I am amazed by how quickly Liz picks up words lately. Even though she doesn't say them very accurately yet, she makes the sounds and she remembers names for different things and actions. Her very recent new words are: ca-ca (to wipe, rub), yu (fish), fei ji (airplane), po-po (grandma), gong-gong (grandpa). She even tried to make a sentence by saying: ma-ma, na! (mama, take this).
She is very good compared to David. David barely said anything till he turned 3. Now, he speaks very well, Chinese and Korean. He is picking up English here and there. He is learning to spell words. He is not very interested in numbers or math yet. He gets very impatient when I try to teach him about time on the clock. I always think that my Chinese is very limited. And now, it is very obvious and alarming sometimes. There are so many words that I don't know. It's sad that I can't teach more things to David. And he only knows 'armpit' in Indonesian... 'ketiak'. ay..ay.. I should look for books or maybe some educational videos to further educate myself. geez.
David and Elizabeth are having a cold. They are giving me a hard time at home. With them being sick, I don't really want to take them out. So, I'm stuck with cranky kids that are driving me crazy. I hope they will recover soon. I miss having some peaceful time at home. I'm so tired lately that I can't cook.
O yeah, facebook is great. Elisa got me hooked up with all my family back in Indonesia, Singapore and Shanghai. It's like being connected with my long lost family. I am so happy to find out how they are and see how they look like now. I miss them very much.
I let David baked some cookies a few days ago. Since I am not quite a baker myself, we only worked on a bag of cookie mix. He had a good time experimenting and making a mess. It's the experience that counts!
She is very good compared to David. David barely said anything till he turned 3. Now, he speaks very well, Chinese and Korean. He is picking up English here and there. He is learning to spell words. He is not very interested in numbers or math yet. He gets very impatient when I try to teach him about time on the clock. I always think that my Chinese is very limited. And now, it is very obvious and alarming sometimes. There are so many words that I don't know. It's sad that I can't teach more things to David. And he only knows 'armpit' in Indonesian... 'ketiak'. ay..ay.. I should look for books or maybe some educational videos to further educate myself. geez.
David and Elizabeth are having a cold. They are giving me a hard time at home. With them being sick, I don't really want to take them out. So, I'm stuck with cranky kids that are driving me crazy. I hope they will recover soon. I miss having some peaceful time at home. I'm so tired lately that I can't cook.
O yeah, facebook is great. Elisa got me hooked up with all my family back in Indonesia, Singapore and Shanghai. It's like being connected with my long lost family. I am so happy to find out how they are and see how they look like now. I miss them very much.
I let David baked some cookies a few days ago. Since I am not quite a baker myself, we only worked on a bag of cookie mix. He had a good time experimenting and making a mess. It's the experience that counts!
David has been drawing some funky figures on his doodling pad lately. So when I asked him what he was drawing, he said, "It's my robot! and the robot has hair coming out!" It was just hilarious. I must say that he drew it pretty well.
And then, this time he said he drew a Transformer and it's Optimus Prime! So, I asked him to sign his name under it. Sigh, boys...
Here's how he did it step by step.
We took Liz to the doctor yesterday, for her physical check up. She did alright, got 2 shots. It's just that she is a bit small. Liz was OK size when she was born. Then, her curve on the growth chart has been going flat and a bit downwards. Sigh, I am worried about her. She eats well, it's just she doesn't eat a lot. She doesn't like cow's milk either. The doctor recommended some children's vitamin and some high calories food for her. So I guess I'm on a mission to fatten her up a bit. I hope it'll work.
David can write his own name now. I am so proud of him! I guess it helped when I kept writing his name over and over again on the doodle pad. Now he writes his name all over the place.
David joined a class for the first time last week. The preschool has not started yet. It was actually the Vacation Bible School (VBS). It was only for a week. David carpooled with another church family that lives 5 minutes from us. He was really excited. I didn't really know how and what he did the first 2 days because he wouldn't told me. Then the fourth day, I had to drive him there myself and I found out that he was super shy, not really participating in the group singing and he was nagging to go home. Gosh, he was totally a different kid. At home, he was so excited about going there and making friends.
I talked to our pastor's daughter, Grace, who was in charge of David's group and found out how David cried the first day, he wanted to go home. The second day, he got better. So I figured if I stay with him, he probably wouldn't join the class as he would without me. So I told him that Elizabeth could not stay because she was still a baby and I left. When I picked him up after class 3 hours later, he was fine and hyper and sweaty from running around. So it's good. He got to experience being in class. And I got to spend some alone time with Elizabeth.
By the way, while David was in class, I took Liz to a near by Barnes and Nobles. They have great A/C and a Starbucks to supply me with caffeinated drinks. I was happy and so was Liz. We were right on time for the story reading there, which was totally unexpected. Liz was good. She loved it. So I guess, it will be like this later when David's preschool starts.
More VBS photos
We always think that Elizabeth looks just like her Daddy. But lately, we could see me in her too. Don't you think so?