Today (8/26) we left baby A in our church's nursery and actually did not get paged to be picked up at all. SHOCK!! He was crying when I left and I was sure I would get paged in 5 or 10 minutes, but after the songs, the greetings, and even the message started, still no pages. I was impressed.
Later we found out he cried 1/2 hour, then started to play happily. I'm impressed with the lady who works in there. I'm also glad baby A did not scream therefore I think workers in the nursery dealt with the cry better. Hopefully, this is start of baby A's independence in the Moon walker room.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Update on J/W
I know I have been MIA about J/W, but today I thought I'd post a little update on them. This summer they spent 3 nights at a Christian camp 2.5 hours away from us and they LOVED it. W has also been to circus camp and will have a comic art camp very soon. He's def. very into art and spend a lot of his free time drawing comic and making up stories. We sent J to a classical Russian ballet school this summer and while it is very nice, it is much farther and more expensive than her current studio. So we are still praying about that.
They also both took a class called "Sheep to scarf" and got to wash, card, spin, dye and weave wool. W had a little rough time and required help. His favorite part was carding the wool while J's favorite part was spinning. They both also took a cooking class and learned from a French chef taking home with them samples of Braised beef, Risotto, homemade dressing and English Trifle. Everything was made from scratch which is nice but little too consuming esp. with a 1 year old in the house.
As we are gearing up for school, they took a DORA(reading) and DOMA(math) assessment at letsgolearn.com courtesy of OXFORD school. A kind lady @ Oxford interpreted results for me and she put everything in a positive light. I know the kids were relieved and happy since they thought they got many wrong. he-he. The test do add/subtract questions based on how you answer them.
Regarding W, she says, "As you can see, W scored very well in every sub-area of the DORA test. His reading comprehension score is especially impressive, scoring at an almost 9th grade level! Way to go!! (I'm totally shocked about this.)
W's DOMA score reveals that he is also doing well understanding math. Considering he is going into 3rd grade this year, he is at a wonderful pace with his skill level. "
Way to go!
~J's Results:
J did very well in every sub-area of the DORA test. Her reading comprehension level is super! I am so happy for her! She also shows impressive abilities in oral vocabulary!
Her math test also reveals that she is doing well understanding fractions, measurement and especially number skills. Excellent work!"
They also both took a class called "Sheep to scarf" and got to wash, card, spin, dye and weave wool. W had a little rough time and required help. His favorite part was carding the wool while J's favorite part was spinning. They both also took a cooking class and learned from a French chef taking home with them samples of Braised beef, Risotto, homemade dressing and English Trifle. Everything was made from scratch which is nice but little too consuming esp. with a 1 year old in the house.
As we are gearing up for school, they took a DORA(reading) and DOMA(math) assessment at letsgolearn.com courtesy of OXFORD school. A kind lady @ Oxford interpreted results for me and she put everything in a positive light. I know the kids were relieved and happy since they thought they got many wrong. he-he. The test do add/subtract questions based on how you answer them.
Regarding W, she says, "As you can see, W scored very well in every sub-area of the DORA test. His reading comprehension score is especially impressive, scoring at an almost 9th grade level! Way to go!! (I'm totally shocked about this.)
W's DOMA score reveals that he is also doing well understanding math. Considering he is going into 3rd grade this year, he is at a wonderful pace with his skill level. "
Way to go!
~J's Results:
J did very well in every sub-area of the DORA test. Her reading comprehension level is super! I am so happy for her! She also shows impressive abilities in oral vocabulary!
Her math test also reveals that she is doing well understanding fractions, measurement and especially number skills. Excellent work!"
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
baby eats
Some food baby A actually swallows:
hard boiled eggs
mini chicken dumplings
grilled squash from our garden
cheese (seems like the boy really likes diary)
little rice
French Toast ( bread, 2 eggs, little milk, vanilla extra, butter in pan)
Honey Hoisin chicken ( 4-6 boneless chicken breast, 1/2 cup hoisin sauce, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup white wine/chicken broth, 1/4 tsp. ginger; cook on high 4-5 hours)
I have been trying to get him to eat oatmeal, but not having much success.
I Would like to try Soulemama's recipe of "leftover oatmeal" muffins
(1 cup cooked oatmeal, 1 egg, 1 TBSP melted butter, 1/2 cup milk, 4 TBSP honey/sugar/maple syrup, 2 TBSP baking powder, 1.5 cups flour, plus 1/2 cup 'extra somethings' - raisins, chocoloate chips, berries, etc. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes.)
On the good side, he has been drinking my green smoothie with beet. Hoping try out more veggie/fruit juice. Yesterday, he actually ate little avocado together with banana. So I think I'll get some more avocado and mash it with banana to give it another try.
On a random side note, Daddy's favorite Blueberry buttermilk pancake - recipe found here
hard boiled eggs
mini chicken dumplings
grilled squash from our garden
cheese (seems like the boy really likes diary)
little rice
French Toast ( bread, 2 eggs, little milk, vanilla extra, butter in pan)
Honey Hoisin chicken ( 4-6 boneless chicken breast, 1/2 cup hoisin sauce, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup white wine/chicken broth, 1/4 tsp. ginger; cook on high 4-5 hours)
I have been trying to get him to eat oatmeal, but not having much success.
I Would like to try Soulemama's recipe of "leftover oatmeal" muffins
(1 cup cooked oatmeal, 1 egg, 1 TBSP melted butter, 1/2 cup milk, 4 TBSP honey/sugar/maple syrup, 2 TBSP baking powder, 1.5 cups flour, plus 1/2 cup 'extra somethings' - raisins, chocoloate chips, berries, etc. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes.)
On the good side, he has been drinking my green smoothie with beet. Hoping try out more veggie/fruit juice. Yesterday, he actually ate little avocado together with banana. So I think I'll get some more avocado and mash it with banana to give it another try.
On a random side note, Daddy's favorite Blueberry buttermilk pancake - recipe found here
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
walking
Baby A just turned 13 months and he is basically walking. Sometimes he's still wobbly and other times he tips to one side but he is making lots of steps. He's not wearing any shoe yet as I'm not quite ready for him to walk on concrete surfaces. I think 1 month later, he'll be a lot more stable and probably even running. He is also able to pull himself up to standing w/o help and even will carry his toy across the room. His favorite toy is the shape sorter. He loves the push the shape in and hear the sound it makes. This is a fun stage.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Random bits of cuteness
Baby A is taking couple steps. Most of the time he's so excited, he takes 2 steps before he falls. But today, with the encouragement of some dried mango, he walked across from the sofa to the TV. So he is able, just need more balance.
He knows the word for nose and love to point to it.
Whenever he hears music, he starts rocking his head. So cute.
If he doesn't want something, he shakes his head side to side or turns his head away from you.
Sometimes, he gets the sign for milk and eat a little confused and starts doing both. Very funny.
He's drinking mostly milk w/ vitamins plus some formula and water daily now. He's on a mix of baby bottle and sippy cups.
Those little container designed to keep cheerios in doesn't work for baby A since he'll use his hand to pry it open and then turn the container up side down so most of the cheerios or puffs come falling out.
I wish he would swallow the food he so eagerly puts in his mouth.
It seems like in the morning when it is close to his nap time, putting him in the stroller for a walk usually puts him to sleep. Amazingly, he stays asleep with just a little bit of fussiness before sleeping in his crib. This a huge breakthrough for me as I used to spend 45 minutes to over an hour trying to get him to fall asleep. Sometimes w/o success. Now if I can work the magic during the night somehow, it would be great.
Oh, did I mention here baby A is totally loving the big kids slide. Goes up the steps and comes down on his tummy. He's still scared to come sliding down on his tush so he turns and gets on his tummy. He's also learning to get off the bed and our guest bed is pretty high. He's climbing up and down our sofa with ease and is fast.
All in all, the boy is doing well. Says ma-ma clearly and he knows who he is calling. Totally melts my heart. Now if he can be not so wary of people outside of our immediate family, it would be awesome. I guess one step at a time.
He knows the word for nose and love to point to it.
Whenever he hears music, he starts rocking his head. So cute.
If he doesn't want something, he shakes his head side to side or turns his head away from you.
Sometimes, he gets the sign for milk and eat a little confused and starts doing both. Very funny.
He's drinking mostly milk w/ vitamins plus some formula and water daily now. He's on a mix of baby bottle and sippy cups.
Those little container designed to keep cheerios in doesn't work for baby A since he'll use his hand to pry it open and then turn the container up side down so most of the cheerios or puffs come falling out.
I wish he would swallow the food he so eagerly puts in his mouth.
It seems like in the morning when it is close to his nap time, putting him in the stroller for a walk usually puts him to sleep. Amazingly, he stays asleep with just a little bit of fussiness before sleeping in his crib. This a huge breakthrough for me as I used to spend 45 minutes to over an hour trying to get him to fall asleep. Sometimes w/o success. Now if I can work the magic during the night somehow, it would be great.
Oh, did I mention here baby A is totally loving the big kids slide. Goes up the steps and comes down on his tummy. He's still scared to come sliding down on his tush so he turns and gets on his tummy. He's also learning to get off the bed and our guest bed is pretty high. He's climbing up and down our sofa with ease and is fast.
All in all, the boy is doing well. Says ma-ma clearly and he knows who he is calling. Totally melts my heart. Now if he can be not so wary of people outside of our immediate family, it would be awesome. I guess one step at a time.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
He's ONE!
Happy Birthday to my little boy. He's ONE today. I still remember his birth like it was yesterday. "Precious gift from God. Loved no matter what." That is what I wrote on the back of his baby book.
We had an early celebration this past weekend. Baby A had no trouble eating his cupcake and smeared his mouth with blue frosting. He won't let any one hold him other than our immediate family so that was a bummer. He did however, sat contently in his baby Tenda eating noodle and rice. Today he's loving the watermelon! His favorite sign is "more", "eat" and "milk". Boy does he loves to eat!!!! Nickname started by sister is "smoocha-din-din". Now everyone in our family calls him that and his name.
Happy day today, and hopefully there will be many more to come. And please start sleep through the night and take better nap. 20 minutes of nap / day is just not healthy for you or for your mommy. Love ya.
We had an early celebration this past weekend. Baby A had no trouble eating his cupcake and smeared his mouth with blue frosting. He won't let any one hold him other than our immediate family so that was a bummer. He did however, sat contently in his baby Tenda eating noodle and rice. Today he's loving the watermelon! His favorite sign is "more", "eat" and "milk". Boy does he loves to eat!!!! Nickname started by sister is "smoocha-din-din". Now everyone in our family calls him that and his name.
Happy day today, and hopefully there will be many more to come. And please start sleep through the night and take better nap. 20 minutes of nap / day is just not healthy for you or for your mommy. Love ya.
Friday, May 25, 2012
A's new gig
Baby A is 11 months old now. His newest discovery is the sandbox. We have one right out on the deck and it's a favorite for all the kids. A enjoys the sandbox as along as I'm out there with him. Once I start to leave even if his sister/brother are out there, he'll yell for attention. But if I try to pick him up from the sandbox, he won't want to leave. It's interesting to see see how he communicates. We'll do this couple time and usually after the 3rd time, he comes to me willing out of the sand box.
With regards to the stairs, it is interesting how each baby acts differently. I don't remember too much about J, only that she was afraid of coming down the stairs. Maybe it's because she is able to walk earlier than A and W. With W, he was fearless and before he can walk, he came down the stairs easily backwards. I don't know how he learned to do that, but it was easy for him. Shortly after, he started to slide backwards down and that was scary to watch. Good thing our stairs had a middle flat area and that slowed things down. Now A, he wants to come down the stairs the way we do it. So even though he can't balance himself yet, let alone walk, his preferred way is to sit on the stair and then scoot down while holding rail for some support.
A is also very musical. He loves the piano and whenever the older kids are playing on it, he will for sure want to play too. Oh, yes, W just started piano lessons and so far he's loving it and practice often. Back to A, he loves any toy that makes music and tries to stand up and wiggle. So even though I was initially little hesitant about these kind of electronic toy, seeing how much he loves them, I brought him a little telephone that plays music. Often times, that is the only toy that can entertain him for short time. So far, A is not very interested in books but wants whatever book we are looking at. I guess that is pretty normal.
He is also a voracious eater. For example, this morning he drank 5 oz of formula, 2 baby cookies, 1/2 jar of fruit/yogurt, 1 egg, some green puffs, 2 dried dates and a little whip cream. This is after he drank 8 oz of formula at 3:40 in the morning. Seems like a lot of food for a little person.
I have been trying to teach A some sign language. Two he is good at is "more" and "milk". I'm also trying to show him "out" but his way is to fuss. And yesterday, we took him for the 3rd time to Cookie Cutters to get a hair cut. Poor baby was crying the whole entire time even though I held his hand and kissed him the whole time. He didn't fight like I thought he might have, but just cried and protested very loudly. The tears were flying and in the end, his eyes was semi swollen. He held still so at least it wasn't hard for the stylist to cut his hair. As soon he was done and I held him, he stopped crying.
With A, homeschooling the kids has been very trying. Only time I can really work with kids is when A is napping and that is usually after lunch. This is always when I personally need a nap after taking care of him in the morning. We are also missing park/gym days in the afternoon with other homeschool children because A only naps well in his crib. Thank God for one of my friend who takes J/W along with her kids to the park to play after the art class. Otherwise, he will nap for only a brief time and that will be it for the day. Well, we do our best given the circumstance.
With regards to the stairs, it is interesting how each baby acts differently. I don't remember too much about J, only that she was afraid of coming down the stairs. Maybe it's because she is able to walk earlier than A and W. With W, he was fearless and before he can walk, he came down the stairs easily backwards. I don't know how he learned to do that, but it was easy for him. Shortly after, he started to slide backwards down and that was scary to watch. Good thing our stairs had a middle flat area and that slowed things down. Now A, he wants to come down the stairs the way we do it. So even though he can't balance himself yet, let alone walk, his preferred way is to sit on the stair and then scoot down while holding rail for some support.
A is also very musical. He loves the piano and whenever the older kids are playing on it, he will for sure want to play too. Oh, yes, W just started piano lessons and so far he's loving it and practice often. Back to A, he loves any toy that makes music and tries to stand up and wiggle. So even though I was initially little hesitant about these kind of electronic toy, seeing how much he loves them, I brought him a little telephone that plays music. Often times, that is the only toy that can entertain him for short time. So far, A is not very interested in books but wants whatever book we are looking at. I guess that is pretty normal.
He is also a voracious eater. For example, this morning he drank 5 oz of formula, 2 baby cookies, 1/2 jar of fruit/yogurt, 1 egg, some green puffs, 2 dried dates and a little whip cream. This is after he drank 8 oz of formula at 3:40 in the morning. Seems like a lot of food for a little person.
I have been trying to teach A some sign language. Two he is good at is "more" and "milk". I'm also trying to show him "out" but his way is to fuss. And yesterday, we took him for the 3rd time to Cookie Cutters to get a hair cut. Poor baby was crying the whole entire time even though I held his hand and kissed him the whole time. He didn't fight like I thought he might have, but just cried and protested very loudly. The tears were flying and in the end, his eyes was semi swollen. He held still so at least it wasn't hard for the stylist to cut his hair. As soon he was done and I held him, he stopped crying.
With A, homeschooling the kids has been very trying. Only time I can really work with kids is when A is napping and that is usually after lunch. This is always when I personally need a nap after taking care of him in the morning. We are also missing park/gym days in the afternoon with other homeschool children because A only naps well in his crib. Thank God for one of my friend who takes J/W along with her kids to the park to play after the art class. Otherwise, he will nap for only a brief time and that will be it for the day. Well, we do our best given the circumstance.
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