all in a sudden, he said “ma ma, gup c!” ….. I said “What? No, you’re not!”. He said “yes I need to go now. I don’t know how to hold it until we’re back home.” I was so nervous, what should I do….. Should I knock on the door in the next house and ask for a washroom for him to go? Or just let him do it by a tree? …… Oh, no….I should make up my mind and act fast coz he can poop his pants any time. I finally asked him to undress his bottom and put on Carina’s pull-up. I said just do it in the pull-up. He said “But pull-up is not a toilet, ma ma!” I said “I know, but if you need to go this is the only way to do it.” So after he’s done, I used my wet nap to clean his bum and put the soiled pull-up in the stroller. So….what I learnt from this experience is “Expect the unexpected!”
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